Justin Tracy and Katelyn Lancaster cut to the chase at the "Don't Run With Scissors!" 5K

At Sallas Mahone Elementary School in Valdosta, Georgia on Saturday morning, 16 March 2019, athletes assembled at the starting line of the tenth annual "Don't Run With Scissors!" 5K. Among them were Justin Tracy and Ryan Kelly, ready for a rematch of their duel in the ninth annual race, where Tracy outran Kelly 18:07 to 18:25. This time it wasn't as close. Tracy blew away the field with a 17:36, while Kelly was runner-up in 18:51. Katelyn Lancaster edged Morgan Long for the women's title, 22:47 to 22:52.


It was Tracy's second straight win at the "Scissors" race, and his 17:36 was very nearly a new event record. Only Scott Gardner has posted a faster 5K at the "Scissors," a 17:33 winning time at the inaugural race in 2010. Runner-up Ryan Kelly, the Valdosta High cross-country coach, has four "Scissors" wins to his credit, but this was his first time winning top master runner honors at the race. Behind Tracy and Kelly, Chase Meade outkicked Josh Davis for third place, 19:46 to 19:47.


Katelyn Lancaster, a junior on the cross-country team at Valdosta High, had placed third in the women's standings of two previous "Scissors" races, once in 2016 and again in 2018. 22:47 in 2019 was fast enough to put Lancaster on top of the "Scissors" women's division for the first time. In the 2018 race, Morgan Long had been over a minute behind Lancaster. She trimmed that margin to a few seconds in 2019, finishing as the women's runner-up and tenth overall in 22:52. Tracy Cole was the third woman and eleventh overall in 23:07. Angie Davis was the top woman master and fifth female finisher, sixteenth overall in 24:35.


183 athletes finished the 2019 "Don't Run With Scissors!" 5K. The race is an annual fundraiser for the art department of Sallas Malone Elementary School.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Don't Run With Scissors 5K

1. 17:35.15, Justin Tracy (M, 24)
2. 18:50.53, Ryan Kelly (M, 40)
3. 19:45.56, Chase Meade (M, 28)
4. 19:46.25, Josh Davis (M, 23)
5. 20:32.47, Kasey Taylor (M, 33)
6. 21:19.38, Rafael Balleza (M, 29)
7. 21:51.28, Adi Jovovic (M, 33)
8. 22:50.59, Steve Plymale (M, 69)
9. 23:18.09, Daniel Zenibia (M, 36)
10. 23:47.34, Alan Sanderson (M, 44)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Don't Run With Scissors 5K

1. 22:46.41, Katelyn Lancaster (F, 16)
2. 22:51.58, Morgan Long (F, 24)
3. 23:06.58, Tracey Cole (F, 39)
4. 24:14.59, June Richards (F, 29)
5. 24:34.25, Angie Davis (F, 40)
6. 25:21.41, Jill Clark (F, 34)
7. 25:30.31, Mary Sue Thompson (F, 36)
8. 26:05.06, Penny Bell (F, 45)
9. 27:33.54, Karina Amundson (F, 49)
10. 27:43.00, Darlene Henry (F, 42)

Don't Run With Scissors 5K champions, 2010 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
20 March 2010	17:33, Scott Gardner	20:56, Ashley Powell	247
12 March 2011	18:03, Masked Avenger	23:23, Angel Godwin	250
17 March 2012	18:29, Ryan Kelly	21:24, Alice Smoot	285
16 March 2013	18:09, Ryan Kelly	22:19, Kelsey Morse	279
15 March 2014	19:00, David Burnett	21:36, Makenzee Page	235
14 February 2015	18:24, Ryan Kelly	21:10, Sandra Griffin	219
19 March 2016	18:23, Ryan Kelly	21:48, Alice Smoot	139
18 March 2017	19:31, Dan Butzin	21:39, Elizabeth Smith	136
17 March 2018	18:07, Justin Tracy	21:46, Elizabeth Smith	195
16 March 2019	17:36, Justin Tracy	22:47, Katelyn Lancaster	183

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Don't Run With Scissors 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQccdfHVsUispJpAbTLcrlC8oXkZ2S8c_ECwTjk1wPjGutmNJAeNZIEhX7vldYOgnOpDATJrkoQxog9/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Tracy and Smith were a cut above the rest at the "Don't Run With Scissors!" 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/03/scissors-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Butzin and Smith spare the scissors but not the speed”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/03/scissors-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “With scissors or without, Kelly and Smoot keep running”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/03/scissors-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Kelly and Griffin Don't Run With Scissors; they just run fast”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/02/scissors-2015.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Kelly and Morse flout safety for speed at Scissors 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/03/kelly-and-morse-flaunt-safety-for-speed.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Cut and Run--Avenger and Godwin win the 'Scissors' 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/03/scissors-2011.html
  
  
• Choose your next race in the region from the listings on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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Justin Tracy and Jordan Lamothe run Wild at the WAFT 5K

50 athletes came to Valdosta, Georgia's WAFT Radio studios on Saturday morning, 7 April 2018, including former University of Maine distance runner Justin Tracy. When they headed back home, Tracy had won the WAFT's second annual "Where The Wild Things Run" 5K Cross-Country race, finishing 150 meters ahead of the defending champion and setting a new event record of 18:44. Jordan Lamothe of Valdosta was the first woman in the race, placing fourth overall in 25:42.


The Masked Avenger was the Wild Things 5K runner-up, covering the trails around WAFT in 19:20. Kasey Taylor of Valdosta took third in 21:22. Karl Brown of Alapaha, Georgia was the fastest master runner in the race and the fourth male finisher, placing fifth overall in 26:15.


Gina Purvis of Tifton, Georgia was the first woman master and second female finisher, seventh overall in 28:02. Valdosta's Ariele D'Emidio placed third in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 29:16.


A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the 2018 “Where The Wild Things Run” 5K Trail Race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2018 “Where The Wild Things Run” 5K Trail Race

1. 18:43.2, Justin Tracy (M, 23) Valdosta, GA
2. 19:19.7, Masked Avenger (M, 39) Lake Park, GA
3. 21:21.3, Kasey Taylor (M, 32) Valdosta, GA
4. 26:14.2, Karl Brown (M, 42) Alapaha, GA
5. 27:32.6, Keith Harris (M, 43) Valdosta, GA
6. 28:17.4, William Garcia (M, 15) Valdosta, GA
7. 28:45.4, Henry Cannington (M, 60) Lake Park, GA
8. 29:13.3, Tracy Weeks (M, 45) Valdosta, GA
9. 29:36.7, Dan Cole (M, 32) Valdosta, GA
10. 30:33.2, Russ Henry (M, 47) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2018 “Where The Wild Things Run” 5K Trail Race

1. 25:41.3, Jordan Lamothe (F, 24) Valdosta, GA
2. 28:01.1, Gina Purvis (F, 59) Tifton, GA
3. 29:15.1, Ariele D'Emidio (F, 27) Valdosta, GA
4. 29:46.6, Victoria Garcia (F, 13) Valdosta, GA
5. 30:42.0, Melissa Norris (F, 34) Hahira, GA
6. 30:59.8, Jenne Brandon (F, 52) Valdosta, GA
7. 31:53.4, Karina Amundson (F, 48) Valdosta, GA
8. 31:54.5, Brittany Hudson (F, 28) High Springs, FL
9. 32:51.1, Sarah North (F, 22) Hahira, GA
10. 33:31.1, Lana Del Castillo (F, 13) Valdosta, GA

“Where The Wild Things Run” 5K Trail Race winners, 2017 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
1 April 2017	19:46.3, Masked Avenger	23:33.8, Sandra Griffin	33
7 April 2018	18:43.2, Justin Tracy	25:41.3, Joradan LaMothe	50

Links

• Complete results of WAFT's 2018 “Where The Wild Things Run” 5K Trail Race
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR1Ln7y_H3eNlvQM9RsZg8Z2_ZsLbHh4Jxso7Ih3UEdSdD-f8_j5iR5dSZ22UYh75bzu4v3uTUcvi6n/pubhtml
  
  
• Griffin Photography's pictures of the 2018 “Where The Wild Things Run” 5K Trail Race
  https://www.facebook.com/pg/waft.org/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10155311409097483
  
  
• 2017 story, “Valdosta athletes venture Where The Wild Things Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/04/waft-2017.html
  
  
• Find upcoming runs in the wild on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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Tracy and Smith were a cut above the rest at the "Don't Run With Scissors!" 5K

On Saturday morning, 17 March 2018, Ryan Kelly and Dan Butzin were on the starting line of the ninth annual "Don't Run With Scissors!" 5K. Butzin was the defending champion of the race, having won in 2017. Kelly was a four-time champion of the Scissors 5K, with wins in 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016. But neither Butzin nor Kelly was first across the finish line in 2018. Justin Tracy had that honor, winning the race in 18:07. Elizabeth Smith of Valdosta took the Scissors 5K women's title for the second year in a row, placing eighth overall in 21:46.


Until recently Justin Tracy was a Maine athlete, running cross-country and track first at Mount Blue High School and then at the University of Maine. He is definitely already making his mark on Valdosta distance running--Tracy's 18:07 is the fastest Scissors 5K winning time since 2011.


80 meters behind Tracy, Ryan Kelly was second in 18:25. Parker Childree was third in 19:06, and Parker Jackson, an eighth-grader on the Valdosta Middle School cross-country team, took fourth in 19:11. Rick Mazurkiewicz was the fastest master runner in the race, placing sixth overall in 19:56. Scissors 5K defending champion Dan Butzin was seventh in 20:48.


Kelly Lunceford was the second woman and tenth overall in in the women's standings, Valdosta High sophomore cross-country runner Katelyn Lancaster was the third woman and tenth overall in 22:25. Valdosta High sophomore cross-country runner Katelyn Lancaster was third in the women's standings and thirteenth overall in 22:35.


195 athletes finished the 2018 "Don't Run With Scissors!" 5K. The race is an annual fundraiser for the art department of Sallas Malone Elementary School.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Don't Run With Scissors 5K

1. 18:06.47, Justin Tracy (M, 23)
2. 18:24.06, Ryan Kelly (M, 39)
3. 19:05.26, Parker Childree (M, 28)
4. 19:10.12, Parker Jackson (M, 13)
5. 19:37.12, Kasey Taylor (M, 32)
6. 19:55.59, Rick Mazurkiewicz (M, 51)
7. 20:47.31, Dan Butzin (M, 32)
8. 21:46.21, Alan Sanderson (M, 43)
9. 22:25.37, Adi Jovovic (M, 32)
10. 22:32.53, Dalton Smith (M, 12)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Don't Run With Scissors 5K

1. 21:45.38, Elizabeth Smith (F, 39)
2. 22:24.34, Kelly Lunceford (F, 28)
3. 22:34.12, Katie Lancaster (F, 15)
4. 23:49.88, Tara McFarland (F, 31)
5. 24:40.59, Morgan Long (F, 23)
6. 25:32.44, Jill Clark (F, 33)
7. 25:39.00, Cheryl Vail (F, 72)
8. 25:55.50, June Richards (F, 28)
9. 25:59.15, Penny Bell (F, 44)
10. 26:00.96, Mary Sue Thompson (F, 35)

Don't Run With Scissors 5K champions, 2010 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
20 March 2010	17:33, Scott Gardner	20:56, Ashley Powell	247
12 March 2011	18:03, Masked Avenger	23:23, Angel Godwin	250
17 March 2012	18:29, Ryan Kelly	21:24, Alice Smoot	285
16 March 2013	18:09, Ryan Kelly	22:19, Kelsey Morse	279
15 March 2014	19:00, David Burnett	21:36, Makenzee Page	235
14 February 2015	18:24, Ryan Kelly	21:10, Sandra Griffin	219
19 March 2016	18:23, Ryan Kelly	21:48, Alice Smoot	139
18 March 2017	19:31, Dan Butzin	21:39, Elizabeth Smith	136
17 March 2018	18:07, Justin Tracy	21:46, Elizabeth Smith	195

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Don't Run With Scissors 5K, courtesy of A Course / Line, LLC of Valdosta
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSACxStiWWDv2MqL1NqQasUGZfVjb-8Bs1VBL10M2pAp12BnUxZeDc5dxlJ5r6QQHRnuPOhyGzt4ZP6/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Butzin and Smith spare the scissors but not the speed”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/03/scissors-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “With scissors or without, Kelly and Smoot keep running”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/03/scissors-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Kelly and Griffin Don't Run With Scissors; they just run fast”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/02/scissors-2015.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Kelly and Morse flout safety for speed at Scissors 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/03/kelly-and-morse-flaunt-safety-for-speed.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Cut and Run--Avenger and Godwin win the 'Scissors' 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/03/scissors-2011.html
  
  
• Choose your next race in the region from the listings on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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