Watson and Davis win at the James Eunice Legacy 5K

It's close to sixty miles from Douglas, Georgia to Valdosta, Georgia, but Cameron Watson made that trip in order to race the sixth annual James Eunice Legacy 5K on Saturday morning, 8 April 2017. It was a productive trip, because the Coffee Middle School eighth-grader won the race in 18:46, finishing just over 40 meters ahead of the next runner. Valdosta's Kelly Davis, racing closer to home, took the women's title in 22:30, placing fourth overall.


Three weeks before the James Eunice 5K, Watson had wrapped up his middle school track season, running a 5:05.29 1600 and a 2:22.84 800 in Tifton, Georgia. Before track season he had appeared on the Valdosta roads in December at the Ugly Sweater 5K, where he finished runner-up in 20:10.


2016 James Eunice 5K champion Dan Butzin of Valdosta was second in the 2017 race, running 18:56. Valdosta's Rick Mazurkiewicz was the top master in the 5K, placing third overall in 21:37.


Vanessa Spry of Valdosta finished second in the women's standings behind Davis, coming in sixth overall in 22:50. Pavo, Georgia athlete Pollyanna Bass was the top woman master and third female finisher, seventh overall in 22:56.


60 athletes finished the sixth annual James Eunice Legacy 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2017 James Eunice Legacy 5K

1. 18:45.8, Cameron Watson (M, 14) Douglas, GA
2. 18:56.0, Dan Butzin (M, 31) Valdosta, GA
3. 21:36.4, Rick Mazurkiewicz (M, 50) Valdosta, GA
4. 22:30.3, Kevin Lunceford (M, 25) Valdosta, GA
5. 23:11.3, Karl Brown (M, 41) Alapaha, GA
6. 23:29.4, Billy Taylor (M, 68) Valdosta, GA
7. 23:48.3, Alan Harris (M, 36) Valdosta, GA
8. 24:04.3, Rodney Elam (M, 53) Valdosta, GA
9. 24:10.2, Lee McArthur (M, 47) Valdosta, GA
10. 24:50.3, Wes Anderson (M, 32) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2017 James Eunice Legacy 5K

1. 22:30.0, Kelly Davis (F, 27) Valdosta, GA
2. 22:49.1, Vanessa Spry (F, 32) Valdosta, GA
3. 22:55.8, Pollyanna Bass (F, 45) Pavo, GA
4. 23:23.0, Martha Mazurkiewicz (F, 49) Valdosta, GA
5. 24:55.2, Kristin Cleveland (F, 38) Hahira, GA
6. 26:41.9, Cynthia Kearley (F, 41) Hahira, GA
7. 28:12.4, Lisa Graves (F, 49) Valdosta, GA
8. 29:26.3, Teresa Williams (F, 13) Valdosta, GA
9. 29:30.8, Karina Amundson (F, 47) Valdosta, GA
10. 29:48.8, Jacinta Howell (F, 32) Valdosta, GA

James Eunice Legacy 5K winners, 2012 - 2017
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
14 April 2012	16:04, Parker Childree	20:30, Gretchen Bielmyer	92
13 April 2013	21:25, Josh Perry	23:33, Angie Bruhl	93
12 April 2014	17:40, Andrew Elam	21:41, Makenzee Page	51
11 April 2015	17:54, Nathan Crews	21:23, Kelsey Morse	64
9 April 2016	18:43, Dan Butzin	21:23, Alison Thornhill	77
8 April 2017	18:46, Cameron Watson	22:30, Kelly Davis	60
There was also a Jogging For James 5K race on 25 June 2011. Stephen Robbins (17:55) and Mary Alice Smoot (21:55) were the winners of that earlier event, which had 145 finishers.

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 James Eunice Legacy 5K, courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rb_hJV-srIptI8XwtikzfGNz612B5oFEtmsDqPculdI/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Butzin wins by a ton, Thornhill by ounces at the James Eunice 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/04/james-eunice-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Crews and Morse lead a youth movement at the Eunice Legacy 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/04/james-eunice-2015.html
  
  
• The James Eunice Fund
  http://jameseunice23.com/
  
  
• Check the Trouble Afoot! calendar for the next running of the James Eunice Legacy 5K
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1940

In Hahira, Butzin and Davis lead the race to Get-A-Mammy

Dan Butzin bested a field of 101 athletes on Saturday morning, 24 September 2016, running 19:03 to win the sixth annual Get-A-Mammy 5K. The 3.1-mile road race was run from Bethany Baptist Church in Hahira, Georgia.


Butzin is a Valdosta, Georgia, athlete, as were the next three finishers. Rob McGhin was second in 20:54, and Jim Simoneau was third in 22:30. Heath Martin, an alumnus of the Valwood School cross country team, ran 22:49 for fourth.


Kelly Davis of Valdosta took the women's title, placing fourth overall in 22:53. Another Valdosta runner, Lauren Bewley, was runner-up on the women's side and seventh overall in 24:18.


Valdosta's Jim Dawkins was the fastest master runner in the race and fifth overall in 24:00. Gina Purvis of Tifton, Georgia was the first woman master and third female finisher, eighth overall in 24:35.


Proceeds of the annual event benefit Get-A-Mammy, Inc., a non-profit that provides funds for mammograms, reconstructive surgery, and cancer research. The organization also works to increase awareness of the importance of regular mammorgrams in the early detection of breast cancer, urging all women to "get a mammy." A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta, Georgia provided timing and finish line services for the sixth annual Get-A-Mammy 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Get-A-Mammy 5K

1. 19:02.9 ~ Dan Butzin (M, 31) Valdosta, GA
2. 20:54.0 ~ Rob McGhin (M, 36) Valdosta, GA
3. 22:30.0 ~ Jim Simoneau (M, 35) Valdosta, GA
4. 22:49.0 ~ Heath Martin (M, 17) Valdosta, GA
5. 23:59.3 ~ Jim Dawkins (M, 51) Valdosta, GA
6. 24:39.2 ~ Billy Taylor (M, 67) Valdosta, GA
7. 25:06.9 ~ Dusty Dorminey (M, 42) Lake Park, GA
8. 25:40.4 ~ Wayne Kountis (M, 57) Tifton, GA
9. 26:28.4 ~ Rusty Jones (M, 63) Valdosta, GA
10. 27:03.3 ~ Greg Prine (M, 51) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2016 Get-A-Mammy 5K

1. 22:52.1 ~ Kelly Davis (F, 26) Valdosta, GA
2. 24:18.0 ~ Lauren Bewley (F, 35) Valdosta, GA
3. 24:34.6 ~ Gina Purvis (F, 57) Tifton, GA
4. 24:44.1 ~ Pollyanna Bass (F, 44) Pavo, GA
5. 26:10.8 ~ Jennifer Woodall (F, 29) Lenox, GA
6. 26:14.5 ~ Julie Prine (F, 37) Valdosta, GA
7. 26:30.4 ~ Aubrey Sweeney (F, 21) Ray City, GA
8. 27:59.6 ~ Lisa Graves (F, 49) Valdosta, GA
9. 28:23.6 ~ Amy Reese (F, 42) Valdosta, GA
10. 29:31.4 ~ Terry Cooper (F, 58) Hahira, GA

Get-A-Mammy 5K winners, 2011 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
1 October 2011	18:14, David Burnett	20:59, Alice Smoot	142
29 September 2012	21:43, Jackson Williams	23:38, Audrey Williams	165
28 September 2013	25:05, Nate Simmons	22:28, Makenzee Page	78
27 September 2014	19:47, Kyle Leisey	22:04, Elizabeth Smith	87
26 September 2015	24:39, Kaden Leisey	26:29, Julie Prine	75
24 September 2016	19:03, Dan Butzin	22:53, Kelly Davis	101
The Get-A-Mammy 5K was run in Valdosta from 2011 to 2014 and in Hahira from 2015 to 2016.

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Get-A-Mammy 5K via A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-om43faEkn9_asSUcu3w-4nRndi0DDGOjguzGlDJwlA/pubhtml
  
  
• 2014 story, “Leisey and Smith get wins at Get-A-Mammy 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/getamammy-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Makenzee Page wins it all at the Get-A-Mammy 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/getamammy-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Williams and Williams winners at a growing Get-A-Mammy 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/getamammy-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Burnett and Smoot tops at Valdosta's Get-A-Mammy 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/10/getamammy-2011.html
  
  
• Find an upcoming breast-cancer awareness race or any race at all at Trouble Afoot!
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1781

Butzin and Davis are A-1 at the B-1 5K

Valdosta, Georgia athlete Dan Butzin won the B1 5K for The Awareness and Prevention of Youth Suicide on Saturday morning, 10 September 2016. Butzin's time for the 3.1-mile run through the streets of Valdosta was 18:43, putting him some 250 meters ahead of the next runner. Kelly Davis of Valdosta was the top woman in the race, placing fourth overall in 23:11. 53 athletes finished the first-year event.


Nashville, Georgia's Morgan Bolmer--a frosh on the Berrien County High cross country team--was the overall runner-up in 19:43. Jim Simoneau of Valdosta placed third in 22:53.

Valdosta's Lisa Graves was the top master runner in the race and second female finisher, coming in fifth overall in 27:06. Adel, Georgia's Jack Ring was the first male master, and eleventh overall in 29:01.


A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta, Georgia provided timing and finish line services at the event.


Top Ten Men, 2016 B-1 5K

1. 18:42.8 ~ Dan Butzin (M, 31) Valdosta, GA
2. 19:42.2 ~ Morgan Bolmer (M, 14) Nashville, GA
3. 22:52.3 ~ Jim Simoneau (M, 35) Valdosta, GA
4. 27:28.2 ~ Mike Hentz (M, 29) Valdosta, GA
5. 28:56.0 ~ Gary Kuhlmann III (M, 34) Valdosta, GA
6. 29:00.1 ~ Jack Ring (M, 56) Adel, GA
7. 30:11.7 ~ Dewayne Fletcher (M, 36) Moultrie, GA
8. 30:14.8 ~ John Michael Castleberry (M, 13) Quitman, GA
9. 31:29.2 ~ Stephen Register (M, 49) Valdosta, GA
10. 31:38.5 ~ Steve Boatner (M, 54) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2016 B-1 5K

1. 23:10.3 ~ Kelly Davis (F, 26) Valdosta, GA
2. 27:05.1 ~ Lisa Graves (F, 48) Valdosta, GA
3. 27:26.8 ~ Amber Hentz (F, 29) Valdosta, GA
4. 28:01.3 ~ Kelly Register (F, 39) Valdosta, GA
5. 28:42.1 ~ Amanda Caracciolo (F, 36) Hahira, GA
6. 30:27.9 ~ Amy Reese (F, 41) Valdosta, GA
7. 31:16.2 ~ Jenny Johnson (F, 32) Hahira, GA
8. 31:16.7 ~ Emily Torres (F, 36) Hahira, GA
9. 33:47.0 ~ Tammy Hatton (F, 44) Lakeland, GA
10. 34:22.5 ~ Courtney Bateman (F, 25) Valdosta, GA

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 B1 5K for the Awareness and Prevention of Youth Suicide, courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HPQNkNJK08Uzp0uBsol5A0_Fn5tkukDHiv2nffNvG-8/pubhtml
  
  
• The B1 5K for the Awareness and Prevention of Youth Suicide on Facebook
  https://www.facebook.com/B15kfunrun/
  
  
• Find upcoming races in Valdosta and elsewhere in the region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1786