Brandon Krout and Lacey Krout come up green again at Moultrie's Saint Patty 5K

After taking the overall titles in Moultrie's 2024 Saint Patty 5K, Brandon Krout and Lacey Krout were back in that South Georgia town on Saturday morning, 15 March 2025, for the fourth annual race. They won again. Brandon Krout went 16:41, just seconds off Will Brewster's event record of 16:32, to take first overall. Lacey Krout repeated as first woman, coming in second overall in 18:51.


Moultrie's Jebb Cato nabbed second in the men's division, finishing third overall in 21:25. Vinicius Fernandes Araujo of Tifton, Georgia was the third man and fourth overall in 21:55. Kurt Posey of Moultrie was the first master runner in the race and fourth male finisher, fifth overall in 22:23.


Thirteen-year-old Madison Miracle of Baconton, Georgia placed second in the women's standings with a 23:22, coming in eighth overall. Miracle is a seventh-grader on the Baconton Charter School cross-country team. Adel, Georgia athlete Tia O'Leary was the third woman and sixteenth overall in 27:12. Jodi Beth Stuckey of Moultrie was the first woman master and eighth female finisher, 23rd overall in 29:41.


54 athletes finished the 5K at the 2025 Saint Patty 5K. The race was a benefit for the Colquitt Regional Medical Foundation. Event Technical Services, Inc., of Sylvester, Georgia timed and scored the race.


Top Ten Men, 2025 Saint Patty 5K

1. 16:41, Brandon Krout (M, 38) Pontiac, MI
2. 21:25, Jebb Cato (M, 34) Moultrie, GA
3. 21:55, Vinicius Fernandes Araujo (M, 23) Tifton, GA
4. 22:23, Kurt Posey (M, 41) ,
5. 22:52, Dylan Flowers (M, 13) Albany, GA
6. 23:16, Jayden Rodgers (M, 13) Albany, GA
7. 24:32, Colby Ledbetter (M, 29) Fort Walton Beach, FL
8. 24:45, Nic Jarvis (M, 24) Moultrie, GA
9. 25:23, David Griner (M, 56) Moultrie, GA
10. 25:38, Scott Merritt (M, 45) Berlin, GA

Top Ten Women, 2025 Saint Patty 5K

1. 18:51, Lacey Krout (F, 35) Moultrie, GA
2. 23:22, Madison Miracle (F, 13) Baconton, GA
3. 27:12, Tia O'Leary (F, 36) Adel, GA
4. 27:42, Sarah Rezende (F, 30) Tifton, GA
5. 28:06, Lilly Bashline (F, 13) Baconton, GA
6. 29:02, Katherine Cato (F, 29) Moultrie, GA
7. 29:32, Ana Caroline Conrado (F, 34) Tifton, GA
8. 29:41, Jodi Beth Stuckey (F, 40) Moultrie, GA
9. 31:05, Stacie McDaniel (F, 52) Moultrie, GA
10. 31:22, Ansley McLean (F, 30) Moultrie, GA

Moultrie, Georgia Saint Patty 5K winners, 2022 - 2025
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
19 March 2022	16:32, Will Brewster	26:01, Maribel Greene	27
18 March 2023	21:13, Kent Posey	26:03, Roxana Bergstrom	41
16 March 2024	18:39, Brandon Krout	18:40, Lacey Krout	87
15 March 2025	16:41, Brandon Krout	18:51, Lacey Krout	54

Links

• Complete results of the 2025 Moultrie, Georgia Saint Patty 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQabgil7VFUiJDLoXUGZRLIjrz7ItQS4vt-zCVZUM09qfQ2057yUii4iymbz72JkGv6UV1etVQdkg1b/pubhtml
  
  
• 2023 story, “Kent Posey and Roxana Bergstrom win Moultrie's second annual Saint Patty 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2023/03/moultrie-patty-2023.html
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! coverage of races in Moultrie, Georgia
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/Albany
  
  
• Find more races in the region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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Brandon Krout and Lacey Krout headlined the headline race at Moultrie's ArtFest Half-Marathon

Whatever you wanted to run on Saturday, 23 November 2024, you didn't have to look farther than Moultrie, Georgia to do it. In addition to the eponymous 13.1-mile race, Moultrie's fourth annual Artfest Half-Marathon also included a 10K, a 5K, and a one-mile fun run. Each race featured its own USATF-certified course. But the headline event was still the half-marathon, and that was won by Brandon Krout in 1:19:31. Lacey Krout was the first woman in the race, taking second overall in 1:30:34.


Brandon Krout had finished runner-up to Tallahassee, Florida master runner Leonardo Canete in the 2023 ArtFest Half-Marathon, running 1:21:11. Krout shaved nearly two minutes off that mark in 2024, winning by two-and-a-half kilomters.


David Veasey of Jacksonville Beach, Florida took second in the men's division, coming in third overall in 1:33:36. Tallahassee's Camilo Ordonez was the first master runner in the race and the third male finisher, fourth overall in 1:35:14.


Kayla Pipe of Hahira, Georgia placed second in the women's standings and ninth overall in 1:39:30. At 1:52:54, Jenna Ganas of Tifton, Georgia was the third woman and fifteenth overall. The first woman master was Moultrie's Beth Norman, the fourth woman and nineteenth overall in 1:56:14.


45 athletes finished Moultrie's 2024 ArtFest Half Marathon.


Top Ten Men, 2024 ArtFest Half Marathon

1. 1:19:31, Brandon Krout (M, 38) Moultrie, GA
2. 1:33:36, David Veasey (M, 32) Jacksonville Beach, FL
3. 1:35:14, Camilo Ordonez (M, 45) Tallahassee, FL
4. 1:35:52, Christopher Luz (M, 24) Moultrie, GA
5. 1:37:15, Matthew Brown (M, 38) Hahira, GA
6. 1:37:23, Matthew Jennings (M, 48) Macon, GA
7. 1:37:46, Tucker Parrish (M, 26) Adel, GA
8. 1:43:05, Brian Yost (M, 42) Tifton, GA
9. 1:46:22, Arthur Lo (M, 31) Moultrie, GA
10. 1:46:25, Marton Kozma (M, 56) Tifton, GA

Top Ten Women, 2024 ArtFest Half Marathon

1. 1:30:34, Lacey Krout (F, 35) Atlanta, GA
2. 1:39:30, Kayla Pipe (F, 33) Hahira, GA
3. 1:52:24, Jenna Ganas (F, 34) Tifton, GA
4. 1:56:14, Beth Norman (F, 41) Moultrie, GA
5. 1:58:11, Melanie Jackson (F, 45)
6. 1:58:11, Tiffany Nunnally (F, 45) Thomasville, GA
7. 2:00:16, Crystal Sekula (F, 37) Bainbridge, GA
8. 2:03:14, Tia O'Leary (F, 36) Adel, GA
9. 2:09:16, Sherri Welch (F, 59) Hahira, GA
10. 2:10:08, Carrie Lasseter (F, 45) Moultrie, GA

Hinesville, Georgia master runner Joseph Law won the ten-kilometer race at ArtFest, running 49:15. Julianne Fay of Moultrie was the first woman in the 10K, finishing runner-up to Law in 52:15.


Preston Folsom of Cairo, Georgia was second on the men's side with a 53:15, good for third overall. Just behind Folsom at 53:20, the third man and fourth overall finisher was Moultrie master runner Ed Norman.


April Mathis of Moultrie was the first woman master and second female in the 10K, coming in sixth overall in 54:00. Tifton, Georgia master runner Kim Moorman was third in the women's division and eighth overall in 55:00,


29 athletes finished Moultrie's 2024 ArtFest 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2024 ArtFest 10K

1. 49:15, Joseph Law (M, 40)
2. 53:15, Preston Folsom (M, 28)
3. 53:20, Ed Norman (M, 45)
4. 53:57, Carter Brazel (M, 13)
5. 54:02, Dusty Brazel (M, 40)
6. 55:29, Thomas Ganas (M, 35)
7. 56:11, Dave Weissman (M, 38)
8. 57:15, Chris Jarvis (M, 58)
9. 58:19, Lance Balkcom (M, 25)
10. 58:31, Ryan Smith (M, 45)

Top Ten Women, 2024 ArtFest 10K

1. 52:15, Julianne Fay (F, 24)
2. 54:00, April Mathis (F, 55)
3. 55:00, Kim Moorman (F, 46)
4. 61:51, Sarah Hembree (F, 43)
5. 62:21, Traci Hall (F, 46)
6. 64:05, Eliana Botero (F, 39)
7. 64:16, Amber Chism (F, 41)
8. 69:34, Annie Cross (F, 20)
9. 70:28, Sarah Kinakin (F, 12)
10. 71:24, Sopit Kinakin (F, 44)

Nathan Perales, a sophomore on the Colquitt County High cross-country team, took first in the ArtFest 5K, racing the 3.1 miles in 19:34. Holten Dennard, an eighth-grade harrier at Thomas County Middle School, finished runner-up to Perales in 20:14. Dagoberto Gonzalez of Moultrie placed third in 21:06.


Thirteen-year-old Veronika Brace of Norman Park, Georgia was the first female finisher in the 5K, crossing the line fifteenth in 24:48. Hahira's Jacqueline Girardin was second in the women's standings and 23rd overall in 26:40. Royston, Georgia master runner Sheila Finney was the third woman and 30th overall in 27:52.


50 athletes finished Moultrie's 2024 ArtFest 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2024 ArtFest 5K

1. 19:34, Nathan Perales (M, 15)
2. 20:14, Holten Dennard (M, 13)
3. 21:06, Dagoberto Gonzalez (M, 32)
4. 21:10, Julio Perez (M, 33)
5. 21:11, Amicah Carroll (M, 17)
6. 22:33, Trotter Tomlinson (M, 14)
7. 22:47, Ismael Rodriguez (M, 21)
8. 23:23, Jackson Lasseter (M, 13)
9. 23:30, Christian Rodriguez (M, 23)
10. 24:17, Samuel Brown (M, 14)

Top Ten Women, 2024 ArtFest 5K

1. 24:48, Veronika Brace (F, 13)
2. 26:40, Jacqueline Girardin (F, 25)
3. 27:52, Sheila Finney (F, 52)
4. 28:16, Brenda Farrow (F, 31)
5. 28:50, Evelyn Marlette (F, 29)
6. 30:07, Raquel Vazquez (F, 52)
7. 30:26, Hannah Shifflett (F, 24)
8. 31:51, Maggie Jones (F, 31)
9. 32:41, Liza Thaggard (F, 44)
10. 33:23, Sofia Rodriguez (F, 25)

Moultrie, Georgia's ArtFest champions, 2021 - 2024
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
6 November 2021	Half-Marathon	1:19:14, Will Brewster	1:28:57, Amy Hines	42
	5K	21:02, Lee McGill	22:34, Allyson Clark	53
5 November 2022	Half-Marathon	1:27:02, Artem Miller	1:44:45, Caroline Owens	25
	10K	48:02, Tyler Hayes	51:32, Jill Clark	29
	5K	18:46, Matthew Rakestraw	27:12, Mary Sue Thompson	43
4 November 2023	Half-Marathon	1:19:19, Leonardo Canete	1:36:48, Jazz Garmon	25
	10K	50:27, Grayson Baker	61:17, Emelie Thomas	10
	5K	20:17, Luis Fernandez	24:10, Annabelle Barrow	51
23 November 2024	Half-Marathon	1:19:31, Brandon Krout	1:30:34, Lacey Krout	45
	10K	49:15, Joseph Law	52:15, Julianne Fay	29
	5K	19:34, Nathan Perales	24:48, Veronika Brace	50

Links

• Complete results of Moultrie, Georgia's 2024 ArtFest Half Marathon
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQrb9N_4XqaTgYojXgBHLhFGBAfZFQvD9SZ5k1VSriD_Q-jAPKebU6Yjt3MRKjciww1gS-CF0iE1vg1/pubhtml
  
  
• USATF Course Certification maps for the 2024 ArtFest Road Races
  
  • Half Marathon (GA24042WC): https://www.certifiedroadraces.com/certificate?type=r&id=6100
  • 10K (GA24040WC): https://www.certifiedroadraces.com/certificate?type=r&id=6057
  • 5K (GA24039WC): https://www.certifiedroadraces.com/certificate?type=r&id=6056
  
  
• 2023 story, “Racing at Moultrie's ArtFest, Leonardo Canete wins a second straight half marathon”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2023/11/moultrie-half-2023.html
  
  
• Find future art-themed races in the region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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