Alec Munger and Tracey Cole lead at Lake Park

Three months after Saturday morning, 27 April 2019, it's likely that Alec Munger will be starting his junior year cross-country season at Lowndes High in Valdosta, Georgia. But on 27 April 2019 itself, Munger was a few miles south of Valdosta in Lake Park, Georgia winning the inaugural Calvary 5K. Racing on roads rather than trails, Munger went the 3.1 miles in 17:15. Tracey Cole, a master runner from Pinetta, Florida, was the first woman in the race, placing fourth overall in 23:21.

Alec Munger

Lake Park's own Justin Tracy finished runner-up in the Calvary 5K, coming in just over a hundred meters behind the winner in 17:40. Fourteen-year-old Aaron Munger of Valdosta, Georgia took third in 21:35. Billy Taylor, a 70-year-old Valdosta athlete, was the first male master in the 5K, placing fifth overall and fourth in the men's standings at 24:20.


Valdosta master runner Galen Mirate was the second woman in the race, eighth overall in 32:04. Ashley Thompson of Valdosta was the third female finisher and fourteenth overall in 34:22.


51 athletes finished the 2019 Calvary 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services for the first-year race.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Calvary 5K

1. 17:15.0, Alec Munger (M, 15) Valdosta, GA
2. 17:40.0, Justin Tracy (M, 24) Lake Park, GA
3. 21:34.3, Aaron Munger (M, 14) Valdosta, GA
4. 24:19.6, Billy Taylor (M, 70) Valdosta, GA
5. 26:01.1, James Cazares (M, 26) Valdosta, GA
6. 26:27.8, Ken Taylor (M, 59) Valdosta, GA
7. 33:26.0, Taylor Douglas (M, 10) Lake Park, GA
8. 33:26.2, Hunter Boyd (M, 9) Valdosta, GA
9. 33:55.9, Garrett Dowling (M, 30) Valdosta, GA
10. 34:07.1, Dylan Carr (M, 13) Lake Park, GA

Top Ten Women, 2019 Calvary 5K

1. 23:20.5, Tracey Cole (F, 40) Pinetta, FL
2. 32:03.8, Galen Mirate (F, 63) Valdosta, GA
3. 34:21.6, Ashley Thompson (F, 27) Valdosta, GA
4. 35:01.9, Ginny Howell (F, 29) Lake Park, GA
5. 35:08.1, Victoria Cazares (F, 25) Valdosta, GA
6. 37:11.4, Melissa Cowart (F, 29) Valdosta, GA
7. 39:53.2, Annie Eilders (F, 17) Hahira, GA
8. 41:40.5, Wendi O'Neal (F, 50) Quitman, GA
9. 42:44.0, Brooke Dowling (F, 29) Valdosta, GA
10. 44:07.1, Kayla Boyd (F, 32) Valdosta, GA

• Complete results of the 2019 Calvary 5K, courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSXQ6nDtLARAWHM1845OzwKP873toaKvCT8YiFLttkZTX3wWTiZcDdsVQr_EsR341YHt5LGMIPQoyNR/pubhtml
  
  
• Upcoming races in Lake Park and elsewhere in the region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2502

Kelly stays after class for the End-of-School Bash 5K

Probably no one is as happy at the end of the school year as the teachers, and at Lake Park Elementary's 5K race to celebrate the end of the school year, no one was as fast as Valdosta Middle School teacher Ryan Kelly. Kelly ran 18:09 to win the 3.1-mile race in Lake Park, Georgia, on Friday evening, 15 May 2015. Joseph Jowers of Valdosta, Georgia, was second in 23:09. Stephanie Kompoltowicz of Valdosta was the first female finisher, coming in sixth overall in 31:03. Rob Nixon, also of Valdosta, was the top master runner, placing eighth overall in 31:35.


39 athletes finished the first-year 5K, with another 36 completing a one-mile fun run. Timing and finish line services were provided by A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta, Georgia.


Top Ten Men, 2015 Lake Park Elementary End-of-School Bash 5K

1. 18:08.1 ~ Ryan Kelly (M, 36) Lake Park
2. 23:09.0 ~ Joseph Jowers (M, 36) Valdosta
3. 28:35.6 ~ Harrison Hamsley (M, 12) Valdosta
4. 30:23.0 ~ Ty Parks (M, 11) Lake Park
5. 30:24.4 ~ Colby Beckham (M, 11) Lake Park
6. 31:06.6 ~ Kaleb Rogers (M, 12) Lake Park
7. 31:34.7 ~ Rob Nixon (M, 41) Valdosta
8. 33:59.6 ~ Jeremy Kompoltowicz (M, 34) Valdosta
9. 33:59.9 ~ Tyler Greene (M, 31) Valdosta
10. 37:01.0 ~ Michael Kirk (M, 10) Naylor

Top Ten Women, 2015 Lake Park Elementary End-of-School Bash 5K

1. 31:02.1 ~ Stephanie Kompoltowicz (F, 35) Valdosta
2. 33:59.2 ~ Elizabeth Greene (F, 31) Valdosta
3. 34:53.0 ~ Maddy McCann (F, 14) Quitman
4. 35:04.0 ~ Mikayla Kinney (F, 15) Valdosta
5. 34:53.3 ~ Beth Kirk (F, 15) Naylor
6. 40:46.7 ~ Tanner Parks (F, 11) Lake Park
7. 40:47.5 ~ MaryGrace Strom (F, 15) Lake Park
8. 40:57.9 ~ Carolyn Coody (F, 26) Lake Park
9. 42:29.2 ~ Lauryn McMahan (F, 17) Lake Park
10. 42:23.5 ~ Danyel Rucker (F, 25) Madison

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 Lake Park Elementary End-of-School Bash 5K, courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c7rNDDuTL4QnRztG82Ump3CLsIB_fTVAJ_aZjo1StgQ/pubhtml
  
  
• Find an upcoming academic race on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1393

Elam and Page set the pace in Lake Park 4-H 5K

After three years as a June race, the Lowndes County 4-H club moved their fourth annual "Run 4 tHe Revolution" 5K to 1 March 2014. The change in the calendar seemed to agree with Andrew Elam. The Lowndes High School sophomore won the 3.1-mile race through the streets of Lake Park, Georgia, in a course-record time of 17:41, finishing 40 meters ahead of defending champion Ryan Kelly. Kelly, a cross-country coach at Valdosta Middle School, was runner-up in 17:50.5. Nathan Smith of Valdosta was third in 21:43.


Finishing third overall, Makenzee Page of Ray City, Georgia, was the first female finisher, covering the course in 21:08. Page had finished third in the women's standing in the 2013 Run For The Revolution 5K. Repeating as women's runner-up, Valdosta runner Elizabeth Smith was fifth overall in 22:21. Third for the women was Alison Thornhill of Valdosta, sixth overall in 22:28.


The top master in the race was Valdosta's Rusty Jones; Jones placed seventh overall in 22:31. The first woman master was Sylvia Ellis of Valdosta, 16th overall in 25:07.


43 athletes finished the race. Timing and finish line services were by Valdosta-based A Course/Line, LLC.


Top Ten Men, 2014 Run 4 tHe Revolution 5K

1. 17:41.0 ~ Andrew Elam (M, 15) Valdosta, GA
2. 17:50.5 ~ Ryan Kelly (M, 35) Lake Park, GA
3. 21:42.3 ~ Nathan Smith (M, 35) Valdosta, GA
4. 22:30.7 ~ Rusty Jones (M, 61) Valdosta, GA
5. 22:40.1 ~ Darren McCall (M, 30) Valdosta, GA
6. 23:01.5 ~ Wesley Heruska (M, 37) Hahira, GA
7. 23:27.1 ~ Lars Leader (M, 61) Valdosta, GA
8. 24:09.5 ~ Steven Dansereau (M, 53) Lakeland, GA
9. 24:34.3 ~ Paul Brown (M, 41) Valdosta, GA
10. 25:17.6 ~ Michael Guilmette (M, 51) Lake Park, GA

Top Ten Women, 2014 Run 4 tHe Revolution 5K

1. 21:08.0 ~ Makenzee Page (F, 14) Ray City, GA
2. 22:20.3 ~ Elizabeth Smith (F, 35) Valdosta, GA
3. 22:27.4 ~ Alison Thornhill (F, 34) Valdosta, GA
4. 23:39.3 ~ Amber Elam (F, 24) Valdosta, GA
5. 24:02.2 ~ Candice Arnold (F, 35) Lake Park, GA
6. 24:42.1 ~ Brianna Prinsloo (F, 26) Hahira, GA
7. 25:06.8 ~ Sylvia Ellis (F, 44) Valdosta, GA
8. 25:12.2 ~ Nancy Elam (F, 50) Valdosta, GA
9. 26:53.8 ~ Heather Kelly (F, 35) Lake Park, GA
10. 27:05.0 ~ Beth Ford (F, 45) Valdosta, GA

Run 4 tHe Revolution 5K winners, 2011-2014
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
11 June 2011	18:49, Masked Avenger	23:53, Heather Barfield	34
9 June 2012	18:39, Masked Avenger	20:40, Alison Peters	71
8 June 2013	19:02, Ryan Kelly	22:36, Kelsey Morse	63
1 March 2014	17:41, Andrew Elam	21:08, Makenzee Page	43

Links

• Complete results of the 2014 Run 4 tHe Revolution 5K, courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AuBsYKIIn3TCdFNZRFRya2hKVnB3SG5oRGVqemdocWc
  
  
• 2013 story, "Rapid Revolutions in Lake Park for Kelly and Morse"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/06/revolution-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, "Lake Park laurels for Avenger and Peters"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/06/revolution-2012.html
  
  
• Look for your next chance to race in Lake Park on the Trouble Afoot! calendar:
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1093

Rapid Revolutions in Lake Park for Kelly and Morse

Racing in his hometown of Lake Park, Georgia, Ryan Kelly won the Lowndes County 4-H club's third annual Run For The Revolution 5K on Saturday morning, 8 June 2013. Kelly's time for the 3.1-mile race was 19:02. A quarter of a minute behind Kelly, Matthew Baun of Valdosta took the runner-up spot in 19:17. Baun is just one summer away from starting his high school distance-running career. Tyler Thurman, already a high school distance runner at Lowndes High School, was third in 20:26. Tom Phillips placed fourth in 20:49, finishing as the first master runner.


Kelsey Morse of Valdosta's Viking Runners Club seems to be winning just about everything on the roads in and around Valdosta this spring. The Run For The Revolution 5K in the Valdosta suburb of Lake Park was no exception. Morse captured the women's title in the race, running 22:36 and placing ninth overall. Following Morse in the female standings, Elizabeth Smith was the female runner-up, finishing 14th overall in 23:10. Another Viking, Makenzee Page, finished as the third female, 16th overall in 23:33. A few steps behind Page, Valdosta master runner Martha Mazurkiewicz was fourth in the women's standings, finishing 17th in 23:38.


63 athletes completed the race, close to the 71 finishers in the Run For The Revolution 5K in 2012. Another 14 finished a one-mile "Clover Trot" fun run at the event. Timing and finish line services were by Valdosta-based A Course/Line, LLC.


Top Ten Men, 2013 Run 4 tHe Revolution 5K

1. 19:01.5 ~ Ryan Kelly (M, 34) Lake Park, GA
2. 19:16.4 ~ Matthew Baun (M, 14)
3. 20:25.4 ~ Tyler Thurman (M, 17)
4. 20:48.6 ~ Tom Phillips (M, 49)
5. 20:52.1 ~ Milo Mirate (M, 17)
6. 21:11.7 ~ Jacob Bearrantine (M, 20)
7. 21:14.8 ~ Tom Grant (M, 36)
8. 22:16.4 ~ Rob McGhin (M, 33)
9. 22:39.1 ~ Michael Baun (M, 56)
10. 22:52.8 ~ Nathan Smith (M, 34)

Top Ten Women, 2013 Run 4 tHe Revolution 5K

1. 22:35.2 ~ Kelsey Morse (F, 10) Valdosta, GA
2. 23:09.5 ~ Elizabeth Smith (F, 34)
3. 23:32.6 ~ Makenzee Page (F, 13)
4. 23:37.2 ~ Martha Mazurkiewicz (F, 45)
5. 23:55.0 ~ Debbie Green (F, 47)
6. 24:25.3 ~ Alison Thornhill (F, 33)
7. 25:07.6 ~ Sylvia Ellis (F, 43)
8. 25:40.6 ~ Mackenzie Morse (F, 13)
9. 26:18.6 ~ Heather Kelly (F, 35)
10. 26:25.6 ~ Eryn Wilkey (F, 10)

Run 4 tHe Revolution 5K winners, 2011-2013
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
11 June 2011	18:49, Masked Avenger	23:53, Heather Barfield	34
9 June 2012	18:39, Masked Avenger	20:40, Alison Peters	71
8 June 2013	19:02, Ryan Kelly	22:36, Kelsey Morse	63

Links

• Complete results of the 2013 Run 4 tHe Revolution 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AuBsYKIIn3TCdGdiN0MwX1BWWUZkUUYyLUdFZHFPUXc
  
  
• 2012 story, "Lake Park laurels for Avenger and Peters"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/06/revolution-2012.html
  
  
• Look for your next chance to race against Ryan Kelly on the Trouble Afoot! calendar:
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1