New year, new decade, new wins for Morgan Bolmer and Angie Cipriani

From 2012 to 2016, each year there was a New Year's Eve 5K in Valdosta, Georgia. But there was no race in 2017, nor in 2018. 31 December 2019 also passed without a New Year's Eve 5K in Valdosta. But the next morning, Wednesday, 1 January 2020, there was a New Year's Day 5K. Morgan Bolmer got his first win of the new year as well as the new decade, running 18:19 for first. Angie Cipriani was the first woman in the race, placing second overall in 19:43.


Bolmer and Cipriani were the only two runners in the race, male or female, to run under 20:00. Bolmer is a senior on the Berrien County High cross-country team; two months earlier he took tenth in the class 2A boys' race at Georgia's high school cross-country state championships. Cipriani, a harrier for the Valdosta State University Blazers, has been tearing up the roads since the end of the NCAA cross-country season, logging an 18:44 win at the Tallahassee Turkey Trot 5K and a winning 19:22 at the Red Nose Run 5K--the latter race in her hometown of Thomasville, Georgia.


Chad Northcutt of Quitman, Georgia was the second man in the race, placing third overall in 20:31. Valdosta's Rick Mazurkiewicz was the first master runner in the 5K, third in the men's standings and fourth overall in 20:43.


Pavo, Georgia athlete Pollyanna Bass edged Tracey Cole of Pinetta, Florida for the top woman master's spot, 23:21 to 23:24. Bass and Cole were the second and third women finishers, placing sixth and seventh overall.


47 athletes finished the 2020 Valdosta New Year 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2020 Valdosta New Year 5K

1. 18:18.7, Morgan Bolmer (M, 17) Nashville, GA
2. 20:30.1, Chad Northcutt (M, 35) Quitman, GA
3. 20:42.6, Rick Mazurkiewicz (M, 52) Valdosta, GA
4. 20:54.1, Eric Castor (M, 45) Lakeland, GA
5. 24:22.1, Kevin Lunceford (M, 28) Valdosta, GA
6. 25:01.9, Billy Carson Taylor (M, 71) Valdosta, GA
7. 25:34.7, Steve Jones (M, 49) Valdosta, GA
8. 25:45.8, Alan Johnson (M, 59) Valdosta, GA
9. 26:05.9, Dusty Dorminey (M, 45) Lake Park, GA
10. 26:13.2, Michael Guilmette (M, 57) Lake Park, GA

Top Ten Women, 2020 Valdosta New Year 5K

1. 19:42.3, Angie Cipriani (F, 20) Valdosta, GA
2. 23:20.8, Pollyanna Bass (F, 47) Pavo, GA
3. 23:23.4, Tracey Cole (F, 40) Pinetta, FL
4. 24:21.8, Kelly Lunceford (F, 30) Valdosta, GA
5. 24:54.9, Jamie Brown (F, 36) Valdosta, GA
6. 26:22.7, Sarah Gatzemeier (F, 33) Hahira, GA
7. 29:24.2, Candice Arnold (F, 40) Lake Park, GA
8. 36:39.0, Rebecca Williams (F, 38) Surprise, AZ
9. 36:39.3, Angel Reynolds (F, 34) Columbus, GA
10. 38:03.8, Anita Davis (F, 66) Valdosta, GA

Valdosta, Georgia, New Year 5K winners, 2012 - 2020
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
31 December 2012	17:58, Mark McLeod	24:56, Martha Mazurkiewicz	50
31 December 2013	18:04, Ryan Kelly	22:30, Makenzee Page	75
31 December 2014	16:59, Andrew Elam	20:52, Makenzee Page	69
31 December 2015	18:01, Michael Martinez	22:59, Debbie Green	61
31 December 2016	16:53, Andrew Elam	22:48, Gracie Woods	93
1 January 2020	18:19, Morgan Bolmer	19:43, Angie Cipriani	47

Links

• Complete results of Valdosta's 2020 New Year 5K (Courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC)
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSZDRCV73wWN1eZMeaAkI6g-yzn7Gg9mK2J5oIWkasETos8u_VySFlCAH0Dv727HAcS2SDky4DW3xiE/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Elam and Woods answer 2016's last call with a win”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/valdosta-nye-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “One last win in 2015 for Martinez and Green”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/01/valdosta-nye-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “New year, new records for Elam and Page”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/01/valdosta-nye-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Kelly and Page headline a New Year's Runnin' Eve in Valdosta”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/01/valdosta-nye-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “In Valdosta, McLeod and Mazurkiewicz ring out the old year with new wins”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/01/valdosta-nye-2012.html
  
  
• Find upcoming races in the region during the new year using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2668

Morgan Bolmer and Pollyanna Bass ring up wins at the Saint John Road Race

On Saturday morning, 2 November 2019, Morgan Bolmer will be racing on the hills of Carrollton, Georgia in the GHSA State Championship Race for High School Boys' Cross-Country. But on Saturday morning, 26 October 2019, the Berrien County High senior was on the streets of Valdosta, Georgia, where he won the sixteenth annual Saint John Catholic School 5K Road Race in 17:36. Pavo, Georgia master runner Pollyanna Bass was the first woman in the race, placing twelfth overall in 22:56.


It wasn't the first race of the week for Bolmer. The preceding Wednesday, 23 October 2019, he had won the GHSA 2A Region 1 Boys' Cross-Country Championship Race at Pebble Hill near Thomasville, Georgia, running 17:42 and leading his Berrien County team to a Region title. That win earned the Berrien boys a trip to the State Meet in Carrollton.


Caleb Watson of Valdosta finished runner-up to Bolmer at the Saint John 5K, running 18:14 coming in just ahead of Justin Tracy, the winner of the 2017 race. Tracy was third in 18:20. The fastest master runner in the race was Ryan Kelly, the Valdosta High cross-country coach. Kelly placed fourth overall in 18:40.


Pinetta, Florida master runner Tracey Cole took second in the women's standings, placing thirteenth overall in 23:10. Traci Ferris of Valdosta was the third woman in the Saint John 5K and sixteenth overall in 23:18.


108 athletes finished the 2019 Saint John Road Race 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta, Georgia timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Saint John Road Race

1. 17:35.2, Morgan Bolmer (M, 17) Nashville, GA
2. 18:13.1, Caleb Watson (M, 21) Valdosta, GA
3. 18:19.8, Justin Tracy (M, 25) New Vineyard, ME
4. 18:39.3, Ryan Kelly (M, 40) Lake Park, GA
5. 18:48.6, Mason Thompson (M, 16) Valdosta, GA
6. 19:40.0, Pate King (M, 18) Valdosta, GA
7. 20:08.8, Ruben Pule (M, 24) Valdosta, GA
8. 20:17.3, Michael Kelly (M, 18) Valdosta, GA
9. 20:30.3, Bailey Collins (M, 16) Ray City, GA
10. 20:46.2, Cason Register (M, 14) Lakeland, GA

Top Ten Women, 2019 Saint John Road Race

1. 22:55.7, Pollyanna Bass (F, 47) Pavo, GA
2. 23:10.0, Tracey Cole (F, 40) Pinetta, FL
3. 23:17.4, Traci Ferris (F, 37) Valdosta, GA
4. 24:48.7, Kelly Lunceford (F, 30) Valdosta, GA
5. 24:53.9, Jamie Brown (F, 35) Valdosta, GA
6. 25:30.9, Brandy Van Jura (F, 40) Hahira, GA
7. 26:57.8, Scarlett Jerome (F, 13) Valdosta, GA
8. 28:52.4, Marcela Wortman-Paredes (F, 41) Valdosta, GA
9. 29:11.4, Nanci Scheetz (F, 71) Madison, FL
10. 30:54.7, Brenna Rassmann (F, 32) Valdosta, GA

Winners of the Saint John School 5K Road Race, 2004 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
30 October 2004	16:17 John Seppala	20:26 Susan Fischer
29 October 2005	16:10 Andy Minnicks	18:32 Melissa Daugherty
28 October 2006	16:26 Brandon Young	19:27 Melissa Daugherty	329
27 October 2007	16:38 D. J. Smith	19:06 Jana Grygarova	328
25 October 2008	17:23 Corey Stejback	19:57 Ashley Rall-McGee	286
31 October 2009	17:55 Marc Kaiser	19:42 Ashley McGee	338
30 October 2010	16:09 Chris Rice	21:03 Brandi Faircloth	326
29 October 2011	17:44 Austin Wallace	21:27 Amy Sharon	296
27 October 2012	15:54 Jesse Prince	21:29 Kelsey Morse	288
26 October 2013	17:13, Joshua Hall	20:46, Mackenzie Morse	598
25 October 2014	21:02, George Powell	22:33, Debbie Green	150
31 October 2015	18:27, Max Steele	22:20, Debbie Green	213
29 October 2016	18:59, Dan Butzin	21:48, Alice Smoot	157
28 October 2017	17:36, Justin Tracy	21:30, Elizabeth Smith	173
27 October 2018	16:57, Alec Munger	22:51, Alice Smoot	172
26 October 2019	17:36, Morgan Bolmer	22:56, Pollyanna Bass	108

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Saint John School 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSQWibfl2MAKdo2SrAxz8jvEICTfcRZUkbNvfgAI20d4oh_yp9-baGT3v__uAF7jMqhPSnJsmGoQmrN/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Alec Munger and Alice Smoot headline the Saint John Road Race”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/10/st-john-2018.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Steele and Green treat themselves on Hallowe'en at the St John Road Race”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/11/st-john-2015.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Jesse Prince is the first to break 16:00 at the St. John 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/st-john-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Wallace takes a time out from trails to win St John 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/11/st-john-2011.html
  
  
• Saint John Road Race
  https://www.stjohnroadrace.org/
  
  
• Find an upcoming race to run in Valdosta or any other city within 100 miles of Tallahassee
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2635

Berrien County's Bolmer and Chandler each taste sweet victory at the Honeybee 5K

A pair of Berrien County High sophomore cross-country runners were prominent on the streets of Hahira, Georgia on Saturday morning, 7 October 2017. Morgan Bolmer took first in the Honeybee 5K, part of Hahira's annual Honeybee Festival, running 18:58. Rebecca Chandler was the first woman and second overall in 20:43.


It's October. Don't you guys have a cross-country meet somewhere?


Eric Little of Maitland, Florida was the fastest master runner in the race and the second male finisher, placing third overall in 20:46. A flurry of school-age athletes were next over the line--Highland Christian's Jonathan Daniely (4th, 21:40), Lowndes High sophomore Jackson Lawson (5th, 21:42), Highlands Christian senior Alden Lisse (6th, 21:43), and Hahira Middle School eighth-grader Ryan Carter (7th, 21:45). For a few moments, it looked like the finish chute of a cross-country meet.


In addition to sixth overall, Lisse was also runner-up in the women's standings. Pollyanna Bass of Pavo, Georgia was the top woman master and third female finisher, eleventh overall in 22:43.


129 athletes finished the 2017 Honeybee 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta, Georgia timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Hahira Honeybee 5K

1. 18:57.8, Morgan Bolmer (M, 15) Nashville, GA
2. 20:45.5, Eric Little (M, 47) Maitland, FL
3. 21:39.1, Jonathan Daniely (M, 15) Valdosta, GA
4. 21:41.7, Jackson Lawson (M, 15) Hahira, GA
5. 21:44.9, Ryan Carter (M, 14) Hahira, GA
6. 21:58.9, Alexander Lovelace (M, 18) Hahira, GA
7. 22:29.7, Dallon Kerby (M, 26) Hahira, GA
8. 22:34.2, Tim Melone (M, 28) Hahira, GA
9. 22:57.5, Mason Sikes (M, 16) Nashville, GA
10. 23:05.7, Ethan North (M, 13) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2017 Hahira Honeybee 5K

1. 20:42.1, Rebecca Chandler (F, 17) Nashville, GA
2. 21:42.3, Alden Lisse (F, 17) Valdosta, GA
3. 22:42.8, Pollyanna Bass (F, 45) Pavo, GA
4. 26:48.0, Clarissa Mallory (F, 12) Valdosta, GA
5. 27:12.2, Rhonda D. Barrett (F, 46) Valdosta, GA
6. 27:12.8, Amy Bradshaw (F, 27) Valdosta, GA
7. 27:21.7, Maryann Rowe (F, 15) Nashville, GA
8. 27:28.5, Lexi Metts (F, 14) Hahira, GA
9. 27:52.6, Brittany Folsom (F, 32)
10. 27:58.0, Jessica Cain (F, 36) Hahira, GA

Known Honeybee 5K Champions, 2001 - 2017
Date	Men	Women
2 October 1999
6 October 2001	17:21, Rich Sumrall
4 October 2003	16:31, John Seppala	23:14, Amy Mark
2 October 2004	16:30, John Seppala	22:13, Sundonia Williams
8 October 2005	16:47, John Seppala	20:41, Susan Fischer
7 October 2006	16:54, John Seppala	20:43, Susan Fischer
6 October 2007	16:54, John Seppala	18:57, Jana Grygarova
4 October 2008	17:02, John Seppala	21:13, Heidi Gonzalez
3 October 2009	16:51, John Seppala	20:12, Ashley Powell
9 October 2010	16:46, Scott Gardner	20:08, Ashley Powell
8 October 2011	17:49, Masked Avenger	19:46, Mary Alice Smoot
6 October 2012	18:37, Ryan Kelly	21:52, Gretchen Bielmyer
5 October 2013	18:39, Ryan Kelly	22:27, Debbie Allen
4 October 2014	19:26, Nick Rosatti	19:51, Mary Alice Smoot
3 October 2015	18:16, Ryan Kelly	22:44, Katie Lancaster
1 October 2016	19:14, David Burnett	21:42, Meredith Foskey
7 October 2017	18:58, Morgan Bolmer	20:43, Rebecca Chandler

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Honeybee 5K, courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRpn3OsMI13Vg2ExyOVjiCWLWORDwtMPANWH_GrB2yDKgW_ME5I8IZihjVMH6tpzky_iT6O8sozN0kM/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “A honey of a run in Hahira for Kelly and Lancaster”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/honeybee-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Harriers Rosatti and Smoot win Hahira's Honeybee 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/honeybee-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Ryan Kelly and Debbie Allen are victors at Hahira's 2013 Honeybee 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/10/honeybee-2013.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Avenger and Smoot lead the swarm at Honeybee 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/10/honeybee-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Gardner stings Seppala at Honeybee 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/honeybee-2010.html
  
  
• Find the next insect-themed race in the region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2103

Bolmer and Lisse grab some sky at the Above The Rim 5K

You don't have to be at a cross-country meet to race cross-country. For instance, the Above The Rim 5K in Valdosta, Georgia was a cross-country race that was open to any athlete interested in running on turf and trails. Nevertheless, it was runners from high school cross-country teams who dominated the Above The Rim field in Freedom Park on Saturday morning, 23 September 2017. Morgan Bolmer, a sophomore on the Berrien County High cross-country team, won the race in 19:40. Alden Lisse, a senior on the Highland Christian Academy team, was the first woman in the 5K, placing sixth overall in 22:51.


More high school runners followed Bolmer across the finish line. Valdosta High junior Ben Carlson was second in 20:36. Johnny Miller of Georgia Christian took third in 21:47, and Alex Carlson, a Valdosta High junior, was fourth in 22:27. There were some older athletes in the race, though. Renaldo Smidtas of Naylor, Georgia was the fastest master runner in the 5K, coming in eighth overall in 24:26.


Makayla Ross of the Highland Christian cross-country team was second in the women's standings and thirteenth overall in 25:52. Tifton, Georgia's Gina Purvis was the top woman master and third female finisher, sixteenth overall in 27:19.


39 athletes finished the 2017 Above The Rim 5K. Proceeds of the event went to the Highland Christian Acaemy Eagles boys' basketball team. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Above The Rim 5K

1. 19:39.7, Morgan Bolmer (M, 15) Nashville, GA
2. 20:35.5, Ben Carlson (M, 16) Valdosta, GA
3. 21:46.1, Johnny Miller (M, 18) Dasher, GA
4. 22:26.3, Alex Carlson (M, 16) Valdosta, GA
5. 22:46.6, Jonathan Daniely (M, 15) Valdosta, GA
6. 23:41.3, Daniel Carver (M, 33) Hahira, GA
7. 24:25.4, Renaldo Smidtas (M, 53) Naylor, GA
8. 24:42.7, Ethan North (M, 13) Stockton, GA
9. 24:58.2, Lukas Smidtas (M, 17) Dasher, GA
10. 25:12.3, Jake Williams (M, 13) Barney, GA

Top Ten Women, 2017 Above The Rim 5K

1. 22:50.9, Alden Lisse (F, 17) Valdosta, GA
2. 25:51.9, Makayla Ross (F, 14) Dixie, GA
3. 27:18.8, Gina Purvis (F, 58) Tifton, GA
4. 28:34.5, Kaleigh Kostyu (F, 17) Valdosta, GA
5. 28:38.3, Clarissa Mallory (F, 12) Valdosta, GA
6. 30:16.1, Tiffany Mulligan (F, 38) Valdosta, GA
7. 32:48.1, Ansley Griffin (F, 14) Dasher, GA
8. 34:10.6, Chasity Griffin (F, 15) Dasher, GA
9. 34:25.6, Darlene Kraushaar (F, 46) Valdosta, GA
10. 37:05, Briana Watson (F, 30) Valdosta, GA

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Above The Rim 5K, courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRs1MY6lkEdNnYU4S9cbocrkrJJ0RN_Bx6lS_uS67shTKHs8n_ULPRYFVAVB7q6CkJOz2FhwfGLQkGw/pubhtml
  
  
• Find your next opportunity to compete on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2096

Second time is the charm for Morgan Bolmer at the B-1 5K

Valdosta, Georgia runner Dan Butzin won the inaugural B-1 5K in 2016, trouncing runner-up Morgan Bolmer. Butzin was back on the streets of Valdosta on Saturday morning, 9 September 2017, for the second annual B-1 5K. But so was Bolmer. This time, the Berrien County High sophomore cross-country runner finished ahead of Buztin, winning the race in 18:59, while Butzin languished in the runner-up spot at 19:06. Joel Malin of Nashville, Georgia was third in 21:35. Karl Brown of Alapaha, Georgia was the fastest master runner in the race, placing fourth overall in 23:53.


Valdosta athlete Amy Bradshaw was the top woman in the race, coming in eighth overall in 27:32. Not far behind Bradshaw, Tiffany Mulligan of Valdosta was the second woman and ninth overall in 27:42. Valdosta's Amber Hentz was third in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 28:28. Tonya Stalvey of Du Pont, Georgia was the first woman master and seventh female finisher, eighteenth overall in 31:51.


47 athletes finished the 2017 B-1 5K for The Awareness and Prevention of Youth Suicide. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta, Georgia timed the event and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2017 B-1 5K

1. 18:58.4, Morgan Bolmer (M, 15) Nashville, GA
2. 19:06.0, Dan Butzin (M, 32) Valdosta, GA
3. 21:34.2, Joel Malin (M, 31) Nashville, GA
4. 23:52.6, Karl Brown (M, 41) Alapaha, GA
5. 24:12.1, Jonathan Daniely (M, 15) Valdosta, GA
6. 24:42.9, Cliff Gower (M, 58) Hahira, GA
7. 26:31.3, Matt Monroe (M, 38) Valdosta, GA
8. 27:48.6, David Metcalf (M, 33) Du Pont, GA
9. 28:27.7, Mike Hentz (M, 30) Valdosta, GA
10. 30:22.3, Scott Purvis (M, 51) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2017 B-1 5K

1. 27:31.3, Amy Bradshaw (F, 27) Valdosta, GA
2. 27:41.3, Tiffany Mulligan (F, 38) Valdosta, GA
3. 28:27.1, Amber Hentz (F, 30) Valdosta, GA
4. 29:48.9, Ariele D'Emidio (F, 27) Valdosta, GA
5. 30:46.0, Christine Forster (F, 27) Hahira, GA
6. 30:57.3, Ali Coleman (F, 26) Hazlehurst, GA
7. 31:50.8, Tonya Stalvey (F, 50) Du Pont, GA
8. 32:00.1, Erika Marshall (F, 35) Valdosta, GA
9. 35:24.1, Kim Souther (F, 56) Hahira, GA
10. 35:38.2, Reana Thomas (F, 33) Valdosta, GA

B-1 Awareness 5K winners, 2016 - 2017
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
10 September 2016	18:43, Dan Butzin	23:11, Kelly Davis	53
9 September 2017	18:59, Morgan Bolmer	27:32, Amy Bradshaw	47

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 B1 5K for the Awareness and Prevention of Youth Suicide, courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRp2Ycpuo8ZlxedFH9dBCXbw5wSAmvFZSfIPgHNflUhskB08msPU3u9bc3Wr-tvPLFfCXwpX0LvZ4Xs/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Butzin and Davis are A-1 at the B-1 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/b-1-2016.html
  
  
• 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
  
  

#2098

No substitute for victory needed by either Bolmer or Spry at the Georgia Military College 5K

On Saturday morning, 24 June 2017, Dan Butzin was among the athletes on the starting line of the fourth annual Georgia Military College Valdosta 5K. Butzin was both the defending champion and record holder of the Valdosta, Georgia race, having run a winning 18:38 in 2016. But when the 2017 run was over, Morgan Bolmer was the new GMCV 5K champion, placing first in 19:10. Vanessa Spry won the women's title, placing sixth overall in 22:08.


Bolmer is a rising sophomore at Berrien County High, where he competes for the school's cross-country team. Wesley Nicholson took second, trailing Bolmer by 70 meters. A month earlier Nicholson had graduated from Chestatee High in Gainesville, Georgia. Valdosta's Dan Butzin placed third in 19:55.


Rebecca Chandler, a rising sophomore on the Berrien County High cross-country team, was second in the women's standings, placing seventh overall in 22:34. Kelly Davis of Valdosta was the third woman and ninth overall in 23:22.


Rob Lane of Jacksboro, Texas was the fastest master runner in the 5K and the seventh male finisher, tenth overall in 23:45. Coming in twelfth overall in 24:46, Pavo, Georgia's Pollyanna Bass was the first woman master and fourth female finisher.


78 athletes finished the fourth annual Georgia Military College Valdosta 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Georgia Military College Valdosta 5K

1. 19:10.0, Morgan Bolmer (M, 15) Nashville, GA
2. 19:26.1, Wesley Nicholson (M, 18) Gainesville, GA
3. 19:54.7, Dan Butzin (M, 32) Valdosta, GA
4. 20:18.2, James Marino (M, 38) Valdosta, GA
5. 22:01.9, John Lewis (M, 37) Naylor, GA
6. 23:21.5, Kevin Lunceford (M, 25) Valdosta, GA
7. 23:44.3, Rob Lane (M, 51) Jacksboro, TX
8. 23:54.1, Jim Tully (M, 70) Lamont, FL
9. 24:22.2, Justin Naylor (M, 44) Hahira, GA
10. 25:18.9, Brian Gonzales (M, 41) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2017 Georgia Military College Valdosta 5K

1. 22:07.8, Vanessa Spry (F, 32) Valdosta, GA
2. 22:33.5, Rebecca Chandler (F, 16) Nashville, GA
3. 23:21.8, Kelly Davis (F, 27) Valdosta, GA
4. 24:45.2, Pollyanna Bass (F, 45) Pavo, GA
5. 25:50.0, Sarah Lane (F, 46) Jacksboro, TX
6. 26:04.9, Jodi Stuckey (F, 32) Moultrie, GA
7. 26:13.4, Mary Sue Thompson (F, 34) Moultrie, GA
8. 27:06.9, Susan Riordan (F, 45) Valdosta, GA
9. 27:12.7, Cathy Jones (F, 57) Thomasville, GA
10. 27:37.8, Jen Kunkel (F, 46) Valdosta, GA

Georgia Military College Valdosta 5K winners, 2014 - 2017
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
28 June 2014	18:50, Ryan Kelly	22:25, Danielle Jarnagin	60
27 June 2015	22:26, Billy Taylor	22:17, Anne Price	56
25 June 2016	18:38, Dan Butzin	26:02, Katie Presler	73
24 June 2017	19:10, Morgan Bolmer	22:08, Vanessa Spry	78

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Georgia Military College Valdosta 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gclxrXWw7lLYNEOYPhk3J3BN8a2Vw9qnPQ8pFusCsY4/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Butzin and Presler win the battle at the Georgia Military College 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/06/gmcv-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Anne Price takes it all at Dollars For Scholars”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/06/gmcv-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Kelly and Jarnigan cash in at Dollars For Scholars”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/06/gmcv-2014.html
  
  
• Georgia Military College Valdosta
  http://valdosta.gmc.cc.ga.us/
  
  
• Find your next race in the region using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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