Kelsey Scheitlin overtook Micah Adriani in the last mile of a hilly 5K course to win the 2009 Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival on Saturday morning, 19 September 2009. Scheitlin finished in 19:00, 19 seconds ahead of the second woman in, Sarah Docter-Williams, who finished as top woman master in the event. Adriani was the third woman across the line in 19:36, just ahead of last year's runner-up, Sheryl Rosen, at 19:37. Meanwhile, in the men's race, John Robida took the lead soon after the start and never relinquished it to finish as top male in 16:34. He was stalked by the top male master, Jay Wallace, who crossed the line second overall in 16:45. Defending champion David Altmaier finished fourth in 17:39 behind Vince Molosky's 17:13.
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The course is USATF certified (FL00022DL) and starts and finishes near Optimist Park in the Indianhead Acres section of Tallahassee. There are some hilly sections--mountain runners may scoff, but no one will mistake this for a flat course.
Links:
- Complete results of the 2009 Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival
http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2009/WDF%202009.htm - Photos of the 2009 Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2718712&id=5215641&l=44f690bdb9 - Certification map of the Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K course
http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL00022DL - Robida and Scheitlin win the 2009 Tails and Trails 5K
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/05/2009-tails-and-trails-5k-10k.html - Robida and Scheitlin Victorious at 2009 Summer Sizzler 5K
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/07/back-to-beach-robida-wins-2009-summer.html - Whose birthday is today?
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