Saturday, October 16, 2010

Roberts, Faletti take top honors at FSU Parents' Weekend 5K

"Bob Braman calls him 'The Danimal,'" remarked Brian Corbin.


Corbin was talking about the FSU track coach's name for Dan Roberts, who had just won the FSU Parents' Weekend 5K in Tallahassee on Saturday, 16 October 2010. Roberts covered the course around the Florida State campus in 14:59, finishing more than half a kilometer ahead of the runner-up, Hardy Moore (16:44). Javier Zamparelli was third in 16:56. Tactically, Roberts' race was simple--he started off faster than everyone else, ran faster than everyone else, and finished faster than everyone else.


For the masters, the competition was not so cut and dried. At three kilometers Brian Keno and Brian Corbin were still running within a couple of strides of each other. But Keno opened up a gap over the final kilometer to finish as first master, ninth overall in 18:35. Corbin followed him across the line in tenth.


In the women's competition, Meaghan Faletti led from pole to pole. An alumna of the Wekiva High cross-country team, Faletti ran the Parents' Weekend 5K course in 20:58. The women's runner-up was Allison Williams who ran 22:05, just ahead of the 22:18 clocking by the third woman across the finish line, Brittany Carey.


The race is one of the many activities that take place during Florida State University's annual "Parents' Weekend," which also include art shows, performances by the FSU Flying High Circus, presentations by FSU faculty, and even a football game. The course is unashamedly described as "a hilly 3.1 mile run through the FSU campus," and it does indeed take the runners from the low ground along Budweiser Creek to the heights of Gallows Hill behind the Westcott Building as it winds around the University. 453 runners finished the 2010 event.


Top Ten Men
  1. Dan Roberts, 14:58
  2. Hardy M. Moore, 16:43
  3. Javier Zauparelli, 16:55
  4. Michael Chisena, 17:14
  5. Raley Beggs, 17:16
  6. Alfred Nater, 17:32
  7. Logan DeSouza, 17:56
  8. Paul Miller, 18:11
  9. Brian Keno, 18:17
  10. Brian Corbin, 18:34

Top Ten Women
  1. Meaghan Faletti, 20:57
  2. Allison Williams, 22:04
  3. Brittany Carey, 22:17
  4. Shelby Nater, 23:01
  5. Ariana Puchalski, 23:13
  6. Shelby Heinzler, 23:28
  7. Kerry Emery, 23:38
  8. Coleen Mahoney, 23:45
  9. Kristie Hodges, 23:52
  10. Elizabeth Tielking, 24:08

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