Jay Smith outfought Juan Ordonez over the final yards of the race to win the 12th annual Alan C. Sundberg Memorial 5K in Maclay Gardens State Park on Saturday, 23 October 2010. Smith clocked 20:01.37 to Ordonez's 20:03.28. Dr. Mike LaBossiere was the fastest master of the morning, placing third in 20:20.07. Nancy Stedman was the top woman finisher and the first woman master, coming in 10th overall in 22:12.01. Stedman was over a minute ahead of the next woman, Cindy Geeker, who finished 12th overall in 23:19.63.
It was a clear, cool morning, the best weather for distance running that Florida's Big Bend has seen so far this autumn. Chuck Davis took the pace out fast early, shadowed by Jeff Armstrong. By the beginning of the second kilometer Davis and Armstrong had a respectable margin on the rest of the field. That lead would not last. By the fourth kilometer Jay Smith and Juan Ordonez were out in front, occasionally swapping the lead, with Dr. Mike LaBossiere and Jeff Armstrong a few meters back. Davis had fallen back into fifth and out of contention. Over the final kilometer Smith and Ordonez got away from LaBossiere and Armstrong but could not escape one another. Smith held Ordonez off on the course's final downhill plunge toward Lake Hall, crossing the line with the win. LaBossiere made it in a few seconds before Armstrong (20:25.68), while Davis (20:38.60) barely hung on to fifth ahead of Camilio Ordonez (20:39.26).
In the women's competition Nancy Stedman was in front by the end of the first kilometer and held the lead all the way to the finish line. Karima Anderson was in the second spot in the early going, but was overtaken by Cindy Geeker. During the fifth kilometer of the race, Geeker went by Anderson and built up a ten-second lead, beating Anderson to the finish line 23:19.63 to 23:29.48.120 runners completed the Sundberg 5K. The race is held each year in the memory of Alan C. Sundberg, Jr., an attendant at Maclay Gardens State Park. Sundberg died of skin cancer in 1998 at the tragically young age of 33. All proceeds from the race go to benefit the Florida Skin Cancer Foundation. In addition to a great run through the park and a T-shirt, each participant in the race gets a skin-cancer screening.
| Alan C. Sundberg Memorial 5K Champions, 1999 - 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women |
| 23 October 1999 | Dwayne Maddron (18:12) | Betty Lewis (21:33) |
| 2000 | ||
| 27 October 2001 | Wade Brett (16:21) | Angela Dempsey (20:45) |
| 19 October 2002 | Mike LaBossiere (19:40) | Angela Dempsey (20:54) |
| 25 October 2003 | Matt Ertl (18:12) | Seeley Lovett (19:53) |
| 30 October 2004 | Shawn Patterson (16:18) | Seeley Lovett (20:11) |
| 29 October 2005 | Jay Wallace (17:03) | Allison Eagen (20:01) |
| 28 October 2006 | Gary Droze (17:11) | Christina Woytalewicz (18:38) |
| 27 October 2007 | Joe Franklin (16:21) | Seeley Lovett (19:11) |
| 25 October 2008 | Chris Lake (16:02) | Angela Dempsey (21:22) |
| 24 October 2009 | Steve Mucchetti (16:57) | Kara Taylor (18:38) |
| 23 October 2010 | Jay Smith (20:02) | Nancy Stedman (22:13) |
Links:
- Complete results of the 2010 Sundberg 5K at gulfwinds.org
http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2010/Sundberg%202010.htm - Photos of the 2010 Sundberg 5K
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3017355&id=5215641&l=37a0f4ddde - Fred Deckert's photos of the 2010 Sundberg 5K
http://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/Sundberg10 - 2009 race story: "Mucchetti and Taylor grab wins at 2009 Sundberg 5K"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/10/mucchetti-and-taylor-grab-wins-at-2009.html - Find your next race in the Tallahassee area using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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