"Erin Go Fast!" Wood, Hall capture Celtic 5K crowns

On Saturday, 17 March 2012, for the third straight year Tallahassee celebrated St. Patrick's Day with a downtown festival. It wasn't on the scale of the observations in Boston or Chicago or Savannah, but it was a true St. Patrick's Day celebration. There was even the usual perplexing spectacle of a band with Scottish bagpipes wearing Scottish kilts and playing "Scotland the Brave" in honor of an Irish Catholic saint. And this year a road race was added to the festivities, the inaugural Capital City Youth Services Celtic 5K. Tallahassee runners had already had chances to run "wearin' the green" at the Doggie Dash 8K earlier that day and at the Shamrock Scurry 5K the weekend before, but even so 128 athletes braved the hills of downtown Tallahassee to run the Celtic 5K.


Peter Wood climbed the final hill up College Avenue in front of the field of 128 to win the race, running 16:45. Behind Wood, Mike Nesius posted a 17:01 to finish as the runner up. Brian Corbin was the fastest master runner in the race, placing third overall in 19:13. Jennifer Hall was the class of the women's field, taking the title with a 22:49 tenth place finish. Kirsten Baggett was the women's runner up as well as the top female master, coming in 17th overall in 25:19.


Top Ten Men, 2012 CCYS Celtic 5K

1. 16:45 ~ Peter Wood (M, 20)
   
2. 17:01 ~ Mike Nesius (M, 27)
   
3. 19:13 ~ Brian Corbin (M, 44)
   
4. 19:48 ~ Michael Martinez (M, 46)
   
5. 21:30 ~ Carl Fynoch (M, 31)
   
6. 22:24 ~ Chris Leynes (M, 37)
   
7. 22:28 ~ Lenard Dawson (M, 23)
   
8. 22:35 ~ Bobby York (M, 47)
   
9. 22:38 ~ Terry Presnell (M, 62)
   
10. 23:53 ~ Tom Zinsi (M, 45)
    

Top Ten Women, 2012 CCYS Celtic 5K

1. 22:49 ~ Jennifer Hall (F, 38)
2. 25:20 ~ Kirsten Baggett (F, 45)
3. 25:30 ~ Lisa Duzan (F, 33)
4. 26:13 ~ Robin Walters (F, 50)
5. 26:40 ~ Jamie Gajus (F, 23)
6. 27:39 ~ Michelle Dixon (F, 23)
7. 28:21 ~ Lillian Walton (F, 23)
8. 28:27 ~ Rebekah Suwak (F, 24)
9. 28:30 ~ Ashley Russell (F, 22)
10. 28:55 ~ Sandra Lee (F, 43)

Links

• Complete results of the 2012 CCYS Celtic 5K at gulfwinds. org
  http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2012/CCYS%202012.asp
  
  
• More photos of the 2012 CCYS Celtic 5K
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