After going missing from the schedule in 2011, the 10K race was back on the slate of events at the seventh annual Thomasville Road Baptist Church Road Race last Saturday, March 3. Tallahasseean and University of Florida medical student Chris Lake won the 6.2-mile race in 34:22. It wasn’t quite fast enough to break David Altmaier’s 2009 course record of 34:14, but it was fast enough to finish more than 600 yards ahead of the runner-up, Will Stanford. Stanford posted a 36:39 for the 10K. Maclay School track coach Gary Droze was the fastest master runner in the race, placing third overall in 37:26. Thomasville, Georgia runner Mary Anne Grayson was the first woman finisher as well as the first woman master, running 44:10 for 16th.
Lake stated that the 10K was a tune-up for his next race, the River Run 15K in Jacksonville, Florida on March 10. He wasn’t challenged competitively, though, as he sped through the streets of northeast Tallahassee. Before the runners had reached the end of the first mile, Lake was already 60 yards ahead and continuing to pull away, with Droze and Stanford locked in a struggle for second behind him. Lake described the course as tough, but you wouldn’t have thought so watching him cruise over the hills on Thomasville Road. While Lake ran on to victory, Stanford broke away from Droze to secure second. Droze was the last runner in the field to crack 40 minutes; fourth place went to Michael Kennett in 41:13, with Bing Xu a few feet back in 41:16.Beyond the River Run 15K, Lake is pointing for Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota on June 16. Lake’s most recent effort at the 26.2-mile marathon distance was in Savannah, Georgia’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon on Nov. 5, 2011, where he ran 2:34:02 and placed second in a field of nearly 5,000 runners.
Mary Anne Grayson was even more dominant in the women’s competition than Chris Lake was among the men. Leading from the outset, Grayson’s wining time of 44:10 put her more than half a mile ahead of the next woman. Behind Grayson, Tallahassee master runners Lori Abbey and Paula O’Neill battled closely for second, still just a few yards apart as they ran north on Thomasville Road in the closing stages of the race. At the finish line, though, it was Abbey who took the women’s runner-up spot, 48:08 to 48:22.Top Ten Men, 2012 TRBC 10K
34:22 ~ Chris Lake (M, 24)- 36:39 ~ Will Stanford (M, 19)
- 37:26 ~ Gary Droze (M, 50)
- 41:13 ~ Michael Kennett (M, 38)
- 41:16 ~ Bing Xu (M, 44)
- 41:26 ~ Tad David (M, 43)
- 42:28 ~ Jeff Nielsen (M, 54)
- 42:43 ~ Roger Schmidt (M, 20)
- 42:56 ~ Michael La Bossiere (M, 45)
- 42:59 ~ Cole Tessier (M, 29)
Top Ten Women, 2012 TRBC 10K
44:10 ~ Mary Anne Grayson (F, 46) - 48:08 ~ Lorien Abbey (F, 44)
- 48:22 ~ Paula O' Neill (F, 50)
- 50:39 ~ Shannon McNees (F, 41)
- 52:21 ~ Laura Welch (F, 51)
- 52:46 ~ Stephanie Aanstoos (F, 22)
- 53:14 ~ Martha Bademan (F, 27)
- 53:47 ~ Mary Gorham- Rowan (F, 45)
- 54:08 ~ Marisol Townsend (F, 34)
- 54:27 ~ Marien Dimacali (F, 50)
The 139 finishers in the 10K were joined by another 184 runners in the 5K, both races sharing the same 8:30 am starting time. There had been no interruption in 2011 for the Thomasville Road Baptist Church 5K race, and the 3.1-mile event was back in 2012. Tallahassee’s Peter Kaus and Bainbridge, Georgia schoolboy Chase Harris ran together out in front nearly the entire way, but Harris had the advantage at the finish line, 19:09 to 19:12. 11-year-old Katherine Resavage took the female crown in the 5K, running 24:52 for 11th overall.
Top Ten Men, 2012 TRBC 5K- 19:09 ~ Chase Harris (M, 15)
- 19:12 ~ Peter Kaus (M, 27)
- 20:52 ~ Jordan Merrick (M, 32)
- 21:09 ~ Duane Evans (M, 44)
- 21:16 ~ Brad Diesburg (M, 31)
- 21:20 ~ Caleb Harris (M, 11)
- 21:53 ~ Mike Jaynes (M, 44)
- 22:19 ~ Mike Shank (M, 43)
- 23:17 ~ Charlie Lang (M, 13)
- 23:59 ~ Josh Cushing (M, 16)
Top Ten Women, 2012 TRBC 5K
24:52 ~ Katherine Resavage (F, 11) - 26:46 ~ Bridget Isenberg (F, 12)
- 27:05 ~ Debbie Peters (F, 51)
- 29:18 ~ Lauren Canada (F, 14)
- 29:31 ~ Olivia Cushing (F, 12)
- 29:32 ~ Michelle Roumelis (F, 17)
- 30:00 ~ Susan Jacobs (F, 23)
- 30:15 ~ Emi Onuki (F, 32)
- 30:21 ~ Meredith Gaynor (F, )
- 30:50 ~ Kaila Andrews (F, 13)
| Winners of the Thomasville Road Baptist Church Road Race, 2006-2012 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Race | Men | Women |
| 4 March 2006 | 10K | 35:29, Chris Holland | 46:39, Debbie LaMarche |
| 5K | No race held | ||
| 3 March 2007 | 10K | 35:09, Vince Molosky | 41:43, Seeley Lovett |
| 5K | 20:22, Tim Unger | 26:36, Carly Thomas | |
| 8 March 2008 | 10K | 36:08, Daniel Crane | 43:33, Katrina Unglaub |
| 5K | 19:22, Steven Banister | 22:07, Carly Thomas | |
| 7 March 2009 | 10K | 34:14, David Altmaier | 41:38, Kelsey Scheitlin |
| 5K | 19:38, Trevor Touchton | 20:43, Shannon Coates | |
| 6 March 2010 | 10K | 34:51, Vince Molosky | 39:03, Sheryl Rosen |
| 5K | 20:13, Jordan Merrick | 18:39, Amy Hines | |
| 5 March 2011 | 10K | No race held | |
| 5K | 15:48, Kevin Sullivan | 20:23, Micah Adriani | |
| 3 March 2012 | 10K | 34:22, Chris Lake | 44:10, Mary Anne Grayson |
| 5K | 19:09, Chase Harris | 24:52, Katherine Resavage | |
Links
- Complete results of the 2012 Thomasville Rd Baptist Church 10K at gulfwinds.org
http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2012/TRBC%202012.asp - More photos of the 2012 Thomasville Rd Baptist Church 10K (Part 1)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10101625326734043.3299313.5215641&l=48dca4933c - More photos of the 2012 Thomasville Rd Baptist Church 10K (Part 2)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10101625350471473.3299315.5215641&l=e4bc5ca713 - Fred Deckert's photos of the 2012 Thomasville Rd Baptist Church 10K
https://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/TRBC12 - Darrel Tremaine's photos of the 2012 Thomasville Rd Baptist Church 10K
https://picasaweb.google.com/102167918289658951078/TRBC5k10kMarch32012
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