Truchelut and Sherron go like a gale at the Hurricane 5K

The Capital Area Red Cross's annual Robin Lotane Memorial Hurricane Run 5K has been held in Tallahassee, Florida during ten different North Atlantic Basin hurricane seasons. For tropical drama, 2017 has to rank high on that list of ten. For the second year in a row, Tallahassee was in the path of a storm, Hurricane Irma. Texas, Puerto Rico, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi each saw hurricane landfalls. Even Ireland was under a hurricane warning. There have been more active seasons in the North Atlantic, but that was before there was a Hurricane Run.


So perhaps it was appropriate that a meteorologist, Dr. Ryan Truchelut, won the tenth annual Hurricane 5K on Saturday morning, 7 October 2017, running 18:27 on the streets of Tallahassee's Southwood section. Dr. Katie Sherron was second overall in 18:47, taking the women's title for the third time since 2011. Sherron holds the women's record in the Hurricane 5K, the 17:34 she posted in the 2015 race.


Kurt Dietrich was second in the men's standings and third overall in 18:55. Zach DeVeau was the third male finisher and fourth overall in 19:01. Fairview Middle School cross-country runner Patrick Koon was the fourth male finisher and fifth overall in 19:09. Bryan Koon was the fastest master runner in the Hurricane 5K, placing fifth in the men's standings and sixth overall in 19:11. As another hurricane connection, Bryan Koon was Florida's Director of Emergency Management through the peak of the 2017 hurricane season.


Alyssa Terry was the women's runner-up, placing ninth overall in 20:49. Stacie Elliott took third in the women's standings and twelfth overall in 22:19, while Mary Jane Hayden was the fourth woman and twentieth overall in 24:01. Paula O'Neill was the top woman master in the 5K, the fifth female finisher and 22nd overall in 24:52. O'Neill was the women's champ at the 2013 Hurricane Run.


121 athletes finished the Capital Area Red Cross's 2017 Robin Lotane Hurricane 5K. Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Hurricane 5K

1. 18:26.2, Ryan Truchelut (M, 31)
2. 18:54.7, Kurt Dietrich (M, 26)
3. 19:00.7, Zach DeVeau (M, 30)
4. 19:08.3, Patrick Koon (M, 12)
5. 19:10.9, Bryan Koon (M, 45)
6. 20:09.7, Michael Martinez (M, 51)
7. 20:44.3, John Schwenkler (M, 36)
8. 21:28.4, Juan Padron (M, 40)
9. 21:55.4, Chris Snow (M, 0)
10. 22:34.3, Jack Schwenkler (M, 10)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Hurricane 5K

1. 18:46.7, Katie Sherron (F, 35)
2. 20:48.3, Alyssa Terry (F, 24)
3. 22:18.1, Stacie Elliott (F, 34)
4. 24:00.9, Mary Jane Hayden (F, 37)
5. 24:52.0, Paula O'Neill (F, 56)
6. 25:52.2, Eva Horton (F, 36)
7. 26:31.5, Isabella Grayson (F, 15)
8. 26:53.0, Nami Imaizumi (F, 38)
9. 27:13.1, Fran Mclean (F, 60)
10. 28:26.8, Leslie Brett (F, 26)

Robin Lotane Memorial Hurricane 5K champions, 2008 - 2017
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
6 September 2008	15:53, Chris Lake	20:02, Kelsey Scheitlin	227
7 September 2009	15:54, Chris Lake	19:02, Sarah Docter-Williams	620
6 September 2010	14:54, Nate Brannen	18:53, Lisa Johnson	524
5 September 2011	17:06, Stanley Linton	19:24, Katie Showman	272
3 September 2012	16:33, Brian Griffith	18:12, Sheryl Rosen	295
5 October 2013	17:30, Bryan Koon	22:50, Paula O'Neill	165
26 October 2014	16:46, Joseph Garcia	19:02, Chantelle Brodie	180
3 October 2015	16:20, Joseph Garcia	17:34, Katie Sherron	196
8 October 2016	19:57, Layne Ayers	23:31, Michelle Hadden	147
7 October 2017	18:27, Ryan Truchelut	18:47, Katie Sherron	121
From 2008 to 2011, the race was held in Southwood. From 2012 to 2014 the Red Cross moved the Hurricane 5K to the Tom Brown Park area. In 2015 the race returned to Southwood.

Links:

• Complete results of the 2017 Robin Lotane Red Cross Hurricane 5K at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2017/Hurricane%20Run%202017.asp
  
  
• 2015 story, “Katie Sherron runs a lightning-fast 17:34 at the Hurricane 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/hurricane-2015.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Bryan Koon and Paula O'Neill run like the wind at the Hurricane 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/10/hurricane-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Griffith and Rosen blow by the competition at the Hurricane 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/hurricane-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Linton and Showman storm to Hurricane 5K wins”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/hurricane-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Brannen and Johnson breeze to wins at Hurricane 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/hurricane-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Another win for Chris Lake at the Red Cross Hurricane 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/09/another-win-for-chris-lake-at-red-cross.html
  
  
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