First Rose City wins for Adam Wallenfelsz and Cammie Hungerford

Years ago, Adam Wallenfelsz used to race the Rose City Run 10K with the other distance runners on the Leon High track team.


"The last time might have been 2013 or 2014," said Wallenfelsz. "We always dreaded this race."

Rose City winners Adam Wallenfelsz and Cammie Hungerford

His attitude had changed by Saturday morning, 22 April 2023, when Wallenfelsz returned to Thomasville, Georgia for the 44th annual Rose City Run. The Tallahassee, Florida runner won the 6.2-mile race by over a minute, running 33:48. Cammie Hungerford of Thomasville was the first woman in the race, placing 29th overall in 45:52.


A few minutes after the scheduled 8:00 AM starting time, the race was on, with Wallenfelsz setting the pace. Canaan Ponce, a senior on the Cook High cross-country team, and Americus, Georgia athlete Brian Miller challenged Wallenfelsz in the early going.

Adam Wallenfelsz

"Coming up on the mile, there was a high school athlete on my shoulder," said Wallenfelsz. "Then Brian was giving me trouble, especially around three-and-a-half or four miles when I wasn't feeling very good. At four-and-a-half or five, though, I was feeling better, like I could step on the gas if I had to."


He didn't need the gas pedal. Wallenfelsz passed the five mile mark half a minute before Miller, then spent the last two kilometers of the race doubling that lead on his way to a 33:48 win. Miller took second in 34:50. Hawthorne Hay of Tallahassee placed third in 35:02, and Canaan Ponce finished the race fourth in 37:06. Tallahassee's Leonardo Canete was the first master runner in the race, placing sixth overall in 38:22.

Brian Miller

Wallenfelsz was clearly over his phobia of the Rose City Run. In high school, it was twice as long as long as any of his other races. But after four years of running at the University of Alabama Huntsville, he's ready for longer runs.


"I'm going after Grandma's Marathon on June 17," said Wallenfelsz. "I PRed last week in the 5K and this week in the 10K, so training is going well."

Hawthorne Hay

Like Wallenfelsz, Cammie Hungerford was no stranger to the Rose City Run.


"I've run every year since we moved here, nine years ago," said Hungerford.

Cammie Hungerford

Hungerford was trailing the women's leader, Tallahassee master runner Stephanie Liles-Weyant, in the early going of the 2023 race. It was the first Rose City Run for Liles-Weyant. Hungerford chased her down.


"She got me at mile four," said Liles-Weyant. "She ran a much smarter race than I did."

Stephanie Liles-Weyant

"I thought there were more women ahead of me," said Hungerford.


There weren't. Hungerford was the first woman across the finish line, running 45:52. Liles-Weyant was the first woman master and the second female finisher, 33rd overall in 47:19. Tallahassee master runner Laura McDermott was took third on the women's side and 35th overall in 47:36. Twelve-year-old Charlotte Sikes of Tallahassee placed fourth in the women's standings and 40th overall in 48:02.

Laura McDermott

246 athletes finished the 10K at the 2023 Rose City Run and another 87 completed the kids' mile. Event Technical Services, Inc. of Sylvester, Georgia chip-timed both races.


Top Ten Men, 2023 Rose City Run 10K

1. 33:47.26, Adam Wallenfelsz (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL
2. 34:49.81, Brian Miller (M, 25) Americus, GA
3. 35:01.77, Hawthorne Hay (M, 21) Tallahassee, FL
4. 37:05.33, Canaan Ponce (M, 17) Adel, GA
5. 37:44.42, Alexander Ayala (M, 18) Adel, GA
6. 38:21.89, Leonardo Canete (M, 44) Tallahassee, FL
7. 38:34.06, Hong-Guo Yu (M, 54) Tallahassee, FL
8. 38:55.75, Kyle Olson (M, 26) Tallahassee, FL
9. 38:56.31, Ryan Truchelut (M, 37) Tallahassee, FL
10. 39:20.53, Daniel Cook (M, 34) Thomasville, GA

Top Ten Women, 2023 Rose City Run 10K

1. 45:51.64, Cammie Hungerford (F, 30) Thomasville, GA
2. 47:18.51, Stephanie Liles-Weyant (F, 50) Tallahassee, FL
3. 47:35.95, Laura McDermott (F, 43) Tallahassee, FL
4. 48:01.30, Charlotte Sikes (F, 12) Tallahassee, FL
5. 49:27.12, Nancy Stedman (F, 61) Tallahassee, FL
6. 49:58.59, Nancy Proctor (F, 62) Tallahassee, FL
7. 50:02.49, Ruffian Tyner (F, 47) Tallahassee, FL
8. 50:32.58, Donica Williams (F, 43) Cairo, GA
9. 51:13.20, Brandi Campbell (F, 47) Tallahassee, FL
10. 51:25.75, Tiffany Nunnally (F, 44) Thomasville, GA

43 years of Rose City Run 10K champions, 1978 - 2023
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
29 April 1978	31:25, Gary Slayton	36:45, Janice Hochstein
28 April 1979	31:47, Mike Rasper	37:49, Janice Hochstein
26 April 1980	31:18, George West	38:14, Colleen Joiner
25 April 1981	30:21, Mabry McCray	40:26, Nicole Batchelder
1982	30:33, Ernie McKee	38:31, Nicole Batchelder
1983	30:47, Noel Shuman	34:57, Darien Andreu
1984	33:05, Gary Slayton	37:51, Barbara Balzer
27 April 1985	32:36, Rick Miller	37:41, Barbara Balzer
26 April 1986	32:05, Rick Miller	37:35, Janice Hochstein
1987	29:57, Herb Wills	37:39, Karen MacHarg
1988	31:55, Jessie Close	37:59, Karen MacHarg
1989	31:39, Jessie Close	36:49, Karen MacHarg
1990	31:56, Jessie Close	37:04, Karen MacHarg
1991	31:15, Jessie Close	38:33, Vikki Saga
1992	33:04, Trent Smith	37:48, Vikki Saga
24 April 1993	31:28, Gary Droze	38:24, Vikki Saga
23 April 1994	30:19, Robin Rogers	37:37, Lisa Herman
29 April 1995	31:52, Jessie Close	35:37, Suzanne Rigg
27 Aprl 1996	32:18, Jessie Close	39:37, Carrie Weyant	390
26 April 1997	32:29, Brian Erb	36:40, Sarah Docter-Williams
25 April 1998	31:58, Alan Black	36:07, Sarah Docter-Williams
24 April 1999	32:21, Alan Black	37:14, Sarah Docter-Williams	394
29 April 2000	34:15, Sean Daniels	35:20, Anna Pichrtova	344
28 April 2001	32:05, Paul Spangler	36:22, Sarah Docter-Williams	338
27 April 2002	30:53, Alan Black	39:35, Jane Johnson	384
26 April 2003	31:58, Matt Kalinski	41:53, Julie Carico	299
25 April 2004	33:44, Jessie Close	39:52, Kate Remillard	282
23 April 2005	33:44, Jessie Close	37:08, Sarah Docter-Williams	292
29 April 2006	34:32, Jessie Close	38:38, Barbara Jarnagin	302
28 April 2007	31:21, Alan Black	39:02, Sheryl Rosen	341
26 April 2008	33:10, Malcolm Campbell	37:40, Donna Garcia	320
25 April 2009	32:34, Nathaniel Haskins	41:38, Mary Anne Grayson	354
24 April 2010	32:51, Chris Lake	37:42, Amy Hines	410
23 April 2011	32:46, Chris Lake	38:58, Donna Garcia	490
28 April 2012	32:51, Chris Lake	36:51, Sheryl Rosen	464
27 April 2013	32:52, Will Stanford	37:08, Sheryl Rosen	417
26 April 2014	33:21, Chris Lake	38:58, Amy Hines	463
25 April 2015	32:04, Nathan Haskins	41:32, Beth Sweeny	428
23 April 2016	34:37, Roger Schmidt	38:11, Ani Veltcheva	358
29 April 2017	32:57, Christopher Haynes	40:56, Ann Centner	392
28 April 2018	31:43, Christopher Haynes	38:27, Ann Centner	310
27 April 2019	31:35, Christopher Haynes	36:57, Ann Centner	397
16 April 2022	31:55, Christopher Haynes	43:22, Rachel Nesmith	184
22 April 2023	33:48, Adam Wallenfelsz	45:52, Cammie Hungerford	246

Links

• Complete results of the 2023 Rose City Run 10K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSgtGR6F6vhUCMKDuhhJWZlsAGq4cd_F8Yn5W0KRltOVBJZvRRvR3MuSjPo-4pHnq86X15AihUOUrYJ/pubhtml
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! photos of the 2023 Rose City Run 10K
  • Part 1: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10120753606328403
  • Part 2: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10120753693089533 /li>
  
  
• 2022 story, “Chris Haynes goes 31:55 to collect his fourth Rose City 10K title”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2022/04/rose-city-2022.html
  
  
• 2019 story, “31:35 for Chris Haynes and 36:57 for Ann Centner, Rose City 10K champions”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/04/rose-city-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “Chris Haynes and Ann Centner repeat at Rose City”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/04/rose-city-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Haynes and Centner gather roses in Thomasville”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/04/rose-city-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Schmidt and Veltcheva bloom at the Rose City Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/04/rose-city-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Warriors of the Roses, Haskins and Sweeny win the Rose City Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/04/rose-city-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Fog and Flowers, Lake and Hines win again at Rose City”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/04/rose-city-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “No stopping to smell the roses for Stanford or Rosen”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/04/rose-city-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Lake and Rosen collect more Rose City titles”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/04/rose-city-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Lake and Garcia go for two at Rose City”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/04/rose-city-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Lake and Hines beat the storm at Rose City”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/04/rose-city-2010.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map GA22060WC for the 2023 Rose City Run 10K
  https://certifiedroadraces.com/certificate/?type=m&id=2251
  
  
• Find the next Rose City Run on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2919

Adam Wallenfelsz and Ann Centner start the day with Breakfast on the Track wins

On Saturday morning, 10 August 2019, Adam Wallenfelsz, George Escobar, and Jake Mazziotta were racing in Tallahassee, Florida.


During the spring of 2016, the three were competing for their high school track teams--Wallenfelsz at Leon High, Escobar and Mazziotta at Maclay School. Each were continuing to run track in college, with Wallenfelsz at Alabama-Huntsville, Escobar at North Florida, and Mazziotta at the Virginia Military Institute. They weren't wearing school colors, though, when they met in the Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the 22nd annual Breakfast on the Track. The race was on the Maclay School track, familiar ground for Escobar and Mazziotta. But it was Wallenfelsz, the Leon alum, who left the track with the win, outrunning the field with a 4:43.92. Escobar and Mazziotta trailed in 4:45.74 and 4:47.80

Adam Wallenfelsz

"America's Distance" is what one organization calls the one-mile run--which goes a long way toward explaining why that organization is called "Bring Back The Mile." They would find a lot to like about the Breakfast on the Track, an athletics meet with a single event--the mile. The distance is popular enough that 187 athletes showed up to run the mile at the 2019 Breakfast on the Track. You couldn't fit them all on the track at the same time, so the race had to be run in nine different sections. The fastest was the first section, which started at 7:45.

Tristan LaNasa

It was a tactical race. Connor Edwards, an incoming frosh at Lincoln High, took the field through the first of four laps in 1:14. The pack stayed tucked behind Edwards for another lap, after which Trevor Sununu took over pacing duties. With just over a lap to go, Tristan LaNasa dashed to the front of the pack. Mazziotta, Escobar, and Wallenfelsz went with him. The three collegians left LaNasa behind during the final lap, arriving on the homestretch ready to decide the title. A 4:17.02 1600-meter runner in high school, Wallenfelsz strode away from his rivals, charging across the line in a winning 4:43.92. Escobar and Mazziotta followed in second and third, then LaNasa fourth in 4:52.67. Nicholas Samuel, a Lincoln High junior, was seventh in 4:58.74, just ahead of Fairview Middle School eighth-grader Patrick Koon, eighth in 4:59.74.

George Escobar

After the first section had cleared the track, the runners in the second section were hustled onto the starting line. Zach DeVeau was first in that section, his 4:56.38 putting him fifth overall. Ann Centner crossed the finish line just behind him in 5:04.25, the first woman in the mile.


"I couldn't go any faster," said Centner. " I lost it on the third lap. But it was still a three-second PR. I hadn't trained for the mile since 2012, so this year I did a ten-week training block."

Ann Centner

Those ten weeks paid off. Centner's time was faster than she had run at either the University of Georgia or Oconee County High, and it was the fourth-fastest women's time in the Breakfast on the Track's 22-year history. Brittney Barnes, running in section four, was second in the women's standings and 29th overall with a 5:39.98. Also in section four, Alyssa Terry edged Cecilia Bouaichi for the third women's spot, 5:44.63 to 5:45.78. Terry and Bouaichi were 34th and 35th overall. Amanda Sava also cracked 6:00, taking fifth in the women's standings with a 5:48.28. Eleven-year-old Clifton Lewis was the sixth woman, running 6:09.87.

Brittney Barnes

Master runner Mickey Moore ran 5:18.25 in section one, but the battle for fastest master runner was decided in section two. Michael Martinez took the honor, outkicking master runner Hong-Guo Yu 5:16.25 to 5:18.00. Martinez was a past Breakfast on the Track champion, winning the race in 2007. Angela Dempsey was the top woman master and twelfth female, 82nd overall at 6:37.54.


Pancakes were the breakfast portion of the Breakfast on the Track. Any hotcakes not eaten by hungry athletes were used in lieu of relay batons during the pancake mile relay, the meet's postscript. It wasn't IAAF World Track & Field Championships, but whether or not you can get decent pancakes in Qatar, they won't be running the mile.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track

1. 4:43.92, Adam Wallenfelsz (M, 21)
2. 4:45.74, George Escobar (M, 21)
3. 4:47.80, Jake Mazziotta (M, 21)
4. 4:52.67, Tristan A. Lanasa (M, 26)
5. 4:56.38, Zach Deveau (M, 31)
6. 4:56.94, Ryan Truchelut (M, 33)
7. 4:58.74, Nicholas Samuel (M, 16)
8. 4:59.74, Patrick Koon (M, 13)
9. 5:00.00, Dane Barber (M, 20)
10. 5:00.19, Trevor Sununu (M, 23)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track

1. 5:04.25, Ann Centner (F, 27)
2. 5:39.98, Brittney Barnes (F, 31)
3. 5:44.63, Alyssa Terry (F, 26)
4. 5:45.78, Cecilia Bouaichi (F, 23)
5. 5:48.28, Amanda Sava (F, 24)
6. 6:09.86, Clifton Lewis (F, 11)
7. 6:09.97, Katie Sherron (F, 37)
8. 6:17.46, Mary Rychlik (F, 32)
9. 6:29.04, Natalie Laywell (F, 18)
10. 6:30.80, Laura McDermott (F, 39)

“Breakfast On The Track” Mile champions, 1998 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
8 August 1998	4:36, Robert Pautienus	5:21, Jane Johnson	101
14 August 1999	4:26, Lee Willis	5:27, Jane Johnson	123
26 August 2000	4:42.97, Gary Droze	5:09.08, Sarah Docter-Williams	112
18 August 2001	4:21.47, Ryan Deak	5:08.94, Sarah Docter-Williams	130
17 August 2002	4:35.07, Lee Willis	5:10.33, Sarah Docter-Williams	123
16 August 2003	4:45.20, David Huntzinger	5:02.28, Sarah Docter-Williams	122
14 August 2004	4:32.40, Lee Willis	5:11.79, Sarah Docter-Williams	162
13 August 2005	4:46.26, Art Remillard	5:07.13, Sarah Docter-Williams	157
12 August 2006	4:47.58, Whitney Strickland	5:09.85, Sarah Docter-Williams	202
18 August 2007	4:48.04, Michael Martinez	5:12.91, Sarah Docter-Williams	163
16 August 2008	4:31.39, Whitney Strickland	5:12.79, Jana Stolting	190
15 August 2009	4:43.40, Patrick Swain	5:05.66, Jana Stolting	176
21 August 2010	4:33.30, Trevor Touchton	5:00.97, Stefanie Kurgatt	191
20 August 2011	4:26.90, Kevin Sullivan	5:05.82, Stefanie Kurgatt	231
18 August 2012	4:40.52, Travis Covert	5:01.74, Stefanie Kurgatt	210
17 August 2013	4:34.92, Remy Tamer	5:12.07, Sheryl Rosen	178
16 August 2014	4:22.11, Matt Mizereck	5:26.81, Caroline Willis	213
15 August 2015	4:35.32, Joseph Garcia	5:17.98, Katie Sherron	214
13 August 2016	4:30.10, Stan Linton	5:26.47, Caroline Willis	204
12 August 2017	4:32, Charlie Johnson	5:16, Katie Sherron	185
11 August 2018	4:40.44, Chris O'Kelley	5:15.26, Sheryl Rosen	186
10 August 2019	4:43.92, Adam Wallenfelsz	5:04.25, Ann Centner	187

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQ8VXxH7BIswW38WeIvgKk11IeZkIqEfPsUsk0TnThu-XzNS7jb7D9n5Hsi3Zcz6ms0oiiIv8rQPQTP/pubhtml
  
  
• More photos of the 2019 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10114083406786753
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2019 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track
  https://photos.app.goo.gl/vntMBM6aPwesd1NS6
  
  
• 2018 story, “O'Kelley and Rosen were light on the syrup, heavy on the speed at the Breakfast on the Track”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/08/breakfast-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “A quick bite and a quicker run for Johnson and Sherron at the Breakfast on the Track Mile”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/08/breakfast-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Stan Linton runs 4:30.10 before breakfast”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/08/breakfast-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Garcia and Sherron headline a field of 214 milers at Breakfast on the Track”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/08/breakfast-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Morning mile honors for Mizereck and Willis”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/breakfast-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Tamer and Rosen eat up the field at Breakfast on the Track”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/breakfast-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Covert and Kurgatt master the mile and a morning meal”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/08/breakfast-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Making a meal of the mile”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/08/breakfast-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “A mile for breakfast”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/08/breakfast-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Patrick Swain wins 2009 'Breakfast on the Track' Mile”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/08/patrick-swain-wins-2009-breakfast-on.html
  
  
• Upcoming races on road, track, and trail in the Tallahassee region
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2569

Wallenfelsz and Heddaeus emerge from the masses at Tallahassee's Jingle Bell Run

Displaying the kick of a 4:17.02 1600-meter runner, Leon High senior Adam Wallenfelsz won the Jingle Bell Run in downtown Tallahassee, Florida, on Saturday evening, 5 December 2015. Jillian Heddaeus repeated as the women's champion.


Wallenfelsz ran 9:09 and Heddaeus 10:38, although times don't mean much in Tallahassee's Jingle Bell Run. During nearly three decades during which the race has been held annually, the course has changed almost every year. Although it's usually listed as three kilometers, the actual distance has been shorter some years and longer others. 2015 was one of the rare years when the course was the same as the previous year, so it was possible to compare times from 2014. Well, it was possible for athletes who had run both years, as Heddaeus had.


"I wonder what my time was last year?" said Heddaeus. "I'd like to know whether I was faster both tonight and this morning."


That was because "this morning," Heddaeus had run Gulf Winds Track Club's Ten-Mile Challenge, just as she had the morning before her 2014 win at the Jingle Bell Run. In the 2015 ten mile Heddaeus had run 71:34, improving substantially on her 2014 time of 74:50. In the Jingle Bell Run, she had gone from 10:46 to 10:38.


"That course is hard!" declared Heddaeus.


It's no easier when you've raced ten miles just nine hours earlier.


Running, walking, or stumbling along, thousands finished the Jingle Bell Run, many wearing Santa hats and blinking lights. Other than Wallenfelsz and Heddaeus, no one's time or place of finish was recorded. The athletes who Wallenfelsz outkicked for the win remain anonymous. But you can't get a Boston qualifier at the Jingle Bell Run. You can run through city streets usually choked with cars, enjoy the lighting of Tallahassee's holiday decorations, and celebrate the beginning of what passes for winter in North Florida. Participants also contribute to the Tallahassee Friends Of Our Parks Foundation, which is no humbug.

Recent winners of Tallahassee's Jingle Bell Run, 2009 - 2015
Date	Men	Women
19 December 2009	Matt Mizereck, 9:45	Kirsten Hagen, 12:44
4 December 2010	Jacob Slupecki, 10:05	Kirsten Hagen, 12:32
3 December 2011	Stanley Linton, 9:57	Stefanie Kurgatt, 12:18
1 December 2012	Stanley Linton, 10:04	Katherine Resavage, 13:24
7 December 2013	Connor Hollander, 8:34	Lindsay Taylor, 11:14
6 December 2014	Joseph Garcia, 8:27	Jillian Heddaeus, 10:46
5 December 2015	Adam Wallenfelsz, 9:09	Jillian Heddaeus, 10:38
I've included times, but the figures aren't meaningful because the course and distance change frequently.

Links

• Complete results of Tallahassee's 2015 Jingle Bell Run
  Bah! Humbug!
  
  
• A few more photos of the 2015 Tallahassee Jingle Bell Run
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10106963845469703.1073742158.5215641&l=b967118079
  
  
• 2014 story, “Tallahassee Jingle Bell victories for Garcia and Heddaeus”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/12/tlh-jingle-bell-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Rain on their parade doesn't dampen Hollander or Taylor's Christmas spirits”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/12/tlh-jingle-bell-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Jingle Bells peal victory for Linton and Resavage”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/tlh-jingle-bell-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Linton and Kurgatt head the horde at Jingle Bell 3K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/12/tlh-jingle-bell-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Slupecki and Hagen lead a cast of thousands at the Jingle Bell 3K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/tlh-jingle-bell-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Mizereck masters the mob at Jingle Bell Run”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/12/mizereck-masters-mob-at-jingle-bell-run.html
  
  
• Find upcoming races that include timing and results on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1568

Flooding doesn't stop Tails & Trails, Cashin, or Dobersek

Saturday, 3 May 2014, was the date for one of Tallahassee's trail running fixtures, the Animal Shelter Foundation's 13th annual Tails and Trail 10K and 5K runs. Since 2002, the event has given the area's trail-running aficionados the chance to risk tripping over a root while exhausting themselves on the slopes of the ridge bounding the south edge of the Lake Lafayette Basin.


After the previous week's rains there was some concern that the Lafayette Heritage Trails might be impassably muddy. As it turned out, the trails were in decent shape. Upper Lake Lafayette was the problem.


Upper Lake Lafayette usually isn't a lake. That is, it doesn't often have water in it. This was originally the case with the entire Lake Lafayette basin, which was so well-drained by sinkholes and sloughs leading to the St. Marks River that it was called Prairie Lake. The best and shortest route from Chaires to Tallahassee was to drive across the dry lake bed. This changed for some portions of the lake after World War II, when Piney Z Plantation built impoundment dikes to keep water in Piney Z Lake. Upper Lake Lafayette remained a temporary lake, only filled with water when conditions were unusually wet.


The days before the Tails and Trails were unusually wet.


Upper Lake Lafayette filled up. The water backed up into Conner Creek, covering the bridge leading to the Lafayette Heritage Trail. That same bridge was part of the Tails and Trails 10K course. Whatever the condition of the rest of the trail, some key connections were under water.


It is purely coincidental that this was the thirteenth year for the race. You're not afraid of a number, are you?


Rather than issue a snorkel to each runner, the race committee from the Animal Shelter Foundation scrambled to find a new, mostly paved course. The Tails and Trails was saved.


Matthew Cashin had recently finished his freshman-year track season at Leon High, but he wasn't done running this spring. Cashin won the Tails and Trails 10K, covering the modified 6.2-mile course in 37:04. Tallahassee master runner Tony Guillen finished runner-up in 37:57. Urska Dobersek took the women's title, placing 20th overall in 46:12. Beth Culley was the first woman master, coming in 29th overall in 49:00.


Top Ten Men, 2014 Tails and Trails 10K

1. 37:04 ~ Matthew Cashin (M, 14)
2. 37:57 ~ Tony Guillen (M, 45)
3. 38:30 ~ Eric Godin (M, 30)
4. 39:58 ~ Joel Piotrowski (M, 44)
5. 40:16 ~ Bryce Cole (M, 15)
6. 40:39 ~ Jeffrey Hoh (M, 31)
7. 41:17 ~ Travis Parks (M, 18)
8. 41:25 ~ David Graf (M, 38)
9. 41:37 ~ Jon Mason (M, 40)
10. 41:51 ~ Philip Sura (M, 44)

Top Ten Women, 2014 Tails and Trails 10K

1. 46:12 ~ Urska Dobersek (F, 31)
2. 49:00 ~ Beth Culley (F, 49)
3. 49:43 ~ Breanna Schweitzer (F, 20)
4. 50:02 ~ Charlee Taylor (F, 35)
5. 51:04 ~ Melissa Garner (F, 41)
6. 51:46 ~ Marien Dimacali (F, 52)
7. 52:35 ~ Lilly Rockwell (F, 30)
8. 52:50 ~ Birgit Maier-Katkin (F, 51)
9. 53:36 ~ Trinity Costner (F, 27)
10. 53:39 ~ Debbie Peters (F, 53)

The Tails and Trails 5K went to another member of the Leon track team, sophomore Adam Wallenfelsz. Wallenfelsz ran 16:53 to win the shorter race. Sara Lane was the top woman, placing tenth overall in 20:55. A recent alumna of Chiles High School, Lane currently studies at Troy University, where she competes on the cross country and track teams. 13th in the women's standings and 47th overall, Jennifer Gonzalez was the top woman master in the race. Gonzalez ran 26:17.


211 athletes finished the Tails and Trail 10K and another 359 competed the 5K. The race is a benefit for the Animal Shelter Foundation of Tallahassee.


Top Ten Men, 2014 Tails and Trails 5K

1. 16:53 ~ Adam Wallenfelsz (M, 16)
2. 17:56 ~ Josh Wallenfelsz (M, 14)
3. 19:19 ~ Lane Williams (M, 18)
4. 19:24 ~ Duane Evans (M, 46)
5. 20:01 ~ Nathan Adams (M, 30)
6. 20:12 ~ Travis Miller (M, 44)
7. 20:31 ~ Bryant Lyle (M, 55)
8. 20:37 ~ Tad David (M, 45)
9. 20:48 ~ Kevin Brumfield (M, 42)
10. 21:46 ~ Jonathan Shiver (M, 26)

Top Ten Women, 2014 Tails and Trails 5K

1. 20:55 ~ Sara Lane (F, 19)
2. 21:35 ~ Andrea Duffy (F, 38)
3. 21:45 ~ Brittney Barnes (F, 26)
4. 23:18 ~ Mallory Brooks (F, 30)
5. 23:18 ~ Emma Travis (F, 15)
6. 24:11 ~ Kara Brodley (F, 11)
7. 24:25 ~ Julia Rose Travis (F, 15)
8. 25:22 ~ Allie Caldwell (F, 23)
9. 25:24 ~ Stephanie Aanstoos (F, 24)
10. 25:31 ~ Kate Krizner (F, 10)

"Tails and Trails" 10K and 5K winners, 2002 - 2014
Date	Race	Men	Women
30 March 2002	5K	19:49, Tim Bolton	23:06, Carrie Weyant
15 March 2003	5K	20:47, Justin Dickieson	24:20, Carrie Weyant
20 March 2004	5K	18:56, Gary Droze	23:02, Seeley Lovett
19 March 2005	5K	18:51, Mathew Dobson	23:12, Stephanie Liles
18 March 2006	10K	37:46, Vince Molosky	46:49, Kim Likens
	5K	22:06, Roger Michaud	21:48, Stephanie Liles
5 May 2007	10K	36:43, Vince Molosky	43:54, Jana Stolting
	5K	17:31, Tripp Southerland	24:22, Claire Fruchtnicht
3 May 2008	10K	37:23, Vince Molosky	41:55, Karen Geletko
	5K	20:54, Jason Graham	21:57, Katrina Unglaub
2 May 2009	10K	35:07, Vince Molosky	41:34, Sheryl Rosen
	5K	17:24, John Robida	18:59, Kelsey Scheitlin
1 May 2010	10K	35:44, Vince Molosky	42:38, Micah Adriani
	5K	16:37, Ken Youngers	22:13, Lisa Finn
30 April 2011	10K	36:41, Vince Molosky	41:06, Heather Griffis
	5K	17:04, Kevin Sullivan	19:41, Kelly Stevens
5 May 2012	10K	34:52, Stanley Linton	41:38, Micah Adriani
	5K	18:22, Jonathan Grisiaffi	23:00, Stephanie Stout
4 May 2013	10K	36:29, Vince Molosky	46:31, Lindsey Pfau
	5K	16:26, Stanley Linton	19:40, Micah Adriani
3 May 2014	10K	37:04, Matthew Cashin	46:12, Urska Dobersek
	5K	16:53, Adam Wallenfelsz	20:55, Sara Lane
From 2002 to 2006 the event was called the "Furry Scurry." No 10K was held before 2006.

Links

• Complete results of the 2014 "Tails and Trails" at gulfwinds.org
  http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2014/Tails%20and%20Trails%202014.asp
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2014 "Tails and Trails"
  
  • https://picasaweb.google.com/112560881455823075870/TailsNTrails14
  
  
• 2013 story, "Molosky back on top in the 'Tails & Trails' 10K"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/05/tails-trails-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, "Linton and Adriani kick tails on the trails"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/05/tails-trails-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, "Molosky and Griffis tear up the trails at Tom Brown"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/04/tails-trails-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, "Molosky and Adriani best the field at 'Tails and Trails'"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/05/tails-trails-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, "2009 'Tails and Trails' 5K / 10K"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/05/2009-tails-and-trails-5k-10k.html
  
  
• Find an upcoming race on the trails of the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1

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