Overcoming a wrong turn and a steep climb up Mitchell Avenue, Pete Kaus ran 19:21 to win the second annual Coach Mike's Run For The Kids 5K in Tallahassee on Saturday morning, 7 August 2010. Runner-up Mickey Moore was the top master in 19:28. The first woman finisher was Florida State University distance runner Lyndsey Spragins, 10th overall in 20:35. 80 athletes finished the event, a memorial to the late Mike Schneider, a cross-country coach at Cobb Middle School.
The race started behind Cobb Middle School after a brief address from FSU track coach Bob Braman. The runners circled the school on Lucy Street, Hillcrest Street, and Miccosukee Road. Kaus led the runners on Miccosukee, but missed the turn onto Mitchell Avenue. Stanley Linton, a Wakulla High distance runner, led the runners as they headed downhill on Mitchell Avenue to Winthrop Park and the mile mark. The course turned right onto Betton Road, then Marion Avenue, then Crestview Avenue, where the runners were to turn around and head back the way they came. Linton, however, overshot the turn and Kaus moved back into the lead. On the climb back up "Mount Mitchell," Kaus moved away from the rest of the field, while Linton lost places to Mickey Moore and Tyler Braman (3rd, 19:35). Linton ended up fourth in 19:40.
There were no wrong turns in the women's race. Spragins led the women from the outset, finishing over 300 meters ahead of the women's runner-up, Leon High distance runner Autumn Wable (14th, 22:00). Patricia Knauf was the first master woman across the finish line, running 26:12 to finish as the seventh woman and 30th overall.
The Coach Mike 5K raises funds for middle school cross country in Leon County, so the top middle school athletes in the race were also recognized. Cobb's Anthony Walker was the top middle school boy, finishing 13th overall in 21:52. Alexandra Wallace of Deer Lake was the first middle school girl, running 25:47 for 28th.
Links:
- Complete results of the 2010 Coach Mike's Run For The Kids 5K at gulfwinds.org
http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2010/Coach%20Mike%202010.htm - My photos of the 2010 Coach Mike's Run For The Kids 5K
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2900465&id=5215641&l=9dbb06bbb5 - Fred Deckert's photos of the 2010 Coach Mike's Run For The Kids 5K
http://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/CoachMike02
Mount Mitchell indeed! Thanks for being out there Herb; this blog was up in record time!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Paula! I wanted to get something posted in a timely fashion (before lunch). It's not that hard if you leave out the bells and whistles like photos, hyperlinks, and facts.
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