Barraco and Stout go the extra distance to win Cops For Kids

Master runner Steve Barraco ran 23:12 over a rugged course on the Cadillac Trail in Tallahassee's Tom Brown Park to win the 2010 Cops For Kids Trail Run on Sunday, November 14. Barraco finished just ahead of Tony Berardi, formerly a distance runner at North Fort Myers High School (c/o 2008). Berardi's time in the race was 23:33. Stephanie Stout was the first woman finisher, placing fifth overall in 26:11, well ahead of women's runner-up Melissa Hooke (8th, 28:40). The third woman in and top woman master was Robin Gibson (11th, 30:44).


The Cops For Kids race was almost entirely reinvented this year. In 2009 it was a Saturday 5K road race through Lafayette Oaks. The 2010 edition was a Sunday trail run in Tom Brown Park. The 2010 race was billed as being a 5K, but the consensus was that it was somewhat longer, perhaps as long as 3-1/2 miles. Participation was also lower this year, down to 54 finishers from 76 in 2009. The race is still a fund raiser for Cops For Kids, Inc.

Cops For Kids Trail Run Tom Brown Park, Tallahassee, Florida Sunday, 14 November 2010 PLACE ATHLETE S AGE CITY ST TIME ====== =========================== = === ================ == ======= 1. Steve Barraco M 55 Tallahassee FL 23:12 2. Tony Berardi M 20 Tallahassee FL 23:33 3. Neil Stout M 26 Tallahassee FL 24:58 4. Dan Fortunas M 50 Tallahassee FL 25:08 5. Stephanie Stout F 26 Tallahassee FL 26:11 6. Brandon Linville M 26 Tallahassee FL 28:00 7. Cliff Buell M 56 Tallahassee FL 28:30 8. Melissa Hooke F 32 Crawfordville FL 28:40 9. Buddy Levins M 57 Tallahassee FL 28:51 10. Smith Leveille M 27 Tallahassee FL 30:35 11. Robin Gibson F 49 Tallahassee FL 30:44 12. Timothy James M 34 31:01 13. Bill Dillon M 43 Tallahassee FL 31:29 14. Donny Bennett M 35 Crawfordville FL 31:57 15. Mike Esser M 41 Tallahassee FL 32:05 16. Sara Davis F 33 Tallahassee FL 32:32 17. Karen Bennett F 34 Crawfordville FL 32:59 18. Mary Thomas F 32 Tallahassee FL 34:22 19. Jerry Chesnutt M 60 Tallahassee FL 34:25 20. Amanda Huston F 31 Tallahassee FL 35:16 21. Kelli Dillon F 40 Tallahassee FL 35:35 22. Pam Breza F 50 Tallahassee FL 35:47 23. Joe Brannon M 45 Tallahassee FL 37:48 24. Darryl McLaughlin M 58 36:20 25. Eric Sanger M 48 37:02 26. Linda Levins F 57 Tallahassee FL 37:21 27. Mandy Jones F 35 Tallahassee FL 37:24 28. Velinda Santiago F 28 37:28 29. Debbie Page F 43 Tallahassee FL 37:49 30. Charles Lockwood M 38 Tallahassee FL 37:56 31. Amy Southerland F 32 Tallahassee FL 38:50 32. Tyler Southerland M 12 Tallahassee FL 38:51 33. Lisa Blackwell F 39 39:18 34. Jamie Pitts F 34 Tallahassee FL 39:25 35. Tim Warfel M 57 Tallahassee FL 39:38 36. Candace Beauvais F 39 Tallahassee FL 40:12 37. Rachel Shank F 12 Tallahassee FL 40:16 38. Susan Lamb F 52 Tallahassee FL 40:24 39. Kerensa Lockwood F 36 Tallahassee FL 40:48 40. Fred Schuknecht M 62 Tallahassee FL 41:22 41. Trina Shank F 63 Tallahassee FL 42:11 42. Heather Wildermuth F 34 Tallahassee FL 43:10 43. Valerie Rogers F 38 Tallahassee FL 43:31 44. Diana Ferguson F 35 Tallahassee FL 44:20 45. Ginie Ramsey F 49 Tallahassee FL 46:13 46. Jonathan Dolutan M 32 46:16 47. Ashlyn Mitchell F 28 Tallahassee FL 47:20 48. Bianca Bell F 29 Tallahassee FL 47:28 49. Susan Tobin F 53 Tallahassee FL 47:39 50. Christine Foxworth F 26 47:46 51. Andrea Reese F 31 Tallahassee FL 47:57 52. Betty Dewar F 52 Tallahassee FL 50:23 53. Lu'Quanda Colston F 28 Tallahassee FL 1:09:55 54. Kamikka Joseph F 29 1:09:56

Links:

• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2010 Cops For Kids 5K (Leave comments for Fred!)
  http://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/Cops5K_10
  
  
• 2009 coverage: "Andrews Captures the Cops For Kids 5K Title"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/11/andrews-captures-cops-for-kids-5k-title.html
  
  
• Another way to run a 5K in Tom Brown Park
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/04/tom-brown-5k.html
  
  
• Find your next race, road or trail, in the Tallahassee region
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1