On 28 May 2011 Tony Guillen led a field of nearly 300 athletes on a five-kilometer tour of the streets of Tallahassee's Centerville Conservation Community, winning the American Lung Association's "Fight For Air" 5K with a time of 18:10. Guillen was the fastest master as well as the first overall finisher in the race. Immediately behind him Lindsay Zeiler, a volunteer assistant for the Florida State University track team, was the second overall finisher and the top woman in the race. Zeiler ran 18:49, making her a perfect three-for-three on the Tallahassee roads. Her previous women's titles in the Capital City came earlier this spring in April's Palace Saloon 5K and May's Tulip Trot 5K. At third overall in 19:20, Ryan Dotson was the men's runner-up, while Karen Geltko posted a 19:52 to finish fourth overall as the women's runner-up.
The Centerville Conservation Community is a still mostly empty sub-division north of Pisgah Church Road between Bradfordville Road and Centerville Road. The community is the home of the Centerville Trail. Centerville itself is a historic community with a vague location. At least as old as Tallahassee, Centerville was significant enough at one time to lend its name to Centerville Road, but you can drive the length of Leon County Road 151 and it will quietly change from Centerville Road to Moccasin Gap Road without you ever spotting a trace of Centerville (and never mind Moccasin Gap). I read once that after the end of the Rebellion in 1865, United States troops in the area were stationed in Centerville--but there was still no clue as to where exactly that was. Maps label the intersection of Pisgah Church Road and Bradfordville Road as Centerville, but that's over a mile from Pisgah Church, the one structure in the area that clearly belongs to historic Centerville. If there ever was such a village, it disappeared with the cotton fields that surrounded it, leaving behind only a name.
Top Ten Men, 2011 Fight For Air 5K- 18:10 Tony Guillen (M, 42)
- 19:20 Ryan Dotson (M, 28)
- 20:33 Mike LaBossiere (M, 45)
- 20:50 Mike Shank (M, 42)
- 21:08 Jay Silvanima (M, 51)
- 21:15 James Taylor (M, 47)
- 21:19 Dan Anderson (M, 47)
- 21:56 John Lightle (M, 30)
- 22:08 Ryan Fitzgerald (M, 31)
- 22:10 Tom Pescatore (M, 44)
Top Ten Women, 2011 Fight For Air 5K
18:49 Lindsay Zeiler (F, 26) - 19:52 Karen Geletko (F, 32)
- 24:13 Katie Howard (F, 20)
- 24:39 Karima Anderson (F, 24)
- 25:51 Ashley Gammon (F, 21)
- 25:59 Breighly Bolton (F, 16)
- 26:28 Ashley Heath (F, 26)
- 26:32 Amy McGibany (F, 40)
- 26:39 Blair Lilly (F, 37)
- 26:41 Meaghan Pickles (F, 29)
Links:
- Complete results of the 2011 Fight For Air 5K at gulfwinds.org
http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2011/fight_for_air_2011.htm - Fred Deckert's photographs of the 2011 Fight For Air 5K
https://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/Fight_Air - Cole Tessier's photographs of the 2011 Fight For Air 5K
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100776225908903.3150126.5217230&l=b11a112d62 - The latest listing of less pugnacious upcoming races in the Tallahassee region
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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