The 2012 course change had the runners starting from downtown going south on Monroe Street instead of north as in previous years. Chris Lake and Nicholas Maedel led 900 10K runners plus another 800 5K runners through the first mile in 4:56. Just off their pace, Stephen Cox shadowed the pair in 5:00. Cox closed with the leaders during the second mile and for a short while the three leaders ran as a group through the streets of Myers Park. But early in the third mile Lake opened a gap on Maedel and Cox. Cox broke away from Maedel to give chase, but by the halfway point of the 6.2-mile race Lake had slammed the door shut on the field. Lake's lead only got longer during the last three miles of the race. 33:25 after leaving downtown, Lake arrived at the finish line in front of the Florida Department of Transportation's Haydon Burns Building to claim the title. Cox finished runner-up with a 34:18, followed by Maedel in third place with a 34:33 and Nate Kaiser in fourth at 34:39. Maclay School track coach Gary Droze was the fastest master in the race, placing fifth overall in 35:57.
If Lake leads a busy life, so does Lindsay Zeiler of Capital City Runners. An FSU grad student and assistant track coach, Zeiler had been coaching at a track meet at the University of North Florida the day before the Springtime 10K, returning to Tallahassee at 2:00 am Saturday morning, just six hours before the start of the race. 2010 Springtime 10K women's champion Sheryl Rosen led the ladies past the mile mark, but Zeiler was just off her right shoulder. Zeiler passed Rosen during the second mile, then built up a lead of over 100 meters by the halfway point. At the finish line Zeiler was over a minute ahead of Rosen, winning the women's division 37:33 to 38:35. Behind Rosen, Katie Showman ran 40:30 to finish third among the women, and at 40:47 Micah Adriani was the fourth woman in. Thomasville's Mary Anne Grayson took the women's master title with a 42:40.
Top Ten Men, 2012 Springtime 10K
- 33:25 ~ Chris Lake (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
- 34:18 ~ Stephen Cox (M, 28) Tallahassee, FL
- 34:33 ~ Nicholas Maedel (M, 23) Tallahassee, FL
- 34:49 ~ Nate Kaiser (M, 32) Tallahassee, FL
- 35:57 ~ Gary Droze (M, 50) Tallahassee, FL
- 36:34 ~ Jay Wallace (M, 47) Tallahassee, FL
- 36:37 ~ David Altmaier (M, 30) Tallahassee, FL
- 36:51 ~ Stephen Robbins (M, 15) Cairo, GA
- 37:05 ~ Jasen Fulghum (M, 28) Tallahassee, FL
- 37:56 ~ Michael Nesius (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
Top Ten Women, 2012 Springtime 10K
- 37:33 ~ Lindsay Zeiler (F, 27) Tallahassee, FL
- 38:35 ~ Sheryl Rosen (F, ) Tallahassee, FL
- 40:30 ~ Katie Showman (F, 30) Tallahassee, FL
- 40:47 ~ Micah Adriani (F, 34) Tallahassee, FL
- 42:04 ~ Adriana Piekarewicz (F, 23) Tallahassee, FL
- 42:18 ~ Kelly Stevens (F, 30) Tallahassee, FL
- 42:40 ~ Mary Anne Grayson (F, 46) Thomasville, GA
- 43:17 ~ Karen Geletko (F, 33) Tallahassee, FL
- 44:04 ~ Jane Johnson (F, 53) Tallahassee, FL
- 44:39 ~ Lindsey Day (F, 22) Tallahassee, FL
- 44:44 ~ Nancy Stedman (F, 50) Tallahassee, FL
Springtime 10K Champions, 1976 - 2012 | ||
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Date | Men | Women |
31 March 2012 | 33:29, Chris Lake | 37:33, Lindsay Zeiler |
2 April 2011 | 32:34, Chris Lake | 34:52, Pasca Cheruiyot |
27 March 2010 | 33:09, Chris Lake | 38:23, Sheryl Rosen |
28 March 2009 | 35:00, David Altmaier | 38:34, Lisa Johnson |
29 March 2008 | 31:59, Joey Zins | 38:16, Sarah Docter-Williams |
31 March 2007 | 33:27, Matthew Dobson | 37:23, Lara Shaw |
1 April 2006 | 33:25, Joey Zins | 34:36, Vicky Gill |
2 April 2005 | 32:43, Joey Zins | 36:51, Sarah Docter-Williams |
3 April 2004 | 33:22, Caleb Carmichael | 37:03, Sarah Docter-Williams |
5 April 2003 | 30:56, Joseph Zepherinus | 34:52, Larisa Timchina |
6 April 2002 | 31:18, Conor Holt | 36:40, Larisa Timchina |
31 March 2001 | 32:18, Muchapiwa Mazano | 34:46, Tatyana Maslova |
1 April 2000 | 32:28, Muchapiwa Mazano | 36:05, Anna Pichrtova |
27 March 1999 | 30:56, Muchapiwa Mazano | 37:01, Sarah Docter-Williams |
4 April 1998 | 31:07, Randy Hollinger | 34:09, Breeda Dennehy |
12 April 1997 | 31:12, Juri Punda | 35:30, Tamara Karloukova |
13 April 1996 | 32:21, Jessie Close | 37:11, Jane Johnson |
1 April 1995 | 31:43, Matthew Dobson | 37:27, Jane Johnson |
1994 | 32:17, Matthew Dobson | 37:37, Lisa Herman |
1993 | 33:11, Andy Palmer | 36:54, Paula Johnson |
1992 | 32:09, Jessie Close | 37:38, Paula Johnson |
1991 | 32:02, Jessie Close | 38:29, Paula Johnson |
1990 | 31:48, Jessie Close | 38:16, Vikki Saga |
1989 | 30:49, Paul Waldron | 37:54, Janice Hochstein |
1988 | 31:22, Paul Waldron | 38:18, Karen MacHarg |
1987 | 31:52, Jessie Close | 35:30, Carla Borovicka |
1986 | 31:15, Dennis Rice | 37:16, Karen MacHarg |
1985 | 30:30, Paul Waldron | 35:32, Carole Rouillard |
1984 | 30:03, Larry Greene | 35:57, Carla Borovicka |
9 April 1983 | 31:21, Noel Shumann | 38:15, Janice Hochstein |
3 April 1982 | 32:11, George West | 39:56, Pam Ledbetter |
4 April 1981 | 32:06, Mabry McCray | 37:14, Janice Gage |
1980 | 32:35, Rick Swiderski | 40:02, Lisa Kinch |
7 April 1979 | 33:10, David Ferrell | 37:14, Janice Gage |
1 April 1978 | 31:43, George West | 38:03, Laura Ledbetter |
1977 | 31:24, Morrison Reid | 40:57, Nancy McCormac |
24 April 1976* | 20:30, George West,Donnie Cook | 25:27, Janice Gage |
* The 1976 race was a four-mile run on the FSU campus. |
It wasn't Lake's three in a row, but in the 5K Lisa Johnson was starting on her own streak. In 2011 the Tallahassee schoolteacher had won the Springtime 5K outright, beating both women and men. This year she successfully defended her overall title in the shorter race, running 18:24 and finishing nearly 200 meters ahead of the next runner. The runner-up and top male in the race was David Witman, who crossed the line in 19:02. The fastest male master in the 5K was Crawfordville's Duane Evans, eighth overall in 20:31. Tallahassee's Kory Skrob captured female master honors with a 24:36 effort.
Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2012 Springtime 5K
- 18:24 ~ Lisa Johnson (F, 30) Tallahassee, FL
- 21:58 ~ Ana Wallace (F, 12) Tallahassee, FL
- 22:26 ~ Alexandra Wallace (F, 14) Tallahassee, FL
- 22:29 ~ Katherine Resavage (F, 11) Tallahassee, FL
- 23:03 ~ Emily Molen (F, 10) Tallahassee, FL
- 23:15 ~ Breanna Croschere (F, 20) Tallahassee, FL
- 23:22 ~ Angel Warmath (F, 33) Tallahassee, FL
- 24:25 ~ Brittany Griffin (F, 23) Tallahassee, FL
- 24:36 ~ Kory Skrob (F, 41) Tallahassee, FL
- 24:45 ~ Linda Fitzgerald (F, 47) Atlanta, GA
Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2012 Springtime 5K
- 19:02 ~ David Witman (M, 22) Tallahassee, FL
- 19:14 ~ Cory Gerbrandt (M, 35) Tallahassee, FL
- 19:33 ~ Donald Kunish (M, 36) Tallahassee, FL
- 19:50 ~ Elijah Ingram (M, 16) Tallahassee, FL
- 20:08 ~ Luke Liles (M, 16) Tallahassee, FL
- 20:16 ~ Reynold Bartel (M, 17) Tallahassee, FL
- 20:31 ~ Duane Evans (M, 44) Crawfordville, FL
- 20:39 ~ Stuart Touchton (M, 21) Tallahassee, FL
- 20:54 ~ Reid Vannoy (M, 53) Tallahassee, FL
- 20:58 ~ Shawn Nerney (M, 14) Tallahassee, FL
Links:
- Complete results of the 2012 Springtime 10K at gulfwinds.org
http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2012/Springtime%202012.asp - More photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2012 Springtime 10K (Part 1)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10101704336158523.3310802.5215641&l=31609868c4 - More photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2012 Springtime 10K (Part 2)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10101705996501183.3311107.5215641&l=498f216c13 - More photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2012 Springtime 10K (Part 3)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10101706647282013.3311245.5215641&l=406784883a - Fred Deckert's photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2012 Springtime 10K (Part A)
https://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/Springtime_12A - Fred Deckert's photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2012 Springtime 10K (Part B)
https://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/Springtime_12B - Stephen Robbins' (8th, 36:51) Springtime 2012 report with photos
http://runningwithrobbins.blogspot.com/2012/04/44th-annual-springtime-tallahassee-10k.html - 2011 story, "Laurels, not florals, for Lake and Cheruiyot at Springtime 10K"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/04/springtime-2011.html - 2010 story, "Springtime and everything is coming up Rosen and Lake"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/03/2010-springtime-10k.html - 2009 story, "2009 Springtime 10K, Tallahassee, Florida"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/03/2009-springtime-10k-tallahassee-florida.html - Springtime 10K /5K / One mile website
http://springtime10k.com/