No contest for Molosky, Cox at Sundberg 5K

On 20 October 2012, just seven days after racing 20K of cross country at Gulf Winds Track Club's Pine Run at Tall Timbers, Vince Molosky stepped down to the 5K distance and won the 14th annual Alan C. Sundberg Memorial 5K in Tallahassee's Maclay Gardens State Park. Molosky covered the 3.1-mile course in 16:58, well ahead of the 18:09 clocked by the runner-up and top master, Sean Hudson. Kristine Cox was the first female finisher, placing 16th overall in 20:20. For the fourth straight year, Nancy Stedman was the fastest female master, finishing 27th overall in 22:50.


The Florida Skin Cancer Foundation has held the Sundberg 5K annually since 1998, when Maclay Gardens State Park employee Alan C. Sundberg died of melanoma. The Saturday morning weather on October 20 wasn't the sort that makes you think about sunscreen, though.  Temperatures were in the 50s, prompting most runners to think more about another shirt than about sunbathing. But the conditions were excellent for distance running when the 144 athletes in the race set out from the Lake Hall parking lot. Mike Peymann was the first runner out of the Lake Hall area, but he wasn't in front for long. Soon after the runners reached the main drive through the park, Vince Molosky was ahead. After a kilometer he was still ahead.  At two kilometers he was farther ahead. By three kilometers Molosky was ridiculously far ahead of the rest of the runners, and still stretching his lead. Meanwhile, master runner Sean Hudson had overtaken Paul Guyas and Tallahassee mathematician Geb Kiros to move into second. Molosky had stretched out his lead to over 300 meters when he crossed the finish line back at Lake Hall. Hudson hung on to second with an 18:09. Guyas got away from Kiros to take third, 18:14 to 18:28.


Kristine Cox grabbed the lead in the women's field early, soon reducing the race to a struggle for second place. Molly Blanton held that position after a kilometer of racing, trailed by Tiffany Roddenberry and master runner Nancy Stedman. The middle portion of the race was run on trails, during which Roddenberry moved into second. With a kilometer to go, Cox was well ahead, Roddenberry was a few steps ahead of Blanton, and Stedman had fallen back. Cox charged back to Lake Hall to put up a 20:20 victory, finishing over 400 meters of the next woman.  Roddenberry stretched out her lead on Blanton to take second, 22:24 to 22:34. At 22:50, Stedman was the fourth woman finisher and first female master.


Top Ten Men, 14th annual Sundberg Memorial 5K

1. 16:58 ~ Vince Molosky (M, 33)
2. 18:09 ~ Sean Hudson (M, 42)
3. 18:14 ~ Paul Guyas (M, 35)
4. 18:28 ~ Geb Kiros (M, 46)
5. 18:40 ~ Brian Molen (M, 36)
6. 18:46 ~ Tad David (M, 43)
7. 18:58 ~ Bing Xu (M, 44)
8. 18:59 ~ Mike Peymann (M, 50)
9. 19:02 ~ Cole Tessier (M, 29)
10. 19:26 ~ Michael Martinez (M, 46)

Top Ten Women, 14th annual Sundberg Memorial 5K

1. 20:20 ~ Kristine Cox (F, 35)
2. 22:24 ~ Tiffany Roddenberry (F, 28)
3. 22:34 ~ Molly Blanton (F, 24)
4. 22:50 ~ Nancy Stedman (F, 50)
5. 23:08 ~ Alison Thumm (F, 35)
6. 23:11 ~ Mary Vancore (F, 49)
7. 23:14 ~ Amanda Hudson (F, 35)
8. 23:36 ~ Martha Bademan (F, 28)
9. 24:01 ~ Sandra Canada (F, 49)
10. 24:23 ~ Allie Caldwell (F, 22)

Alan C. Sundberg Memorial 5K Champions, 1999 - 2012
Date	Men	Women
23 October 1999	18:12, Dwayne Maddron	21:33, Betty Lewis
28 October 2000	17:11, Pat Marshall	20:31, Angela Dempsey
27 October 2001	16:21, Wade Brett	20:45, Angela Dempsey
19 October 2002	19:40, Mike LaBossiere	20:54, Angela Dempsey
25 October 2003	18:12, Matt Ertl	19:53, Seeley Lovett
30 October 2004	16:18, Shawn Patterson	20:11, Seeley Lovett
29 October 2005	17:03, Jay Wallace	20:01, Allison Eagen
28 October 2006	17:11, Gary Droze	18:38, Christina Woytalewicz
27 October 2007	16:21, Joe Franklin	19:11, Seeley Lovett
25 October 2008	16:02, Chris Lake	21:22, Angela Dempsey
24 October 2009	16:57, Steve Mucchetti	18:38, Kara Taylor
23 October 2010	20:02, Jay Smith	22:13, Nancy Stedman
22 October 2011	17:05, David Altmaier	18:49, Lisa Johnson
20 October 2012	16:58, Vince Molosky	20:20, Kristine Cox

Links

• Complete results of the 2012 Sundberg Memorial 5K at gulfwinds.org
  http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2012/Sundberg%20Memorial%202012.asp
  
  
• More photos of the 2012 Sundberg Memorial 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102374081049393.3408052.5215641&l=3f9ce5ed36
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2012 Sundberg Memorial 5K
  https://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/Sundberg12
  
  
• 2011 story, "Altmaier and Johnson take the 2011 Sundberg 5K"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/10/sundberg-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, "Jay Smith and Nancy Stedman take the 2010 Sundberg titles"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/sundberg-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 race story, "Mucchetti and Taylor grab wins at 2009 Sundberg 5K"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/10/mucchetti-and-taylor-grab-wins-at-2009.html
  
  
• Find your next race on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
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