Monday, October 22, 2012

No contest for Molosky, Cox at Sundberg 5K

Vince MoloskyOn 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.


Sean HudsonThe 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 CoxKristine 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
    Paul Guyas and Geb Kiros
  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
DateMenWomen
23 October 199918:12, Dwayne Maddron21:33, Betty Lewis
28 October 200017:11, Pat Marshall20:31, Angela Dempsey
27 October 200116:21, Wade Brett20:45, Angela Dempsey
19 October 200219:40, Mike LaBossiere20:54, Angela Dempsey
25 October 200318:12, Matt Ertl19:53, Seeley Lovett
30 October 200416:18, Shawn Patterson20:11, Seeley Lovett
29 October 200517:03, Jay Wallace20:01, Allison Eagen
28 October 200617:11, Gary Droze18:38, Christina Woytalewicz
27 October 200716:21, Joe Franklin19:11, Seeley Lovett
25 October 200816:02, Chris Lake21:22, Angela Dempsey
24 October 200916:57, Steve Mucchetti18:38, Kara Taylor
23 October 201020:02, Jay Smith22:13, Nancy Stedman
22 October 201117:05, David Altmaier18:49, Lisa Johnson
20 October 201216:58, Vince Molosky20:20, Kristine Cox


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