Whether for cookies or competition, more than 600 athletes showed up at the starting line behind Tallahassee Community College on Saturday morning, 9 February 2013, for the 20th annual Run For The Cookies. Once the race started, Chris Rego quickly got a few steps ahead of the horde. Rego led through the mile mark, where his closest follower were Florida State freshman Stanley Linton, Lincoln High distance runner Trevor Touchton, and Bainbridge High athlete Chase Harris. Early in the second mile, Linton surged past Rego and into the lead. Linton pulled steadily away after that, and reached the finish line in 16:00 with the win. Rego was runner-up in 16:18. Touchton took third in 16:53, with Harris fourth in 17:00. Tallahassee's Jay Wallace was the fastest master in the Run For The Cookies, taking fifth overall in 17:36.
Early in the race, Chiles alumna Carly Thomas and her fellow Florida State student Chelsi Woodruff got away from the rest of the women's field, but couldn't seem to get away from each other. At the mile mark and again at the two-mile mark, Thomas and Woodruff were running virtually side by side. Late in the third mile, though, Woodruff got a few steps ahead of Thomas then built that into a winning lead. Woodruff took the women's title, placing seventh overall in 17:42. Thomas was 11th overall in 17:54, taking the second women's spot. Another half a minute back, Tallahassee lawyer Sheryl Rosen was the third woman finisher, 15th overall in 18:25. Rosen was the Run For The Cookies 5K women's champion in the 2011 race.
Top Ten Males, 2013 Run For The Cookies 5K
- 16:00 ~ Stanley Linton (M, 19) Crawfordville, FL
- 16:18 ~ Chris Rego (M, 23) Tallahassee, FL
- 16:53 ~ Trevor Touchton (M, 17) Tallahassee, FL
- 17:00 ~ Chase Harris (M, 16) Bainbridge, GA
- 17:36 ~ Jay Wallace (M, 48) Tallahassee, FL
- 17:41 ~ Bryce Van Dam (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL
- 17:43 ~ Aaron Smith (M, 16) Crawfordville, FL
- 17:44 ~ Michael Martinez (M, 47) Tallahassee, FL
- 17:49 ~ Gabriel Albaladejo (M, 21)
- 18:07 ~ Peter Kaus (M, 28) Tallahassee, FL
Top Ten Females, 2013 Run For The Cookies 5K
- 17:42 ~ Chelsi Woodruff (F, 21)
- 17:54 ~ Carly Thomas (F, 18) Tallahassee, FL
- 18:25 ~ Sheryl Rosen (F, 28) Tallahassee, FL
- 18:33 ~ Katherine McMeekin (F, 22) Tallahassee, FL
- 18:44 ~ Teresa Ristow (F, 19) Melbourne, FL
- 18:51 ~ Kailand Cosgrove (F, 22) Tarpon Springs, FL
- 19:05 ~ Erika Charlassier (F, 22)
- 19:07 ~ Shelby Salimone (F, 21) Tallahassee, FL
- 19:23 ~ Lauren Gelzinis (F, 21) Tallahassee, FL
- 19:24 ~ Alicia York (F, 26) Tallahassee, FL
Run For The Cookies 5K champions, 1994-2013 | |||
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Date | Males | Females | Finishers |
19 FEB 1994 | 16:12 ~ Gary Droze-1 | 18:51 ~ Carrie Weyant-1 | 85 |
25 FEB 1995 | 15:42 ~ Gary Droze-2 | 18:15 ~ Jane Johnson | 186 |
24 FEB 1996 | 16:08 ~ Gary Droze-3 | 19:57 ~ Chateau Mangaroo | 175 |
22 FEB 1997 | 15:17 ~ Gary Droze-4 | 19:02 ~ Carrie Weyant-2 | 150 |
28 FEB 1998 | 15:38 ~ Jason Ritter | 17:29 ~ Sarah Docter-Williams-1 | 207 |
27 FEB 1999 | 16:17 ~ David Ogletree | 17:38 ~ Sarah Docter-Williams-2 | 258 |
26 FEB 2000 | 16:23 ~ Robert Pautienus | 17:53 ~ Kim Winn | 294 |
24 FEB 2001 | 15:59 ~ Kevin Danahy | 17:30 ~ Sarah Docter-Williams-3 | 231 |
23 FEB 2002 | 15:25 ~ Lee Willis-1 | 16:18 ~ Breeda Dennehy-Willis-1 | 248 |
15 FEB 2003 | 15:49 ~ Lee Willis-2 | 16:30 - Breeda Dennehy-Willis-2 | 152 |
14 FEB 2004 | 17:07 ~ Timothy Bolton | 18:06 ~ Sarah Docter-Williams-4 | 93 |
12 FEB 2005 | 16:23 ~ Justin Jacobs | 17:43 ~ Sarah Docter-Williams-5 | 258 |
11 FEB 2006 | 16:49 ~ Kyle Larson | 19:04 ~ Stephanie Liles-1 | 156 |
10 FEB 2007 | 15:53 ~ Judson Cake | 19:06 ~ Zika Rea | 386 |
9 FEB 2008 | 16:45 ~ Tripp Southerland | 19:35 ~ Stephanie Liles-2 | 411 |
7 FEB 2009 | 16:16 ~ Chris Lake-1 | 18:40 ~ Audrey Hand | 550 |
13 FEB 2010 | 16:27 ~ Chris Lake-2 | 18:11 ~ Amy Hines-1 | 432 |
12 FEB 2011 | 15:50 ~ Kevin Sullivan | 19:02 ~ Sheryl Rosen | 431 |
11 FEB 2012 | 16:07 ~ Alex Smyth | 17:36 ~ Amy Hines-2 | 685 |
9 FEB 2013 | 16:00 ~ Stanley Linton | 17:43 ~ Chelsi Woodruff | 602 |
The Run For The Cookies was held at Tallahassee Mall from 1994 to 1996, and at Tallahassee Community College from 1997 to the present. A big thank-you to Mark Priddy for his help in completing this summary. |
Links:
- Complete results of the 2013 "Run For The Cookies" 5K at gulfwinds.org
http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2013/Cookie%20Run%202013.asp
- More photos of the 2013 "Run For The Cookies" 5K (Part 1)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102703853457843.3450308.5215641&l=4672c1ec28
- More photos of the 2013 "Run For The Cookies" 5K (Part 2)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102706386107393.3450507.5215641&l=327f1d985f
- Fred Deckert's photos of the 2013 "Run For The Cookies" 5K
https://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/Cookies13
- "Run For The Cookies" 5K USATF course certification map (FL08011EBM)
http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL08011EBM
- 2011 story, "Sheryl Rosen wins by a thin mint, Kevin Sullivan by a bakery"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/02/cookies-2011.html
- 2010 story: "It's Lake and Hines for all the cookies!"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/02/cookie-run.html
- "Run for the cookies, but look out for those Samoas"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/02/samoas.html
- Find your next race in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! race calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
Fun, fun race! Thanks for the documentation, Herb!
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