"Make sure you title your report, 'LaBossiere crushes Rosen,'" Mike LaBossiere told me after the race.As immodest as his phrasing may seem, LaBossiere did indeed outrun Sheryl Rosen and everyone else in the Florida State Univerity Medical Response Unit's fifth annual 5K race on Saturday morning, 25 January 2014. The master runner from Maine ran 20:27 over the 3.1-mile course around the FSU campus. Sheryl Rosen won the women's title for the second year in a row, finishing third overall in 21:36, a step behind her younger brother Matt Rosen (2nd, 21:35).
The race started and finished at the Integration Statue on Woodward Plaza, in the heart of the FSU campus. At 9:00 AM the runners were set loose. Nicholas Tremblay darted out into the lead, but about a kilometer into the race, on Honors Way, Tremblay was overtaken by Mike LaBossiere. Sheryl Rosen, running with her younger brother, Matt, passed Tremblay later, and so did Wakulla High cross-country coach Paul Hoover. No one was catching LaBossiere, though. The Florida A & M University philosophy professor finished the race more than 250 meters ahead of the next runner, posting a 20:27. Matt Rosen sprinted ahead of his sister to take the runner-up spot in 21:35. Sheryl Rosen was right behind him in third at 21:36, the first female finisher. Paul Hoover was fourth overall in 22:00, and early leader Nicholas Tremblay was fifth with a 27:56.The Florida State University Medical Response Unit is on hand at all campus events to provide emergency medical services if needed. Included among those events are the many road races run around the FSU campus. The MRU even saved the life of an athlete who collapsed near the finish of the Tallahassee Marathon. The FSU MRU's support of so many running events seems to be taken for granted, though, because so few people turn out to support the MRU 5K. Here's hoping that changes in the future.
Top Five Men, 2014 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K- 20:26.37 ~ Michael LaBossiere
- 21:34.78 ~ Matt Rosen
- 21:59.65 ~ Paul Hoover
- 27:55.15 ~ Nicholas Tremblay
- 28:41.10 ~ Jamie Joanos
Top Five Women, 2014 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K- 21:35.54 ~ Sheryl Rosen
- 29:45.09 ~ Gaby Moldovan
- 32:02.96 ~ Megan Nelson
- 32:18.23 ~ Ashley Ell
- 33:17.85 ~ Porter Moore
| FSU First Responders Unit 5K winners, 2010-2014 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women |
| 20 January 2010 | 17:40, Raley Beggs | 19:14, Katherine McMeekin |
| 29 January 2011 | 17:47, Matt Bulecza | 21:54, Kellie Gerbers |
| 21 January 2012 | 17:53, Connor Stevens | 22:53, Kate Harrison |
| 26 January 2013 | 18:08, Connor Stevens | 18:33, Sheryl Rosen |
| 25 January 2014 | 20:27, Michael LaBossiere | 21:36, Sheryl Rosen |
Links
- Complete results of the 2014 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AuBsYKIIn3TCdFVUelRJeTZqckFkZC1lbG5TaE9OclE
- More photos of the 2014 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10104117725721493.1073741945.5215641&l=0e4f37c576
- 2012 story, "Stevens and Harrison first at First Responders 5K"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/fru-2012.html
- 2011 story, "Bulecza and Gerbers respond well to competition at FRU 5K"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/01/fru-2011.html
- 2010 story, "Victory for Beggs, McMeekin at First Responders 5K"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/01/during-floridas-territorial-period-last.html
- Keep track of upcoming races in the Tallahassee region at Trouble Afoot!
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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