The Pensacola Double Bridge Run is junior by two decades to those other more notorious Florida 15K races, the Jacksonville River Run and Tampa's Gasparilla. The older runs go back to the 1970s, while the Double Bridge Run's birthday was in 1998. Despite its youth as an event, the Double Bridge joins the River Run and Gasparilla as one of the three largest 15K races in the state. It also challenges them as one of the fastest.In spite of Gasparilla's pancake-flat course, the Double Bridge is now producing faster winning times than the Tampa race. One of the reasons for that is Tyler McCandless. The Boulder, Colorado, athlete ran 45:18 to win the Double Bridge 15K on Saturday morning, 7 February 2015. It was McCandless's third year in a row of Double Bridge victories and his fastest yet, beating his 2014 winning time by one second. Behind McCandless, Tristan Mannix of Evansville, Indianda, and Geoffrey Kiprotich of Toledo, Ohio, brawled for second place, with Mannix barely getting the decision, 47:42 to 47:43. Another Rocky Mountain runner, CJ Hitz of Colorado Springs, was the fastest master in the race, placing seventh overall in 53:32.
New York athlete Allie Kieffer did her part to make the women's field also one of the most competitive in Florida. The former Wake Forest University cross-country runner came in ninth overall, winning the women's title in 55:41. McHenry, Maryland, athlete Line Lauritsen and Pensacola's own Jennifer McGranahan raced side-by-side much of the way, but Lauritsen pulled away late in the race to take second in the women's standings, 58:35 to 58:46. Lauritsen and McGranahan were 18th and 19th overall. Mary Sweeney of Atlanta, Georgia, was the first master woman in the race, running 63:43 to finish 61st overall and eighth in the women's field.
2527 athletes finished the 15K at the 18th annual Pensacola Double Bridge Run.
Top Ten Men, 2015 Pensacola Double Bridge Run 15K
- 45:18 ~ Tyler McCandless (M, 28) Boulder, CO
- 47:42 ~ Tristan Mannix (M, 29) Evansville, IN
- 47:43 ~ Geoffrey Kiprotich (M, 36) Toledo, OH
- 49:12 ~ Michael Green (M, 38) Troy, AL
- 50:57 ~ Brent Schneider (M, 33) Pensacola, FL
- 51:41 ~ Danny Goodman, Jr. (M, 39) Gulf Breeze, FL
- 53:32 ~ CJ Hitz (M, 41) Colorado Springs, CO
- 55:37 ~ Rusty Branch (M, 35) Cantonment, FL
- 55:45 ~ Micah Kemp (M, 17) Jay, FL
- 56:07 ~ Alex Guillory (M, 19) Eight Mile, AL
Top Ten Women, 2015 Pensacola Double Bridge Run 15K
- 55:41 ~ Allie Kieffer (F, 27) New York, NY
- 58:35 ~ Line Lauritsen (F, 32) McHenry, MD
- 58:46 ~ Jennifer McGranahan (F, 36) Pensacola, FL
- 59:49 ~ Jennifer Pinto (F, 37) Jacksonville, FL
- 62:32 ~ Erin Padgett (F, 34) Loxley, AL
- 62:58 ~ Meghan Connor (F, 23) Alexandria, VA
- 63:19 ~ Elizabeth Heering (F, 32) Navarre, FL
- 63:43 ~ Mary Sweeney (F, 54) Atlanta, GA
- 63:47 ~ Heather Asmar (F, 43) Pensacola Beach, FL
- 64:31 ~ Nicole Solana (F, 32) Pensacola, FL
| Pensacola Double Bridge Run 15K winners, 1998 - 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women |
| 1998* | 36:31, Everett Whiteside | 45:40, Kelly Wild |
| 6 February 1999 | 45:55, Everett Whiteside | 56:36, Sarah Kramer |
| 19 February 2000 | 46:12, Everett Whiteside | 59:52, Jennifer Hanley |
| 2001 | 46:29, Everett Whiteside | 57:45, Jennifer Hanley |
| 2 February 2002 | 45:12, Everett Whiteside | 57:11, Jennifer Hanley |
| 8 February 2003 | 45:33, Everett Whiteside | 59:07, Jennifer Hanley |
| 7 February 2004 | 48:06, Billy Bohlke | 54:58, Jenny Ledford |
| 22 January 2005 | 47:04, Everett Whiteside | 58:43, Jennifer Hanley |
| 4 February 2006 | 46:59, Michael Padilla | 61:04, Dawn Kane |
| 3 February 2007 | 46:26, Everett Whiteside | 54:17, Ann McGranahan |
| 2 February 2008 | 45:34, Christian Hesch | 53:55, Amy Rudolph |
| 7 February 2009 | 43:31, James Carney | 53:25, Amy Rudolph |
| 6 February 2010 | 44:46, James Carney | 51:04, Janet Cherobon |
| 5 February 2011 | 43:35, Mark Kenneally | 49:58, Janet Cherobon |
| 4 February 2012 | 46:51, Reuben Mwei | 53:49, Molly Pritz |
| 2 February 2013 | 46:12, Tyler McCandless | 54:56, Sonja Friend-Uhl |
| 1 February 2014 | 45:19, Tyler McCandless | 52:29, Cynthia Jerop |
| 7 February 2015 | 45:18, Tyler McCandless | 55:41, Allie Kieffer |
| * The 1998 race was 12K | ||
Links
- Complete results of the 2015 Pensacola Double Bridge Run via Gulf Sport Timing
http://gulfsporttiming.com/results.php?rid=6ewSt3
- Pensacola Double Bridge Run
http://www.doublebridgerun.com/
- USATF Course Certification Map FL08009EBM for the 2015 Pensacola Double Bridge Run 15K
http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL08009EBM
- More upcoming races with zero or more bridges on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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