Peymann and Dickinson prevail on the trail at Run For Lawson

Welaunee Plantation will be developed. Not this year, and perhaps not next, but sometime. The plans have already been drawn up--roads, bridges, trails, and an I-10 interchange. A large piece of the land has already been conserved as the Miccosukee Greenway, and more will. In the meantime, though, athletes in Tallahassee, Florida, can tour pre-development Welaunee once a year in the Run For Lawson.


The fifth annual Run For Lawson was on Saturday morning, 26 September 2015, featuring a 10K, a 5K, and a one-mile fun run, all starting from Holy Comforter Episcopal School. Tallahassee master runner Mike Peymann won the longest race, covering the 6.2 miles in 41:03. Jimbo Halley of Tallahassee was second in 42:06, followed by Tallahassee runners Hal Fravel (3rd, 44:05) and Justin Poole (4th, 44:54).


Right on Poole's heels was the first female finisher, Leslie Dickinson. Ever since the 10K was added to the Run For Lawson in 2012, the women's records haven't lasted long. Allison Thumm established the original record of 52:00, it was broken a year later in 2013 by Renee Cox with a 45:53. Cox's record was broken in 2014 when Jillian Heddaeus ran 45:32. Dickinson kept up that string of short-lived record, knocking off Heddaeus' mark with a 44:56. A Sudbury, Massachusetts, runner, Dickinson was fifth overall. Tallahassee's Juanita Chalmers was second in the women's standings, coming in seventh overall in 47:33. Paticia Reddick of Fall River was the first woman master and third female finisher, ninth overall in 48:08. 2014 women's champ Jillian Heddaeus was fourth in the women's division, finishing tenth overall in 48:19.


98 athletes finished the Run For Lawson 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2015 Run For Lawson 10K

1. 41:02.6 ~ Michael Peymann (M, 53) Tallahassee, FL
2. 42:05.1 ~ Jimbo Halley (M, 36) Tallahassee, FL
3. 44:04.5 ~ Hal Fravel (M, 34) Tallahassee, FL
4. 44:53.8 ~ Justin Poole (M, 33) Tallahassee, FL
5. 45:55.6 ~ John Schenkler (M, 34) ,
6. 47:36.5 ~ Chris Stanley (M, 37) Tallahassee, FL
7. 50:10.9 ~ Craig Bruner (M, 59) Tallahassee, FL
8. 51:19.8 ~ Steven Dennis (M, 41) Tallahassee, FL
9. 52:10.9 ~ Bradley Stewart (M, 31) Tallahassee, FL
10. 52:25.1 ~ Robert Wigen (M, 49) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, 2015 Run For Lawson 10K

1. 44:55.4 ~ Leslie Dickinson (F, 30) Sudbury, MA
2. 47:32.8 ~ Juanita Chalmers (F, 33) Tallahassee, FL
3. 48:07.8 ~ Patricia Reddick (F, 54) Fall River,
4. 48:18.1 ~ Jillian Heddaeus (F, 32) Tallahassee, FL
5. 50:09.9 ~ Ashley Young (F, 29) Ormond Beach, FL
6. 52:09.3 ~ Wendy Poole (F, 59) Tallahassee, FL
7. 52:05.3 ~ Elizabeth Rosario (F, 37) Tallahassee, FL
8. 54:46.3 ~ Jan Condon (F, 60) Tallahassee, FL
9. 54:46.1 ~ Joyce McNeill (F, 60) Tallahassee, FL
10. 55:17.3 ~ Sharon Crews (F, 47) Tallahassee, FL

The Run For Lawson came during a two-week break in the Leon County Schools' middle school cross country schedule. Montford harrier Hawthorne Hay took advantage of that break to win the Run For Lawson 5K, running 20:56. Not far behind the Montford eighth-grader, Brittney Barnes finished second overall in 21:04, taking the women's title.


Nick Trombetta was third overall in 21:35. Trombetta was followed by two more Montford cross-country runners--eighth graders Caitlin Wilkey (4th, 21:36), the second female finisher, Sam Hartman (5th, 21:56), the third male finisher. Ramsay Sims was the fastest master runner in the race, the fourth male and sixth overall in 22:24. Montford eighth-grader Bryce Workman was seventh overall in 22:37. Third in the women's standings went to Maia Mast (10th, 23:33), a Cornerstone Learning cross-country runner.


226 runners and walkers finished the Run For Lawson 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2015 Run For Lawson 5K

1. 20:55.2 ~ Hawthorne Hay (M, 13) Tallahassee, FL
2. 21:34.1 ~ Nick Trombetta (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
3. 21:55.2 ~ Sam Hartman (M, 13) Tallahassee, FL
4. 22:23.6 ~ Ramsay Sims (M, 46) Tallahassee, FL
5. 22:36.8 ~ Bryce Workman (M, 13) Tallahassee, FL
6. 23:33.2 ~ Rob G. Vezina (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
7. 23:28.1 ~ Henry Mayfield (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL
8. 23:45.3 ~ James Renehaw (M, 40) Tallahassee, FL
9. 23:50.7 ~ Todd Hunter (M, 30) Tallahassee, FL
10. 24:07.3 ~ Sean Rayborn (M, 47) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, 2015 Run For Lawson 5K

1. 21:03.9 ~ Brittney Barnes (F, 27) Tallahassee, FL
2. 21:35.6 ~ Caitlin Wilkey (F, 13) Tallahassee, FL
3. 23:32.3 ~ Maia Mast (F, 13) Tallahassee, FL
4. 23:51.1 ~ Andrea Duffy (F, 39) Monticello, FL
5. 23:53.5 ~ Jaye Danforth (F, 34) Tallahassee, FL
6. 25:01.8 ~ Emmy Kyllonen (F, 26) Tallahassee, FL
7. 26:00.8 ~ Sky Feller (F, 42) Tallahassee, FL
8. 26:16.2 ~ Madeline Feiock (F, 13) Tallahassee, FL
9. 26:43.4 ~ Ashlyn Gooch (F, 12) Tallahassee, FL
10. 26:55.1 ~ Monica Toth (F, 26) Tallahassee, FL

Run For Lawson champions, 2011 - 2015
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
8 October 2011	5K	17:29, Gary Droze	22:22, Molly McCann	393
6 October 2012	10K	39:32, Tony Guillen	52:00, Allison Thumm	123
	5K	18:29, Gary Droze	22:00, Molly McCann	335
28 September 2013	10K	35:50, Chris Lake	45:53, Renee Cox	174
	5K	18:20, Gary Droze	21:23, Molly McCann	317
1 November 2014	10K	38:58, Paul Guyas	45:32, Jillian Heddaeus	94
	5K	19:16, Evan Wilson	20:47, Molly McCann	221
26 September 2015	10K	41:03, Michael Peymann	44:56, Leslie Dickinson	98
	5K	20:56, Hawthorne Hay	21:04, Brittney Barnes	226

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 Run For Lawson
  
  • 10K:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ecFQPP1NNvTQ045HqR_7iqANrbvWnkddc0tRnOwqV-0/pubhtml?gid=0&single=true
    
  • 5K:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ecFQPP1NNvTQ045HqR_7iqANrbvWnkddc0tRnOwqV-0/pubhtml?gid=1221559263&single=true
    
    
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2015 Run For Lawson
  https://picasaweb.google.com/112560881455823075870/Lawson_15
  
  
• 2014 story, “Guyas rolls and Heddaeus sets record at Run For Lawson”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/11/lawson-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Lake and Cox set new standards at Run For Lawson”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/lawson-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Farther is better for Guillen and Thumm at Run For Lawson”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/lawson-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Droze and McCann race for Lawson”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/10/lawson-2011.html
  
  
• Run For Lawson website
  http://runforlawson.org/
  
  
• Plan a future run in the Tallahassee region using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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