Friday, February 26, 2016

Edwards gets his first Five Points 5K win, Veltcheva her fourth

2016 Five Points of Life Race WeekendGainesville, Florida's eleventh annual Five Points Of Life race weekend opened on Saturday morning, 20 February 2016, with the Five Points 5K. Matt Edwards, formerly a Gainesville Eastside HS distance runner, won the race by over 300 meters, running 17:08. Ani Veltcheva came out on top of the women's standings for the fourth year in a row--the Abraham Lincoln Middle School eighth-grader was third overall in 18:23.


Behind Edwards, Abraham Lincoln Middle School sixth-grader Anton Matchev was runner-up in 18:15. Just two days earlier, Matchev had run a 2:36.44/5:19.66 double in the 800/1600 competing for his school's track team at the Oak Hall Middle School Mini Meet. Gainesville's Keisuke Matsuki was the fastest master runner in the race, finishing fifth overall in 18:57.


Gainesville athlete Betsy Suda, the 2011 Five Points 5K women's champ, was second in women's standings of the 2016 race, placing fourth overall in 18:53. Lydia Little of Gainesville was the third-place woman, coming in eleventh overall in 21:50. Caroline Worrall of Gainesville was the top woman master and ninth female finisher, 49th overall in 24:29.


347 athletes finished the 2016 Five Points 5K. DRC Sports of Inverness, Florida provided timing for the race. The Five Points of Life race weekend continued the following day with the marathon and half-marathon.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Five Points Of Life 5K
  1. 17:07.7 ~ Matthew Edwards (M, 25) Gainesville, FL
  2. 18:14.1 ~ Anton Matchev (M, 12) Gainesville, FL
  3. 18:56.4 ~ Keisuke Matsuki (M, 43) Gainesville, FL
  4. 19:00.1 ~ Kevin Guss (M, 26)
  5. 21:01.1 ~ Francisco I. Flores-Rodriguez (M, 13) Gainesville, FL
  6. 21:16.4 ~ Brandon Williams (M, 18) Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman Island
  7. 21:31.7 ~ Michael Fowler (M, 42) Gainesville, FL
  8. 21:40.8 ~ Jim Leary (M, 61) Gainesville, FL
  9. 21:45.5 ~ Mike Collins, Jr (M, 28) Gainesville, FL
  10. 21:54.5 ~ Tom Kelleher (M, 44) Newberry, FL

Top Ten Women, 2016 Five Points Of Life 5K
  1. 18:22.1 ~ Ani Veltcheva (F, 11) Gainesville, FL
  2. 18:52.6 ~ Elizabeth Suda (F, 34) Gainesville, FL
  3. 21:49.4 ~ Lydia Little (F, 28) Gainesville, FL
  4. 22:13.1 ~ Amanda Rodriguez (F, 28) Alachua, FL
  5. 23:49.4 ~ Carolyn Wolking (F, 9) Gainesville, FL
  6. 23:43.2 ~ Lacey Jones (F, 25) Gainesville, FL
  7. 24:17.5 ~ Jillian Abrahamson (F, 24) Gainesville, FL
  8. 24:13.1 ~ Faith Hardy (F, 9) Williston, FL
  9. 24:28.4 ~ Caroline Worrall (F, 47) Gainesville, FL
  10. 24:39.9 ~ Donna Ornosky (F, 53) Birdsboro, PA

Five Points 5K winner, 2008 - 2016
DateMenWomenFinishers
23 February 200816:03, Mitch Guirard19:47, Amanda Duarte
21 February 200916:40, Kellam Bartley17:27, Vaida Zusinaite388
13 February 201018:12, Lance Reccoppa18:58, Firaya Sultanove-Zhdanova336
19 February 201117:41, Michael Rosato17:41, Betsy Suda366
18 February 201216:10, Michael Rosato21:39, Jennifer Schofield475
16 February 201317:14, Michael Anderson20:49, Ani Veltcheva400
15 February 201417:29, Kyle Dunn19:50, Ani Veltcheva354
14 February 201519:00, Robert Robins19:07, Ani Veltcheva312
20 February 201617:08, Matthew Edwards18:23, Ani Veltcheva347


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