Monday, April 4, 2016

Kieszek and Gomez are the leaders of the pack at the Dog Days Run

34th annual Dog Days RunThe Dog Days Run isn't the oldest road race in Gainesville, Florida. The Melon Run is its senior, having been staged on each Independence Day since 1979. The Florida Track Club will host the 38th annual Melon Run on 4 July 2016. But the Dog Days Run is still a pretty old 5K, and in Westside Park on Saturday afternoon, 2 April 2016, the race was held for the 34th time.


Florida Track Club master runner Drew Kieszek won the 3.1-mile race in 17:50. Gainesville schoolboy Anton Matchev, a sixth-grader on the Abraham Lincoln Middle School cross country team, finished runner-up in 18:23. Austin Delacruz took third in 20:08.


Archer, Florida athlete Becky Gomez was the women's champion in the 2016 Dog Days Run, placing fourth overall in 20:08. Amanda Rodriguez was second in the women's standings, seventh overall in 21:57. Gainesville's Rebecca Weaver was the third female finisher, eighth overall in 22:14. Elisabeth Diamond of Bell, Florida was the top woman master and fifth female finisher, placing twelfth overall in 23:20. Diamond was the defending women's champ of the Dog Days Run as well as a multiple past winner of the race.


118 athletes finished the 34th annual Dog Days Run 5K. Start 2 Finish Race Management of Alachua, Florida timed the race.



Top Ten Men, 2016 Dog Days 5K
  1. 17:50 ~ Drew Kieszek (M, 40)
  2. 18:23 ~ Anton Matchev (M, 12)
  3. 20:08 ~ Austin Delacruz (M, 26)
  4. 20:49 ~ Chris Vulpe (M, 50) Gainesville, FL
  5. 21:49 ~ Wrigley Longstreet (M, 12) Gainesville, FL
  6. 22:14 ~ Ronald Hall (M, 51) Gainesville, FL
  7. 22:40 ~ Jeff Benda (M, 35) Gainesville, FL
  8. 23:33 ~ Alden Estep (M, 46)
  9. 24:38 ~ Bryan Allen (M, 27) Gainesville, FL
  10. 24:58 ~ Steve Gamewell (M, 36) Gainesville, FL

Top Ten Women, 2016 Dog Days 5K
  1. 20:34 ~ Becky Gomez (F, 24) Archer, FL
  2. 21:57 ~ Amanda Rodriguez (F, 28)
  3. 22:14 ~ Rebecca Weaver (F, 23) Gainesville, FL
  4. 23:11 ~ Alexis Muniz (F, 24) Coconut Creek, FL
  5. 23:20 ~ Elisabeth Diamond (F, 56) Bell, FL
  6. 24:39 ~ Lindsay Raub (F, 25)
  7. 25:27 ~ Rachel Lovell (F, 25) Gainesville, FL
  8. 25:27 ~ Ariel Robelen (F, 25) Gainesville, FL
  9. 25:32 ~ Melissa Ford (F, 25) Panama City, FL
  10. 25:36 ~ Katherine Kratina (F, 22) Deland, FL

Recent winners of the Gainesville, Florida Dog Days Run 5K
DateMenWomenFinishers
21 November 199816:22, Randy Hollinger16:47, Alla Zhilyayeva
6 November 199915:09, Randy Hollinger19:42, Shannon Fox
17 March 200115:51, Randy Hollinger19:12, Carla Dolder68
22 September 200116:14, Randy Hollinger21:04, Sarah Wittman163
27 September 200316:57, Tim Bolton20:55, Sheryl Rosen121
18 September 200416:45, Shawn Patterson20:54, Mary Shannon146
24 September 200516:58, Matthew Broderick18:56, Friderike Wilde90
16 September 200616:47, Brett Howell19:14, Michele Popple148
6 October 200716:56, Zack Sanchez19:54, Polly Campbell188
1 November 200816:08, Brett Howell18:56, Michelle Howell140
12 September 200917:44, Ben Waite21:57, Elisabeth Diamond169
2 October 201017:17, Michael Rosato21:53, Elisabeth Diamond158
22 October 2011Michael Rosato
29 September 201216:56, Michael Rosato
12 October 201319:21, Danny Stevens, Jr20:46, Ani Veltcheva106
4 October 201417:04, Brandon Scott22:09, Elisabeth Diamond63
2 April 201617:50, Drew Kieszek20:34, Becky Gomez118


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