Kiros and Sherron hoof it at the Deer Run

It was a close finish for the leaders of the Deer Run 5K on Saturday morning, 5 November 2016. Little more than 60 meters separated the first runner from the fourth at the end of the race, but the fastest of those four was master runner Geb Kiros. The Florida A & M University professor won the 3.1-mile race through the Killearn Lakes community of Tallahassee, Florida in 17:44. A Florida State University professor, Katie Sherron, took the Deer Run women's title, placing ninth overall in 19:52.

Geb Kiros and Katie Sherron

Ryan Truchelut, Zach DeVeau, and Jim Halley cascaded across the finish line after Kiros. Truchelut was second in 17:51, DeVeau third in 17:55, and Halley fourth in 17:58.


Katie Sherron's 19:52 was the fastest Deer Run time by a woman since Allison Eagen ran 19:36 in the 2010 race. Just three days after racing the Rex Cleveland Magic Mile, Katie Sack was runner-up in the women's standings and thirteenth overall in 20:52. Jillian Heddaeus was the third woman and seventeenth overall in 21:13, while Nikky Manausa was the fourth woman and twentieth overall in 21:28. Paula O'Neill was the top woman master and fifth female finisher, 26th overall in 22:05.


233 athletes finished the 2016 Deer Run 5K, with another 172 completing a one-mile fun run.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Deer Run 5K

1. 17:44, Geb Kiros (M, 50)
2. 17:51, Ryan Truchelut (M, 31)
3. 17:55, Zach Deveau (M, 29)
4. 17:58, Jim Halley (M, 37)
5. 18:52, Paul Guyas (M, 39)
6. 19:00, Mike Peymann (M, 54)
7. 19:14, Jon Nash (M, 37)
8. 19:31, Don Smith (M, 37)
9. 19:53, Zack Scharlepp (M, 34)
10. 20:08, Bill McNulty (M, 58)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Deer Run 5K

1. 19:52, Katie Sherron (F, 35)
2. 20:52, Katie Sack (F, 25)
3. 21:13, Jillian Heddaeus (F, 33)
4. 21:28, Nikky Manausa (F, 35)
5. 22:05, Paula O'Neill (F, 55)
6. 22:29, Kristin Halley (F, 35)
7. 22:33, Laura Reina (F, 52)
8. 22:36, Alyssa Terry (F, 23)
9. 22:42, Layla Thompson (F, 11)
10. 22:49, Kenya Rich (F, 44)

Deer Run 5K winners, 2010 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
6 November 2010	17:08, Jay Wallace	19:36, Allison Eagen	135
5 November 2011	18:21, Stephen Robbins	20:59, Claire Fruchtnicht	168
3 November 2012	19:00, Luke Parsley	23:36, Ana Wallace	161
9 November 2013	15:52, Stanley Linton	20:12, Micah Adriani	202
1 November 2014	19:05, Rik Pool	22:01, Layla Thompson	91
7 November 2015	18:48, Peter Kaus	22:59, Layla Thompson	134
5 November 2016	17:44, Geb Kiros	19:52, Katie Sherron	233

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Deer Run 5K at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2016/Deer%20Run%202016.asp
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2016 Deer Run 5K
  https://plus.google.com/photos/112560881455823075870/albums/6349598504457433233
  
  
• 2015 story, “Kaus and Thompson triumph at the Deer Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/11/deer-run-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Pool and Thompson bag Deer Run titles”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/11/deer-run-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Linton and Adriani run like deer at the Deer Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/11/deer-run-2013.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Robbins outraces Ross at 2011 Deer Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/11/deer-run-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Wallace and Eagen are champion Deer Runners”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/11/deer-run-2010.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map #FL13081EBM for the 2015 Deer Run 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL13081EBM
  
  
• You can run with deer, swine, 'possums, or other critters in the Tallahassee region
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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