Tallahassee's top 15K road times in 2017

Not many towns can claim two fifteen-kilometer road races on USATF-certified courses, but Tallahassee can. The Gulf Winds Track Club 15K has been run each January since 2006, and the Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K has been a November race under one name or another going back to 1978. However, the GWTC 15K is a junior race to the GWTC 30K, and it's run on a hilly, mostly unpaved course on Old Centerville Road. The Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K, on the other hand, is a headline event run on a gently rolling course through the well-groomed streets of Southwood. You wouldn't expect the year's fastest times to come from the GWTC 15K. In general, they don't--except when they do, like in 2015 when Sukhi Khosla went 50:11 on Old Centerville Road. After that performance, it seemed worthwhile to track the top 15K road times in Tallahassee.

Anthony Malatesta

In 2017, though, things worked out as you'd expect. Matthew Cashin ran a wnning 54:46 at the GWTC 15K on 21 January 2017, but four athletes bettered that mark in the Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K on 23 November 2017--Matt McCurdy ( 54:13), Roger Schmidt (53:20), Charlie Johnson (52:25), and Anthony Malatesta (51:49). Malatesta's time stands as the fastest 15K performance by a male athlete in Tallahassee during 2017.


It was a similar situation of the women's side. Sheryl Rosen went 65:27 at the GWTC 15K, but three athletes, including Rosen herself, ran faster at the Turkey Trot 15K--Brittney Barnes (65:09), Sheryl Rosen (60:50), and Katie Sherron (56:36). Sherron's was the fastest women's road 15K time in Tallahassee for 2017. Sherron also led the women's 15K list in 2015, while Rosen had the top time in 2016.

Katie Sherron

Here are Tallahassee's top overall road 15K times for each year from 2015 to 2017:

Year	Men				Women
	Time	Athlete	Date	Race	Time	Athlete	Date	Race
2015	50:11	Sukhi Khosla	17 Jan	GWTC 15K	57:41	Katie Sherron	26 Nov	Turkey Trot
2016	47:44	Stan Linton	24 Nov	Turkey Trot	59:42	Sheryl Rosen	24 Nov	Turkey Trot
2017	51:49	Anthony Malatesta	23 Nov	Turkey Trot	56:36	Katie Sherron	23 Nov	Turkey Trot

Gary Droze went 56:57 in the Turkey Trot 15K, becoming the fastest master runner of the year in Tallahassee at that distance and taking the tenth spot on the men's list. Laura Reina was the top woman master and tenth on the women's list after running 72:22 at the Turkey Trot.


Record keeping for 2018 will start at the Gulf Winds Track Club 15K on Saturday morning, 20 January 2017. After that, I'll be looking at the results of the Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K on Thursday morning, 22 November 2018. I'll also consider performances from any 15K race meeting these criteria:

• The race has to be in Tallahassee (anywhere in Leon County is fine)
• The race has to be run on a USATF certified course
• The race has to have published results
• I have to see the results

Here are Tallahassee's 2017 lists for the road 15K, each going 25 deep.

Top Tallahassee 15K Performances by Men on Certified Road Courses in 2017
Rank	Time	Athlete	Age	Date	Race	Place	Course Number
1.	51:49	Anthony Malatesta	23	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	1	FL11001TY
2.	52:25	Charlie Johnson	38	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	2	FL11001TY
3.	53:20	Roger Schmidt	26	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	3	FL11001TY
4.	54:13	Matthew McCurdy	24	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	4	FL11001TY
5.	54:46	Matthew Cashin	17	2017-01-21	GWTC 15K	1	FL16080TY
6.	54:46	Trevor Sununu	22	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	5	FL11001TY
7.	55:07	Dewayne Riley	31	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	6	FL11001TY
	55:34	M. McCurdy	23	2017-01-21	GWTC 15K	2	FL16080TY
8.	55:42	Chris O'Kelley	24	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	7	FL11001TY
9.	56:32	Caleb Carmichael	33	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	8	FL11001TY
10.	56:57	Gary Droze	56	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	9	FL11001TY
11.	58:05	Jake Mazziotta	19	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	10	FL11001TY
12.	58:32	Jim Halley	38	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	11	FL11001TY
13.	58:36	Mickey Moore	47	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	12	FL11001TY
14.	58:48	David Graf	41	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	13	FL11001TY
15.	58:59	Geb Kiros	50	2017-01-21	GWTC 15K	3	FL16080TY
16.	58:59	Michael Rhodes	48	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	14	FL11001TY
17.	59:09	Scott Lloyd	16	2017-01-21	GWTC 15K	4	FL16080TY
18.	59:14	Hong-Guo Yu	49	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	15	FL11001TY
19.	59:16	Drew Farrington	30	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	16	FL11001TY
20.	59:26	Don Smith	38	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	17	FL11001TY
21.	59:30	Christopher O'Kelley	23	2017-01-21	GWTC 15K	5	FL16080TY
	59:45	G. Kiros	51	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	18	FL11001TY
22.	59:57	Colter Foster	18	2017-01-21	GWTC 15K	6	FL16080TY
23.	1:00:00	Paul Guyas	40	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	19	FL11001TY
24.	1:00:15	Tony Guillen	48	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	20	FL11001TY
25.	1:00:22	Carter Hay	46	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	21	FL11001TY
Includes performances from the Gulf Winds Track Club 15K (21 Jan 2017) and Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K (23 Nov 2017).

Top Tallahassee 15K Performances by Women on Certified Road Courses in 2017
Rank	Time	Athlete	Age	Date	Race	Place	Course Number
1.	56:36	Katie Sherron	36	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	1	FL11001TY
2.	1:00:50	Sheryl Rosen	33	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	2	FL11001TY
3.	1:05:09	Brittney Barnes	29	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	3	FL11001TY
	1:05:27	S. Rosen	32	2017-01-21	GWTC 15K	1	FL16080TY
4.	1:06:49	Deanna McVay	34	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	4	FL11001TY
5.	1:07:01	Jillian Heddaeus	34	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	5	FL11001TY
6.	1:08:15	Alyssa Terry	24	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	6	FL11001TY
7.	1:08:49	Kate Harrison	25	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	7	FL11001TY
8.	1:10:10	Kristin Halley	36	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	8	FL11001TY
9.	1:12:01	Kat Sack	25	2017-01-21	GWTC 15K	2	FL16080TY
10.	1:12:22	Laura Reina	53	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	9	FL11001TY
11.	1:12:38	Jordan Kimelman	21	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	10	FL11001TY
12.	1:12:39	Emma Spencer	35	2017-01-21	GWTC 15K	3	FL16080TY
13.	1:12:58	Alice Smoot	60	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	11	FL11001TY
14.	1:13:01	Katherine Resavage	16	2017-01-21	GWTC 15K	4	FL16080TY
15.	1:13:11	Zoe Sheldon	17	2017-01-21	GWTC 15K	5	FL16080TY
16.	1:13:15	Kenya Rich	45	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	12	FL11001TY
17.	1:13:47	Nancy Proctor	56	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	13	FL11001TY
18.	1:14:22	Heather Diaz	32	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	14	FL11001TY
19.	1:14:58	Anna Gill	17	2017-01-21	GWTC 15K	6	FL16080TY
20.	1:15:23	Bridget Wolfel	37	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	15	FL11001TY
21.	1:15:26	Nancy Stedman	55	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	16	FL11001TY
	1:15:27	B. Barnes	29	2017-01-21	GWTC 15K	7	FL16080TY
22.	1:15:41	Filiz Aktan	33	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	17	FL11001TY
23.	1:15:56	Kory Skrob	47	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	18	FL11001TY
24.	1:15:56	Tsige Tadesse	45	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	19	FL11001TY
25.	1:16:01	Katie Lee	21	2017-11-23	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K	20	FL11001TY
Includes performances from the Gulf Winds Track Club 15K (21 Jan 2017) and Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K (23 Nov 2017).

Links

• “”
  
  
  
• “Fast times on a sloppy road for Linton and Sherron at the GWTC 30K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/gwtc-30k-2017.html
  
  
• Tallahassee's top 5K road times by year
  
  • 2012: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/12/tallahassee-5K-times-2012.html
    
  • 2013: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/12/tallahassee-5K-times-2013.html
    
  • 2014: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/01/tallahassee-5K-times-2014.html
    
  • 2015: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/12/tallahassee-5k-times-2015.html
    
  • 2016: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/tallahassee-5k-times-2016.html
    
  • 2017: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/12/tallahassee-5k-times-2017.html
    
  
  
• Tallahassee's top 10K road times by year
  
  • 2013: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/12/tallahassee-10K-times-2013.html
    
  • 2014: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/01/tallahassee-10K-times-2014.html
    
  • 2015: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/12/tallahassee-10K-times-2015.html
    
  • 2016: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/tallahassee-10K-times-2016.html
    
  • 2017: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/12/tallahassee-10K-times-2017.html
    
  
  
• Tallahassee's top 15K road times by year
  
  • 2015: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/12/tallahassee-15K-times-2015.html
    
  • 2016: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/tallahassee-15K-times-2016.html
    
  • 2017: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/12/tallahassee-15K-times-2017.html
    
  
  
• Tallahassee's USATF-certified 15K courses
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/search/searchResults.asp?distance=15&distanceUnits=km&distanceComparison=%3D&city=Tallahassee&courseStatus=A&courseType=R&submit=Search
  
  
• Whether you're ranked or unranked, you can find your next race on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2145