Chris Haynes runs a CR 1:43:01 in the Gulf Winds Track Club 30K

The Gulf Winds Track Club 30K has been run annually at a variety of venues since 1978, but starting in 2006 the race has been Moccasin Gap, north of Tallahassee. The course there takes the runners ten kilometers north on Old Centerville Road then five kilometers west on Sunny Hill Road, after which they turn around return the way they came. Most of the thirty kilometers is on clay, nearly all of it is on hills. In the 2017 race, Stan Linton shrugged off a muddy road and charged through the Red Hills to set a course record of 1:46:13. That record would only last a year, though. On Saturday morning, 20 January 2018, Chris Haynes won the 41st annual Gulf Winds Track Club 30K in 1:43:01, chopping more than three minutes off of Linton's record. It was Haynes' first time running the race, but not Katie Sherron's. Sherron won her sixth GWTC 30K women's title that morning, placing seventh overall in 2:10:13.

Chris Haynes

The race started from the Retreat at Bradley's Pond at 8:00 AM. Vince Molosky, a five-time winner of the 30K, darted out into the lead, running the first mile under 5:30. Haynes was well behind Molosky, covering the first mile in 5:45. However, Haynes also went 5:45 on the second mile while Molosky slowed down. By the two-mile mark, Haynes had taken over the lead from Molosky. A third 5:45 mile kept Haynes in front, then he started going faster. The race was his.

Charlie Johnson

"I liked the downhills because it was free speed," said Haynes. "The dirt was hard packed. It was a lot of fun. Great people cheering me on the whole race which was awesome. I just did my best to stay consistent and relaxed."


Haynes was alone when he reached the turnaround at the fifteen kilometer mark in 52:00. He ran the second half even faster, covering the final fifteen kilometers in 51:01 en route to the finish line at Bradley's Pond, which he reached in a winning 1:43:01.

Chris O'Kelley

While Haynes was running away from the field, Charlie Johnson was closing in on Vince Molosky.


"I caught Vince less than a mile from the turnaround," said Johnson, the winner of the GWTC 30K in 2012 and 2016. "It was a flat stretch. He passed me back on the downhill because he's better on the downhill than I am, but I passed him for good before the turnaround."

Katie Sherron

Johnson held on to second, running 1:47:51. Chris O'Kelley took third in 1:57:42, passing Molosky with just over a mile to go. Molosky was fourth in 1:59:12, and Robert Duggleby fifth in 2:05:17. David Graf was the fastest master runner in the race, placing sixth overall in 2:09:30.


"It was a near perfect day for running as far as I can tell," said Johnson. "I'd like it if Tallahassee Marathon is like this."

Sheryl Rosen

Women's champ Katie Sherron was another athlete taking advantage of the "near perfect day." Leading the women's field from start to finish, Sherron's winning 2:10:13 was her fastest time yet in the GWTC 30K. Sheryl Rosen, a four-time women's champ at the 30K, took second in the women's standings, placing twelfth overall in 2:14:02. Kat Sack was the third woman and sixteenth overall in 2:21:59. Nancy Stedman was the first woman master and eighth female finisher, 31st overall in 2:40:59.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Gulf Winds Track Club 30K

1. 1:43:01, Christopher Haynes (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL
2. 1:47:51, Charlie Johnson (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL
3. 1:57:42, Chris O'Kelley (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
4. 1:59:12, Vince Molosky (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL
5. 2:05:17, Robert Duggleby (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
6. 2:09:30, David Graf (M, 41) Tallahassee, FL
7. 2:10:48, Don Smith (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL
8. 2:11:33, Don Autore (M, 42) Tallahassee, FL
9. 2:12:55, Jon Mason (M, 44) Tallahassee, FL
10. 2:13:59, Jim Halley (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, 2018 Gulf Winds Track Club 30K

1. 2:10:13, Katie Sherron (F, 36) Tallahassee, FL
2. 2:14:02, Sheryl Rosen (F, 33) Tallahassee, FL
3. 2:21:59, Kat Sack (F, 26) Tallahassee, FL
4. 2:24:39, Juanita Chalmers (F, 35) Chattanooga, TN
5. 2:29:38, Deanna McVay (F, 35) Tallahassee, FL
6. 2:37:40, Samantha Reilly (F, 26) Tallahassee, FL
7. 2:38:36, Mary Jane Hayden (F, 38) Tallahassee, FL
8. 2:40:59, Nancy Stedman (F, 56) Tallahassee, FL
9. 2:41:14, Kristin Halley (F, 36) Tallahassee, FL
10. 2:47:57, Tsige Tadesse (F, 45) Tallahassee, FL

Since 2006 a 15K has been run at the same time as the 30K, with the runners in the shorter race turning around after seven-and-a-half kilometers on Old Centerville Road. Tate Wallenfelsz, a junior-year cross-country runner at Leon High, won the race in 57:39. The next three places also belonged to the Leon cross-country team, with sophomores Joseph Ashebo and Bryson Gonzalez second and thir in 57:53 and 57:55, and junior Ashton Smith fourth in 59:17. Tallahassee's Carter Hay edged Matthew Rowan of Quincy for the top master spot, 59:44 to 59:50. Hay and Rowan were fifth and sixth overall.

Tate Wallenfelsz

Brittney Barnes led the 15K women's field at the turnaround, but Megan Churchill was close behind. A sophomore on the Lincoln High cross-country team, Churchill overtook Barnes early in the second half of the race then raced home to take the women's title, placing thirteenth overall in 1:06:08. Barnes was the women's runner-up and seventeenth overall in 1:06:53. Alyssa Terry was third in the women's standings and twentieth overall in 1:08:42. Alison Thumm was the first woman master and sixth female finisher, 28th overall in 71:39.

Megan Churchill

Top Ten Men, 2018 Gulf Winds Track Club 15K

1. 57:39, Tate Wallenfelsz (M, 16) Tallahassee, FL
2. 57:53, Joseph Ashebo (M, 16) Tallahassee, FL
3. 57:55, Bryson Gonzalez (M, 16) Tallahassee, FL
4. 59:17, Ashton Smith (M, 18) Tallahassee, FL
5. 59:44, Carter Hay (M, 46) Tallahassee, FL
6. 59:50, Matthew Rowan (M, 49) Quincy, FL
7. 60:31, Eric Houge (M, 37) Tallahassee, FL
8. 62:43, Geb Kiros (M, 51) Tallahassee, FL
9. 63:24, Tony Guillen (M, 49) Tallahassee, FL
10. 65:09, Aaron Guyer (M, 42) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, 2018 Gulf Winds Track Club 15K

1. 66:08, Megan Churchill (F, 15) Tallahassee, FL
2. 66:53, Brittney Barnes (F, 30) Tallahassee, FL
3. 68:42, Alyssa Terry (F, 24) Tallahassee, FL
4. 69:11, Amanda Sava (F, 23) Tallahassee, FL
5. 69:28, Katherine Resavage (F, 17) Tallahassee, FL
6. 71:39, Alison Thumm (F, 40) Tallahassee, FL
7. 72:29, Nazarae Holcombe (F, 27) Tallahassee, FL
8. 72:40, Dana Black (F, 52) Port Saint Joe, FL
9. 73:58, Becky Cahill (F, 34) Tallahassee, FL
10. 74:36, Lilli Unger (F, 15) Tallahassee, FL

81 athletes finished the 2018 Gulf Winds Track Club 30K and another 185 completed the 15K. Both races were chip-timed by GWTC.

Gulf Winds Track Club 30K champions, 1978 - 2018
Dates	Race	Men	Women	Finishers
20 January 2018	30K	1:43:01, Christopher Haynes	2:10:13, Katie Sherron	81
	15K	57:39, Tate Wallenfelsz	66:08, Megan Churchill	185
14 January 2017	30K	1:46:13, Stan Linton	2:15:31, Katie Sherron	56
	15K	54:46, Matthew Cashin	65:27, Sheryl Rosen	219
16 January 2016	30K	1:54:12, Charlie Johnson	2:16:21, Katie Sherron	73
	15K	52:17, Matt Mizereck	60:54, Adriana Piekarewicz	192
17 January 2015	30K	1:53:19, Nate Kaiser	2:22:32, Katie Sherron	107
	15K	50:11, Sukhi Khosla	58:37, Sheryl Rosen	165
11 January 2014	30K	1:57:29, Vince Molosky	2:34:23, Laura McDermott	55
	15K	51:06, Sukhi Khosla	61:27, Seeley Gutierrez	169
12 January 2013	30K	1:48:22, Stanley Linton	2:16:41, Katie Showman	150
	15K	52:57, Sukhi Khosla	64:19, Kristin Sweeney	200
14 January 2012	30K	1:51:30, Charlie Johnson	2:17:38, Katie Showman	150
	15K	53:29, Stanley Linton	60:42, Pasca Cheruiyot	176
15 January 2011	30K	1:51:48, Vince Molosky	2:17:15, Heather Griffis	103
	15K	53:03, Stephen Cox	59:55, Lisa Johnson	169
16 January 2010	30K	1:56:14, Vince Molosky	2:14:22, Sheryl Rosen	90
	15K	51:50, Matt Mizereck	63:45, Lisa Johnson	101
17 January 2009	30K	1:54:06, Vince Molosky	2:11:41, Sheryl Rosen	87
	15K	51:05, Will Stanford	61:49, Lisa Johnson	96
12 January 2008	30K	2:00:29, Vince Molosky	2:17:24, Sheryl Rosen	77
	15K	54:23, Matt Mizereck	63:13, Lisa Johnson	126
13 January 2007	30K	2:01:23, Justin Dickieson	2:04:21, Sheryl Rosen	70
	15K	58:18, Matthew Mizereck	73:40, Anna Busby	50
21 January 2006	30K	2:03:36, Michael Douma	2:09:27, Stephanie Liles	65
	15K	58:51, Chris Holland	60:30, Sarah Docter-Williams	59
22 January 2005	30K	1:56:18, Art Remillard	2:13:50, Jane Johnson	38
16 January 2004	30K	1:56:00, Timothy Bolton	2:09:27, Jane Johnson	69
18 January 2003	30K	2:02:28, Larry Mengelkoch	2:07:46, Jane Johnson	59
15 December 2001	30K	2:09:43, Tom Ratliffe	2:22:56, Carrie Weyant	31
3 February 2001	30K	2:00:29, Kevin Porter	2:02:27, Jane Johnson	43
5 February 2000	30K	1:57:47, Garth Grumme	1:53:04, Anne Van Schuppen	77
6 February 1999	30K	1:58:17, Doug Gorton	2:11:20, Jane Johnson	87
10 January 1998	30K	1:57:45, Clarence Calloway	2:04:34, Jane Johnson	79
7 January 1997	30K	1:54:26, Tracy Burch	2:00:28, Jane Johnson
13 January 1996	30K	1:46:14, John Viitanen	2:12:30, Eileen Telford	50
14 January 1995	30K	1:49:45, Herb Wills	2:22:18, Nancy Stuparich	50
22 January 1994	30K	1:43:50, Herb Wills	2:07:27, Lisa Herman	51
16 January 1993	30K	1:43:54, Herb Wills	2:12:42, Carrie Hunnicutt	60
4 January 1992	30K	1:46:36, Jessie Close	2:13:46, Lynda Nilges	79
12 January 1991	30K	1:37:31, David Keen	2:06:03, Paula Johnson	92
13 January 1990	30K	1:43:57, Herb Wills	2:12:00, Paula Johnson	87
14 January 1989	30K	1:45:31, Jessie Close	2:22:07, Mary Jean Yon	98
16 January 1988	30K	1:45:24, Tom Burr	2:10:04, Mae Cleveland	102
10 January 1987	30K	1:44:45, Larry Greene	2:11:59, Karen Macharg	82
18 January 1986	30K	1:38:54, Herb Wills	2:10:48, Missy James	92
14 January 1985	30K	1:45:10, Herb Wills	2:17:56, Mae Cleveland	94
14 January 1984	30K	1:43:32, Noel Shumann	2:04:20, Barbara Balzer	99
15 January 1983	30K	1:48:18, Andrew Wills	2:18:18, Christy Orthman	100
16 January 1982	30K	1:44:41, Rick Miller	1:56:57, Laura Ledbetter	74
1981	30K
12 January 1980	30K	1:51:19, Steve Ray	2:48:31, Robyn Anderson	70
3 February 1979	30K	1:42:13, Ken Misner	2:12:44, Lynda Heimann	124
11 March 1978	30K	1:46:19, Tim Simpkins	2:22:31, Donna Glotzbach	25
In 1978 the race was run on Apalachicola National Forest roads, starting and finishing near Hilliardville. From 1979 to 1981 the race was run on Natural Bridge Road. From 1982 to February 2001 the race was run in the Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge. From December 2001 to 2005 the race was run at Natural Bridge. From 2006 to 2018 the GWTC 30K was run on Old Centerville Road and Sunny Hill Road, starting and finishing at Bradley's Retreat in Felkel.

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Gulf Winds Track Club 30K and 15K at gulfwinds.org
  
  • 30K: http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2018/30K2018.html
    
  • 15K: http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2018/15K2018.html
    
  
  
• More photos of the 2018 Gulf Winds Track Club 30K and 15K
  
  • Part 1: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10111272328061053.1073742333.5215641&type=1&l=cf7ee4175b
    
  • Part 2: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10111274359435163.1073742334.5215641&type=1&l=7d08c7e626
    
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2018 Gulf Winds Track Club 30K and 15K
  https://photos.app.goo.gl/Elx9UsLpWLPb4KWz1
  
  
• 2017 story, “Fast times on a sloppy road for Linton and Sherron at the GWTC 30K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/gwtc-30k-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Charlie Johnson outlasts Roger Schmidt in the long run at the GWTC 30K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/01/gwtc-30k-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Kaiser wins the GWTC 30K while Khosla and Rosen tumble records in the 15K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/01/gwtc-30k-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Tough mudders Molosky and McDermott win a messy GWTC 30K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/01/gwtc-30k-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “A no-excuse 30K for Linton and Showman”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/01/gwtc-30k-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Johnson and Showman roll through the Red Hills in the GWTC 30K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/gwtc-30k-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Molosky and Griffis run top 30K times on timeless Old Centerville Road”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/01/gwtc-30k-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Molosky and Rosen defend titles at a muddy 30K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/01/molosky-and-rosen-defend-titles-at.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “2009 Gulf Winds Track Club 30K / 15K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/01/2009-gulf-winds-track-club-30k-15k.html
  
  
• 2008 story, “2008 Gulf Winds Track Club 30K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2008/01/2008-gulf-winds-track-club-30k.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL16079TY for the Gulf Winds Track Club 30K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL16079TY
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL16080TY for the Gulf Winds Track Club 15K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL16080TY
  
  
• Find upcoming races, long and short, in the Tallahassee region
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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