Chris Cabret and Courtney Rouse score a Payne-full cross-country sweep for Team FTC

If there's any word that comes to mind when "prairie" is mentioned, it's "flat." Payne's Prairie is certainly flat. Located in Florida north of Micanopy and south of Gainesville, Payne's Prairie was created when its limestone foundation dissolved, collapsing the hills and leaving a broad, level area, sometimes lake and sometimes Savannah. And sometimes racecourse, at least once a year for the Trail Of Payne 10K cross-country race.


Don't think that because Payne's Prairie is flat, the Trail Of Payne course is easy. The terrain is rugged. At the ninth annual Trail Of Payne 10K, on Saturday morning, 23 March 2019, Chris Cabret ran the course in 36:10. It was nearly a minute off his best cross-country time, a 35:25 that Cabret ran at the 2016 NCAA-D2 Nationals as a frosh at Saint Leo University. 36:10 couldn't have been too disappointing a mark for the Team Florida Track Club runner, though, because it was fast enough for Cabret to win the Trail Of Payne by more than 150 meters. Likewise, another Team Florida Track Club member, Courtney Rouse, had run a 37:19.09 10K on the track, more than a bit faster than the 43:20 she managed at Payne's Prairie. Nevertheless, Rouse was the first woman in the 2019 Trail Of Payne, completing a Team FTC sweep and placing seventh overall.


John Sansalone of Gainesville finished runner-up for the second year in row, his 36:48 was three seconds faster than his 2018 time of 36:51. Thurman Lincoln, a senior on the Buchholz High cross-country team, took third in 39:39. Another Buchholz Bobcat, frosh Wrigley Longstreet, was fourth in 40:07. Dan Stoner of Team Florida Track Club had been either the second or third master runner in the race during each of the last three years, but in 2019 he was the Trail Of Payne's top master, placing fifth overall in 40:59.


Sarah Williams took second in the women's standings, placing 21st overall in 48:22. Another veteran of the Trail Of Payne, Williams had finished among the top ten women in both 2017 and 2018. Dr. Kristina Von Castel, a University of Florida nutrition professor, was the first woman master and third female finisher, 25th overall in 49:11.


227 athletes finished the 2019 Trail Of Payne 10K. Start 2 Finish Race Management timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Trail of Payne 10K

1. 36:10, Chris Cabret (M, 21) Gainesville, FL
2. 36:48, John M Sansalone (M, 23) Gainesville, FL
3. 39:39, Thurman Lincoln (M, 18) Gainesville, FL
4. 40:07, Wrigley Longstreet (M, 15) Gainesville, FL
5. 40:59, Dan Stoner (M, 44)
6. 41:45, Patrick Gallagher (M, 43) Gainesville, FL
7. 43:33, Jonathan Tan (M, 45)
8. 44:06, Scott Wright (M, 41)
9. 44:36, Jonathan Mays (M, 44)
10. 45:48, Johnny Sansalone (M, 61)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Trail of Payne 10K

1. 43:20, Courtney Rouse (F, 25)
2. 48:22, Sarah Williams (F, 39)
3. 49:11, Kristina Von Castel (F, 43)
4. 50:31, Angela Desimone (F, 48)
5. 50:41, Tierra Dozier (F, 33)
6. 50:44, Karen Schlatter (F, 34)
7. 50:55, Verity Mathis (F, 40) Gainesville, FL
8. 50:56, Ann Bernert (F, 26)
9. 51:56, Sally Chappell (F, 56)
10. 52:13, Becky Yeadon (F, 27)

Trail of Payne 10K winners, 2011 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
19 March 2011	35:56, Christian Kern	41:06, Tatiana Titova	271
17 March 2012	34:37, Mike Hensley	40:33, Tenley Godfrey	342
16 March 2013	37:12, Christopher Raye	40:22, Stephanie McGrail	273
29 March 2014	37:16, Nick Auyeung	41:30, Carol Rowe	244
28 March 2015	34:02, Mike Hensley	42:12, Meredith DeFranco	271
26 March 2016	35:42, Bobby Hensley	43:11, Stephanie McGrail	194
25 March 2017	33:16, Enoch Nadler	39:44, Stephanie McGrail	207
24 March 2018	35:56, Bobby Hensley	43:30, Meredith DeFranco	180
23 March 2019	36:10, Chris Cabret	43:20, Courtney Rouse	227

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Trail of Payne 10K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSPSwT6Gmwyz9l0bv6vYPfUJ_o-CIx_2eymAJJ6ypdRjOzJnoDVabUlOfCTrcy1mKDBT2G7rvBddnUl/pubhtml
  
  
• Bester Photo's pictures of the 2019 Trail Of Payne 10K
  https://www.facebook.com/pg/besterphoto/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1062481387295064
  
  
• 2018 story, “Hensley and DeFranco return for more Payne and more wins”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/03/payne-trail-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Team Florida Track Club's Nadler and McGrail run through Payne to victory”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/03/payne-trail-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Bobby Hensley overcomes Payne”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/03/payne-trail-2016.html
  
  
• Trail of Payne 10K Facebook Page
  https://www.facebook.com/TrailOfPayne10k/
  
  
• Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park
  https://www.floridastateparks.org/park/Paynes-Prairie
  
  
• Find more Payne-ful races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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