It took eleven years, but the tenth annual Race The Tortoise 5K came to Florida's O'Leno State Park on Saturday morning, 2 March 2019, hosted by the friends of O'Leno State Park. Hutson Rapier of nearby Gainesville, Florida won the landmark race, going 17:03. Courtney Rouse, another Gainesville athlete, was the first woman in the race, placing fifth overall in 19:35.Just 30 meters behind Rapier, Rich Smith was the first master runner in the 5K. The overall runner-up, Smith ran 17:10. Kenneth Harland, an alumnus of the Mandarin High cross-country team and a first-year student at the University of Florida, took third in 17:23.
Gainesville's Angela Nadler placed second in the women's standings and seventh overall, running 19:57. Nadler improved over a minute on her performance in the 2018 Race The Tortoise, where she had run 21:09, finishing seventh in the women's division. Katie Avery of Gainesville was the third woman and thirteenth overall in 21:48. Victoria Wolpert was the first woman master and fourth female finisher, 24th overall in 24:38.
239 athletes finished the 2019 Race The Tortoise 5K. The event is a fundraiser for the Friends of O'Leno State Park, who use the proceeds to help provide for the creatures in the park's Nature Center and to help expand the center's exhibits. Timing for the 2019 race was provided by Milestone Race Authority of Jacksonville, Florida.
Top Ten Men, 2019 Race The Tortoise 5K
- 17:03, Hutson Rapier (M, 36)
- 17:10, Rich Smith (M, 40)
- 17:23, Kenneth Harland (M, 18)
- 17:50, Baker Herrin (M, 20)
- 19:54, Jay Blankenfeld (M, 41)
- 19:58, Nicholas Barnett (M, 13)
- 20:34, Thomas Kipp (M, 35)
- 21:10, Colton Blankenfeld (M, 9)
- 21:43, Tyler Morris (M, 28)
- 21:47, Devin Ross (M, 15)
Top Ten Women, 2019 Race The Tortoise 5K
- 19:35, Courtney Rouse (F, 25)
- 19:57, Angela Nadler (F, 31)
- 21:48, Katie Avery (F, 23)
- 24:38, Victoria Pagan Wolpert (F, 53)
- 24:50, Jenna Saxton (F, 24)
- 24:58, Rachel Stevens (F, 30)
- 25:13, Macie Maclaren (F, 8)
- 25:13, Cathy Bester (F, 51)
- 25:29, Olivia Alexander (F, 9)
- 25:30, Rebecca Hoffmann (F, 54)
| Race The Tortoise 5K winners, 2009 - 2019 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 7 March 2009 | 18:22.9, David Robison | 20:12.6, Michelle McCollum | 109 |
| 13 March 2010 | 16:27.5, Alex Phipps | 18:13.0, Elizabeth Duarte | 114 |
| 5 March 2011 | 19:21.6, Eric Drummond | 19:33.0, Tatiana Titova | 218 |
| 3 March 2012 | 16:09.8, Vladimir Tontchinski | 18:05.5, Averkova Anzhelika | 268 |
| 2 March 2013 | 16:39.7, Dan Clark | 20:37.4, Lyubov Denisova | 225 |
| 1 March 2014 | 16:52.8, Dan Clark | 19:13.4, Ani Veltcheva | 247 |
| 7 March 2015 | 18:15.6, Anton Matchev | 17:57.7, Lyubov Denisova | 165 |
| 5 March 2016 | 16:32, Bobby Hensley | 18:16, Ani Veltcheva | 177 |
| 3 March 2018 | 15:28, Enoch Nadler | 17:34, Ani Veltcheva | 215 |
| 2 March 2019 | 17:03, Hutson Rapier | 19:35, Courtney Rouse | 239 |
| There was no Race The Tortoise 5K in 2017. | |||
Links
- Complete results of the 2019 Race The Tortoise 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQNTcurq7TVuvrMrapB7bAh2WkAswRcQmLNqwW1mBcSAxlgvMRpmoVukRDaHDRfAk9DXcp4SMHT5lk8/pubhtml
- 2018 story, “Nadler burns a 15:28 and Veltcheva a 17:34 for new records at the Race The Tortoise 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/03/tortoise-2018.html
- 2016 story, “Hensley and Veltcheva victorious at Race The Tortoise”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/03/tortoise-2016.html
- 2015 story, “Denisova and Matchev are steady but not slow at Race The Tortoise”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/03/tortoise-2014.html
- 2014 story, “Clark and Veltcheva are more hare than tortoise at O'Leno 5K”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/03/tortoise-2014.html
- O'Leno State Park
http://www.floridastateparks.org/oleno/
- The Friends of O'Leno
http://friendsofoleno.org/
- Race The Tortoise 5K course certification map USATF #FL09011EBM
http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL09011EBM
- Any reptile race within 100 miles of Tallahassee will be here
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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