Tate Danford and Liliana Lewis run to Hell and back

Let's get one thing straight up front. The Tate's Hell And Back 5K in Carrabelle, Florida is named for the notorious Panhandle Florida swamp, Tate's Hell. The swamp itself is purportedly named after Cebe Tate, an early settler in Sumatra, Florida, who got lost in the swamp while hunting. The story had it that Tate finally blundered out of the swamp near Carrabelle, suffering from a rattlesnake bite, blood poisoning, hunger, exhaustion, and numerous other afflictions. "I've been in Hell," he said before dying.


I mention this to make clear that there is almost certainly no relation between Tate's Hell and the man who won the fourth annual Tate's Hell And Back 5K on Saturday morning, 27 April 2019--master runner Tate Danford. The race may not have been named for Danford, but he did take first, running 22:37. Liliana Lewis, the seventh-grade ace of the Wakulla Middle School girls' cross-country team, won the women's title, running from Carrabelle to Tate's Hell and back in 23:38, good for second overall.


Master runner David DeHaye took second in the men's standings, placing third overall in 24:05.


Sara Collins was the second woman in the race and fourth overall in 24:47. Collins had been the women's champ at the inaugural Tate's Hell And Back 5K.


Master runner Richard Metcalfe was the third male finisher and fifth overall in 24:52.


Nancy Lewis was the first woman master and third female finisher in the 5K, placing ninth overall in 26:31.


83 athletes finished the 2019 Tate's Hell And Back 5K. The Tate's Hell And Back 5K will return to Carrabelle for a fifth annual running during the Carrabelle Riverfront Festival on Saturday morning, 25 April 2020.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Tate's Hell And Back 5K

1. 22:36.8, Tate Danford (M, 41-50)
2. 24:05.0, David DeHaye (M, 41-50)
3. 24:51.3, Richard Metcalfe (M, 61-70)
4. 24:57.1, Mark Collins (M, 51-60)
5. 25:44.2, Michael Crawford (M, 41-50)
6. 26:01.8, Henry Lewis (M, 00-20)
7. 27:25.6, Austin Carter (M, 21-30)
8. 29:30.7, Lee Lewis (M, 41-50)
9. 29:41.1, Thomas Sisson (M, 21-30)
10. 29:45.0, Garrett Doyle (M, 31-40)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Tate's Hell And Back 5K

1. 23:37.9, Liliana Lewis (F, 00-20)
2. 24:46.5, Sara Collins (F, 31-40)
3. 26:30.4, Nancy Lewis (F, 51-60)
4. 27:15.5, Emma Dugger (F, 51-60)
5. 27:24.3, Janice Anderson (F, 51-60)
6. 28:16.7, Kathy Metcalfe (F, 61-70)
7. 28:32.0, Tammy Huston (F, 41-50)
8. 29:59.6, Carol Paschal (F, 41-50)
9. 30:00.8, Kathy McClug (F, 41-50)
10. 32:17.5, Jaime Sisson (F, 21-30)

Tate's Hell And Back 5K winners, 2016 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
23 April 2016	16:47, Ryan Slyter	22:27, Sara Collins	104
22 April 2017	22:33, Mark Collins	22:37, Melissa Hooke	68
28 April 2018	18:23, Chance Logan	26:17, Chelsa Marshall Hirvela	89
27 April 2019	22:37, Tate Danford	23:38, Liliana Lewis	83

Links

• Complete results, 2019 Tate's Hell And Back 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT6wxuWLFrK8jdHw2t4F5bawBVXGKhfzYXFCglHG4T8a8Geme0AnfbNe-qJhGQlB4KR6k44b-DuIQZb/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Chance Logan makes a fast trip to Tate's Hell And Back”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/04/tates-hell-and-back-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Collins and Hooke win a Hell of a race in Carrabelle”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/04/tates-hell-and-back-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Ryan Slyter leads over 100 athletes to Hell and back”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/04/tates-hell-and-back-2016.html
  
  
• Tate's Hell State Forest
  http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Florida-Forest-Service/Our-Forests/State-Forests/Tate-s-Hell-State-Forest
  
  
• Find an upcoming race in a legendary marsh using the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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