Scott Lloyd and Alyssa Terry had the keys to the Sanctuary at the Wakulla Springs 5K

South of Tallahassee, Florida, Wakulla Springs State Park is a special place. The park's sanctuary is even more special. Anyone can go to the park, but admission to the sanctuary is tightly restricted. There aren't many ways to see that parcel of land. You could train for years, become a Florida Department of Environmental Protection park ranger, and hope to be assigned to Wakulla Springs. You could study entomology, choose deer ticks as the topic of your doctoral dissertation, and apply to be allowed to do your research in the sanctuary. You could disguise yourself as an alligator and crawl into the sanctuary. Astral projection, maybe?


One sure way of getting into the sanctuary, though, is to run the annual 5K race hosted by the Friends of Wakulla Springs, which takes runners on a 3.1-mile tour of that very special tract of land. 153 athletes did just that at the thirteenth annual Friends of Wakulla Springs 5K on Saturday morning, 11 May 2019. The fastest in the group was Scott Lloyd; the former Wakulla High cross-country runner won the race in 19:34. Tallahassee speech-language pathologist Alyssa Terry was the top woman in the race for the second year in a row, placing seventh overall in 22:08.


"I had actually planned to take it easy during today’s race," said Terry. "I followed this plan for the first half mile or so, but I felt good and was enjoying the course so I ended up picking it up a bit more and more throughout the race."


Florida State University meteorology professor Philip Sura repeated as the first master runner in the 5K, finishing second overall in 19:54. Timothy Qualls took third in 20:11.


At the end of the race there were three athletes with a chance at the runner-up spot in the women's standings--Amelia Bryant, Emily Smith, and Megan Chapman. Bryant finished just ahead of the other two in 23:12, coming in fifteenth overall. Smith and Chapman were sixteenth and seventeenth overall, both runners clocked in 23:13. Nancy Stedman of Tallahassee was the first woman master and fifth female finisher, 22nd overall in 24:11.


153 athletes finished the 2019 Wakulla Springs 5K. The race was chip-timed by Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Wakulla Springs 5K

1. 19:34, Scott Lloyd (M, 18)
2. 19:54, Philip Sura (M, 49)
3. 20:11, Timothy Qualls (M, 39)
4. 20:22, Duane Evans (M, 51)
5. 20:33, Tristan Lanasa (M, 26)
6. 21:40, Kevin Malfa (M, 35)
7. 21:43, Michael Kennett (M, 45)
8. 22:13, Joshua Degrace (M, 30)
9. 22:13, Jim Garland (M, 42)
10. 22:47, Huub Weijers (M, 54)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Wakulla Springs 5K

1. 22:08, Alyssa Terry (F, 25)
2. 23:12, Amelia Bryant (F, 30)
3. 23:13, Emily Smith (F, 34)
4. 23:13, Megan Chapman (F, 27)
5. 24:11, Nancy Stedman (F, 57)
6. 25:05, Elizabeth Stevens (F, 39)
7. 25:08, Madison Sims (F, 12)
8. 25:09, Liliana Lewis (F, 12)
9. 25:56, Birgit Maier-Katlain (F, 56)
10. 27:22, Sonya Dudley (F, 50)

Wakulla Springs 5K Champions, 2007 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
19 May 2007	19:09, Myles Gibson	22:16, Olivia Swedberg	204
17 May 2008	17:42, Jay Wallace	23:29, Sydney Nutting	216
16 May 2009	17:20, Tyler Price	21:49, Roxanne Hughes	223
15 May 2010	17:56, Justin Dickieson	20:03, Kati Gosnell	355
21 May 2011	16:59, Vince Molosky	19:29, Seeley Gutierrez	326
19 May 2012	16:49, Vince Molosky	21:53, Angela Wable	256
18 May 2013	16:39, Stanley Linton	20:19, Kate Harrison	199
17 May 2014	16:38, Chris Lake	20:07, Katie Sherron	252
16 May 2015	18:12, Bryce Cole	18:46, Katie Slater	171
21 May 2016	16:34, Stan Linton	21:35, Haleigh Martin	167
20 May 2017	19:17, Travis Parks	19:53, Ann Centner	126
19 May 2018	18:19, Vince Molosky	22:06, Alyssa Terry	92
11 May 2019	19:34, Scott Lloyd	22:08, Alyssa Terry	153

Top ten men's times, Wakulla Springs 5K  Time Athlete Year 16:34 Stan Linton 2016 16:38 Chris Lake 2014 16:39 Stan Linton 2013 16:49 Vince Molosky 2012 16:58 Joseph Garcia 2016 16:59 Vince Molosky 2011 17:04 Stan Linton 2012 17:06 Stephen Cox 2011 17:15 Dan Clark 2011 17:18 Vince Molosky 2013

Top ten women's times, Wakulla Springs 5K Time Athlete Year 18:46 Katie Slater 2015 19:29 Seeley Gutierrez 2011 19:42 Katie Sherron 2011 19:46 Kelly Stevens 2011 19:53 Ann Centner 2017 19:59 Summer Calder 2011 20:03 Kati Gosnell 2010 20:07 Katie Sherron 2014 20:19 Kate Harrison 2013 20:54 Micah Adriani 2010

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Friends of Wakulla Springs 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR4lRkpmfDpQE1P1g29809DSEpKwBKJaxdr0K9vZV7xVUwxJ5ByhzC4bJzPreW_IhVbwtuWNfYmvQJy/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Parks and Centner tally wins at Wakulla Springs”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/05/wakulla-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Stan Linton reclaims the record at the Wakulla Springs 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/05/wakulla-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Cole wins and Slater shatters record at Wakulla Springs 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/05/wakulla-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Lake and Sherron speed through the sanctuary at Wakulla”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/05/wakulla-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Linton and Molosky renew their duel at Wakulla Springs”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/05/wakulla-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Molosky makes it two at the sixth annual Wakulla Springs 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/05/wakulla-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Molosky and Gutierrez break records at Wakulla Springs”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/05/wakulla-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Sand and 'Skeeters at the Sanctuary of Wakulla Springs”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/05/wakulla-2010.html
  
  
• Find your next race in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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