Friday, August 23, 2019

Tallahassee's top 5K road times in 2019 (through August 23)

After a summer where there were very, very few 5K road races in Tallahassee, we're about to go into a busy fall. In September alone there are three five-kilometer events scheduled on certified courses--the inaugural Race For Trace 5K on 7 September 2019, the Sickle Cell 5K on 14 September 2019, and the Women's Distance Festival on 21 September 2019. With three upcoming races on fast courses, it seems like a good time to update the Tallahassee road 5K performance lists.

Alyson Churchill, Ann Centner
Alyson Churchill & Ann Centner

That's not to say that athletes were idle over the summer. At the Firecracker 5K on 4 July 2019, Michael Niezgoda improved his standing to eighteenth on the men's list by winning the race in 17:43. Zach DeVeau kept himself in the men's top 25 by running 17:54 at the Firecracker 5K, good for 23rd on the list.


On the women's side, Ann Centner won the Firecracker 5K in 18:03, giving her the three fastest women's performances of the year on the Tallahassee roads. In the same race, Alyson Churchill ran 18:55 to debut on the 2019 women's list at #6. Churchill was Tallahassee top woman performer in the road 5K in 2016, running 18:00. Her sister, Megan Churchill ran 20:54 at Firecracker, grabbing the twentieth spot on the list. Mo Palmer, third in the women's standings at Firecracker, is ranked for the first time in 2019, eighth with a 19:45. Caroline Willis also broke into the women's rankings with a Firecracker 5K performance, running 20:20 and earning the fourteenth spot on the list.

David Barney and Ricardo Estremera

As for September's 5K events, the inaugural Race For Trace 5K will be held on the same USATF-certified course (FL11132EBM) as the Trent Trot 5K. Stan Linton ran 16:10 on that route in 2013, Seeley Gutierrez owns the top women's time on the course, the 18:49 she ran in 2015. The Sickle Cell 5K bills itself as "the fastest race in town," but hasn't produced the fastest time in town during the years that I've been doing these rankings, 2012 to 2018. Still, Chris Haynes and Ricardo Estremera ran 15:16 there in 2018 while women's champ Amy Hines posted an 18:07, and none of those are times to sneeze at. The 2016 Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival had the fastest time in Tallahassee that year, Stan Linton's winning 15:29. The top women's time in 2013, Kayleigh Tyerman's 16:51, also came from the Women's Distance Festival. In October, the UPLIFT 5K debuts on the same Tallahassee Community College course as the Run For The Cookies, a race where Stan Linton ran 2014's fastest time (15:24). The Run For The Cookies also produced the fastest women's times in 2017 and 2018--Ani Veltcheva went 17:35 in the former year and Adriana Piekarewicz ran 17:59 in the latter.


Those aren't the only three races on the schedule where athletes can log a ranked performance. Through the remainder of 2019, I'll be considering results from any race that meets these criteria:
  • The race has to be in Tallahassee (anywhere in Leon County is fine)
  • The race has to be run on a USATF certified course
  • The race has to have published results
  • I have to see the results
Here are 2019's current lists, the top 25 men and top 25 women:


Tallahassee's Top 5K Performances by Men on Certified Road Courses in 2019
(Through 4 July 2019)
RankTimeAthleteAgeDateRacePlaceCourse Number
1. 14:39David Barney252019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K1FL13028EBM
2. 14:39Ricardo Estremera332019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K2FL13028EBM
3. 15:05Stan Linton252019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K3FL13028EBM

15:29     S. Linton252019-01-12GWTC Bowlegs 5K1FL12001EBM
4. 15:36Andrew Smith242019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K4FL13028EBM
5. 16:19Poncherella Leonard212019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K5FL13028EBM
6. 16:47Tristan Cravello192019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K6FL13028EBM
7. 16:48Charlie Kline262019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K7FL13028EBM
8. 17:01Charlie Johnson392019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K8FL13028EBM
9. 17:06Jeremy McDermet242019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K9FL13028EBM
17:13     T. Cravello192019-02-09Run For The Cookies 5K1FL14006EBM
10. 17:13Brad Busboom312019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K10FL13028EBM
11. 17:14Ryan Bausback202019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K11FL13028EBM

17:16     T. Cravello192019-01-12GWTC Bowlegs 5K2FL12001EBM
12. 17:23Hawthorne Hay162019-01-12GWTC Bowlegs 5K3FL12001EBM
13. 17:29Jake Poore232019-03-30GWTC Springtime 5K1FL11045EBM
14. 17:29Wyatt Townsend142019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K12FL13028EBM
15. 17:33Nick Yaeger242019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K13FL13028EBM
17:36     B. Busboom312019-02-09Run For The Cookies 5K2FL14006EBM
16. 17:36Trevor Sununu232019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K14FL13028EBM

17:39     W. Townsend142019-03-30GWTC Springtime 5K2FL11045EBM
17. 17:41Khalil Randell222019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K15FL13028EBM

17:42     K. Randell222019-04-20Florida High 5K1FL15107EBM
18. 17:43Michael Niezgoda302019-07-04Firecracker 5K1FL17036TY
19. 17:45Chris O'Kelley252019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K16FL13028EBM
20. 17:48Ryan Truchelut332019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K17FL13028EBM
21. 17:53Gary Droze572019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K18FL13028EBM

17:53     K. Randell222019-04-27Nene Fest 5K1FL17042TY
22. 17:54Patrick Koon132019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K19FL13028EBM
23. 17:54Zach Deveau312019-07-04Firecracker 5K2FL17036TY

17:56     M. Niezgoda302019-03-30GWTC Springtime 5K3FL11045EBM

17:58     T. Sununu232019-07-04Firecracker 5K3FL17036TY
24. 17:59Matthew Mizereck272019-03-30GWTC Springtime 5K4FL11045EBM
25. 17:59Jason Teitloff372019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K20FL13028EBM
Includes performances from the Bowlegs 5K (12 Jan 2019), TMH For Life Challenge 5K (26 Jan 2019), Trent 5K (26 Jan 2019),
Run For The Cookies 5K (9 Feb 2019), Shamrock Scurry 5K (2 Mar 2019), Big Bend Habitat For Humanity 5K (9 Mar 2019),
Springtime 5K (30 Mar 2019), Wolf Dash 5K (6 Apr 2019), Conley Swarm 5K (6 Apr 2019), Palace Saloon 5K (13 Apr 2019),
Florida High 5K (20 Apr 2019), Nene Fest 5K (27 Apr 2019), and the Firecracker 5K (4 Jul 2019).


Tallahassee's Top 5K Performances by Women on Certified Road Courses in 2019
(Through 4 July 2019)
RankTimeAthleteAgeDateRacePlaceCourse Number
1. 17:38Ann Centner272019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K1FL13028EBM
17:59     A. Centner272019-01-12GWTC Bowlegs 5K1FL12001EBM

18:03     A. Centner272019-07-04Firecracker 5K1FL17036TY
2. 18:04Sheryl Rosen342019-01-12GWTC Bowlegs 5K2FL12001EBM
3. 18:37Renee Cox312019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K2FL13028EBM
18:40     S. Rosen342019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K3FL13028EBM
4. 18:49Ani Veltcheva142019-02-09Run For The Cookies 5K1FL14006EBM
5. 18:52Katja Blunden392019-01-12GWTC Bowlegs 5K3FL12001EBM
6. 18:55Alyson Churchill172019-07-04Firecracker 5K2FL17036TY
7. 19:39Amanda Sava242019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K4FL13028EBM
8. 19:45Mo Palmer182019-07-04Firecracker 5K3FL17036TY
9. 19:49Genevieve Printiss182019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K5FL13028EBM

19:52     G. Printiss182019-02-09Run For The Cookies 5K2FL14006EBM
10. 19:57Grace Koeppel132019-03-30GWTC Springtime 5K1FL11045EBM
11. 20:10Katie Sherron372019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K6FL13028EBM
12. 20:14Jamila Allen292019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K7FL13028EBM
13. 20:19Alyssa Terry252019-01-12GWTC Bowlegs 5K4FL12001EBM
14. 20:20Caroline Willis202019-07-04Firecracker 5K4FL17036TY

20:23     G. Printiss182019-04-27Nene Fest 5K1FL17042TY
20:24     A. Sava242019-07-04Firecracker 5K5FL17036TY
15. 20:25Mia Wiederkehr212019-04-27Nene Fest 5K2FL17042TY
16. 20:27Melissa Thompson342019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K8FL13028EBM

20:29     M. Wiederkehr212019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K9FL13028EBM
17. 20:31Stephanie Liles-Weyant462019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K10FL13028EBM
18. 20:39Meg Ogle282019-02-09Run For The Cookies 5K3FL14006EBM

20:41     K. Sherron372019-02-09Run For The Cookies 5K4FL14006EBM
19. 20:47Brittney Barnes312019-01-12GWTC Bowlegs 5K5FL12001EBM

20:50     B. Barnes312019-07-04Firecracker 5K6FL17036TY

20:51     S. Liles-Weyant462019-02-09Run For The Cookies 5K5FL14006EBM

20:54     A. Terry252019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K11FL13028EBM
20. 20:54Megan Churchill172019-07-04Firecracker 5K7FL17036TY
21. 21:01Samantha Reilly272019-03-30GWTC Springtime 5K2FL11045EBM
21:06     A. Terry252019-03-30GWTC Springtime 5K3FL11045EBM

21:06     J. Allen292019-04-06Wolf Dash 5K1FL19033TY

21:14     S. Reilly272019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K12FL13028EBM
22. 21:17Cecilia Bouaichi232019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K13FL13028EBM

21:18     M. Wiederkehr212019-02-09Run For The Cookies 5K6FL14006EBM

21:21     K. Sherron372019-03-09Big Bend Habitat For Humanity 5K1FL11064EBM

21:26     A. Terry252019-03-02Shamrock Scurry 5K1FL10021EBM
23. 21:32Corinne Porcher502019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K14FL13028EBM
24. 21:34Laura Reina542019-04-13GWTC Palace Saloon 5K15FL13028EBM
25. 21:43Jennifer Kilinski402019-03-09Big Bend Habitat For Humanity 5K2FL11064EBM
Includes performances from the Bowlegs 5K (12 Jan 2019), TMH For Life Challenge 5K (26 Jan 2019), Trent 5K (26 Jan 2019),
Run For The Cookies 5K (9 Feb 2019), Shamrock Scurry 5K (2 Mar 2019), Big Bend Habitat For Humanity 5K (9 Mar 2019),
Springtime 5K (30 Mar 2019), Wolf Dash 5K (6 Apr 2019), Conley Swarm 5K (6 Apr 2019), Palace Saloon 5K (13 Apr 2019),
Florida High 5K (20 Apr 2019), Nene Fest 5K (27 Apr 2019), and the Firecracker 5K (4 Jul 2019).


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