Tristan Cravello and Jenna Thompson take firsts at the FSU Family Weekend 5K

In Tallahassee, Florida, 29 September 2019 was the Saturday of Florida State University's Parents' Weekend. In the evening, the FSU football team entertained the moms and dads with a 31 to 13 win over visiting North Carolina State. There were earlier events as well. For instance, in the morning there was the annual Family Weekend 5K, starting and finishing from the Askew Student Life Center in the heart of campus. FSU undergraduate Tristan Cravello won the race by over 300 meters, running 16:49. Jenna Thompson, a law student at Florida State, was the first woman in the race, placing seventh overall in 20:30.

Tristan Cravello

Before coming to Florida State, Cravello had attended Doctors Charter School in Miami Shores, Florida, where he ran cross-country and track. The Family Weekend 5K was the end of a fast September for the third-year Seminole. A week earlier, Cravello had run 17:02 for third place in the Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K. Seven days before that, he had gone 17:26 at the Sickle Cell 5K, another third-place showing.


William Buntin finished runner-up to Cravello in 17:57. Buntin is a first-year Florida State student, but it wasn't his first race in Tallahassee, nor his fastest. Notably, he had run 16:39 on the 5000-meter course at Apalachee Regional Park, where he was competing for Martin County High in the 2018 FHSAA State Cross-Country Championship. Matt Magaho took third in 18:30. Will Mayer was the first master runner in the race, seventh in the men's standings and eighth overall in 20:44.

Course Map

Like Cravello and Buntin, Jenna Thompson also had a background in high school athletics. Before coming to Tallahassee, the Family Weekend 5K women's champ had run cross-country and track at Palm Harbor University High, where she graduated in 2015. Jodi O'Neill was the first woman master across the finish line and the second female, ninth overall in 20:48. Elizabeth Shipley was third on the women's list and twelfth overall in 21:22.


264 athletes finished the 2019 Family Weekend 5K. Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee timed and scored the race.


Top Ten Men, 2019 FSU Parents' Weekend 5K

1. 16:48.70, Tristan Cravello (M, 20)
2. 17:56.90, William Buntin (M, 18)
3. 18:29.70, Matt Magaho (M, 18)
4. 19:07.60, Dane Barber (M, 20)
5. 20:14.70, Gabriel Kress (M, 19)
6. 20:24.70, Todd Nichols (M, 18)
7. 20:44.00, Will Mayer (M, 47)
8. 20:59.70, Justin O'Neill (M, 47)
9. 21:08.30, James Duffy (M, 19)
10. 21:24.40, Ryan Masotti (M, 21)

Top Ten Women, 2019 FSU Parents' Weekend 5K

1. 20:29.90, Jenna Thompson (F, 22)
2. 20:47.90, Jodi O'Neill (F, 47)
3. 21:21.90, Elizabeth Shipley (F, 16)
4. 21:59.90, Jade Webby (F, 18)
5. 22:22.50, Claudine Nisbett (F, 53)
6. 22:57.80, Heather Howard (F, 49)
7. 23:23.10, Bobbie Rosenkranz (F, 14)
8. 23:33.50, Riley Mayer (F, 18)
9. 23:37.70, Melissa Yost (F, 46)
10. 24:39.40, Carolina Merino (F, 16)

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 FSU Parents Weekend 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRD2p3cOYE4GbC5610xAcb7QonAANgSGN2m4lkk9E3oW1XPXaESzo7z6b5qVuSntsVzKJJeasopzq5T/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Levonick and Wiles outrun the 'rents at Parents Weekend 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/11/parents-2015.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Roberts, Faletti take top honors at FSU Parents' Weekend 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/parents-2010.html
  
  
• Find a special race on a special weekend on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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