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| Brock Granberg |
The Freedom 5K doesn't meet everyone's definition of cross-country, but it certainly meets someon's definition of cross-country. After starting on pavement in Wakulla Springs State Park, the course takes the runners into the forest on a two-rut road, heading for Cherokee Sink. After making a loop around the Sink near the halfway point of the race, the runners return the way they came. In the first years of the race, the road was characterized by the deep sand of Wakulla County. More recently, the road has been covered with gravel.
"The gravel made it difficult, but it was a good course," said Granberg.
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| Leonardo Canete |
As the winner, he had every reason to like the route. Granberg was already leading the field entering the forest, and he only got farther ahead during the trip to Cherokee Sink and back. His winning 17:07 was the second-fastest mark recorded at the Freedom 5K during the eight-year history of the race.
Tallahassee, Florida master runner Leonardo Canete placed runner-up to Granberg, running 18:04. In the closing stages of the race, Jaden Callaghan ran down Mickey Moore to take third, 18:39 to 18:45. Callaghan is a rising junior on the Wakulla High cross-country team and Moore is a Tallahassee master runner.
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| Liliana Lewis |
Callaghan was one of several Wakulla harriers in the race; the Freedom 5K is hosted by the Wakulla High cross-country team as a fund-raiser for the program. Liliana Lewis, the women's winner at 21:12, was another Wakulla Eagle in the race. Isabella Laughton, second in the women's division, is a future Eagle. Just out of the eighth grade at Wakulla Middle School, Laughton ran 21:56 in the Freedom 5K. Elizabeth Blitch and Marina Whitsell, each anticipating her senior year cross-country season at Wakulla, came in a few steps apart at 22:02 and 22:04, the third and fourth women in the race. Corrine Porcher was the first woman master and fifth female finisher, 38th overall in 24:40.
111 athletes finished the 2021 Paul Hoover Freedom 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed the race.
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| Isabella Laughton |
Top Ten Men, 2021 Freedom 5K
- 17:07, Brock Granberg (M, 21)
- 18:04, Leonardo Canete (M, 42)
- 18:39, Jaden Callaghan (M, 16)
- 18:45, Mickey Moore (M, 51)
- 18:51, Christian Minor (M, 35)
- 19:22, Logan Kilpatrick (M, 17)
- 19:24, Tripp Pitts (M, 17)
- 19:29, Josiah Friddle (M, 13)
- 19:34, Daniel Wiedeman (M, 19)
- 19:45, Joseph Wiedeman (M, 16)
Top Ten Women, 2021 Freedom 5K
- 21:12, Liliana Lewis (F, 14)
- 21:56, Isabella Laughton (F, 13)
- 22:02, Lizzie Blitch (F, 17)
- 22:04, Marina Whitsell (F, 17)
- 24:40, Corinne Porcher (F, 52)
- 25:32, Ashlyn Speigner (F, 17)
- 25:44, Cora Atkinson (F, 27)
- 26:35, Trista Heffren (F, 16)
- 26:52, Analecia Ferrell (F, 16)
- 26:54, Melissa Martin (F, 47)
| Paul Hoover Freedom 5K winners, 2013 - 2021 | |||
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| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 29 June 2013 | 17:33, Stanley Linton | 21:12, Madison Harris | 107 |
| 28 June 2014 | 19:23, Reikan Lin | 20:12, Madison Harris | 82 |
| 27 June 2015 | 17:36, Zack DeVeau | 19:51, Katie Sherron | 173 |
| 25 June 2016 | 17:48, Wright Calhoun | 20:00, Madison Harris | 138 |
| 24 June 2017 | 16:32, Justin Keefe | 21:52, Haleigh Martin | 183 |
| 30 June 2018 | 18:21, Ryan Truchelut | 19:10, Amy Hines | 213 |
| 29 June 2019 | 18:31, Daniel Wiedeman | 21:18, Meg Ogle | 183 |
| 26 June 2021 | 17:07, Brock Granberg | 21:12, Liliana Lewis | 111 |
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Links
- Complete results of the Wakulla HS Cross-Country Boosters' 2021 Paul Hoover Freedom 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRyidg6XIiCreCTUDWODV990zOjAH_1aDmDoVT8uEzyavEB5Fflzu28aL8w3I7Ax9t5IVF3F9MJLN7X/pubhtml
- More photos of the 2021 Paul Hoover Freedom 5K
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10118060274901173
- 2019 story, “Harriers Daniel Wiedeman and Meg Ogle run away with the Paul Hoover 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/06/freedom-2019.html
- 2018 story, “Ryan Truchelut and Amy Hines were swift on the sand at the Paul Hoover 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/06/freedom-2018.html
- 2017 story, “It's Justin Keefe with a new course record at the Paul Hoover Freedom 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/06/freedom-2017.html
- 2016 story, “Calhoun and Harris are first in the Freedom 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/06/freedom-2016.html
- 2015 story, “A little rain didn't slow down either DeVeau or Sherron at the Freedom Run 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/06/freedom-2015.html
- 2014 story, “Lin and Harris post Freedom 5K wins”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/06/freedom-2014.html
- 2013 story, “Linton and Harris break loose at Freedom 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/06/freedom-2013.html
- Find another upcoming race supporting scholastic cross country on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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