A winning start to the season for Patrick Koon and Kate Drummond at Cecil Field

New World Sports Complex in Jacksonville, Florida probably was a swamp at one time. The ground has the spongy feeling of land that remembers long years of never being quite dry. During World War II, the land became part of Cecil Field Naval Air Station. In 1975 Fiddler's Green, an eighteen-hole golf course, was built. New owners renamed the site New World Golf Course, then added disc golf in 2015. high school cross-country arrived in 2017 as the Cecil Field Pre-Season Classic, thanks to Bishop Snyder coach Richard Fannin. On Friday evening, 27 August 2021, the meet moved into the regular season and became the Cecil Field Summer Classic.


Over 1600 athletes crossed a finish line in the races at the 2021 Classic, including 196 in the high school girls' elite 5K. Of those nearly 200, the first was Buchholz junior Kate Drummond, who won the race by 70 meters in 18:39. Leon sophomore Patrick Koon was first among 228 finishers in high school boys' elite 5K, cruising the course in a course and meet record 15:15.

Kate Drummond

The girls' elite race started promptly at 7:15 PM. A flurry of athletes with more optimism than judgment set the early pace. Two kilometers into the race, fatigue had cleared them away and Zoe Pustilnik, a Spanish River senior, was leading. Kate Drummond was just off Pustilnik's right shoulder.


During the third kilometer, Drummond took over, opening a three-second gap. The gap grew. With 600 meters to go, Drummond was ten seconds ahead of the next runner, Timber Creek senior Amber Schulz. Pustilnik was a few steps back in third. Those positions held till the finish line, where Drummond was first in 18:39. It was her first high school cross-country win. Schulz was runner-up in 18:55. Pustilnik held off Episcopal frosh Lucrezia Gowdy to take third, both runners clocked in 19:02.

Amber Schulz

In the team standings, Bolles was first in the field of twenty schools, led by the seventh-place finish of Bulldog junior Elizabeth Csikai. Csikai ran 19:17. Bolles remaining scorers were frosh Elizabeth McClure (14th, 19:42), forsh Estella Bruneau (20th, 19:53), senior Maddie Popp (24th, 20:03), and sophomore Leila Bata (31st, 20:11). Those five gave the Bulldogs 93 points and the win. Drummond's Buchholz Bobcats were second with 128 points. Leon High, led by Lion junior Lily Moore (5th, 19:09), scored 139 points to take third.


Team Standings, High School Girls' Elite 5K

1. Bolles, 93
2. Buchholz, 128
3. Leon, 139
4. Circle Christian, 158
5. Maclay, 213
6. Niceville, 229
7. Satellite, 243
8. Bishop Kenny, 269
9. Viera, 270
10. Saint Augustine, 272
11. Spanish River, 274
12. Pensacola Christian, 283
13. Timber Creek, 294
14. Winter Park, 295
15. Bartram Trail, 303
16. Mount Dora, 315
17. Creekside, 376
18. Jacksonville Episcopal, 389
19. Nease, 416
20. Richmond Hill, 508

Top Ten Athletes, High School Girls' Elite 5K

1. 18:39, Kate Drummond (Buchholz) 11
2. 18:55, Amber Schulz (Timber Creek) 12
3. 19:02, Zoe Pustilnik (Spanish River) 12
4. 19:02, Lucrezia Gowdy (Jacksonville Episcopal) 9
5. 19:09, Lily Moore (Leon) 11
6. 19:10, Reilly Barber (Saint Augustine) 12
7. 19:17, Elizabeth Csikai (Bolles) 11
8. 19:20, Lucy Voss (Buchholz) 10
9. 19:31, Emma White (Buchholz) 10
10. 19:35, Lillee Tang (Leon) 11

With daylight fading from clouds and sunset, the high school boys' elite 5K got underway at 7:45 PM. 400 meters from the starting line, Patrick Koon took the lead. Nick Carpenter, a Trinity Prep senior, tucked in behind Koon. Carpenter remained a step behind in Koon's wake through two kilometers, but Koon began to pull away during the third kilometer. With 600 meters to go, Koon was 15 seconds ahead.

Patrick Koon

Meanwhile, Matthew Stratton, a Saint Johns Country Day senior, had caught up with Carpenter. Fighting for second, Carpenter and Stratton began to eat into Koon's lead. As the finish line approached, Stratton left Carpenter behind and charged after Koon.


But the Leon sophomore was too far ahead. Koon made it to the finish line in 15:15, five seconds ahead of Stratton's 15:20. Both runners under the previous course record. Carpenter nabbed third in 15:26.


Viera senior Michael Toppi nabbed fourth in 15:38. Toppi was one of two Viera athletes in the top ten, the other was junior Cameron Raney, tenth in 15:59. Viera's remaining scorers were senior Robbie Naberhaus (12th, 16:05), junior Aedan Rendeck (27th, 16:44), and frosh Jack Girard (37th, 16:54), givng the Hawks 80 points and first place among 22 teams. Led by the fifth place finish Satellite took second with 98 points, led by senior Justin Wilson, fifth in 15:44. Bolles was third, scoring 103 points behind the top Bulldog, senior William Brady. Brady was eighth in 15:58.


Team Standings, High School Boys' Elite 5K

1. Viera, 80
2. Satellite, 98
3. Bolles, 103
4. Creekside, 166
5. Circle Christian, 207
6. Bartram Trail, 219
7. Niceville, 221
8. Leon, 225
9. Buchholz, 238
10. Nease, 239
11. Oak Hall, 318
12. Spanish River, 320
13. Richmond Hill, 322
14. Pensacola Christian, 410
15. Winter Park, 424
16. Bishop Kenny, 433
17. Melbourne, 447
18. Maclay, 449
19. Timber Creek, 466
20. Saint Francis Catholic, 532
21. Fort Walton Beach, 569
22. Saint Augustine, 590

Top Ten Athletes, High School Boys' Elite 5K

1. 15:15, Patrick Koon (Leon) 10
2. 15:21, Matthew Stratton (Saint Johns Country Day) 12
3. 15:26, Nick Carpenter (Trinity Prep) 12
4. 15:38, Michael Toppi (Viera) 12
5. 15:44, Justin Wilson (Satellite) 12
6. 15:50, Emerson Miller (Buchholz) 11
7. 15:56, Dayton Law (Satellite) 12
8. 15:58, William Brady (Bolles) 12
9. 15:58, Caden Montini (Oak Hall) 11
10. 15:59, Cameron Raney (Viera) 11

Before the elite races, the girls' varsity 5K and the boys' varsity 5K had the course. A light rain fell during the girls' varsity race. By two kilometers Oakleaf junior Sierra Barrera had moved up through the field to take the lead. During the third kilometer, Rockedge sophomore Malinda Underwood and Fletcher frosh Tessa Massa moved up four places and pulled even with Barrera. The rest of the race was Barrera, Massa, and Underwood fighting for first, farther and farther ahead of the rest of the field. It came down to the final kick. Underwood edged Barrera for the win, both running 20:19, with Massa a hair behind in 202:20.

Malinda Underwood, Tessa Massa, Sierra Barrera

It was a Bulldog vs. Bulldog battle in the team standings, with the Bolles Bulldogs and the Melbourne Bulldogs fighting for first. Bolles had no runners in the top ten, but scorers Kavya Patel (13th, 22:00), Kate Mark (20th, 22:25), Emily Loftin (27th, 22:40), Sofia Petrucelli (29th, 22:44), and Lilly Lenger (36th, 23:19) gave their team 109 points. However, Melbourne also had 109 points, thanks to Caroline Bergstrom (7th, 21:33), Aubrey Orcutt (15th, 22:05), Katelyn Apotsos (26th, 22:38), Mehek Niwas (34th, 22:59), and Emma Hanus (43rd, 23:31). Under NFHS rules, a tie score is resolved by comparing the sixth runner on each team--"the team with the best sixth-place finisher shall prevail." In this case, the best sixth-place finsher was Bolles eighth-grader Katherine Libby who placed 41st in 23:30, giving her team first place. Stanton, led by senior Alexandria Richmond (5th, 21:27), was third with 174 points.


Team Standings, High School Girls' Varsity 5K

1. Bolles, 109
2. Melbourne, 109
3. Stanton, 174
4. Clay, 183
5. Fort Walton Beach, 190
6. Bishop Snyder, 212
7. Fletcher, 246
8. Middleburg, 262
9. Niceville, 269
10. Rockledge, 279
11. Creekside, 285
12. Jeff Davis, 311
13. Wolfson, 329
14. Oakleaf, 362
15. Fernandina Beach, 368
16. Mandarin, 377
17. Bishop Kenny, 384
18. Bartram Trail, 392
19. Saint Johns Country Day, 415
20. Nease, 512
21. Saint Francis Catholic, 529
22. Ridgeview, 567
23. Suwannee, 600
24. Jacksonville Episcopal, 642
25. Richmond Hill, 645

Top Ten Athletes, High School Girls' Varsity 5K

1. 20:19, Malinda Underwood (Rockledge) 10
2. 20:19, Sierra Barrera (Oakleaf) 11
3. 20:20, Tessa Massa (Fletcher) 9
4. 21:04, Emily Wheldon (Bishop Snyder) 10
5. 21:19, Ava Quattrocchi (Rockledge) 10
6. 21:27, Alexandra Richmond (Stanton) 12
7. 21:33, Caroline Bergstrom (Melbourne) 10
8. 21:33, Rebecca Stratton (Saint Johns Country Day) 9
9. 21:34, Catalina Romero (Saint Francis Catholic) 10
10. 21:40, Lauren Quinn (Fernandina Beach) 10

James Snipes, a Ridgeview senior, was the early leader of the boys' varsity 5K. He was shadowed for more than three kilometers by Rockledge junior Josiah Price. When Price faded another Rockledge junior, Christian Calderon, took over the pursuit. Calderon couldn't catch Snipes, either. Snipes expanded his lead over the final kilometer to win the race in 16:47. Calderon was second in 16:59. Mandarin junior Gavin Nelson was third in 17:17.

James Snipes

Joining Nelson were Mandarin's other four scorers-sophomore Dominic Geraci (15th, 17:51), senior Max Dedrick (17th, 17:52), junior Casey King (20th, 18:14), and senior Jacob Chattin (41st, 18:53). Those five gave Mandarin 96 points, good for first place in a field of 32 teams. Creekside edged Niceville for second 188 to 189, just ahead of fourth-place Bolles' 190 points. Creekside's top runner was frosh Bill Foulk, eleventh in 17:40; Niceville's first scorer was sophopmore Alexander Buena, seventh in 17:28.


Team Standings, High School Boys' Varsity 5K

1. Mandarin, 96
2. Creekside, 188
3. Niceville, 189
4. Bolles, 190
5. Jeff Davis, 196
6. Jacksonville Episcopal, 236
7. Buchholz, 246
8. Bartram Trail, 272
9. Stanton, 282
10. Bishop Snyder, 314
11. Valdosta, 315
12. Providence, 341
13. Ridgeview, 350
14. Middleburg, 398
15. Rockledge, 432
16. Fletcher, 446
17. Nease, 453
18. Wolfson, 473
19. Saint Johns Country Day, 535
20. Clay, 539
21. Suwannee, 552
22. Richmond Hill, 595
23. Santa Fe, 613
24. Oakleaf, 670
25. Bishop Kenny, 676
26. Fernandina Beach, 676
27. Baker County, 687
28. Mount Dora, 691
29. Trinity Christian, 771
30. Orange Park, 779
31. Christ's Church, 805
32. Saint Francis Catholic, 883

Top Ten Athletes, High School Boys' Varsity 5K

1. 16:47, James Snipes (Ridgeview) 12
2. 16:59, Cristian Calderon (Rockledge) 11
3. 17:17, Gavin Nelson (Mandarin) 11
4. 17:20, Donald Dempsey (Bishop Snyder) 12
5. 17:23, Josiah Price (Rockledge) 11
6. 17:27, Graham Myers (Saint Johns Country Day) 10
7. 17:28, Alexander Buena (Niceville) 10
8. 17:30, Matthew Ortiz (Santa Fe) 12
9. 17:30, Parker Jackson (Valdosta) 12
10. 17:35, Caden Hoffer (Bishop Snyder) 12

First Place Sports of Jacksonville, Florida timed and score the 2021 Cecil Field Summer Classic. High school cross-country returns to New World Sports on 2 October 2021 at the New World Fall Spectacular.


Links

• Complete results of the varsity and elite races at the 2021 Cecil Field Summer Classic
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRK2QKiXlTU-krPV3v4zQrLFt9Bzc-vvSCNuozB4PFC3BN5XwdpkPlXwBxYfiu6K9J44nJMwFGTadUZ/pubhtml
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! photos of the 2021 Cecil Field Summer Classic
  
  • Boys' Elite 5K: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10118315723579973
  • Girls' Elite 5K: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10118315900984453
  • Boys' Varsity 5K: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10118316138458553
  • Girls' Varsity 5K: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10118316277963983
  • Open 5K: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10118318175750803
  
  
• Find races closer to Tallahassee on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2764

Leonardo Canete and Clifton Lewis storm to victory on the Red Bug Trail

Clouds and rain dominated Tallahassee, Florida on Saturday, 28 August 2021, part of the mass of moisture that blanketed the Southeast United States--a blanket centered on Hurricane Ida. The rain soaked the paths in Phipps Park, including the course for the fourth and final race of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2021 Summer Trail Series, the Red Bug Trail 7K.


"This is a very technical course," remarked a course marshal, stepping around a puddle.


In trail running parlance, "technical" refers to the probability of falling down and getting hurt.

Leonardo Canete

Tallahassee master runner Leonardo Canete overcame the technical aspects of the Red Bug Trail on that wet Saturday and won the race by nearly a minute, running 34:23. Thirteen-year-old Clifton Lewis took first in the women's standings, placing sixth overall in 38:10. It was the second Trail Series win for Canete and the third for Lewis.


Iffy weather cut down on attendance at the Trail Series finale, and lightning delayed the start. But the storm let up, and the athletes were under way at 6:10 PM. Canete was first into the woods, and then began the job of trying not to slip and fall on the muddy, winding paths. He succeeded well enough to finish first in 38:10. The fight for the runner-up spot was a close affair, but Brad Busboom prevailed over Kyle Kraeft, both runners clocked in 35:03. Like Canete, Busboom also has two career wins in the Trail Series.

Clifton Lewis

A few hundred meters after the start, Clifton Lewis was the first woman into the woods, just two seconds ahead of Amelia Bryant. Bryant had beaten Lewis in the second Trail Series event, the Swamp Forest Trail Race on 10 July 2021. At Red Bug, though, once they were in the woods Lewis stretched her two-second lead into a gap of more than two minutes, taking top woman honors in 38:10. Bryant was the second woman to splash across the finish line, tenth overall in 40:28. Averi Lewis finished third on the women's side and eleventh overall in 40:52. Ruffian Tyner was the first woman master and sixth female finisher, 22nd overall in 46:48.


72 athletes finished the 2021 Red Bug Trail Race. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the run.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2021 Red Bug Trail 7K

1. 34:23, Leonardo Canete (M, 42)
2. 35:03, Brad Busboom (M, 33)
3. 35:03, Kyle Kraeft (M, 32)
4. 35:55, Ryan Kunz (M, 38)
5. 36:20, Levon Hoomes (M, 32)
6. 38:42, Will Hanley (M, 46)
7. 39:11, Paul Guyas (M, 43)
8. 39:31, Andrew Steinbrink (M, 35)
9. 40:54, Eric Mason (M, 37)
10. 40:59, Connor Chambliss (M, 29)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2021 Red Bug Trail 7K

1. 38:10, Clifton Lewis (F, 13)
2. 40:28, Amelia Bryant (F, 32)
3. 40:52, Averi Lewis (F, 24)
4. 43:11, Maggie Fleming (F, 26)
5. 46:26, Tricia Gundersen (F, 30)
6. 46:48, Ruffian Tyner (F, 45)
7. 48:09, Megan Orcutt (F, 36)
8. 49:28, Laura Sellati (F, 42)
9. 49:42, Hillary Powell (F, 36)
10. 49:53, Martha Guyas (F, 36)

Gulf Winds Track Club's Summer Trail Series race winners, 2013 - 2021
Year	Date	Race	Top Male	Top Female	Finishers
2013	June 22	Cadillac Trail 5½M	37:38, Kevin Sullivan	45:07, Stephanie Liles-Weyant	121
	July 13	Swamp Forest Trail 4½M	30:19, Kevin Sullivan	34:12, Micah Adriani	124
	July 27	Magnolia Trail 3½M	21:44, Kevin Sullivan	24:45, Stephanie Liles-Weyant	114
	August 3	Red Bug Trail 4½M	33:31, Bryce Van Dam	43:46, Stephanie Liles-Weyant	92
2014	June 21	Red Bug Trail 4½M	38:30, Charn McAllister	42:02, Brook Pace	114
	July 12	Swamp Forest Trail 4½M	29:06, Charn McAllister	33:13, Brook Pace	109
	July 26	Magnolia Trail 3½M	26:03, Charn McAllister	30:16, Emily Molen	108
	August 2	Cadillac Trail 5½M	41:38, Brian Molen	48:25, Emily Molen	88
2015	May 30	Cadillac Trail 5½M	39:15, Zach Deveau	42:51, Alyson Churchill	158
	June 13	Oak Hammock Trail 5M	32:59, Zach Deveau	35:10, Alyson Churchill	129
	July 18	Coon Bottom Trail 4M	28:42, Zach Deveau	29:14, Alyson Churchill	112
	August 1	Red Bug Trail 4½M	35:14, Greg Bargo	35:24, Alyson Churchill	112
2016	May 21	Magnolia Trail 3½M	25:18, Dan Baur	27:05, Katie Gorman	133
	June 4	Oak Hammock Trail 5½M	42:53, Eric Godin	45:24, Katie Gorman	123
	July 9	Red Bug Trail 4½M	33:14, Dan Baur	35:04, Katie Gorman	130
	July 30	Cadillac Trail 5½M	43:06, Paul Guyas	42:29, Alyson Churchill	95
2017	June 10	Munson Hills 6M	36:45, Chris O'Kelley	46:34, Emily Molen	87
	July 1	Red Bug Trail 4½M	37:34, Chris O'Kelley	48:24, Emily Molen	90
	July 15	Oak Hammock/Swamp Forest 5M	33:35, Charles Biberg	39:36, Kat Sack	89
	August 5	Tom Brown Park 4½M	32:40, Chris O'Kelley	36:36, Jennifer Bayliss	71
2018	June 23	Munson Hills 6M	38:02, Vince Molosky	45:10, Emily Molen	124
	July 7	Phipps Park 4M	30:49, Jim Schafer	33:39, Kat Sack	127
	July 21	Maclay Gardens 5M	38:26, Brad Busboom	44:39, Kat Sack	110
	August 4	Tom Brown Park 4½M	28:39, Brad Busboom	32:29, Kat Sack	109
2019	June 22	Red Bug Trail 4½M	35:27, Zach DeVeau	38:53, Rachel Durbin	125
	July 6	Munson Hills 6M	38:24, Zach DeVeau	43:56, Rachel Durbin	86
	July 27	Tom Brown Park 5M	37:13, Bryan Gensits	44:47, Rachel Durbin	108
	August 24	Maclay Gardens 4½M	39:00, Zach DeVeau	43:00, Rachel Durbin	91
2021	June 12	Cadillac Trail 5½M	40:26, Daniel Wurgler	46:21, Clifton Lewis	107
	July 10	Swamp Forest Trail 5M	29:07, Leonardo Canete	34:24, Amelia Bryant	104
	July 24	Maclay Gardens 5M	37:48, Jonathan Stern	44:06, Clifton Lewis	111
	August 28	Red Bug Trail 4½M	34:23, Leonardo Canete	38:10, Clifton Lewis	72
Multiple wins by men: Zach DeVeau (6), Kevin Sullivan (3), Charn McAllister (3), Chris O'Kelley (3), Dan Baur (2),       Brad Busboom (2), Leonardo Canete (2) Multiple wins by women: Alyson Churchill (5), Emily Molen (5), Kat Sack (4), Rachel Durbin (4),       Stephanie Liles-Weyant (3), Katie Gorman (3), Clifton Lewis (3), Brook Pace (2)

Links

• Complete results of GWTC's 2021 Summer Trail Series Race #4, Red Bug Trail 4½M Trail Race
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vStHFO9YWmhqIeF1cuHwe1SbmuKOb_5QNQpnaRw2i1dZnatWnLzTI1l0YIh7uM2gP8H-bnA7hqIc8ye/pubhtml
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! photos of GWTC's 2021 Summer Trail Series Race #4, Red Bug Trail 4½M Trail Race
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10118310140368773
  
  
• The 2021 Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Trail Series
  
  • Cadillac Trail 5½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2021/06/gwtc-trails-1-2021.html
  • Swamp Forest Trail 5M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2021/07/gwtc-trails-2-2021.html
  • Maclay Gardens 5M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2021/07/gwtc-trails-3-2021.html
  • Red Bug Trail 4½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2021/08/gwtc-trails-4-2021.html
  
  
• The 2019 Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Trail Series
  
  • Red Bug Trail 4½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/06/gwtc-trails-1-2019.html
  • Munson Hills 6M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/07/gwtc-trails-2-2019.html
  • Tom Brown Park 5M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/07/gwtc-trails-3-2019.html
  • Maclay Gardens 4½M
  
  
• The 2018 Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Trail Series
  
  • Munson Hills 6M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/06/gwtc-trails-1-2018.html
  • Phipps Park 4M
  • Maclay Gardens 5M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/07/gwtc-trails-3-2018.html
  • Tom Brown Park 4½M
  
  
• The 2017 Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Trail Series
  
  • Munson Hills 6M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/06/gwtc-trails-1-2017.html
  • Red Bug Trail 4½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/07/gwtc-trails-2-2017.html
  • Oak Hammock/Swamp Forest 5M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/07/gwtc-trails-3-2017.html
  • Tom Brown Park 4½M
  
  
• The 2016 Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Trail Series
  
  • Magnolia Trail 3½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/05/gwtc-trails-1-2016.html
  • Oak Hammock Trail 5½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/06/gwtc-trails-2-2016.html
  • Red Bug Trail 4½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/gwtc-trails-3-2016.html
  • Cadillac Trail 5½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/gwtc-trails-4-2016.html
  
  
• The 2015 Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Trail Series
  
  • Cadillac Trail 5½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/05/gwtc-trails-1-2015.html
  • Oak Hammock Trail 5M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/06/gwtc-trails-2-2015.html
  • Coon Bottom Trail 4M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/gwtc-trails-3-2015.html
  • Red Bug Trail 4½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/08/gwtc-trails-4-2015.html
  
  
• The 2014 Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Trail Series
  
  • Red Bug Trail 4½M
  • Swamp Forest Trail 4½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/07/gwtc-trails-2-2014.html
  • Magnolia Trail 3½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/07/gwtc-trails-3-2014.html
  • Cadillac Trail 5½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/gwtc-trails-4-2014.html
  
  
• The 2013 Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Trail Series
  
  • Cadillac Trail 5½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/06/gwtc-trails-1-2013.html
    
  • Swamp Forest Trail 4½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/gwtc-trails-2-2013.html
    
  • Magnolia Trail 3½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/gwtc-trails-3-2013.html
    
  • Red Bug Trail 4½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/gwtc-trails-4-2013.html
    
  
  
• Find an upcoming race, on trail or off, using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#27

Kelly Davis and Wyatt Townsend win their duels at Dueling Summits

An early-season staple of high school cross-country in Tallahasse, Florida from 2006 to 2019, the annual Dueling Summits Meet was absent from the schedule in 2020, a casualty of COVID-19. But the fixture returned to Phipps Park on Saturday morning, 28 August 2021, drawing over 500 athletes in five races. Chiles senior Kelly Davis took first in the high school girls' 5K with a 21:23, but it was the Wakulla girls who nabbed the team title, scoring 25 points. Wyatt Townsend, a Chiles junior, won the high school boys' 5K in 16:32, leading the Timberwolves to first in the team standings with 20 points.

Kelly Davis

The Phipps Park hills, the "Summits" in the meet's name, hadn't become any less steep during the hiatus since the 2019 event. On the other hand, they hadn't grown any more steep, either. Kelly Davis, meanwhile, had gotten tougher. Davis had run 23:02 in the 2019 Duelling Summits; in 2021 she raced nearly two minutes faster than her sophomore mark, recording a winning 21:23. Another Chiles senior, Ella Hodges, had run 23:23 in the 2019 meet. Hodges improved that to 21:30 in 2021, finishing runner-up to Davis. Similarly, Wakulla senior Clara Alford, third in 22:05, had run 24:01 in 2019.


Wakulla frosh Isabella Laughton was fourth in 22:17 and Wakulla sophomore Liliana Lewis was fifth in 22:21. Wakulla's remaining two scorers also cracked the top ten--senior Marina Whitsell was seventh in 22:53 and sophomore Taylor Pfeifer was eighth in 23:07. With that, the Wakulla girls had 25 points and victory--their first Dueling Summits win in the history of the meet.

Chiles was second in the eleven-team field with 49 points. Lowndes took third with 64 points, led by junior Madison Parker. Parker was eleventh in 23:42.


Team Standings, High School Girls, 2021 Dueling Summits Cross-Country Meet

1. Wakulla, 25
2. Chiles, 49
3. Lowndes, 64
4. Community Christian, 133
5. Tift County, 140
6. Arnold, 160
7. Thomas County Central, 183
8. Maclay, 206
9. Brookwood, 245
10. Mosley, 284
11. Cairo, 317

Top Ten High School Girls, 2021 Dueling Summits Cross-Country Meet

1. 21:22.80, Kelly Davis (Chiles) 12
2. 21:29.80, Ella Hodges (Chiles) 12
3. 22:04.60, Clara Alford (Wakulla) 12
4. 22:16.20, Isabella Laughton (Wakulla) 9
5. 22:20.90, Liliana Lewis (Wakulla) 10
6. 22:42.40, Niya Coleman (Florida State University) 11
7. 22:53.00, Marina Whitsell (Wakulla) 12
8. 23:06.70, Taylor Pfeifer (Wakulla) 10
9. 23:14.50, Alyssa Cooper (Chiles) 12
10. 23:33.10, Teresa Meli (Community Christian) 11

Ben Kirbo and Wyatt Townsend have been racing against each other in cross-country for years, going back to at least their middle school days when Kirbo was on the team at Montford and Townsend at Deerlake. By the 2021 Dueling Summits meet, though, both were running for the same team, Chiles High, where Kirbo was a senior and Townsend the junior. Townsend may have been a year behind Kirbo in school, but at Dueling Summits he was nearly a hundred meters ahead of Kirbo in the high school boys' 5K, winning the race in 16:32. Kirbo placed second in 16:50. Another Chiles senior, Filippo Reina, took third in 17:26. Reina has also been racing Townsend and Kirbo since middle school.


The remaining Chiles scorers also cracked the top ten--Timberwolf sophomore Jackson Rowe was sixh in 17:50 and junior Owen Franklin was eighth in 18:22. The first five Timberwolves totaled a mathematically unbeatable 20 points, giving Chiles first place in the seventeen-team field. It was the fourth win in the last five Dueling Summits meets for the Chiles boys.


Traveling to Tallahassee from Valdosta, Georgia, Lowndes High took second with 57 points. Lowndes put two runners in the top ten, but the fastest of those was senior Matthew Herndon, fifth in 17:50. Wakulla came from the next county south to take third with 126 points. Wakulla's top runner was Jaden Callaghan, a junior, seventeenth in 19:25.


Team Standings, High School Boys, 2021 Dueling Summits Cross-Country Meet

1. Chiles, 20
2. Lowndes, 57
3. Wakulla, 126
4. Mosley, 176
5. Arnold, 178
6. Leon, 196
7. Florida, 219
8. Tift County, 224
9. Bainbridge, 240
10. Maclay, 282
11. Thomas County Central, 291
12. Rickards, 334
13. Cairo, 336
14. Brookwood, 338
15. St. John Paul II Catholic, 364
16. Marianna, 436
17. Grace Christian, 437

Top Ten High School Boys, 2021 Dueling Summits Cross-Country Meet

1. 16:31.60, Wyatt Townsend (Chiles) 11
2. 16:49.50, Ben Kirbo (Chiles) 12
3. 17:25.90, Filippo Reina (Chiles) 12
4. 17:43.50, Eddie Kepran (Arnold) 11
5. 17:49.50, Matthew Herndon (Lowndes) 12
6. 17:49.50, Jackson Rowe (Chiles) 10
7. 17:52.70, Eli Holbrook (Mosley) 12
8. 18:21.70, Owen Franklin (Chiles) 11
9. 18:36.60, Aaron Munger (Lowndes) 11
10. 18:53.90, Landon Watts (Bainbridge) 12

Dueling Summits Cross-Country Meet High School Winners 2006 - 2021
Girls
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
16 September 2006	Maclay, 23	20:44, Laura Hempel (Rickards)
10 September 2007	Maclay, 18	20:36, Jana Stolting (Maclay)
15 September 2008	Maclay, 39	20:18, Jana Stolting (Maclay)
14 September 2009	Maclay, 43	21:05, Stefanie Kurgatt (Maclay)
2 October 2010	West Florida Tech, 27	19:23, Stefanie Kurgatt (Maclay)
8 October 2011	Lincoln, 49	21:16, Savana Osterbye (FSUS)
2012	No meet held in 2012
31 August 2013	Leon, 27	20:35, Madison Harris (Wakulla)
6 September 2014	Leon, 44	21:09, Haleigh Martin (Wakulla)
29 August 2015	Fort Walton Beach, 24	21:16, Caroline Willis (Maclay)
27 August 2016	Chiles, 40	18:47, Alyson Churchill (Lincoln)
26 August 2017	Chiles, 80	18:29, Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County)
25 August 2018	Chiles, 27	19:42, Abigail Schrobilgen (Chiles) 12
24 August 2019	Chiles, 39	18:52, Alyson Churchill (Chiles) 12
28 August 2021	Wakulla, 25	21:23, Kelly Davis (Chiles) 12
Boys
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
16 September 2006	Lincoln, 42	16:56, Joseph Franklin (Godby)
10 September 2007	Maclay, 23	17:18, Whitney Strickland (NFCS)
15 September 2008	Niceville, 36	17:02, Whitney Strickland (NFCS)
14 September 2009	Maclay, 47	17:27, Patrick Swain (Maclay)
2 October 2010	Lincoln, 52	16:10, Jacob Slupecki (Lincoln)
8 October 2011	Lincoln, 63	16:55, Stanley Linton (Wakulla)
2012	No meet held in 2012
31 August 2013	Leon, 34	16:47, Sukhi Khosla (Leon)
6 September 2014	Leon, 15	16:42, Sukhi Khosla (Leon)
29 August 2015	Leon, 52	16:38, Adam Wallenfelsz (Leon)
27 August 2016	Chiles, 32	16:44, Michael Phillips (Chiles)
26 August 2017	Chiles, 23	16:42, Michael Phillips (Chiles)
25 August 2018	Chiles, 32	17:01, Connor Phillips (Chiles) 12
24 August 2019	Leon, 28	17:11, Jackson Yarbrough (Leon) 10
28 August 2021	Chiles, 20	16:32, Wyatt Townsend (Chiles) 11

Montford Middle School opened their cross-country season on Thursday, 26 August 2021, at the Apalachee Regional Park Cross-Country Invitational. Eighth-grader Annabelle Wiktorski raced with the Montford team that evening. Less than 48 hours later, Wiktorski had traded her Montford uniform for a Red Hills Running Club kit and was racing in the middle school girls' 3K at Dueling Summits. The change of colors didn't slow her down; Wiktorski won the Dueling Summits race in 12:21. Another Red Hills Runner, fifth-grader Charlotte Sikes, finished runner-up in 12:27. Sikes had won the middle school girls' race at the FSUS Invitational a week earlier. Andi Vilardo of Red Hills placed third in 12:45. Like Wiktorski, seventh-grader Vilardo had raced in the ARPXC Inivtational on Thursday, competing for Montford.


Haley Heitmeyer, another Montford seventh-grader competing for Red Hills, placed fourth in 13:04. Sixth-grader Chloe Molen, who had won the ARPXC Invitational for Deerlake, took fifth for Red Hills in 13:13. Having swept the top five, the Red Hills girls won the team title with a perfect score of 15.


Maclay seventh-grader Ellie Mazziotta was sixth in 13:15, leading her team to second place with 48 points. Trinity Catholic was third in the seven-team field with 102 points. Trinity's top runner was sixth-grader Danielle Sasso, nineteenth in 15:34.


Team Standings, Middle School Girls, 2021 Dueling Summits Cross-Country Meet

1. Red Hills Running Club, 15
2. Maclay, 48
3. Trinity Catholic, 102
4. Lowndes Runners, 110
5. Thomas County, 120
6. Cornerstone, 142
7. Whigham, 182

Top Ten Middle School Girls, 2021 Dueling Summits Cross-Country Meet

1. 12:20.60, Annabelle Wiktorski (Red Hills Running Club) 7
2. 12:26.40, Charlotte Sikes (Red Hills Running Club) 5
3. 12:44.20, Andi Vilardo (Red Hills Running Club) 7
4. 13:03.20, Haley Heitmeyer (Red Hills Running Club) 7
5. 13:12.90, Chloe Molen (Red Hills Running Club) 6
6. 13:14.30, Ellie Mazziotta (Maclay) 7
7. 13:17.60, Leah Boutwell (Florida State University) 7
8. 13:26.40, Savannah Stanley (Red Hills Running Club) 7
9. 13:37.60, Sarah Puckett (Lowndes Runners) 7
10. 14:01.70, Mae Deison (Maclay) 8

Bainbridge, Georgia's Grace Christian Academy didn't have a full middle school boys' team to Dueling Summits, but they did have Walker Elrod. The eighth-grader won the boys' 3K race by over half a minute, running 10:38. Wesley Warren, a seventh-grader from Brookwood in Thomasville, Georgia, outkicked Community Christian eighth-grader Luke Meli for second, 11:12 to 11:13.


Community Christian eighth-grader Charles Wilson also made it into the top ten for the Chargers, placing eighth in 11:52. Community Christian's remaining three scorers were eighth-grader Benjamin Reeves (15th, 12:17), sixth-grader Landon Reeves (29th, 12:57), and eighth-grader Jeremy Collier (35th, 12:21). That gave Community Christian 65 points and first place among thirteen teams of middle school boys.


Maclay was second with 90 points behind the Marauder seventh-grader David Barton, fourteenth in 12:17. Brookwood, led by Wesley Warren, scored 108 points for third.


Team Standings, Middle School Boys, 2021 Dueling Summits Cross-Country Meet

1. Community Christian, 65
2. Maclay, 90
3. Brookwood, 108
4. Trinity Catholic, 121
5. Holy Comforter Episcopal, 122
6. Thomas County, 144
7. Lowndes Runners, 175
8. Marianna, 189
9. Falcon Track Club, 208
10. Bainbridge, 257
11. Whigham, 288
12. Christ Classical, 305
13. Cornerstone, 320

Top Ten Middle School Boys, 2021 Dueling Summits Cross-Country Meet

1. 10:37.10, Walker Elrod (Grace Christian) 8
2. 11:11.70, Wesley Warren (Brookwood) 7
3. 11:12.80, Luke Meli (Community Christian) 8
4. 11:23.80, Henry Lewis (Unattached) 8
5. 11:38.50, Ethan Burnett (Valwood) 8
6. 11:43.00, Mark Moore (Trinity Catholic) 8
7. 11:45.10, James Mogg (Trinity Catholic) 6
8. 11:51.40, Charles Wilson (Community Christian) 8
9. 12:01.00, Randon Manausa (Holy Comforter Episcopal) 7
10. 12:03.50, Maxwell Wester (Marianna) 7

Links

• Complete results of the 2021 Dueling Summits Cross-Country Meet
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRtV45rqL7WaUNuYhSoy5BJjMF-fTk4SiEhsAYDUa5yJEMJLP5CoGKgYLI8k38zNkHE1JemG6MHf08Q/pubhtml
  
  
• 2019 story, “Jackson Yarbrough and Alyson Churchill were the winning duo at Dueling Summits”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/08/cougar-xc-2019.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Chiles sweeps, Phillips repeats, and Funderburk sets a record at the Cougar Challenge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/08/cougar-xc-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Alyson Churchill meets the Challenge, runs 18:47”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/08/cougar-xc-2016.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Leon and Khosla repeat at Cougar Challenge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/09/cougar-xc-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Harris and Khosla take on all challengers at the Challenge”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/cougar-xc-2013.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “The 2010 Cougar Challenge belongs to Kurgatt and Slupecki”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/cougar-xc-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Cougar Challenge opens cross-country season in Tallahassee”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/09/cougar-challenge-opens-cross-country.html
  
  
• Choose an upcoming race in the region from the selection on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2775

Chloe Molen and Jonathan Kiros lead a Deerlake sweep of the ARPXC Invitational

Leon County Schools opened its middle school cross-country season in Tallahassee, Florida on Thursday evening, 26 August 2021 at Apalachee Regional Park with the ARPXC Invitational. The Deerlake Middle School Bucks won, well, everything. The Deerlake girls placed first in their three-kilometer race, scoring a near perfect 18 points aided by the win of Chloe Molen, a Buck sixth-grader. Molen ran the 3K course in 12:37. Deerlake seventh-grader Jonathan Kiros won the boys' 3K in 11:28, leading his team to a winning score of 49 points in that race.

The leaders at 800 meters

A pair of brief rainshowers had lowered temperatures below 80°F at the Apalachee Regional Park Championship Cross-Country Course, but the summer heat had already begun to return when the girls' 3K started at 6:00 PM. At the 800-meter mark the first six runner in the race were all wearing Deerlake green, and the first of those six was Chloe Molen. It was Molen's first race as a Buck, and she made the most of her debut. Molen opened a gap of the field during the middle kilometer of the race, reaching the two-kilometer mark sixteen seconds before the next runner. Deerlake runners still held the first four positions, with Abbey Griffin, London Mellen, and Kyra Swart leading the pursuit of Molen. However, two Montford seventh-graders-Annabelle Wiktorski and Andi Vilardo--had moved into fifth and sixth, challenging the Deerlake pack.


Over the final kilometer, eighth-graders Griffin and Mellen began to close on Molen. Griffin got to within three seconds of the leader, but Molen was across the line first in 12:37, winning her debut race for Deerlake. Griffin took second in 12:40 and Mellen was third in 12:44. Wiktorski of Montford placed fourth in 12:51, interrupting the procession of Deerlake finishers.

Chloe Molen

But the Deerlake parade resumed, with seventh-grader Kaia Ables fifth in 12:53 and eighth-grader Kyra Swart seventh in 13:21. Their fifth scorer home, the Bucks had a mathematically unbeatable eighteen points and their first win of the season.


Montford was second in the nine-school field, scoring 47 points behind Wiktorski and Vilardo (6th, 12:55). Swift Creek placed third with 97 points, led by their top finisher, eighth-grader Emily Bullough (12th, 13:50).


68 athletes representing nine schools finished the girls' 3K.


2021 ARPXC Invitational Team Standings, Girls

1. 18, Deerlake
2. 47, Montford
3. 97, Swift Creek
4. 110, Cobb
5. 130, Raa
6. 165, Fairview
7. 181, Nims
8. 230, Griffin
9. NTS, Fort Braden

Top Ten Girls, 2021 ARPXC Invitational

1. 12:36.11, Chloe Molen (Deerlake ) 6
2. 12:39.93, Abbey Griffin (Deerlake ) 8
3. 12:43.45, London Mellen (Deerlake ) 8
4. 12:50.83, Annabelle Wiktorski (Montford ) 7
5. 12:52.24, Kaia Ables (Deerlake ) 7
6. 12:54.10, Andi Vilardo (Montford ) 7
7. 13:20.19, Kyra Swart (Deerlake ) 8
8. 13:22.37, Savannah Stanley (Montford ) 7
9. 13:26.08, Honesty Daniel (Deerlake ) 6
10. 13:30.16, Madeline Morris (Deerlake ) 8

Jonathan Kiros is in his second season of cross-country, and his experience showed in his tactics. Kiros ran a patient race in the boys' 3K, running just off the lead for the first half of the race. Early in the second half, he made his move.


"Around the one-mile mark I realized I could pick it up, and I executed," said Kiros.

Asa Swope and Jonathan Kiros

By two kilometers Kiros was in front, a few steps ahead of Swift Creek eighth-grader Asa Swope. Through the woods and up the Wall, the final hill on the course, Kiros opened a gap on Swope.


"I knew all the tangent points on the course," said Kiros. "And used them."

Jonathan Kiros

Kiros crossed the line in 11:28, earning his first win in a Leon County Schools' middle school cross-country race. Swope narrowed Kiros lead during the final 200 meters and finished second in 11:31. Another Swift Creek eighth-grader, Thoren Knispel, was third in 12:01. Jack Koon, a Fairview seventh-grader, moved up two spots during the third kilometer to take fourth in 12:06.


Deerlake seventh-grader Hagen Perdue was eighth in 12:31, giving the Bucks two runners in the top ten. However, Swift Creek, Fairview, and Montford also each had two top-ten finishers.


Deerlake's advantage came outside the top ten, with sixth-grader Tyler Stout eleventh in 12:36, seventh-grader Camden Williams thirteenth in 12:42, and seventh-grader Robert Carver sixteenth in 13:01. With Carver's finish, the Bucks had 49 points and the ARPXC Invitational win.


Fairview, led by Jack Koon, edged Montford for second, 66 to 67. Montford's top finisher was seventh-grader Trent Parsons, fifth in 12:08.


97 athletes representing nine schools finished the boys' 3K at the 2021 ARPXC Invitational. Brian Corbin timed and scored the meet.


2021 ARPXC Invitational Team Standings, Boys

1. 49, Deerlake
2. 66, Fairview
3. 67, Montford
4. 76, Swift Creek
5. 159, Cobb
6. 182, Fort Braden
7. 183, Nims
8. 194, Raa
9. NTS, Griffin

Top Ten Boys, 2021 ARPXC Invitational

1. 11:27.50, Jonathan Kiros (Deerlake ) 7
2. 11:30.26, Asa Swope (Swift Creek ) 8
3. 12:00.73, Thoren Knispel (Swift Creek ) 8
4. 12:05.42, Jack Koon (Fairview ) 7
5. 12:07.88, Trent Parsons (Montford ) 7
6. 12:20.67, Antonio Clements (Cobb ) 7
7. 12:21.52, Celestine Rwamptie (Nims ) 7
8. 12:30.43, Hagen Perdue (Deerlake ) 7
9. 12:33.48, Ethan Nicholson (Fairview ) 7
10. 12:34.76, Gavin Poucher (Montford ) 7

Links

• Complete results of the 2021 ARPXC Invitational
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQiRRQwlOYZggEiSN87qWS_1YF-QgWNCbjy7MoTWFEfasV-G4cvpFyHL_JpWGIJmqhrQJBbpPS2Q98y/pubhtml
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! photos of the 2021 ARPXC Invitational
  
  • Girls:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10118301265968143
    
  • Boys: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10118306187660033
    
  
  
• The 2021 LCS middle school cross-country season
  
  • ARPXC Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2021/08/swift-creek-2021.html
    
  • Fort Braden Run [ Coming on 2 September 2021 ]
    
  • Mustang Stampede [ Coming on 7 September 2021 ]
    
  • Everhart Invitational [ Coming on 15 September 2021 ]
    
  • Falcon Invitational [ Coming on 23 September 2021 ]
    
  • Mabry Invitational [ Coming on 1 October 2021 ]
    
  • LCS Championship [ Coming on 7 October 2021 ]
    
  
  
• Leon County Schools' 2021 middle school cross country schedule
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2021/08/lcs-xc-2021.html
  
  
• Find your next cross country race on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2762

Leon County Schools' 2021 middle school cross country schedule

Seven meets. Count 'em! Seven.


That's what Leon County Schools has scheduled for its midddle school cross-country runners as the 2021 season opens in Tallahassee, Florida. It's the greatest number of meets ever on the League schedule, as if to make up for the COVID-shortened five-meet season in 2020.

The boys' 3K race at Apalachee Region Park during the 2020 LCS Championship

Leon County Schools 2021 Middle School Cross-Country Schedule
Date	Time	Meet	Venue
August 26 Thursday	6:00 PM Girls 6:30 PM Boys	ARPXC Invitational	Apalachee Regional Park
September 2 Thursday	6:00 PM Girls 6:30 PM Boys	Fort Braden Run	Fort Braden Park
September 7 Tuesday	6:00 PM Girls 6:30 PM Boys	Mustang Invitational	Montford Middle School
September 15 Wednesday	10:15 AM Girls 10:45 AM Boys	Everhart Invitational	Gretchen Everhart School
September 23 Thursday	5:30 PM Girls 6:00 PM Boys	Falcon Invitational	North Florida Fairgrounds
October 1 Friday	6:00 PM Girls 6:30 PM Boys	Mabry Invitational	FSU Rec SportsPlex
October 7 Thursday	5:30 PM Girls 6:00 PM Boys	LCS Championship	Apalachee Regional Park

There are some things to miss about that 2020 season. For the first time, the middle school harriers raced on the Alford Greenway, in Killearn Estates, and at the Florida State University SportsPlex. The athletes won't be returning to Alford or Killearn in 2021, but LCS scheduled a meet for the SportPlex on Friday, October 1. Some old venues that were absent from the 2020 schedule are back on the slate in 2021. A season opener on the Apalachee Regional Park Championship Cross-Country Course is scheduled for Thursday, 26 August 2021. The LCS harriers will be back at Fort Braden for the Fort Braden Run on Thursday, 2 September 2021. The Gretchen Everhart Invitational, perhaps the oldest middle school meet in Florida, returns to Gretchen Everhart School after a one-year hiatus on Wednesday morning, 15 September 2021.


Three meets from 2020 made the 2021 schedule, the Mustang Invitational at Montford, the Falcon Invitational, and the LCS League Championship Meet. The Mustang Invitational takes place at Montford Middle School on Tuesday, 7 September 2021. Fairview Middle School is still looking a venues for the Falcon Invitational on Thursday, 23 September 2021. The League Championship Meet returns to Apalachee Regional Park on Thursday, 7 October 2021, the twelfth year in a row that ARPXC has hosted the Championship.


Outside of the Leon County Schools League, Holy Comforter Episcopal School will host two meets on their home course--the Crusader Cross-Country Classic on Thursday, 30 September 2021, and the Tallahassee Open on Tuesday, 12 October 2021. Both of Holy Comforter's meets also include a one-mile race for elementary school athletes. Several other meets in the Tallahassee area have middle school races scheduled--the FSUS Invitational on Saturday, 21 August 2021; the Dueling Summits Meet on Saturday, 28 August 2021; the Yellow Jacket Invitational in Thomasville on Thursday, 2 September 2021; the Big Bend Invitational on Saturday, 4 September 2021; The Bear Invitational in Crawfordville on Saturday, 25 September 2021; the Bearcat Invitational in Bainbridge on Saturday, 9 October 2021; and the FSU Invitational on Friday, 15 October 2021. Not more racing than you could do, but certainly more than you should do.


Smooth trails!


Links

• The 2020 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  • Swift Creek Kick Off: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2020/10/swift-creek-2020.html
  • Killearn Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2020/10/killearn-2020.html
  • Mustang Stampede: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2020/10/mustang-2020.html
  • Falcon Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2020/10/falcon-2020.html
  
  
• The 2019 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • ARPXC Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/08/swift-creek-2019.html
    
  • Fort Braden Run https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/09/fort-braden-2019.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/09/owl-run-2019.html
    
  • Mustang Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/09/mustang-2019.html
    
  • Falcon Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/09/falcon-2019.html
    
  • LCS Championship https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/10/lcs-champs-2019.html
    
  
  
• The 2018 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • ARPXC Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/08/swift-creek-2018.html
    
  • Fort Braden Run https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/09/fort-braden-2018.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/09/owl-run-2018.html
    
  • Mustang Stampede https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/09/mustang-2018.html
    
  • Falcon Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/09/falcon-2018.html
  • LCS Championship https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/10/lcs-champs-2018.html
    
  
  
• The 2017 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Swift Creek Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/swift-creek-2017.html
    
  • Fort Braden Run https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/fort-braden-2017.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/owl-run-2017.html
    
  • Mustang Stampede https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/mustang-2017.html
    
  • LCS Championship https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/lcs-champs-2017.html
    
  
  
• The 2016 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Fort Braden Run https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/fort-braden-2016.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/owl-run-2016.html
    
  • Mustang Stampede https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/mustang-2016.html
    
  • LCS Championship https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/10/lcs-champs-2016.html
    
  
  
• The 2015 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Swift Creek Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/swift-creek-2015.html
    
  • Fort Braden Run https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/fort-braden-2015.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/owl-run-2015.html
    
  • Mustang Stampede https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/mustang-2015.html
    
  • LCS Championship https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/lcs-champs-2015.html
    
  
  
• The 2014 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Fort Braden Run: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/09/fort-braden-2014.html
    
  • Mustang Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/09/mustang-2014.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/09/owl-run-2014.html
    
  • Championship: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/lcs-champs-2014.html
    
  
  
• The 2013 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Fort Braden Run: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/fort-braden-2013.html
    
  • Mustang Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/mustang-2013.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/owl-run-2013.html
    
  • Championship: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/10/lcs-champs-2013.html
    
  
  
• The 2012 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Battle at Tom Brown: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/battle-2012.html
    
  • Fort Braden Run: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/fort-braden-2012.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/owl-run-2012.html
    
  • Championship: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/lcs-champs-2012.html
    
  
  
• The 2011 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Fort Braden Run: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/fort-braden-2011.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/owl-run-2011.html
    
  • Championship (boys): https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/lcs-ms-boys-2011.html
    
  • Championship (girls): https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/lcs-ms-girls-2011.html
    
  
  
• The 2010 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Battle at Tom Brown: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/battle-2010.html
    
  • Fort Braden Run: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/ft-braden-xc-2010.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/owl-run-2010.html
    
  • Championship: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/lcs-champs-2010.html
    
  
  
• 2009 LCS middle school cross country coverage on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/10/zimmerman-and-williams-winners-at-owl.html
    
  
  
• The HCES Crusader Cross-Country Classic on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • 2018: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/09/crusaders-2018.html
    
  • 2017: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/crusaders-2017.html
    
  • 2016: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/crusaders-2016.html
    
  • 2015: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/crusaders-2015.html
    
  • 2014: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/crusaders-2014.html
    
  • 2013: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/crusaders-2013.html
    
  • 2012: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/crusaders-2-2012.html
    
  • 2012: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/crusaders-2012.html
    
  • 2009: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/10/poole-bartlett-victorious-at-holy.html
    
  
  
• The HCES Tallahassee Middle School Open on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • 2018: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/10/tlh-ms-xc-open-2018.html
    
  • 2017: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/tlh-ms-xc-open-2017.html
    
  • 2016: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/10/tlh-ms-xc-open-2016.html
    
  • 2015: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/tlh-ms-xc-open-2015.html
    
  • 2014: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/tlh-ms-xc-open-2014.html
    
  
  
• Past LCS Middle School Cross-Country Schedules
  
  • 2020: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2020/10/lcs-xc-2020.html
    
  • 2019: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/06/lcs-xc-2019.html
    
  • 2018: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/07/lcs-xc-2018.html
    
  • 2017: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/06/lcs-xc-2017.html
    
  • 2016: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/06/lcs-xc-2016.html
    
  • 2015: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/06/lcs-xc-2015.html
    
  • 2014: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/07/lcs-xc-2014.html
    
  
  
• Tallahassee area cross country meets in 2020
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2020/09/tallahassee-xc-2020.html
  
  
• More races in the region, cross country and otherwise
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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25 August 2021 Tallahassee 100-Mile Race Calendar

This is the Tallahassee vicinity road-race schedule for 25 August 2021. If that's more than a week ago, the latest schedule is always available via this link:

https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1

This is a listing of upcoming races within 100 miles of Tallahassee, Florida, roughly the region in the map below. If a race isn't listed, I probably haven't heard of it, so post a comment and let me know about it.

Races are being abruptly canceled or rescheduled due to COVID-19, so if a race is farther away than across the street, it is more important than ever to confirm that the event is actually taking place. Also, please make sure that you are comfortable with whatever hygienic protocols an event has in place. Be safe, and smooth trails!

28 August 2021 (Saturday)

• Dueling Summits Community 5K Cross-Country Race. 7:15 AM ET community 5K / 8:00 AM ET high school girls' 5K / 8:40 AM ET high school boys' 5K / 9:30 AM ET middle school girls' 3K / 10:00 AM ET middle school boys' 3K. Phipps Park (Gate B), 1775 Miller Landing Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32312. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2010 story. Event web page. Chris Sumner, lfcsumner3@aol.com
  
• Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Trail Series #4, Redbug Trail (4-1/2 miles). 6:00 PM ET. Forestmeadows Athletic Center, 4750 North Meridian Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32308. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. Series web page. Series page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. Bobby York, byorkjr@msn.com.
  
• Going For The Gold 5K Trail Race. 6:00 PM CT. Westgate Park, 801 Recreation Road, Dothan, Alabama 36303. Shan Ash, snash@dothan.org or 334-615-4555.
• 40th annual Midnight Express 5,000 Meter Road Race. 11:59 PM ET. Country's Barbecue, 3137 Mercury Drive, Columbus, Georgia. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  

4 September 2021 (Saturday)

• Georgia Muscadine Festival 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET mile / 8:30 AM ET 5K. Paulk Vineyards, 1788 Satilla Road, Wray, Georgia, 31798. Event web site. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at active.com.

6 September 2021 (Monday)

• 5th annual Bluebird Run For Brookie B 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET one mile / 8:30 AM ET 5K. J.R. Alford Greenway, 2500 Pedrick Road, Tallahassee, Florida. 2019 story. 2017 story. 2015 story. Event web site. Event page on Facebook. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. contact@bluebirdrun.com
  
• 11th annual Valdosta Labor Day 5K. 7:30 AM ET. Freedom Park, 3795 Guest Road, Valdosta, Georgia 31605. 2019 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2013 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  
• 4th annual Big Dog Labor Day Classic 10K. 7:30 AM ET. Headquarter Nissan, 1725 Whittlesey Road, Columbus, Georgia 31904. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  

11 September 2021 (Saturday)

• 39th annual Sickle Cell Foundation of the Big Bend 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET one mile / 8:30 AM ET 5K. Jake Gaither Park, 801 Tanner Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32305. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. USATF certified course #FL18025TY. Event web site. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  
• 9/11 Memorial 5K Road Race. 7:59 AM ET. 120 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
• 2nd annual Heart & Sole 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Global Graphics, 107 Hudson Street, Americus, Georgia 31709. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  

18 September 2021 (Saturday)

• Gulf Winds Track Club's 39th annual Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET 5K women / 8:05 AM ET 5K men / 9:00 AM ET one mile. Optimist Park, East Indianhead Drive, Tallahassee, Florida. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. USATF certified course #FL17042TY. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. Lisa Unger, unger4122@comcast.net or 850-544-4893.
  
• 14th annual Trot with S.W.A.T. 10K and 5K. 8:00 AM CT. Poplar Head Park, 126 North Saint Andrews Street, Dothan, Alabama 36303. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2013 story. Carol Goguen, cgoguen@graceba.net or 334-794-9029.
  

25 September 2021 (Saturday)

• Gulf Winds Track Club's 45th annual Salute to Prefontaine 5K Cross-Country Run. 8:30 AM ET. Silver Lake Recreation Area of the Apalachicola National Forest, Silver Lake Road, Tallahassee, Florida. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  

2 October 2021 (Saturday)

• Gulf Winds Track Club's Pine Run at Tall Timbers 20K. 7:30 AM ET. Tall Timbers Research Station, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, Florida. 2019 story. 2017 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. Jennifer or Carter Hay, GWTCpinerun@gmail.com
  
• Hahira Honeybee Festival 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Hahira Community Center, 216 Randall Street, Hahira, Georgia 31632. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. Event web page. Entry form and flyer.
  
• 5th annual Tate's Hell And Back 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Carrabelle Christian Center, 142 River Road, Carrabelle, Florida 32322. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. Event page on Facebook. Entry form and flyer. BeLinda Wharton, bhwharton@gmail.com or 850-544-5410.
  
• Bull Run 5K. 8:00 AM CT. Middlebrooks Park, Banfill Avenue, Bonifay, Florida 32425. 2015 story. Event web page. Event page on Facebook. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com.
  

9 October 2021 (Saturday)

• Gulf Winds Track Club's 46th annual Palace Saloon 5K. 8:00 AM ET. James Messer Fields Park, Jackson Bluff Road and Dupree Street, Tallahassee, FL 32304. USATF certified course FL13028EBM. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. Event web site. Event profile on Facebook. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  
• United We Run 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Darby Pavilion on Lake DeSoto, 200 NE Hillsboro Street, Lake City, Florida 32055. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. dawn@unitedwsv.org

10 October 2021 (Sunday)

• Saint Marks Duathlon and Relay (5K run, 20K cycle, 2.5K run). 8:00 AM ET. 25 Riverside Drive, Saint Marks, Florida. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. discus39@gmail.com

16 October 2021 (Saturday)

• 11th annual Run Baby Run 5K. 8:00 AM CT. Citizens Lodge Park, 4574 Lodge Drive, Marianna, Florida 32446. 2020 story. 2017 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at active.com. awpcmarianna@gmail.com or 850-526-4673.
  

23 October 2021 (Saturday)

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30 October 2021 (Saturday)

• 41st annual Boston Mini-Marathon. 8:00 AM ET. Commercial Bank, 124 West Jefferson Street, Boston, Georgia 31626. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. USATF certified half-marathon course GA18076WC. Event web page. Event profile on Facebook. 2021 event page on Facebook. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at ItsYourRace.com. Brad Johnson, bradjohnson@bankcb.com or 229-498-8500 (day) / 229-226-4679 (evening).
  

6 November 2021 (Saturday)

• ArtFest Half Marathon & 5K. 8:00 AM ET half marathon / 8:30 AM ET 5K / 9:00 AM ET fun run. Colquitt County Art Center, 401 Seventh Avenue SW, Moultrie, Georgia 31768. Event profile on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com

13 November 2021 (Saturday)

• 9th annual BFD Catfish Crawl 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM CT. M and B Train Park, North Main Street and Railroad Avenue, Blountstown, Florida 32424. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. USATF certified course FL16045EBM (5K). Event profile on Facebook. Online registration at ItsYourRace.com. Ben Hall, blountstownfire@gmail.com or 850-674-4988.
  

20 November 2021 (Saturday)

• Gulf Winds Track Club's 5th annual Rex Cleveland Road Mile. 4:30 PM ET. Myers Park, 616 Myers Park Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32301. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  

25 November 2021 (Thursday)

• Gulf Winds Track Club's 45th annual Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K / 10K / 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET. State Office Satellite Complex at SouthWood, Esplanade Way, Tallahassee, Florida. 2019 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. USATF-certified course FL11001TY (15K). USATF-certified course FL11113EBM (10K). USATF certified course FL11112EBM (5K). Event web site. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. David Yon, david@radeylaw.com or 850-425-6671 or 850-668-2236.
  

27 November 2021 (Saturday)

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5 March 2022 (Saturday)

• 14th annual Albany Marathon and Half-Marathon. 7:00 AM ET. Veteran's Park, 112 North Front Street, Albany, GA 31701. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2011 story. 1912 story. USATF certified course GA07003WC (Marathon), GA07002WC (half-Marathon). Event web site. Event profile on Facebook. Event page on Facebook. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. info@albanymarathon.com or 229-317-4760.
  

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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

• Gulf Winds Track Club's 24th annual Potluck Bash Four-Mile Cross-Country Race. 8:00 AM ET. Forestmeadows Athletic Center, 4750 North Meridian Road, Tallahassee, Florida. 2021 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. David Yon, david@radeylaw.com or 850-425-6671.
  

11 June 2022 (Saturday)

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6 August 2022 (Saturday)

• 24th annual Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast On The Track. 7:45 AM ET. Maclay School track, 3737 North Meridian Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32312. 2021 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. Bonnie Wright, bonniedwright@gmail.com or 850-386-3500.
  

13 August 2022 (Saturday)

• Gulf Winds Track Club's Miller Landing Madness 8K/5K/3K. 8:00 AM ET. Elinor Klapp Phipps Park (Gate B), 1775 Miller Landing Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32312. 2021 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. 8K course map. 5K course map. 3K course map. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. Tom Perkins, 850-894-2019 or Bill Lott, 850-656-1273.
  

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