Sunday, August 29, 2021

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.

2021 Red Bug Trail Race
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.

2021 Red Bug Trail Race
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
YearDateRaceTop MaleTop FemaleFinishers
2013June 22Cadillac Trail 5½M37:38, Kevin Sullivan45:07, Stephanie Liles-Weyant121
July 13Swamp Forest Trail 4½M30:19, Kevin Sullivan34:12, Micah Adriani124
July 27Magnolia Trail 3½M21:44, Kevin Sullivan24:45, Stephanie Liles-Weyant114
August 3Red Bug Trail 4½M33:31, Bryce Van Dam43:46, Stephanie Liles-Weyant92
2014June 21Red Bug Trail 4½M38:30, Charn McAllister42:02, Brook Pace114
July 12Swamp Forest Trail 4½M29:06, Charn McAllister33:13, Brook Pace109
July 26Magnolia Trail 3½M26:03, Charn McAllister30:16, Emily Molen108
August 2Cadillac Trail 5½M41:38, Brian Molen48:25, Emily Molen88
2015May 30Cadillac Trail 5½M39:15, Zach Deveau42:51, Alyson Churchill158
June 13Oak Hammock Trail 5M32:59, Zach Deveau35:10, Alyson Churchill129
July 18Coon Bottom Trail 4M28:42, Zach Deveau29:14, Alyson Churchill112
August 1Red Bug Trail 4½M35:14, Greg Bargo35:24, Alyson Churchill112
2016May 21Magnolia Trail 3½M25:18, Dan Baur27:05, Katie Gorman133
June 4Oak Hammock Trail 5½M42:53, Eric Godin45:24, Katie Gorman123
July 9Red Bug Trail 4½M33:14, Dan Baur35:04, Katie Gorman130
July 30Cadillac Trail 5½M43:06, Paul Guyas42:29, Alyson Churchill95
2017June 10Munson Hills 6M36:45, Chris O'Kelley46:34, Emily Molen87
July 1Red Bug Trail 4½M37:34, Chris O'Kelley48:24, Emily Molen90
July 15Oak Hammock/Swamp Forest 5M33:35, Charles Biberg39:36, Kat Sack89
August 5Tom Brown Park 4½M32:40, Chris O'Kelley36:36, Jennifer Bayliss71
2018June 23Munson Hills 6M38:02, Vince Molosky45:10, Emily Molen124
July 7Phipps Park 4M30:49, Jim Schafer33:39, Kat Sack127
July 21Maclay Gardens 5M38:26, Brad Busboom44:39, Kat Sack110
August 4Tom Brown Park 4½M28:39, Brad Busboom32:29, Kat Sack109
2019June 22Red Bug Trail 4½M35:27, Zach DeVeau38:53, Rachel Durbin125
July 6Munson Hills 6M38:24, Zach DeVeau43:56, Rachel Durbin86
July 27Tom Brown Park 5M37:13, Bryan Gensits44:47, Rachel Durbin108
August 24Maclay Gardens 4½M39:00, Zach DeVeau43:00, Rachel Durbin91
2021June 12Cadillac Trail 5½M40:26, Daniel Wurgler46:21, Clifton Lewis107
July 10Swamp Forest Trail 5M29:07, Leonardo Canete34:24, Amelia Bryant104
July 24Maclay Gardens 5M37:48, Jonathan Stern44:06, Clifton Lewis111
August 28Red Bug Trail 4½M34:23, Leonardo Canete38:10, Clifton Lewis72
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)


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