Sunday, September 12, 2021

Ryan Bausback wins while Katie Sherron burns a 17:42 at the Sickle Cell 5K

Five runners shared the lead of the Sickle Cell 5K as they raced past the four-kilometer mark on Saturday morning, 11 September 2021. But during the final kilometer on the streets of Tallahassee, Florida, Ryan Bausback left his challengers behind, winning the race in 17:22. Dr. Katie Sherron was the first woman in the race, placing fourth overall in 17:42.

Ryan Bausback
Ryan Bausback

The race started on Tanner Drive in front of Tallahassee's Jake Gaither Community Center precisely at 8:30 AM. Tallahassee master runner Leonardo Canete bolted out into the lead, shadowed by Ryan Bausback. Christian Minor trailed a few steps back, trailed by Dr. Katie Sherron and Dr. Ryan Truchelut. Two kilometers later, on Springsax Road, those five had gathered into a tight lead pack, well ahead of the rest of the field. Canete was still setting the pace as they headed east to join the Saint Marks Rail Trail.


Canete faded to the back of the group on the Rail Trail. Bausback moved to the front, with Sherron just off his shoulder while Truchelut and Christian followed.

Leonardo Canete
The leaders at 2K

Making a hairpin turn, the athletes left the Rail Trail to head west on Bragg Drive, back toward the Community Center and the finish line. Bausback started to put a gap on the field. Truchelut and Minor overtook Sherron, but their race was for second. Bausback was leaving them behind.


Bausback crossed the line first in 17:22. Truchelut ouckicked Minor for the runner-up spot, 17:33 to 17:34. Sherron followed in 17:42, the first woman in the race. At 17:58, Canete was fifth overall and the first master runner.

Katie Sherron
Dr. Katie Sherron

It was Bausback's first win at the Sickle Cell 5K as well as his first time running the race. For Sherron, it was her third Sickle Cell, her second time winning the race's women's division, and 17:42 was her fastest time yet at the event.


"That’s my second fastest 5K ever," noted Sherron.

Clifton Lewis
Clifton Lewis

Thirteen-year-old Clifton Lewis placed second in the women's standings, finishing eleventh overall in 19:56--Lewis' first sub-20:00 road 5K. Florida State University undergrad Jane Eiselstein took third in the women's standings with a 20:38, placing sixteenth overall. Eiselstein is an alum of the cross-country team at Girls Preparatory School, the 2020 Tennessee state champions in their division. Tallahassee schoolteacher Vicky Droze was the first woman master and seventh female finisher, 24th overall in 22:19.


119 athletes finished the 2021 Sickle Cell 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed the race.

Jane Eiselstein
Jane Eiselstein

Top Ten Men, 2021 Sickle Cell 5K
  1. 17:22, Ryan Bausback (M, 23)
  2. 17:33, Ryan Truchelut (M, 35)
  3. 17:34, Christian Minor (M, 34)
  4. 17:58, Leonardo Canete (M, 42)
  5. 18:07, Glen Gorton (M, 58)
  6. 18:26, Hong-Guo Yu (M, 53)
  7. 18:54, Elijah Oquendo (M, 21)
  8. 19:42, Kyle Olson (M, 25)
  9. 19:54, Philip Sura (M, 51)
  10. 20:02, Duane Evans (M, 54)

Top Ten Women, 2021 Sickle Cell 5K
  1. 17:42, Katie Sherron (F, 39)
  2. 19:56, Clifton Lewis (F, 13)
  3. 20:38, Jane Eiselstein (F, 18)
  4. 21:12, Sylvia Long (F, 18)
  5. 21:24, Emma Gannon (F, 18)
  6. 21:42, Melanie Leitman (F, 37)
  7. 22:19, Vicky Droze (F, 46)
  8. 23:20, Laura Reina (F, 57)
  9. 24:24, Angela Dempsey (F, 53)
  10. 25:07, Melissa Cooper (F, 44)

Known Sickle Cell 5K winners, 1982 - 2021
DateMenWomen
1982

1983

8 September 1984 *

31 August 1985

1986

19 September 198715:14.2, Jessie Close17:31.8, Karen MacHarg
17 September 198815:12, Jessie Close16:40, Carla Borovicka
16 September 198915:14, Jessie Close19:38, Barbara Balzer
15 September 199016:04, Bill Crooks18:23, Karen MacHarg
14 September 199115:18, Gary Droze18:47, Vikki Saga
12 September 199215:07, Gary Droze18:39, Carrie Hunnicutt
11 September 199315:50, Peter Kirk21:06, Leah Bonds
10 September 199415:47, Andy Palmer18:06, Jane Johnson
9 September 199515:51, John Otterson19:00, Carrie Weyant
14 September 199615:23, Bryan Erb17:58, Jane Johnson
13 September 199715:23, Gary Droze17:40, Sara Docter-Williams
12 September 199816:26, Tim Simpkins20:28, Julie Clark
11 September 199916:24, Robert Pautienus19:44, Kingsley Broughton
9 September 200016:55, Tim Unger17:40, Sandra Williams
8 September 200117:05, Tony Pearson19:39, Renata Strakova
14 September 200219:15, Michael LaBossiere24:03, Jane Cormier
13 September 200318:24, David Yon22:25, Kim Likens
11 September 200418:32, Scott Ruplinger22:29, Krista Killius
10 September 200518:28, Dan Pick22:00, Cathleen Willy
9 September 200617:36, Chris Gregory21:05, Summer Shepherd
8 September 200716:52, Michael Martinez20:18, Lindsay Thomas
13 September 200816:05, Chris Lake19:11, Sheryl Rosen
12 September 200915:44, Chris Lake22:27, Julie Clark
11 September 201018:36, Trey Edwards22:13, Nancy Stedman
10 September 201116:29, Gary Droze21:21, Tiffany Barz
8 September 201218:18, Paul Guyas20:06
14 September 2013??
13 September 201416:48, Roger Schmidt22:18, Paula O'Neill
12 September 201517:24, Matthew Nazareth20:10, Brittney Barnes
10 September 201617:41, Geb Kiros20:05, Brittney Barnes
9 September 201717:38, Tristan Cravello17:43, Katie Sherron
8 September 201815:16, Christopher Haynes18:07, Amy Hines
14 September 201916:02, Paul Allen18:09, Ann Centner
11 September 202117:22, Ryan Bausback17:42, Katie Sherron
* Four-mile run


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