Sunday, September 19, 2021

Sheryl Rosen notches another win at the Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K

Has anyone won Gulf Winds Track Club's Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K more often than Sheryl Rosen? Let me check.


No.

Sheryl Rosen
Sheryl Rosen

Rosen has also won the Tallahassee, Florida race in more different decades than anyone else. The 2000s? She took first in both 2006 and 2007. The 2010s? The Tallahassee lawyer won the 2018 event. The 2020s? Rosen covered that decade on Saturday morning, 18 September 2021, winning the 39th annual Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K in 21:16. In a showdown of two master runners, Leonardo Canete edged Glen Gorton for the top spot in the men's race, 18:14 to 18:15.


The Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival features a women's 5K followed by a separate men's 5K. The two races are run on the same course through the Indianhead Acres neighborhood, with the women starting in a wave five minutes before the men's wave. In 2021, the womnen's wave set off at 8:00 AM.

Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival
Sheryl Rosen and Mia Wiederkehr

Leading the race after just over 600 meters, three runners went around the first turn together--Sheryl Rosen, Mia Wiederkehr, and Annalise Maillet. Later, Maillet fell back. Wiederkehr hung on longer, but Rosen shook her as well, eventually.


"Before the two mile," recalled Wiederkehr.

Maggie Fleming
Maggie Fleming

Rosen spent the rest of the race widening the gap, ultimately winning by nearly 200 meters in 21:16. Wiederkehr took second in 22:02. Maggie Fleming overtook Maillet during the final kilometer of the race to place third in 22:32. Maillet was fourth in 22:44. Laura Reina was the first master runner in the race, coming in seventh overall in 23:50.


In the men's wave, Leonardo Canete led early, with Ryan Truchelut trailing closely. A week earlier, Truchelut had finished ahead of Canete in the Sickle Cell 5K. This time, Truchelut couldn't stay with Canete. Coming up on the four kilometer mark Glen Gorton overtook Truchelut to move into second. Gorton was surprised to find himself moving up on Canete during the final kilometer. But...

Leonardo Canete
Leonardo Canete

"I didn't quite get him," said Gorton.


He didn't. Canete made it across the line first in 18:14, just ahead of the 18:15 posted by runner-up Gorton. Truchelut finished third in 18:52.

Glen Gorton
Glen Gorton

62 women and 44 men finished the 2021 Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K. Another 19 athletes completed a one-mile fun run. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the races.


Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2021 Women's Distance Festival
  1. 21:16, Sheryl Rosen (F, 37)
  2. 22:02, Mia Wiederkehr (F, 23)
  3. 22:32, Maggie Fleming (F, 26)
  4. 22:44, Annalise Maillet (F, 25)
  5. 23:02, Lindsey Brown (F, 36)
  6. 23:34, Charlotte Sikes (F, 10)
  7. 23:50, Laura Reina (F, 57)
  8. 24:12, Tsige Tadesse-Kiros (F, 54)
  9. 24:59, Angela Dempsey (F, 53)
  10. 25:06, Georgina Hernandez (F, 31)

Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2021 Women's Distance Festival
  1. 18:14, Leonardo Canete (M, 42)
  2. 18:15, Glen Gorton (M, 58)
  3. 18:52, Ryan Truchelut (M, 35)
  4. 19:30, Michael Niezgoda (M, 32)
  5. 19:45, Gregory Noonan (M, 38)
  6. 20:01, Paul Guyas (M, 43)
  7. 20:04, Duane Evans (M, 54)
  8. 20:21, Phillip Sura (M, 51)
  9. 20:49, Will Hanley (M, 46)
  10. 21:16, Fanxiu Zhu (M, 52)

Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K Champions, 1982 - 2021
DateWomenMen
24 July 198220:14, Cheryl JenningsNo Boys Allowed
23 July 198318:33, Barbara BalzerNo Boys Allowed
21 July 198418:11, Barbara BalzerNo Boys Allowed
20 July 198519:11, Barbara Balzer15:24, Herb Wills
19 July 198618:20, Janice Hochstein16:32, Rick Miller
18 July 198718:54, Janice Hochstein15:47, Rick Miller
16 July 198817:58, Michele Farrell15:09, Jessie Close
15 July 198917:20, Sue Addison15:09, Jessie Close
14 July 199018:50, Janice Hochstein15:38, Gary Droze
13 July 199118:51, Angie Crook15:18, Gary Droze
11 July 199217:36, Paula Johnson15:09, Gary Droze
17 July 199318:00, Lynda Nilges15:45, Steve Wilcox
1 October 199418:06, Jane Johnson15:46, Andy Palmer
7 October 199517:47, Jane Johnson15:40, Gary Droze
5 October 199618:41, Tracy Pepoon16:34, Tim Simpkins
4 October 199717:13, Sarah Docter-Williams16:20, Tim Simpkins
3 October 199818:02, Sarah Docter-Williams16:36, Tim Simpkins
2 October 199917:31, Sarah Docter-Williams15:37, Lee Willis
7 October 200019:18, Kingsley Broughton16:26, Art Remillard
6 October 200119:13, Kate Remillard18:06, Reid Vannoy
2 November 200220:27, Mari Leitner16:33, Nate Timm
1 November 200318:52, Kara Newell17:39, Justin Dickieson
6 November 200418:09, Sarah Docter-Williams17:24, Art Remillard
5 November 200521:38, Lydia Veal18:16, Jimmy Graham
7 October 200618:36, Sheryl Rosen17:55, Tim Unger
15 September 200719:02, Sheryl Rosen17:04, Jay Wallace
20 September 200818:52, Lisa Johnson17:29, David Altmaier
19 September 200919:00, Kelsey Scheitlin16:34, John Robida
18 September 201018:39, Lisa Johnson16:34, Vince Molosky
17 September 201117:11, Jackie Drouin15:00, Kevin Sullivan
15 September 201217:06, Georgia Peel16:03, Chris Rego
14 September 201316:51, Kayleigh Tyerman15:58, Stanley Linton
20 September 201420:45, Anna Busby16:45, Roger Schmidt
19 September 201518:53, Katie Sherron17:08, Zach DeVeau
17 September 201618:38, Adriana Piekarewicz15:29, Stan Linton
23 September 201718:13, Katie Sherron16:28, Charlie Johnson
22 September 201818:30, Sheryl Rosen18:02, Bryce Parry
21 September 201918:00, Ann Centner16:17, Paul Allen
18 September 202121:16, Sheryl Rosen18:14, Leonardo Canete


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