Michael Rosato and Lisa Johnson make it a Gainesville sweep of the Race The Tortoise 5K

Gainesville, Florida triathlete Michael Rosato went 17:30 for 3.1 miles in O'Leno State Park on Saturday morning, 5 March 2022, winning the twelfth annual Race The Tortoise 5K. Finishing second overall behind Rosato, master runner Lisa Johnson took the women's title with a 20:00.


In a showdown of two athletes from High Springs, Florida, Timothy Guinn edged Soren Brockdorf for the second spot in the men's standings, 21:05 to 21:08. The two runners were third and fourth overall, and Brockdorf was the first male master.


In another close finish, master runner Rahn Huffstutler crossed the finish line fifth overall, just ahead of Mandy Harrell; both runners were clocked at 21:236. Harrell was second in the women's division. Third place on the women's side went to Tierra Dozier, tenth overall in 24:28. Thirteen-year-old Abbey Robinson was the fourth female finisher and thirteenth overall in 24:46. A seventh-grader, Robinson raced for the Ocala Distance Project during the 2021 cross-country season.


203 athletes finished the 2022 Race The Tortoise 5K. Start 2 Finish Race Management timed and scored the race.


Top Ten Men, 2022 Race The Tortoise 5K

1. 17:30, Michael Rosato (M, 33) Gainesville, FL
2. 21:05, Timothy Guinn (M, 30) High Springs, FL
3. 21:08, Soren Brockdorf (M, 54) High Springs, FL
4. 21:36, Rahn Huffstutler (M, 42) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
5. 23:49, Nicholas Armfield (M, 42) Gainesville, FL
6. 23:50, Joseph Smith (M, 59) Gainesville, FL
7. 23:51, Bob Knuckles (M, 65) Fort White, FL
8. 24:44, Thomas Story (M, 67) High Springs, FL
9. 24:44, John Davis (M, 62) Gainesville, FL
10. 25:06, Jim Leary (M, 67) Gainesville, FL

Top Ten Women, 2022 Race The Tortoise 5K

1. 20:00, Lisa Johnson (F, 40) Gainesville, FL
2. 21:36, Mandy Harrell (F, 37)
3. 24:28, Tierra Dozier (F, 36) Alachua, FL
4. 24:46, Abigail Robinson (F, 13) Williston, FL
5. 24:50, Darcie Burde (F, 39)
6. 25:20, Natalie Wright (F, 36) Gainesville, FL
7. 25:25, Emily Young (F, 44) Gainesville, FL
8. 25:29, Victoria Pagan Wolpert (F, 56) Gainesville, FL
9. 25:31, Loretta Engler (F, 68) High Springs, FL
10. 27:15, Elke Sheider (F, 60) Lake City, FL

Race The Tortoise 5K winners, 2009 - 2022
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
7 March 2009	18:22.9, David Robison	20:12.6, Michelle McCollum	109
13 March 2010	16:27.5, Alex Phipps	18:13.0, Elizabeth Duarte	114
5 March 2011	19:21.6, Eric Drummond	19:33.0, Tatiana Titova	218
3 March 2012	16:09.8, Vladimir Tontchinski	18:05.5, Averkova Anzhelika	268
2 March 2013	16:39.7, Dan Clark	20:37.4, Lyubov Denisova	225
1 March 2014	16:52.8, Dan Clark	19:13.4, Ani Veltcheva	247
7 March 2015	18:15.6, Anton Matchev	17:57.7, Lyubov Denisova	165
5 March 2016	16:32, Bobby Hensley	18:16, Ani Veltcheva	177
3 March 2018	15:28, Enoch Nadler	17:34, Ani Veltcheva	215
2 March 2019	17:03, Hutson Rapier	19:35, Courtney Rouse	239
7 March 2020	17:08, Ravi Kumar	19:51, Lara Drondoski	219
5 March 2022	17:30, Michael Rosato	20:00, Lisa Johnson	203
There was no Race The Tortoise 5K in 2017.

Links

• Complete results of the 2022 Race The Tortoise 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT_wW6HrhD496_UA7q9PyoBaMJ4brcaWYySh4bPW9dqcwtd1Q8iKOvxvQVgZ0mXYuCRqNOVuaZ5rDbC/pubhtml
  
  
• 2020 story, “Neither Ravi Kumar nor Lara Drondoski ran like a tortoise at the Race The Tortoise 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2020/03/tortoise-2020.html
  
  
• 2019 story, “Hutson Rapier and Courtney Rouse weren't just terrapin at the Race The Tortoise 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/03/tortoise-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “Nadler burns a 15:28 and Veltcheva a 17:34 for new records at the Race The Tortoise 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/03/tortoise-2018.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Hensley and Veltcheva victorious at Race The Tortoise”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/03/tortoise-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Denisova and Matchev are steady but not slow at Race The Tortoise”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/03/tortoise-2014.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Clark and Veltcheva are more hare than tortoise at O'Leno 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/03/tortoise-2014.html
  
  
• O'Leno State Park
  http://www.floridastateparks.org/oleno/
  
  
• The Friends of O'Leno
  http://friendsofoleno.org/
  
  
• Race The Tortoise 5K course certification map USATF #FL09011EBM
  https://certifiedroadraces.com/certificate/?type=l&id=FL09011EBM
  
  
• Any reptile race within 100 miles of Tallahassee will be here
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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