Sunday, April 24, 2022

Stan Linton ran 14:49, Katie Sherron 17:39 to repeat at the Palace Saloon 5K

When Gulf Winds Track Club's Palace Saloon 5K returned to the streets of Tallahassee in 2021 following a hiatus induced by COVID-19, Stan Linton and Katie Sherron were there. Linton was the first overall male and Sherron the first overall female. They repeated those performances on Saturday morning, 23 April 2022, at the 47th annual Palace. Linton won the 3.1-mile race in 14:49, his second sub-15:00 performance on the course from Messer Fields to the Palace Saloon. Sherron covered the 5K in 17:39, heading the women's standings and placing seventh overall.

Stan Linton
Stan Linton

Linton's performance was almost identical to his 2021 Palace six months earlier. In both races he went to the front right after the start. In both races he had a commanding lead by the two-kilometer mark. In both races he continued to draw away, unchallenged, as he sped toward the finish line at the Palace Saloon. Their was a slight difference at the finish line--in the 2022 race, Linton's winning time was 14:49, just four seconds more than in 2021.


Maybe there was a little more headwind in 2022.

Ryan Ziskinder, Vincent Fetchero
Vincent Fetchero and Ryan Ziskinder

Behind Linton, Ryan Ziskinder and, Vincent Fetchero, and Adam Wallenfelsz fought for the runner-up spot. During the second half of the race Ziskinder and Fetchero had dropped Wallenfelsz, making it a two-way dispute. Both athletes were outfitted in their high school cross-country kits--Ziskinder wearing Martin County (c/o 2021) colors, and Fetchero wearing the uniform of Bishop Kenny (c/o 2019). Just past four kilometers, the two crested Michelob Ridge and started the long downhill stretch to the finish line together. During the descent, Ziskinder surged away from Fetchero, then held on to take second in 16:00. Fetchero was third in 16:06. Wallenfelz ended the race fourth in 16:30. Charlie Johnson was the first master runner in the race, placing sixth overall in 16:57.


Immediately following Johnson over the finish line was the first woman in the race, Katie Sherron. Perhaps there wasn't more headwind in April than there had been in October after all, because Sherron's 17:39 was actually a second faster than she had run in the previous Palace. And where Sherron had won the 2021 Palace women's title by over 500 meters, in the 2022 race her margin of victory was more than 700 meters.

Katie Sherron
Katie Sherron

The 2022 race was also Sherron's first Palace as a master runner.


In the race for the second women's spot, Brittney Barnes was holding the position on the homestretch, chased by Annabelle Wiktorski. Wiktorski, a seventh-grader at Montford and the reigning county champion in middle school cross-country, was actually gaining on Barnes during the final rush to the finish. But Barnes was able to hold off the charging youngster, 20:42 to 20:45. Barnes and Wiktorski were 45th and 46th overall.

Brittney Barnes
Brittney Barnes

468 athletes finished Gulf Winds Track Club's 2022 Palace Saloon 5K. This was significantly up from the 284 finishers at the 2021 Palace, indicating the sport's continuing recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2022 Palace Saloon 5K
  1. 14:49, Stan Linton (M, 28)
  2. 16:00, Ryan Ziskinder (M, 19)
  3. 16:06, Vincent Fetchero (M, 21)
  4. 16:30, Adam Wallenfelsz (M, 24)
  5. 16:53, Chris O'Kelley (M, 29)
  6. 16:57, Charlie Johnson (M, 42)
  7. 17:46, Thomas Parker (M, 39)
  8. 17:53, Leonardo Canete (M, 43)
  9. 18:01, Tony Guillen (M, 18)
  10. 18:08, Brad Busboom (M, 34)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2022 Palace Saloon 5K
  1. 17:39, Katie Sherron (F, 40)
  2. 20:42, Brittney Barnes (F, 34)
  3. 20:45, Annabelle Wiktorski (F, 12)
  4. 21:31, Jenny Early (F, 38)
  5. 21:36, Annalise Maillet (F, 26)
  6. 21:41, Mary Fran Rowe (F, 41)
  7. 21:47, Savannah Stanley (F, 13)
  8. 22:03, Mia Wiederkehr (F, 24)
  9. 22:13, Vicky Droze (F, 46)
  10. 22:22, Amelia Bryant (F, 33)

Palace Saloon 5K Champions, 1975 - 2022
DateMenWomenFinishers
23 April 202214:49, Stan Linton17:39, Katie Sherron468
9 October 202114:45, Stan Linton17:40, Katie Sherron284
13 April 201914:39, David Barney17:38, Ann Centner864
21 April 201815:15, Justin Garrard18:05, Ani Veltcheva815
15 April 201715:16, Stanley Linton17:58, Ani Veltcheva1043
16 April 201615:53, Nick Merrett18:13, Ani Veltcheva1048
11 April 201515:29, Tyler Udland17:54, Lauren Poulos1314
12 April 201415:52, Chris Lake17:45, Amy Hines1303
20 April 201315:46, Stanley Linton17:49, Sheryl Rosen1389
14 April 201216:07, Josh Myers17:20, Lindsay Zeiler1190
16 April 201115:48, Chris Lake 18:24, Lindsay Zeiler 1064
10 April 201015:45, Chris Lake 17:42, Christina Woytalewicz 1214
11 April 200916:21, John Robida 18:11, Lisa Johnson 1022
12 April 200815:25, Nick Sunseri 18:46, Lisa Johnson 782
14 April 200716:12, J. P. Cook 17:14, Breeda Willis 537
15 April 200616:04, Justin Cross 18:33, Stephanie Liles 456
16 April 200516:06, Lee Willis 16:31, Breeda Willis 318
10 April 200416:39, Shawn Patterson 18:29, Breeda Willis 299
12 April 200316:26, Martin Littlefield 19:21, Tricia Snyder 257
13 April 200217:22, Chris Stanley 21:03, Allison Eagen 189
14 April 200116:51, Art Remillard 19:05, Kate Wallace 219
15 April 200015:39, Paul Spangler 17:19, Anna Pichrtova 217
17 April 199915:45, Robert Pautienus 17:22, Sarah Docter-Williams 261
18 April 199816:18, Jason Carter 17:29, Sarah Docter-Williams 238
19 April 199715:53, Gary Droze 17:37, Sarah Docter-Williams 169
6 April 199615:55, Gary Droze 17:59, Jane Johnson 134
8 April 199516:01, Tim Simpkins 17:48, Jane Johnson 188
2 April 199414:56, Robin Rogers 17:51, Lisa Herman 252
3 April 199315:30, Andy Palmer 19:37, Carrie Hunnicutt 270
11 April 199215:48, Gary Droze 17:45, Paula Johnson ?
13 April 199115:10, Gary Droze 18:20, Vikki Saga 371
14 April 199014:57, David Keen 18:38, Vikki Saga
15 April 198915:23, Rick Miller 19:05, Yvonne Gsteiger
9 April 198815:30, Rick Miller 17:55, Karen MacHarg
11 April 198715:03, Jacob Hoesly 17:33, Karen MacHarg
12 April 198614:36, Paul Waldron 18:44, Paige Dempsey
9 March 198515:39, Rick Miller 17:52, Margaret Coomber
18 February 198415:32, Greg Doss 16:34, Kristy McDermott
16 April 198314:52, Rick Miller 16:38, Darien Andreu
20 March 1982??????????
21 March 198115:02, Dennis Lunne 18:16, Janice Gage
8 March 198014:59, George West 19:37, Marty Graham
10 March 197914:55, Tom Herron 17:37, Kathy Moore
25 February 197814:30, George West 17:45, Laura Ledbetter
15 January 1977George West?????
14 August 197614:37, George West 18:05, Janice Gage
15 November 197518:17, David Price 19:56, Janice Gage


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