Leonardo Canete and Katie Sherron take tough half-marathons at "Tails and Trails"

Running a half-marathon is tough. Running those 13.1 miles on trails is tougher. When those trails are in Tallahassee, Florida going up and down the bluffs surrounding Lake Lafayette, the run is tougher still. Nevertheless, that describes the task that nearly a hundred athletes faced on Saturday morning, 7 May 2022, when they set out to run the half-marathon at the twentieth annual "Tails and Trails." Master runner Leonardo Canete was the fastest of the group, winning the race in 1:25:32. Dr. Katie Sherron, another master runner, was the first woman, placing sixth overall in 1:33:36.

Leonardo Canete

The race started just after 7:30 AM on Easterwood Drive, in front of the Animal Services Center. The first kilometer was mostly downhill and on pavement. After that, the course turned onto the trails. Leonardo Canete already leading at that turn, 150 meters ahead of the next runner, August Roberts.


Twenty kilometers later, that lead had doubled to 300 meters when Canete crossed the finish line in a winning 1:25:32. Roberts took second in 1:26:51. During the final four kilometers, Chris O'Kelley overtook Tom Parker and Tallahassee master runner Mickey Moore to take third in 1:31:06. Moore was fourth in 1:32:51 and Parker fifth in 1:32:58.

Dr. Katie Sherron

Less than 200 meters behind Parker, Katie Sherron took sixth, the first woman in the half-marathon. Sherron not only finished more than two-and-a-half kilometers ahead of the next woman in the race; she also set a new women's course record for the "Tails and Trails" half-marathon, running 1:33:36. The old record? A 1:36:48 posted by Sherron in the 2017 race. The 2022 win was Sherron's third in the "Tails and Trails" half-marathon; she was also first woman in the 2016 race.


Jenna Thompson took second in the women's standings, finishing just six seconds ahead of the third woman, Melanie Leitman. Thompson was thirteenth overall in 1:46:57 and Leitman fourteenth in 1:47:03.


92 athletes finished the 2022 "Tails and Trails" half-marathon.


Top Ten Men, 2022 “Tails and Trails” Half Marathon

1. 1:25:32, Leonardo Canete (M, 43)
2. 1:26:51, August Roberts (M, 24)
3. 1:31:06, Chris O'Kelley (M, 29)
4. 1:32:51, Mickey Moore (M, 52)
5. 1:32:58, Tom Parker (M, 39)
6. 1:35:40, Kyle Kraft (M, 33)
7. 1:40:17, Jack McDermott (M, 53)
8. 1:41:20, Michael Weyant (M, 56)
9. 1:41:23, Trevor Marshall (M, 40)
10. 1:42:01, Paul Guyas (M, 44)

Top Ten Women, 2022 “Tails and Trails” Half Marathon

1. 1:33:36, Katie Sherron (F, 40)
2. 1:46:57, Jenna Thompson (F, 25)
3. 1:47:03, Melanie Leitman (F, 38)
4. 1:49:16, Jennifer Bayliss (F, 51)
5. 1:55:57, Laura Reina (F, 57)
6. 2:10:25, Katie Yeutter (F, 38)
7. 2:10:37, Nancy Proctor (F, 61)
8. 2:11:00, Signe Ulsamer (F, 44)
9. 2:11:13, Amanda Haskin (F, 32)
10. 2:11:45, Birgit Maier-Katkin (F, 59)

Due to COVID-19, the 2021 "Tails and Trails" had an abbreviated program, and the only race was the 10K. When all the races returned in 2022, the 10K was among them.

Duane Griffiths and Trent Parsons

Duane Griffiths took an early lead in the 6.2-mile race. A few miles in, Montford Middle School cross-country runner Trent Parsons caught up with Griffiths, giving him some mid-race company. By the second half of the race, Griffiths had shaken off Parsons, who in turn was overtaken by Mike Horton. Griffiths held off Horton to win the 10K, 46:24 to 46:32. Parsons was third in 47:56. Joel Piotrowski was the first master runner in the race and the sixth male finisher, seventh overall in 50:31.


Duane Griffiths won the men's division of 10K by just eight seconds, but in the women's standings Anna Gann prevailed by nearly six minutes. Gann ran 48:56, placing fifth overall and finishing the full ten kilometers before any other woman in the race had finished nine.

Anna Gann

Nancy Stedman was the first woman master in the 10K and the second female finisher, placing tenth overall in 54:43. Master runner Meredith Strange placed third on the women's side and twentieth overall in 1:01:24.


64 athletes finished the 2022 "Tails and Trails" 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2022 “Tails and Trails” 10K

1. 46:24, Duane Griffiths (M, 38)
2. 46:32, Mike Horton (M, 39)
3. 47:56, Trent Parsons (M, 13)
4. 48:05, Joseph Barshay (M, 21)
5. 50:21, Graham O'Donnell (M, 21)
6. 50:31, Joel Piotrowski (M, 52)
7. 50:56, Eric Brown (M, 50)
8. 53:38, Jason Ottinger (M, 46)
9. 57:12, Matt Hohmeister (M, 41)
10. 57:35, Kyle Magee (M, 33)

Top Ten Women, 2022 “Tails and Trails” 10K

1. 48:56, Anna Gann (F, 30)
2. 54:43, Nancy Stedman (F, 60)
3. 61:24, Meredith Strange (F, 42)
4. 61:56, Berenice Pignano (F, 44)
5. 62:10, Hillary Powell (F, 37)
6. 62:27, Cathy Bond (F, 42)
7. 62:54, Sarah Peebles (F, 36)
8. 63:07, Hannah Briner (F, 27)
9. 63:32, Amy Starkey (F, 46)
10. 64:20, Emily Serpico (F, 36)

The first turn on the "Tails and Trails" 5K course comes about 400 meters into the race. If Brent Moody had looked back at that corner, he would have seen that he was leading by about twenty meters. Moody didn't look back, though, and he didn't have to look back for the rest of the race. He won the 5K by well over 200 meters, running 20:04. Behind him, Ethan Liu, an eighth-grader on the Fairview Middle School track team, moved up through the field during the race to take second in 21:09. Duane Evans was the first master runner in the race, placing third overall in 21:21.

Brent Moody

A seventh-grader at Montford, Annabelle Wiktorski runs both cross-country and track on her school's teams. During the 2021 cross-country, she won the county championship in the middle school girls' 3K. Three days before "Tails and Trails," she won her second 1600 race of the 2022 track season while wearing Montford colors, running 5:58.01. The "Tails and Trails" 5K was longer than the 3K races Wiktorski had run during cross-country or the 1600-meter races she had run during track, but she handled the extra distance. She handled it well. Wiktorski ran 21:23, taking first in the women's standings and placing fourth overall.

Annabelle Wiktorski

Amelia Bryant was the second woman in the race, placing tenth overall in 23:09. Eleven-year-old Charlotte Sikes was third in the women's division, placing twentieth overall in 25:15. Half an hour before the 5K, Sikes had finished first in the one-mile fun run, throwing down a 6:22. Katie Price was the first woman master in the 5K and the sixth female finisher, placing 46th overall in 27:27.


275 athlete finished the 2022 "Tails and Trails" 5K. Another 37 completed the one-mile fun run. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed the races.


Top Ten Men, 2022 “Tails and Trails” 5K

1. 20:04, Brent Moody (M, 37)
2. 21:09, Ethan Liu (M, 14)
3. 21:21, Duane Evans (M, 54)
4. 21:35, Patrick Cox (M, 27)
5. 22:32, Isaac Avello (M, 15)
6. 22:41, Tyler Bennett (M, 26)
7. 23:02, Dillon Brewer (M, 16)
8. 23:09, Ethan Laroche (M, 25)
9. 23:57, Juan Villalobos (M, 32)
10. 23:58, Joseph Dorn (M, 41)

Top Ten Women, 2022 “Tails and Trails” 5K

1. 21:23, Annabelle Wiktorski (F, 12)
2. 23:09, Amelia Bryant (F, 33)
3. 25:15, Charlotte Sikes (F, 11)
4. 25:59, Amanda Hall (F, 27)
5. 26:55, Jena Hessman (F, 37)
6. 27:27, Katie Price (F, 41)
7. 29:04, Meagan Nixon (F, 32)
8. 29:06, Anna Eppinger (F, 31)
9. 29:11, Stacy Forsthoefel (F, 37)
10. 29:16, Mary Williams (F, 53)

“Tails and Trails” winners, 2002 - 2022
Date	Race	Men	Women	Finishers
30 March 2002	5K	19:49, Tim Bolton	23:06, Carrie Weyant	179
15 March 2003	5K	20:47, Justin Dickieson	24:20, Carrie Weyant	218
20 March 2004	5K	18:56, Gary Droze	23:02, Seeley Lovett	221
19 March 2005	5K	18:51, Mathew Dobson	23:12, Stephanie Liles	186
18 March 2006	10K	37:46, Vince Molosky	46:49, Kim Likens	73
	5K	22:06, Roger Michaud	21:48, Stephanie Liles	178
5 May 2007	10K	36:43, Vince Molosky	43:54, Jana Stolting	80
	5K	17:31, Tripp Southerland	24:22, Claire Fruchtnicht	250
3 May 2008	10K	37:23, Vince Molosky	41:55, Karen Geletko	141
	5K	20:54, Jason Graham	21:57, Katrina Unglaub	272
2 May 2009	10K	35:07, Vince Molosky	41:34, Sheryl Rosen	148
	5K	17:24, John Robida	18:59, Kelsey Scheitlin	464
1 May 2010	10K	35:44, Vince Molosky	42:38, Micah Adriani	315
	5K	16:37, Ken Youngers	22:13, Lisa Finn	355
30 April 2011	10K	36:41, Vince Molosky	41:06, Heather Griffis
	5K	17:04, Kevin Sullivan	19:41, Kelly Stevens
5 May 2012	10K	34:52, Stanley Linton	41:38, Micah Adriani	246
	5K	18:22, Jonathan Grisiaffi	23:00, Stephanie Stout	494
4 May 2013	10K	36:29, Vince Molosky	46:31, Lindsey Pfau	207
	5K	16:26, Stanley Linton	19:40, Micah Adriani	521
3 May 2014	10K	37:04, Matthew Cashin	46:12, Urska Dobersek	211
	5K	16:53, Adam Wallenfelsz	20:55, Sara Lane	359
2 May 2015	Half Marathon	1:25:43, Eric Godin	1:49:34, Mary Jane Hayden	92
	10K	37:22, Matthew Cashin	46:04, Brittney Barnes	278
	5K	17:06, Roger Schmidt	20:25, Alese Autore	552
7 May 2016	Half Marathon	1:19:49, Matt Mizereck	1:45:20, Katie Sherron	178
	10K	37:45, Stanley Linton	45:48, Anna Busby	191
	5K	18:20, Peter Van Brussel	20:50, Brittney Barnes	562
6 May 2017	Half Marathon	1:27:34, Eric Godin	1:36:48, Katie Sherron	148
	10K	38:54, Chris O'Kelley	44:40, Sheryl Rosen	123
	5K	18:47, Kurt Dietrich	23:44, Christina Linton	395
5 May 2018	Half Marathon	1:20:46, Andrew Smith	1:45:35, Amanda Sava	104
	10K	37:16, Charlie Johnson	47:16, Jillian Heddaeus	189
	5K	19:13, Kurt Dietrich	24:27, Madison Sims	447
4 May 2019	Half Marathon	1:25:32, Charlie Johnson	1:38:43, Amanda Sava	125
	10K	46:58, Sean Landeta	46:08, Jennifer McGranahan	148
	5K	19:44, Connor Edwards	21:38, Brittney Barnes	302
1 May 2021	10K	39:01, Leonardo Canete	50:43, Brittney Barnes	124
7 May 2022	Half Marathon	1:25:32, Leonardo Canete	1:33:36, Katie Sherron	92
	10K	46:24, Duane Griffiths	48:56, Anna Gann	64
	5K	20:04, Brent Moody	21:23, Annabelle Wiktorski	275
From 2002 to 2006 the event was called the "Furry Scurry." No 10K was held before 2006. No Half Marathon was held prior to 2015.

Links

• Complete results of the 2022 “Tails and Trails”
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQX8oaIOTm_HH11ge3CZAujfRHeR1xEknpHPPUFCNjEYQFZzzjnnljuYfr7Wmy8ft8-ISclSJcO0ok7/pubhtml
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! photos of the 2022 “Tails and Trails”
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10119121611040043
  
  
• 2019 story, “Charlie Johnson and Amanda Sava each collect a second Tails & Trails title”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/05/tails-trails-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “Andrew Smith and Amanda Sava sail the trails at 'Tails and Trails'”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/05/tails-trails-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Godin and Sherron prevail on the trail at Tails & Trails”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/05/tails-trails-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Mizereck and Sherron tail none on the trails”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/05/tails-trails-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Godin and Hayden prosper on the longer trail at ‘Tails & Trails’”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/05/tails-trails-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Flooding doesn't stop Tails & Trails, Cashin, or Dobersek”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/05/tails-trails-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Molosky back on top in the 'Tails & Trails' 10K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/05/tails-trails-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Linton and Adriani kick tails on the trails”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/05/tails-trails-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Molosky and Griffis tear up the trails at Tom Brown”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/04/tails-trails-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Molosky and Adriani best the field at 'Tails and Trails'”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/05/tails-trails-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “2009 'Tails and Trails' 5K / 10K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/05/2009-tails-and-trails-5k-10k.html
  
  
• Find an upcoming race on the trails of the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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