Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Leonardo Canete and Sharon Sason depart Ozark with Alabama State Games titles

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Ozark, Alabama hosted the Alabama State Games 5K in 2021. The race made an encore appearance in Ozark on Saturday morning, 11 June 2022. Tallahassee, Florida master runner Leonardo Canete won that 2022 event, running 17:56 near the shores of Ed Lisenby Lake. Sharon Sason of Enterprise, Alabama was the first woman in the race, placing fourth overall in 23:55.


For Canete, it was his sixth win during seven straight Saturdays of racing in three different states--Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. That string had included a win at the Nesmith 5K in Tallahassee on April 30, a win at the Tails and Trails Half Marathon in Tallahassee on May 7, a win at the Soul Of The Southside 5k In Tallahassee on May 14, a win at the Backwoods 5K in Fort Braden on May 21, a runner-up finish at the Swamp Forest Trail Race in Tallahassee on May 28, a win at the Home Run 5K in Americus on June 4, and now another win at the Alabama State Games 5K.


Paul Gonzalez of Fort Rucker, Alabama finished runner-up to Canete in the State Games 5K with a 21:19. Chancellor, Alabama master runner Jimmy Russell was third in 22:56.


Sharon Sason's women's title in the State Games 5K came after a second-place showing in the 2021 race, also in Ozark. Ginny Gunn of Troy, Alabama was second in the women's standings, taking eighth overall with a 28:56. Sendy Alamonte of Fort Rucker was the third woman and eleventh overall in 35:54.


The Alabama State Games are a qualifier for the 2022 State Games Of America, slated for 27-31 July 2022 in Ames and Des Moines, Iowa. Although there is no road race at the State Games of America, there are track and field events as well as a 4K and an 8K cross-country race.


Fourteen athletes finished the 2022 Alabama State Games 5K. River Region Timing timed the race.


Results, 2022 Alabama State Games 5K Road Race
  1. 17:56, Leonardo Canete (M, 43) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 21:19, Paul Gonzales (M, 26) Fort Rucker, AL
  3. 22:56, Jimmy Russell (M, 58) Chancellor, AL
  4. 23:55, Sharon Sason (F, 34) Enterprise, AL
  5. 24:54, Dale Landefeld (M, 66) McCalla, AL
  6. 28:10, Mark Sheehan (M, 64) Spanish Fort, AL
  7. 28:23, Duane Gunn (M, 56) Troy, AL
  8. 28:56, Ginny Gunn (F, 20) Troy, AL
  9. 30:14, Jessie Parker (M, 36) Dothan, AL
  10. 33:51, Joey Dotson (M, 41) Fort Rucker, AL
  11. 35:54, Sendy Almonte (F, 25) Fort Rucker, AL
  12. 36:43, Thomas Haygood (M, 45) Enterprise, AL
  13. 38:40, Jody Creamer (M, 49) Gainesville, FL
  14. 43:21, Dianne Henderson (F, 38) Troy, AL

Alabama State Games 5K Road Race Champions, 2019 - 2022
DateCityMenWomenFinishers
9 June 2019Huntsville, AL21:42, Matthew Tucker22:57, Eugenie Candon21
12 June 2021Ozark, AL17:24, Ken Martin22:11, Karrie Hart43
11 June 2022Ozark, AL17:56, Leonardo Canete23:55, Sharon Sason14


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