The Hurricane 5K is a breeze for Travis Boltjes and Viviana Schuyler

On Saturday morning, 21 May 2022, hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean was still nearly ten days away. It may not have been time for a storm in Tallahassee, Florida, but it was time for the Capital City Red Cross's annual Robin Lotane Hurricane 5K. Panama City, Florida master runner Travis Boltjes ran away from the field, covering the 3.1 miles through Tom Brown Park in 17:31. Viviana Schuyler of Bainbridge, Georgia took top honors for the women, placing seventh overall in 22:21.

Ryan Truchelut and Travis Boltjes

The race started in front of the American Red Cross building on Easterwood Drive. Travis Boltjes and Ryan Truchelut shared the lead initially. Truchelut, a Tallahassee meteorologist, had won the race in 2017, but during the second kilometer he realized that he wasn't going to be able to keep up with Boltjes. After Truchelut fell back, Boltjes opened a gap of more than 600 meters before crossing the finish line back at the Red Cross, first in 17:31. Truchelut was second in 20:06. In a close race for third, Tallahassee master runner Paul Guyas finished in 20:53, just ahead of Kenneth Gloeckner at 20:56 and Duane Evans at 20:57.


Viviana Schuyler, the women's champ, was a 2021 alum of Bainbridge High, where she was a standout on the school's cross-country team. Her 22:21 at the Red Cross 5K put her almost 200 meters ahead of the next woman in the race. Monica Toth of Tallahassee was the first woman master in the race, placing second in the women's standings and eighth overall in 23:09. Tallahassee's Martha Guyas was the third woman and seventeenth overall in 26:25.

Viviana Schuyler

64 athletes finished the Capital Area Red Cross's 2022 Robin Lotane Hurricane 5K. Southern Timing, LLC, of Orlando, Florida chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2022 Hurricane 5K

1. 17:31, Travis Boltjes (M, 42)
2. 20:06, Ryan Truchelut (M, 36)
3. 20:53, Paul Guyas (M, 44)
4. 20:56, Kenneth Gloeckner (M, 38)
5. 20:57, Duane Evans (M, 54)
6. 21:58, Bryan Gensits (M, 27)
7. 23:21, Shane Roberts (M, 51)
8. 23:43, TJ Morton (M, 42)
9. 24:34, Will Anding (M, 27)
10. 25:22, Shane Moore (M, 8)

Top Ten Women, 2022 Hurricane 5K

1. 22:21, Viviana Schuyler (F, 19)
2. 23:09, Monica Toth (F, 33)
3. 26:25, Martha Guyas (F, 37)
4. 27:25, Stacy Forsthoefel (F, 37)
5. 29:27, Debbie Peters (F, 61)
6. 30:01, Andrea Medley (F, 40)
7. 31:15, Courtney Starling (F, 35)
8. 32:20, Hannah Barraza (F, 22)
9. 32:23, Meagan Nixon (F, 32)
10. 32:24, Tina Coombs (F, 52)

Robin Lotane Memorial Hurricane 5K champions, 2008 - 2022
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
6 September 2008	15:53, Chris Lake	20:02, Kelsey Scheitlin	227
7 September 2009	15:54, Chris Lake	19:02, Sarah Docter-Williams	620
6 September 2010	14:54, Nate Brannen	18:53, Lisa Johnson	524
5 September 2011	17:06, Stanley Linton	19:24, Katie Showman	272
3 September 2012	16:33, Brian Griffith	18:12, Sheryl Rosen	295
5 October 2013	17:30, Bryan Koon	22:50, Paula O'Neill	165
26 October 2014	16:46, Joseph Garcia	19:02, Chantelle Brodie	180
3 October 2015	16:20, Joseph Garcia	17:34, Katie Sherron	196
8 October 2016	19:57, Layne Ayers	23:31, Michelle Hadden	147
7 October 2017	18:27, Ryan Truchelut	18:47, Katie Sherron	121
6 October 2018	17:52, Bryce Parry	20:39, Katie Sherron	127
22 May 2021
21 May 2022	17:31, Travis Boltjes	22:21, Viviana Schuyler	64
From 2008 to 2011, the race was held in Southwood. From 2012 to 2014 the Red Cross moved the Hurricane 5K to the Tom Brown Park area. The race returned to Southwood from 2015 to 2018. After cancelations in 2019 and 2020, since 2021 the race has been back in Tom Brown Park.

Links:

• Complete results of the 2022 Robin Lotane Red Cross Hurricane 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS21kgkiyo04tKIv8eE5-9i5wFNhWQ0dWvBAjEpUF7-Inq7u57TVzZ3BLRYdK5p7CygCFu2YIwAXW0I/pubhtml
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! photos of the 2022 Robin Lotane Red Cross Hurricane 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10119237633909283
  
  
• 2017 story, “Truchelut and Sherron go like a gale at the Hurricane 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/hurricane-2017.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Katie Sherron runs a lightning-fast 17:34 at the Hurricane 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/hurricane-2015.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Bryan Koon and Paula O'Neill run like the wind at the Hurricane 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/10/hurricane-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Griffith and Rosen blow by the competition at the Hurricane 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/hurricane-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Linton and Showman storm to Hurricane 5K wins”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/hurricane-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Brannen and Johnson breeze to wins at Hurricane 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/hurricane-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Another win for Chris Lake at the Red Cross Hurricane 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/09/another-win-for-chris-lake-at-red-cross.html
  
  
• Course map for the 2022 Robin Lotane Red Cross Hurricane 5K
  https://app.box.com/s/cbh1t4pk4hytxgu62qma0gbke7s2qo6i
  
  
• Mo' races
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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