Sunday, July 10, 2022

A cross-country preview? Menendez' Ryan Jones grabs a Bridge of Lions 5K win

Summer athletics in Florida isn't for the weak. In Saint Augustine on Saturday morning, 9 July 2022, temperatures had already reached 80 °F with high humidity when the 37th annual Bridge of Lions 5K got underway. Depsite the conditions, Ryan Jones tore through a 17:29 to win the 3.1-mile race by just over a hundred meters. Shannon Hickey Jones was the first woman in the field, going 18:46 and placing eighth overall.


A distance runner at Saint Augustine's Pedro Menendez High School, when Ryan Jones raced the Bridge of Lions 5K he was coming off a junior year track season where he lowered his 3200 PR to 10:14.58 and his 1600 time to 4:29.53. In the fall he will be competing in his senior year cross-country season with the Falcons.


Behind Jones, two master runners battled for the runner-up spot, Leonardo Canete and Jeremy Caudill. Caudill had the home course advantage, being from Saint Augustine. He had also won the race outright in 2018. Nevertheless, it was Canete, the visitor from Tallahassee, Florida, who prevailed, 17:51 to 17:53. Spencer Lawrence, a rising junior at Pedro Menendez high, took fourth in 18:07.

Shannon Hickey Jones had raced the 2021 Bridge Of Lions, finishing second in the women's standings with a 19:23. Runner-up wasn't good enough in 2022; Jones improved her time by over half a minute to 18:46, taking the women's title.


At 20:11, Julia Zalenski of Mars, Pennsylvania was the second woman and twentieth overall. Zalenski is headed into her senior year cross-country season at North Catholic High back in Pennsylvania. Another prep runner, Maddie Strong, was the third woman and 24th overall in 20:26. Strong is a rising junior at Scott High in Kentucky. Saint Augustine's Kristine Williams was the first woman master and eighth female finisher, 32nd overall in 21:32.


1035 athletes finished the 2022 Bridge of Lions 5K. RaceSmith chip-timed the event.


Top Ten Men, 2022 Bridge of Lions 5K, St. Augustine, Florida
  1. 17:29, Ryan Jones (M, 17) Saint Augustine, FL
  2. 17:51, Leonardo Canete (M, 43) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 17:53, Jeremy Caudill (M, 43) Saint Augustine, FL
  4. 18:07, Spencer Lawrence (M, 16) Saint Augustine, FL
  5. 18:13, Reiley English (M, 17) Saint Marys, GA
  6. 18:20, Julian Bautista (M, 18) Gainesville, FL
  7. 18:41, Peter Buffington (M, 45) Winter Springs, FL
  8. 19:11, Erik Hansen (M, 35) Ormond Beach, FL
  9. 19:17, Reed Popp (M, 22) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
  10. 19:30, Brian Rensing (M, 54) Saint Augustine, FL

Top Ten Women, 2022 Bridge of Lions 5K, St. Augustine, Florida
  1. 18:46, Shannon Hickey Jones (F, 36) Ormond Beach, FL
  2. 20:11, Julia Zalenski (F, 17) Mars, PA
  3. 20:26, Maddie Strong (F, 16) Independence, KY
  4. 20:37, Olivia Kemp (F, 18) Saint Augustine, FL
  5. 21:05, Harleigh Crist (F, 26) Umatilla, FL
  6. 21:28, Harper Brighty (F, 15) Sylvania, OH
  7. 21:34, Morgan Sharp (F, 22) Saint Augustine, FL
  8. 21:32, Kristine Williams (F, 50) Saint Augustine, FL
  9. 21:51, Monica Hickey (F, 41) Ormond Beach, FL
  10. 22:27, Kitty Musante (F, 65) New Smyrna Beach, FL

Bridge of Lions 5K winners, 1985 - 2022
DateMenWomenFinishers
12 July 198614:53, John Rogerson18:11, Jeannie Messinese
18 July 198714:55, Ron Borsheim18:03, Tawny Kern
22 July 1989
20 July 199615:34, Mark Donahue17:16, Kim Pawelek995
19 July 199715:18, Gary Droze16:56, Kim Pawelek958
18 July 199815:41, Reo Rorem19:04, Kelly Wild1113
17 July 199915:52, Ted Devos16:28, Kim Pawelek1151
15 July 200016:12, Randy Hollinger20:27, Erin Neville958
21 July 200116:15, Lee Yaracas19:00, Karin Glenn
20 July 200216:20, Joseph Zepherinus18:32, Karin Glenn490
19 July 200317:24, Keith Brantly19:22, Karin Glenn503
17 July 200415:51, Justin Taylor17:46, Luanne Coulter439
16 July 200516:15, Justin Taylor20:01, Amanda Hahn228
15 July 200616:19, Justin Taylor19:29, Michelle Krueger216
21 July 200715:45, Justin Taylor20:48, Christine Marcano387
19 July 200816:27, Mike Hensley20:04, Sue O'Malley433
18 July 200916:22, Todd Neville19:44, Julie Mayfield431
17 July 201016:07, Ryan Albertson20:33, Sue O'Malley506
16 July 201117:22, Joe Matuszczak18:29, Courtney Cooper731
21 July 201216:24, Marc Akbar18:23, Michelle Krueger713
27 July 201316:11, Marc Akbar18:26, Kim Pawelek Brantly820
26 July 201417:27, Gavin Gresham18:12, Kim Pawelek Brantly749
18 July 201516:10, Jeremy Bryan18:06, Kim Pawelek Brantly1104
16 July 201617:38, Ian Yates18:36, Mallory Kennedy1159
15 July 201717:15, Sean Snyder19:34, Michelle Krueger1171
14 July 201816:42, Jeremy Caudill19:52, Stefanie Braun1090
13 July 201916:36, Alejandro Hernandez20:21, Morgan Sharp1202
10 July 202116:25, Erick Acabai17:42, Alice Henley1074
9 July 202217:29, Ryan Jones18:46, Shannon Hickey Jones1035
Due to COVID-19, there was no race in 2020.

Please contact me if you have results of the Bridge of Lions 5K for 1985 or 1988-1995!


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