Stan Linton and Katie Sherron grab more GWTC Mile titles at the Breakfast On The Track

Sebastian Coe, head of World Athletics, is a citizen of the United Kingdom, the nation from which hailed Dr. Roger Bannister, the first man under 4:00 for the mile. Lord Coe himself held the world record in the mile from three times from 1979 to 1985, ultimately running 3:47.33. In spite of this, at the World Athletics Championships in July 2022, there was no mile run. Nor was there a mile run in August 2022 at the Commonwealth Games, hosted in Birmingham, England, UK--the homeland of Bannister, Coe, and the mile.

Stan Linton

But you could have seen support for the grand old event if you were north of Tallahassee, Florida at the Maclay School track on Saturday morning, 6 August 2022. There the Gulf Winds Track Club was hosting the 24th annual Breakfast On The Track--a track meet where the only event is the mile. Stan Linton won the Gulf Winds Track Club Mile there that morning, running 4:25.02. Dr. Katie Sherron successfully defended her 2021 women's title at the event, placing eighth overall in 5:06.00


There were seven sections of the mile that morning, with the first and fastest starting at 7:45. Tallahassee master runner Charlie Johnson was one of the athletes competing in the first section; Johnson had won the race in 2017 with a 4:32. Another past champion, Ryan Truchelut, was also on the starting line. Truchelut had won the 2021 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile, running 4:46.27. Linton had taken first in the 2016 race, chasing down Matt Mizereck on the homestretch after trailing most of the way.

The start of the first of seven sections of the GWTC Mile

Linton wasn't going to be coming from behind in 2022, though. The starting gun fired, and he was out front. Continuing to lead, Linton came through three-quarters at about 3:20. Unchallenged, he hastened home in 4:25.03. Charlie Johnson was second in 4:42.77, the fastest mark ever by a master runner at the Breakfast On The Track. Chris O'Kelley took third in 4:53.27 and Brad Busboom fourth in 4:58.93.


Linton's time was more than a five-second improvement on his winning time in 2016, and the third-fastest mark ever recorded in 24 years of the Breakfast On The Track.

Charlie Johnson

"I was happy to do this with marathon legs," said Linton. "I've been training for a marathon in two-and-a-half months."


Linton is aiming for the Columbus (Ohio) Marathon on Sunday, 16 October 2022. And in the more immediate future?


"I'm heading down to Saint George Island to run the Sizzler 5K this evening," said Linton. "Try and get the double."

Elyse Gallegos

Katie Sherron also ran in the first section. The other women in the race ran in later sections, but if they had been in Sherron's section, they would have trailed her by more than 220 yards--her 5:06.00 was that much faster. It was also the fastest time ever run by a female master runner at the Breakfast On The Track."


"It was good!" said Sherron. "That was like a ten-second PR!"


Certainly it was faster than the 5:17.98 Sherron ran to win the women's title in 2015, her winning 5:16 in 2017, and her 5:17.28 win in 2021.

Charlotte Sikes

Racing well out in front of the third section of the mile, Elyse Gallegos went 5:53.17, good for second in the women's standings and 25th overall. It was just a trifle faster than the 5:54.49 that eleven-year-old Charlotte Sikes ran in section two, putting Sikes third in the women's standings and 26th overall. Behind Sikes in the second section, Savannah Stanley went 6:01.24, making her the fourth female and 29th overall. Stanley is an eighth-grader on the Montford Middle School cross-country team.


146 athletes finished the 2022 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2022 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track

1. 4:25.03, Stan Linton (M, 28)
2. 4:42.77, Charlie Johnson (M, 42)
3. 4:53.27, Chris O'Kelley (M, 29)
4. 4:58.93, Brad Busboom (M, 34)
5. 5:02.76, Zach Deveau (M, 34)
6. 5:05.39, Ryan Truchelut (M, 36)
7. 5:08.02, Leonardo Canete (M, 43)
8. 5:10.02, Hong-Guo Yu (M, 53)
9. 5:11.70, Jonathan Kiros (M, 13)
10. 5:12.52, Chuck Lang (M, 57)

Top Ten Women, 2022 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track

1. 5:06.00, Katie Sherron (F, 40)
2. 5:53.17, Elyse Gallegos (F, 34)
3. 5:54.49, Charlotte Sikes (F, 11)
4. 6:01.24, Savannah Stanley (F, 13)
5. 6:08.60, Haley Heitmeyer (F, 13)
6. 6:11.23, Chloe Molen (F, 12)
7. 6:14.06, Lillian Koeppel (F, 14)
8. 6:14.26, Susan Koeppel (F, 16)
9. 6:19.44, Caroline Couch (F, 14)
10. 6:20.17, Emma-Claire Tanenbaum (F, 11)

“Breakfast On The Track” Mile champions, 1998 - 2022
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
8 August 1998	4:36, Robert Pautienus	5:21, Jane Johnson	101
14 August 1999	4:26, Lee Willis	5:27, Jane Johnson	123
26 August 2000	4:42.97, Gary Droze	5:09.08, Sarah Docter-Williams	112
18 August 2001	4:21.47, Ryan Deak	5:08.94, Sarah Docter-Williams	130
17 August 2002	4:35.07, Lee Willis	5:10.33, Sarah Docter-Williams	123
16 August 2003	4:45.20, David Huntzinger	5:02.28, Sarah Docter-Williams	122
14 August 2004	4:32.40, Lee Willis	5:11.79, Sarah Docter-Williams	162
13 August 2005	4:46.26, Art Remillard	5:07.13, Sarah Docter-Williams	157
12 August 2006	4:47.58, Whitney Strickland	5:09.85, Sarah Docter-Williams	202
18 August 2007	4:48.04, Michael Martinez	5:12.91, Sarah Docter-Williams	163
16 August 2008	4:31.39, Whitney Strickland	5:12.79, Jana Stolting	190
15 August 2009	4:43.40, Patrick Swain	5:05.66, Jana Stolting	176
21 August 2010	4:33.30, Trevor Touchton	5:00.97, Stefanie Kurgatt	191
20 August 2011	4:26.90, Kevin Sullivan	5:05.82, Stefanie Kurgatt	231
18 August 2012	4:40.52, Travis Covert	5:01.31, Stefanie Kurgatt	210
17 August 2013	4:34.92, Remy Tamer	5:12.07, Sheryl Rosen	178
16 August 2014	4:22.11, Matt Mizereck	5:26.81, Caroline Willis	213
15 August 2015	4:35.32, Joseph Garcia	5:17.98, Katie Sherron	214
13 August 2016	4:30.10, Stan Linton	5:26.47, Caroline Willis	204
12 August 2017	4:32, Charlie Johnson	5:16, Katie Sherron	185
11 August 2018	4:40.44, Chris O'Kelley	5:15.26, Sheryl Rosen	186
10 August 2019	4:43.92, Adam Wallenfelsz	5:04.25, Ann Centner	187
7 August 2021	4:46.27, Ryan Truchelut	5:17.28, Katie Sherron	91
6 August 2022	4:25.03, Stan Linton	5:06.00, Katie Sherron	146

Top ten men's times, Gulf Winds Track Club Mile Time Athlete Age Year 4:21:47 Ryan Deak 16 2001 4:22.11 Matt Mizereck 22 2014 4:25.03 Stan Linton 28 2022 4:26.90 Kevin Sullivan 37 2011 4:30.11 Stan Linton 22 2016 4:31.39 Whitney Strickland 17 2008 4:31.67 Matt Mizereck 24 2016 4:32     Charlie Johnson 37 2017 4:32.40 Lee Willis 31 2004 4:33.30 Trevor Touchton 15 2010

Top ten women's times, Gulf Winds Track Club Mile Time Athlete Age Year 5:00.97 Stefanie Kurgatt 15 2010 5:01.31 Stefanie Kurgatt 17 2012 5:02.28 Sarah Docter-Williams 39 2003 5:04.25 Ann Centner 27 2019 5:05.66 Jana Stolting 17 2009 5:05.82 Stefanie Kurgatt 16 2011 5:06.00 Katie Sherron 40 2022 5:07.13 Sarah Docter-Williams 41 2005 5:08:94 Sarah Docter-Williams 37 2001 5:09.08 Sarah Docter-Williams 36 2000

Links

• Complete results of the 2022 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQmaNO636FwpuK_ZBxYUvEdXJNO60R52bXz5pHdsiLUvDBWE0DiV19bb_-qt6nPl5bk5ETcqeVFp4_7/pubhtml
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! photos of the 2022 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10119436595244173
  
  
• 2021 story, “For Ryan Truchelut and Katie Sherron, the best part of waking up was the Mile”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2021/08/breakfast-2021.html
  
  
• 2019 story, “Adam Wallenfelsz and Ann Centner start the day with Breakfast on the Track wins”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/08/breakfast-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “O'Kelley and Rosen were light on the syrup, heavy on the speed at the Breakfast on the Track”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/08/breakfast-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “A quick bite and a quicker run for Johnson and Sherron at the Breakfast on the Track Mile”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/08/breakfast-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Stan Linton runs 4:30.10 before breakfast”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/08/breakfast-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Garcia and Sherron headline a field of 214 milers at Breakfast on the Track”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/08/breakfast-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Morning mile honors for Mizereck and Willis”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/breakfast-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Tamer and Rosen eat up the field at Breakfast on the Track”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/breakfast-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Covert and Kurgatt master the mile and a morning meal”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/08/breakfast-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Making a meal of the mile”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/08/breakfast-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “A mile for breakfast”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/08/breakfast-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Patrick Swain wins 2009 'Breakfast on the Track' Mile”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/08/patrick-swain-wins-2009-breakfast-on.html
  
  
• Upcoming races on road, track, and trail in the Tallahassee region
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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