Saturday, April 15, 2023

Seminole alums Stan Linton and Jennifer Lima reign at the Palace Saloon 5K

During the 48 runnings of the Palace Saloon Road Race since 1975, many athletes and alums of the Florida State University track teams have won that Tallahassee, Florida 5000-meter event. On the men's side these include George West, Paul Waldron, Tom Herron, Tim Simpkins, and Greg Doss. Among the women's winners were Seminoles Laura Ledbetter, Kathy Moore, Darien Andreu, Margaret Coomber, and Lindsay Zeiler. After the 48th Palace, you'll want to make sure that Stan Linton and Jennifer Lima are on those lists. Linton, who ran for the Florida State from 2014 to 2018, was first in the Palace on Saturday morning 15 April 2023, running 14:54. In that same race, Lima, a Lady Seminole distance runner from 2017 to 2022, took the women's title with a 17:08, placing tenth overall.

Overall Winners
Stan Linton and Jennifer Lima

The 2023 Palace started at 8:00 AM with 600 meters of running straight west on Jackson Bluff Road towards the first turn onto Appleyard Drive. Linton was already in the lead.


"During the first 400 meters I might have had a few guys with me," he recalled. "But after the first turn I was running alone."

Stan Linton
Stan Linton

Linton was still running alone on the second kilometer.


"I hit the first mile in 4:46," said Linton. "It should have been in the 4:30s. But I hit the next mile in 4:46, too. I ran even today which I usually don't do in this race."

Alberto Mena
Alberto Mena

Even pacing got Linton to the finish line first in 14:54, 140 meters ahead of the next runner. Alberto Mena, the Springtime 10K champ two weeks earlier, took second in 15:20. The same day, Ryan Ziskinder had won the Springtime 5K; at the Palace he was third in 15:32. The next two athletes also broke 16:00--Adam Wallenfelsz was fourth in 15:49 and William Whelan fifth in 15:57. Brian Erb was the first master runner in the race,


Just as Linton led the men to the first turn, Jennifer Lima was the first woman to that corner. Lima turned onto Appleyard just a few steps ahead of Katie Sherron, the winning woman at the Palace in 2021 and 2022. Back in 2021, Sherron had won the master women's title at the USATF National Club Cross-Country Championships, running 22:08.7 for 6K at Apalachee Regional Park. But a month earlier on that same Apalachee Regional Park course, Lima had run 21:14.5 in the women's 6K at the NCAA D1 Cross-Country Championships, her last meet as a Seminole. So it wasn't entirely a surprise when Lima ran away from Sherron and the rest of the women's field, crossing the finish line at the Palace Saloon in 17:08. It was the fastest time by a woman in the Palace 5K since the 2005 race, when Irish Olympian Breeda Willis ran 16:31, the Palace record for women.

Jennifer Lima
Jennifer Lima

Sherron was the first woman master, taking second in the women's standings and fourteenth overall in 17:34. It was Sherron's best mark yet at the Palace. Renee Lynch, an alumna of the University of West Florida cross-country team, was the third female finisher and 26th overall in 18:54.


Lima's departure from Florida State marked the end for her of eight years of running on teams--both high school and college. Since then?

Katie Sherron
Katie Sherron

"I've been making up my own workouts," said Lima. "I'm trying to run every day. It's hard to do it alone. I'm still in Tallahassee, which is good, because there are so many great places to train."


Although Lima continued to train following the end of her career as a Seminole, she didn't race until two weeks before the 2023 Palace, re-entering competition by winning the women's division in the 45th annual Springtime 10K. The Palace was her second race after leaving FSU and her second win. It was probably also her most rewarding--in addition to the usual awards, Lima earned 8-3/4 pounds of Register's Sausage. Linton also won a huge package of links.

Renee Lynch
Renee Lynch

"Don't forget your box of Register's Sausage!" called Race Director Dr. Jeanne O'Kon, as Linton left the awards presentations.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2023 Palace Saloon 5K
  1. 14:54, Stan Linton (M, 29)
  2. 15:20, Alberto Mena (M, 24)
  3. 15:32, Ryan Ziskinder (M, 20)
  4. 15:49, Adam Wallenfelsz (M, 25)
  5. 15:57, William Whelan (M, 24)
  6. 16:36, Hawthorne Hay (M, 21)
  7. 16:39, Canaan St Lewis (M, 21)
  8. 16:53, Vincent Fetchero (M, 22)
  9. 17:03, Ryan Bausback (M, 24)
  10. 17:21, Brian Erb (M, 52)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2023 Palace Saloon 5K
  1. 17:08, Jennifer Lima (F, 24)
  2. 17:34, Katie Sherron (F, 41)
  3. 18:54, Renee Lynch (F, 35)
  4. 19:30, Brittney Barnes (F, 35)
  5. 20:17, Savannah Stanley (F, 14)
  6. 20:24, Melanie Castro (F, 21)
  7. 20:53, Amelia Bryant (F, 34)
  8. 20:54, Charlotte Sikes (F, 12)
  9. 21:12, Haley Heitmeyer (F, 13)
  10. 21:24, Madeleine Keenan (F, 26)

Palace Saloon 5K Champions, 1975 - 2023
DateMenWomenFinishers
15 April 202314:54, Stanley Linton17:08, Jennifer Lima878
23 April 202214:49, Stanley Linton17:39, Katie Sherron468
9 October 202114:45, Stanley Linton17:40, Katie Sherron284
13 April 201914:39, David Barney17:38, Ann Centner864
21 April 201815:15, Justin Garrard18:05, Ani Veltcheva815
15 April 201715:16, Stanley Linton17:58, Ani Veltcheva1043
16 April 201615:53, Nick Merrett18:13, Ani Veltcheva1048
11 April 201515:29, Tyler Udland17:54, Lauren Poulos1314
12 April 201415:52, Chris Lake17:45, Amy Hines1303
20 April 201315:46, Stanley Linton17:49, Sheryl Rosen1389
14 April 201216:07, Josh Myers17:20, Lindsay Zeiler1190
16 April 201115:48, Chris Lake 18:24, Lindsay Zeiler 1064
10 April 201015:45, Chris Lake 17:42, Christina Woytalewicz 1214
11 April 200916:21, John Robida 18:11, Lisa Johnson 1022
12 April 200815:25, Nick Sunseri 18:46, Lisa Johnson 782
14 April 200716:12, J. P. Cook 17:14, Breeda Willis 537
15 April 200616:04, Justin Cross 18:33, Stephanie Liles 456
16 April 200516:06, Lee Willis 16:31, Breeda Willis 318
10 April 200416:39, Shawn Patterson 18:29, Breeda Willis 299
12 April 200316:26, Martin Littlefield 19:21, Tricia Snyder 257
13 April 200217:22, Chris Stanley 21:03, Allison Eagen 189
14 April 200116:51, Art Remillard 19:05, Kate Wallace 219
15 April 200015:39, Paul Spangler 17:19, Anna Pichrtova 217
17 April 199915:45, Robert Pautienus 17:22, Sarah Docter-Williams 261
18 April 199816:18, Jason Carter 17:29, Sarah Docter-Williams 238
19 April 199715:53, Gary Droze 17:37, Sarah Docter-Williams 169
6 April 199615:55, Gary Droze 17:59, Jane Johnson 134
8 April 199516:01, Tim Simpkins 17:48, Jane Johnson 188
2 April 199414:56, Robin Rogers 17:51, Lisa Herman 252
3 April 199315:30, Andy Palmer 19:37, Carrie Hunnicutt 270
11 April 199215:48, Gary Droze 17:45, Paula Johnson ?
13 April 199115:10, Gary Droze 18:20, Vikki Saga 371
14 April 199014:57, David Keen 18:38, Vikki Saga
15 April 198915:23, Rick Miller 19:05, Yvonne Gsteiger
9 April 198815:30, Rick Miller 17:55, Karen MacHarg
11 April 198715:03, Jacob Hoesly 17:33, Karen MacHarg
12 April 198614:36, Paul Waldron 18:44, Paige Dempsey
9 March 198515:39, Rick Miller 17:52, Margaret Coomber
18 February 198415:32, Greg Doss 16:34, Kristy McDermott
16 April 198314:52, Rick Miller 16:38, Darien Andreu
20 March 198214:48, Rick Miller?????
21 March 198115:02, Dennis Lunne 18:16, Janice Gage
8 March 198014:59, George West 19:37, Marty Graham
10 March 197914:55, Tom Herron 17:37, Kathy Moore
25 February 197814:30, George West 17:45, Laura Ledbetter
15 January 1977George West?????
14 August 197614:37, George West 18:05, Janice Gage
15 November 197518:17, David Price 19:56, Janice Gage


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