Saturday, June 3, 2023

Leonardo Canete and Virginia Marlow take the prize at the Bowlegs 5K

Billy Bowlegs 5KI've met many historians over the years. They were good people, and I would like to deserve their respect. So I feel obligated to point out that there never was a pirate called ""Billy Bowlegs." There was a Florida pirate (polite people say "adventurer") named William Bowles, and a Florida Seminole chief called Billy Bowlegs. Neither were good people by 21st century standards. Somehow the two got confused, and Fort Walton Beach, Florida celebrates an annual Billy Bowlegs Pirate Invasion. We don't really need to discuss whether or not a pirate invasion is something to celebrate, do we? Anyway, since 1975 the Billy Bowlegs Road Race has been part of that festival.


Tallahassee master runner Leonardo Canete won the 49th annual Billy Bowlegs 5K on Saturday morning, 3 June 2023, running 17:32 and finishing nearly a minute and a half ahead of the next runner. On the women's side, top finisher Virginia Marlow finished exactly a minute and a half ahead of the next woman in the race, placing ninth overall in 20:28.


Eli Scharf, an eighth-grader on the cross-country team at Destin Middle School, took second in the race at 18:58. Master runner Bobby Flynn ran 19:11 for third--one place better than his finish in the 2022 Billy Bowlegs.


Floorje Rawa took the runner-up spot in the women's standings, coming in twentieth overall in 21:58. A few steps behind Rawee, April Classick finished 22nd overall in 22:02, making her the third woman and first woman master in the race.


198 athletes finished the Northwest Florida Track Club's 2023 Billy Bowlegs 5K. Mike O'Brien directed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2023 Billy Bowlegs 5K
  1. 17:32, Leonardo Canete (M, 44)
  2. 18:58, Eli Scharf (M, 13)
  3. 19:11, Bobby Flynn (M, 43)
  4. 19:37, Yancey Ream (M, 52)
  5. 19:45, Ramsey Reaves (M, 16)
  6. 19:52, Greg Dawson (M, 44)
  7. 19:55, Scott Pena (M, 29)
  8. 19:59, David Walters (M, 60)
  9. 20:30, Tim Sullivan (M, 64)
  10. 20:57, Zach Smith (M, 16)

Top Ten Women, 2023 Billy Bowlegs 5K
  1. 20:28, Virginia Marlow (F, 36)
  2. 21:58, Floorje Rawee (F, 31)
  3. 22:02, April Classick (F, 42)
  4. 22:14, Liz Mosler (F, 26)
  5. 22:23, Addie Brooks (F, 17)
  6. 22:36, Beverly Fair (F, 52)
  7. 23:50, Susan Frazer (F, 28)
  8. 24:10, Catherine Barnett (F, 39)
  9. 24:43, Lauren Desjardin (F, 30)
  10. 24:54, Alex Furtado (F, 27)

Billy Bowlegs Road Race winners, 1975 - 2023
DateMenWomenFinishers
31 May 1975Mike ClayCathy Sigler82
5 June 197614:30*, Tim Simpkins17:11*, Esther Stovall132
4 June 197714:33*, Ken Misner17:37*, Nancy McCormac202
3 June 197814:48*, Jeff Galloway17:43*, Nancy McCormac~450
2 June 197914:58.5*, Mike Conley17:52*, Dolly Harrison
31 May 198014:43*, Fred Carley Jr.17:28*, Dolly Harrison~1200
30 May 198114:43*, Jere Boutz17:30*, Judy Stokley~1200
5 June 198214:33*, Mike Zerressen17:04*, Judy Stokely
4 June 198314:34*, Mike Zerressen17:04*, Barbara Balzer1086
2 June 198414:28*, J.D. Evilsizer17:41*, Barbara Balzer1039
1 June 198514:17*, Mark Patterson16:39*, Helen Rogers1475
7 June 198614:45*, Mike PlumbMichele Linihan
6 June 198714:26*, James Frazier18:03*, Jodie Steigerwald1100+
5 June 199315:01, Matt Dobson
7 June 199715:14, Everett Whiteside17:14, Sarah Kramer
6 June 199815:10, Everett Whiteside18:18, Kelly Wild
5 June 199914:56, Rudolf Jun17:59, Kelly Wild
3 June 200015:51, Rudolph Jun17:29, Anna Pichrtova524
2 June 200115:44, Steve Garst18:06, Kelly Wild530
1 June 200215:34, Everett Whiteside20:08, Sarah Nandes557
7 June 200316:07, James Frazier18:27, Sarah Kramer472
5 June 200416:22, Travis Deutman18:23, Kelly Wild382
5 June 200516:11, Brennan Galloway18:34, Kelly Wild450
4 June 200616:38, James Uthmeier18:29, Kelly Wild516
3 June 200715:41, Everett Whiteside19:02, Kelly Wild667
8 June 200816:06, Kyle Vanzile19:07, Anna Hallex685
6 June 200916:27, Adam Saloom19:52, Kate Accardo778
5 June 201015:55, Adam Saloom18:57, Megan Jenkins600
4 June 201115:57, Adam Saloom19:46, Lisa Lewis658
2 June 201215:21, Adam Saloom19:20, Debby Vannoy711
1 June 201315:45, Adam Saloom18:50, Cynthia Blendermann621
7 June 201416:29, Frito Bandito18:52, Cheryl Held530
6 June 201516:37, Dewayne Riley19:05, Logan Bishop495
4 June 201616:46, Dewayne Riley19:47, Lillian Holtery402
3 June 201716:47, Dewayne Riley21:07, Brigid Gutierrez290
2 June 201816:38, Dewayne Riley19:02, Presley Miles334
1 June 201916:00, Matt Blunden19:37, Sophie Kellogg333
1 June 2020Tim SullivanAndrea Kay
5 June 202115:37, Matt Bevil17:19, Margaret Conelly159
4 June 202217:22, Philip Bauer18:24, Val Curtis242
3 June 202317:32, Leonardo Canete20:28, Virginia Marlow198
* Early races in the series were three miles rather than five kilometers.


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