Hundreds came to Panama City Beach, Florida on Saturday morning, 3 June 2023 for the third annual Jam On The Coast 5K, but in the end the battle for first was a duel between only two athletes in the crowd, Gregory Solarek and Megan Lysek-Hagy. Local master runner Solarek flashed across the finish line in 18:44, winning the race. Just a few steps back, Lysek-Hagy followed in 18:47, taking the women's title. Solarek had placed second in the 2022 Jam On The Coast, while 2023 was Lysek Hagy's first appearance in the race.Their competition was close on their heels. Remi Kepran, a rising sophmore on the Arnold High cross-country team, was third overall and second in the men's division at 18:53. Birmingham, Alabama's Michael Poe III. an alum of the Hoover High cross-country squad, was the third man and fourth overall in 19:04.
Megan Lysek-Hagy's victory over all the women and all but one of the men in the race should have come as no surprise to anyone who has examined her resume. Lysek-Hagy has run varsity cross-country for the Elizabethtown College Bluejays during 2021 and 2022, and that's after running for Pennridge High in her hometown of Perkasie, Pennsylvania.
Macey Hurley, a rising senior and distance runner at Bentonvllle High, was second to Lysek-Hagy in the women's standings, placing ninth overall in 20;12. Tiffany Gerard of Castle Rock, Colorado was the first woman master in the race and the third female finisher, seventeenth overall in 21:45.
346 athletes finished the 2023 Jam On The Coast 5K. Runner's Edge Race Timing chip-timed and scored the race.
Top Ten Men, 2023 Jam On The Coast 5K
- 18:43.8, Gregory Solarek (M, 46) Panama City Beach, FL
- 18:52.4, Remi Kepran (M, 15) Panama City, FL
- 19:03.9, Michael Poe III (M, 20) Birmingham, AL
- 19:23.2, Elliot Butler (M, 32) Cairo, GA
- 19:35.6, Matthew Millard (M, 28) Parker, FL
- 19:37.8, Artem Millier (M, 28) Panama City Beach, FL
- 19:37.8, Aidan Gerard (M, 40) Castle Rock, CO
- 20:08.7, Steven Marcet (M, 15) Tyrone, GA
- 20:37.8, Fred Bible (M, 30) Panama City, FL
- 21:01.0, Jason Solarek (M, 47) New York, NY
Top Ten Women, 2023 Jam On The Coast 5K
- 18:46.9, Megan Lysek-Hagy (F, 19) Perkasie, PA
- 20:08.3, Macey Hurley (F, 17) Freeport, FL
- 21:39.0, Tiffany Gerard (F, 41) Castle Rock, CO
- 21:40.0, Robin Haussmann (F, 37) Panama City, FL
- 21:44.1, Madeylnn Nichols (F, 16) Panama City, FL
- 22:23.4, Chelsea Weber (F, 32) Panama City Beach, FL
- 22:43.2, Brooke Doyle (F, 17) Decatur, IL
- 24:38.2, Madeline Anasiewicz (F, 25) Rosemary Beach, FL
- 25:05.6, Lindsay Adams (F, 41) Canton, GA
- 25:11.2, Madison Richardson (F, 26) Lynn Haven, FL
| Winners of the Jam On The Coast 5K, 2021-2023 Panama City Beach, Florida | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 5 June 2021 | 17:21, Travis Boltjes | 23:06, Jennifer Boun | 193 |
| 4 June 2022 | 18:55, Scott Wilkes | 21:10, Andee Swann | 250 |
| 3 June 2023 | 18:44, Gregory Solarek | 18:47, Megan Lysek-Hagy | 346 |
Links
- Complete results of Panama City Beach, Florida's 2023 Jam On The Coast 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSJQqOobQy9USMG20CXW0Wq8wi2BW6UABIsXdE__lN5uOfs6WzlbmyBT8QVKM2K1QvhzgiUnWSiyaX8/pubhtml
- 2022 story, “Neither Scott Wilkes nor Andee Swann were coasting at the Jam On The Coast 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2022/06/jam-coast-2022.html
- >Runner's Edge finish line video of the 2023 Jam On The Coast 5K
https://youtu.be/mg6zA3AJXDo
- Find another race on a coast, strand, or beach via the Trouble Afoot! calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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