Saturday, July 29, 2023

Leonardo Canete caps a winning July with Albany's Back The Blue 5K

Back The Blue 5KIn 2023, July was a month with five Saturdays. And on each of those Saturdays, Leonardo Canete won a distance race. On 1 July 2023, the Tallahassee master runner was in Columbus, Georgia, taking first in the Big Dog Heatwave Five Mile. On 8 July 2023 he was victorious in Tallahassee, Florida at the Swamp Forest Trail 7K. On 15 July 2023 he was a winner in Valdosta, Georgia at the Barnes 5K. 22 July 2023 found Canete on Saint George Island, Florida winning the Summer Sizzler 5K. And on 29 July 2023, Leonardo Canete completed a month of wins by taking first in Alabany, Georgia's sixth annual Back The Blue 5K, running 16:14. Alexia Sokolowski, a senior on the Worth County High cross-country team, was the first woman in the race, coming in eleventh overall in 21:21.


Just over a hundred meters behind Canete, a duel for second had developed. Anthony Bordanaro ended up taking the runner-up spot over Andrew Bradford, 16:39 to 16:40. Graham Harrod, a senior year cross-country runner at Crisp High, was fourth in 16:50.


Kali Nicholson, a Lee County High junior on her school's cross-country team, placed third on the women's side and fourteenth overall in 21:58. Another high school cross-country runner, Mount Zion High senior Valeria Aguirre, was the third woman and 24th overall in 28:13. Laurel Jacobs was the first woman master and sixth female finisher, 28th overall in 29:34.


52 athletes finished Albany's 2023 Back The Blue 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2023 Back The Blue 5K
  1. 16:13.6, Leonardo Canete (M, 40-49)
  2. 16:38.3, Anthony Bordanaro (M, 20-29)
  3. 16:39.6, Andrew Bradford (M, 30-39)
  4. 16:49.2, Graham Harrod (M, 15-19)
  5. 18:05.7, Timothy Ellis (M, 15-19)
  6. 18:24.1, Edwin Gonzalez (M, 15-19)
  7. 19:31.7, Brady Perkins (M, 15-19)
  8. 19:43.3, Jake Hager (M, 20-29)
  9. 20:44.2, Jacob Benton (M, 30-39)
  10. 20:57.6, Tyler Hayes (M, 15-19)

Top Ten Women, 2023 Back The Blue 5K
  1. 21:20.8, Alexia Sokolowski (F, 15-19)
  2. 21:57.7, Kali Nicholson (F, 15-19)
  3. 28:12.3, Valeria Aguirre (F, 10-14)
  4. 28:27.1, Madison Miracle Sanders (F, 10-14)
  5. 29:31.9, Hazel Jacobs (F, 10-14)
  6. 29:33.1, Laurel Jacobs (F, 40-49)
  7. 30:17.7, Ella Zellner (F, 10-14)
  8. 31:18.0, Leila Perkins (F, 10-14)
  9. 31:39.1, Grace Warbington (F, 10-14)
  10. 32:02.3, Abigail Anderson (F, 20-29)

Albany, Georgia Back The Blue 5K winners, 2016 - 2023
DateMenWomenFinishers
30 July 201616:57, Patrick Whitehead22:36, Meghan Pate102
5 August 201716:32, Joshua Grant19:05, Ann Centner67
4 August 201816:24, Porter Hill20:34, Charlotte Augestein135
3 August 201917:06, Thomas Rischar21:22, Allie Brown137
2020
7 August 202117:49, Jake Clawson22:38, Bailey Irvin68
2022
29 July 202316:14, Leonardo Canete21:21, Alexia Sokolowski52


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