In 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
- 16:13.6, Leonardo Canete (M, 40-49)
- 16:38.3, Anthony Bordanaro (M, 20-29)
- 16:39.6, Andrew Bradford (M, 30-39)
- 16:49.2, Graham Harrod (M, 15-19)
- 18:05.7, Timothy Ellis (M, 15-19)
- 18:24.1, Edwin Gonzalez (M, 15-19)
- 19:31.7, Brady Perkins (M, 15-19)
- 19:43.3, Jake Hager (M, 20-29)
- 20:44.2, Jacob Benton (M, 30-39)
- 20:57.6, Tyler Hayes (M, 15-19)
Top Ten Women, 2023 Back The Blue 5K
- 21:20.8, Alexia Sokolowski (F, 15-19)
- 21:57.7, Kali Nicholson (F, 15-19)
- 28:12.3, Valeria Aguirre (F, 10-14)
- 28:27.1, Madison Miracle Sanders (F, 10-14)
- 29:31.9, Hazel Jacobs (F, 10-14)
- 29:33.1, Laurel Jacobs (F, 40-49)
- 30:17.7, Ella Zellner (F, 10-14)
- 31:18.0, Leila Perkins (F, 10-14)
- 31:39.1, Grace Warbington (F, 10-14)
- 32:02.3, Abigail Anderson (F, 20-29)
| Albany, Georgia Back The Blue 5K winners, 2016 - 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 30 July 2016 | 16:57, Patrick Whitehead | 22:36, Meghan Pate | 102 |
| 5 August 2017 | 16:32, Joshua Grant | 19:05, Ann Centner | 67 |
| 4 August 2018 | 16:24, Porter Hill | 20:34, Charlotte Augestein | 135 |
| 3 August 2019 | 17:06, Thomas Rischar | 21:22, Allie Brown | 137 |
| 2020 | |||
| 7 August 2021 | 17:49, Jake Clawson | 22:38, Bailey Irvin | 68 |
| 2022 | |||
| 29 July 2023 | 16:14, Leonardo Canete | 21:21, Alexia Sokolowski | 52 |
Links
- Complete results of Albany, Georgia's 2023 Back The Blue 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSEjfROU0GYwPfmjjrUBXwXzs9_GMl5ktti1oZbHSnYWdAZRkwGmR6K-foNlT10xya9qUlMQLWI1y_u/pubhtml
- 2019 story, “Neither Thomas Rischar nor Allie Brown was singing the blues at the Back The Blue 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/08/albany-blue-2019.html
- 2017 story, “Grant and Centner set records at Back The Blue”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/08/albany-blue-2017.html
- 2016 story, “Whitehead and Pate are out front at Back The Blue”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/08/albany-blue-2016.html
- A very old Albany, Georgia marathon
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/herald-local-marathon.html
- Upcoming races in Albany and elsewhere in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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