Saturday, July 1, 2023

Leonardo Canete and Sara Pacer scorched the trail in the Big Dog Heatwave Five Mile

2023 Big Dog Heatwave Five MileThe thirteenth running of Columbus, Georgia's Heatwave Five Mile took place in weather that lived up to the name of that annual footrace. Still, more than two hundred athletes braved the heat that Saturday morning, 1 July 2023, to race along the Chattahoochee River. Tallahassee master runner Leonardo Canete was the fastest of that sweating crowd, posting a winning time of 28:22. Auburn University cross-country runner Sara Pacer was the first woman in the race, going 31:02 to place sixth overall.


It was Canete's second year of racing the Big Dog Heatwave Five Miler. In the 2022 race he had run 28:46, placing second to Andrew McGinnis while outrunning Blake Simms for the top master's spot. Canete ran more than 20 seconds faster in 2023 to get the win. Behind him, Kaleb Ellis, an alum of the Harris County High cross-country team, finished runner-up in 28:46. Another former Harris Country harrier, Cavan Klein, grabbed third place with a 28:58. Like Canete, both Ellis and Klein had competed in the 2022 Heatwave Five Mile--Ellis ran 1:42 faster in 2023 than he had the year before, while Klein improved a full minute on his 2022 effort.


Effie Ward, a rising sophomore on the Harris County High cross-country team, took second in the women's standings, coming in thirteenth overall in 33:40. Another high school harrier, Katie Casto of Saint Anne Pacelli Catholic School, was the third woman and sixteenth overall in 34:46. Columbus athlete Casey Geringer was the first woman master and sixth female finisher, twentieth overall in 35:29.


242 athletes finished the 2023 Big Dog Heatwave Five Mile. Lightning Sports Racing of Columbus, Georgia timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2023 Big Dog Heatwave Five Mile
  1. 28:21.69, Leonardo Canete (M, 44) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 28:45.39, Kaleb Ellis (M, 19) Catalua, GA
  3. 28:57.29, Cavan Klein (M, 18) Hamilton, GA
  4. 29:40.39, Kobie Buglioli (M, 25) Upatoi, GA
  5. 31:01.69, Benson Atkins (M, 20)
  6. 31:40.06, Jonathan Williams (M, 45) Phenix City, AL
  7. 32:03.91, Jay Vasquez (M, 43)
  8. 32:30.10, Owen Keys (M, 27)
  9. 32:46.80, Bradley Brooks (M, 15)
  10. 33:13.53, Kaden Ellis (M, 22) Cataula, GA

Top Ten Women, 2023 Big Dog Heatwave Five Mile
  1. 31:01.74, Sara Pacer (F, 21) Auburn, AL
  2. 33:39.01, Effie Rose Ward (F, 15) Cataula, GA
  3. 34:45.25, Katie Casto (F, 16) Columbus, GA
  4. 35:02.33, Kelly Pendleton (F, 38) Fortson, GA
  5. 35:14.28, Elizabeth Cowley (F, 17)
  6. 35:28.11, Casey Geringer (F, 51) Columbus, GA
  7. 35:56.55, Megan Guthrie (F, 36) Columbus, GA
  8. 37:48.48, Joori Eggleston (F, 36) Columbus, GA
  9. 38:32.16, Danelle McNew (F, 38) Fortson, GA
  10. 38:48.81, Charlotte Young (F, 18) Columbus, GA

Big Dog Heatwave Five Mile winners, 2011 - 2023
DateMenWomenFinishers
16 July 201126:22, Roger Hagues36:04, Katie Walden112
14 July 201227:34, Jason Veclotch31:55, Jessica Ridley105
13 July 201327:11, Aaron Totten-Lancaster34:42, Hannah Coyle223
12 July 201427:06, Aaron Totten-Lancaster34:33, Morgan Ryffe292
11 July 201527:02, David Marley31:18, Taylor Ward379
9 July 201626:46, David Marley37:39, Stephanie Whitis274
8 July 201726:15, David Marley34:08, Erin Divinski306
7 July 201828:17, Blake Simms32:22, Jessica Ridley249
5 July 201926:22, Colin Johnson34:48, Rachel Hagues329
11 July 202025:59, David Marley29:40, Chantalle Schultz-Rathbun249
3 July 202126:09, Andrew McGinnis33:19, Jana Stiffler230
2 July 202226:51, Andrew McGinnis29:07, Alison Wells157
1 July 202328:22, Leonardo Canete31:02, Sara Pacer242


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