Friday, July 7, 2023

Brandon Alverson and Nicole Hannan showcase Jay's 24th annual Celebrate Freedom 5K

2023 Celebrate Freedom 5K logoIf you had been in Bray-Hendricks Park in Jay, Florida on Tuesday morning, 4 July 2023, you could have seen the start and finish of the 24th annual Celbrate Freedom 5K. You would have seen Brandon Alverson cross the finish line first, winning the race by well over 200 meters in 19:31. Master runner Nicole Hannan was the first woman in the race, placing eighth overall in 24:02.


Ramsey Reaves, a rising junior on the Jay High cross-country team, took second overall in 20:29. Allen Miller was the first master runner in the race, coming in third overall in 22:43.


Tatum Salter, an athlete on the University of West Florida Argo cross-country team, was second in the women's division and eleventh overall in 24:33. Master runner Patti Zamyslowski took third in the women's standings and sixteenth overall.


77 athletes finished the 2023 Celebrate Freedom 5K. Look for Jay's 25th annual Celebrate Freedom 5K on Thursday, 4 July 2024.


Top Ten Men, 2023 Celebrate Freedom 5K
  1. 19:31, Brandon Alverson (M, 28)
  2. 20:29, Ramsey Reaves (M, 16)
  3. 22:43, Allen Miller (M, 52)
  4. 23:40, Travis Smith (M, 40)
  5. 23:48, Tim Attaway (M, 60)
  6. 23:54, Hunter Degraff (M, 12)
  7. 23:55, Rider Jernigan (M, 22)
  8. 24:03, Jacob Spillers (M, 44)
  9. 24:28, Cole Specht (M, 16)
  10. 24:41, Brad Kite (M, 36)

Top Ten Women, 2023 Celebrate Freedom 5K
  1. 24:02, Nicole Hannan (F, 45)
  2. 24:33, Tatum Salter (F, 19)
  3. 26:54, Patti Zamyslowski (F, 42)
  4. 26:56, Leslie Specht (F, 45)
  5. 27:32, Carlee Heatherly (F, 37)
  6. 28:42, Audrey Spillers (F, 13)
  7. 29:37, Valerie Hein (F, 56)
  8. 29:56, Bailey Scott (F, 19)
  9. 30:34, Dianne Coe (F, 67)
  10. 30:41, Kuay Sullivan (F, 57)

Some past winners of the Jay, Florida, Celebrate Freedom 5K
DateMenWomenFinishers
4 July 2005
4 July 200618:14, Ray Dunn21:07, Karen Trittschuh
4 July 200716:42, Eric Mayes20:24, Liesel Schmidt~50
4 July 200819:17, Drew Kennedy25:, Shirley Raney
4 July 200919:45, Drew Kennedy21:47, Sandy Eubanks
4 July 201018:05 Dylan Nadsady25:45, Shirley Raney
4 July 2011
4 July 201216:42, Caleb Carmichael21:49, Sandy Ebanks66
4 July 2013
4 July 201417:00, Micah Kemp21:19, Susan Smith97
4 July 201516:30, Micah Kemp23:57, Tarah Townsend72
4 July 201617:42, Micah Kemp21:30, Olivia Blackmon89
4 July 201718:11, Micah Kemp21:09, Olivia Blackmon113
4 July 201816:18, Micah Kemp20:24, Olivia Blackmon128
4 July 201916:56, Micah Kemp24:45, Leslie Specht89
4 July 202015:58, Hailey Myddelton19:55, Elyse Carmichael89
3 July 2021
25 June 202218:37, Micah Kemp24:31, Beverly Fair53
4 July 202319:31, Brandon Alverson24:02, Nicole Hannan77
If anyone can point me in the direction of the names and times of race winners
for 2000 to 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2021, I would like to include them here.


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