Saturday, July 1, 2023

Zach Fenton goes 15:55 to score a third straight Firecracker 5K win

15:55 isn't Zach Fenton's fastest performance at the Ronald McDonald House Firecracker 5K. In the 2021 edition of the Pensacola, Florida race, Fenton posted a winning time of 15:37. In the 2022 event, the University of West Florida cross-country runner took first with a fast 14:52. But on Saturday morning, 1 July 2023, 15:55 was good enough to earn Fenton his third straight Firecracker 5K win, putting him across the finish line well over 200 meters ahead of the next runner. Stephanie Rathburn of Milton, Florida was the first woman in the 33rd annual race, finishing thirteenth overall in 20:01.


Zach Fenton came to Penascola from Sikesville, Maryland, where he had raced cross-country for the Century High Knights from 2015 to 2018. The man responsible for Fenton becoming a West Florida Argonaut was UWF coach Caleb Carmichael, who placed second to Fenton in the 2023 Firecracker 5K. Carmichael ran 16:41. 2023 Pace High grad Gavin Schulte was third in the race, running 17:12. Baton Rouge, Lousiana's Nicholas LaBarbera was the first master runner in the race and the thirteenth male finisher, coming in fourtheenth overall in 20:04.


Elyse Carmichael, the 2022 Firecracker 5K women's champ, took second in the women's division in 2023, placing sixteenth overall in 20:33. Carmichael is a rising junior on the Washington High cross-country team. Muriel Hyatt of Penasacola was the third woman in the race and 30th overall in 21:58. Another Pensacola athlete, Gabriela Garza, was the first woman master, placing fourth in the women's standings and 47th overall in 23:51.


601 athletes finished the 2023 Ronald McDonald House Firecracker 5K. Trinity Timing and Consulting timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2023 Ronald McDonald House 5K
  1. 15:55, Zach Fenton (M, 22) Pensacola, FL
  2. 16:41, Caleb Carmichael (M, 38) Pensacola, FL
  3. 17:12, Gavin Schulte (M, 18) Milton, FL
  4. 17:32, Jackson Tyner (M, 19) Milton, FL
  5. 17:47, Brendan Delaney (M, 23) Pensacola, FL
  6. 18:26, Grant van Valkenburg (M, 22) Duvall, WA
  7. 18:56, Marshall Meyer (M, 18) Waverly, IA
  8. 18:56, Jeremiah Small (M, 17) Cantonment, FL
  9. 19:13, Jake Huston (M, 17) Pella, IA
  10. 19:37, Daniel Penley (M, 18) Pensacola, FL

Top Ten Women, 2023 Ronald McDonald House 5K
  1. 20:01, Stephanie Rathburn (F, 35) Milton, FL
  2. 20:33, Elyse Carmichael (F, 16) Pensacola, FL
  3. 21:58, Muriel Hyatt (F, 19) Pensacola, FL
  4. 23:51, Gabriela Garza (F, 53) Pensacola, FL
  5. 24:08, Addison Garrett (F, 14) Milton, FL
  6. 24:11, Alejandra Ryan (F, 43) Pensacola, FL
  7. 24:38, Victoria Gray (F, 33) Cantonment, FL
  8. 24:57, Lisa Howell (F, 43) Niceville, FL
  9. 25:22, Jennifer Guernsey (F, 39) Milton, FL
  10. 25:37, Maria Lopez (F, 34) Pensacola, FL

Ronald McDonald House Firecracker 5K winners, 1990 - 2023
DateMenWomenFinishers
4 July 199016:03, Kevin Kropp20:15, Tracey Parks
4 July 199115:05, Tim Barkdoll19:02, Tracey Parks
4 July 199214:58, Tim Barkdoll18:28, Susan Molloy
3 July 199315:18, Matthew Dobson17:58, Lori Eppara
2 July 199416:00, Wade Beroset18:00, Pam Williams513
4 July 199515:45, Everett Whiteside18:06, Sarah Kramer670
4 July 199615:35, Wade Beroset17:52, Jennifer McGranahan
4 July 199716:07, Wade Beroset17:41, Sarah Kramer
4 July 199815:54, Wade Beroset17:44, Ann McGranahan
3 July 199915:48, Timothy Jones18:35, Jenny Lindley
4 July 200016:05, Matthew Dobson19:23, Jennifer Hanley
4 July 200115:32, Matthew Dobson18:43, Sarah Kramer
4 July 200215:30, Matthew Dobson18:56, Idalisse Torres
4 July 200315:21, Matthew Dobson18:23, Brooke McDaniel
3 July 200415:44, Matthew Dobson18:46, Brooke McDaniel
4 July 200515:46, Matthew Dobson17:30, Ann McGranahan
4 July 200615:29, Michael Padilla18:58, Brooke Pruitt726
4 July 200715:45, Ryan Albertson18:50, Jennifer McGranahan
4 July 200815:45, Bud Galloway17:47, Mindy Kate Sullivan735
4 July 200914:59, Neil McDonagh17:46, Mindy Kate Sullivan702
3 July 201016:31, Derek Oskuris17:48, Lauren Goss762
2 July 201114:50, Eddie Pagan18:33, Jenny Albrecht860
20 June 201216:31, Brent Schneider19:49, Kaysi Roberts867
6 July 201317:07, Ryan Larson19:17, Rachel Kling830
28 June 201416:08, Alan Ash19:28, Livvy Jernagin615
4 July 201516:38, Tim Wenger19:05, Jennifer McGranahan784
2 July 201616:14, Alan Ash18:38, Val Curtis732
1 July 201716:16, Anthony Malatesta19:51, Lindsey Nathanson417
30 June 201816:02, Matthew Blunden19:56, Skylar Grant488
29 June 201916:52, Dewayne Riley19:47, Amelia Zwiener408
2020
26 June 202115:37, Zachary Fenton20:04, Yoko England371
2 July 202214:52, Zachary Fenton18:44, Elyse Carmichael410
1 July 202315:55, Zachary Fenton20:01, Stephanie Rathburn601
Multiple wins by men: Matthew Dobson (7), Wade Beroset (4),
     Zachary Fenton (3), Tim Barkdoll (2), Alan Ash (2)

Multiple wins by women: Sarah Kramer (3), Jennifer McGranahan (3),
     Tracey Parks (2), Ann McGranahan (2), Brooke McDaniel (2),
     Mindy Kate Sullivan (2)



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