Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Leonardo Canete and Laura McDermott stage a Tallahassee sweep of the Summer Sizzler

Saint George Island is in the Gulf Of Mexico, a barrier island off the Florida Panhandle. Its neighbors on the mainland are Eastpoint and Apalachicola. Less than 70 miles away are the suburbs of Panama City, Florida. You'd have to drive nearly 80 miles to get to Tallahassee, the state capital. Yet when Saint George Island hosted the 25th Summer Sizzler 5K on Saturday evening, 22 July 2023, it was athletes from the Capital City who dominated the competition, as two Tallahassee master runners took the overall titles. Leonardo Canete was the first man in the race, crossing the line first in 17:34, and Laura McDermott was the first woman, placing eleventh overall in 23:22.


Canete won the race by over 200 meters. It was his second time running the Sizzler; he had finished runner-up to Stan Linton in the 2022 event. At 18:24, Tallahassee's Ryan Truchelut finished second to Canete. Not far behind, Brad Busboom of Tallahassee was third in 18:30.


Like Canete, Laura McDermott was also running her second Sizzler, but her first had been way back in 2010. After McDermott, two Franklin County High cross-country runners broke the Tallahassee stranglehold on the top places. Frosh year athlete Addyson Paul was second in the women's standings, placing thirteenth overall in 24:05, while eighth-grader Isabella Polous was the third woman and fifteenth overall in 24:20. Master runner Stephanie Liles-Weyant, women's champ of the 2008 Sizzler, was the fourth woman in the 2023 race, coming in seventeenth overall in 24:30.


80 athletes finished the 2023 Sizzler 5K. Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee, Florida chip-timed the race. The Sizzler was a fundraiser for the Elder Care Community Council of Franklin County.


Top Ten Men, 2023 St. George Island Sizzler 5K
  1. 17:33.4, Leonardo Canete (M, 44)
  2. 18:23.3, Ryan Truchelut (M, 37)
  3. 18:29.3, Brad Busboom (M, 35)
  4. 19:26.5, Elliot Butler (M, 32)
  5. 19:52.3, Walker Kessell (M, 17)
  6. 20:31.1, Sam Hitchcock Howard (M, 29)
  7. 20:50.6, Duane Evans (M, 56)
  8. 21:11.6, Joshua Hammond (M, 16)
  9. 21:51.3, Cameron Sims (M, 28)
  10. 22:41.5, Michael Weyant (M, 57)

Top Ten Women, 2023 St. George Island Sizzler 5K
  1. 23:21.2, Laura McDermott (F, 43)
  2. 24:04.5, Addyson Paul (F, 13)
  3. 24:19.7, Isabella Polous (F, 13)
  4. 24:29.8, Stephanie Liles-Weyant (F, 51)
  5. 24:42.7, Alexis Mayfield (F, 12)
  6. 24:59.9, Nancy Proctor (F, 62)
  7. 26:13.3, Kelley Coe El-Urfali (F, 59)
  8. 26:36.1, Kirsten Kinsley (F, 51)
  9. 26:42.3, Olivia Hitchcock Howard (F, 28)
  10. 28:14.6, Rebekah Mayfield (F, 39)

St. George Island Sizzler 5K Champions, 1997 - 2023
DateMenWomenFinishers
21 June 199717:36, Tim Unger21:40, Julie Clark34
13 June 199816:09, Gary Droze22:53, Donna Finney69
12 June 199917:05, Tim Unger19:24, Summer Calder61
10 June 200016:07, Gary Droze21:18, Julie Clark34
2001No race held
15 June 200215:46, Lee Willis18:43, Luanne Coulter53
21 June 200316:44, Caleb Carmichael20:45, Jane Johnson95
12 June 200416:42, Caleb Carmichael19:48, Kara Newell77
18 June 200516:02, Alex Miletich20:53, Angela Dempsey142
24 June 200617:24, Robert Beazley18:39, Kara Newell169
23 June 200717:02, Jasen Fulghum20:41, Jane Johnson106
28 June 200816:44, Tripp Southerland19:11, Stephanie Liles175
27 June 200916:53, John Robida19:47, Kelsey Scheitlin214
26 June 201019:06, Carl Nordhielm22:06, Nancy Stedman147
25 June 201117:06, Brandon Hough22:44, Nicole Reichenbach218
11 August 201216:25, Vince Molosky21:58, Polina Bondarenko280
10 August 201316:16, Caleb Carmichael20:28, Renee Cox318
9 August 201418:02, Carl Nordhielm20:25, Polina Bondarenko222
8 August 201517:05, Roger Schmidt18:53, Katie Fackler181
6 August 201615:10, Mark Leininger16:59, Dylan Hassett145
5 August 201717:46, Ryan Slyter20:21, Kat Sack148
4 August 201819:06, Shawn Logan22:14, Melanie Leitman97
3 August 201918:19, Gary Droze22:39, Vicky Droze96
2020No race held
7 August 202118:08, Stephen Sroka21:49, Clara Alford70
6 August 202215:18, Stan Linton22:30, Isabella Laughton89
22 July 202317:34, Leonardo Canete23:22, Laura McDermott80
The 1997 race was called the Summer Island 5K.


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