Sunday, August 6, 2023

Grayton Smith and Katie Sherron grab a win with their pancakes at Breakfast On The Track

The 25th annual Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast On The Track was scheduled to start at the Maclay School Track in Tallahassee, Florida at 7:45 AM on Saturday morning, 5 August 2023.


At 7:30 AM it started to rain.

Grayton Smith
Grayton Smith

There was a hurried announcement that the race would proceed as scheduled regardless of weather, and it did. On a wet track, Grayton Smith ran 4:53.46 to take first. Master runner Dr. Katie Sherron was the first woman in the race, placing fourth overall in 5:06.88.


The Breakfast On The Track is a track meet featuring one event--the mile. There were six sections of that race; the overall winners both ran in the first section. Grayton Smith finished the first lap of that section in the lead, with Jarod Hoffman a few steps back. After two laps, Hoffman was a few more steps back. By the end of the third lap, Smith had a fifty-meter lead. Hoffman didn't give up any more ground on the fourth and final lap, nor did he gain any. Smith crossed the line fifty meters ahead in a winning 4:53.46, the only athlete to break 5:00 that morning. Hoffman was runner-up in 5:01.79. Zach DeVeau was third in 5:04.44.

Jarod Hoffman
Jarod Hoffman

DeVeau happens to be married to the fourth-place finisher, women's champ Katie Sherron. That wasn't unnoticed by Sherron.


"I ran 5:07, a second slower than last year," said Sherron. "And Zach beat me. He's been training for a month, saying, 'I'm going to beat you, I'm going to beat you.'"

Katie Sherron
Katie Sherron

Aside from the family drama, Sherron was the first woman in the Gulf Winds Track Club Mile for the third year in a row, and her 5:06.88 was the eighth-fastest time ever run by a woman at the Breakfast On The Track.


Swift Creek Middle School seventh-grader Charlotte Sikes took second in the women's standings, placing sixteenth overall in 5:34.78--a twenty-second improvement on her performance in the 2022 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile. Racing in the second section, Megan Noonan edged Emma-Claire Tanenbaum for the third women's spot, 6:02.34 to 6:02.97. Noonan was 30th overall and Tanenbaum 31st.

Charlotte Sikes
Charlotte Sikes

135 athletes finished the 2023 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the mile and served post-race pancakes.


Top Ten Men, 2023 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track
  1. 4:53.46, Grayton Smith (M, 17)
  2. 5:01.79, Jarod Hoffman (M, 27)
  3. 5:04.44, Zach Deveau (M, 35)
  4. 5:09.15, Zachary Andrews (M, 34)
  5. 5:09.16, Bryan Hendricks (M, 42)
  6. 5:10.71, Stephen Andrews (M, 37)
  7. 5:11.54, Hong-Guo Yu (M, 54)
  8. 5:13.71, Gabe Sivyer (M, 15)
  9. 5:14.39, Joshua Robinson (M, 17)
  10. 5:19.71, Chuck Lang (M, 58)

Top Ten Women, 2023 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track
  1. 5:06.88, Katie Sherron (F, 41)
  2. 5:34.78, Charlotte Sikes (F, 12)
  3. 6:02.34, Megan Noonan (F, 39)
  4. 6:02.97, Emma-Claire Tanenbaum (F, 12)
  5. 6:08.04, Acadia Hassell (F, 10)
  6. 6:25.54, Anna Grace Lewis (F, 25)
  7. 6:25.75, Alexis Mayfield (F, 12)
  8. 6:26.83, Monica Toth (F, 34)
  9. 6:39.75, Emma Huggins (F, 32)
  10. 6:53.69, Rylee Lunt (F, 16)

“Breakfast On The Track” Mile champions, 1998 - 2023
DateMenWomenFinishers
8 August 19984:36, Robert Pautienus5:21, Jane Johnson101
14 August 19994:26, Lee Willis5:27, Jane Johnson123
26 August 20004:42.97, Gary Droze5:09.08, Sarah Docter-Williams112
18 August 20014:21.47, Ryan Deak5:08.94, Sarah Docter-Williams130
17 August 20024:35.07, Lee Willis5:10.33, Sarah Docter-Williams123
16 August 20034:45.20, David Huntzinger5:02.28, Sarah Docter-Williams122
14 August 20044:32.40, Lee Willis5:11.79, Sarah Docter-Williams162
13 August 20054:46.26, Art Remillard5:07.13, Sarah Docter-Williams157
12 August 20064:47.58, Whitney Strickland5:09.85, Sarah Docter-Williams202
18 August 20074:48.04, Michael Martinez5:12.91, Sarah Docter-Williams163
16 August 20084:31.39, Whitney Strickland5:12.79, Jana Stolting190
15 August 20094:43.40, Patrick Swain5:05.66, Jana Stolting176
21 August 20104:33.30, Trevor Touchton5:00.97, Stefanie Kurgatt191
20 August 20114:26.90, Kevin Sullivan5:05.82, Stefanie Kurgatt231
18 August 20124:40.52, Travis Covert5:01.31, Stefanie Kurgatt210
17 August 20134:34.92, Remy Tamer5:12.07, Sheryl Rosen178
16 August 20144:22.11, Matt Mizereck5:26.81, Caroline Willis213
15 August 20154:35.32, Joseph Garcia5:17.98, Katie Sherron214
13 August 20164:30.10, Stan Linton5:26.47, Caroline Willis204
12 August 20174:32, Charlie Johnson5:16, Katie Sherron185
11 August 20184:40.44, Chris O'Kelley5:15.26, Sheryl Rosen186
10 August 20194:43.92, Adam Wallenfelsz5:04.25, Ann Centner187
7 August 20214:46.27, Ryan Truchelut5:17.28, Katie Sherron91
6 August 2022
4:25.03, Stan Linton5:06.00, Katie Sherron146
5 August 2023
4:53.46, Grayton Smith5:06.88, Katie Sherron135
Top ten men's times, Gulf Winds Track Club Mile
TimeAthleteAgeYear
4:21:47Ryan Deak162001
4:22.11Matt Mizereck222014
4:25.03Stan Linton282022
4:26.90Kevin Sullivan372011
4:30.11Stan Linton222016
4:31.39Whitney Strickland172008
4:31.67Matt Mizereck242016
4:32    Charlie Johnson372017
4:32.40Lee Willis312004
4:33.30Trevor Touchton152010
Top ten women's times, Gulf Winds Track Club Mile
TimeAthleteAgeYear
5:00.97Stefanie Kurgatt152010
5:01.31Stefanie Kurgatt172012
5:02.28Sarah Docter-Williams392003
5:04.25Ann Centner272019
5:05.66Jana Stolting172009
5:05.82Stefanie Kurgatt162011
5:06.00Katie Sherron402022
5:06.88Katie Sherron412023
5:07.13Sarah Docter-Williams412005
5:08:94Sarah Docter-Williams372001
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