At 7:30 AM it started to rain.
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| 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.
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| 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.'"
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| 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.
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| 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
4:53.46, Grayton Smith (M, 17)
5:01.79, Jarod Hoffman (M, 27)
5:04.44, Zach Deveau (M, 35)
5:09.15, Zachary Andrews (M, 34)
5:09.16, Bryan Hendricks (M, 42)
5:10.71, Stephen Andrews (M, 37)
5:11.54, Hong-Guo Yu (M, 54)
5:13.71, Gabe Sivyer (M, 15)
5:14.39, Joshua Robinson (M, 17)
5:19.71, Chuck Lang (M, 58)
Top Ten Women, 2023 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track
5:06.88, Katie Sherron (F, 41)
5:34.78, Charlotte Sikes (F, 12)
6:02.34, Megan Noonan (F, 39)
6:02.97, Emma-Claire Tanenbaum (F, 12)
6:08.04, Acadia Hassell (F, 10)
6:25.54, Anna Grace Lewis (F, 25)
6:25.75, Alexis Mayfield (F, 12)
6:26.83, Monica Toth (F, 34)
6:39.75, Emma Huggins (F, 32)
6:53.69, Rylee Lunt (F, 16)
| “Breakfast On The Track” Mile champions, 1998 - 2023 | |||
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| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 8 August 1998 | 4:36, Robert Pautienus | 5:21, Jane Johnson | 101 |
| 14 August 1999 | 4:26, Lee Willis | 5:27, Jane Johnson | 123 |
| 26 August 2000 | 4:42.97, Gary Droze | 5:09.08, Sarah Docter-Williams | 112 |
| 18 August 2001 | 4:21.47, Ryan Deak | 5:08.94, Sarah Docter-Williams | 130 |
| 17 August 2002 | 4:35.07, Lee Willis | 5:10.33, Sarah Docter-Williams | 123 |
| 16 August 2003 | 4:45.20, David Huntzinger | 5:02.28, Sarah Docter-Williams | 122 |
| 14 August 2004 | 4:32.40, Lee Willis | 5:11.79, Sarah Docter-Williams | 162 |
| 13 August 2005 | 4:46.26, Art Remillard | 5:07.13, Sarah Docter-Williams | 157 |
| 12 August 2006 | 4:47.58, Whitney Strickland | 5:09.85, Sarah Docter-Williams | 202 |
| 18 August 2007 | 4:48.04, Michael Martinez | 5:12.91, Sarah Docter-Williams | 163 |
| 16 August 2008 | 4:31.39, Whitney Strickland | 5:12.79, Jana Stolting | 190 |
| 15 August 2009 | 4:43.40, Patrick Swain | 5:05.66, Jana Stolting | 176 |
| 21 August 2010 | 4:33.30, Trevor Touchton | 5:00.97, Stefanie Kurgatt | 191 |
| 20 August 2011 | 4:26.90, Kevin Sullivan | 5:05.82, Stefanie Kurgatt | 231 |
| 18 August 2012 | 4:40.52, Travis Covert | 5:01.31, Stefanie Kurgatt | 210 |
| 17 August 2013 | 4:34.92, Remy Tamer | 5:12.07, Sheryl Rosen | 178 |
| 16 August 2014 | 4:22.11, Matt Mizereck | 5:26.81, Caroline Willis | 213 |
| 15 August 2015 | 4:35.32, Joseph Garcia | 5:17.98, Katie Sherron | 214 |
| 13 August 2016 | 4:30.10, Stan Linton | 5:26.47, Caroline Willis | 204 |
| 12 August 2017 | 4:32, Charlie Johnson | 5:16, Katie Sherron | 185 |
| 11 August 2018 | 4:40.44, Chris O'Kelley | 5:15.26, Sheryl Rosen | 186 |
| 10 August 2019 | 4:43.92, Adam Wallenfelsz | 5:04.25, Ann Centner | 187 |
| 7 August 2021 | 4:46.27, Ryan Truchelut | 5:17.28, Katie Sherron | 91 |
| 6 August 2022 | 4:25.03, Stan Linton | 5:06.00, Katie Sherron | 146 |
| 5 August 2023 | 4:53.46, Grayton Smith | 5:06.88, Katie Sherron | 135 |
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- Complete results of the 2023 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vShU-WYJWmU69gbUDPU_jb_pzGkSkUIfXk1zMAun7swYnBehsIdBkenwaxiXsxPB-R8_3DnseU6L-Jx/pubhtml
- More Trouble Afoot! photos of the 2023 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10121168729353533
- 2022 story, “Stan Linton and Katie Sherron grab more GWTC Mile titles at the Breakfast On The Track”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2022/08/breakfast-2022.html
- 2021 story, “For Ryan Truchelut and Katie Sherron, the best part of waking up was the Mile”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2021/08/breakfast-2021.html
- 2019 story, “Adam Wallenfelsz and Ann Centner start the day with Breakfast on the Track wins”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/08/breakfast-2019.html
- 2018 story, “O'Kelley and Rosen were light on the syrup, heavy on the speed at the Breakfast on the Track”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/08/breakfast-2018.html
- 2017 story, “A quick bite and a quicker run for Johnson and Sherron at the Breakfast on the Track Mile”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/08/breakfast-2017.html
- 2016 story, “Stan Linton runs 4:30.10 before breakfast”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/08/breakfast-2016.html
- 2015 story, “Garcia and Sherron headline a field of 214 milers at Breakfast on the Track”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/08/breakfast-2015.html
- 2014 story, “Morning mile honors for Mizereck and Willis”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/breakfast-2014.html
- 2013 story, “Tamer and Rosen eat up the field at Breakfast on the Track”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/breakfast-2013.html
- 2012 story, “Covert and Kurgatt master the mile and a morning meal”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/08/breakfast-2012.html
- 2011 story, “Making a meal of the mile”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/08/breakfast-2011.html
- 2010 story, “A mile for breakfast”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/08/breakfast-2010.html
- 2009 story, “Patrick Swain wins 2009 'Breakfast on the Track' Mile”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/08/patrick-swain-wins-2009-breakfast-on.html
- Upcoming races on road, track, and trail in the Tallahassee region
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