Sunday, August 13, 2023

Jackson Rowe and Katie Sherron win by a bunch at Miller Landing Madness

Saturday, 12 August 2023, was a day for winning margins in Gulf Winds Track Club's annual Miller Landing Madness 8K. Specifically, it was a day for big winning margins. Chiles High senior Jackson Rowe won the race by nearly two minutes in 27:43, which meant that he was leading by almost half a kilometer when he finished the race. Master runner Dr. Katie Sherron took first on the women's side in 31:09, finishing almost ten minutes before the next woman.

Jackson Rowe
Jackson Rowe

The eight-kilometer cross-country race started at 8:00 AM ET on the north side of Tallahassee, Florida in Phipps Park. Nicholas Samuel, who had won the race in 2021, was leading coming off the starting line. By the two-kilometer mark Samuel had been overtaken by Jackson Rowe and another Chiles harrier, junior Gabriel Edwards. Over the next four kilometers Rowe pulled away while Edwards also left Samuel behind. At six kilometers Rowe was over a minute ahead of Edwards and Samuel had faded to seventh.


Rowe continued to widen the gap, going on to win in 27:43. Edwards hung on to place second in 29:30. Over the final two kilometers, Chiles sophomore Josh Hicks passed master runner Leonardo Canete but couldn't quite catch Edwards. Hicks was third in 29:30, giving Chiles the first three spots. Canete was fourth in 29:40.

Miller Landing Madness 8K
Jackson Rowe, Nicholas Samuel, Gabriel Edwards

The Miller Landing Madness 8K is run on a loop course, with the athletes doing the loop twice. The loop is on the slope of the Lake Jackson Basin, so there is plenty of up and down. The highest point on the course comes about midway through the loop. So when Katie Sherron crested the high point the first time, she had been racing for two kilometers. The second time by, she had gone six kilometers. Less than fifteen minutes after finishing the race, she came by a third time.


"I parked at the tennis courts," she explained.

Katie Sherron
Katie Sherron

The tennis courts were a good two miles from the starting line, and a bit farther than that from the finish line, requiring at least four miles of warming up and cooling down. But Sherron has won the women's 8K title at four of the last five Miller Landing Madness events. She also set the women's course record in 2022. Plus, Sherron was the 2021 USATF National Club Cross-Country Women's Master Champion. Nine or more miles of running is an easy Saturday morning for an athlete with those credentials.


Sherron led the women's field from start to finish, placing eleventh overall in 31:09. The only faster women's performance on the course was Sherron's own 30:51, the Miller Landing Madness record she set in the 2022 race.

Nancy Moody
Nancy Moody

Two kilometers into the race, Nancy Moody was second in the women's field. She held that position all the way to the finish line, taking 53rd overall in 40:52. Master runner Ruffian Tyner overtook Emma Huggins during the final two kilometer of the race to take third in the women's standings. Tyner was 54th overall in 41:47 and Huggins was 55th overall in 42:00.


129 athletes finished the 2023 Miller Landing Madness 8K.


Top Ten Men, 2023 Miller Landing Madness 8K
  1. 27:43, Jackson Rowe (M, 17) Chiles High
  2. 29:30, Gabriel Edwards (M, 16) Chiles High
  3. 29:34, Joshua Hicks (M, 15) Chiles High
  4. 29:40, Leonardo Canete (M, 44)
  5. 29:57, Jonah Blay (M, 17) Chiles High
  6. 30:04, Walker Elrod (M, 15) Grace Christian
  7. 30:11, Matthew Hauser (M, 15) Lincoln High
  8. 30:46, Nicholas Samuel (M, 20)
  9. 30:54, Jackson Beener (M, 15) Chiles High
  10. 31:01, Jack Fuller (M, 16) Chiles High

Top Ten Women, 2023 Miller Landing Madness 8K
  1. 31:09, Katie Sherron (F, 41)
  2. 40:52, Nancy Moody (F, 38)
  3. 41:47, Ruffian Tyner (F, 48)
  4. 42:00, Emma Huggins (F, 32)
  5. 42:09, Nancy Proctor (F, 62)
  6. 42:31, Angela Dempsey (F, 55)
  7. 42:39, Nancy Stedman (F, 61)
  8. 42:53, Hannah Hosay (F, 21)
  9. 43:23, Georgina Hernandez (F, 33)
  10. 43:26, Stephanie Liles-Weyant (F, 51)

Henry Lewis
Henry Lewis

The Miller Landing Madness 5K shared a starting line and a starting time with the 8K. Seconds after the start, Henry Lewis was leading everyone--both 8K and 5K competitors. Unchallenged, the Wakulla High sophomore continued to lead all the way to the finish line, winning the 5K in 17:12. Wakulla High senior Andrew Nix placed runner-up in 18:31. Josiah Friddle, a Franklin County High junior, took third in 18:41.


Isabella Laughton was the first woman in the 5K, making it a Wakulla High sweep of the 3.1-mile race. A junior-year athlete, Laughton was ninth overall in 19:57. Dothan High junior Gabriella Baker was the women's runner-up, coming in fifteenth overall in 21:37. Megan Noonan took third in the women's standings, placing sixteenth overall in 21:55.

Isabella Laughton
Isabella Laughton

Bryan Hendricks was the top master runner in the 5K, the tenth male finisher and eleventh overall in 20:28. Tina Smith was the first woman master in the race and the 23rd female finisher, placing 61st overall in 27:27.


144 athletes finished the 2023 Miller Landing Madness 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2023 Miller Landing Madness 5K
  1. 17:12, Henry Lewis (M, 16) Wakulla High
  2. 18:31, Andrew Nix (M, 18) Wakulla High
  3. 18:41, Josiah Friddle (M, 16) Franklin County High
  4. 18:53, Paul Gunter (M, 17) Suwannee High
  5. 19:28, Ryan McCreary (M, 15) Lincoln High
  6. 19:40, Joshua Robinson (M, 17) John Paul II Catholic High
  7. 19:44, Nathaniel Cabrera (M, 14) Franklin County High
  8. 19:48, Alex Marshall (M, 17) Wakulla High
  9. 20:10, Emil Bendeck (M, 16) Wakulla High
  10. 20:28, Bryan Hendricks (M, 42)

Top Ten Women, 2023 Miller Landing Madness 5K
  1. 19:57, Isabella Laughton (F, 15) Wakulla High
  2. 21:37, Gabriella Baker (F, 17) Dothan High
  3. 21:55, Megan Noonan (F, 39)
  4. 21:59, Taylor Pfeifer (F, 17) Wakulla High
  5. 22:00, Liliana Lewis (F, 17) Wakulla High
  6. 22:42, Lana Hawkins (F, 16) Wakulla High
  7. 22:44, Tatiana Smith (F, 14) Grace Christian
  8. 23:16, Analecia Ferrell (F, 18) Wakulla High
  9. 23:54, Emmalee Johnson (F, 16) Southwest Georgia
  10. 23:56, Marigrace Garcia-Simmons (F, 14) Southwest Georgia


The last 8K and 5K runners were clearing the trails at 9:00 AM, the starting time of the 3K. The three-kilometer race has typically been for middle school and younger athletes, but this year a pair of Chiles High cross-country runners took the first two places--frosh Jonathan Kiros was first in 9:45 and junior Peyton Allen was runner-up in 10:09. Trinity Catholic eighth-grader James Mogg was the first middle school level athlete in the race, taking third in 10:57.

Charlotte Sikes
Charlotte Sikes

Charlotte Sikes successfully defended the female division of the 3K from high school incursions. Racing in a Red Hills Running Club vest, the Deer Lake seventh-grader was the first girl in the race for the second year in a row, placing eighth overall in 11:25. Sikes' time was a 40-second improvement on her performance in the 2022 race as well as a new Miller Landing Madness record, edging out the previous mark of 11:26 set by Rory Claussen in 2018.


The next three spots went to high school frosh athletes. Kaia Ables was the girls' runner-up, placing tenth overall in 11:38. Savannah Stanley edged Haley Heitmeyer for third in the girls' standings, both athlete clocked in 11:43. Stanley was twelfth overall and Heitmeyer thirteenth.


156 athletes finished the 2023 Miller Landing Madness 3K. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the races.


Top Ten Men, 2023 Miller Landing Madness 3K
  1. 9:45, Jonathan Kiros (M, 14)
  2. 10:09, Peyton Allen (M, 16)
  3. 10:57, James Mogg (M, 13)
  4. 11:04, Logan Haley (M, 14)
  5. 11:19, Levi Pearson (M, 14)
  6. 11:23, Carson Weiss (M, 14)
  7. 11:24, Patrick Walsh (M, 14)
  8. 11:30, Lowell Mick (M, 14)
  9. 11:41, Landon Heitmeyer (M, 9)
  10. 11:44, Emerson Gandy (M, 12)

Top Ten Women, 2023 Miller Landing Madness 3K
  1. 11:25, Charlotte Sikes (F, 12)
  2. 11:38, Kaia Ables (F, 14)
  3. 11:43, Savannah Stanley (F, 14)
  4. 11:43, Haley Heitmeyer (F, 14)
  5. 12:31, Acadia Hassell (F, 10)
  6. 12:36, Sophia Youngberg (F, 15)
  7. 12:43, Alexis Mayfield (F, 12)
  8. 12:44, Maddy Morris (F, 15)
  9. 12:53, Ava Hill (F, 17)
  10. 12:59, London Mellen (F, 15)

Miller Landing Madness Winners, 2004 - 2023
DateRaceMenWomenFinishers
28 August 20048K27:57, Gary Droze34:58, Kate Remillard79
5K16:40, Shawn Patterson20:13, Adriana Piekarwicz170
27 August 20058K27:36, Justin Davis31:02, Sarah Docter-Williams120
5K15:59, Alex Miletich18:58, Lydia Willise235
26 August 20068K29:49, Adam David Churchill33:29, Kati Gosnell103
5K16:06, Christian Minor19:30, Jana Stolting217
3K11:39, Brian Bowden12:47, Summer Shepherd118
25 August 20078K27:42, Seth Proctor32:31, Sheryl Rosen108
5K16:13, Joseph Franklin19:57, Emily Ness194
3K11:58, Sam McManama11:59, Carly Thomas70
30 August 20088K28:57, David Altmaier32:49, Sheryl Rosen76
5K17:12, Austin Stevens18:46, Jana Stolting110
3K11:21, Will Henderson13:14, Autumn Wable73
29 August 20098K28:05, Chris Lake33:03, Sarah Docter-Williams151
5K18:17, Austin Stevens18:17, Jana Stolting243
3K11:26, Chase Harris12:04, Cecelia Williams136
28 August 20108K26:28, Kevin Cook33:29, Sheryl Rosen168
5K17:15, Patrick Swain19:22, Stefanie Kurgatt160
3K11:14, Wil Luca13:30, Madeline Horgan110
27 August 20118K25:54, Kevin Sullivan32:17, Sheryl Rosen236
5K16:59, Jacob Slupecki20:14, Stefanie Kurgatt212
3K11:08, Evan Francis12:59, Cheyenne Hildinger157
25 August 20128K27:50, Vince Molosky36:36, Jane Johnson190
5K16:32, Joseph Garcia19:12, Stefanie Kurgatt258
3K10:57, Jake Mazziotta12:16, Adrianna Dugan148
24 August 20138K26:29, Will Stanford35:11, Katie Showman150
5K16:55, Joseph Garcia19:20, Emily Ness237
3K10:48, James McClure12:20, Chase Merrick135
23 August 20148K28:26, Chris Lake35:26, Brittney Barnes154
5K17:09, Joe Garcia21:13, Caroline Willis172
3K11:33, Jonathan McClure12:34, Alyson Churchill173
22 August 20158K28:45, Roger Schmidt38:07, Jane Skalski126
5K18:16,James McClure20:33, Caroline Willis207
3K11:14, Jonathan McClure11:34, Alyson Churchill205
20 August 20168K31:06, Geb Kiros37:19, Katie Sack160
5K18:03, Jake Mazziotta19:20, Alyson Churchill203
3K11:41, Trenton Blake12:52, Lindsay James171
19 August 20178K29:11, Clayton Carlson35:01, Kat Sack125
5K17:55, Jesse Boyd21:07, Elizabeth Skipper237
3K11:01, Patrick Koon12:43, Paige Churchill212
18 August 20188K33:07, Jim Halley36:04, Katie Sherron127
5K18:00, Jesse Boyd19:57, Sheryl Rosen201
3K10:37, Connor Edwards11:26, Rory Claussen177
17 August 20198K31:21, Pierre Pean33:04, Ann Centner141
5K18:32, Daniel Wiedeman22:14, Gracie Koeppel196
3K10:47, Patrick Koon12:10, Clifton Lewis136
14 August 20218K29:18, Nicholas Samuel31:28, Katie Sherron89
5K17:34, Brock Granberg20:48, Susan Koeppel165
3K10:52, Walker Elrod11:36, Clifton Lewis63
13 August 20228K28:16, Alexander Croy30:51, Katie Sherron126
5K17:51, Nicholas Samuel22:07, Isabella Laughton128
3K10:11, Jonah Blay12:05, Charlotte Sikes131
12 August 20238K27:43, Jackson Rowe31:09, Katie Sherron129
5K17:12, Henry Lewis19:57, Isabella Laughton144
3K9:45, Jonathan Kiros11:25, Charlotte Sikes156
The Miller Landing Madness was preceded in history by the Miccosukee Madness (2004-2007)
and the Tom Brown Bash (1977-2003) races.


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