Over 200 athletes had gathered in that Tallahassee, Florida park that Monday morning to race the seventh annual Bluebird 5K cross-country race. Among the field was master runner Leonardo Canete, who had won the race in 2022, and Brittney Barnes, who was the first woman in the previous year's event. But the first runner across the finish line in the 2023 Bluebird was Hunter Potts, the winner in 18:03. The first woman was Megan Noonan, nineteenth overall in 21:54.
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| The start of the 2021 Bluebird 5K at Alford Greenway |
Canete kept it close, finishing less than 50 meters behind Potts in 18:13--ten seconds faster than his winning time the previous year. Another former Bluebird champion, 2021 winner Ryan Bausback, took third in 18:42.
Brittney Barnes placed second in the women's standings, coming in overall in 22:39.
In the contest for the third spot in the women's division, Alexis Mayfield and Acadia Hassell had another of their close finishes. This time eighth-grader Mayfield came out on top, edging fifth-grader Hassell 23:22 to 23:23. Mayfield and Hassell placed 24th and 25th overall.
The Alford Greenway is a place where runners can get close to nature, but at the Bluebird 5K nature got too close to one of the athletes. A deer, spooked by the race, collided with master runner Philip Sura. Sura went on to finish 179th in 45:10, then made a trip to a hospital emergency room where he was given a clean bill of health. There is no report on how the deer is doing.
207 athletes finished the 2023 Bluebird 5K.
Top Ten Men, 2023 Bluebird 5K
- 18:02.80, Hunter Potts (M, 28) Malone. FL
- 18:12.78, Leonardo Canete (M, 44) Tallahassee. FL
- 18:41.44, Ryan Bausback (M, 25) Sarasota. FL
- 18:55.44, Carson Freeland (M, 18) Pittsboro. NC
- 19:05.16, Jeremy Collier (M, 15) Pittsboro. NC
- 19:15.95, Ryan Truchelut (M, 37) Tallahassee. FL
- 19:30.14, Kyle Kraeft (M, 34) Tallahassee. FL
- 19:51.86, Hong-Guo Yu (M, 55) Tallahassee. FL
- 19:59.79, Landon Reeves (M, 13) Pittsboro. NC
- 20:03.44, Duane Griffiths (M, 39) Tallahassee. FL
Top Ten Women, 2023 Bluebird 5K
- 21:53.69, Megan Noonan (F, 39) Tallahassee. FL
- 22:38.16, Brittney Barnes (F, 35) Tallahassee. FL
- 23:21.28, Alexis Mayfield (F, 12) Tallahassee. FL
- 23:22.49, Acadia Hassell (F, 10) Tallahassee. FL
- 24:38.30, Sarah Costello (F, 18) Pittsboro. NC
- 25:35.54, Laura McDermott (F, 43) Tallahassee. FL
- 25:45.90, Riza Johnson (F, 17) Pittsboro. NC
- 25:54.55, Angela Dempsey (F, 55) Tallahassee. FL
- 26:33.06, Katie Price (F, 43) Tallahassee.
- 26:46.66, Nancy Proctor (F, 62) Tallahassee. FL
| Bluebird 5K Run For Brookie B winners, 2015 - 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 7 September 2015 | 18:00, Tyler Heath | 20:07, Alyson Churchill | 226 |
| 4 September 2017 | 19:12, Jim Halley | 19:53, Katie Sherron | 187 |
| 3 September 2018 | 20:26, Bill McNulty | 23:06, Sarah Tychsen | 210 |
| 2 September 2019 | 19:13, Gary Droze | 22:19, Morgan Wilson | 276 |
| 6 September 2021 | 18:34, Ryan Bausback | 22:18, Megan Noonan | 143 |
| 5 September 2022 | 18:23, Leonardo Canete | 22:15, Brittney Barnes | 164 |
| 4 September 2023 | 18:03, Hunter Potts | 21:54, Megan Noonan | 207 |
Links
- Complete results of the 2023 Bluebird 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSr3BaXnGB-NgN79PN7zDiDi3WqtFN-8526EVVIbs9mnTIOAD-_kHthWVgL3YEKJb5nPaGWx2_Lvom5/pubhtml
- 2021 story, “Ryan Bausback and Megan Noonan soar above the competition at the Bluebird 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2021/09/bluebird-2021.html
- 2019 story, “Halley and Sherron take the Bluebird 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/09/bluebird-2019.html
- 2017 story, “Halley and Sherron take the Bluebird 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/bluebird-2017.html
- 2015 story, “Heath and Churchill fly through the Alford Greenway at the Bluebird 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/bluebird-2015.html
- Bluebird Run
http://www.bluebirdrun.com/
- Find your next run in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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