Monday, September 25, 2023

Ryan Truchelut and Leonardo Canete take it to the wire at the Salute To Prefontaine 5K

On Saturday morning, 23 September 2023, Gulf Winds Track Club's Prefontaine Forest 5K returned to its latest home--Wallwood Boy Scout Reservation near Wetumpka, Florida--for the 46th running of the event. Ryan Truchelut edged master runner Leonardo Canete for the win, both men clocked in 19:17. Brittney Barnes was the top woman in the race, placing ninth overall in 21:41.

Ryan Truchelut
Ryan Truchelut

Almost 20 miles and the width of Lake Talquin west of Tallahassee, Wallwood is several hundred acres of woodland on the edge of the Ocklochnee River valley. Creeks emptying into the river have carved ravines lined with hardwoods; the 3.1 miles of the Prefontaine Forest 5K took runners in and out of those ravines and even down to the shores of Lake Talquin. The 2023 version of that trek started at 9:00 AM. Leonardo Canete, runner-up in the 2022 Prefontaine, charged to the front. His lead grew until he was too far ahead for the rest of the to see.


"I had lost sight of Leo about a mile and a half," said Ryan Truchelut. "But then, at the out-and-back to the lake, I saw him behind me."

Leonardo Canete
Leonardo Canete

Mid race, where the course made a loop, Canete had gone around the loop an extra time. He wasn't the only athlete to make that wrong turn, but it had still put him behind the other leaders. With a kilometer to go, Canete trailed Brad Busboom and Truchelut by almost twenty seconds. He labored to make up that deficit, overtaking Busboom and then Truchelut.


"Leo caught me at about three miles," said Truchelut. "I stayed with him till 40 yards to go. Any race that I can reduce to a 40-yard dash, I have a chance to win."

Brittany Barnes
Brittney Barnes

The race came down to a sprint to the finish line. Truchelut won that sprint by a fraction of a second, crossing first in 19:17. Canete took second, also in 19:17. Brad Busboom placed third in 19:28.


Brittney Barnes was the first woman in a race for the second time in two weeks. Before her 21:41 win at the Prefontaine, Barnes had led the women's field at the Sickle Cell 5K on 9 September 2023. One of the athletes behind Barnes at the Sickle Cell race was Alexis Mayfield, a runner on the cross-country team at Swift Creek Middle School. Mayfield was second in the women's standings at Prefontaine, placing tenth overall in 22:09. Tallahassee triathlete Stephanie Liles-Weyant was the first woman master and the third female finisher, twentieth overall in 23:55. A past champion of the Pre, Liles-Weyant had won the women's division at the 2006 race.

Alexis Mayfield
Alexis Mayfield

86 athletes finished the 2023 Salute To Prefontaine 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2023 Salute to Prefontaine 5K
  1. 19:17, Ryan Truchelut (M, 37)
  2. 19:17, Leonardo Canete (M, 44)
  3. 19:28, Brad Busboom (M, 35)
  4. 20:29, Ryan Kunz (M, 41)
  5. 20:45, Hong-Guo Yu (M, 55)
  6. 21:09, Andrew Steinbrink (M, 37)
  7. 21:20, Duane Evans (M, 56)
  8. 21:38, Avery Wallace (M, 14)
  9. 22:14, Cameron Sims (M, 29)
  10. 22:17, Frank Price (M, 45)

Top Ten Women, 2023 Salute to Prefontaine 5K
  1. 21:41, Brittney Barnes (F, 35)
  2. 22:09, Alexis Mayfield (F, 12)
  3. 23:55, Stephanie Liles-Weyant (F, 51)
  4. 24:14, Dori Smith (F, 23)
  5. 24:33, Katie Price (F, 43)
  6. 24:46, Laura McDermott (F, 43)
  7. 24:57, Juliana Krueger (F, 25)
  8. 25:01, Ruffian Tyner (F, 48)
  9. 25:37, Nancy Proctor (F, 62)
  10. 25:49, Angela Dempsey (F, 55)

Known winners of GWTC's Prefontaine Forest 5K
1976 - 2023
DateMenWomenFinishers
25 September 197615:43, Tim Simpkins19:20, Nancy McCormac
September 197715:35, Tim Simpkins19:00, Janice Gage
23 September 1978

September 1979

20 September 198017:17, George West20:52, Donna Miller
September 198118:20, Shannon Sullivan22:27, Pam Ledbetter
September 1982

24 September 198317:17, Jeff Doherty20:36, Donna Miller
September 198417:11, Larry Abele20:43, Barbara Balzer
September 198516:51, Tim Simpkins20:40, Darien Andreu
27 September 198617:20, Tim Simpkins22:14, Laura Partin
12 September 198717:33, Tom Burr21:20, Linda Nicholson
24 September 198817:38, Tom Burr22:23, Yvonne Gsteiger
23 September 198917:25, Tim Simpkins21:30, Vikki Saga
22 September 199017:12, Bill Crooks22:23, Tina Davies
22 September 199117:54, Gary Droze24:48, Tina Davies
19 September 199218:29, Gary Droze22:05, Diane Blas
18 September 199317:58, Tim Simpkins24:16, Sissi Carroll
17 September 199417:00, Gary Droze21:16, Carrie Weyant
30 September 199517:12, Gary Droze22:56, Sissi Carroll
28 September 199619:18, Gary Droze22:56, Jane Johnson
27 September 199718:50, Bill Crooks23:07, Julie Clark
26 September 199819:26, Paul Hoover24:44, Peggy Simpson
25 September 199917:56, Gary Droze24:13, Brandi Rook
30 September 200017:49, Gary Droze22:17, Allie Hunter
29 September 200119:37, Scott Poindexter22:17, Allie Hunter154
5 October 200222:17, David Yon25:47, Yvonne Gsteiger82
27 September 200318:35, Shawn Patterson23:49, Angela Dempsey98
25 September 200417:43, Gary Droze22:46, Seeley Lovett161
24 September 200518:13, Gary Droze24:06, Jane Johnson94
23 September 200617:24, Gary Droze19:59, Stephanie Liles176
29 September 200717:29, Chris Gregory20:26, Micah Adriani122
27 September 200818:16, Daniel Lee21:10, Kati Gosnell133
26 September 200920:28, Joel Piotrowski21:20, Micah Adriani131
25 September 201018:53, Jay Wallace22:17, Kelly Stevens186
24 September 201119:08, Michael Martinez22:31, Olivia Swedberg Yinger50
22 September 201217:18, Stanley Linton20:58, Micah Adriani195
21 September 201316:27, Stanley Linton23:34, Melissa Geary75
27 September 201417:43, Chris Lake22:30, Cora Atkinson181
26 September 201518:42, Peter Van Brussel23:38, Emily Smith64
24 September 201618:38, Geb Kiros22:58, Samantha Reilly162
16 September 201718:52, Vince Molosky24:19, Kendall Ward62
15 September 201818:00, Chris O'Kelley21:34, Kat Sack117
28 September 201920:36, Paul Guyas27:15, Isabel Davis57
2020No Race
2021No Race
24 September 202217:52, Chris O'Kelley29:23, Martha Guyas45
23 September 202319:17, Ryan Truchelut21:41, Brittney Barnes86



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