Saturday, September 9, 2023

Elijah Oquendo and Brittney Barnes race to the top at the Sickle Cell 5K

Elijah Oquendo ran cross-country at Tenoroc High School from 2015 to 2018, and at Tallahassee Community College in 2020. Add to that resume that on Saturday morning, 9 September 2023, Oquendo won the 41st annual Run For Sickle Cell 5K. Racing through the streets of the Jake Gaither neighborhood of Tallahassee, Florida, he completed the 3.1-mile course in 18:24. Tallahassee athlete Brittney Barnes was the first woman in the race, placing fifth overall in 20:32.


The Sickle Cell 5K wasn't Oquendo's first race of the weekend. The previous day, he had been competing at Apalachee Regional Park, running to a second-place finish in the men's 8K at Tallahassee Community College's Eagle Invitational Cross-Country Meet.


Hans Hassell was the top master runner in the Sickle Cell 5K, coming in second overall in 19:31. Master runner Fanxiu Zhu took third overall in 20:11.


Barnes' win was her For Brittney Barnes, her win was her third time as top woman in the Sickle Cell 5K. She had also taken women's titles in the 2015 and 2016 races. Behind Barnes, Emma Gannon was the women's runner-up, placing eleventh overall in 21:39. Twelve-year-old Alexis Mayfield, a cross-country runner on the Swift Creek Middle School team, was third in the women's standings and thirteenth overall in 21:46. Vicky Droze of Tallahassee was the first woman master and fourth female finisher, seventeenth overall in 23:26.


123 athletes finished the 2023 Sickle Cell 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2023 Sickle Cell 5K
  1. 18:24, Elijah Oquendo (M, 23)
  2. 19:31, Hans Hassell (M, 40)
  3. 20:11, Fanxiu Zhu (M, 54)
  4. 20:26, Duane Evans (M, 56)
  5. 21:14, Jason Eick (M, 36)
  6. 21:16, Paul Guyas (M, 45)
  7. 21:25, Brennan Ausloos (M, 25)
  8. 21:34, Will Hanley (M, 48)
  9. 21:36, Anthony Walker (M, 27)
  10. 21:44, Victor Buitron (M, 32)

Top Ten Women, 2023 Sickle Cell 5K
  1. 20:32, Brittney Barnes (F, 35)
  2. 21:39, Emma Gannon (F, 20)
  3. 21:46, Alexis Mayfield (F, 12)
  4. 23:26, Vicky Droze (F, 48)
  5. 23:29, Pearl Rivers (F, 31)
  6. 23:50, Dori Smith (F, 23)
  7. 24:00, Angela Dempsey (F, 55)
  8. 25:00, Georgina Hernandez (F, 33)
  9. 25:49, Martha Guyas (F, 39)
  10. 27:45, Molly McCann (F, 24)

Known Sickle Cell 5K winners, 1982 - 2023
DateMenWomen
1982
1983
8 September 1984 *
31 August 1985
1986
19 September 198715:14.2, Jessie Close17:31.8, Karen MacHarg
17 September 198815:12, Jessie Close16:40, Carla Borovicka
16 September 198915:14, Jessie Close19:38, Barbara Balzer
15 September 199016:04, Bill Crooks18:23, Karen MacHarg
14 September 199115:18, Gary Droze18:47, Vikki Saga
12 September 199215:07, Gary Droze18:39, Carrie Hunnicutt
11 September 199315:50, Peter Kirk21:06, Leah Bonds
10 September 199415:47, Andy Palmer18:06, Jane Johnson
9 September 199515:51, John Otterson19:00, Carrie Weyant
14 September 199615:23, Bryan Erb17:58, Jane Johnson
13 September 199715:23, Gary Droze17:40, Sara Docter-Williams
12 September 199816:26, Tim Simpkins20:28, Julie Clark
11 September 199916:24, Robert Pautienus19:44, Kingsley Broughton
9 September 200016:55, Tim Unger17:40, Sandra Williams
8 September 200117:05, Tony Pearson19:39, Renata Strakova
14 September 200219:15, Michael LaBossiere24:03, Jane Cormier
13 September 200318:24, David Yon22:25, Kim Likens
11 September 200418:32, Scott Ruplinger22:29, Krista Killius
10 September 200518:28, Dan Pick22:00, Cathleen Willy
9 September 200617:36, Chris Gregory21:05, Summer Shepherd
8 September 200716:52, Michael Martinez20:18, Lindsay Thomas
13 September 200816:05, Chris Lake19:11, Sheryl Rosen
12 September 200915:44, Chris Lake22:27, Julie Clark
11 September 201018:36, Trey Edwards22:13, Nancy Stedman
10 September 201116:29, Gary Droze21:21, Tiffany Barz
8 September 201218:18, Paul Guyas20:06
14 September 2013??
13 September 201416:48, Roger Schmidt22:18, Paula O'Neill
12 September 201517:24, Matthew Nazareth20:10, Brittney Barnes
10 September 201617:41, Geb Kiros20:05, Brittney Barnes
9 September 201717:38, Tristan Cravello17:43, Katie Sherron
8 September 201815:16, Christopher Haynes18:07, Amy Hines
14 September 201916:02, Paul Allen18:09, Ann Centner
11 September 202117:22, Ryan Bausback17:42, Katie Sherron
10 September 202217:54, Brad Busboom17:27, Katie Sherron
9 September 202318:24, Elijah Oquendo20:32, Brittney Barnes
* Four-mile run


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