Saturday, October 14, 2023

Leonardo Canete and Carrie Murphy add their names to Pine Run history

Pine RunEven though it has been around since 1977, Gulf Winds Track Club's Pine Run isn't the oldest cross-country race in the Tallahassee, Florida area. At twenty kilometers, it isn't the longest either. Nor is it the largest. But it's the one and only Pine Run, which trumps any superlative you can come up with. It was the only race ever run in International Paper's Southlands Experimental Forest. The Pine Run moved out of Southlands in 2006, and in 2008 it became the only race ever run at Tall Timbers Research Station. It was at the latter venue on Saturday morning, 14 October 2023, that Leonardo Canete became the 44th champion of the Pine Run; the Tallahassee master runner covered the twenty-kilometer course in 1:19:41. Another Tallahassee master runner, Carrie Murphy, won the women's title that morning, placing 27th overall in 1:40:27.


It was Canete's third time racing the Pine Run, but his first Pine Run win. He had placed second in the 2021 race and fourth in 2022. Caden Vandermeulen, an undergraduate at Florida State University at Panama City, was runner-up to Canete, running 1:21:48. Crawfordville master runner Mike Tercyak took third in 1:24:21.


Pensacola, Florida master runner Julie Fink took second in the women's standings, placing 30th overall in 1:42:08. A Tallahassee master runner, Laura McDermott, was the third woman and 37th overall in 1:48:12.


158 athletes finished the 2023 Pine Run 20K, the most since 2016, when 181 completed the 12.4 miles. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the event.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2023 Pine Run 20K
  1. 1:19:41, Leonardo Canete (M, 45) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 1:21:48, Caden Vandermeulen (M, 19) Panama City, FL
  3. 1:24:21, Mike Tercyak (M, 40) Crawfordville, FL
  4. 1:24:59, Hong-Guo Yu (M, 55) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 1:26:11, Brad Busboom (M, 35) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 1:29:39, Jonathan Caswell (M, 33) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 1:30:02, Tyco Mera Evans (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 1:30:11, Jay Wallace (M, 59) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 1:32:18, Hilmar Skagfield (M, 35) Jackson, FL
  10. 1:32:26, Bill McNulty (M, 65) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2023 Pine Run 20K
  1. 1:40:27, Carrie Murphy (F, 51) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 1:42:08, Julie Fink (F, 41) Pensacola, FL
  3. 1:48:12, Laura McDermott (F, 43) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 1:50:56, Ali Kelly (F, 51) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 1:51:34, Nancy Proctor (F, 62) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 1:51:38, Olivia Willoughby (F, 26) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 1:52:46, Ruffian Tyner (F, 48) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 1:53:01, Nancy Moody (F, 39) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 1:53:29, Kendall Meikenhous (F, 36) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 1:53:29, Priscilla Lim (F, 28) Tallahassee, FL

Champions of Gulf Winds Track Club's Pine Run 20K, 1977 - 2023
DateMenWomenFinishers
15 October 197767:19, Herb Wills86:21, Rosemary Desloge124
14 October 197869:30, Jim Eastman81:21, Janice Gage167
13 October 197971:28, Louis Floyd86:29, Laura Ledbetter144
11 October 198071:57, Kirk Fechter98:20, Michelle Jernigan134
10 October 198175:05, Jeff Doherty99:40, Marianne Crawford101
9 October 198267:00, Herb Wills97:17, Kathe Brookover106
22 October 198369:32, Herb Wills85:43, Patti Sudduth128
20 October 198472:37, Kirk Fechter89:55, Donna Miller107
19 October 198568:54, Herb Wills88:22, Patti Sudduth71
18 October 198671:20, Bill Crooks87:31, Janice Gage Hochstein146
17 October 198768:58, Tom Swiersz85:56, Kay Capozzi125
15 October 198865:36, Herb Wills82:29, Paula Johnson170
14 October 198969:46, Herb Wills89:53, Jodi Waldron139
13 October 199069:55, Herb Wills85:10, Donna Miller113
12 October 199165:43, Jessie Close88:16, Mary Jean Yon150
17 October 199266:34, Gary Droze82:17, Carrie Hunnicutt141
16 October 199375:26, Paul Hoover80:53, Paula Johnson134
15 October 199472:45, Tim Simpkins80:18, Jane Johnson147
14 October 199577:39, Tim Simpkins82:46, Jane Johnson146
12 October 199674:32, Tim Simpkins80:30, Jane Johnson172
11 October 199771:36, Gary Droze80:12, Sarah Docter-Williams156
10 October 199873:12, Gary Droze81:35, Jane Johnson125
9 October 199980:41, Robert Pautienus82:23 Sarah Docter-Williams170
14 October 2000 79:28, Art Remillard82:43, Jane Johnson150
13 October 200180:57, Tim Unger84:03, Sarah Docter-Williams128
12 October 200283:37, Tim Bolton86:46, Jane Johnson137
11 October 200384:14, David Yon97:27, Lisa Whitworth79
9 October 200483:01, David Guerra91:55, Jane Johnson94
9 October 200579:41, Myles Gibson89:55, Jane Johnson136
14 October 200678:22, Jay Wallace81:31, Sheryl Rosen108
No race held in 2007
11 October 2008 77:45, Vince Molosky 87:32, Kati Gosnell142
2 October 2009 75:22, Jay Wallace 86:21, Sheryl Rosen155
9 October 2010 73:39, Vince Molosky 90:21, Jane Johnson243
8 October 2011 73:15, Kevin Sullivan 84:02, Sheryl Rosen180
13 October 201274:48, Vince Molosky95:05, Jane Johnson199
12 October 201374:27, Stanley Linton85:36, Sheryl Rosen171
11 October 201472:10, Chris Lake87:09, Elspeth Turner164
10 October 201587:59, Benjamin Miedema98:11, Jane Skalski151
10 October 201669:46, Stan Linton83:54, Allison Eagen181
7 October 201780:31, Chris O'Kelley91:59, Sheryl Rosen103
Race canceled in 2018
5 October 201984:34, Chris Jones97:40, Katie Sherron111
Race canceled in 2020
2 October 202178:02, Chris O'Kelley95:20, Sheryl Rosen114
8 October 202272:54, Chris O'Kelley84:45, Katie Sherron124
14 October 202379:41, Leonardo Canete1:40:27, Carrie Murphy158
From 1977 to 2006 the race was run at International Paper's Southlands
Experimental Forest south of Bainbridge, Georgia.
From 2008 to 2023 the race has been run at Tall Timbers Research Station
at the north end of Leon County, Florida.


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