South of Thomasville, Georgia, Pebble Hill Plantation hosted the eighth Quail Trail 5K on Saturday morning, 21 October 2023. It had been just over eight years since the seventh Quail Trail in 2015, and it's anyone's guess how many of the athletes from that earlier race were at Pebble Hill for the 2023 event. Nearly 200 made it to the Plantation, though, and the fastest of those by far was Matt Mizereck. Hailing from nearby Tallahassee, Florida, Mizereck won the 5000-meter cross-country race by more than 900 meters, running 16:25. The first woman in the race was Alison Wells of Bainbridge, Georgia, third overall in 20:21.It was hardly surprising to see Matt Mizereck excel in a cross-country race; as a harrier at Leon High School, Mizereck had won Florida's high school cross-country state championship three times in a row from 2007 to 2009. Gabriel Ponce took second to Mizereck at the Quail Trail 5K with a 20:10. Nicholas May, a sophomore on the Thomasville High cross-country team, placed third in the men's standings and fourth overall 20:21. Kevin Ethridge was the first master runner in the Quail Trail, the fourth male finisher and fifth overall in 20:42.
Alissa Cole took the runner-up spot in the women's standings, coming in twelfth overall in 23:13. Ruffian Tyner edged Cathy Bond to finish as the top woman master, 24:20 to 24:21. Tyner was third in the women's division and seventeenth overall; Bond was the fourth woman and eighteenth overall.
170 athletes finished the 2023 Quail Trail 5K. Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee, Florida timed and scored the race.
Top Ten Men, 2023 Quail Trail 5K
- 16:24.90, Matthew Mizereck (M, 31)
- 20:09.40, Gabriel Ponce (M, 23)
- 20:20.10, Nicholas May (M, 15)
- 20:23.80, Holten Dennard (M, 12)
- 20:41.40, Kevin Ethridge (M, 46)
- 20:51.80, Joel Reneau (M, 37)
- 21:22.20, Aaron Farris (M, 37)
- 21:44.90, Stokes Bryan (M, 14)
- 22:25.00, Rubicel Martinez (M, 35)
- 22:58.10, Shane Roberts (M, 52)
Top Ten Women, 2023 Quail Trail 5K
- 20:19.50, Alison Wells (F, 27)
- 23:12.10, Alissa Cole (F, 25)
- 24:19.50, Ruffian Tyner (F, 48)
- 24:20.50, Cathy Bond (F, 43)
- 24:41.10, Sierra Robinson (F, 28)
- 24:42.60, Margaret Wetherbee (F, 54)
- 25:05.10, Anika Sigel (F, 27)
- 25:59.60, Nicole Balmer (F, 47)
- 26:12.40, Tyler Mendelson (F, 35)
- 27:14.40, Nancy Herring (F, 68)
| Quail Trail 5K winners, 2009 - 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 26 September 2009 | 22:01, Steven Cox | 24:38, Nancy Stedman | 155 |
| 25 September 2010 | 15:41, Kevin Cook | 18:40, Kara Taylor | 236 |
| 24 September 2011 | 17:30, Giovanni Sanchez | 23:54, Kimberlee Lawson | 118 |
| 29 September 2012 | 18:38, Ryan Kelly | 24:29, Melanie Jackson | 157 |
| 28 September 2013 | 16:59, Chance Roe | 19:47, Jacki Pinkerton | 92 |
| 27 September 2014 | 17:40, Ryan Kelly | 24:03, Nancy Elam | 101 |
| 19 September 2015 | 18:41, Ryan Kelly | 20:10, Melissa Thompson | 99 |
| 21 October 2023 | 16:25, Matthew Mizereck | 20:20, Alison Wells | 170 |
| The Quail Trail 5K was run on USATF certified course GA09026WC from 2010 to 2015. | |||
Links
- Complete results of the 2023 Quail Trail 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRTzzesntiOf1ZSAMGRkzYOgKvALmExI3Q_ydGygURZZQOfqgYNkf1BI5bb-CoFGQhyO9i7SMxsZvkL/pubhtml
- 2015 story, “Kelly and Thompson tear through the trails at Quail Trail”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/quail-trail-open-2015.html
- 2014 story, “Kelly and Elam tops on the trail at Quail Trail”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/09/quail-trail-open-2014.html
- 2010 story, “Tales from the Trail, the second annual Quail Trail”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/quail-trail-2010.html
- 2009 story, “Lost on the Quail Trail”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/09/lost-on-quail-trail.html
- USATF course certification map GA23040WC for the Quail Trail 5K
https://app.box.com/s/bkqekr48sbx7aip405m6finfwb4swqjr
- Quail, partridge, duck, or ptarmigan, find your favorite bird's race on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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