Saturday, January 27, 2024

Ann Centner and Katie Sherron go one-two at the Bowlegs 5K

Gulf Winds Track Club's annual Bowlegs 5K Run For Scholarship is run on the Tallahassee campus of Florida State University, starting and finishing near the FAMU/FSU College of Engineering. Because of the campus connection, the FSU Police always provide a motorcycle officer to lead the race. The 29th annual Bowlegs on Saturday morning, 27 January 2024, was no exception. The police officer paused his motorcycle near the four kilometer point of the race to let the field catch up.


"That first woman is really moving!" exclaimed the police officer.

Ann Centner
Ann Centner

That woman was Ann Centner, and she was moving fast enough to leave everyone else in the field behind. She continued to move quickly for the rest of the race, going on to win in 18:11. Hawthorne Hay was the first male finisher, coming in third overall in 18:41.


The race started at 9:00 AM on Potsdamer Street next to the College of Engineering parking lot. Charlie Wilson, a sophomore on the Maclay School cross-country squad, set the pace for the first kilometer, closely followed by Ann Centner and master runner Dr. Katie Sherron. During the second kilometer, Centner and Sherron overtook Wilson. The leaders hit the mile mark in 5:54. Centner and Sherron continued to race through the third kilometer, heading downhill to Munson Slough and the turnaround. After the turnaround, it was time to climb back up from the Slough.

Ann Centner, Katie Sherron
Katie Sherron and Ann Centner

"We ran our second mile faster than our first," recalled Sherron. "Ann got away on the way back up the hill."


With a kilometer to go, Centner had broken contact and was continuing to widen the gap. She was over 90 meters ahead when she crossed the finish line first in 18:11. Sherron was the first master runner in the race, finishing runner-up in 18:32.

Hawthorne Hay
Hawthorne Hay

Behind Sherron, Hawthorne Hay came back during the final kilometer, passing Charlie Wilson to take first in the men's standings and third place overall in 18:41. A few steps back, Wilson was the male runner-up and fourth overall in 18:44. Dr. Hong Guo-Yu was the first male master and third male finisher, fifth overall in 18:58.


Two Swift Creek Middle School cross-country runners raced for third in the women's division--seventh-grader Charlotte Sikes and eighth-grader Alexis Mayfield. The pair ran within a few steps of each other from the start all the way to the finish line, where Sikes arrived in 21:17 and Mayfield in 21:18. Sikes and Mayfield were ninth and tenth overall.

Charlotte Sikes, Alexis Mayfield
Charlotte Sikes and Alexis Mayfield

129 athletes finished the 2024 Bowlegs 5K Run For Scholarship. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Bowlegs 5K Run For Scholarship
  1. 18:11, Ann Centner (F, 32)
  2. 18:32, Katie Sherron (F, 42)
  3. 21:17, Charlotte Sikes (F, 13)
  4. 21:18, Alexis Mayfield (F, 12)
  5. 22:07, Deanna McVay (F, 41)
  6. 22:57, Vicky Droze (F, 48)
  7. 23:14, Elisa Williamson (F, 20)
  8. 24:03, Emily Yu (F, 14)
  9. 24:48, Juliana Krueger (F, 25)
  10. 25:19, Ryleigh Gunter (F, 16)

Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Bowlegs 5K Run For Scholarship
  1. 18:41, Hawthorne Hay (M, 21)
  2. 18:44, Charlie Wilson (M, 16)
  3. 18:58, Hong-Guo Yu (M, 55)
  4. 19:43, Ryan Kunz (M, 41)
  5. 20:27, Tony Guillen (M, 55)
  6. 20:44, Landon Heitmeyer (M, 10)
  7. 22:04, Paul Guyas (M, 46)
  8. 22:08, Aaron Taylor (M, 30)
  9. 22:30, Martin White (M, 20)
  10. 22:42, Timothy Bemid (M, 40)

Bowlegs 5K Run For Scholarship winners, 1985 - 2024
DateMenWomenField
16 February 198516:44, Scott Hinkle18:48, Darien Andreu153
15 February 198616:12, Rick Miller20:00, Janice Hochstein150
7 February 198715:54, Randy Jordan20:00, Sarah Patterson186
13 February 198816:05, Rick Miller20:02, Janice Hochstein220
4 February 198915:44, Rick Miller20:02, Barbara Balzer165
10 February 199017:28, Felton Wright19:30, Paula Johnson112
16 February 199116:15, Bill Crooks20:37, Tina Davies67
15 February 199215:51, Mike Macinko18:37, Paula Johnson81
20 February 199315:33, Gary Droze19:33, Carrie Hunnicutt143
19 February 199416:02, Phillip Healy22:18, Chateau Mangaroo83
18 February 199515:41, Reid Montini18:09, Jane Johnson158
17 February 199616:12, Tim Simpkins19:33, Janice Hochstein77
15 February 199715:45, Gary Droze18:20, Jane Johnson163
14 February 199816:23, Damian Wilson17:47, Sarah Docter-Williams104
13 February 199915:57, Robert Pautenius16:54, Breeda Dennehy-Willis77
12 February 200015:49, Aaron Scheer20:42, Laurel Slyck83
10 February 200116:48, Gary Droze18:18, Sarah Docter-Williams
9 February 200216:20, Thomas Kunish20:20, Allison Eagen77
8 February 200316:56, Paul Orfield21:15, Fran McLean76
21 February 200417:06, Adam David Churchill18:21, Breeda Dennehy-Willis82
15 January 200517:42, Art Remillard18:10, Sarah Docter-Williams72
14 January 200616:43, Shawn Patterson19:22, Stephanie Liles152
20 January 200717:37, Matt Mizereck19:02, Sheryl Rosen109
19 January 200816:32, Tripp Southerland21:39, Carly Thomas121
10 January 200917:59, Tim Unger20:09, Micah Adriani117
9 January 201017:21, Stephen Cox21:01, Lauren Switzer84
8 January 201116:38, Vince Molosky19:26, Sheryl Rosen204
7 January 201217:10, Stanley Linton19:27, Katie Showman166
5 January 201316:12, Stanley Linton20:19, Katie Showman110
18 January 201415:46, Stanley Linton19:18, Lisa Johnson168
10 January 201516:08, Stephen Cox18:35, Sheryl Rosen132
9 January 201616:41, Nate Kaiser19:00, Ani Veltcheva201
14 January 201716:57, Vince Molosky18:55, Sheryl Rosen105
13 January 201816:15, Charlie Johnson18:59, Katie Sherron166
12 January 201915:29, Stan Linton17:59, Ann Centner97
11 January 202016:36, Trevor Sununu17:54, Ann Centner172
8 January 202218:09, Leonardo Canete19:25, Caroline Willis129
28 January 202317:25, Brian Erb20:12, Brittney Barnes82
27 January 202418:41, Hawthorne Hay18:11, Ann Centner129
From 1985 to 1994 the Bowlegs 5K was run on the main campus of Florida State University,
starting and finishing near Tully Gym, on USATF certified course FL88014BH.

From 1995 to 2020 the Bowlegs 5K was run in Innovation Park, starting and finishing near
the College of Engineering on USATF certified course FL95008DL. The course was later re-
certified with number FL12001EBM. In 2022 the course was slightly modified and certified
with number FL21047JK.


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