Before Monday, 1 January 2024, Enoch Nadler was the only man that had won twice at Florida Track Club's Frank Shorter Mile. After that New Year's Day, Nadler was the only man to have won the race three times. Nadler went 4:35 on the one-mile course around Gainesville, Florida's Westside Park, winning the ninth annual event by close to 80 meters. Scout Storms, a junior year cross-country runner for the Barrington High Broncos, won the women's title in the road mile, edging defending champ Haley Hasty 5:11 to 5:14.2023 Frank Shorter Mile champion Elijah House ran 5:49, two seconds faster than his winning time in the 2023 race, but the Bureau Valley High alum had to settle for second place behind Nadler. Sam Weiler of Gainesville took third in 4:57; no other athletes broke 5:00. Mikell Squires repeated as the top master runner in the men's standings; at 5:39 Squires was the ninth male finisher.
Gainesville's Katelyn Greenleaf was the third woman in the Mile, running 5:23 behind Scout Storms and Haley Hasty. Betsy Suda was fourth in the women's field and the fastest master runner of the morning with a 5:32. Suda was the women's champ at the 2016 Frank Shorter Mile, the inaugural running of the event.
44 men got out on New Year's Day to finish the Frank Shorter Road Mile, and another 36 athletes finished the women's race.
Top Ten Men, Florida Track Club's 2024 Frank Shorter Road Mile
- 4:35, Enoch Nadler (M, 30-39) Gainesville, FL
- 4:49, Elijah House (M, 10-19)
- 4:57, Sam Weiler (M, 10-19) Gainesville, FL
- 5:02, Anton Matchev (M, 20-29) Gainesville, FL
- 5:20, David Russell (M, 30-39) Gainesville, FL
- 5:24, Apolo Zamparelli (M, 30-39) Gainesville, FL
- 5:31, Joseph Angelillo (M, 20-29) Gainesville, FL
- 5:38, Justin Holstein (M, 30-39) Jacksonville, FL
- 5:39, Mikell Squires (M, 40-49) Gainesville, FL
- 6:00, Sion Feliciano (M, 30-39) Gainesville, FL
Top Ten Women, Florida Track Club's 2024 Frank Shorter Road Mile
- 5:11, Scout Storms (F, 10-19) Barrington, IL
- 5:14, Haley Hasty (F, 20-29) Gainesville, FL
- 5:23, Katelyn Greenleaf (F, 20-29) Gainesville, FL
- 5:32, Betsy Suda (F, 40-49) Gainesville, FL
- 6:24, Georgia Storms (F, 10-19) Barrington, IL
- 6:37, Anna Hansen (F, 30-39) Lexington, KY
- 6:55, Safi Chalfin-Smith (F, 20-29) Gainesville, FL
- 7:07, Tamara Fisher (F, 50-59) Beverly Hills, FL
- 7:12, Angela Nadler (F, 30-39) Gainesville, FL
- 7:12, Mary Drummond (F, 40-49) ,
| Frank Shorter Road Mile winners, 2016 - 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 1 January 2016 | 4:40, Enoch Nadler | 5:30, Betsy Suda | 55 |
| 1 January 2017 | 4:23, Mark Parrish | 5:13, Georganne Watson | 90 |
| 1 January 2018 | 4:49, Ravi Kumar | 5:18, Georganne Watson | 76 |
| 1 January 2019 | 4:21, Enoch Nadler | 5:18, Georganne Watson | 80 |
| 1 January 2020 | 4:41, Cade Monk | 5:33, Hannah Chappell-Dick | 53 |
| 1 January 2021 | 4:49, Seth Funderburg | 5:33, Camryn Williams | 52 |
| 1 January 2022 | 4:51, Jesse Jones | 5:29, Victoria Polk | 61 |
| 1 January 2023 | 4:51, Elijah House | 5:15, Haley Hasty | 41 |
| 1 January 2024 | 4:35, Enoch Nadler | 5:11, Scout Storms | 67 |
Links
- Complete results of Florida Track Club's 2024 Frank Shorter Road Mile
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTTHwASorM_h2dydhATBh_7r6XN5niwGt13aBvTBqjTMph5r895UMQmzIwTaXlkYyviritfd2uRmoMX/pubhtml
- 2019 story, “Enoch Nadler lowers the Frank Shorter Road Mile record to 4:20.7”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/01/frank-shorter-mile-2019.html
- 2018 story, “The weather outside was frightful, but at the Frank Shorter Mile Kumar and Watson were delightful”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/01/frank-shorter-mile-2018.html
- 2017 story, “Nadler and Suda first in Florida Track Club's Frank Shorter Mile”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/frank-shorter-mile-2016.html
- 2016 story, “Nadler and Suda first in Florida Track Club's Frank Shorter Mile”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/01/frank-shorter-mile-2015.html
- Course certification map FL17087TY for Florida Track Club's 2019 Frank Shorter Road Mile
https://certifiedroadraces.com/certificate/?type=l&id=FL17087TY
- Florida Track Club's Frank Shorter Road Mile on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/The-Frank-Shorter-Mile-Presented-by-the-Florida-Track-Club-765440826935294/
- Find more upcoming road miles on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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