Monday, January 22, 2024

Eric van der Els goes 14:24 and Sarah Disanza 16:36 at the Matanzas 5000

2024 Matanzas 5000 logoUSATF certification of the course for Saint Augustine, Florida's Matanzas 5K expired in 2022. That means that the 2023 and 2024 races were run on an uncertified course. That's a shame, because the Matanzas 5000 bills itelf as "Florida's FASTEST 5K," and that's not entirely hype. For instance, at the 44th annual Matanzas 5000 on Saturday morning, 20 January 2024, three athletes broke 15:00. The fastest of those was Eric van der Els, who threw down a 14:24 for the win. Sarah Disanza was the women's champ, placing tenth overall in 16:36.


It wasn't van der Eles's fastest 5K performance; while a senior at the University of Connecticut he had run 13:36.28 on the track. But 14:24 was fast enough for the former Husky to shake off the other two athletes in the lead pack, Alec Sandusky and Jacob Klemz. Sandusy ended the race second in 14:30, while Klemz took third in 14:40.

Aaron Rowe was the fastest master runner in the race, placing seventh overall in 15:58.


Sarah Disanza's 16:36 put her 200 meters ahead of the next woman in the race, so she had little motive to run faster. Disanza has run faster, though. At the University of Wisconsin, she was a four-time NCAA All-American with a best of 15:20.57 in the 5000--a time that set a Big Ten conference record in the event.


Brittany Eberson finished runner-up to Disanza in the women's standings, placing 22nd overall in 17:16. Amelia Bjornson was the third woman and 34th overall in 17:53. Thirteen-year-old Peyton Cerasi, an eighth-grader at Indian Trails Middle School, ran 18:01 to take fourth in the women's division and 38th overall. Michelle McCreary of Ponte Vedra Beach was the first woman master and fifth female finisher, 41st overall in 18:06.


878 athletes finished the 2024 Matanzas 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2024 Matanzas 5K
  1. 14:24, Eric van der Els (M, 25)
  2. 14:30, Alec Sandusky (M, 26)
  3. 14:40, Jacob Klemz (M, 26)
  4. 15:33, Jonathan Besselink (M, 26)
  5. 15:35, Christopher Haynes (M, 31)
  6. 15:47, Jonathan Hulzebos (M, 28)
  7. 15:58, Aaron Rowe (M, 43)
  8. 15:58, Matthew Taddeo (M, 28)
  9. 16:00, Daniel Erlandson (M, 30)
  10. 16:45, Tyler McFarland (M, 32)

Top Ten Women, 2024 Matanzas 5K
  1. 16:36, Sarah Disanza (F, 28)
  2. 17:16, Brittany Eberson (F, 35)
  3. 17:53, Amelia Bjornson (F, 31)
  4. 18:01, Peyton Cerasi (F, 13)
  5. 18:06, Michelle McCreary (F, 40)
  6. 18:06, Heather Henning (F, 36)
  7. 18:09, Sydney Johnson (F, 13)
  8. 18:08, Kristen Dixon (F, 43)
  9. 18:10, Lydia McRae (F, 42)
  10. 18:34, Charlotte Joseph (F, 16)

Matanzas 5000 winners
DateMenWomenFinishers
27 January 199617:00, Rachel Cook
25 January 199714:31, Yuri Punda16:06, Alla Doudaera
31 January 199814:56, Gary Meyers16:47, Laura Mykytok
30 January 199914:41, Andrey Kuznetzov16:22, Kim Pawelek
29 January 200014:47, Sergey Shalomeyev16:32, Tetyana Pozdnyakova
27 January 200114:39, Darin Shearer15:59, Jennifer Rhines
26 January 200214:28, Zepherinus Joseph17:49, Clair Domingo
25 January 200315:18, Jerry Lawson17:35, Tatiana Titova
31 January 200414:21, Darin Shearer15:42, Galina Alexandrova
22 January 200515:11, Paul McRae18:34, Stephanie Paulk
28 January 200614:43, Ryan Woods16:01, Firiya Sultanova
27 January 200714:27, Gareth Turnbull16:14, Amy Rudolph
26 January 200814:36, Ryan Woods16:01, Molly Huddle
24 January 200916:47, John Metzgar16:03, Yuliya Gromova1193
23 January 201015:08, Ryan Woods16:33, Jolene Williams1665
22 January 201114:31, Christian Hesch16:20, Lindsay Sundell1576
21 January 201214:32, Christian Hesch16:26, Megan Brown1509
26 January 201314:28, Enoch Nadler16:39, Lauren Goss1608
25 January 201414:54, Christopher Moen16:35, Cynthia Jerop1207
24 January 201514:06, Eliud Ngetich16:52, Kaitlin Donner934
30 January 201614:51, Matt Crowe16:39, Kaitlin Donner1177
21 January 201714:37, Mark Parrish17:05, Stephanie Pezzullo985
27 January 201814:08, Ian La Mere15:54, Anne-Marie Blaney873
26 January 201914:28, Andrew Colley17:05, Joanna Thompson985
18 January 202014:07, Enoch Nadler15:56, Cleo Boyd933
22 May 2021No Race, Virtual Run
22 January 202214:00, David Bett15:52, Natosha Rogers620
28 January 202314:09, Ben Kendell16:32, Madison Offstein833
20 January 202414:24, Eric van der Els16:36, Sarah Disanza878


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