Monday, March 4, 2024

Rewarding returns to the Red Pepper Run 5K for Josiah Friddle and Eden Keene

Saint George Island, Florida's Chili Cookoff is one of those annual events that people come back to year after year. So is the road race associated with the Chili Cookoff, the Red Pepper Run 5K. For instance, Josiah Friddle ran the Red Pepper in 2021 and 2022, and won the race in 2023. The Franklin County High junior returned on Saturday morning, 2 March 2024, and won again, this time running 19:35. Master runner Eden Keene, the women's runner-up in 2023, was the women's champ in 2024, placing seventh overall in 24:22.


A cross-country runner on his Franklin County High team, Friddle finished the 2024 Red Pepper 5K with a lead of nearly 400 meters, his winning time more than 50 seconds faster than he had run in the 2023 race. Ryley Sullivan came in runner-up to Friddle, going 21:00 for 5K. The next three athletes were all clocked in 24:06, with Kasey Chism edging Harry Curtains and Barney Ray for third. Ray, the top master runner in 2023, repeated as top master in 2024.


Eden Keene had likewise been the first woman master in 2023; she was again in 2024 by virtue of being first woman overall. Addyson Paul, a frosh-year cross-country runner on the Franklin County High team, took second in the women's standings behind Keene, coming in ninth overall in 24:59. Master runner Genee Meleski was the third woman and tenth overall in 25:06. Meleski had been the Red Pepper Run women's champ in 2022.


153 athletes finished Saint George Island's 2024 Red Pepper Run 5K. The race was part of the 42nd annual Saint George Island Chili Cookoff.


Top Ten Men, 2024 Red Pepper 5K Run
  1. 19:34.5, Josiah Friddle (M, 16)
  2. 20:59.6, Ryley Sullivan (M, 29)
  3. 24:05.3, Kasey Chism (M, 33)
  4. 24:05.3, Harry Curtains (M, 27)
  5. 24:05.3, Barney Ray (M, 61)
  6. 24:16.9, Nathan Treutel (M, 31)
  7. 24:29.0, Zachary Helbling (M, 22)
  8. 25:32.9, Devin Gunter (M, 24)
  9. 25:46.0, Stevie McNeill (M, 58)
  10. 26:59.5, Tanner Klink (M, 30)

Top Ten Women, 2024 Red Pepper 5K Run
  1. 24:22.0, Eden Keene (F, 41)
  2. 24:58.9, Addyson Paul (F, 14)
  3. 25:05.6, Genee Meleski (F, 55)
  4. 25:47.1, Sophia Fonseca (F, 27)
  5. 27:58.8, Cydney Szymanowski (F, 38)
  6. 28:11.7, Sophia Reglat (F, 18)
  7. 28:25.3, Julie Clark (F, 62)
  8. 28:46.6, Kaia Hathcock (F, 12)
  9. 28:47.6, Belinda Wharton (F, 63)
  10. 28:53.2, Isabelle Fann (F, 14)

Known St. George Island Red Pepper 5K Run Champions, 1992 - 2024
DateMenWomen
7 March 1992
6 March 1993
5 March 1994
4 March 199517:47, Jeff Doherty
2 March 1996
1 March 199717:57, Charlie Johnson20:56, Fran McLean
7 March 1998
6 March 199918:12, Mike Sims20:51, Summer Calder
4 March 200018:02, Michael Waitathu18:58, Jane Johnson
3 March 200117:10, Tim Unger17:31, Sarah Docter-Williams
2 March 200218:58, Jay Silvanima25:35, Camille Consolvo
1 March 200318:59, David Yon23:20, Jessica Stewart
6 March 200416:55, Tim Unger18:12, Breeda Willis
5 March 200517:23, Charlie Johnson20:42, Annette Ryerson
4 March 200617:40, Charlie Johnson24:05, Meghan Kennedy
3 March 200717:44, Charlie Johnson16:41, Tera Moody
1 March 200817:23, Vince Molosky21:47, Meghan Kennedy
7 March 200919:59, Hobson Fulmer25:25, Kelsey Kilinski
6 March 201018:23, David Shearon23:44, Kristen Merill
5 March 201118:00, David Shearon22:27, Meghan Kennedy
3 March 201219:42, Bryan Harrington22:17, Sam Fortunas
2 March 201321:59, Michael D. Turner22:30, Sam Fortunas
1 March 201416:21, Stanley Linton23:27, Jamie Nichols
7 March 201518:58, Dylan Peebles22:06, Connie Lewis
5 March 201618:52, John Przygocki22:13, Lauren Davidson
4 March 2017
3 March 2018
2 March 2019
7 March 2020
6 March 202118:12, Leonardo Canete23:04, Meghan Kennedy
5 March 202217:33, Courtland Buntin24:48, Genee Meleski
4 March 202320:26, Josiah Friddle24:32, Lana McDaniel
2 March 202419:35, Josiah Friddle24:22, Eden Keene


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