David Yinh, a Palm Beach Gardens master runner, placed runner-up to Merrill with a 17:08. Griffin East, an alum of the Canterbury High cross-country team, took third in 17:20.
Lisa Johnson of Gainesville was the first woman master and second female finisher, eleventh overall in 20:22. It was Johnson's third year in a row as the Tortoise 5K's top woman master; she had also been the first overall woman in the 2021 race. Gainesville's Natalie Wright was the third woman and nineteenth overall in 22:38.
193 athletes finished the 2024 Race The Tortoise 5K. The event is a fundraiser for the Friends of O'Leno State Park, who use the proceeds to help provide for the creatures in the park's Nature Center and to help expand the center's exhibits. Timing for the 2024 race was provided by Endurance Sports Timing.
Top Ten Men, 2024 Race The Tortoise 5K
- 16:46.59, Andy Merrill (M, 30) Lake Butler, FL
- 17:07.30, Daniel Yinh (M, 43) Palm Beach Gardens, FL
- 17:19.57, Griffin East (M, 23) Gainesville, FL
- 18:40.82, Robert Grote (M, 29)
- 18:55.50, Joseph Angelillo (M, 26)
- 19:09.68, Javier Prietu (M, 49) FL
- 19:13.14, Justin Holstein (M, 39) Jacksonville, FL
- 19:30.16, Robert Walkiewicz (M, 35) Gainesville, FL
- 20:19.67, Justin Maynard (M, 40) Gainesville, FL
- 20:21.59, Dashawn Davis-Anderson (M, 25) Gainesville, FL
Top Ten Women, 2024 Race The Tortoise 5K
- 19:00.16, Harlie Bassitt (F, 25) Gainesville, FL
- 20:21.29, Lisa Johnson (F, 42) Gainesville, FL
- 22:37.03, Natalie Wright (F, 38) Gainesville, FL
- 23:34.84, Lauren Porter (F, 31) Gainesville, FL
- 24:53.09, Leanne Harrison Forbes (F, 51) ,
- 25:22.45, Mary Drummond (F, 46) Gainesville, FL
- 26:30.19, Sally Chappell (F, 61) Ocala, FL
- 27:15.43, Elisabeth Diamond (F, 64) Bell, FL
- 28:07.98, Olena Carey (F, 60)
- 28:49.64, Katy Chapman (F, 41) Gainesville, FL
Race The Tortoise 5K winners, 2009 - 2024 | |||
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Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
7 March 2009 | 18:22.9, David Robison | 20:12.6, Michelle McCollum | 109 |
13 March 2010 | 16:27.5, Alex Phipps | 18:13.0, Elizabeth Duarte | 114 |
5 March 2011 | 19:21.6, Eric Drummond | 19:33.0, Tatiana Titova | 218 |
3 March 2012 | 16:09.8, Vladimir Tontchinski | 18:05.5, Averkova Anzhelika | 268 |
2 March 2013 | 16:39.7, Dan Clark | 20:37.4, Lyubov Denisova | 225 |
1 March 2014 | 16:52.8, Dan Clark | 19:13.4, Ani Veltcheva | 247 |
7 March 2015 | 18:15.6, Anton Matchev | 17:57.7, Lyubov Denisova | 165 |
5 March 2016 | 16:32, Bobby Hensley | 18:16, Ani Veltcheva | 177 |
3 March 2018 | 15:28, Enoch Nadler | 17:34, Ani Veltcheva | 215 |
2 March 2019 | 17:03, Hutson Rapier | 19:35, Courtney Rouse | 239 |
7 March 2020 | 17:08, Ravi Kumar | 19:51, Lara Drondoski | 219 |
5 March 2022 | 17:30, Michael Rosato | 20:00, Lisa Johnson | 203 |
3 June 2023 | 16:43, Jake Baldauf | 19:31, Grace Kelly | 193 |
9 March 2024 | 16:47, Andy Merrill | 19:01, Harlie Bassitt | 193 |
There was no Race The Tortoise 5K in 2017 or 2021. |
Links
- Complete results of the 2024 Race The Tortoise 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQFevbXLNV6Wj5HVOd9F7sgi4VxPjtNfsH855cGIL9EZ7TYrxhQt0uU0kcDaJKJIaBIucH5Qp5oi6Dz/pubhtml
- 2023 story, “Jake Baldauf and Grace Kelly take the Tortoise in O'Leno”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2023/06/tortoise-2023.html
- 2022 story, “Michael Rosato and Lisa Johnson make it a Gainesville sweep of the Race The Tortoise 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2022/03/tortoise-2022.html
- 2020 story, “Neither Ravi Kumar nor Lara Drondoski ran like a tortoise at the Race The Tortoise 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2020/03/tortoise-2020.html
- 2019 story, “Hutson Rapier and Courtney Rouse weren't just terrapin at the Race The Tortoise 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/03/tortoise-2019.html
- 2018 story, “Nadler burns a 15:28 and Veltcheva a 17:34 for new records at the Race The Tortoise 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/03/tortoise-2018.html
- 2016 story, “Hensley and Veltcheva victorious at Race The Tortoise”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/03/tortoise-2016.html
- 2015 story, “Denisova and Matchev are steady but not slow at Race The Tortoise”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/03/tortoise-2014.html
- 2014 story, “Clark and Veltcheva are more hare than tortoise at O'Leno 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/03/tortoise-2014.html
- O'Leno State Park
https://www.floridastateparks.org/oleno/
- The Friends of O'Leno
https://friendsofoleno.org/
- Race The Tortoise 5K course certification map USATF #FL09011EBM
https://www.certifiedroadraces.com/certificate/?type=l&id=FL09011EBM
- Any reptile race within 100 miles of Tallahassee will be here
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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