Leonardo Canete |
A week before the Nesmith 5K, Leonardo Canete had posted a 5:00 clocking at the Big Chief Tire Mile in Jacksonville, designated the Florida USATF road-mile state championship. That performance earned Canete the masters' title, but it had also taken its toll.
"I spent the week recovering," said Canete.
He seemed fully recovered at Nesmith. The race started at 8:30 AM, and before 8:31 Canete was already well ahead of the field. Uphill and downhill, past ponds, bee hives, and mountain laurel, no one challenged Canete as he extended his lead to over 300 meters. He crossed the line in 18:18, his best Nesmith mark in three years of winning the race. Master runner Gregory Noonan took the runner-up spot in 19:38. Another Tallahassee master runner, Ryan Kunz, was third in 20:15.
Stephanie Liles-Weyant |
Stephanie Liles-Weyant had a similar run in the women's competition, taking an early lead and never looking back. She ended the race first woman by over 400 meters, her 20:41 the best time by a woman in the five years of Nesmith Way 5K history. Master runners Megan Noonan and Nancy Proctor took second and third in the women's standings; Noonan was twelfth overall in 22:37 and Proctor 22nd overall in 24:53.
108 athletes finished the 2024 Nesmith Way 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed the race.
Top Ten Men, 2024 Nesmith Way 5K
- 18:17.4, Leonardo Canete (M, 45)
- 19:37.7, Gregory Noonan (M, 41)
- 20:14.4, Ryan Kunz (M, 41)
- 20:30.4, Mickey Moore (M, 54)
- 21:09.4, Kevin Etheridge (M, 47)
- 21:25.2, Abel Adams (M, 14)
- 21:33.3, Bill McNulty (M, 65)
- 21:50.7, Duane Evans (M, 56)
- 22:01.1, Paul Guyas (M, 46)
- 22:23.9, Camilo Ordonez (M, 45)
Top Ten Women, 2024 Nesmith Way 5K
- 20:40.3, Stephanie Liles-Weyant (F, 51)
- 22:36.9, Megan Noonan (F, 40)
- 24:52.4, Nancy Proctor (F, 63)
- 25:08.2, Hillary Powell (F, 39)
- 25:10.1, Ruffian Tyner (F, 48)
- 25:44.8, Angela Dempsey (F, 55)
- 25:51.7, Sarah Lester (F, 48)
- 26:05.5, Megan Orcutt (F, 39)
- 26:51.4, Kelsey Mezzina (F, 29)
- 26:58.2, Laura Dennis (F, 37)
Nesmith Way 5K winners, 2019 - 2024 | |||
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Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
11 May 2019 | 18:47, Brad Busboom | 25:53, Brandi Campbell | 45 |
17 July 2021 | 23:00, Anthony Walker | 24:38, Alexa Poage | 45 |
30 April 2022 | 18:37, Leonardo Canete | 24:27, Alexa Poage | 38 |
29 April 2023 | 29:11, Leonardo Canete | 37:36, Alexis Mayfield | 47 |
27 April 2024 | 18:18, Leonardo Canete | 20:41, Stephanie Liles-Weyant | 108 |
Links
- Complete results of the 2024 Nesmith Way 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT-fGFTdSMktC3hFgD0DAPZJE97o9LPmR7uO73fqgpz_Znzs0vj_MIJ2fYHxxqeakTOp0m9ir0MVNj1/pubhtml
- More Trouble Afoot! photos of the 2024 Nesmith Way 5K
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10121985207829123
- 2019 story, “Racing the Nesmith Way 5K the Brad Busboom way”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/05/nesmith-2019.html
- Find upcoming races in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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