Monday, April 8, 2024

Leonardo Canete and Ann Centner seize Springtime

From 1976 to 2024, Gulf Winds Track Club has held the Springtime Road Race 47 times. That history has provided athletes ample opportunity to run the Tallahassee, Florida event multiple times. Master runner Leonardo Canete was racing his second Springtime 10K on Saturday morning, 6 April 2024; he won the Tallahassee classic in 35:49. That same morning, Ann Centner was racing her sixth Springtime. She took the women's title, her third, placing third overall in 36:44.

Leonardo Canete
Leonardo Canete

The start was delayed for a few minutes, but at 8:05 AM the race was on, with the athletes charging north on Suwannee Street. Leonardo Canete may not have been first off the line, but a few meters down the road he was clearly ahead. Another Tallahassee master runner, Charlie Johnson, was a few steps behind Canete. Two kilometers into the race, Canete and Johnson were racing one-two, just seconds apart. Then the race turned into Myers Park.


In the Myers Park hills, Canete built up a significant lead on Johnson, getting 80 meters ahead by the halfway point. Canete continued to move away during the second half. When he crossed the finish line back on Suwannee Street in a winning 35:49, Canete had a 200-meter lead. Johnson was second in 36:30. Matthew Lammens was the third male finisher, fourth overall in 37:09.

Ann Centner
Ann Centner

Almost half a minute earlier, women's champ Ann Centner had already crossed the finish line in 36:44. Centner had been the top woman at two previous Springtimes, 2019 and 2022. 2022 had been a hard-fought, close affair, with Centner prevailing late in the race over Katie Sherron, the Springtime women's winner in 2018. Centner kept 2025 drama-free, leading the women's field early then pulling away steadily, ultimately coming in 400 meters ahead of her closest rival.


Katie Sherron was the top woman master and the women's runner-up, placing eighth overall in 38:18. Tallahassee master runner Stephanie Liles-Weyant was the third female finisher, seventeenth overall in 40:48.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Springtime 10K
  1. 35:49, Leonardo Canete (M, 45)
  2. 36:30, Charlie Johnson (M, 44)
  3. 37:09, Matthew Lammens (M, 19)
  4. 37:23, Elijah Oquendo (M, 23)
  5. 37:46, Caden Vandermeulen (M, 20)
  6. 37:47, Brent Moody (M, 39)
  7. 38:34, Mike Tercyak (M, 41)
  8. 38:36, Matt Rumenik (M, 39)
  9. 38:41, Graham Badenhausen (M, 20)
  10. 38:48, Stephen Andrews (M, 38)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Springtime 10K
  1. 36:44, Ann Centner (F, 32)
  2. 38:18, Katie Sherron (F, 42)
  3. 40:48, Stephanie Liles-Weyant (F, 51)
  4. 43:12, Alexis Mayfield (F, 12)
  5. 43:45, Averi Lewis (F, 26)
  6. 44:56, Madeleine Keenan (F, 27)
  7. 46:22, Katie Xanders (F, 25)
  8. 46:22, Emily Xanders (F, 25)
  9. 47:13, Kyla Shillington (F, 31)
  10. 47:48, Monica Toth (F, 35)

The Springtime 5K, part of the event since 2008, started at the same time as the 10K. Christian Minor won the shorter race by almost 200 meters, running 17:48. Elyse Gallegos was the first woman in the 5K, placing sixth overall in 20:04.

Christian Minor
Christian Minor

Behind Minor, Ryan Truchelut held off Kyle Olson for second in the men's division, 18:29 to 18:33. Fanxiu Zhu was the first master runner in the race, the sixth male finisher and seventh overall in 20:21.


Eleven-year-old Acadia Hassell took second in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 21:20. Amelia Bryant was the third woman and twentieth overall in 21:58. The top woman master was Vicky Droze, at 22:34 the fifth woman and 27th overall.

Race Start
The start of the 2024 Springtime 10K and 5K

534 athletes finished the 2025 Springtime 10K; another 714 completed the 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the races.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Springtime 5K
  1. 17:48, Christian Minor (M, 37)
  2. 18:29, Ryan Truchelut (M, 38)
  3. 18:33, Kyle Olson (M, 27)
  4. 19:33, Carson Weiss (M, 14)
  5. 19:47, Landon Heitmeyer (M, 10)
  6. 20:21, Fanxiu Zhu (M, 55)
  7. 20:41, Chase Simso (M, 12)
  8. 21:11, Dan Manausa (M, 54)
  9. 21:17, Camp Andrews (M, 13)
  10. 21:22, Michael Weyant (M, 58)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Springtime 5K
  1. 20:04, Elyse Gallegos (F, 36)
  2. 21:20, Acadia Hassell (F, 11)
  3. 21:58, Amelia Bryant (F, 35)
  4. 22:15, Hannah Dushane (F, 30)
  5. 22:34, Vicky Droze (F, 48)
  6. 23:08, Stephanie Jones (F, 38)
  7. 23:11, Ashlee Blake (F, 38)
  8. 23:33, Laney Ungru (F, 11)
  9. 23:47, Darby Scott (F, 42)
  10. 23:54, Madeline Brockmeier (F, 14)

Springtime 10K Champions, 1976 - 2024
DateDistanceMenWomenFinishers
24 April 1976*4 miles20:30, George West,Donnie Cook25:27, Janice Gage106
197710K31:24, Morrison Reid40:57, Nancy McCormac205
1 April 197810K31:43, George West38:03, Laura Ledbetter468
7 April 197910K33:10, David Ferrell37:14, Janice Gage658
29 March 198010K32:35, Rick Swiderski40:02, Lisa Kinch
4 April 198110K32:06, Mabry McCray37:14, Janice Gage683
3 April 198210K32:11, George West39:56, Pam Ledbetter
9 April 198310K31:21, Noel Shumann38:15, Janice Hochstein
7 April 198410K30:03, Larry Greene35:57, Carla Borovicka917
30 March 198510K30:30, Paul Waldron35:32, Carole Rouillard
22 March 198610K31:15, Dennis Rice37:16, Karen MacHarg
5 March 198710K31:52, Jessie Close35:30, Carla Borovicka757
26 March 198810K31:22, Paul Waldron38:18, Karen MacHarg760
8 April 198910K30:49, Paul Waldron37:54, Janice Hochstein827
199010K31:48, Jessie Close38:16, Vikki Saga913
199110K32:02, Jessie Close38:29, Paula Johnson
199210K32:09, Jessie Close37:38, Paula Johnson
199310K33:11, Andy Palmer36:54, Paula Johnson
199410K32:17, Matthew Dobson37:37, Lisa Herman692
1 April 199510K31:43, Matthew Dobson37:27, Jane Johnson
13 April 199610K32:21, Jessie Close37:11, Jane Johnson610
12 April 199710K31:12, Juri Punda35:30, Tamara Karloukova847
4 April 199810K31:07, Randy Hollinger34:09, Breeda Dennehy789
27 March 199910K30:56, Muchapiwa Mazano37:01, Sarah Docter-Williams681
1 April 200010K32:28, Muchapiwa Mazano36:05, Anna Pichrtova770
31 March 200110K32:18, Muchapiwa Mazano34:46, Tatyana Maslova717
6 April 200210K31:18, Conor Holt36:40, Larisa Timchina732
5 April 200310K30:56, Joseph Zepherinus34:52, Larisa Timchina634
3 April 200410K33:22, Caleb Carmichael37:03, Sarah Docter-Williams694
2 April 200510K32:43, Joey Zins36:51, Sarah Docter-Williams758
1 April 200610K33:25, Joey Zins34:36, Vicky Gill663
31 March 200710K33:27, Matthew Dobson37:23, Lara Shaw867
29 March 200810K31:59, Joey Zins38:16, Sarah Docter-Williams820
5K17:58, Cray Peron23:17, Angela Gibbs423
28 March 200910K35:00, David Altmaier38:34, Lisa Johnson658
5K16:44, Daniel Lee18:48, Allison Eagen409
27 March 201010K33:09, Chris Lake38:23, Sheryl Rosen850
5K19:14, Etienne Mazimpaka21:58, Katherine Lindsay686
2 April 201110K32:34, Chris Lake34:52, Pasca Cheruiyot934
5K19:10, Etienne Mazimpaka18:18, Lisa Johnson731
31 March 201210K33:29, Chris Lake37:33, Lindsay Zeiler905
5K19:02, David Witman18:24, Lisa Johnson809
6 April 201310K31:42, Kevin Sullivan36:05, Stefanie Slekis993
5K16:48, Alex Smyth19:24, Lisa Johnson788
29 March 201410K32:03, Kevin Sullivan38:09, Seeley Gutierrez716
5K17:50, Adam Greenstein18:17, Amy Hines443
28 March 201510K32:59, Stephen Cox37:30, Sheryl Rosen986
5K17:31, Adam Greenstein19:44, Alyson Churchill709
2 April 201610K34:06, Roger Schmidt39:09, Adriana Piekarewicz942
5K18:42, Nicholas Loffer21:53, Megan Churchill426
1 April 201710K32:51, Christopher Haynes37:21, Ani Veltcheva909
5K18:36, Nick Loffer20:53, Shannon Turner582
7 April 201810K32:31, Christopher Haynes38:57, Katie Sherron776
5K18:00, Mark Zamani19:19, Lucy Baird511
30 March 201910K32:39, Christopher Haynes37:10, Ann Centner792
5K17:29, Jake Poore19:57, Grace Koeppel620
28 March 2020Race canceled, COVID-19
27 March 2021No race, COVID-19
2 April 202210K31:23, Christopher Haynes34:58, Ann Centner455
5K16:33, Jacob Stamm21:12, Annabelle Wiktorski442
1 April 202310K34:32, Alberto Mena36:41, Jennifer Lima515
5K16:09, Ryan Ziskinder21:40, Amelia Bryant484
6 April 202410K35:49, Leonardo Canete36:44, Ann Centner534
5K17:48, Christian Minor20:04, Elyse Gallegos714
* The 1976 race was a four-mile run on the FSU campus.


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