The Freedom 5K has been run on the street of Keystone Heights, Florida every fourth of July since 2020. And Gainesville, Florida athlete Julian Bautista has been at every one of those races. He placed fourth in the inaugural run, and second in the 2022 and 2023 races. But on Thursday morning, 4 July 2024, Bautista was done being an "also ran" in Keystone Heights. He won the fifth annual Freedom 5K by 70 meters, running 17:39. Lake Butler, Florida master runner Meghan Bishop was the first woman in the race, coming in fourteenth overall in 22:32.Ray Gottschalk, a rising senior on the Ponte Vedra High cross-country team, took second in the Freedom 5K, running 17:54. It was 18 seconds faster than Gottschalk's fourth-place performance in the 2023 race. Tyler Griffin, less than a year from his senior year cross-country season at Keystone Heights High, placed third in 18:01. Jamie Moss of Fleming Island, Florida was the first male master in the 5K, finishing fifteenth in the men's standings and seventeenth overall in 22:42.
Keystone Heights schoolgirl Ryleigh Thomas took second in the women's standings; Thomas was fifteenth overall in 22:32. Thirteen-year-old Tinley Guessford of Florahome, Florida was third in the women's division and twentieth overall in 22:41.
281 athletes finished the 2024 Keystone Heights Freedom 5K. Florida Race Day, LLC, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida chip-timed the race.
Top Ten Men, 2024 Keystone Heights Freedom 5K
- 17:38.90, Julian Bautista (M, 20) Gainesville, FL
- 17:53.22, Ray Gottschalk (M, 17) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
- 18:00.62, Tyler Griffin (M, 18) Keystone Heights, FL
- 18:14.09, Brett Tornwall (M, 39) Blacksburg, VA
- 18:26.68, Noah Yara (M, 16) Lawtey, FL
- 18:36.58, Stuart Robertson (M, 30) Starke, FL
- 18:51.27, Ryder Thomas (M, 15) Keystone Heights, FL
- 19:00.12, Ryan Collins (M, 29) Keystone Heights, FL
- 21:05.90, Jackson Parmeter (M, 16) ,
- 22:08.98, Brandyn Ward (M, 15) Keystone Heights, FL
Top Ten Women, 2024 Keystone Heights Freedom 5K
- 22:31.29, Meghan Bishop (F, 43) Lake Butler, FL
- 22:31.29, Ryleigh Thomas (F, 11) Keystone Heights, FL
- 22:40.79, Tinley Guessford (F, 13) Florahome, FL
- 24:50.08, Rebecka Thoms (F, 45) Fleming Island, FL
- 25:19.24, Brooke Haddix (F, 33) MelroseMelrose, FL
- 25:32.12, Dawn Koval (F, 47) St Augustine, FL
- 25:30.44, Melody Tyre (F, 14) Keystone Heights, FL
- 25:29.60, Hailey Kerlin (F, 21) Hawthorne, FL
- 25:54.33, Debbie Gottschalk (F, 61) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
- 26:06.41, Janelle Tornwall (F, 39) Blacksburg, VA
| Keystone Heights Freedom 5K winners, 2020 - 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 4 July 2020 | 16:25, Matthew Stratton | 16:57, Eden Meyer | 96 |
| 3 July 2021 | 17:01, Cohen MacDonald | 21:14, Maggie McCloskey | 160 |
| 2 July 2022 | 16:00, Noah Wasserman | 22:05, Maggie McCloskey | 138 |
| 4 July 2023 | 16:33, Troy Winkler | 21:50, Maggie McCloskey | 219 |
| 4 July 2024 | 17:39, Julian Bautista | 22:32, Meghan Bishop | 281 |
Links
- Complete results of the 2024 Keystone Heights Freedom Run 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTrBosG5qRtZidpeU-t1nBXOvk3SowqEfAS21Iu4GBOiBWnSGeRUGynLb_EQpMZDoUwU3XLzKmAi5Pe/pubhtml
- 2023 story, “Troy Winkler and Maggie McCloskey lead Keystone Heights' Freedom 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2023/07/keystone-heights-freedom-2023.html
- 2022 story, “High performance racing in Keystone Heights for Noah Wasserman and Maggie McCloskey”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2022/07/keystone-heights-freedom-2022.html
- Find more red, white, and blue races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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