Wednesday, August 28, 2024

28 August 2024 Tallahassee 100-Mile Race Calendar

This is the Tallahassee vicinity road-race schedule for 28 August 2024. If that's more than a week ago, the latest schedule is always available via this link:


This is a listing of upcoming races within 100 miles of Tallahassee, Florida, roughly the region in the map below. If a race isn't listed, I probably haven't heard of it, so post a comment and let me know about it.
Races can be abruptly canceled or rescheduled, so if a race is farther
away than across the street, it is important to confirm that the event is
actually taking place. Be safe, and smooth trails!


31 August 2024 (Saturday)
  • GrapesGeorgia Muscadine Festival 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET mile / 8:30 AM ET 5K. Paulk Vineyards, 1788 Satilla Road, Wray, Georgia, 31798. Event web site. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at active.com.
2 September 2024 (Monday)
  • 8th annual Bluebird Run For Brookie B 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET one mile / 8:30 AM ET 5K. J.R. Alford Greenway, 2500 Pedrick Road, Tallahassee, Florida. 2023 story. 2021 story. 2019 story. 2017 story. 2015 story. Event web site. Event page on Facebook. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. contact@bluebirdrun.com
  • 13th annual Valdosta Labor Day 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Valdosta State University Complex, 401 Baytree Road, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. 2019 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2013 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • 47th annual Macon Labor Day Road Race 10K, 5K, and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET 5K / 8:30 AM ET 10K / 10:00 AM ET one mile. 4553 Forsyth Road, Macon, Georgia. USATF certified 10K course GA12100WC. USATF certified 5K course GA12099WC. Event web page. macontracks@macontracks.org
  • Big Dog Labor Day Classic 10K. 7:30 AM ET. Headquarter Nissan, 1725 Whittlesey Road, Columbus, Georgia 31904. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
7 September 2024 (Saturday)
14 September 2024 (Saturday)
21 September 2024 (Saturday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club's 42nd annual Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET 5K women / 8:05 AM ET 5K men / 9:00 AM ET one mile. Optimist Park, East Indianhead Drive, Tallahassee, Florida. 2023 story. 2021 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. USATF certified course #FL17042TY. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. Lisa Unger, unger4122@comcast.net or 850-544-4893.
28 September 2024 (Saturday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club's 46th annual Salute to Prefontaine 5K Cross-Country Run. 8:30 AM ET. Wallwood Boy Scout Reservation, 23 Wallwood BSA Drive, Quincy, Florida 32351. 2023 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • Live Better Pink Run 5K and one-mile fun run. 7:45 AM ET Mile / 8:05 AM ET 5K. Lewis Hall Singletary Archbold Cancer Center, 918 South Broad Street, Thomasville, Georgia 31792. Event web page. Event page on Facebook.
  • 5K For The Bays and 1K Kids' Run. 8:30 AM CT 1K / 9:00 AM CT 5K. Conservation Park, 100 Conservation Drive, Panama City Beach, Florida 32413. Event web page. Event page on Facebook.
5 October 2024 (Saturday)
  • beeHahira Honeybee Festival 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Hahira Community Center, 216 Randall Street, Hahira, Georgia 31632. 2023 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. Event web page. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • 8th annual Tate's Hell And Back 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Crooked River Grill at Saint James Bay Golf Club, 151 Laughing Gull Lane, Carrabelle, Florida 32322. 2023 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. Event profile on Facebook. Event page on Facebook. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. BeLinda Wharton, bhwharton@gmail.com or 850-544-5410.
  • 14th annual Run Baby Run 5K. 8:00 AM CT. Citizens Lodge Park, 4574 Lodge Drive, Marianna, Florida 32446. 2020 story. 2017 story. Event web page. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at . pcmarianna08@gmail.com or 850-526-4673.
12 October 2024 (Saturday)
  • PineGulf Winds Track Club's 45th annual Pine Run at Tall Timbers 20K. 7:30 AM ET. Tall Timbers Research Station, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32312. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2021 story. 2019 story. 2017 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. GWTCpinerun@gmail.com or text Carter Hay (850-294-9388) or Jennifer Hay (850-294-9395).
  • TKO Fairway 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Stone Creek Golf Club, 4553 Greenway Drive, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • Tom Walker Preview 10K and 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Boulware Springs Park, 3300 SE 15th Street, Gainesville, Florida 32641. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
19 October 2024 (Saturday)
  • 9th annual Quail Trail 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Historic Pebble Hill Plantation, 1251 US Highway 319 South, Thomasville, Georgia. 2023 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. USATF certified course GA23040WC. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • Breast cancer ribbon17th annual Rejoice Run 5K and Mom's Mile (formerly Joyce's Jog). 7:30 AM ET one mile / 8:00 AM ET 5K. Historic Donalsonville Fire Station, 220 South Woolfork Avenue, Donalsonville, Georgia 39845. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2010 story. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • 47th annual Okefenokee 10K Swamp Run and one-mile fun run. 9:00 AM ET 10K / 11:00 AM ET Mile. Georgia Lions Camp for the Blind, 5626 Laura Walker Road, Waycross, Georgia 31503. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2019 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • 3rd annual Graceville Harvest Hustle 5K. 8:00 AM CT. Graceville Civic Center, 5224 Brown Street, Graceville, Florida 32440. 2023 story. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at ItsYourRace.com.
26 October 2024 (Saturday)
2 November 2024 (Saturday)
  • 14th annual Run For Your Lungs 5K. 9:30 AM ET 5K / 9:35 AM ET one mile. Lake Blackshear Resort, 2459-H US Highway 280 West, Cordele, Georgia 31015. 2018 story. Event web site. Event profile on Facebook. 2019 Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
9 November 2024 (Saturday)
10 November 2024 (Sunday)
  • Tom Walker Memorial Half-Marathon and 5K. 8:00 AM ET Half-Marathon / 8:15 AM ET 5K. Boulware Springs Park, 3300 SE 15th Street, Gainesville, Florida 32641. 2017 story. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
11 November 2024 (Monday) 16 November 2024 (Saturday)
23 November 2024 (Saturday)
28 November 2024 (Thursday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club's 48th annual Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K / 10K / 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET. State Office Satellite Complex at SouthWood, Esplanade Way, Tallahassee, Florida. 2023 story. 2019 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. USATF-certified course FL16080TY (15K). USATF-certified course FL22045JK (10K). USATF certified course FL22044JK (5K). Event web site. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. David Yon, david@radeylaw.com or 850-425-6671 or 850-668-2236.
30 November 2024 (Saturday)
7 December 2024 (Saturday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club's 48th annual Ten-Mile Challenge and Five-Mile Road Race. 8:00 AM ET. Hawks Rise Elementary School, 205 Meadow Ridge Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32312-1565. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. USATF certified courses FL22043JK (ten mile) and FL22042JK (five mile). Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • Florida Track Club's Jingle Bell Jog 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Haile Plantation, 3846 SW 98th Terrace, Gainesville, Florida 32608. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
14 December 2024 (Saturday) 21 December 2024 (Saturday) 28 December 2024 (Saturday)
31 December 2024 (Tuesday)
  • 6th annual New Year's Eve Ball Drop 5K. 8:00 AM CT. Frank Brown Park, 16200 Panama City Beach Parkway, Panama City Beach, Florida 32413. 2023 story. 2021 story. 2018 story. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
1 January 2025 (Wednesday)
  • Val D'Osta New Year 5K. 9:00 PM ET. Valdosta State University Complex, 401 Baytree Road, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. 2024 story. 2022 story. 2020 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. A Course/Line, LLC, acourseline@earthlink.net or 229-630-1455.
  • Florida Track Club's 10th annual Frank Shorter Road Mile. 12:00 Noon ET. H Spurgeon Cherry "Westside" Pool, 1001 NW 31st Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32605. 2024 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. USATF course certification map #FL17087TY. Event profile on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
4 January 2025 (Saturday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club's 11th annual Swamp Forest Trail Races (Three-Quarter Marathon, Half Marathon, and Quarter Marathon). 8:00 AM ET. Elinor Klapp Phipps Park, Miller Landing Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32312. 2024 story. 2020 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
11 January 2025 (Saturday) 18 January 2025 (Saturday)
  • 11th annual Half Shell Hustle 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Riverfront Park, 80 Water Street, Apalachicola, Florida 32320. 2024 story. 2022 story. 2020 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. Event web page. Online registration at WebScorer.com.
  • 4th annual FSU Panama City Torch Run 5K. 9:00 AM CT. Florida State University Panama City Campus, Panama City, Florida. 2024 story. Online registration at ItsYourRace.com.
25 January 2025 (Saturday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club's 40th annual Bowlegs 5K Run for Scholarship. 9:00 AM ET. FAMU / FSU College of Engineering, 2525 Potsdamer Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-6046. 2022 story. 2020 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. USATF certified course #FL12001EBM. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. Larry Giunipero, lgiunip@cob.fsu.edu or 850-878-5569, or Bill Hillison, bhillis@garnet.acns.fsu.edu or 850-893-4557.
1 February 2025 (Saturday)
  • 29th Dr. James H. Crowdis 5K. 9:15 AM ET. First United Methodist Church, 397 College Street, Blakely, Georgia. 2024 story. 2020 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. USATF certified 5K course GA17001WC. Event web site. Event profile on Facebook. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RaceEntry.com.
  • 3rd annual Chipola 5K Challenge. 8:00 AM CT. Chipola College Cultural Center, 3094 Indian Circle, Marianna, Florida. 2024 story. Event web page. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at ItsYourRace.com. Thomas Howell, tvhowell1@gmail.com
  • 28th annual Pensacola Double Bridge Run 15K and 5K. 7:00 AM CT 15K / 8:30 AM CT 5K. Maritime Park, 301 West Main Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502. 2015 story. USATF certified 15K course #FL08009EBM. USATF certified 5K course #FL08010EBM. Event web site. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
8 February 2025 (Saturday)
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22 February 2025 (Saturday)
1 March 2025 (Saturday) 8 March 2025 (Saturday)
  • Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority's Azalea 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Valdosta Early College Academy, 1605 Azalea Drive, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2011 story. Event web page.
15 March 2025 (Saturday)
  • 14th annual Lucky Leprechaun 5K. 8:00 AM CT. Fort Walton Beach Landing, 139 Brooks Street SE, Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32548. 2024 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. Event profile on Facebook. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com.
16 March 2025 (Sunday)
  • Get Lucky Half Marathon 7:00 AM CT. Fort Walton Beach Landing, 139 Brooks Street SE, Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32548. Event profile on Facebook. Online registration at active.com0.
22 March 2025 (Saturday)
29 March 2025 (Saturday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club's 48th annual Springtime 10K, 5K and one-mile kids' run. 7:30 AM ET one-mile / 8:00 AM ET 10K and 5K. Florida Departemen of Transportation Building, 605 Suwannee Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32301. 2023 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. USATF-certifed course FL22011JK (10K). USATF-certifed course FL22012JK (5K). Event web site. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. springtime10k@gmail.com.
5 April 2025 (Saturday)
12 April 2025 (Saturday) 19 April 2025 (Saturday) 26 April 2025 (Saturday)
3 May 2025 (Saturday)
10 May 2025 (Saturday)
17 May 2025 (Saturday)
24 May 2025 (Saturday)
31 May 2025 (Saturday)
7 June 2025 (Saturday) 14 June 2025 (Saturday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club's 27th annual Potluck Bash Four-Mile Cross-Country Race. 6:00 PM ET. Forestmeadows Athletic Center, 4750 North Meridian Road, Tallahassee, Florida. 2024 story. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2021 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. David Yon, david@radeylaw.com or 850-425-6671.
  • 14th annual Break Bread Bun Run 5K. 7:30 AM ET. Valdosta YMCA, 2424 Gornto Road, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. 2024 story. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. Event page onFacebook Entry form and flyer. Online registration at RunSignUp. First Presbyterian Church, fpcassistant@hotmail.com or 229-242-8376.
21 June 2025 (Saturday)
28 June 2025 (Saturday)
  • Wakulla County Cross Country Boosters' 12th annual Paul Hoover Freedom 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET 5K / 8:45 AM ET one mile. Wakulla Springs State Park, 550 Wakulla Park Drive, Wakulla Springs, Florida 32327. 2024 story. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2021 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. Event group on Facebook. Event page on Facebook. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at EventBrite.com.
4 July 2025 (Friday)
5 July 2025 (Saturday)
  • 15th annual Big Dog Heat Wave Five Mile. 8:00 AM ET. Lake Oliver Marina, 5501 River Road, Columbus, Georgia 31904. 2024 story. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2016 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
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Monday, August 26, 2024

Leonardo Canete, Megan Noonan were winners in the Trail Series finale at Maclay Gardens

In baseball, "Wait till next year!" was the unofficial slogan of the Brooklyn Dodgers. It still is for the Chicago Cubs. Really, for any fan at the end of the season, it's a mantra of hope.


In the world of trail running, it could also have been on the lips of afficianados of Gulf Winds Track Club's Summer Trail Series after Saturday morning, 24 August 2024. That was the morning of the fourth and final race of the year on Tallahassee, Florida's Summer Trail circuit, the Maclay Gardens 9K. Leonardo Canete took first in the race on the Lake Overstreet trails, winning by 400 meters in 37:31. Master runner Megan Noonan was the women's champ, placing seventh overall in 42:12.

Leonardo Canete
Leonardo Canete

Leonardo Canete had company on the starting line, but none after that. Taking the lead almost immediately, he was soon out of sight of the rest of the field. He finished his lonely tour of the Overstreet trails in 37:31, almost two minutes before the next runner crossed the line. It was Canete's third win of the 2024 Series, and his eleventh Series win since 2021, his first year on the circuit. Only Zach DeVeau, with six victories, had even half as many first-place showings in the Summer Trail Series.

Kyle Kraeft
Kyle Kraeft

Kyle Kraeft placed runner-up to Canete in 39:12. Master runner Michael Tercyak took third, running 39:38.


2024 was the eleventh year of the trail series, and the sixth time that a Series race had been on the Overstreet trails. Series director Bobby York measured the course each time, coming up with six different figures. It's safe to say that the race is in the neighborhood of nine kilometers, as long as you understand that it's a largish neighborhood.

Megan Noonan
Megan Noonan

Megan Noonan finished those nine kilometers before any other woman in the field had finished the first eight. Her 42:12 earned Noonan a third win in three appearances during the 2024 Series


Michelle Rind took the second spot in the women's standings, placing sixteenth overall in 47:37. Averi Lewis was the third woman and nineteenth overall in 48:43. Lewis had been the top woman in the third Summer Trail Series race of 2024, the Swamp Forest Trail 7K.

Michelle Rind
Michelle Rind

With Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Summer Trail Series over, what would Tallahassee's trail runners do while waiting for next year? Race director Bobby York had an answer.


"I hope to see everyone at the Swamp Forest Trail Marathon on January 4," said York.


99 athletes finished the 2024 Maclay Gardens 9K Trail Race. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the event.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Maclay Gardens 9K Trail Race
  1. 37:31, Leonardo Canete (M, 45)
  2. 39:12, Kyle Kraeft (M, 35)
  3. 39:38, Michael Tercyak (M, 41)
  4. 41:22, Daniel Korecky (M, 39)
  5. 41:50, Gregory Noonan (M, 41)
  6. 42:00, Mickey Moore (M, 54)
  7. 43:46, Melvin Jones (M, 44)
  8. 44:29, Camilo Ordonez (M, 45)
  9. 45:07, Kenneth Gloeckner (M, 40)
  10. 45:19, Jeremy Floyd (M, 47)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Maclay Gardens 9K Trail Race
  1. 42:12, Megan Noonan (F, 40)
  2. 47:37, Michelle Rind (F, 29)
  3. 48:43, Averi Lewis (F, 27)
  4. 50:44, Signe Ulsamer (F, 46)
  5. 51:10, Olivia Willoughby (F, 27)
  6. 53:42, Kendall Meikenhous (F, 36)
  7. 54:07, Emma Huggins (F, 33)
  8. 54:12, Nancy Proctor (F, 63)
  9. 57:54, Kelsey Mezzina (F, 29)
  10. 59:31, Nicole Balmer (F, 48)

Gulf Winds Track Club's Summer Trail Series race winners, 2013 - 2024
YearDateRaceTop MaleTop FemaleFinishers
2013June 22Cadillac Trail 5½M37:38, Kevin Sullivan45:07, Stephanie Liles-Weyant121
July 13Swamp Forest Trail 4½M30:19, Kevin Sullivan34:12, Micah Adriani124
July 27Magnolia Trail 3½M21:44, Kevin Sullivan24:45, Stephanie Liles-Weyant114
August 3Red Bug Trail 4½M33:31, Bryce Van Dam43:46, Stephanie Liles-Weyant92
2014June 21Red Bug Trail 4½M38:30, Charn McAllister42:02, Brook Pace114
July 12Swamp Forest Trail 4½M29:06, Charn McAllister33:13, Brook Pace109
July 26Magnolia Trail 3½M26:03, Charn McAllister30:16, Emily Molen108
August 2Cadillac Trail 5½M41:38, Brian Molen48:25, Emily Molen88
2015May 30Cadillac Trail 5½M39:15, Zach Deveau42:51, Alyson Churchill158
June 13Oak Hammock Trail 5M32:59, Zach Deveau35:10, Alyson Churchill129
July 18Coon Bottom Trail 4M28:42, Zach Deveau29:14, Alyson Churchill112
August 1Red Bug Trail 4½M35:14, Greg Bargo35:24, Alyson Churchill112
2016May 21Magnolia Trail 3½M25:18, Dan Baur27:05, Katie Gorman133
June 4Oak Hammock Trail 5½M42:53, Eric Godin45:24, Katie Gorman123
July 9Red Bug Trail 4½M33:14, Dan Baur35:04, Katie Gorman130
July 30Cadillac Trail 5½M43:06, Paul Guyas42:29, Alyson Churchill95
2017June 10Munson Hills 6M36:45, Chris O'Kelley46:34, Emily Molen87
July 1Red Bug Trail 4½M37:34, Chris O'Kelley48:24, Emily Molen90
July 15Oak Hammock/Swamp Forest 5M33:35, Charles Biberg39:36, Kat Sack89
August 5Tom Brown Park 4½M32:40, Chris O'Kelley36:36, Jennifer Bayliss71
2018June 23Munson Hills 6M38:02, Vince Molosky45:10, Emily Molen124
July 7Phipps Park 4M30:49, Jim Schafer33:39, Kat Sack127
July 21Maclay Gardens 5M38:26, Brad Busboom44:39, Kat Sack110
August 4Tom Brown Park 4½M28:39, Brad Busboom32:29, Kat Sack109
2019June 22Red Bug Trail 4½M35:27, Zach DeVeau38:53, Rachel Durbin125
July 6Munson Hills 6M38:24, Zach DeVeau43:56, Rachel Durbin86
July 27Tom Brown Park 5M37:13, Bryan Gensits44:47, Rachel Durbin108
August 24Maclay Gardens 4½M39:00, Zach DeVeau43:00, Rachel Durbin91
2021June 12Cadillac Trail 5½M40:26, Daniel Wurgler46:21, Clifton Lewis107
July 10Swamp Forest Trail 5M29:07, Leonardo Canete34:24, Amelia Bryant104
July 24Maclay Gardens 5M37:48, Jonathan Stern44:06, Clifton Lewis111
August 28Red Bug Trail 4½M34:23, Leonardo Canete38:10, Clifton Lewis72
2022May 28Swamp Forest Trail 4½M28:08, Jonathan Stern38:29, Andi Vilardo141
June 19Red Bug Trail 4½M32:19, Jonathan Stern44:01, Andi Vilardo111
July 16Maclay Gardens 5½M38:28, Leonardo Canete52:14, Andi Vilardo120
August 20Cadillac Trail 5½M37:18, Leonardo Canete48:39, Alyssa Terry98
2023May 20Red Bug Trail 4½M33:26, Leonardo Canete40:05, Averi Lewis124
June 19Maclay Gardens 5½M38:39, Leonardo Canete47:18, Averi Lewis126
July 16Swamp Forest Trail 4½M29:39, Leonardo Canete36:27, Averi Lewis106
August 19Cadillac Trail 5½M38:27, Leonardo Canete48:20, Acadia Hassell108
2024May 25Cadillac Trail 5½M37:39, Leonardo Canete44:18, Megan Noonan117
June 29Red Bug Trail 4½M32:44, Jonathan Stern38:32, Megan Noonan128
July 20Swamp Forest Trail 4½M29:15, Leonardo Canete37:17, Averi Lewis89
August 24Maclay Gardens 5½M37:31, Leonardo Canete42:12, Megan Noonan 99
Multiple wins by men: Leonardo Canete (11), Zach DeVeau (6), Jonathan Stern (4), Kevin Sullivan (3),
      Charn McAllister (3), Chris O'Kelley (3), Dan Baur (2), Brad Busboom (2)
Multiple wins by women: Alyson Churchill (5), Emily Molen (5), Kat Sack (4), Rachel Durbin (4), Averi Lewis (4),
      Stephanie Liles-Weyant (3), Katie Gorman (3), Clifton Lewis (3), Andi Vilardo (3), Megan Noonan (3),
      Brook Pace (2)


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Saturday, August 17, 2024

A fast Breakfast for Jonah Blay and Katie Sherron at the Gulf Winds Track Club Mile

In spite of its name, Gulf Winds Track Club mostly organizes road races, with a few cross-country and trail events thrown in. Among those, a one-mile run is usually an appendage or afterthought--the one-mile fun run at the Tallahassee Turkey Trot, or the one-mile kid's race at the Springtime Road Race. But once a year, the Tallahassee, Florida club returns to the track for the Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast On The Track--a showcase for that venerable 5,280-foot event of frantic distance running. The 26th running of the GWTC Mile was Saturday morning, 10 August 2024 on the Maclay School track.


Jonah Blay won the 26th annual four lapper, covering the mile in 4:47.24. Master runner Katie Sherron was the first woman in the mile for the fourth year in a row, placing ninth overall in 5:07.50.

Jonah Blay
Jonah Blay

When you have more than a hundred athletes who want to run a one-mile race on the track, you can't just line them all up and fire the starting pistol. Instead, you have to run the race in sections. Of the six sections of the mile at the Breakfast On The Track, the first section was the fastest. Jonah Blay, an alum of the Chile High Timberwolf cross-country team, was in that section. Blay hadn't run the GWTC Mile since 2019, the year before he started running for the Timberwolves. Nevertheless, he took command of the race right away, well ahead by the end of the first lap, where he was on schedule to break 4:40. Blay didn't maintain that pace, but he didn't need to. Never challenged, Blay was 40 meters ahead when he crossed the finish line in a winning 4:47.24.


Jeremy Collier, a junior-year harrier on the Community Christian School cross-country team, took second behind Blay in 4:54.56. Gabe Sivyer, another junior year high school cross-country runner, was third in 4:57.75. Leonardo Canete was the first master runner in the mile, placing seventh overall in 5:02.25.

Katie Sherron
Katie Sherron

There were three woman in the first section of the mile, but only one of them had five previous Breakfast On The Track wins--defending champ Katie Sherron. Nearly from the start, Sherron was ahead of her female rivals in the section, Madeleine Frank and master runner Megan Noonan. After four laps and 5:07.50 she had her sixth Gulf Winds Track Mile women's title. Sherron also has three of the ten fastest times by a woman at the GTWC Mile.


Madeleine Frank was the women's runner-up, placing twelfth overall in 5:17.25. Racing in the second section, Charlotte Sikes, an eighth-grader on the Swift Creek Middle School cross-country team, took third in the women's standings with a 5:36.26, good for 21st overall.

Gulf Winds Track Club Mile
Poised for the start of section one

151 athletes finished the 2024 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the mile and served post-race pancakes.


Top Ten Men, 2024 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track
  1. 4:47.24, Jonah Blay (M, 18) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 4:54.56, Jeremy Collier (M, 16) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 4:57.75, Gabe Sivyer (M, 16) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 4:59.42, Elijah Oquendo (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 4:59.82, Kyle Olson (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 5:00.75, Ryan Truchelut (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 5:02.25, Leonardo Canete (M, 45) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 5:03.46, Aneesh Rahangdale (M, 26) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 5:13.42, Landon Reeves (M, 14) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 5:16.47, Hong-Guo Yu (M, 55) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, 2024 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track
  1. 5:07.50, Katie Sherron (F, 42) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 5:17.25, Madeline Frank (F, 27) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 5:36.26, Charlotte Sikes (F, 13) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 5:44.52, Megan Noonan (F, 40) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 5:53.33, Stephanie Liles-Weyant (F, 52) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 5:59.21, Acadia Hassell (F, 11) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 6:31.53, Vicky Droze (F, 49) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 6:44.92, Ariah Zehr (F, 17) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 6:45.64, Mariah Perez (F, 21) Palm Beach Gardens, FL
  10. 6:46.70, Hillary Powell (F, 39) Tallahassee, FL

“Breakfast On The Track” Mile champions, 1998 - 2024
DateMenWomenFinishers
8 August 19984:36, Robert Pautienus5:21, Jane Johnson101
14 August 19994:26, Lee Willis5:27, Jane Johnson123
26 August 20004:42.97, Gary Droze5:09.08, Sarah Docter-Williams112
18 August 20014:21.47, Ryan Deak5:08.94, Sarah Docter-Williams130
17 August 20024:35.07, Lee Willis5:10.33, Sarah Docter-Williams123
16 August 20034:45.20, David Huntzinger5:02.28, Sarah Docter-Williams122
14 August 20044:32.40, Lee Willis5:11.79, Sarah Docter-Williams162
13 August 20054:46.26, Art Remillard5:07.13, Sarah Docter-Williams157
12 August 20064:47.58, Whitney Strickland5:09.85, Sarah Docter-Williams202
18 August 20074:48.04, Michael Martinez5:12.91, Sarah Docter-Williams163
16 August 20084:31.39, Whitney Strickland5:12.79, Jana Stolting190
15 August 20094:43.40, Patrick Swain5:05.66, Jana Stolting176
21 August 20104:33.30, Trevor Touchton5:00.97, Stefanie Kurgatt191
20 August 20114:26.90, Kevin Sullivan5:05.82, Stefanie Kurgatt231
18 August 20124:40.52, Travis Covert5:01.31, Stefanie Kurgatt210
17 August 20134:34.92, Remy Tamer5:12.07, Sheryl Rosen178
16 August 20144:22.11, Matt Mizereck5:26.81, Caroline Willis213
15 August 20154:35.32, Joseph Garcia5:17.98, Katie Sherron214
13 August 20164:30.10, Stan Linton5:26.47, Caroline Willis204
12 August 20174:32, Charlie Johnson5:16, Katie Sherron185
11 August 20184:40.44, Chris O'Kelley5:15.26, Sheryl Rosen186
10 August 20194:43.92, Adam Wallenfelsz5:04.25, Ann Centner187
7 August 20214:46.27, Ryan Truchelut5:17.28, Katie Sherron91
6 August 2022
4:25.03, Stan Linton5:06.00, Katie Sherron146
5 August 2023
4:53.46, Grayton Smith5:06.88, Katie Sherron135
10 August 2024
4:47.24, Jonah Blay5:07.50, Katie Sherron151
Top ten men's times, Gulf Winds Track Club Mile
TimeAthleteAgeYear
4:21:47Ryan Deak162001
4:22.11Matt Mizereck222014
4:25.03Stan Linton282022
4:26.90Kevin Sullivan372011
4:30.11Stan Linton222016
4:31.39Whitney Strickland172008
4:31.67Matt Mizereck242016
4:32    Charlie Johnson372017
4:32.40Lee Willis312004
4:33.30Trevor Touchton152010
Top ten women's times, Gulf Winds Track Club Mile
TimeAthleteAgeYear
5:00.97Stefanie Kurgatt152010
5:01.31Stefanie Kurgatt172012
5:02.28Sarah Docter-Williams392003
5:04.25Ann Centner272019
5:05.66Jana Stolting172009
5:05.82Stefanie Kurgatt162011
5:06.00Katie Sherron402022
5:06.88Katie Sherron412023
5:07.13Sarah Docter-Williams412005
5:07.50Katie Sherron372024
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