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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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
- 4:47.24, Jonah Blay (M, 18) Tallahassee, FL
- 4:54.56, Jeremy Collier (M, 16) Tallahassee, FL
- 4:57.75, Gabe Sivyer (M, 16) Tallahassee, FL
- 4:59.42, Elijah Oquendo (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
- 4:59.82, Kyle Olson (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
- 5:00.75, Ryan Truchelut (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL
- 5:02.25, Leonardo Canete (M, 45) Tallahassee, FL
- 5:03.46, Aneesh Rahangdale (M, 26) Tallahassee, FL
- 5:13.42, Landon Reeves (M, 14) Tallahassee, FL
- 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
- 5:07.50, Katie Sherron (F, 42) Tallahassee, FL
- 5:17.25, Madeline Frank (F, 27) Tallahassee, FL
- 5:36.26, Charlotte Sikes (F, 13) Tallahassee, FL
- 5:44.52, Megan Noonan (F, 40) Tallahassee, FL
- 5:53.33, Stephanie Liles-Weyant (F, 52) Tallahassee, FL
- 5:59.21, Acadia Hassell (F, 11) Tallahassee, FL
- 6:31.53, Vicky Droze (F, 49) Tallahassee, FL
- 6:44.92, Ariah Zehr (F, 17) Tallahassee, FL
- 6:45.64, Mariah Perez (F, 21) Palm Beach Gardens, FL
- 6:46.70, Hillary Powell (F, 39) Tallahassee, FL
| “Breakfast On The Track” Mile champions, 1998 - 2024 | |||
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| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 8 August 1998 | 4:36, Robert Pautienus | 5:21, Jane Johnson | 101 |
| 14 August 1999 | 4:26, Lee Willis | 5:27, Jane Johnson | 123 |
| 26 August 2000 | 4:42.97, Gary Droze | 5:09.08, Sarah Docter-Williams | 112 |
| 18 August 2001 | 4:21.47, Ryan Deak | 5:08.94, Sarah Docter-Williams | 130 |
| 17 August 2002 | 4:35.07, Lee Willis | 5:10.33, Sarah Docter-Williams | 123 |
| 16 August 2003 | 4:45.20, David Huntzinger | 5:02.28, Sarah Docter-Williams | 122 |
| 14 August 2004 | 4:32.40, Lee Willis | 5:11.79, Sarah Docter-Williams | 162 |
| 13 August 2005 | 4:46.26, Art Remillard | 5:07.13, Sarah Docter-Williams | 157 |
| 12 August 2006 | 4:47.58, Whitney Strickland | 5:09.85, Sarah Docter-Williams | 202 |
| 18 August 2007 | 4:48.04, Michael Martinez | 5:12.91, Sarah Docter-Williams | 163 |
| 16 August 2008 | 4:31.39, Whitney Strickland | 5:12.79, Jana Stolting | 190 |
| 15 August 2009 | 4:43.40, Patrick Swain | 5:05.66, Jana Stolting | 176 |
| 21 August 2010 | 4:33.30, Trevor Touchton | 5:00.97, Stefanie Kurgatt | 191 |
| 20 August 2011 | 4:26.90, Kevin Sullivan | 5:05.82, Stefanie Kurgatt | 231 |
| 18 August 2012 | 4:40.52, Travis Covert | 5:01.31, Stefanie Kurgatt | 210 |
| 17 August 2013 | 4:34.92, Remy Tamer | 5:12.07, Sheryl Rosen | 178 |
| 16 August 2014 | 4:22.11, Matt Mizereck | 5:26.81, Caroline Willis | 213 |
| 15 August 2015 | 4:35.32, Joseph Garcia | 5:17.98, Katie Sherron | 214 |
| 13 August 2016 | 4:30.10, Stan Linton | 5:26.47, Caroline Willis | 204 |
| 12 August 2017 | 4:32, Charlie Johnson | 5:16, Katie Sherron | 185 |
| 11 August 2018 | 4:40.44, Chris O'Kelley | 5:15.26, Sheryl Rosen | 186 |
| 10 August 2019 | 4:43.92, Adam Wallenfelsz | 5:04.25, Ann Centner | 187 |
| 7 August 2021 | 4:46.27, Ryan Truchelut | 5:17.28, Katie Sherron | 91 |
| 6 August 2022 | 4:25.03, Stan Linton | 5:06.00, Katie Sherron | 146 |
| 5 August 2023 | 4:53.46, Grayton Smith | 5:06.88, Katie Sherron | 135 |
| 10 August 2024 | 4:47.24, Jonah Blay | 5:07.50, Katie Sherron | 151 |
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- Complete results of the 2024 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E__Xi54KA1xH03C5ei__pw-Bk8WpNrlFzJfol-dAYVE/pubhtml
- More Trouble Afoot! photos of the 2024 Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track
[ COMING SOON! PLEASE CHECK BACK! ]
- 2023 story, “Grayton Smith and Katie Sherron grab a win with their pancakes at Breakfast On The Track”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2023/08/breakfast-2023.html
- 2022 story, “Stan Linton and Katie Sherron grab more GWTC Mile titles at the Breakfast On The Track”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2022/08/breakfast-2022.html
- 2021 story, “For Ryan Truchelut and Katie Sherron, the best part of waking up was the Mile”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2021/08/breakfast-2021.html
- 2019 story, “Adam Wallenfelsz and Ann Centner start the day with Breakfast on the Track wins”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/08/breakfast-2019.html
- 2018 story, “O'Kelley and Rosen were light on the syrup, heavy on the speed at the Breakfast on the Track”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/08/breakfast-2018.html
- 2017 story, “A quick bite and a quicker run for Johnson and Sherron at the Breakfast on the Track Mile”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/08/breakfast-2017.html
- 2016 story, “Stan Linton runs 4:30.10 before breakfast”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/08/breakfast-2016.html
- 2015 story, “Garcia and Sherron headline a field of 214 milers at Breakfast on the Track”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/08/breakfast-2015.html
- 2014 story, “Morning mile honors for Mizereck and Willis”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/breakfast-2014.html
- 2013 story, “Tamer and Rosen eat up the field at Breakfast on the Track”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/breakfast-2013.html
- 2012 story, “Covert and Kurgatt master the mile and a morning meal”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/08/breakfast-2012.html
- 2011 story, “Making a meal of the mile”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/08/breakfast-2011.html
- 2010 story, “A mile for breakfast”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/08/breakfast-2010.html
- 2009 story, “Patrick Swain wins 2009 'Breakfast on the Track' Mile”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/08/patrick-swain-wins-2009-breakfast-on.html
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