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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