Fabrizio Gowdy and Madeline Frank raced with hearts of oak at the Pine Run

Gulf Winds Track Club's Pine Run 20K is, of course, a race--a cross-country race. But on Saturday morning, 12 October 2024, the 45th annual Pine Run 20K was indeed a race. During the seventeenth kilometer, Florida State University undergrad Fabrizio Gowdy grabbed the lead from Leonardo Canete, a Tallahassee master runner and the defending champion. Gowdy then went on to charge home in a winning 1:16:55. In the women's competition, master runner Megan Noonan dogged the leader, Madeline Frank, for fifteen kilometers before Frank broke away to take the women's title in 1:28:43, placing tenth overall.

Fabrizio Gowdy

There are only three hours each year that the grounds of the Tall Timbers Research Station, north of Tallahassee, Florida, are open to running. Those are the three hours allotted to the Pine Run 20K. Those three hours got started at about 7:40 AM, ten minutes later than scheduled. A few minutes after that, 1500 meters into the 20K, Leonardo Canete was 60 meters ahead of the field. By the halfway point in the race, Canete had stretched his lead to well over a hundred meters.


But the lead was done growing. Behind Canete, Fabrizio Gowdy had moved into second. A student at Florida State University, Gowdy had raced cross-country in Tallahassee before, competing in the High School State Championships at Apalacheee Regional Park with Stanton Prep in 2019 and 2020. This was his first Pine Run, but he was finding the 20K to his liking. DuringFabrizio Gowdy the second half of the race, he gradually pulled to within sight of Canete. At sixteen kilometers, Gowdy was less than 40 meters behind the leader. One kilometer later he was in the lead. Gowdy opened a gap of close to 300 meters on the way to the finish line, taking first in 1:16:55.

Leonardo Canete

Canete was the first master runner in the 20K, finishing runner-up in 1:18:01. Stokes Bryan, a frosh-year harrier on the Lincoln High cross-country team, was third in 1:21:48.


After the first of the twenty kilometers of the Pine Run, Madeline Frank and Megan Noonan were running just a few steps apart, leading the women's field. After ten kilometers, Frank and Noonan were still just a few steps apart. But by the fifteen-kilometer mark, Frank had broken contact with Noonan. At twenty kilometers Frank crossed the finish line 300 meters ahead of Noonan in a winning 1:28:43.

Megan Noonan and Madeline Frank

Noonan was the first woman master and second female finisher, fourteenth overall in 1:30:09. Tallahassee Triathlete and master runner Stephanie Liles-Weyant took third in the women's standings, coming in eighteenth overall in 1:33:39.


133 athletes finished the 2024 Pine Run 20K. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the event.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Pine Run 20K

1. 1:16:55, Fabrizio Gowdy (M, 21) Jacksonville, FL
2. 1:18:01, Leonardo Canete (M, 46) Tallahassee, FL
3. 1:21:48, Stokes Bryan (M, 15) Tallahassee, FL
4. 1:22:57, Mike Tercyak (M, 41) Crawfordville, FL
5. 1:24:19, Aneesh Rahangdale (M, 26) Tallahassee, FL
6. 1:26:04, Jonathan Caswell (M, 34) Tallahassee, FL
7. 1:26:29, Ryan Kunz (M, 42) Tallahassee, FL
8. 1:27:55, Brent Moody (M, 39) Tallahassee, FL
9. 1:28:18, Mickey Moore (M, 54) Tallahassee, FL
10. 1:29:03, Stephen Andrews (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL
    

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Pine Run 20K

1. 1:28:43, Madeline Frank (F, 28) Tallahassee, FL
2. 1:30:09, Megan Noonan (F, 40) Tallahassee, FL
3. 1:33:39, Stephanie Liles-Weyant (F, 52) Tallahassee, FL
4. 1:44:34, Nancy Moody (F, 40) Tallahassee, FL
5. 1:44:53, Stephanie Jones (F, 38) Tallahassee, FL
6. 1:46:17, Signe Ulsamer (F, 47) Tallahassee, FL
7. 1:49:39, Nancy Proctor (F, 63) Tallahassee, FL
8. 1:51:10, Nancy Stedman (F, 62) Tallahassee, FL
9. 1:51:55, Hillary Powell (F, 40) Tallahassee, FL
10. 1:53:08, Mary Jane Hayden (F, 45) Tallahassee, FL

Champions of Gulf Winds Track Club's Pine Run 20K, 1977 - 2024
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
15 October 1977	67:19, Herb Wills	86:21, Rosemary Desloge	124
14 October 1978	69:30, Jim Eastman	81:21, Janice Gage	167
13 October 1979	71:28, Louis Floyd	86:29, Laura Ledbetter	144
11 October 1980	71:57, Kirk Fechter	98:20, Michelle Jernigan	134
10 October 1981	75:05, Jeff Doherty	99:40, Marianne Crawford	101
9 October 1982	67:00, Herb Wills	97:17, Kathe Brookover	106
22 October 1983	69:32, Herb Wills	85:43, Patti Sudduth	128
20 October 1984	72:37, Kirk Fechter	89:55, Donna Miller	107
19 October 1985	68:54, Herb Wills	88:22, Patti Sudduth	71
18 October 1986	71:20, Bill Crooks	87:31, Janice Gage Hochstein	146
17 October 1987	68:58, Tom Swiersz	85:56, Kay Capozzi	125
15 October 1988	65:36, Herb Wills	82:29, Paula Johnson	170
14 October 1989	69:46, Herb Wills	89:53, Jodi Waldron	139
13 October 1990	69:55, Herb Wills	85:10, Donna Miller	113
12 October 1991	65:43, Jessie Close	88:16, Mary Jean Yon	150
17 October 1992	66:34, Gary Droze	82:17, Carrie Hunnicutt	141
16 October 1993	75:26, Paul Hoover	80:53, Paula Johnson	134
15 October 1994	72:45, Tim Simpkins	80:18, Jane Johnson	147
14 October 1995	77:39, Tim Simpkins	82:46, Jane Johnson	146
12 October 1996	74:32, Tim Simpkins	80:30, Jane Johnson	172
11 October 1997	71:36, Gary Droze	80:12, Sarah Docter-Williams	156
10 October 1998	73:12, Gary Droze	81:35, Jane Johnson	125
9 October 1999	80:41, Robert Pautienus	82:23 Sarah Docter-Williams	170
14 October 2000	79:28, Art Remillard	82:43, Jane Johnson	150
13 October 2001	80:57, Tim Unger	84:03, Sarah Docter-Williams	128
12 October 2002	83:37, Tim Bolton	86:46, Jane Johnson	137
11 October 2003	84:14, David Yon	97:27, Lisa Whitworth	79
9 October 2004	83:01, David Guerra	91:55, Jane Johnson	94
9 October 2005	79:41, Myles Gibson	89:55, Jane Johnson	136
14 October 2006	78:22, Jay Wallace	81:31, Sheryl Rosen	108
No race held in 2007
11 October 2008	77:45, Vince Molosky	87:32, Kati Gosnell	142
2 October 2009	75:22, Jay Wallace	86:21, Sheryl Rosen	155
9 October 2010	73:39, Vince Molosky	90:21, Jane Johnson	243
8 October 2011	73:15, Kevin Sullivan	84:02, Sheryl Rosen	180
13 October 2012	74:48, Vince Molosky	95:05, Jane Johnson	199
12 October 2013	74:27, Stanley Linton	85:36, Sheryl Rosen	171
11 October 2014	72:10, Chris Lake	87:09, Elspeth Turner	164
10 October 2015	87:59, Benjamin Miedema	98:11, Jane Skalski	151
10 October 2016	69:46, Stan Linton	83:54, Allison Eagen	181
7 October 2017	80:31, Chris O'Kelley	91:59, Sheryl Rosen	103
Race canceled in 2018
5 October 2019	84:34, Chris Jones	97:40, Katie Sherron	111
Race canceled in 2020
2 October 2021	78:02, Chris O'Kelley	95:20, Sheryl Rosen	114
8 October 2022	72:54, Chris O'Kelley	84:45, Katie Sherron	124
14 October 2023	79:41, Leonardo Canete	1:40:27, Carrie Murphy	158
12 October 2024	76:55, Fabrizio Gowdy	88:43, Madeline Frank	133
From 1977 to 2006 the race was run at International Paper's Southlands Experimental Forest south of Bainbridge, Georgia. Since 2008 the race has been run at Tall Timbers Research Station at the north end of Leon County, Florida.

Links

• Complete results of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Pine Run 20K at Tall Timbers
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vShS4hYFSP09fL6N0EzkJt_2pIrM2KWTASGe4SYHtlbF_rmSuMiX9MGUF_6uqi8VtJNwz0ZO5GmnjKs/pubhtml
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Pine Run 20K at Tall Timbers
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10123146264751743
  
  
• 2023 story, “Leonardo Canete and Carrie Murphy add their names to Pine Run history”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2023/10/pine-run-2023.html
  
  
• 2022 story, “Chris O'Kelley and Katie Sherron take the Pine Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2022/10/pine-run-2022.html
  
  
• 2021 story, “Encore wins at the Pine Run 20K for Chris O'Kelley and Sheryl Rosen”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2021/10/pine-run-2021.html
  
  
• 2019 story, “Chris Jones and Katie Sherron take top billing at the return of the Pine Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/10/pine-run-2019.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “O'Kelley and Rosen tear it up at Tall Timbers in the Pine Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/pine-run-2017.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Miedema and Skalski are tough at Tall Timbers in the Pine Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/pine-run-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Sterling debuts for Lake and Turner at Tall Timbers”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/pine-run-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Linton and Rosen are the twin terrors of Tall Timbers in Tallahassee's Pine Run 20K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/10/pine-run-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Molosky and Johnson take titles at Tall Timbers”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/pine-run-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Sullivan and Rosen tumble records at Tall Timbers”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/10/pine-run-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Molosky and Johnson find their way to wins at Pine Run 20K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/pine-run-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Wallace, Rosen winners at the 2009 Pine Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/10/wallace-rosen-winners-at-2009-pine-run.html
  
  
• Beautyberry and other wildflowers on the Pine Run 20K course
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10101068395887923.3217016.5215641&l=45b43048ac
  
  
• If there's another cross-country race like the Pine Run scheduled, it'll be listed here
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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