Leonardo Canete and Rachel NeSmith find victory on the Quail Trail

Pick any Saturday in autumn, and all over the United States you'll find a multiplicity of five-kilometer cross-country races--in parks, forests, fields, and country clubs. It's just one beautiful place to run after another. Of course, all those races are for high school cross-country teams.


There are a few such races for the rest of us, though. For instance, there was the ninth annual Quail Trail 5K, contested south of Thomasville, Georgia on the grounds of scenic Pebble Hill Plantation on Saturday morning, 19 October 2024. Making his first visit to Pebble Hill, Tallahassee, Florida master runner Leonardo Canete won the race in 17:48. Rachel NeSmith of Thomasville was the first woman in the 5K, placing sixth overall in 21:10.


Charlie Johnson, another Tallahassee master runner, finished runner-up to Canete in 18:14. Thomasville master runner Kevin Ethridge took third in 20:35.


Thomasville athlete Rebekah Campiglia was the second woman and seventh overall in 22:08. Kenley Reneau, an eighth-grader on the cross-country team at Thomas County Middle School, placed third in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 25:22.


139 athletes finished the 2024 Quail Trail 5K. Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee, Florida timed and scored the race.


Top Ten Men, 2024 Quail Trail 5K

1. 17:47.6, Leonardo Canete (M, 46) Tallahassee, FL
2. 18:13.3, Charlie Johnson (M, 44) Tallahassee, FL
3. 20:34.5, Kevin Ethridge (M, 47) Thomasville, GA
4. 20:52.0, Nathan Smith (M, 22) Thomasville, GA
5. 21:01.4, Joel Reneau (M, 38) Thomasville, GA
6. 22:19.6, Braden Baker (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
7. 24:56.4, David Mayfield (M, 47) Tallahassee, FL
8. 25:20.6, David Griner (M, 55) Moultrie, GA
9. 25:49.0, Michael Kennett (M, 51) Tallahassee, FL
10. 26:02.4, Cole McCollough (M, 13) Crawfordville, FL

Top Ten Women, 2024 Quail Trail 5K

1. 21:09.7, Rachel NeSmith (F, 28) Thomasville, GA
2. 22:07.2, Rebekah Campiglia (F, 26) Thomasville, GA
3. 25:21.8, Kenley Reneau (F, 13) Thomasville, GA
4. 26:13.2, Lydia Kennett (F, 13) Tallahassee, FL
5. 26:15.5, Catherine McSwigan (F, 28) Albany, GA
6. 26:33.1, Kelsey Mezzina (F, 30) Tallahassee, FL
7. 27:04.8, Lillie Moore (F, 15) High Point, NC
8. 27:18.9, C D (F, 44) Tallahassee, FL
9. 27:19.0, Kelly Kundinger (F, 31) Tallahassee, FL
10. 27:40.0, Nicole Balmer (F, 48) Tallahassee, FL

Quail Trail 5K winners, 2009 - 2024
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
26 September 2009	22:01, Steven Cox	24:38, Nancy Stedman	155
25 September 2010	15:41, Kevin Cook	18:40, Kara Taylor	236
24 September 2011	17:30, Giovanni Sanchez	23:54, Kimberlee Lawson	118
29 September 2012	18:38, Ryan Kelly	24:29, Melanie Jackson	157
28 September 2013	16:59, Chance Roe	19:47, Jacki Pinkerton	92
27 September 2014	17:40, Ryan Kelly	24:03, Nancy Elam	101
19 September 2015	18:41, Ryan Kelly	20:10, Melissa Thompson	99
21 October 2023	16:25, Matthew Mizereck	20:20, Alison Wells	170
19 October 2024	17:48, Leonardo Canete	21:09.7, Rachel NeSmith	139
The Quail Trail 5K was run on USATF certified course GA09026WC from 2010 to 2015 and on USATF certified course GA23040WC from 2023 to 2024.

Links

• Complete results of the 2024 Quail Trail 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSNN-qSmPMKP5p3GqWxrH6PBHQgbDWqV4zV84ccI4lEUV1z9dJOhl3-Z_EmQJEdWsQn_QUGc3FR5afb/pubhtml
  
  
• 2023 story, “Harriers Matt Mizereck and Alison Wells rule the morning at the Quail Trail 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2023/10/quail-trail-open-2023.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Kelly and Thompson tear through the trails at Quail Trail”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/quail-trail-open-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Kelly and Elam tops on the trail at Quail Trail”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/09/quail-trail-open-2014.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Tales from the Trail, the second annual Quail Trail”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/quail-trail-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Lost on the Quail Trail”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/09/lost-on-quail-trail.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map GA23040WC for the Quail Trail 5K
  https://www.certifiedroadraces.com/certificate/?type=r&id=4728
  
  
• Quail, partridge, duck, or ptarmigan, find your favorite bird's race on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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