One of those twelve races, the 2018 Tannenbaum, had to be shortened to something in the neighborhood of 5500 meters because Field #4 of the Apalachee Regional Park Course wasn't available. That was also the year that a stream was flowing across the course, but never mind. We're still looking at eleven races. More importantly, comparing cross-country times isn't necessarily valid. Even on the same course conditions can change from year to year. But ARPXC is so well maintained and well drained that it has been very consistent over time (except on those occasions like 2018 when the Corbin Trail becomes Corbin Creek). Anyway, this is just for fun. I've compiled a list of the 25 fastest men's times and a list of the 25 fastest women's times. Take these seriously at the risk of ridicule.
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| Kevin Sullivan |
After twelve years, Kevin Sullivan's winning time from the 2012 race, 19:35, still stands as the Tannenbaum record for men. This isn't surprising; aside from being a Canadian Olympian, Sullivan was the Big Ten Conference champion in men's cross-country four years straight. Only two other athletes have cracked 20:00 at Tannenbaum; Chris Lake (19:49) in the inaugural race and Stan Linton (19:50) in 2012. Bryan Koon stands as Tannenbaum's fastest master runner over the years; Koon ran a winning time of 20:51 in the 2013 race, placing him sixteenth on Tannenbaum's all-time list. Vince Molosky never won the Tannenbaum, but he shows up in the list of the top 25 men four times--more than any other male athlete.
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| Alyson Churchill |
On the women's side, Alyson Churchill heads the top 25 with the 21:46 Tannenbaum record for women she ran in the 2024 race. It took twelve years for someone to crack the previous record, 21:56, posted by Stefanie Slekis in 2012. Alyson Churchill shows up in the women's top 25 five times, but Katie Sherron has six entries on the list. Sherron's best Tannenbaum mark is the race's record for women masters, the 22:16 she ran in 2022. That performance is Tannenbaum's third-ranked all time.
If you haven't skipped ahead to the lists already, here they are:
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Links
- Trouble Afoot! coverage of past Tannenbaum Trail 6K Cross-Country Races
- 2024 story, “Alyson Churchill posts a swift homecoming win at the Tannenbaum 6K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2024/12/tannenbaum-2024.html
- 2023 story, “Jonah Berry and Alexis Mayfield lead a youth takeover of the Tannenbaum Trail 6K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2023/12/tannenbaum-2023.html
- 2019 story, “Chiles harriers Filippo Aldrovandi-Reina and Alyson Churchill sweep the Tannenbaum 6K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/12/tannenbaum-2019.html
- 2018 story, “Charlie Kline and Shelly Allen are the 2018 Florida RRCA State Cross-Country Champions”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/12/tannenbaum-2018.html
- 2017 story, “Johnson and Sherron rule the Tannenbaum Trail”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/12/tannenbaum-2017.html
- 2016 story, “Tannenbaum Trail titles for Josh Andrews and Alyson Churchill”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/tannenbaum-2016.html
- 2015 story, “Garcia and Sherron take the Tannenbaum”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/12/tannenbaum-2015.html
- 2014 story, “Berry College Viking Kyle Harris wins Tallahassee's Tannenbaum Trail 6K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/12/tannenbaum-2014.html
- 2013 story, “Koon and McGuff traipse the Tannenbaum Trail”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/12/tannenbaum-2013.html
- 2012 story, “Sullivan and Slekis take Tannenbaum for Capital City Runners”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/tannenbaum-2012.html
- 2011 story, “Lake and Showman trail no one at Tannenbaum Trail 6K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/12/tannenbaum-2011.html
- 2024 story, “Alyson Churchill posts a swift homecoming win at the Tannenbaum 6K”
- Course map, Gulf Winds Track Club's Tannenbaum Trail 6K Cross-Country Race
https://app.box.com/s/mjzyc4d0lf3417yrji876wpooq9t6no1
- Find another upcoming race named after a tree on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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