A winter storm swept through North Florida on 21 January 2025, dropping unprecedented amounts of snow and sleet on the Gulf Coast. Florida State University at Tallahassee remained closed through the end of that week, prompting the administration to cancel the Bowlegs 5K Run For Scholarship, scheduled for Saturday, 25 January 2025. But Florida State University at Panama City re-opened on Friday, so on that coastal campus the fourth annual Torch Run 5K went ahead as planned on Saturday. Mason Brain, the frosh ace of the Nort Bay Haven High cross-country team, won the race in 20:05. Gulf Coast State College cross-country runner Adriana Cruz-Betancourth was the first woman in the 5K, placing ninth overall in 22:27.Moses Mwenda was the first master runner in the Torch Run; Mwenda finished runner-up to Brain in 20:36. Lexus Roulhac took third with a 20:48. Roulhac had placed fourth in the 2024 Torch Run, running 21:57.
Madelyn Gortemoller, a former harrier at Port Saint Joe High and Mobile University, was the runner-up in the women's division, coming in thirteenth overall in 22:39. Bailey Martinek, another Gulf Coast State Commodore, was the third woman and eighteenth overall in 23:50. Jill Kupfer was the first woman master in the Torch Run and the seventh female finisher, 32nd overall in 26:35.
212 athletes finished FSUPC's 2025 Torch Run 5K. International Running Company timed the race.
Top Ten Men, 2025 Torch Run 5K
- 20:05, Mason Brain (M, 15)
- 20:36, Moses Mwenda (M, 44)
- 20:48, Lexus Roulhac (M, 32)
- 21:13, Chris Mayer (M, 25)
- 21:32, Will Brooks (M, 15)
- 21:50, Marek Bakun (M, 52)
- 22:03, Joseph McArdle (M, 49)
- 22:19, Andrew Turner (M, 18)
- 22:31, Justice Peacock (M, 21)
- 22:34, Steven Morrone (M, 26)
Top Ten Women, 2025 Torch Run 5K
- 22:27, Adriana Cruz Betancourth (F, 19)
- 22:39, Madelyn Gortemoller (F, 21)
- 23:50, Bailey Martinek (F, 18)
- 25:29, Lindsay French (F, 38)
- 25:39, Ashley White (F, 37)
- 26:07, Savannah Owens (F, 21)
- 26:35, Jill Kupfer (F, 57)
- 26:46, Addie Brooks (F, 19)
- 26:54, Maddie Mohamed (F, 12)
- 26:55, Courtney Scruggs (F, 34)
| Florida State University Panama City Torch Run 5K winners, 2022 - 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 22 January 2022 | 17:57, Matthew Matson | 25:03, Krystin Guirey | 60 |
| 21 January 2023 | 17:45, Walter Spangler | 19:18, Margaret Bartlow | 137 |
| 20 January 2024 | 19:41, Caden Vandermeulen | 18:08, Margaret Bartlow | 135 |
| 25 January 2025 | 20:05, Mason Brain | 22:27, Adriana Cruz Betancourth | 212 |
Links
- Complete results of Florida State University Panama City's 2025 Torch Run 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT6OnzA1m5trZgyIGjBSGUW8NagJJ_MYGvaEM4tPt1PdMsac2QI4Bf8gk2GP0vbSYzQnFAIN7zgGWuO/pubhtml
- 2024 story, “Maggie Bartlow was on fire at the Torch Run”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2024/01/fsupc-torch-run-2024.html
- Find your next race in the region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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