Sunday wins for Esteban Pinilla and Juliana Krueger at Run For Your Life

Always on a Sunday.


Florida State University's Medical Response Unit has staged their Run For Your Life 5K annually since 2010. The race has been in January, in February, in March. But whatever the date, whatever the month, the race has always been on a Sunday morning. That was the case again on Sunday morning, 2 March 2025, when Esteban Pinilla won the sixteenth annual Run For Your Life 5K. Pinilla ran the 3.1-mile course around the Tallahassee, Florida campus of Florida State University in 19:47. Juliana Krueger was the first woman in the race, placing twelfth overall in 24:22.


Pinilla was an alum of the Saint John Neumann cross-country team, having run for the Celtics during the three seasons spanning 2020 to 2022. Behind Pinilla, Andrew Freeland finished runner-up in 20:06. Dain Brown was third in 20:58. Lawrence King was the first master runner in the 5K, ninth overall in 23:33.


In the women's division, Juliana Krueger was also a veteran of high school cross-country, having raced at Lawton Chiles High from 2012 to 2014 and Lincoln High in 2015. Sadie Wolfe placed second to Krueger in the Run For Your Life women's standings, finishing fourteenth overall in 25:05. Riley Galpin was the third woman and seventeenth overall in 25:58. Patch Nugent was the first woman master and sixth female finisher, 21st overall in 26:32.


141 athletes finished the FSU Medical Response Unit's 2025 "Run For Your Life" 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2025 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K

1. 19:46.57, Esteban Pinilla (M, 19)
2. 20:05.08, Andrew Freeland (M, 19)
3. 20:57.69, Dain Braun (M, 20)
4. 20:48.20, William Freeland (M, 19)
5. 22:31.00, Bogdan Lazurenko (M, 21)
6. 23:08.84, Juan David Irigoyen Borunda (M, 39)
7. 23:19.33, Jackson Frazier (M, 20)
8. 23:25.89, Ben Haimer (M, 20)
9. 23:32.18, Lawrence King (M, 43)
10. 23:33.74, LJ King (M, 19)

Top Ten Women, 2025 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K

1. 24:21.47, Juliana Krueger (F, 26)
2. 25:04.01, Sadie Wolfe (F, 20)
3. 25:57.03, Riley Galpin (F, 19)
4. 26:14.68, Sugey Soto (F, 20)
5. 26:22.48, Stella Roberts (F, 19)
6. 26:31.02, Patch Nugent (F, 49)
7. 27:11.76, Elizabeth Haywood (F, 27)
8. 27:18.93, Kymbal Smith (F, 19)
9. 27:35.97, Alyssa Lee (F, 21)
10. 28:05.97, Kirsten Kinsley (F, 53)

FSU Medical Response Unit 5K winners, 2010 - 2025
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
20 January 2010	17:40, Raley Beggs	19:14, Katherine McMeekin	68
29 January 2011	17:47, Matt Bulecza	21:54, Kellie Gerbers	58
21 January 2012	17:53, Connor Stevens	22:53, Kate Harrison	67
26 January 2013	18:08, Connor Stevens	18:33, Sheryl Rosen	88
25 January 2014	20:27, Michael LaBossiere	21:36, Sheryl Rosen	22
22 February 2015	17:01, Gary Droze	23:39, Kaitlin Early	81
21 February 2016	16:55, Grady Smith	20:30, Sheryl Rosen	129
19 February 2017	17:46, Gary Droze	19:59, Lauren Aronson	201
25 February 2018	18:08, Tristan Cravello	19:56, Lucy Baird	203
10 March 2019	17:07, Ryan Bausback	17:54, Ann Centner	138
16 February 2020	16:32, Tristan Cravello	21:23, Amanda Sava	157
13 March 2021	Virtual Run Only
19 February 2022	18:36 Leonardo Canete	24:17, Tsige Tadesse-Kiros	102
26 February 2023	15:58, Ryan Ziskinder	22:47, Mia Calle
24 March 2024
2 March 2025	19:47, Esteban Pinilla	24:22, Juliana Krueger	141

Links

• Complete results of the 2025 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSIxg_fEVHeXjDfjZuOk5SjUw5OfbxqBVYeCfiL0Jz59u4_6yNNEwx3cdl8LjQuj7XKn4Tk4gixY54v/pubhtml
  
  
• 2020 story, “Tristan Cravello goes 16:32 at the FSU Medical Repsonse Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2020/02/fru-2020.html
  
  
• 2019 story, “Ryan Bausback goes 17:07, Ann Centner 17:57 for wins at the Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/03/fru-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “Tristan Cravello and Lucy Baird respond rapidly at the Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/02/fru-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Droze and Aronson wallop the field of the Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/02/fru-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “A swift Sunday for Smith and Rosen at the Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/02/fru-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Droze and Early grab wins at the FSU Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/02/fru-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “LaBossiere and Rosen reign at Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/01/fru-2014.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Stevens and Harrison first at First Responders 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/fru-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Bulecza and Gerbers respond well to competition at FRU 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/01/fru-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Victory for Beggs, McMeekin at First Responders 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/01/during-floridas-territorial-period-last.html
  
  
• Keep track of upcoming races in the Tallahassee region at Trouble Afoot!
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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