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Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Corey Osgood and Alison Thumm roll at the Race For Trace

Saturday morning, 7 September 2019, wasn't the first time athletes had assembled at Roberts Elementary School for a race. It wasn't even the first time in 2019. Back in January, the Trent Trot 10K and 5K had started and finished at the Tallahassee, Florida school. But it was the first time that the Race For Trace 5K had been run at Roberts Elementary or anywhere else. Corey Osgood won the new race, edging master runner Michael Martinez for first, 18:42 to 18:48. Master runner Alison Thumm was the first woman in the race, placing seventh overall in 21:28.


The course for the Race For Trace was the same as that used for the Trent Trot 5K, so more than a few athletes in the field were already familiar with the route. That included Corey Osgood, who had won the Trent Trot in 2018, running 18:51. Michael Martinez had run the 2019 Trent Trot 5K and placed second in 19:01. Those races had been in cool January air, but in spite of the September heat, both Osgood and Martinez had run faster at the Race For Trace--Osgood posting a winning 18:42 and Martinez 18:48. Master runner Dan Koeppel, who was seeing the course for the first time, took third in 20:00.


Master runner Shannon Colavecchio was the second woman in the race, placing and eighteenth overall in 22:58. Another Tallahassee master runner, Anna Koeppel, was the third woman and 21st overall in 23:09. Twelve-year-old Madison Sims, a sixth-grader on the Fort Braden School cross-country team, took fourth in the women's standings and 23rd overall in 23:19.


436 athletes finished the 2019 Race For Trace 5K. Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Race For Trace 5K
  1. 18:41.70, Corey Osgood (M, 23)
  2. 18:47.70, Michael Martinez (M, 53)
  3. 19:59.90, Dan Koeppel (M, 43)
  4. 20:16.30, Matt Reynolds (M, 16)
  5. 20:45.90, Tyler Carver (M, 15)
  6. 21:08.60, Kent Grayson (M, 13)
  7. 21:12.90, James Duggan (M, 15)
  8. 21:29.30, AJ LaMothe (M, 14)
  9. 22:12.70, Trey Crowley (M, 22)
  10. 22:18.20, Colin Davis (M, 15)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Race For Trace 5K
  1. 21:27.10, Alison Thumm (F, 42)
  2. 22:58.00, Shannon Colavecchio (F, 42)
  3. 23:08.60, Anna Koeppel (F, 41)
  4. 23:18.20, Madison Sims (F, 12)
  5. 24:04.40, Nikki North (F, 27)
  6. 24:07.40, Lauren Heitmeyer (F, 40)
  7. 24:12.70, Lillian Koeppel (F, 11)
  8. 24:40.50, Michelle Hadden (F, 30)
  9. 25:05.00, Bambi Gantt (F, 38)
  10. 25:05.50, Layne Goodwin (F, 33)

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Jim Halley and Alison Thumm finish earliest at the better-late-than-never Run For Lawson 10K

The Run For Lawson started as an annual 5K in 2011 with a 10K added to the program in 2012. Through 2017, each cross-country race took athletes on a tour of some beautiful Tallahassee, Florida countryside. Runners got to experience Lawson's Course on the campus of Holy Comforter Episcopal School as well as the hills and fields of Welaunee Plantation.


Meanwhile, Welaunee was changing. After decades of agriculture, it was turning into a residential development. In 2018 the course for the Run For Lawson was unusable because of construction, and the autumn races were postponed.

2019 Run For Lawson 10K winners
Jim Halley, Alison Thumm

But the Run For Lawson was back with new courses on Saturday morning, 16 February 2019. Jim Halley of Tallahassee was first in a field of 44 finishers in the 10K, winning by over a minute in 41:25. Tallahassee master runner Alison Thumm was the first woman in the 6.2-mile race, placing fifth overall in 46:00.


Eric Godin had won the 5K at the 2016 Run For Lawson. He stepped up to the 10K in 2019, taking the runner-up spot in 42:43. Wayne Thumm was the first master runner in the 10K, coming in third overall in 44:21.


Alison Thumm's Run For Lawson 10K title was her second; she had also won the race in 2012, it's inaugural year. Master runner Ali Kelly was second to Thumm in the 2019 women's standings, placing ninth overall in 48:37. Emily Kaiser took third on the women's side and eleventh overall in 48:37.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Run For Lawson 10K
  1. 41:25, Jim Halley (M, 39)
  2. 42:43, Eric Godin (M, 34)
  3. 44:21, Wayne Thumm (M, 46)
  4. 45:30, Jack Chatham (M, 38)
  5. 46:50, Michael Kennett (M, 45)
  6. 48:02, Juan Padron (M, 49)
  7. 48:17, Juan Ordonez (M, 45)
  8. 51:20, Robert Steinmetz (M, 63)
  9. 53:40, Danny Balmer (M, 10)
  10. 54:25, Mark Zeigler (M, 55)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Run For Lawson 10K
  1. 46:00, Alison Thumm (F, 41)
  2. 48:37, Ali Kelly (F, 46)
  3. 52:44, Emily Kaiser (F, 26)
  4. 53:11, Kristin Halley (F, 37)
  5. 55:40, Sarah Brown (F, 32)
  6. 56:16, Allison Richards (F, 24)
  7. 56:48, Ashley Young (F, 32)
  8. 57:09, Lindsey Boomer (F, 26)
  9. 57:46, Karima Anderson (F, 32)
  10. 58:38, Laura Clark (F, 27)

Wyatt Townsend is in this third and final year at Deerlake Middle School. Townsend ran for Deerlake's cross-country team during those years, winning more than half a dozen 3K races during the 2018 season, including Florida's Middle School Boys' Cross-Country Championship. Holy Comforter hosted six middle school cross-country meets on Lawson's Course while Townsend was competing for Deerlake, but he never got to race at any of those. The Deerlake eighth-grader got his first look at Lawson's Course in the 2019 Run For Lawson 5K.


Townsend may have been a first-timer, but he raced like a veteran, winning the 5000-meter race by almost 400 meters. Tallahassee Community College cross-country runner Kendall Ward was the first woman in the 5K, placing fourth overall in 21:56.

Wyatt Townsend, Kendall Ward
Wyatt Townsend, Kendall Ward
At 19:40, Kurt Dietrich, runner-up in the 2017 Run For Lawson 5K, was also runner-up in the 2019 race. David Cruz took third in 21:44. Tom Schulte was the first master runner in the 5K and the fourth male finisher, fifth overall in 22:22.


Running 23:44, Meghan Kennedy edged Ava Hill for second in the women's standings. Hill, a sixth-grader on Holy Comforter's cross-country team, ran 23:46. Kennedy and Hill were ninth and tenth overall. Jaye Danforth (16th, 26:07) finished just ahead of Camilla Schaefer (17th, 26:13) to take fourth on the women's side. Schaefer was the first woman master in the race.


126 athletes finished the 2019 Run For Lawson 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed both the 10K and the 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Run For Lawson 5K
  1. 18:09, Wyatt Townsend (M, 14)
  2. 19:40, Kurt Dietrich (M, 27)
  3. 21:44, David Cruz (M, 37)
  4. 22:22, Tom Schulte (M, 52)
  5. 22:53, Ian Kuhn (M, 15)
  6. 23:25, Henry Mayfield (M, 41)
  7. 23:33, Joe Soto (M, 44)
  8. 23:53, Asher Hill (M, 10)
  9. 24:28, Jeremy Cohen (M, 42)
  10. 24:30, Harrison Kennedy (M, 9)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Run For Lawson 5K
  1. 21:56, Kendall Ward (F, 18)
  2. 23:44, Meghan Kennedy (F, 38)
  3. 23:46, Ava Hill (F, 12)
  4. 26:07, Jaye Danforth (F, 38)
  5. 26:13, Camilla Schaefer (F, 47)
  6. 27:07, Isabel Davis (F, 12)
  7. 28:36, Ellie Mazziotta (F, 9)
  8. 28:51, Stephanie Wade (F, 27)
  9. 29:08, Claire Georgiadis (F, 21)
  10. 29:08, Ireland MacDonell (F, 21)

Run For Lawson champions, 2011 - 2019
DateDistanceMenWomenFinishers
8 October 20115K17:29, Gary Droze22:22, Molly McCann393
6 October 201210K39:32, Tony Guillen52:00, Allison Thumm123
5K18:29, Gary Droze22:00, Molly McCann335
28 September 201310K35:50, Chris Lake45:53, Renee Cox174
5K18:20, Gary Droze21:23, Molly McCann317
1 November 201410K38:58, Paul Guyas45:32, Jillian Heddaeus94
5K19:16, Evan Wilson20:47, Molly McCann221
26 September 201510K41:03, Michael Peymann44:56, Leslie Dickinson98
5K20:56, Hawthorne Hay21:04, Brittney Barnes226
22 October 201610K36:23, Chris O'Kelley45:47, Juanita Chalmers100
5K18:24, Eric Godin20:57, Samantha Reilly205
28 October 201710K41:36, Tony Guillen44:43, Emily Culley63
5K20:38, Eric Houge27:42, Jaye Danforth137
16 February 201910K41:25, Jim Halley46:00, Alison Thumm44
5K18:09, Wyatt Townsend21:56, Kendall Ward126


The photos in this story were taken by the peerless Fred Deckert.


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Sunday, December 2, 2018

Charlie Kline and Alyssa Terry rise to the Challenge

"It's guaranteed that a Charlie is going to win this race either way," declared Charlie Johnson.


It was Saturday morning, 1 December 2018, and Johnson was not quite halfway through Gulf Winds Track Club's 43rd annual Ten-Mile Challenge, running north of Tallahassee, Florida on the streets of Ox Bottom Manor. He had won the race in 2016 and in 2017, but this time the champion was a different Charlie--Charlie Kline. Finishing nearly 500 meters ahead of the next runner, Kline posted a winning time of 58:42. Alyssa Terry was the first woman in the Challenge, placing sixth overall in 73:43.

Charlie Kline

"It's going to be a wet one," Charlie Johnson observed before the race.


It already was. A gentle rain had fallen overnight, soaking the pavement. It would continue on and off during the race and for the rest of the day. Wet or dry, the race started as scheduled, the runners setting out from Hawks Rise Elementary School just after 8:00 AM. Charlie Kline was in command of the race by the five-mile mark, leading the rest of the field by nearly a hundred meters. Formerly a cross-country runner at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania and Essex High in Vermont, Kline continued to march away from the competition during the remaining miles, returning to Hawks Rise to cross the finish line first in 58:42. In Tallahassee area races throughout the fall--the Sickle Cell 5K, the Prefontaine 5K, the Boston Mini Marathon--Chris O'Kelley had finished ahead of Kline. On Saturday morning, though, he watched Kline slip out of sight during the second half of the race. Third in the Ten-Mile Challenge in 2017, O'Kelley finished runner-up in 2018, running 60:29. Charlie Johnson, the defending champion, took third in 61:06. Myles Gibson was the top master runner in the race, placing fourth overall in 65:42. Gibson couldn't be fazed by the weather--the eye of Hurricane Michael had passed over his home in Donalsonville, Georgia just six weeks earlier.

Chris O'Kelley

During the 1800s, most of northern Leon County was planted in cotton. Most of the land in Ox Bottom Manor, however, was too hilly for cotton cultivation. The course for the Ten-Mile Challenge is two laps around a five-mile loop, giving the runners a couple of trips up every hill in Ox Bottom Manor. 2018 was Alyssa Terry's second time racing the Challenge.

Alyssa Terry

"I have a love-hate relationship with this course," said Terry.


The Challenge may have risen in her affections after Saturday's win. Near the end of the first lap, Terry was leading the women in the race, a few steps ahead of Amanda Sava. During the second lap Terry lengthened that lead to more than 300 meters. Third in the women's standings in 2017, Terry got the win in the 2018 Challenge with a 73:43 performance. Sava took second in the women's division, placing seventh overall in 75:21. Monica Judd was the first woman master and third female finisher, tenth overall in 77:25.

Amanda Sava

Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Ten-Mile Challenge
  1. 58:42, Charlie Kline (M, 26)
  2. 60:29, Chris O'Kelley (M, 25)
  3. 61:06, Charlie Johnson (M, 39)
  4. 65:42, Myles Gibson (M, 52)
  5. 67:06, Carter Hay (M, 47)
  6. 75:29, Joel Piotrowski (M, 49)
  7. 77:03, Philip Sura (M, 48)
  8. 79:55, Fanxiu Zhu (M, 49)
  9. 80:44, Chuck Lang (M, 53)
  10. 82:17, David Yon (M, 63)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Ten-Mile Challenge
  1. 73:43, Alyssa Terry (F, 25)
  2. 75:21, Amanda Sava (F, 24)
  3. 77:25, Monica Judd (F, 44)
  4. 78:07, Melissa Thompson (F, 34)
  5. 80:14, Jillian Heddaeus (F, 35)
  6. 83:46, Nancy Stedman (F, 56)
  7. 85:50, Shelby Augustyniak (F, 42)
  8. 86:36, Nikki Wheeler (F, 27)
  9. 88:32, Birgit Maier-Katkin (F, 56)
  10. 92:35, Martha Guyas (F, 34)

Gary Droze

Gary Droze, the Tallahassee Community College cross-country coach, has won the Ten-Mile Challenge four times over the years. His third Challenge win was in 2004, the same year that a five-mile race was added to the event. Droze took advantage of the shorter option in 2018, taking first in the five-mile with a 31:39. Master runner Geb Kiros ran 32:39 for second. Another master runner, Wayne Thumm, was third in 35:31, making it a master runner sweep of the first three places.


Master runner Alison Thumm was the first woman in the five-mile, finishing fourth overall in 35:58. Monica Toth was the second woman and seventh overall in 39:55. In a close race for third, Tsige Tadesse ran 40:28 to finish just ahead of Angela Dempsey's 40:33 and the 40:36 posted by Ruffian Tyner. The three master runners were ninth, tenth, and eleventh overall.

Alison Thumm

98 athletes competed in the 2018 Challenge, 39 in the ten mile and 59 in the five mile. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Five-Mile Road Race
  1. 31:39, Gary Droze (M, 57)
  2. 32:39, Geb Kiros (M, 52)
  3. 35:31, Wayne Thumm (M, 46)
  4. 36:30, Michael Weyant (M, 53)
  5. 37:43, Lucas Mauch (M, 14)
  6. 40:19, Patrick Bateman (M, 31)
  7. 40:46, David Anderson (M, 68)
  8. 41:04, Stephen Gensits (M, 63)
  9. 42:40, Jim Tully (M, 72)
  10. 42:51, Joe Vega (M, 65)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Five-Mile Road Race
  1. 35:58, Alison Thumm (F, 41)
  2. 39:55, Monica Toth (F, 29)
  3. 40:28, Tsige Tadesse (F, 51)
  4. 40:33, Angela Dempsey (F, 50)
  5. 40:36, Ruffian Tyner (F, 43)
  6. 41:00, Nancy Proctor (F, 57)
  7. 43:52, Debby Tipton (F, 45)
  8. 46:26, Stephanie Hurt (F, 66)
  9. 47:41, Gail Skofron Jackson (F, 55)
  10. 47:54, Michelle Comeaux (F, 45)


Champions of Gulf Winds Track Club's Ten-Mile Challenge, 1977 - 2018
DateDistanceMenWomenFinishers
29 January 197720 Km67:06, Herb Wills89:20, Rosemary Desloge
28 January 197820 Km65:18, Joe Germano85
13 January 197920 Km67:33, Jim Eastman85:31, Rosemary Desloge66
15 December 197920 Km66:23, George West89:51, Rosemary Desloge
20 December 198020 KmMike BordelLaura Ledbetter
19 December 198120 Km67:42, Rick Miller90:12, Chris Levi
18 December 198220 Km63:14, Noel Shumann80:28, Donna Miller
3 December 198320 Km68:20, Noel Shumann79:25, Margaret Coomber
1 December 198420 Km70:13, Steve Meade76:24, Barbara Matthews154
7 December 198520 Km69:40, Felton Wright80:00, Karen McHarg158
6 December 198620 Km67:29, Tim Simpkins81:18, Karen McHarg157
5 December 198720 Km65:04, Jessie Close79:42, Karen MacHarg157
3 December 198810 Miles51:05, David Keen65:19, Janice Hochstein165
2 December 198910 Miles52:05, Jessie Close64:09, Paula Johnson163
1 December 199010 Miles51:39, David Keen62:53, Paula Johnson181
7 December 199110 Miles54:20, Jessie Close63:40, Paula Johnson151
5 December 199210 Miles54:32, Jessie Close63:09, Paula Johnson159
4 December 199310 Miles55:30, Steve Wilcox61:53, Paula Johnson148
3 December 199410 Miles54:16, Herb Wills61:43, Jane Johnson164
2 December 199510 Miles55:30, Gary Droze65:55, Carrie Weyant120
7 December 199610 Miles56:27, Brian Erb66:21, Carrie Weyant113
6 December 199710 Miles55:06, Lee Willis62:38, Sarah Docter-Williams133
5 December 199810 Miles58:45, Robert Pautienus62:27, Breeda Willis127
4 December 199910 Miles56:24, Gary Droze69:44, Carrie Weyant188
2 December 200010 Miles56:29, Zachery Heissner66:07, Laurel Slyck146
1 December 200110 Miles60:11, Tim Unger64:40, Sarah Docter-Williams169
7 December 200210 Miles54:30, Lee Willis63:54, Sarah Docter-Williams111
6 December 200310 Miles61:33, Bill McCord63:20, Sarah Docter-Williams158
4 December 200410 Miles55:29, Gary Droze61:41, Sarah Docter-Williams142
5 Miles26:45, Chris Nickinson38:32, Kara Taylor26
3 December 200510 Miles56:46, Gary Droze66:43, Kara Newell167
5 Miles32:24, Conor Sweeney39:14, Vicky Droze37
2 December 200610 Miles59:13, Jay Wallace62:27, Sheryl Rosen126
5 Miles28:53, Gary Droze30:46, Amy Paine84
1 December 200710 Miles58:47, Tripp Southerland64:04, Sheryl Rosen150
5 Miles31:19, Tim Unger38:11, Janice Hochstein53
6 December 200810 Miles55:56, Chris Lake65:30, Sheryl Rosen177
5 Miles32:59, Gennaro Scibelli32:51, Amy Paine80
5 December 200910 Miles57:59, Vince Molosky65:47, Sheryl Rosen117
5 Miles30:15, John Robida38:27, Claire Fruchtnicht49
4 December 201010 Miles57:19, Vince Molosky64:25, Allison Eagen180
5 Miles31:54, Chase Harris31:37, Lisa Johnson90
3 December 201110 Miles56:13, Stephen Cox68:15, Katie Showman169
5 Miles30:16, Brian Manry36:11, Kate Chunka89
1 December 201210 Miles56:18, Stanley Linton68:05, Micah Adriani183
5 Miles29:19, Zac Buchholz38:24, Moriah Campbell119
7 December 201310 Miles55:30, Stanley Linton73:42, Micah Adriani151
5 Miles30:51, Tony Guillen35:38, Vicky Droze87
6 December 201410 Miles56:37, Stephen Cox72:48, Katie Sherron109
5 Miles31:54, Gary Galvez37:24, Paula O'Neill82
5 December 201510 Miles59:14, Zach DeVeau65:19, Katie Sherron89
5 Miles27:29, Joseph Garcia33:58, Amy Hines88
3 December 201610 Miles59:10, Charlie Johnson74:31, Katie Sherron92
5 Miles29:30, Zach DeVeau33:00, Brittney Barnes132
2 December 201710 Miles56:26, Charlie Johnson64:26, Katie Sherron133
5 Miles29:44, Tristan Cravello32:36, Katerina Caltova82
1 December 201810 Miles58:42, Charlie Kline73:43, Alyssa Terry39
5 Miles31:39, Gary Droze35:58, Alison Thumm59


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