Showing posts with label Amanda Sava. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amanda Sava. Show all posts

Monday, February 17, 2020

Tristan Cravello goes 16:32 at the FSU Medical Repsonse Unit 5K

As a third-year student at Florida State University, Tristan Cravello is familar with the school's Tallahassee, Florida campus. He's also familiar with the campus road races, where he's a regular competitor. Cravello is particularly familiar with the annual FSU Medical Response Unit 5K, which he won in 2018 and placed runner-up in 2019. And on Sunday morning, 16 February 2020, Cravello won the eleventh annual FSU MRU 5K, running 16:32. Another Florida State scholar, graduate student Amanda Sava, was the first woman in the race, placing fourth overall in 21:23.

Tristan Cravello

Matthias Laywell came in runner-up to Cravello at 20:50. Louis Cordero took third overall in 21:08. Michael Magnuson was the first master runner in the 5K and the ninth male finisher, twelfth overall in 23:19.


Taylor Mogavero placed second in the women's standings and sixth overall in 21:50. Sheryl Rosen was the third woman and seventh overall in 22:05. A three-time women's champ of the FSU MRU 5K, Rosen won the race in 2013, 2014, and 2016. Paula O'Neill was the first woman master in the race, coming in fifth in the women's standings and 21st overall in 25:20.


157 athletes finished the 2020 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2020 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K
  1. 16:32, Tristan Cravello (M, 20)
  2. 20:50, Matthias Laywell (M, 21)
  3. 21:08, Louis Cordero (M, 21)
  4. 21:25, Kyle Tingoe (M, 39)
  5. 22:27, Hunter Mitchell (M, 20)
  6. 22:36, Graham O'Donnell (M, 19)
  7. 22:46, Kennedy Hall (M, 21)
  8. 23:03, Chase Benezette (M, 19)
  9. 23:19, Michael Magnuson (M, 50)
  10. 23:23, Rigoberto Cusidor (M, 19)

Top Ten Women, 2020 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K
  1. 21:23, Amanda Sava (F, 25)
  2. 21:50, Taylor Mogavero (F, 21)
  3. 22:05, Sheryl Rosen (F, 35)
  4. 25:04, Julia Volpi (F, 19)
  5. 25:20, Paula O'Neill (F, 58)
  6. 26:23, Kylie Devine (F, 19)
  7. 26:33, Tabitha Labrato (F, 19)
  8. 28:32, Amy Magnuson (F, 47)
  9. 29:57, Stefanie Boothe (F, 19)
  10. 29:58, Kelsi McKenzie (F, 21)

FSU Medical Response Unit 5K winners, 2010 - 2020
DateMenWomenFinishers
20 January 201017:40, Raley Beggs19:14, Katherine McMeekin68
29 January 201117:47, Matt Bulecza21:54, Kellie Gerbers58
21 January 201217:53, Connor Stevens22:53, Kate Harrison67
26 January 201318:08, Connor Stevens18:33, Sheryl Rosen88
25 January 201420:27, Michael LaBossiere21:36, Sheryl Rosen22
22 February 201517:01, Gary Droze23:39, Kaitlin Early81
21 February 201616:55, Grady Smith20:30, Sheryl Rosen129
19 February 201717:46, Gary Droze19:59, Lauren Aronson201
25 February 201818:08, Tristan Cravello19:56, Lucy Baird203
10 March 201917:07, Ryan Bausback17:54, Ann Centner138
16 February 202016:32, Tristan Cravello21:23, Amanda Sava157


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Saturday, May 4, 2019

Charlie Johnson and Amanda Sava each collect a second Tails & Trails title

On the east side of Tallahassee, Florida, Tom Brown Park, Lafayette Heritage Park, and the Alford Greenway are connected by dozens if not hundreds of miles of trails. Charlie Johnson covered 13.1 miles on those trails in 1:25:32 to win the half-marathon at the eighteenth annual Tails & Trails on Saturday morning, 4 May 2019. Amanda Sava was the first woman in the race, defending her 2018 title in the half marathon with a 1:38:43 and placing seventh overall.


The Animal Shelter Foundation has always hosted the event, starting in 2002 with a 5K race, adding a 10K in 2006 and the half marathon in 2015. Two days before the 2019 Tails & Trails, the longest run was in peril.

Charlie Johnson
Charlie Johnson

“I got a call from the city on Thursday at 4:30,” said Tom Perkins. “There was a hawk attacking people in Lafayette Heritage Park. We were going to have to cancel the race or re-route it.”


It turned out that a very minor change of course satisfied the hawk’s territorial instincts, and the half-marathon started from the Animal Sheter as scheduled at 7:45 AM, with Jeff Nielsen guiding the runners on the lead bicycle. After the first minute of running, Charlie Johnson was already well ahead of the field. No one, athlete or irate bird, challenged Johnson for the rest of the race.


“I was hoping for a hawk attack,” said Johnson. “Anything to have some excitement out there. It helped to have Jeff Nielsen out there on the bicycle, telling me, ‘Okay, there’s a big hill coming up.’”

Jack McDermott, Brad Busboom, Phillip Sura, Geb Kiros
McDermott, Busboom, Sura, and Kiros

There are numerous hills on the Tails & Trails half marathon course, which takes the runners in and out of the Lake Lafayette basin before finishing back at the Animal Shelter, atop the ridge that Easterwood Drive runs along. Amanda Sava also noticed those hills.


“It was tough!” said Sava. “I ran a lot faster this year. I think I’m in better shape, but I ran a triathlon last week and my legs are still recovering. I’m happy with my race, though. I’ll probably take a little break after this.”

Amanda Sava
Amanda Sava

Behind Johnson’s winning 1:25:32, Brad Busboom took second in 1:32:31 and Andrew Theodore third in 1:36:47. Jack McDermott was the first master runner in the half marathon, placing fourth overall in 1:36:47.


Melissa Thompson finished runner-up to Sava in the women's standings, placing sixteenth overall in 1:52:26. Courtney Mason was the third woman and seventeenth overall in 1:53:19. Laura Reina was the first woman master and fifth female finisher, twentieth overall in 1:55:11.

Melissa Thompson
Melissa Thompson

Top Ten Men, 2019 “Tails and Trails” Half Marathon
  1. 1:25:32, Charlie Johnson (M, 39) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 1:32:31, Brad Busboom (M, 31)
  3. 1:36:47, Andrew Theodore (M, 20)
  4. 1:36:47, Jack McDermott (M, 50)
  5. 1:37:13, Tim Qualls (M, 39)
  6. 1:38:29, Geb Kiros (M, 52)
  7. 1:40:59, Collin Woodrum (M, 20)
  8. 1:44:40, Brian Corbin (M, 51)
  9. 1:47:27, Philip Sura (M, 49)
  10. 1:47:58, Joel Piotrowski (M, 49)

Top Ten Women, 2019 “Tails and Trails” Half Marathon
  1. 1:38:43, Amanda Sava (F, 24) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 1:52:26, Melissa Thompson (F, 34)
  3. 1:53:19, Courtney Mason (F, 24)
  4. 1:54:54, Jillian Heddaeus (F, 36)
  5. 1:55:11, Laura Reina (F, 54)
  6. 1:56:09, Cecilia Bouaichi (F, 23)
  7. 1:56:33, Nancy Stedman (F, 57)
  8. 1:58:22, Alana Brady (F, 24)
  9. 1:59:39, Michelle Hadden (F, 30)
  10. 2:02:43, Sherri Wise (F, 37)

The Tails & Trails 10K started at 8:30, when the fastest half marathon runners were still exploring the Alford Greenway. Pensacola, Florida master runner Jennifer McGranahan was not only the first woman in the race, she was also the overall winner. McGranahan grabbed the lead right after the start, shadowed by Sean Landeta of Thomasville, Georgia. Landeta hung on for the first half of the race, but McGranahan got away after the leaders had turned around for the return trip to the Animal Shelter. 50 meters ahead by the six-kilometer mark, McGranahan finished with a lead of nearly 200 meters and a winning time of 46:08.

Jennifer McGranahan
Jennifer McGranahan

“That was fun!” said McGranahan. “I’ll be out there next year. I liked everything that went into this race; the trails, the family discount, the animals. It’s a nice way to find good homes for some animals.”


McGranahan has deep running roots in Pensacola, having raced cross-country and track for Pensacola High before going on to compete for the University of Florida. Currently, she’s working on a degree in physical therapy at Florida A&M University.

Sean Landeta, Jennifer McGranahan
Sean Landeta, Jennifer McGranahan

“I usually run the Fiesta of Five Flags 10K in Pensacola, and I could have driven back for that,” said McGranahan. “But I thought, ‘No!’ I love Tom Brown Park and the trails.”


Sean Landeta was the first man in the race, coming in second overall in 46:57. Paul Guyas was the first male master, third overall in 47:12. Master runner Tim Unger was third on the men's side and fifth overall in 48:40.

Lilli Unger
Lilli Unger

Tim Unger is Lilli Unger’s father, and Lilli Unger was second in the women’s standings.The Leon High cross-country runner placed fourth overall in 47:54. Alyssa Terry finished third in the women's division and seventh overall in 50:04.


Top Ten Women, 2019 “Tails and Trails” 10K
  1. 46:08, Jennifer McGranahan (F, 40) Pensacola, FL
  2. 47:54, Lilli Unger (F, 16)
  3. 50:04, Alyssa Terry (F, 25)
  4. 54:35, Nancy Proctor (F, 58)
  5. 55:36, Joi Savery (F, 38)
  6. 57:47, Kaley Ford (F, 24)
  7. 58:31, Karima Anderson (F, 32)
  8. 59:20, Belinda Wharton (F, 58)
  9. 59:29, Brittany Bevis (F, 33)
  10. 1:00:16, Jessica Jameson (F, 32)

Top Ten Men, 2019 “Tails and Trails” 10K
  1. 46:58, Sean Landeta (M, 30) Thomasville, GA
  2. 47:12, Paul Guyas (M, 41)
  3. 48:40, Tim Unger (M, 59)
  4. 50:03, Juan Padron (M, 49)
  5. 50:24, Brian Molen (M, 43)
  6. 52:52, Laryn Flikkema (M, 43)
  7. 52:53, Chuck Lang (M, 53)
  8. 53:05, Peter Failma (M, 16)
  9. 54:17, Robert Steinmetz (M, 63)
  10. 54:47, Matt Hohmeister (M, 38)

The Tails & Trails 5K started at the same time as the 10K. Kurt Dietrich took the early lead in the 3.1-mile race. Having won the 5K in 2017 and 2018, Dietrich was going for a third straight title, but Connor Edwards denied him that. Edwards, an eighth-grader at Swift Creek Middle School, overtook Dietrich then went on to win the race in 19:44. Dietrich was second in 20:00, and Daniel Wurgler third in 20:14. Aaron Guyer was the top master runner in the 5K, placing seventh overall in 21:06.

Kurt Dietrich
Kurt Dietrich

In the 2015 Tails & Trails 10K Brittney Barnes had been the first woman. In the 2016 Tails & Trails 5K Barnes had been the first woman. In the 2019 5K she was again the first woman, placing ninth overall in 21:38. Amelia Bryant was second to Barnes, placing thirteenth overall in 25:10. Twelve-year-old Liliana Lewis edged Paula O'Neill for the third spot in the women's standings, 25:47 to 25:49. The two were sixteenth and seventeenth overall. O'Neill was the first woman master in the race.

Brittney Barnes
Brittney Barnes

643 athletes crossed the finish line at the 2019 Tails & Trails, with 125 completing the half marathon, 148 the 10K, 302 the 5K, and 68 the one-mile fun run. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed each of the four races.


Top Ten Men, 2019 “Tails and Trails” 5K
  1. 19:44, Connor Edwards (M, 14) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 20:00, Kurt Dietrich (M, 27)
  3. 20:14, Daniel Wurgler (M, 19)
  4. 20:19, Lucas Mauch (M, 14)
  5. 20:28, Noah Deem (M, 11)
  6. 20:45, Garrett Swier (M, 22)
  7. 21:06, Aaron Guyer (M, 44)
  8. 21:20, Duane Evans (M, 51)
  9. 23:38, Joseph Woodson (M, 44)
  10. 23:58, Aidan Gonzalez (M, 13)

Top Ten Women, 2019 “Tails and Trails” 5K
  1. 21:38, Brittney Barnes (F, 31) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 25:10, Amelia Bryant (F, 30)
  3. 25:47, Liliana Lewis (F, 12)
  4. 25:49, Paula O'Neill (F, 57)
  5. 26:00, Apryl Deloach (F, 32)
  6. 26:33, Stacy Holmes (F, 40)
  7. 26:40, Angely Jimenez (F, 24)
  8. 26:57, Kensey D'Souza (F, 31)
  9. 27:45, Lauren Heitmeyer (F, 40)
  10. 27:56, Kate King (F, 26)


“Tails and Trails” winners, 2002 - 2019
DateRaceMenWomenFinishers
30 March 20025K19:49, Tim Bolton23:06, Carrie Weyant179
15 March 20035K20:47, Justin Dickieson24:20, Carrie Weyant218
20 March 20045K18:56, Gary Droze23:02, Seeley Lovett221
19 March 20055K18:51, Mathew Dobson23:12, Stephanie Liles186
18 March 200610K37:46, Vince Molosky46:49, Kim Likens73
5K22:06, Roger Michaud21:48, Stephanie Liles178
5 May 200710K36:43, Vince Molosky43:54, Jana Stolting80
5K17:31, Tripp Southerland24:22, Claire Fruchtnicht250
3 May 200810K37:23, Vince Molosky41:55, Karen Geletko141
5K20:54, Jason Graham21:57, Katrina Unglaub272
2 May 200910K35:07, Vince Molosky41:34, Sheryl Rosen148
5K17:24, John Robida18:59, Kelsey Scheitlin464
1 May 201010K35:44, Vince Molosky42:38, Micah Adriani315
5K16:37, Ken Youngers22:13, Lisa Finn355
30 April 201110K36:41, Vince Molosky41:06, Heather Griffis
5K17:04, Kevin Sullivan19:41, Kelly Stevens
5 May 201210K34:52, Stanley Linton41:38, Micah Adriani246
5K18:22, Jonathan Grisiaffi23:00, Stephanie Stout494
4 May 201310K36:29, Vince Molosky46:31, Lindsey Pfau207
5K16:26, Stanley Linton19:40, Micah Adriani521
3 May 201410K37:04, Matthew Cashin46:12, Urska Dobersek211
5K16:53, Adam Wallenfelsz20:55, Sara Lane359
2 May 2015Half Marathon1:25:43, Eric Godin1:49:34, Mary Jane Hayden92
10K37:22, Matthew Cashin46:04, Brittney Barnes278
5K17:06, Roger Schmidt20:25, Alese Autore552
7 May 2016Half Marathon1:19:49, Matt Mizereck1:45:20, Katie Sherron178
10K37:45, Stanley Linton45:48, Anna Busby191
5K18:20, Peter Van Brussel20:50, Brittney Barnes562
6 May 2017Half Marathon1:27:34, Eric Godin1:36:48, Katie Sherron148
10K38:54, Chris O'Kelley44:40, Sheryl Rosen123
5K18:47, Kurt Dietrich23:44, Christina Linton395
5 May 2018Half Marathon1:20:46, Andrew Smith1:45:35, Amanda Sava104
10K37:16, Charlie Johnson47:16, Jillian Heddaeus189
5K19:13, Kurt Dietrich24:27, Madison Sims447
4 May 2019Half Marathon1:25:32, Charlie Johnson1:38:43, Amanda Sava125
10K46:58, Sean Landeta46:08, Jennifer McGranahan148
5K19:44, Connor Edwards21:38, Brittney Barnes302
From 2002 to 2006 the event was called the "Furry Scurry."
No 10K was held before 2006.
No Half Marathon was held prior to 2015.


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#2508

Thursday, March 14, 2019

Alex McDonald repeats and Amanda Sava cracks 20:00 at the Sisson 5K

On Saturday morning, 9 March 2019, the sixth annual 2LT Justin Sisson 5K had a new starting line. In spite of that change, the overall winner was the same as in 2018. Alexander McDonald, a senior ROTC cadet at Florida State University, won the race for the second year in a row, running 18:14. Amanda Sava, a Florida State grad student, was the first overall woman, placing fifth overall in 19:54. The race has been held every year since 2014 on the Tallahassee, Florida campus of Florida State University in honor of FSU alumnus Justin Sisson. Sisson was killed in action in Afghanistan during 2013 while serving in the United States Army.

Alexander McDonald
Alexander McDonald

There is a five kilometer loop on the Florida State University campus. The route takes in the lowest spot on the campus, the flood plain of Budweiser Creek, southeast of the football stadium. It also hits the highest spot, the intersection of College Avenue and Copeland Street. Westcott Hall is there now, but in Tallahassee’s days as the territorial capital the prominence was called Gallows Hill. You have to hope the condemned were given a ride to the top. Surely it would have been “cruel and unusual” to make them walk.


At least the condemned wouldn’t have much time to be tired.


Almost all of the campus 5K races use the loop. Most of those runs start at the Integration Statue on Woodward Plaza—not the highest point on the course, but of the lowest, either. In past years the Sisson 5K started at Landis Green, another spot of median elevation. The 2019 race started and finished at the Unconquered Statue at Langford Green, nearly the lowest spot on the course. There wouldn’t be any uphill to contend with at the end of the race, but that just meant the runners would have to deal with it elsewhere.

Kurt Dietrich
Kurt Dietrich

"It's harder than when they started at Landis. It's the same course, but the hill was over there," said Kurt Dietrich, who finished second in 18:58. "The hill" was Gallows Hill, which the runners now had to climb during the fourth kilometer of the five kilometer race.


Race-day registration ran from 8:00 to 9:00 AM, followed by the National Anthem. Several spoke honoring the sacrifice of Sisson in particular and members of the service more generally.


"This is truly a celebration of the life of a patriot and a great American," said FSU President John Thrasher.

Amanda Sava
Amanda Sava

The race started at 9:30. McDonald was out front from the very first.


"I went out fast," said McDonald. "Then the heat got to me around Landis Green. After that the hills were tough."


The hills and the heat may have been a problem for McDonald, but the competition wasn't. His winning time of 18:14 put him across the finish line nearly 200 meters ahead of the next runner. Kurt Dietrich didn't start off as quickly as McDonald. Dietrich was in fifth place after 800 meters of running, but moved up through the field during the run to finish runner-up in 18:58. Jonathan Tolmich took third in 19:28.


"I ran for one year in high school," said McDonald. "Milton High School. Cross-country and track. Since then I just train with ROTC."

Chantelle Jerald
Chantelle Jerald

Amanda Sava's running background was more extensive than McDonald's. After running cross-country for Sussex Tech High in Georgetown, Delaware, Sava spent four years on the Florida Tech Panthers cross-country team. That's many years during which Sava ran a lot of five-kilometer races, cross-country, track, and road. Her 19:54 at the Sisson 5K was the fastest of them all.


"It was my PR by about twelve seconds," said Sava. "First sub-20:00. I've been working at that barrier for a while."


Chantelle Jerald took second in the women's standings and seventh overall, running 20:11. At 22:44, Melissa Kratzke was the third woman and nineteenth overall.

Melissa Kratzke
Melissa Kratzke

258 athletes finished the 2019 2LT Justin Sisson 5K. Proceeds of the event benefit the Justin Sisson Scholarship Fund, which awards scholarships to deserving Army ROTC cadets. Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2019 2LT Justin Sisson Memorial 5K
  1. 18:13.7, Alexander McDonald
  2. 18:57.1, Kurt Dietrich
  3. 19:28.0, Jonathan Tolmich
  4. 19:45.3, Drake Vaske
  5. 20:06.1
  6. 21:04.4, Javier Benabe
  7. 21:18.9
  8. 21:25.9, Daniel Croom
  9. 22:20.8, Daniel Wiefels
  10. 22:25.4

Top Ten Women, 2019 2LT Justin Sisson Memorial 5K
  1. 19:53.3, Amanda Sava
  2. 20:10.8, Chantelle Jerald
  3. 22:43.9, Melissa Kratzke
  4. 23:09.5, Savannah Markell
  5. 24:25.8, Talya Winton
  6. 24:26.3, Julie Cruz
  7. 24:39.9
  8. 24:43.3, Ruth Carr
  9. 25:42.8, Lauren Healy
  10. 25:59.0, Lexington McLellan

2LT Justin Sisson Memorial 5K winners, 2014 - 2019
DateMenWomenFinishers
22 February 201417:38, Zach Deveau19:51, Kate Harrison475
21 February 201516:59, Michael Magoulas22:16, Chantelle Brodie302
20 February 201617:37, Alexander McDonald21:53, Lindsey Ginther322
4 March 201717:01, Mark Zamani18:26, Sheryl Rosen261
24 March 201817:54, Alexander McDonald20:28, Alyssa Terry310
9 March 201918:14, Alexander McDonald19:54, Amanda Sava258


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Saturday, February 16, 2019

Charlie Kline and Amanda Sava finish a dozen kilometers in a Flash

On the outskirts of Saint Marks, Florida less than fifteen seconds separated four runners racing south on the Saint Marks Trail. It was Saturday morning, 16 February 2019, and Charlie Johnson, Charlie Kline, Michael Rhodes, and Chris O'Kelley were leading Gulf Winds Track Club's 31st annual Flash 12K, just 2500 meters from the finish line at Fort San Marcos de Apalachee State Park. Minutes later it was Charlie Kline who crossed that finish line first, passing Charlie Johnson late in the race to win the 12K in 43:04. Amanda Sava was the first woman, placing twelfth overall in 52:08.

Chris O'Kelley, Charlie Kline, Charlie Johnson
Chris O'Kelley, Charlie Kline, and Charlie Johnson

The race also started from the park, with the runners heading six kilometers north on the Saint Marks Rail Trail before turning around to retrace their route for the second half of the race. Three minutes after the 8:30 AM command to start, Michael Rhodes was leading the 12K field. The Perry, Florida master runner had also led the Flash in 2018. That year he had eventually been overtaken by Chris O'Kelley, who went on to win in 44:20 while Rhodes took second in 45:39. This year O'Kelley was in a group of three runners chasing Rhodes, including Charlie Johnson and Charlie Kline. At two kilometers Rhodes was 80 meters ahead, but the pursuit was closing.

Michael Rhodes
Michael Rhodes

"They passed me right at the water table at the turnaround," said Rhodes.


Johnson led on the return trip, followed by Kline and O'Kelley, then Rhodes. Defending champ O'Kelley fell back, and he and Rhodes began racing for third place. But Kline kept in contact with Johnson.

Charlie Johnson
Charlie Johnson

"Charlie had the lead coming off the bike path," said Kline. "He was still five seconds up on me and I didn't think I could close. But he started waving to me and saying, 'Come on, Charlie!' I passed him with 600 meters to go. I thought he would come back, but he didn't."


No, he didn't. Kline made it back to the Fort first in 43:04, with Johnson second in 43:11. O'Kelley passed Rhodes on the final stretch to take third in 43:23. Close behind in 43:27, Rhodes was the first master runner in the race and fourth overall.

Charlie Kline
Charlie Kline

Twelve kilometers is an unusual distance in the world of road racing, which is dominated by five kilometer races with a sprinkling of ten kilometer events, half marathons, and full marathons. 12K was not a familiar distance for Amanda Sava.


"I hadn't run 12K before," said Sava. "But I ran several 6K races back in college. I ran for FIT in Melbourne."

Amanda Sava
Amanda Sava

Six kilometers is the championship distance for women's cross-country in the NCAA, so she had raced 6K more than once while competing for the Florida Tech Panthers cross-country team. Now studying for a master's degree in meteorology at Florida State, Sava was doubling that distance at the Flash 12K. She trailed Brittney Barnes in the early going, but by the two-kilometer mark Sava was setting the pace for the women's field.


"The course was flat and fast and the weather was great," said Sava. "It was hard after the turnaround, though. There wasn't anyone to run with."

Stephanie Liles-Weyant
Stephanie Liles-Weyant

The long, straight stretches of the Saint Marks Trail may not be physically difficult, but they are psychologically taxing. Sava toughed it out, though, finishing with a 300 meter lead over the next woman in the race in a winning 52:08. About two miles from the finish, Stephanie Liles-Weyant overtook Barnes. Liles-Weyant, the first woman in the 2008 Flash 12K, went on to finish runner-up in the women's standings and fifteenth overall in 53:23. Running 54:31, Barnes was the third woman and 22nd overall.

Brittney Barnes
Brittney Barnes

Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Flash 12K
  1. 43:04, Charlie Kline (M, 26)
  2. 43:11, Charlie Johnson (M, 39)
  3. 43:23, Chris O'Kelley (M, 25)
  4. 43:27, Michael Rhodes (M, 50)
  5. 46:34, Ryan Truchelut (M, 33)
  6. 48:06, Myles Gibson (M, 52)
  7. 48:54, Don Smith (M, 39)
  8. 49:25, Thomas Murphy (M, 49)
  9. 49:45, David Knauf (M, 54)
  10. 50:07, Bill McNulty (M, 60)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Flash 12K
  1. 52:08, Amanda Sava (F, 24)
  2. 53:23, Stephanie Liles-Weyant (F, 46)
  3. 54:31, Brittney Barnes (F, 31)
  4. 55:31, Lourena Maxwell (F, 44)
  5. 56:22, Sherri Wise (F, 37)
  6. 56:37, Laura McDermott (F, 39)
  7. 56:59, Jillian Heddaeus (F, 35)
  8. 57:55, Laura Sellati (F, 39)
  9. 58:03, Monica Toth (F, 30)
  10. 58:12, Ruffian Tyner (F, 43)

Since 2009, the Flash has included a 6K race, run concurrently with the 12K. Jana Stolting, at the time a Maclay School cross-country runner, won that inaugural 6K, running 21:36. No one had run a faster Flash 6K since.

Gary Droze
Gary Droze

Not until 2019, anyway. Master runner Gary Droze, who had been Stolting's coach at Maclay, hammered the 2019 Flash 6K, leading from start to finish and winning by more than 900 meters in new event record of 21:04. Master runner Michael Martinez, himself the 2013 winner of the Flash 6K, took second in 24:56. Joshua Liles placed third in 25:34.


Eleven-year-old Madison Sims, a sixth-grader on the Fort Braden Middle School cross-country team, took first in the women's standings, placing seventh overall in 28:51. Georgina Hernandez was the women's runner-up and eighth overall in 29:04. Paula O'Neill was the first woman master and third female finisher, eleventh overall in 30:56.

Madison Sims
Madison Sims

181 athletes finished the 2019 Flash 12K, and another 111 completed the 6K. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed both races.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Flash 6K
  1. 21:04, Gary Droze (M, 57)
  2. 24:56, Michael Martinez (M, 53)
  3. 25:34, Joshua Liles (M, 19)
  4. 26:22, Kevin Lane (M, 29)
  5. 27:35, William Carter (M, 54)
  6. 28:10, Nathan Rhodes (M, 40)
  7. 29:46, Stephen Gensits (M, 63)
  8. 30:30, Kyle Sill (M, 35)
  9. 31:13, Erik Davis (M, 37)
  10. 31:35, Jonathan Jackson (M, 39)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Flash 6K
  1. 28:51, Madison Sims (F, 11)
  2. 29:04, Georgina Hernandez (F, 28)
  3. 30:56, Paula Oneill (F, 57)
  4. 31:13, Kristina Lamb (F, 32)
  5. 31:16, Mercedes Puig (F, 34)
  6. 31:19, Kaitlyn Lane (F, 26)
  7. 32:12, Holly Otoole (F, 42)
  8. 32:37, Kara Barrentine (F, 37)
  9. 32:37, Andria Achong (F, 34)
  10. 32:41, Kasey Gordon (F, 28)

Gulf Winds Track Club Flash 12K Champions, 1989 - 2019
DateDistanceMenWomenFinishers
28 January 198912K39:44, John Devine48:50, Barbara Balzer 155
17 February 199012K44:10, David Rigby54:40, Kathy Weiss 102
26 January 199112K39:36, Jessie Close50:24, Tina Davies163
18 January 199212K39:33, Jessie Close45:24, Paula Johnson132
23 January 199312K42:40, Jonathan Bigg45:43, Linda Nilges134
15 January 199412K38:02, Robin Rogers45:34, Jane Johnson91
21 January 199512K40:49, Gary Droze45:34, Jane Johnson145
27 January 199612K41:10, Gary Droze44:27, Jane Johnson132
11 January 199712K39:25, Brian Erb47:57, Sarah Williams75
7 February 199812K42:57, Clarence Calloway45:12, Sarah Williams164
20 February 199912K44:40, Tim Simpkins46:27, Sarah Williams82
19 February 200012K39:44, Michael Strickland46:06, Sara Docter-Williams107
17 February 200112K43:56, Tim Unger45:38, Sarah Docter-Williams 98
16 February 200212K40:35, Gary Droze47:17, Jane Johnson 148
1 February 200312K42:52, Shawn Patterson52:18, Lisa Whitworth 80
7 February 200412K42:46, Tim Unger52:49, Lisa Whitworth 89
5 February 200512K42:05, Lee Willis45:30, Sarah Docter-Williams 118
4 February 200612K42:49, Vince Molosky50:21, Lisa Johnson89
17 February 200712K44:58, Todd Smoot52:22, Kim Likens74
16 February 200812K43:10, Tripp Southerland50:57, Stephanie Liles131
21 February 200912K42:34, Jay Wallace50:48, Jane Johnson105
6K23:21, Brian Corbin21:36, Jana Stolting30
20 February 201012K41:57, Daniel Lee47:12, Sheryl Rosen176
6K24:43, Ben Kail31:35, Rachel Phipps53
19 February 201112K40:57, Thomas Kunish49:23, Kelly Stevens214
6K23:59, Caleb Harris31:26, Ashton McMurray73
18 February 201212K41:23, Stephen Cox49:52, Katie Showman214
6K24:57, Duane Evans27:39, Nancy Gribble89
16 February 201312K38:41, Kevin Sullivan46:17, Sheryl Rosen268
6K21:54, Michael Martinez25:09, Jessica Gillard70
15 February 201412K39:39, Stanley Linton45:20, Seeley Gutierrez262
6K21:56, Jon Mason28:15, Sarah Taff85
21 February 201512K42:03, Zach Deveau47:33, Sheryl Rosen207
6K23:30, Duane Evans24:20, Katie Gorman98
20 February 201612K40:52, Roger Schmidt50:43, Katie Sherron213
6K23:17, Travis Parks32:26, Leah Kiros87
18 February 201712K43:25, Vince Molosky47:31, Katie Sherron162
6K22:02, Geb Kiros26:02, Katie Sack128
17 February 201812K44:20, Chris O'Kelley48:20, Sheryl Rosen168
6K22:53, Geb Kiros27:05, Christina Linton114
16 February 201912K43:04, Charlie Kline52:08, Amanda Sava181
6K21:04, Gary Droze28:51, Madison Sims111
In 1989-2004 the race started and finished in Chaires. (FL88036BH and FL94001DL)
In 2005-2010 the race started and finished at J. Lewis Hall Park in Woodville. (FL05007DL)
In 2011-2019 the race started and finished at Fort San Marcos de Apalachee in St. Marks.
(FL11133EBM)


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Monday, May 7, 2018

Andrew Smith and Amanda Sava sail the trails at "Tails and Trails"

Tallahassee’s Tom Brown Park, Lafayette Heritage Park, and the Alford Greenway are connected by a network of trails, more miles of pathways than you could walk in a single afternoon. On Saturday morning, May 5, Andrew Smith raced 21.1 kilometers on those trails in 1:20:46, winning the Animal Shelter Foundation's seventeenth annual Tails & Trails Half Marathon. Amanda Sava was the first woman in the race, placing eighth overall in 1:45:35.

Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith

There were four races in the Tails & Trails that morning, also including a 10K, a 5K, and a one-mile fun run. The half marathon was the longest and it was also the earliest, starting from in front of the Tallahassee Animal Shelter at 8:00 AM. From the first, Andrew Smith was in the lead.


“After the mile I could tell there was no one there,” said Smith. “I just kept trying to hit six-minute miles.”


Don’t get the impression that it was easy, running in and out of the Lake Lafayette basin.

2018 Tails & Trails Half Marathon
The start of the 2018 Tails & Trails Half Marathon

“It was a tough one,” said Smith. “The hills were no joke.”


When Smith returned to the Animal Shelter, finishing the race in 1:20:46, he was nearly three kilometers ahead of the next runner. It could have been lonesome out on the trails, but Smith had a lead cyclist to follow. The other athletes, though, were out of sight of both Smith and the cyclist. They had to rely on course markers and course marshals to find their way through the race.

Geb Kiros
Geb Kiros

“I ran off the course twice,” said Geb Kiros after finishing the half marathon. “I am not very happy.”


In spite of those detours, Kiros was the first master runner in the race, finishing second overall in 1:32:57. Master runner Jack McDermott took third in 1:33:46.

Laura McDermott, Amanda Sava
Laura McDermott and Amanda Sava

Finishing second to Amanda Sava in the women's standings, Lourena Maxwell was the first woman master in the half marathon and fourteenth overall in 1:51:38. Michelle Hadden edged Laura McDermott for the third women's spot, both runners clocked in 1:52:58. Hadden and McDermott were fifteenth and sixteenth overall.


Top Ten Men, 2018 “Tails and Trails” Half Marathon
  1. 1:20:46, Andrew Smith (M, 23)
  2. 1:32:57, Geb Kiros (M, 51)
  3. 1:33:46, Jack McDermott (M, 49)
  4. 1:35:46, Jonathan Manry (M, 39)
  5. 1:37:22, Collin Woodrum (M, 19)
  6. 1:43:39, Laryn Flikkema (M, 42)
  7. 1:45:31, Steven Sheward (M, 29)
  8. 1:47:02, Edward Nabong (M, 27)
  9. 1:47:43, Emmanuel Nwala (M, 36)
  10. 1:48:49, Tyler Barnett (M, 27)

Top Ten Women, 2018 “Tails and Trails” Half Marathon
  1. 1:45:35, Amanda Sava (F, 23)
  2. 1:51:38, Lourena Maxwell (F, 43)
  3. 1:52:58, Michelle Hadden (F, 29)
  4. 1:52:58, Laura McDermott (F, 38)
  5. 1:59:53, Grace Kennedy (F, 29)
  6. 1:59:56, Sherri Wise (F, 36)
  7. 2:00:53, Nancy Stedman (F, 56)
  8. 2:01:45, April Bentley (F, 44)
  9. 2:02:02, Jennifer Jan Farinella (F, 28)
  10. 2:02:15, Rachel Lovestrand (F, 30)

At 8:30, while the half-marathoners were still on the trails, headed for the turnaround on the out-and-back course, the 10K and the 5K got underway. Charlie Johnson soon got down to the business of running away from the rest of the 10K field.

Charlie Johnson
Charlie Johnson

“He was about a minute ahead at the turnaround and he maintained that,” said Chris O’Kelley, the 2017 Tails & Trails 10K winner.


With 188 runners behind him, Johnson had a lot of outbound traffic to deal with on the return trip. One narrow gate was clogged by a file of runners headed for the turnaround. Johnson solved that problem by leaping the fence next to the gate. Undelayed, he continued to the finish line at the Animal Shelter, taking first in the 10K with a 37:16. Chris O’Kelley took second in 38:11, and Ryan Truchelut was third in 40:22. Paul Guyas was the first master runner in the 10K, placing seventh overall in 43:32.

Chris O'Kelley
Chris O'Kelley

Jillian Heddaeus won the women’s title in the 10K, placing fifteenth overall in 47:16. Heddaeus finished more than 300 meters ahead of the next woman in the race, but she found herself running with one of the men.


“We had a good little back-and-forth going,” said Heddaeus. “Then he went forth and I went back.”

Jillian Heddaeus
Jillian Heddaeus

Kaley Ford was the second woman in the 10K, placing 21st overall in 48:54. Kenya Rich was the first woman master and third female finisher, 25th overall in 50:06.


Top Ten Men, 2018 “Tails and Trails” 10K
  1. 37:16, Charlie Johnson (M, 38)
  2. 38:11, Chris O'Kelley (M, 25)
  3. 40:22, Ryan Truchelut (M, 32)
  4. 41:09, Bobby Duggleby (M, 27)
  5. 41:13, Brad Busboom (M, 30)
  6. 43:23, Jim Halley (M, 38)
  7. 43:32, Paul Guyas (M, 40)
  8. 44:07, Isaac Bakan (M, 18)
  9. 44:07, John Schwenkler (M, 36)
  10. 44:35, Duane Evans (M, 50)

Top Ten Women, 2018 “Tails and Trails” 10K

  1. 47:16, Jillian Heddaeus (F, 35)
  2. 48:54, Kaley Ford (F, 23)
  3. 50:06, Kenya Rich (F, 45)
  4. 50:30, Melanie Leitman (F, 34)
  5. 50:40, Nikky Manausa (F, 36)
  6. 51:18, Nancy Proctor (F, 57)
  7. 51:35, Monica Toth (F, 29)
  8. 53:11, Ariel Urban (F, 27)
  9. 53:25, Marie Dennis (F, 43)
  10. 54:18, Jasmin McClellan (F, 29)

Kurt Dietrich won the Tails & Trails 5K for the second year in a row, running 19:13. Matt Triggs was the first master runner in the race, finishing second overall in 21:21. Ten-year-old Noah Deem took third in 22:29.

Charlie Johnson, Kurt Dietrich
Charlie Johnson & Kurt Dietrich

Another youngster, eleven-year-old Madison Sims, took first in the women’s standings, placing eleventh overall in 24:27. Amelia Bryant was a close second, placing twelfth overall in 24:31. Anna Dower was the third woman and fifteenth overall in 24:39. Amy Triggs was the first woman master and the fourth female finisher in the 5K, 32nd overall in 26:04.


821 athletes crossed the finish line at the 2018 Tails & Trails, 104 in the half marathon, 192 in the 10K, 460 in the 5K, and 65 in the mile. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the races.


Top Ten Men, 2018 “Tails and Trails” 5K
  1. 19:13, Kurt Dietrich (M, 26)
  2. 21:21, Matt Triggs (M, 54)
  3. 22:29, Noah Deem (M, 10)
  4. 22:46, Tad David (M, 49)
  5. 23:33, Juan Padron (M, 48)
  6. 23:38, Patrick Deasy (M, 29)
  7. 23:46, Patrick Westman (M, 28)
  8. 24:15, Jordan Deem (M, 19)
  9. 24:18, Daniel McNair (M, 33)
  10. 24:19, David Guhl (M, 17)

Top Ten Women, 2018 “Tails and Trails” 5K
  1. 24:27, Madison Sims (F, 11)
  2. 24:31, Amelia Bryant (F, 29)
  3. 24:39, Anna Dower (F, 26)
  4. 25:31, Michelle Davis (F, 28)
  5. 26:04, Amy Triggs (F, 53)
  6. 26:25, Marina Byrd (F, 27)
  7. 26:27, Chloe Schaub (F, 25)
  8. 26:44, Jennie Merchant (F, 26)
  9. 26:50, Jami Lynn Cook (F, 26)
  10. 26:53, Ava Jones (F, 12)

“Tails and Trails” winners, 2002 - 2018
DateRaceMenWomenFinishers
30 March 20025K19:49, Tim Bolton23:06, Carrie Weyant179
15 March 20035K20:47, Justin Dickieson24:20, Carrie Weyant218
20 March 20045K18:56, Gary Droze23:02, Seeley Lovett221
19 March 20055K18:51, Mathew Dobson23:12, Stephanie Liles186
18 March 200610K37:46, Vince Molosky46:49, Kim Likens73
5K22:06, Roger Michaud21:48, Stephanie Liles178
5 May 200710K36:43, Vince Molosky43:54, Jana Stolting80
5K17:31, Tripp Southerland24:22, Claire Fruchtnicht250
3 May 200810K37:23, Vince Molosky41:55, Karen Geletko141
5K20:54, Jason Graham21:57, Katrina Unglaub272
2 May 200910K35:07, Vince Molosky41:34, Sheryl Rosen148
5K17:24, John Robida18:59, Kelsey Scheitlin464
1 May 201010K35:44, Vince Molosky42:38, Micah Adriani315
5K16:37, Ken Youngers22:13, Lisa Finn355
30 April 201110K36:41, Vince Molosky41:06, Heather Griffis
5K17:04, Kevin Sullivan19:41, Kelly Stevens
5 May 201210K34:52, Stanley Linton41:38, Micah Adriani246
5K18:22, Jonathan Grisiaffi23:00, Stephanie Stout494
4 May 201310K36:29, Vince Molosky46:31, Lindsey Pfau207
5K16:26, Stanley Linton19:40, Micah Adriani521
3 May 201410K37:04, Matthew Cashin46:12, Urska Dobersek211
5K16:53, Adam Wallenfelsz20:55, Sara Lane359
2 May 2015Half Marathon1:25:43, Eric Godin1:49:34, Mary Jane Hayden92
10K37:22, Matthew Cashin46:04, Brittney Barnes278
5K17:06, Roger Schmidt20:25, Alese Autore552
7 May 2016Half Marathon1:19:49, Matt Mizereck1:45:20, Katie Sherron178
10K37:45, Stanley Linton45:48, Anna Busby191
5K18:20, Peter Van Brussel20:50, Brittney Barnes562
6 May 2017Half Marathon1:27:34, Eric Godin1:36:48, Katie Sherron148
10K38:54, Chris O'Kelley44:40, Sheryl Rosen123
5K18:47, Kurt Dietrich23:44, Christina Linton395
5 May 2018Half Marathon1:20:46, Andrew Smith1:45:35, Amanda Sava104
10K37:16, Charlie Johnson47:16, Jillian Heddaeus189
5K19:13, Kurt Dietrich24:27, Madison Sims447
From 2002 to 2006 the event was called the "Furry Scurry."
No 10K was held before 2006.
No Half Marathon was held prior to 2015.


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