Nicholas Samuel wins and Katie Sherron sets a record in their return to Madness

In Tallahassee, Florida, there are three cross-country races at Gulf Winds Track Club's Miller Landing Madness--the 8K, the 5K, and the 3K. Nicholas Samuel has run each of them. In 2016, as an eighth-grader on the Fairview Middle School cross-country team, he raced the 3K. In 2017, as a frosh on the Lincoln High cross-country squad, he raced the 5K. In 2018, as a Lincoln sophomore, he raced the 8K. On Saturday morning, 14 August 2021, Samuel returned to Phipps Park for another crack at the 8K. This time he won, logging 29:18 on the hilly course. Katie Sherron, another Miller Landing Madness veteran, won her third women's title in the 8K, placing second overall in 31:28.

Nicholas Samuel

The 8K and the 5K started from the same line at 8:00 AM. Nicholas Samuel was setting the pace for the longer race almost immediately; he was 70 meters ahead of the rest of the field at the mile mark. While Samuel widened that gap, Tallahassee master runner Leonardo Canete moved into second in the men's standings where he ultimately finished, third overall in 31:37. Ryan Truchelut, coming off a win a week earlier in the Breakfast On The Track Mile, was the third man and fourth overall in 32:24.


"There was no water to run through this year," noted Katie Sherron.

Katie Sherron

If anyone were to remember the water barrier from Miller Landing Madnesses of the past, it would be Sherron, who raced her fifth Madness in 2021. Sherron wasn't the only runner in the 2021 women's field with Madness experience--Sheryl Rosen, a four-time women's champ of the 8K, was also on the starting line. Rosen also owned the fastest women's time in the Miller Landing 8K, her 32:17 winning time in the 2011 race.


That mark had stood for ten years, but it wouldn't see an eleventh. Sherron saw to that, immediately taking the lead over the women's field. Throughout the race she trailed only male runners and not many of those, moving into second overall during the last mile. Sherron held that position, finishing in 31:28, almost a minute faster than the previous women's best in the Miller Landing Madness 8K. Rosen was second in 38:04, finishing nineteenth overall. Claudia Hernandez was the third woman and 25th overall in 39:27. Laura Reina was the first woman master and fourth female finisher, 30th overall in 40:43.


89 athletes finished the 8K.


Top Ten Men, 2021 Miller Landing Madness 8K

1. 29:18, Nicholas Samuel (M, 18)
2. 31:37, Leonardo Canete (M, 42)
3. 32:24, Ryan Truchelut (M, 35)
4. 33:33, Terance Keenan (M, 56)
5. 33:36, Christian Mahoney (M, 18)
6. 33:51, Tony Guillen (M, 52)
7. 34:11, Duane Evans (M, 54)
8. 34:36, Philip Sura (M, 51)
9. 34:37, Connor Edwards (M, 16)
10. 34:52, Paul Guyas (M, 43)

Top Ten Women, 2021 Miller Landing Madness 8K

1. 31:28, Katie Sherron (F, 39)
2. 38:04, Sheryl Rosen (F, 37)
3. 39:27, Claudia Hernandez (F, 26)
4. 40:43, Laura Reina (F, 56)
5. 41:19, Alison Thumm (F, 43)
6. 41:57, Aleah Henley (F, 17)
7. 42:36, Angela Dempsey (F, 53)
8. 44:02, Tsige Tadesse-Kiros (F, 53)
9. 44:12, Eva Mustian (F, 25)
10. 45:05, Martha Guyas (F, 37)

Darting out ahead of the fastest 8K competitors, Brock Granberg led the 5K field. Never challenged, Granberg finished well over 300 meters ahead of the next runner in a winning time on 17:34. In a showdown of two high school seniors, David Morrison of Lincoln edged Bainbridge High's Landon Watts for second, 18:50 to 18:53.

Brock Granberg

Eight of the top ten men were high school athletes, and the women's 5K was similarly dominated by preps, starting with Susan Koeppel. A Maclay sophomore, Koeppel topped the women's field with a 20:48, placing thirteenth overall. Another sophomore, Wakulla's Liliana Lewis, was second in the women's standings, sixteenth overall in 21:01. Wakulla senior Clara Alford took the third woman's spot, finishing 22nd overall in 21:57.

Susan Koeppel

Aaron Guyer was the top master runner in the 5K, running 21:58 to place 23rd overall and 20th in the men's standings. Tina Smith outkicked Melissa Martin to become the top woman master and 29th female finisher, placing 82nd overall in 26:53. At 26:54, Martin was 30th in the women's standings and 83rd overall.


165 athletes finished the 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2021 Miller Landing Madness 5K

1. 17:34, Brock Granberg (M, 21)
2. 18:50, David Morrison (M, 17)
3. 18:53, Landon Watts (M, 17)
4. 19:44, Josiah Friddle (M, 14)
5. 19:51, Jaden Callaghan (M, 16)
6. 19:52, Enijah Thomas (M, 15)
7. 20:08, Tripp Pitts (M, 17)
8. 20:10, Nick Ciarlariello (M, 19)
9. 20:11, Henry Lewis (M, 14)
10. 20:12, Joseph Wiedeman (M, 16)

Top Ten Women, 2021 Miller Landing Madness 5K

1. 20:48, Susan Koeppel (F, 15)
2. 21:01, Liliana Lewis (F, 15)
3. 21:57, Clara Alford (F, 17)
4. 22:12, Dillon Williams (F, 16)
5. 22:50, Isabella Laughton (F, 13)
6. 22:54, Andi Vilardo (F, 12)
7. 22:57, Alondra Jimenez (F, 15)
8. 22:59, Lillian Koeppel (F, 13)
9. 23:14, Isabel Sliger (F, 12)
10. 23:17, Taylor Pfeifer (F, 15)

Most of the runners in the 5K were high school athletes, getting in a pre-season cross-country race. Similarly, the 3K field was made up largely of middle school athletes. This was reflected in the overall male and female winners of the 3K, Walker Elrod and Clifton Lewis. Elrod, an eighth-grader harrier from Grace Christian Academy in Bainbridge, took first overall in the 3K, running 10:52. Lewis, another eighth-grader, was the first girl in the race, placing third overall in 11:36.

Walker Elrod

Jonathan Kiros, a seventh-grader on the cross-country team at Deerlake, was second in the boys' standings at 11:15. Asher Robertson, an incoming frosh at Lincoln High, was third in the boys' division and fourth overall in 12:15.


Seventh-grader Annabelle Wiktorski, a Montford Middle School Mustang cross-country runner, was the second girl in the 3K and fifth overall in 12:18. Sixth-grader Chloe Molen took third in the girls' race and eighth overall in 12:38.

Clifton Lewis

63 athletes finished the 3K. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the races.


Top Ten Males, 2021 Miller Landing Madness 3K

1. 10:52, Walker Elrod (M, 13)
2. 11:15, Jonathan Kiros (M, 12)
3. 12:15, Asher Robertson (M, 14)
4. 12:24, Logan Phipps (M, 11)
5. 12:35, Chandler Grace (M, 13)
6. 12:43, Ethan Nicholson (M, 11)
7. 12:44, Jack Koon (M, 13)
8. 13:01, Collins Dickson (M, 13)
9. 13:01, Connor Thumm (M, 12)
10. 13:32, Emari Thomas (M, 11)

Top Ten Females, 2021 Miller Landing Madness 3K

1. 11:36, Clifton Lewis (F, 13)
2. 12:18, Annabelle Wiktorski (F, 12)
3. 12:38, Chloe Molen (F, 11)
4. 13:24, Charlotte Sikes (F, 10)
5. 13:39, Savannah Stanley (F, 12)
6. 13:52, Addyson Paul (F, 12)
7. 14:02, Ellie Mazziotta (F, 12)
8. 14:15, Mary Price (F, 11)
9. 14:36, Rory Earlywine (F, 12)
10. 14:49, Maddy Morris (F, 13)

Miller Landing Madness Winners, 2004 - 2021
Date	Race	Men	Women	Finishers
28 August 2004	8K	27:57, Gary Droze	34:58, Kate Remillard	79
	5K	16:40, Shawn Patterson	20:13, Adriana Piekarwicz	170
27 August 2005	8K	27:36, Justin Davis	31:02, Sarah Docter-Williams	120
	5K	15:59, Alex Miletich	18:58, Lydia Willise	235
26 August 2006	8K	29:49, Adam David Churchill	33:29, Kati Gosnell	103
	5K	16:06, Christian Minor	19:30, Jana Stolting	217
	3K	11:39, Brian Bowden	12:47, Summer Shepherd	118
25 August 2007	8K	27:42, Seth Proctor	32:31, Sheryl Rosen	108
	5K	16:13, Joseph Franklin	19:57, Emily Ness	194
	3K	11:58, Sam McManama	11:59, Carly Thomas	70
30 August 2008	8K	28:57, David Altmaier	32:49, Sheryl Rosen	76
	5K	17:12, Austin Stevens	18:46, Jana Stolting	110
	3K	11:21, Will Henderson	13:14, Autumn Wable	73
29 August 2009	8K	28:05, Chris Lake	33:03, Sarah Docter-Williams	151
	5K	18:17, Austin Stevens	18:17, Jana Stolting	243
	3K	11:26, Chase Harris	12:04, Cecelia Williams	136
28 August 2010	8K	26:28, Kevin Cook	33:29, Sheryl Rosen	168
	5K	17:15, Patrick Swain	19:22, Stefanie Kurgatt	160
	3K	11:14, Wil Luca	13:30, Madeline Horgan	110
27 August 2011	8K	25:54, Kevin Sullivan	32:17, Sheryl Rosen	236
	5K	16:59, Jacob Slupecki	20:14, Stefanie Kurgatt	212
	3K	11:08, Evan Francis	12:59, Cheyenne Hildinger	157
25 August 2012	8K	27:50, Vince Molosky	36:36, Jane Johnson	190
	5K	16:32, Joseph Garcia	19:12, Stefanie Kurgatt	258
	3K	10:57, Jake Mazziotta	12:16, Adrianna Dugan	148
24 August 2013	8K	26:29, Will Stanford	35:11, Katie Showman	150
	5K	16:55, Joseph Garcia	19:20, Emily Ness	237
	3K	10:48, James McClure	12:20, Chase Merrick	135
23 August 2014	8K	28:26, Chris Lake	35:26, Brittney Barnes	154
	5K	17:09, Joe Garcia	21:13, Caroline Willis	172
	3K	11:33, Jonathan McClure	12:34, Alyson Churchill	173
22 August 2015	8K	28:45, Roger Schmidt	38:07, Jane Skalski	126
	5K	18:16,James McClure	20:33, Caroline Willis	207
	3K	11:14, Jonathan McClure	11:34, Alyson Churchill	205
20 August 2016	8K	31:06, Geb Kiros	37:19, Katie Sack	160
	5K	18:03, Jake Mazziotta	19:20, Alyson Churchill	203
	3K	11:41, Trenton Blake	12:52, Lindsay James	171
19 August 2017	8K	29:11, Clayton Carlson	35:01, Kat Sack	125
	5K	17:55, Jesse Boyd	21:07, Elizabeth Skipper	237
	3K	11:01, Patrick Koon	12:43, Paige Churchill	212
18 August 2018	8K	33:07, Jim Halley	36:04, Katie Sherron	127
	5K	18:00, Jesse Boyd	19:57, Sheryl Rosen	201
	3K	10:37, Connor Edwards	11:26, Rory Claussen	177
17 August 2019	8K	31:21, Pierre Pean	33:04, Ann Centner	141
	5K	18:32, Daniel Wiedeman	22:14, Gracie Koeppel	196
	3K	10:47, Patrick Koon	12:10, Clifton Lewis	136
14 August 2021	8K	29:18, Nicholas Samuel	31:28, Katie Sherron	89
	5K	17:34, Brock Granberg	20:48, Susan Koeppel	165
	3K	10:52, Walker Elrod	11:36, Clifton Lewis	63
The Miller Landing Madness was preceded in history by the Miccosukee Madness (2004-2007) and the Tom Brown Bash (1977-2003) races.

Links

• Complete results of the 2021 Miller Landing Madness
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQrl4MQST_OXEHzhmab3vv4--5NjSKEXCqwWGhE0sWKZcvXMmD-ugbRscJwAPm5wGfEMtRhcrx_lB4_/pubhtml
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! photos of the 2021 Miller Landing Madness
  
  • 8K & 5K: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10118266340524013
  • 3K: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10118267471557413
  
  
• 2019 story, “Pierre Pean and Ann Centner lead the mob at the Madness”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/08/madness-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “Jim Halley and Katie Sherron were crazy-fast at Miller Landing Madness”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/08/madness-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Carlson and Sack take Miller Landing Madness”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/08/madness-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Kiros and Sack lead a celebration of cross country Madness”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/08/madness-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Schmidt and Skalski top Miller Landing Madness”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/08/madness-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Lake and Barnes take Miller Landing Madness 8K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/madness-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Stanford and Showman go crazy on the competition”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/madness-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Isaac a no-show at Madness, Molosky and Johnson dominate”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/08/madness-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Sullivan and Rosen run like mad in Miller Landing 8K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/08/madness-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Cook and Rosen lead the Madness”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/08/madness-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Chris Lake wins Miller Landing Madness 2009”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/08/chris-lake-wins-miller-landing-madness.html
  
  
• Lots of upcoming races, some more mad than others
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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Brock Granberg and Liliana Lewis roll at a rocky Freedom 5K

Back in Boulder, Colorado, Brock Granberg wrestled for Fairview High, recording a 31-7 record his senior year. Granberg also ran cross-country for Fairview, leading his team to fifth-place in the 2019 Colorado State Championships while running sub-17:00 for 5K on a course 6,000 feet above sea level. It was that distance running skill that was on display at Wakulla Springs, Florida on Saturday, 26 June 2021. That morning, Granberg won the eighth annual Paul Hoover Freedom 5K by nearly a minute, running 17:07. Liliana Lewis, a rising sophomore on the Wakulla High cross-country team, was first in the women's standings with a 21:12, coming in twentieth overall.

Brock Granberg

The Freedom 5K doesn't meet everyone's definition of cross-country, but it certainly meets someon's definition of cross-country. After starting on pavement in Wakulla Springs State Park, the course takes the runners into the forest on a two-rut road, heading for Cherokee Sink. After making a loop around the Sink near the halfway point of the race, the runners return the way they came. In the first years of the race, the road was characterized by the deep sand of Wakulla County. More recently, the road has been covered with gravel.


"The gravel made it difficult, but it was a good course," said Granberg.

Leonardo Canete

As the winner, he had every reason to like the route. Granberg was already leading the field entering the forest, and he only got farther ahead during the trip to Cherokee Sink and back. His winning 17:07 was the second-fastest mark recorded at the Freedom 5K during the eight-year history of the race.


Tallahassee, Florida master runner Leonardo Canete placed runner-up to Granberg, running 18:04. In the closing stages of the race, Jaden Callaghan ran down Mickey Moore to take third, 18:39 to 18:45. Callaghan is a rising junior on the Wakulla High cross-country team and Moore is a Tallahassee master runner.

Liliana Lewis

Callaghan was one of several Wakulla harriers in the race; the Freedom 5K is hosted by the Wakulla High cross-country team as a fund-raiser for the program. Liliana Lewis, the women's winner at 21:12, was another Wakulla Eagle in the race. Isabella Laughton, second in the women's division, is a future Eagle. Just out of the eighth grade at Wakulla Middle School, Laughton ran 21:56 in the Freedom 5K. Elizabeth Blitch and Marina Whitsell, each anticipating her senior year cross-country season at Wakulla, came in a few steps apart at 22:02 and 22:04, the third and fourth women in the race. Corrine Porcher was the first woman master and fifth female finisher, 38th overall in 24:40.


111 athletes finished the 2021 Paul Hoover Freedom 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed the race.

Isabella Laughton

Top Ten Men, 2021 Freedom 5K

1. 17:07, Brock Granberg (M, 21)
2. 18:04, Leonardo Canete (M, 42)
3. 18:39, Jaden Callaghan (M, 16)
4. 18:45, Mickey Moore (M, 51)
5. 18:51, Christian Minor (M, 35)
6. 19:22, Logan Kilpatrick (M, 17)
7. 19:24, Tripp Pitts (M, 17)
8. 19:29, Josiah Friddle (M, 13)
9. 19:34, Daniel Wiedeman (M, 19)
10. 19:45, Joseph Wiedeman (M, 16)

Top Ten Women, 2021 Freedom 5K

1. 21:12, Liliana Lewis (F, 14)
2. 21:56, Isabella Laughton (F, 13)
3. 22:02, Lizzie Blitch (F, 17)
4. 22:04, Marina Whitsell (F, 17)
5. 24:40, Corinne Porcher (F, 52)
6. 25:32, Ashlyn Speigner (F, 17)
7. 25:44, Cora Atkinson (F, 27)
8. 26:35, Trista Heffren (F, 16)
9. 26:52, Analecia Ferrell (F, 16)
10. 26:54, Melissa Martin (F, 47)

Paul Hoover Freedom 5K winners, 2013 - 2021
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
29 June 2013	17:33, Stanley Linton	21:12, Madison Harris	107
28 June 2014	19:23, Reikan Lin	20:12, Madison Harris	82
27 June 2015	17:36, Zack DeVeau	19:51, Katie Sherron	173
25 June 2016	17:48, Wright Calhoun	20:00, Madison Harris	138
24 June 2017	16:32, Justin Keefe	21:52, Haleigh Martin	183
30 June 2018	18:21, Ryan Truchelut	19:10, Amy Hines	213
29 June 2019	18:31, Daniel Wiedeman	21:18, Meg Ogle	183
26 June 2021	17:07, Brock Granberg	21:12, Liliana Lewis	111

Top ten men's times, Paul Hoover Freedom 5K Time Athlete Year 16:32 Justin Keefe 2017 17:07 Brock Granberg 2021 17:33 Stanley Linton 2013 17:36 Zach Deveau 2015 17:48 Wright Calhoun 2016 18:04 Leonardo Canete 2021 18:12 Dan Baur 2016 18:19 Brian Griffith 2013 18:21 Ryan Truchelut 2018 18:27 Michael Martinez 2015

Top ten women's times, Paul Hoover Freedom 5K Time Athlete Year 19:10 Amy Hines 2018 19:51 Katie Sherron 2015 20:00 Madison Harris 2016 20:12 Madison Harris 2014 20:56 Brittney Skiles 2016 21:07 Renee Cox 2014 21:11 Alli Hay 2016 21:12 Madison Harris 2013 21:12 Liliana Lewis 2021 21:18 Meg Ogle 2019

Links

• Complete results of the Wakulla HS Cross-Country Boosters' 2021 Paul Hoover Freedom 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRyidg6XIiCreCTUDWODV990zOjAH_1aDmDoVT8uEzyavEB5Fflzu28aL8w3I7Ax9t5IVF3F9MJLN7X/pubhtml
  
  
• More photos of the 2021 Paul Hoover Freedom 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10118060274901173
  
  
• 2019 story, “Harriers Daniel Wiedeman and Meg Ogle run away with the Paul Hoover 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/06/freedom-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “Ryan Truchelut and Amy Hines were swift on the sand at the Paul Hoover 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/06/freedom-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “It's Justin Keefe with a new course record at the Paul Hoover Freedom 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/06/freedom-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Calhoun and Harris are first in the Freedom 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/06/freedom-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “A little rain didn't slow down either DeVeau or Sherron at the Freedom Run 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/06/freedom-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Lin and Harris post Freedom 5K wins”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/06/freedom-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Linton and Harris break loose at Freedom 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/06/freedom-2013.html
  
  
• Find another upcoming race supporting scholastic cross country on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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