Showing posts with label Charlie Kline. Show all posts
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Sunday, May 19, 2019

No fish stories for Charlie Kline and Ann Centner at the Catfish Crawl 5K

Major Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle early in the afternoon of Oct. 10, 2018. A few hours later the center of the storm passed just west of Blountstown, Florida. Half a year after the storm had passed the city on the Apalachicola River was still recovering. There was still an abundance of roofs draped in blue tarps. But on Saturday morning, 18 May 2019, the Blountstown Fire Department was ready to host the eighth annual Catfish Crawl 5K. There were a few trees missing, so that the course was less shady than in past years, but it didn’t seem to affect the runners’ performances, notably Charlie Kline, who won the race in 17:35. A little more than half a minute after Kline, Ann Centner crossed the finish line in 18:08, the first woman and second overall.

Charlie Kline
Charlie Kline

The race got started just after 8:00 AM Central Time. 2018 Catfish Crawl champ Chance Logan tried to hang with Kline early in the race, but by the end of the first mile Kline had broken contact with the field. Behind Kline, Logan, Centner, and Ryan Truchelut were left to fight for second. After the turnaround on the out-and-back course, Centner and Truchelut dropped Logan, then Centner dropped Truchelut. Kline made it home first in 17:35, the fifth-fastest time ever run at the Catfish Crawl. Truchelut was second in the men's standings, placing third overall in 18:12. Logan was the third man and fourth overall in 18:42. A few steps behind Logan, Christian Minor was the fourth male and fifth overall in 18:52.


“It was definitely more humid than I thought it would be. It’s technically a 9:00 start,” said Kline, who woke up in the Eastern Time Zone in Tallahassee. “I wanted to get in this race and the Potluck Four-Mile before my girlfriend and I move back to Philly.”

Duane Evans, Paul Guyas, Philip Sura
Master runners Duane Evans, Paul Guyas, and Philip Sura

One mile into the race, master runners Duane Evans, Paul Guyas, and Philip Sura were setting the pace for the over-40 field, but they were being stalked. Another master runner, Andrew Wills, overtook the group then ran away from them, going on to finish as the top master and sixth overall in 19:01. Evans was seventh overall in 19:31, Sura eighth in 19:40, and Guyas ninth in 19:48.


“Ann Centner had to leave early,” announced race director Ben Hall at the awards. “But we’re going to award her a ride in a fire truck because she set a new course record. The old record was 19:47 and she ran 18:08.”

Ann Centner
Ann Centner

The previous record, run just the year before by Kat Sack, was the first time any woman had gone under 20:00 at the Catfish Crawl. Centner had been both the second woman to break 20:00 and the first woman to go faster than 19:00 at the race, while just missing cracking 18:00 as well.


“I didn't look up the course record ahead of time, but was excited when I learned I broke it by a wide margin,” said Centner. “I planned to go around 18:30, but once I saw I was close to breaking 18:00, I wanted to break 18:00 but it was too late! Overall, I was happy with the race, as my training is just picking up again for my currently planned target races, the Breakfast On The Track Mile and the Sickle Cell 5K.”

Brittney Barnes
Brittney Barnes

Brittney Barnes staked out the spot behind Centner in the women’s field early and held on to it for the rest of the race, finishing as the second woman and eleventh overall in 20:24. Master runner Stephanie Liles-Weyant took third in the women’s standings, placing fourteenth overall in 20:50. During the final half-kilometer of the 5K, Leon sophomore Lilli Unger overtook Deanna McVay to take fourth on the women's side, 20:59 to 21:02. Unger and McVay were fifteenth and seventeenth overall. Master runner Lourena Maxwell was the sixth woman and eighteenth overall in 21:34.


266 athletes finished the 2019 Catfish Crawl, more than in any previous year of the race. International Running Company, LLC, chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Catfish Crawl 5K
  1. 17:35, Charlie Kline (M, 26)
  2. 18:12, Ryan Truchelut (M, 33)
  3. 18:42, Chance Logan (M, 22)
  4. 18:52, Christian Minor (M, 32)
  5. 19:01, Andrew Wills (M, 54)
  6. 19:31, Duane Evans (M, 51)
  7. 19:40, Philip Sura (M, 49)
  8. 19:48, Paul Guyas (M, 41)
  9. 20:04, Tristan LaNasa (M, 26)
  10. 20:37, Enrique Nandho (M, 18)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Catfish Crawl 5K
  1. 18:08, Ann Centner (F, 27)
  2. 20:24, Brittney Barnes (F, 31)
  3. 20:50, Stephanie Liles-Weyant (F, 46)
  4. 20:59, Lilli Unger (F, 16)
  5. 21:02, Deanna McVay (F, 36)
  6. 21:34, Lourena Maxwell (F, 44)
  7. 21:43, Laura McDermott (F, 39)
  8. 22:54, Kendall Meikenhous (F, 31)
  9. 23:02, Nancy Proctor (F, 58)
  10. 23:33, Nancy Stedman (F, 57)

Blountstown Fire Department Catfish Crawl 5K champions, 2012 - 2019
DateMenWomenFinishers
19 May 201217:45, Billy Naylor21:41, Hannah Plazarin96
18 May 201316:38, Billy Naylor23:45, Hannah Plazarin128
17 May 201417:23, Thomas Howell25:05, Lydia Miles117
16 May 201517:47, Michael Martinez22:41, Kristi Johnson135
21 May 201618:08, Geb Kiros21:37, Chelsee Cook132
20 May 201717:23, Matthew McCurdy19:47, Kat Sack212
19 May 201819:07, Chance Logan20:59, Kat Sack133
18 May 201917:35, Charlie Kline18:08, Ann Centner266



 Top ten men's times, Catfish Crawl 5K 
TimeAthleteYear
16:38Billy Naylor2013
17:23Thomas Howell2014
17:23Matthew McCurdy2017
17:31Chris O'Kelley2017
17:35Charlie Kline2019
17:43Geb Kiros2017
17:44David Seymour2014
17:45Billy Naylor2012
17:47Michael Martinez2015
17:48Jesse Boyd2017
     
Top ten women's times, Catfish Crawl 5K
TimeAthleteYear
18:08Ann Centner2019
19:47Kat Sack2017
20:01Chelsee Cook2017
20:24Brittney Barnes2019
20:50Stephanie Liles-Weyant2019
20:59Lilli Unger2019
20:59Kat Sack2018
21:02Deanna McVay2019
21:34Lourena Maxwell2019
21:35Laura McDermott2018


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#2536

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Harriers Charlie Kline and Genevieve Printiss excel at Hops And Half Shells

Hops and Half Shells 5K Trail RaceWhen it comes to trivia questions, there's the right answer and there's the factually correct answer. Those two aren't always the same. For instance, say you're competing in a barroom trivia contest. Money is on the line. You're asked, 'when is cross-country season?' You should immediately answer, 'autumn'. That's the right answer. The factually correct answer is a bit more complicated. For the most part, cross-country season in North America is in the autumn. But in Europe, cross-country is a winter sport. The World Cross-Country Championships are always in the spring. In the Tallahassee, Florida area you can find a cross-country race to run in just about any month of the year. For instance, on Saturday morning, 6 April 2019, close to 300 athletes raced south of Tallahassee in Crawfordville, Florida at the fourth annual Hops And Half Shells 5K Cross-Country Race. The fastest in that throng was Charlie Kline of Tallahassee, who won the race in 17:24. Genevieve Printiss was the first woman in the 5K, placing thirteenth overall in 20:27.


Kline finished the Hops And Half Shells 200 meters ahead of the runner up. Less than four months earlier, he had won the 2018 RRCA Florida State Cross-Country Championship race, Gulf Winds Track Club’s eighth annual Tannenbaum Trail Cross-Country Race. Khalil Randell, a first-year distance runner on the Tallahassee Community College cross-country team, placed second behind Kline in 18:08. Scott Billings took third in the race with an 18:32. Billings had formerly run cross-country at Maclay School and at the University of Tampa. Paul Guyas was the fastest master runner in the race, placing seventh overall in 19:59.


The women's champ, Printiss, was also a seasoned cross-country runner, a harrier for Tallahassee Community College with experience racing for Franklin County High. Amanda Sava, a former cross-country runner at Florida Tech and before that Sussex Tech High, finished runner-up to Printiss in the women's standings and sixteenth overall in 20:49. Mia Wiederkehr, another TCC cross-country runner, edged Brittney Barnes for the third women's spot, 20:58 to 21:01. Wiederkehr and Barnes placed eighteenth and nineteenth overall. Stephanie Liles-Weyant was the first woman master and sixth female finisher, 21st overall in 21:42.


The race was held on the grounds of Tallahassee Community College's Wakulla Environmental Institute. The large crowd of runners may have been drawn by their love of cross-country, but the promise of post-race beer and oysters could have had something to do with it. The oysters were raised by the Institute as part of their aquaculture program.


299 athletes finished the 2019 Hops And Half Shells 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Hops And Half Shells 5K
  1. 17:24, Charlie Kline (M, 26)
  2. 18:08, Khalil Randell (M, 22)
  3. 18:32, Scott Billings (M, 24)
  4. 18:39, Stephen Votaw (M, 18)
  5. 19:07, Ryan Truchelut (M, 33)
  6. 19:28, Filippo Aldrovandi-Reina (M, 14)
  7. 19:59, Paul Guyas (M, 41)
  8. 20:01, Matthias Laywell (M, 20)
  9. 20:02, Brandon Flagler (M, 19)
  10. 20:07, Dalton Gray (M, 18)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Hops And Half Shells 5K
  1. 20:27, Genevieve Printiss (F, 18)
  2. 20:49, Amanda Sava (F, 24)
  3. 20:58, Mia Wiederkehr (F, 21)
  4. 21:01, Brittney Barnes (F, 31)
  5. 21:28, Katie Sherron (F, 37)
  6. 21:42, Stephanie Liles-Weyant (F, 46)
  7. 22:54, Cora Atkinson (F, 24)
  8. 22:55, Myranda Casterline (F, 29)
  9. 23:00, Lourena Maxwell (F, 44)
  10. 23:13, Angela Dempsey (F, 50)

Hops & Half Shells 5K winners, 2016 - 2019
DateMenWomenFinishers
23 April 201617:40, Zach DeVeau21:53, Katie Sherron319
22 April 201715:52, Stan Linton24:05, Christina Linton261
14 April 201818:10, Michael Niezgoda22:59, Christina Linton215
6 April 201917:24, Charlie Kline20:27, Genevieve Printiss299


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#2481

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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#2429

Monday, December 17, 2018

Charlie Kline and Shelly Allen are the 2018 Florida RRCA State Cross-Country Champions

Because of work at Apalachee Regional Park, the race had to be shortened from 6,000 meters to 5,500. Persistent rains in Tallahassee created a new creek that flowed across the course, water that the athletes had to either jump or wade twice during the race. Overcoming those obstacles, plus the usual hills and turns, Charlie Kline of the Gulf Winds Track Club won the Florida RRCA’s State Cross-Country Championship on Saturday morning, Dec. 15, running 18:03. Shelly Allen, representing New Balance Tampa Masters Racing, won the women’s title, placing fourteenth overall in 22:29.

Charlie Kline
Charlie Kline

The event was Gulf Winds Track Club’s eighth annual Tannenbaum Trail Cross-Country Race, and the Road Runners Club of America had designated it as their 2018 State Cross-Country Championship for Florida. The run was scheduled for Leon County’s Apalachee Regional Park, Tallahassee’s championship cross-country course. Unfortunately, feral hogs in the area don’t keep up with the racing calendar. The porkers rooted up the far east end of the course. Leon County Parks and Recreation tilled and reseeded, planning to have the damage repaired in time for the park to host the USATF National Cross-Country Championship in February.


Then it rained for half a week.

Charlie Kline
Charlie Kline

The havoc caused by 136 runners stomping through that wet, tilled field twice would have been worse than the original hog damage. So, on the eve of the Tannenbaum, that part of the course was eliminated. After seven years as a six-kilometer race, the 2018 Tannenbaum would be five-and-a-half kilometers, or just over 3.4 miles.


There was also the creek flowing across the course, which the runners encountered at 700 meters and again at 3,200 meters into the race. But water on the course is a typical hazard of cross-country. Organizers in Europe pray for rain before their races. In Tallahassee, race director Tom Perkins has water trucked in for his Miller Landing Madness cross-country race. Experienced cross-country runners, true harriers, wouldn’t have noticed the stream crossing, but might have mentioned that there weren’t any hedges, fences, or fallen trees to jump.

Collin Kane
Collin Kane

The rain finally stopped the night before the race, and the runners started at 9:00 AM under clear skies. The ground was still moist, though, and instead of the thunder of many footsteps, there was a chorus of squishes and splashes as the field passed by. Two minutes after the start, the first runners came to the creek. Some of the leaders splashed through, ignoring the water. Others tried to jump over the stream. Near the back of the pack, some athletes balked at the water, or looked for a way around. In the end, everyone got their feet wet.


Charlie Kline had a lead of 50 meters the second time he splashed through the creek. A seasoned cross-country man, Kline had raced for Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania and Essex High in Vermont. Behind Kline, Collin Kane was in second, just ahead of Chris O’Kelley. A University of Florida student, Kane had run several times at Apalachee Regional Park for Gainesville’s Oak Hall High, including the High School State Meet, where he had placed eleventh in 2016 and thirteenth in 2017. The creek was new to him, but the hills were not. After cresting the final hill, half a kilometer from the finish, Kane began to close on Kline.

Carter Hay, Hawthorne Hay, Hong-Guo Yu
Carter Hay and Hawthorne Hay

Kline held on to enough of his lead to beat Kane to the finish line, 18:04 to 18:08. Chris O’Kelley took third in 18:53. Carter Hay, running with his son Hawthorne, overtook Hong-Guo Yu late in the race to place as the top master runner in the race. Carter Hay was fourth overall in 20:31, Hawthorne Hay fifth in 20:33, and Hong-Guo Yu sixth in 20:37.

Shelly Allen
Shelly Allen

Master runner Shelly Allen came from Fleming Island, Florida to race, but also to preview the course.


“I’ll be back here in February for Nationals,” said Allen.

Alyssa Terry
Alyssa Terry

In the Tannenbaum, Allen only got farther and farther ahead after taking the lead in the women’s competition. Comfortably ahead, she crossed the finish line in 22:29, taking the state title. Alyssa Terry of Tallahassee was runner-up for the women and fifteenth overall in 22:46. In the final meters, Brittney Barnes ran down Katie Sherron, a three-time Tannenbaum women's champ, to take the third women's spot. Barnes and Sherron were 20th and 21st overall, both runners clocked in 23:42. Leon High cross-country runner Lilli Unger was fifth in the women's standings and 22nd overall in 23:51.

Brittney Barnes, Lilli Unger
Brittney Barnes

136 athletes finished the 5,500-meter race. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the event.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Tannenbaum Trail Cross-Country Race
  1. 18:03, Charlie Kline (M, 26) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 18:07, Collin Kane (M, 19) Gainesville, FL
  3. 18:53, Chris O'Kelley (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 20:31, Carter Hay (M, 47) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 20:33, Hawthorne Hay (M, 16) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 20:37, Hong-Guo Yu (M, 50) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 20:57, Tony Guillen (M, 49) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 21:04, Kurt Dietrich (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 21:11, Filippo Aldrovandi-Reina (M, 14) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 21:19, Jim Halley (M, 39) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Tannenbaum Trail Cross-Country Race
  1. 22:29, Michelle Allen (F, 55) Fleming Island, FL
  2. 22:46, Alyssa Terry (F, 25) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 23:42, Brittney Barnes (F, 30) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 23:42, Katie Sherron (F, 37) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 23:51, Lilli Unger (F, 16) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 24:26, Kat Sack (F, 27) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 24:31, Jillian Heddaeus (F, 35) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 24:34, Melissa Thompson (F, 34)
  9. 24:51, Laura McDermott (F, 39) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 24:53, Clifton Lewis (F, 10) Tallahassee, FL

Tannenbaum Trail 6K Champions, 2011 - 2018
DateMenWomenFinishers
17 December 201119:49, Chris Lake25:33, Katie Showman173
15 December 201219:35, Kevin Sullivan21:56, Stefanie Slekis182
21 December 201320:51, Bryan Koon22:30, Jodie McGuff76
20 December 201420:17, Kyle Harris25:21, Jillian Heddaeus149
19 December 201520:36, Joseph Garcia23:30, Katie Sherron192
17 December 201620:30, Josh Andrews22:33, Alyson Churchill87
16 December 201720:19, Charlie Johnson22:46, Katie Sherron112
15 December 201818:03*, Charlie Kline22:29*, Michelle Allen136
* The 2018 race was shortened to 5,500 meters because of course conditions.


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#2384

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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