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

Always on a Sunday.


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


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


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


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


Top Ten Men, 2025 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K

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

Top Ten Women, 2025 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K

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

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

Links

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

#3157

Florida State's cross-country Streak, 2001 - 2023

When the starting gun fires at 11:00 AM on Saturday morning, 23 November 2024 for the NCAA D1 Men's Cross-Country Championship, there will be no Florida State University men on the starting line. It will be the first time in the 21st Century that the NCAA men's race doesn't include at least one Seminole. After 23 seasons the Streak is over.


The Streak began in 2001. Joep Tigchelaar and Kim Bergdahl each qualified for the National Championship Meet that year, racing in the men's 10K at Furman. It ended a twenty-year drought; no FSU harrier had competed in the NCAA men's championship since 1981. For that reason only, Tigchelaar and Bergdahl's trip to the National Championship would have been noteworthy. Years later it would become clear that the pair of Seminoles had begun the Streak.


Florida State's first official men's cross-country team raced in 1962. Ken Misner became the first Seminole to race in the NCAA meet in 1968; he was FSU's first NCAA All-American in cross-country in 1969. Before the Streak, FSU had athletes in the NCAA men's championship race in six different years. Two of those athletes made All-American. The lowest placing by a Seminole was thirteenth by Ken Misner in 1969. One FSU team made it to Nationals in 1981; they placed eighth.


During the Streak, FSU had athletes in the NCAA men's championship in each of the 23 years from 2001 to 2023. Nine of those athletes made All-American. The lowest place by a Seminole was second by Adriaan Wildschutt in 2021 (the delayed 2020 Championship). Sixteen FSU teams made it to Nationals during the Streak; of those, the 2010 team had the best showing, placing second.

Adriaan Wildschutt

23 years isn't just a moment, and Seminole cross-country wasn't static during the Streak. Athletes joined the team and left the team; none were around for more than a few years. When the Streak opened, Florida State's home course was at the Miccosukkee Greenway, a venue that runners shared with bicyclists and incontinent horses. By the end of the Streak, the team was racing at Apalachee Regional Park Championship Cross-Country Course, a world-class facility that actually hosted the NCAA Meet in 2021--the Championship was a home meet for the Seminoles that year.


The one constant during the years of the Streak was Florida State's coach. Bob Braman helmed the men's team during each of the 23 seasons of the Streak.


The tables below summarizes the Florida State men's performances at the NCAA Cross-Country Championship, both teams and individuals, during the entire history of the program, including the Streak years.

Florida State University Men's Teams at the NCAA Cross-Country Meet 1981 - 2023
Date	Place	Score
1981-11-24	8th of 23	257 points
2003-11-24	29th of 31	733 points
2004-11-23	17th of 30	438 points
2005-11-21	18th of 31	471 points
2006-11-20	30th of 31	602 points
2007-11-19	20th of 31	454 points
2008-11-25	27th of 31	576 points
2009-11-23	30th of 31	612 points
2010-11-22	2nd of 31	193 points
2011-11-21	12th of 31	348 points
2012-11-17	5th of 31	238 points
2014-11-22	31st of 31	822 points
2015-11-21	29th of 31	598 points
2018-11-17	31st of 31	845 points
2019-11-23	28th of 30	675 points
2021-11-20	20th of 31	517 points
2023-11-18	27th of 31	620 points

FSU Men at the NCAA Cross-Country Meet 1968 - 2023
Date	Athletes	Place
1968-11-25	Ken Misner	55th
1969-11-24	Ken Misner ★ Del Ramers	13th 142nd
1970-11-23	Ken Misner Del Ramers	42nd 192nd
1971-11-22	Del Ramers Bob Brooks	128th 256th
1980-11-24	Larry Greene	151st
1981-11-23	Herb Wills ★ Larry Greene Philip Rolle Doug Overfelt Marc Trigg Ron Treadway Scott Taylor	16th 56th 68th 100th 107th 143rd 161st
2001-11-19	Joep Tigchelaar Kim Bergdahl	71st 208th
2002-11-25	Joep Tigchelaar	107th
2003-11-24	Luke Beevor Eddie Rodriguez Ian Hornabrook Tom Lancashire Kevin Cook Jim Van Veen Joep Tigchelaar	130th 162nd 186th 197th 229th 238th 250th
2004-11-23	Andrew Lemoncello Tom Lancashire Eddie Rodriguez Ian Hornabrook Sean Burris Kevin Cook	50th 72nd 125th 154th 177th 238th
2005-11-21	Andrew Lemoncello ★ Tom Lancashire Kevin Cook Phil Nichols Sean Burris Luke Beevor Chris Nickinson	21st 77th 158th 163rd 175th 195th 244th
2006-11-20	Andrew Lemoncello Tom Lancashire Luke Gunn Mark Buckingham Luke Beevor Javier Cruz Chris Nickinson	43rd 91st 163rd 229th 232nd 239th 250th
2007-11-19	Luke Gunn Steeve Gabart Matt Leeder Mark Buckingham Daniel Roberts Nick Sunseri	69th 56th 97th 131st 171st 247th
2008-11-25	Daniel Roberts Matt Leeder Steeve Gabart Nick Sunseri Jason Lakritz Trevor Andrews Justin Harbor	85th 110th 153rd 162nd 206th 238th 252nd
2009-11-23	Matt Leeder Daniel Roberts Ciaran O'Lionaird Michael Fout Wesley Rickman Jared Bell Justin Harbor	51st 113th 181st 186th 218th 223rd 238th
2010-11-22	Ciaran O'Lionaird ★ Michael Fout ★ David Forrester Wesley Rickman Alexander Smyth Jakub Zivec	18th 28th 53rd 59th 76th 118th
2011-11-21	David Forrester ★ Michael Fout ★ Breandan O'Neill Jakub Zivec Seth Proctor Wesley Rickman	16th 32nd 52nd 138th 202nd 234th
2012-11-17	Jakub Zivec ★ Breandan O'Neill ★ David Forrester Wesley Rickman Seth Proctor Zak Seddon Paul Lagno	21st 28th 62nd 77th 131st 192nd 224th
2013-11-23	Bryant Blahnik	220th
2014-11-22	Zak Seddon Michael Hall Tyler Udland Antony Taylor Otniel Teixeira Stanley Linton	152nd 188th 196th 197th 240th 242nd
2015-11-21	Stanley Linton Zak Seddon Harry Mulenga Jack Goodwin Grant Nykaza Michael Hall Andrew Coscoran	107th 141st 153rd 162nd 184th 208th 242nd
2016-11-19	Harry Mulenga	82nd
2017-11-18	Michael Hall	132nd
2018-11-17	Steven Cross Paul Stafford Caleb Pottorff Toby Hardwick Tyson Murray Matthew Newland	176th 193rd 207th 220th 229th 242nd
2019-11-23	Paul Stafford Kasey Knevelbaard Steven Cross Silas Griffith Caleb Pottorff Jacob Holmes Matthew Newland	71st 173rd 179th 204th 207th 216th 234th
2021-03-15	Adriaan Wildschutt ★ Ahmed Muhumed	2nd 123rd
2021-11-20	Adriaan Wildschutt ★ Ahmed Muhumed ★ Silas Griffith Caleb Pottorff Gabriel Curtis Matthew Owens Jacob Holmes	6th 20th 184th 194th 211th 228th 240th
2022-11-19	Ferghal Curtin	93rd
2023-11-18	David Mullarkey ★ Cooper Schroeder Matthew Neill Abdirizak Ibrahim Zachary Cloud Ahmed Ibrahim	40th 134th 163rd 203rd 212th 216th
★ NCAA All-American  * Due to COVID-19, the 2020 NCAA Meet     was run on 15 March 2021

Links

• Build your own streak at races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#3117

Caden Vandermeulen and Gabriela Bernard took gold in the Garnet And Gold Four Mile

In spring of 2023, Caden Vandermeulen was studying at the Panama City campus of Florida State University. However, on April 16 of that year, Vamdermeulen was on the Tallahassee campus of FSU. He was racing the third annual Garnet And Gold Four Miler, and Vandermeulen won by close to 200 meters, running 24:14. The women's champ was Indian Harbour Beach, Florida athlete Gabriela Bernard, whose studies were in the eighth grade of Delaura Middle School. Thirteen-year-old Bernard was seventh overall in 27:34.


Tallahassee master runner Ryan Kunz took second overall with a 25:03. The previous day, Kunz had turned 19:00 for 5K at the Palace Saloon Road Race in the same part of town. Christian Mahoney, formerly a member of TERRA Environmental Research Institute's cross-country team, was third overall in 25:09.


The women's runner-up was Peyton Hurley, an alum of the cross-country team at Winter Park's Trinity Prep. Hurley placed 22nd overall in 30:34. Elizabeth Dodd of Blackshear, Georgia was the first woman master and third female finisher, 26th overall in 31:06.


The Garnet And Gold Four Miler followed a winding course around the University campus, finishing on the 50-yard line of Bobby Bowden Field in Campbell Stadium, the FSU football team's home venue. Post-race festivities were held just outside the stadium on Langford Green. 354 athletes finished the race, which was timed by Race Day Professionals of Weston, Florida.


Top Ten Men, 2023 Garnet and Gold Four Miler

1. 24:13.33, Caden Vandermeulen (M, 19) Panama City, FL
2. 25:02.92, Ryan Kunz (M, 40) Tallahassee, FL
3. 25:08.72, Christian Mahoney (M, 20) Tallahassee, FL
4. 26:52.90, Scotty Willis (M, 23) Tallahassee, FL
5. 26:56.71, Zach Murzyn (M, 20) Panama City, FL
6. 27:39.48, Chris Bell (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL
7. 27:39.45, Robert Woodruff (M, 33) Tallahassee, FL
8. 27:53.95, Fernando Garcia (M, 47) Tallahassee, FL
9. 28:12.99, Noah Lee (M, 21) Panama City, FL
10. 28:34.15, Bryce Ray (M, 20) Panama City, FL

Top Ten Women, 2023 Garnet and Gold Four Miler

1. 27:33.41, Gabriela Bernard (F, 13) Indian Harbor Beach, FL
2. 30:33.31, Peyton Hurley (F, 19) Tallahassee, FL
3. 31:05.68, Elizabeth Dodd (F, 41) Blackshear, GA
4. 31:15.80, Michelle Toppi (F, 53) Melbourne, FL
5. 32:19.53, Courtney Starling (F, 35) Tallahassee, FL
6. 32:45.13, Alexis Mayfield (F, 11) Tallahassee, FL
7. 32:56.53, Emma Perry (F, 19) Parrish, FL
8. 32:56.59, Amanda Ross (F, 20) Tallahassee, FL
9. 33:46.84, Ely Martin (F, 35) Tallahassee, FL
10. 34:23.42, Mary Hayden (F, 43) Tallahassee, FL

Garnet and Gold Four-Miler winners, 2021 - 2023
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
11 April 2021	20:58, Matt Mizereck	26:39, Rena Bodo	484
10 April 2022	21:11, Jonathan Stern	27:16, Mia Wiederkehr	639
16 April 2023	24:14, Caden Vandermeulen	27:34, Gabriela Bernard	354

Links

• Complete results of the 2023 Garnet and Gold Four Miler
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSZYR_OMMOvMWvabfZTKhfM_xL7Z5XxalinIbG__rUi7z-0xcDmpSUs2F230JVSWj0iJMRULBlMv7O4/pubhtml
  
  
• Course map, 2023 Garnet and Gold Four Miler
  https://app.box.com/s/9nqrslqum093tj1nxuoj2d3yaw5dvgfh
  
  
• Find other races named after school colors on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2918

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
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
20 January 2010	17:40, Raley Beggs	19:14, Katherine McMeekin	68
29 January 2011	17:47, Matt Bulecza	21:54, Kellie Gerbers	58
21 January 2012	17:53, Connor Stevens	22:53, Kate Harrison	67
26 January 2013	18:08, Connor Stevens	18:33, Sheryl Rosen	88
25 January 2014	20:27, Michael LaBossiere	21:36, Sheryl Rosen	22
22 February 2015	17:01, Gary Droze	23:39, Kaitlin Early	81
21 February 2016	16:55, Grady Smith	20:30, Sheryl Rosen	129
19 February 2017	17:46, Gary Droze	19:59, Lauren Aronson	201
25 February 2018	18:08, Tristan Cravello	19:56, Lucy Baird	203
10 March 2019	17:07, Ryan Bausback	17:54, Ann Centner	138
16 February 2020	16:32, Tristan Cravello	21:23, Amanda Sava	157

Links

• Complete results of the 2020 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQFN713YBrlitCT4NCPQVmxb9eTZuPBOqBKW-L0iLvtcLh0SRLCxY3fl0J0c0wLAhNSetwjI34vWleK/pubhtml
  
  
• 2019 story, “Ryan Bausback goes 17:07, Ann Centner 17:57 for wins at the Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/03/fru-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “Tristan Cravello and Lucy Baird respond rapidly at the Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/02/fru-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Droze and Aronson wallop the field of the Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/02/fru-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “A swift Sunday for Smith and Rosen at the Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/02/fru-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Droze and Early grab wins at the FSU Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/02/fru-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “LaBossiere and Rosen reign at Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/01/fru-2014.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Stevens and Harrison first at First Responders 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/fru-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Bulecza and Gerbers respond well to competition at FRU 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/01/fru-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Victory for Beggs, McMeekin at First Responders 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/01/during-floridas-territorial-period-last.html
  
  
• Keep track of upcoming races in the Tallahassee region at Trouble Afoot!
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2687

The band played on while Andrew Smith and Alondra Reyna-Lopez won the Marching Chiefs 5K

The last of the litter from homecoming tailgate parties in the parking lots of Florida State University on Sunday morning, 27 October 2019. But since 2017, the morning after homecoming hasn't just meant continuing clean-up from Saturday, it has also been time for the Marching Chiefs 5K. Andrew Smith won the third annual race in 16:30, racing away from defending champ Tristan Cravello. Alondra Reyna-Lopez repeated as the top woman in the race, defending her 2018 title with a 20:50 performance.

Andrew Smith

Hundreds gathered on Marching Chiefs field at 9:00 AM, where the start of the race was heralded by a performance of the Florida State fight song. Band members of the Marching Chiefs performed at several points along the course. Tristan Cravello, a third-year Florida State undergraduate and the 2018 winner of the Marching Chiefs 5K, led the early stages of the race, along with Andrew Smith. Running side by side near the two-kilometer mark, the two runners were nearly 200 meters ahead of the next runner. During the third kilometer, Smith broke away from Cravello, quickly opening up a gap. By the end of the race, that gap was over half a minute, as Smith won the race in 16:30. Cravello took second in 17:04, much faster than his 2018 winning time of 17:43. Gary Droze, the Tallahassee Community College cross-country coach, was the fastest master runner in the race, placing third overall in 17:45.

Tristan Cravello and Andrew Smith

Smith's last win in Tallahassee had been in the 2018 Trails And Trails Half Marathon, over a year before the Marching Chiefs 5K. He hadn't been around town, though.


"I was in Jacksonville running for First Place Sports," explained Smith. "But this fall I moved to Thomasville where I'm coaching at Thomas University. They just started a cross-country program this year. We've got our conference championship in two weeks."

Alondra Reyna-Lopez

The Marching Chiefs 5K had yet another cross-country connection in women's champ Alondra Reyna-Lopez. The two-time winner of the race is a second-year undergraduate at Florida State and a member of the Florida State women's cross-country team. In the 2019 Marching Chiefs race, Reyna-Lopez led the women's field from start to finish, placing eleventh overall in 20:50 and finishing more than 300 meters ahead of the next woman. Katie Lewis took second in the women's standings, finishing eighteenth overall in 22:21. Michelle Hadden was the third woman and thirtieth overall in 23:44. Paula O'Neill was the top woman master in the 5K, the fourth female and 32nd overall in 23:50.


578 athletes finished the 2019 Marching Chiefs 5K, the most in the three-year history of the race. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Marching Chiefs 5K

1. 16:30, Andrew Smith (M, 24)
2. 17:04, Tristan Cravello (M, 20)
3. 17:45, Gary Droze (M, 58)
4. 19:19, Christopher Reynolds (M, 18)
5. 19:45, Kurt Dietrich (M, 28)
6. 20:15, Joseph Blake (M, 18)
7. 20:35, Philip Culver (M, 24)
8. 20:47, Alex Krynski (M, 18)
9. 20:47, Ben Ranzinger (M, 20)
10. 20:49, Matthew Williams (M, 19)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Marching Chiefs 5K

1. 20:50, Alondra Reyna-Lopez (F, 19)
2. 22:21, Katie Lewis (F, 28)
3. 23:44, Michelle Hadden (F, 30)
4. 23:50, Paula O'Neill (F, 58)
5. 23:57, Moira Conley (F, 20)
6. 24:07, Gabi Hoban (F, 19)
7. 24:46, Hannah Fliess (F, 18)
8. 25:02, Mezindia Nkembo (F, 20)
9. 25:29, Catherine Rodriguez (F, 30)
10. 25:45, Gabrielle Donofrio (F, 21)

Marching Chiefs 5K winners, 2017 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
19 November 2017	21:07, Bobby Duggleby	24:22, Alyssa Terry	426
21 October 2018	17:43, Tristan Cravello	20:38, Alondra Reyna-Lopez	443
27 October 2019	16:30, Andrew Smith	20:50, Alondra Reyna-Lopez	578

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Marching Chiefs 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT3xGBbPDW5Afaq4m6CaQ3GHj9_8RQX8YZRmByTj-ANvFELK85cQNRAihuoy9t3plbkU-DG_FQhesVm/pubhtml
  
  
• More "Trouble Afoot!" photos of the 2019 Marching Chiefs 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10114509695196363
  
  
• "Tristan Cravello and Alondra Reyna-Lopez run to beat the band at the Marching Chiefs 5K"
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/10/marching-chiefs-2018.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL18040TY for the 2018 Marching Chiefs 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL18040TY
  
  
• Marching Chiefs 5K
  https://www.marchingchiefs5k.com/
  
  
• John Philip Sousa would be impressed with the offerings on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2630

Tristan Cravello and Jenna Thompson take firsts at the FSU Family Weekend 5K

In Tallahassee, Florida, 29 September 2019 was the Saturday of Florida State University's Parents' Weekend. In the evening, the FSU football team entertained the moms and dads with a 31 to 13 win over visiting North Carolina State. There were earlier events as well. For instance, in the morning there was the annual Family Weekend 5K, starting and finishing from the Askew Student Life Center in the heart of campus. FSU undergraduate Tristan Cravello won the race by over 300 meters, running 16:49. Jenna Thompson, a law student at Florida State, was the first woman in the race, placing seventh overall in 20:30.

Tristan Cravello

Before coming to Florida State, Cravello had attended Doctors Charter School in Miami Shores, Florida, where he ran cross-country and track. The Family Weekend 5K was the end of a fast September for the third-year Seminole. A week earlier, Cravello had run 17:02 for third place in the Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K. Seven days before that, he had gone 17:26 at the Sickle Cell 5K, another third-place showing.


William Buntin finished runner-up to Cravello in 17:57. Buntin is a first-year Florida State student, but it wasn't his first race in Tallahassee, nor his fastest. Notably, he had run 16:39 on the 5000-meter course at Apalachee Regional Park, where he was competing for Martin County High in the 2018 FHSAA State Cross-Country Championship. Matt Magaho took third in 18:30. Will Mayer was the first master runner in the race, seventh in the men's standings and eighth overall in 20:44.

Course Map

Like Cravello and Buntin, Jenna Thompson also had a background in high school athletics. Before coming to Tallahassee, the Family Weekend 5K women's champ had run cross-country and track at Palm Harbor University High, where she graduated in 2015. Jodi O'Neill was the first woman master across the finish line and the second female, ninth overall in 20:48. Elizabeth Shipley was third on the women's list and twelfth overall in 21:22.


264 athletes finished the 2019 Family Weekend 5K. Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee timed and scored the race.


Top Ten Men, 2019 FSU Parents' Weekend 5K

1. 16:48.70, Tristan Cravello (M, 20)
2. 17:56.90, William Buntin (M, 18)
3. 18:29.70, Matt Magaho (M, 18)
4. 19:07.60, Dane Barber (M, 20)
5. 20:14.70, Gabriel Kress (M, 19)
6. 20:24.70, Todd Nichols (M, 18)
7. 20:44.00, Will Mayer (M, 47)
8. 20:59.70, Justin O'Neill (M, 47)
9. 21:08.30, James Duffy (M, 19)
10. 21:24.40, Ryan Masotti (M, 21)

Top Ten Women, 2019 FSU Parents' Weekend 5K

1. 20:29.90, Jenna Thompson (F, 22)
2. 20:47.90, Jodi O'Neill (F, 47)
3. 21:21.90, Elizabeth Shipley (F, 16)
4. 21:59.90, Jade Webby (F, 18)
5. 22:22.50, Claudine Nisbett (F, 53)
6. 22:57.80, Heather Howard (F, 49)
7. 23:23.10, Bobbie Rosenkranz (F, 14)
8. 23:33.50, Riley Mayer (F, 18)
9. 23:37.70, Melissa Yost (F, 46)
10. 24:39.40, Carolina Merino (F, 16)

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 FSU Parents Weekend 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRD2p3cOYE4GbC5610xAcb7QonAANgSGN2m4lkk9E3oW1XPXaESzo7z6b5qVuSntsVzKJJeasopzq5T/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Levonick and Wiles outrun the 'rents at Parents Weekend 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/11/parents-2015.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Roberts, Faletti take top honors at FSU Parents' Weekend 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/parents-2010.html
  
  
• Find a special race on a special weekend on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2608

Hunter Appleton posts a 9:06.76 and Rebecca Clark goes 10:18.11 for 3200 at the FSU Relays

High school track and field is a spring sport in the United States. Spring weather being what it is, the 3200 is run in a variety of conditions. Sometimes the athletes race under a hot afternoon sun. Other times its a cold day, with a north wind smacking the runners in the face on the backstretch. But every now and then you get a cool, calm evening, with nothing to get in the way of fast performances. It was just such an evening in Tallahassee, Florida on Friday, 22 March 2019. And on the Mike Long Track, the athletes took advantage of it. Brother Martin senior Hunter Appleton ran a personal best 9:06.76 to win the high school boys' 3200 at the Florida State University Relays. Rebecca Clark, a senior at the Villages, went 10:18.11 to win the high school girls' 3200.


Gabriel Curtis set the early pace in the boys' race; the Mount Dora Christian senior took the field through the first 800 in 2:15. After that, Hunter Appleton, a senior from Brother Martin High in New Orleans, charged ahead of Curtis. Appleton and Curtis opened a gap on the rest of the field, seemingly transforming the 3200 into a two-man race. But almost right at the 2400-meter mark, Curtis started to struggle. For six laps he had been the smoothest runner on the track, now it looked like he was running in Jello. Appleton ran away from him, while the field began to catch up to Curtis. Appleton lost some ground as well during the final lap, but he was too far ahead to be caught. He won the race in 9:06.76, edging out his previous personal best of 9:07.79--a time that had earned him sixth place at the 2018 FSU Relays.

Gabriel Curtis & Hunter Appleton

Lake Wales junior Anderson Denton was runner-up in 9:11.93, and Robinson junior Ethan Geiger took third in 9:13.46. Caden Monk, a senior at Buchholz, was fourth in 9:14.40. Wharton senior Nehemiah River placed fifth in 9:17.22. Benjamin Hartvigsen, the 2019 Florida high school cross-country champion in class 4A, was sixth in 9:19.48, just ahead of the 9:19.56 posted by seventh-place finisher Jake Turner, an Armwood junior. Gabriel Curtis, the 2019 Florida high school cross-country champion in class 1A and early leader in the 3200, ended the race tenth in 9:25.97.


The boys' field had included two of Florida's reigning state champs in cross-country, and so did the girls' field. Riverview junior and two-time Footlocker finalist Alyssa Hendrix had won the class 4A girls' title race at Apalachee Regional Park, and Pine Crest junior Tsion Yared held the class 1A girls' title. However, it was Parker Valby, an East Lake junior, who grabbed the early lead, hitting the first 400 in a torrid 71 seconds. Valby was still up front after three laps, heading a lead pack of Villages senior Rebecca Clark, Tsion Yared, and Plant frosh Mary Ellen Eudaly.

Mary Eudaly, Tsion Yared, Rebecca Clark, & Parker Valby

With just over 800 meters to go, Clark darted into the lead. Eudaly went with Clark, and 500 meters out the Plant frosh moved into first. The bell rang for the last lap. At the top of the final backstretch, Clark overtook Eudaly and charged for home. Clark crossed the finish line with a 30-meter lead, first in 10:18.11, the second-best girls' time in FSU Relays history. Valby grabbed second in 10:24.03, just ahead of Yared's third-place 10:25.73. Eudaly struggled home fourth at 10:28.36, just two seconds slower than the Plant High school record. Hendrix was fifth in 10:32.60.


2019 Florida State University Relays high school boys' 3200, top ten

1. 9:06.76, Hunter Appleton (Brother Martin) 12
2. 9:11.93, Anderson Denton (Lake Wales) 11
3. 9:13.46, Ethan Geiger (Robinson) 11
4. 9:14.40, Caden Monk (Buchholz) 12
5. 9:17.22, Nehemiah River (Wharton) 12
6. 9:19.48, Benjamin Hartvigsen (Sarasota) 12
7. 9:19.56, Jake Turner (Armwood) 11
8. 9:21.45, Zachary Cloud (Saint Cloud) 11
9. 9:24.45, Jonathan Reid (Lakewood Ranch) 12
10. 9:25.97, Gabriel Curtis (Mount Dora Christian) 12

2019 Florida State University Relays high school girls' 3200, top ten

1. 10:18.11, Rebecca Clark (The Villages) 12
2. 10:24.03, Parker Valby (East Lake) 11
3. 10:25.73, Tsion Yared (Pine Crest) 11
4. 10:28.36, Mary Ellen Eudaly (Plant) 9
5. 10:32.60, Alyssa Hendrix (Riverview) 11
6. 10:40.86, Erica Fisher (Pace) 12
7. 10:42.33, Presley Miles (Saint James) 10
8. 10:43.94, Emily Faulhaber (Pine Crest) 11
9. 10:44.12, Emily Culley (Chiles) 12
10. 10:44.75, Alyson Churchill (Chiles) 11

High School 3200-meter winners, Florida State University Relays, 2006 - 2019
Date	Men	Women
24 March 2006	9:38.76, Daniel Roberts (Crested Butte) 12	11:20.32, Alison Babb (Oak Hall) 12
30 March 2007	9:29.73, Joseph Franklin (Godby) 11	11:34.31, Katy Swain (Maclay) 11
28 March 2008	9:15.18, Joseph Franklin (Godby) 12	10:42.71, Kayla Hale (Holy Trinity) 11
27 March 2009	9:06.78, Derek Wehunt (Sickles) 11	11:02.90, Jana Stolting (Maclay) 11
26 March 2010	9:02.87, Matt Mizereck (Leon) 12	10:41.54, Jana Stolting (Maclay) 12
25 March 2011	9:12.16, Kikanae Punyua (Glenelg) 12	10:34.90, Kacy Smith (Estero) 10
23 March 2012	9:10.37, Andres Arroyo (Colonial) 11	10:30.53, Lily Williams (Chiles) 12
22 March 2013	9:07.38, Mac Macoy (Vestavia Hills) 11	10:15.70, Carmen Carlos (McGill-Toole) 12
21 March 2014	8:59.50, Sukhi Khosla (Leon) 11	10:50.94, Emily Edwards (Fort Myers) 12
27 March 2015	9:03.57, Sukhi Khosla (Leon) 12	10:42.20, Rafaella Gibbons (Winter Park) 9
25 March 2016	9:08.54, Noah Perkins (Seffner Christian) 12	10:35.64, Rafaella Gibbons (Winter Park) 10
24 March 2017	9:03.44, Caleb Pottorff (Lincoln Park) 12	10:23.81, Alyson Churchill (Lincoln) 9
23 March 2018	8:52.70, Jacob McLeod (Trinity Christian) 12	10:26.33, Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County) 12
22 March 2019	9:06.76, Hunter Appleton (Brother Martin) 12	10:18.11, Rebecca Clark (The Villages) 12

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Florida State University Relays at pttiming.com
  https://results.flotrack.org/?mid=1591
  
  
• More photos of the Invitational 3200 at the 2019 Florida State University Relays
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10113317413099243&type=1&l=581e3f1d67
  
  
• 2018 story, “Pottorff turns a US #4 9:03.44 and Churchill a US #1 10:23.81 at the FSU Relays”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/03/fsu-relays-3200m-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Pottorff turns a US #4 9:03.44 and Churchill a US #1 10:23.81 at the FSU Relays”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/03/fsu-relays-3200m-2017.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Friday Night Lights: 3200m Invitational at FSU Relays”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/03/fsu-relays-3200m.html
  
  
• Find upcoming races, fast and scary fast, on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2470

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

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

"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

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

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

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
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
22 February 2014	17:38, Zach Deveau	19:51, Kate Harrison	475
21 February 2015	16:59, Michael Magoulas	22:16, Chantelle Brodie	302
20 February 2016	17:37, Alexander McDonald	21:53, Lindsey Ginther	322
4 March 2017	17:01, Mark Zamani	18:26, Sheryl Rosen	261
24 March 2018	17:54, Alexander McDonald	20:28, Alyssa Terry	310
9 March 2019	18:14, Alexander McDonald	19:54, Amanda Sava	258

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 2LT Justin Sisson Memorial 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRoc0nDrOKVGOIza_ypNPe1ol8kbNDXWnqEwrZbM72mLcFiFbV3HVa2ZNaTtJqMc6tWiPq8C51xS_Ji/pubhtml
  
  
• More photos of the 2019 2LT Justin Sisson Memorial 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10113275722682173&type=1&l=d9c319324c
  
  
• 2018 story, “Alex McDonald and Alyssa Terry took command at the Sisson Memorial 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/03/sisson-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Zamani scares a record and Rosen shatters one at the Sisson Memorial 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/03/sisson-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “McDonald and Ginther shine at the Sisson 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/02/sisson-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “A record-setting run for Michael Magoulas at the Sisson 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/02/sisson-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Victories for DeVeau and Harrison at first Sisson 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/02/sisson-2014.html
  
  
• On campus or off, find your next race on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2456

Ryan Bausback goes 17:07, Ann Centner 17:57 for wins at the Medical Response Unit 5K

Courtesy of the Florida State University Medical Response Unit, on Sunday morning, 10 March 2019, you could go to Langford Green and see a variety of emergency vehicles and equipment. The Tallahassee Police Hazardous Devices Team truck was there, with a bomb-handling robot. So was a Leon County Sheriff's S.W.A.T. truck, and an Urban Search and Rescue vehicle, among others.

Ryan Bausback

You could also run the FSU Medical Response Unit's tenth annual 5K. Florida State junior Ryan Bausback did just that, and outkicked Tristan Cravello for the win, 17:07 to 17:09. Ann Centner was the first woman in the race, crushing the women's field with a 17:54, fast enough for fourth overall.


A tour of Florida State University's Tallahassee campus, the race started from Langford Green just after 9:30 AM. Tristan Cravello, a second-year FSU student and the winner of the 2018 Medical Response Unit 5K, set the early pace. Nicholas Samuel, a sophomore on the Lincoln High cross-country team, ran in second, with Ryan Bausback a few steps behind. While Cravello continued to lead, Bausback overtook Samuel during the second kilometer of the race. By the fourth kilometer, Bausback had broken contact with Samuel and was chasing Cravello.

Tristan Cravello

"Me and Tristan were in the same running club, the Seminole Striders," said Bausback. "We run together all the time. We have a kind of friendly rivalry."


With the race almost over, Bausback caught Cravello and sprinted home to win in 17:07. Cravello was second in 17:09 and Samuel third in 17:37. Gary Droze, the Tallahassee Community College cross-country coach, was the first master runner in the race, placing fifth overall in 18:09. Droze had won the Medical Response Unit 5K in 2015 and 2017.

Nicholas Samuel and Ryan Bausback

There are many 5K races on the FSU campus each year, most of which are run on the same course as the Medical Response Unit 5K. After nearly three years at Florida State, you'd think Bausback would have raced the course at least once, right?


"I've never run this loop before," said Bausback. "This is my first on-campus race."


Ann Centner had never seen the course before either, but Centner was only in her second month as a Florida State grad student.

Ann Centner

"I like it!" said Centner. "It was hilly, but I liked going by the places I see every day."


While Bausback took the men's title by two seconds, Centner finished the race more than two minutes ahead of the next woman.


"I just raced the guys ahead of me and close behind," said Centner.

Sheryl Rosen

There weren't many ahead of her. Centner's winning 17:54 put her fourth in the overall standings. Sheryl Rosen, a three-time women's champ of the Medical Response Unit 5K, finished runner-up to Centner and seventh overall in 20:09. Taylor Mogavero was third in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 22:07. Paula O'Neill was the first woman master and fifth female finisher, 26th overall in 25:11.


The Medical Response Unit run was the fourth 5K in a busy weekend of road racing in Tallahassee. The competitive calendar in the weeks ahead is full of events, and Bausback and Centner won't be on the sidelines.


"My next race is the Springtime 10K," said Bausback. "This was kind of a build-up race for that."


"I'm going to do the Springtime 10K, then the Palace Saloon 5K and the Rose City 10K," said Centner.


And that's just March and April.


Top Ten Men, 2019 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K

1. 17:06.37, Ryan Bausback (M, 20)
2. 17:08.31, Tristan Cravello (M, 19)
3. 17:36.68, Nicholas Samuel (M, 15)
4. 18:08.78, Gary Droze (M, 57)
5. 19:51.04, Matthias Laywell (M, 20)
6. 20:31.29, Drayden Reams (M, 13)
7. 21:14.18, Benjamin Reams (M, 21)
8. 21:50.35, Raul Medina (M, 37)
9. 22:47.04, Joseph Woodson (M, 44)
10. 22:51.41, Frank Chamberlain (M, 21)

Top Ten Women, 2019 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K

1. 17:53.88, Ann Centner (F, 27)
2. 20:08.49, Sheryl Rosen (F, 34)
3. 22:06.29, Taylor Mogavero (F, 20)
4. 23:01.59, Kirsten Tucker (F, 22)
5. 25:10.86, Paula O'Neill (F, 57)
6. 26:21.61, Jennie Merchant (F, 27)
7. 26:53.55, Emma Jentze (F, 50)
8. 27:28.77, Brooke Barber (F, 26)
9. 27:31.01, Francee Laywell (F, 57)
10. 27:40.40, Mia Young (F, 35)

FSU Medical Response Unit 5K winners, 2010 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
20 January 2010	17:40, Raley Beggs	19:14, Katherine McMeekin	68
29 January 2011	17:47, Matt Bulecza	21:54, Kellie Gerbers	58
21 January 2012	17:53, Connor Stevens	22:53, Kate Harrison	67
26 January 2013	18:08, Connor Stevens	18:33, Sheryl Rosen	88
25 January 2014	20:27, Michael LaBossiere	21:36, Sheryl Rosen	22
22 February 2015	17:01, Gary Droze	23:39, Kaitlin Early	81
21 February 2016	16:55, Grady Smith	20:30, Sheryl Rosen	129
19 February 2017	17:46, Gary Droze	19:59, Lauren Aronson	201
25 February 2018	18:08, Tristan Cravello	19:56, Lucy Baird	203
10 March 2019	17:07, Ryan Bausback	17:54, Ann Centner	+

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTgjzb6c3a8wQSZJOmHX3K09qpz1xx51AVsA-Ypj0rqqQj44GEO7kUmhMmfbOtfFgLcsP6bFzdIAPGX/pubhtml
  
  
• More photos of the 2019 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10113258632540953&type=1&l=afd0e87af1
  
  
• 2018 story, “Tristan Cravello and Lucy Baird respond rapidly at the Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/02/fru-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Droze and Aronson wallop the field of the Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/02/fru-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “A swift Sunday for Smith and Rosen at the Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/02/fru-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Droze and Early grab wins at the FSU Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/02/fru-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “LaBossiere and Rosen reign at Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/01/fru-2014.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Stevens and Harrison first at First Responders 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/fru-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Bulecza and Gerbers respond well to competition at FRU 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/01/fru-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Victory for Beggs, McMeekin at First Responders 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/01/during-floridas-territorial-period-last.html
  
  
• Keep track of upcoming races in the Tallahassee region at Trouble Afoot!
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2448

Tristan Cravello and Alondra Reyna-Lopez run to beat the band at the Marching Chiefs 5K

Some people just can't get enough racing.


Sunday morning, 21 October 2018, was the day of the second annual Marching Chiefs 5K. The day before that race, Tristan Cravello was out at Apalachee Regional Park, competing for the Seminole Striders in the College Men's 5K at the inaugural Eagle Invitational Cross-Country Meet. Third place in that race apparently wasn't enough for the second-year Florida State University student, because Cravello was on the Tallahassee campus of FSU 24 hours later for the Chiefs 5K. He won the latter event by nearly 400 meters, running the 3.1-mile circuit of the campus in 17:43. Florida State University cross-country runner Alondra Reyna-Lopez was the first woman in the race, placing eighth overall in 20:38.


From 1981 to 2000, FSU Campus Recreation (they may have been called the Intramural Sports Office back then) hosted the annual Reservation Run 5K. The race wandered around the calendar till the hosts decided that it was best held during the weekend of Homecoming. From there, the event became wildly successful, one of the largest road races in town. When the Rez Run died, the tradition of a Homecoming race died with it. Then in 2017, Florida State's marching band, the Marching Chiefs, brought back Homecoming racing with the inaugural Marching Chiefs 5K. That first race was held the Sunday after the Homecoming game, if for no other reason than the Chiefs are kind of busy on game day. 443 athletes finished the 5K that Sunday. So of course, the race was back for a second year, the Sunday after the day after the Florida State football team walloped Wake Forest 38 to 17 in the Seminoles' Homecoming game.


Behind Cravello, Kurt Dietrich finished runner-up for the second year in a row, this time running 19:02. Ben Ranzinger, an alumnus of the Charlotte Catholic High cross-country team, placed third in 19:29. James Novack was the top master runner in the 5K and ninth male finisher, placing tenth overall in 20:59.


Michelle Hadden edged Jodi Traster for second in the women's division, 23:05 to 23:10. Hadden was 21st overall and Traster 23rd overall. Katasha Cornwell was the first woman master and fifth female finisher, 26th overall in 23:39.


443 athletes finished the 2018 Marching Chiefs 5K, even more than completed the first race in 2017. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Marching Chiefs 5K

1. 17:43, Tristan Cravello (M, 19)
2. 19:02, Kurt Dietrich (M, 27)
3. 19:29, Benjamin Ranzinger (M, 19)
4. 19:55, Mason Goodman (M, 18)
5. 19:56, Payson Keown (M, 13)
6. 20:02, Philip Culver (M, 23)
7. 20:05, Andrew Becker (M, 18)
8. 20:46, Zach De Veau (M, 31)
9. 20:59, James Novack (M, 42)
10. 21:18, Jacob Cyrus (M, 19)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Marching Chiefs 5K

1. 20:38, Alondra Reyna-Lopez (F, 18)
2. 23:05, Michelle Hadden (F, 29)
3. 23:10, Jodi Traster (F, 21)
4. 23:33, Mary Jane Hayden (F, 39)
5. 23:39, Katasha Cornwell (F, 41)
6. 24:08, Elizabeth McSoley (F, 20)
7. 24:41, Edie Xanders (F, 49)
8. 25:14, Maddy Johnson (F, 18)
9. 26:38, Christina Gomez (F, 20)
10. 26:38, Moira Conley (F, 19)

Marching Chiefs 5K winners, 2017 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
19 November 2017	21:07, Bobby Duggleby	24:22, Alyssa Terry	426
21 October 2018	17:43, Tristan Cravello	20:38, Alondra Reyna-Lopez	443

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Marching Chiefs 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS4eHbmAC8VvpEenskM35r5eDXjOMO4kNT3sy_kmYX4rUdNV1X5JMhbIzP2iodKJCdYihdorEv882r3/pubhtml
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2018 Marching Chiefs 5K
  https://photos.app.goo.gl/2gjZRtRz1wrtjF449
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL18040TY for the 2018 Marching Chiefs 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL18040TY
  
  
• Marching Chiefs 5K
  https://www.marchingchiefs5k.com/
  
  
• John Philip Sousa would be impressed with the offerings on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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