Kyle Kraeft and Monica Judd romp in the Swamp

Phipps Park lies on the north edge of Tallahassee, Florida. The park is host to hikes and cross-country meets, but is probably best know as the site of the Red Hills Horse Trials. This is a bit unfair, because the horses and their riders only see a small corner of the hundreds of acres and miles of trail in Phipps. Athletes in Gulf Winds Track Club's Swamp Forest Trail Races see a lot more of the park, touring a loop nearly seven miles long. At the seventh annual Swamp Forest Trail Run, entries in the Quarter-Marathon got to see that loop once. Those in the Half-Marathon race toured it twice. Athletes in the Twenty-Mile Challenge made three circuits of the loop. Kyle Kraeft of Tallahassee was the first to finish the three laps on Saturday morning, 4 January 2020, winning the race in 3:02:27. Tallahassee master runner Monica Judd was the first woman in the Twenty Mile, placing fifth overall in 3:02:27.

Kyle Kraeft

Geb Kiros, a biostatistics professor at Florida A & M University, was the top master runner in the Twenty Mile, coming in second overall in 3:05:41. Gabe Peters of Tallahassee took third in 3:08:42.


Newton, Georgia athlete Christine Sandbach placed runner-up to Judd in the women's division, finishing seventh overall in 3:34:26. Allison Adamov of Niceville, Florida was the third female finisher and eighth overall in 3:37:49.


The Twenty-Mile Challenge was the longest race at the 2020 edition of the Swamp Forest Trail Races, which had included a Marathon from 2014 to 2019 and even a 50-kilometer race in 2019. The marathon had never attracted more than twenty-five finishers though, and during the first six years of the race more than a few athletes had dropped out after the first three laps of a longer race. Race director Bobby York adjusted the program in 2020, making the three-lapper an event, the Twenty-Mile Challenge. The "shorter" race proved a hit, attracting 36 finishers.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2020 Swamp Forest Trail 20-Mile Challenge

1. 3:02:27, Kyle Kraeft (M, 30) Tallahassee, FL
2. 3:05:41, Geb Kiros (M, 53) Tallahassee, FL
3. 3:08:42, Gabe Peters (M, 31) Tallahassee, FL
4. 3:24:50, Michael Kennett (M, 46) Tallahassee, FL
5. 3:28:46, Bradley Perry (M, 40) Tallahassee, FL
6. 3:39:15, William Mrazek (M, 35) Tallahassee, FL
7. 3:42:51, Timothy Fraser (M, 42) Tallahassee, FL
8. 3:48:46, Matthew Herbst (M, 22) Pensacola, FL
9. 3:50:32, David Yon (M, 64) Tallahassee, FL
10. 3:52:44, Dan Faulkner (M, 30) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2020 Swamp Forest Trail 20-Mile Challenge

1. 3:25:57, Monica Judd (F, 45) Tallahassee, FL
2. 3:34:26, Christine Sandbach (F, 25) Newton, GA
3. 3:37:49, Allison Adamov (F, 20) Niceville, FL
4. 3:41:56, Sarah Fraser (F, 24) Fort Walton Beach, FL
5. 3:50:05, Kristin Halley (F, 38) Tallahassee, FL
6. 3:55:45, Melissa Hooke (F, 41) Crawfordville, FL
7. 3:56:40, Heather York (F, 42) Tallahassee, FL
8. 3:56:58, Tiffany Nunnally (F, 41) Thomasville, GA
9. 4:01:59, Sherri Wise (F, 38) Tallahassee, FL
10. 4:10:08, Katie Mullins (F, 31) Saint Louis, MO

The Twenty-Mile Challenge may have been more popular than the trail marathons of previous years, but the Half Marathon has always been one of the most popular events of the Swamp Forest Trail Races. The 2020 half mary had 55 finishers, and the fastest of those was Tristan Lanasa of Tallahassee, who won the race in 1:41:46. Tallahassee master runner Ali Kelly was the first woman in the two-lap event, placing eighth overall in 2:03:20.


Stephen Hennigar of Tallahassee was the second man in the race, just seven seconds behind the winner in 1:41:53. Tallahassee's Eric Schulz took third in 1:53:03. Another Tallahassee runner, Timothy Qualls, was the first master runner in the half marathon and fourth overall in 1:54:01.


Tallahassee master runner Lourena Maxwell took second in the women's standings, coming in tenth overall in 2:11:11. Megan Chapman of Tallahassee was the third woman and eleventh overall in 2:16:39.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2020 Swamp Forest Trail Half Marathon

1. 1:41:46, Tristan Lanasa (M, 26) Tallahassee, FL
2. 1:41:53, Stephen Hennigar (M, 33) Tallahassee, FL
3. 1:53:03, Eric Schulz (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
4. 1:54:01, Timothy Qualls (M, 40) Tallahassee, FL
5. 1:58:46, Jim Halley (M, 40) Tallahassee, FL
6. 2:01:59, Camilo Ordonez (M, 41) Tallahassee, FL
7. 2:03:20, Jaleel Williams (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL
8. 2:07:11, Joel Piotrowski (M, 50) Tallahassee, FL
9. 2:21:08, Jeff Bryan (M, 52) Tallahassee, FL
10. 2:22:08, Michael Labossiere (M, 53) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2020 Swamp Forest Trail Half Marathon

1. 2:03:20, Ali Kelly (F, 47) Tallahassee, FL
2. 2:11:11, Lou Maxwell (F, 45) Tallahassee, FL
3. 2:16:39, Megan Chapman (F, 28) Tallahassee, FL
4. 2:19:09, Monica Toth (F, 31) Tallahassee, FL
5. 2:22:24, Melissa Saunders (F, 42) Marianna, FL
6. 2:25:01, Sarrah Glassner (F, 37) Tallahassee, FL
7. 2:29:55, Joyce Berryman (F, 64) Morgantown, WV
8. 2:30:37, Claire Berryman (F, 33) Tallahassee, FL
9. 2:36:22, Karima Anderson (F, 33) Tallahassee, FL
10. 2:41:40, Edna Reed (F, 45) Marianna, FL

Gary Droze was the fastest of the 65 athletes who cast their vote for the Quarter Marathon. A master runner and Tallahassee Community College cross-country coach, Droze set a new course record in the one-lap race, running a winning 51:18. Alyssa Terry of Tallahassee likewise set women's course record, taking the women's title in the Quarter Marathon with a 58:51, good for third overall.


David Huggins of Tallahassee was the overall runner-up, finishing the more-than-six-but-less-than-seven miles in 56:09. Anthony Walker of Tallahassee placed third in the men's standings and fourth overall in 64:14.


Tallahassee's Brandi Campbell was the first woman master and second female finisher, eighth overall in 65:40. Nancy Moody of Tallahassee took third in the women's standings and ninth overall in 67:28.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Swamp Forest Trail Quarter Marathon

1. 51:18, Gary Droze (M, 58) Tallahassee, FL
2. 56:09, David Huggins (M, 28) Tallahassee, FL
3. 64:14, Anthony Walker (M, 23) Tallahassee, FL
4. 64:55, Parker Galloway (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL
5. 65:06, Jonathan Dodson (M, 38) Atlanta, GA
6. 65:40, Kurtis Roqueplot (M, 35) Tallahassee, FL
7. 68:43, Eric Laywell (M, 55) Tallahassee, FL
8. 69:53, Darren Whiddon (M, 47) Tallahassee, FL
9. 71:03, Erik Andersen (M, 37) Tallahassee, FL
10. 72:29, John Sivyer (M, 62) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Swamp Forest Trail Quarter Marathon

1. 58:51, Alyssa Terry (F, 26) Tallahassee, FL
2. 65:40, Brandi Campbell (F, 44) Tallahassee, FL
3. 67:28, Nancy Moody (F, 35) Tallahassee, FL
4. 68:12, Emma Huggins (F, 29) Tallahassee, FL
5. 72:05, Paula O'Neill (F, 58) Tallahassee, FL
6. 74:38, Marina Byrd (F, 29) Thomasville, GA
7. 75:16, Amelia Wilson (F, 29) Tallahassee, FL
8. 75:52, Kristin Gandy (F, 46) Tallahassee, FL
9. 76:27, Laura Corbin (F, 49) Tallahassee, FL
10. 77:24, Kim Sims (F, 40) Tallahassee, FL

Gulf Winds Track Club's Swamp Forest Trail Marathon winners, 2014 - 2020
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
4 January 2014	Marathon	4:07:10, Douglas Bell	5:26:39, Carla McDonald	23
	Half Marathon	1:54:23, Jon Mason	2:02:14, Brook Pace	65
	Quarter Marathon	56:03, David Hill	1:05:38, Shelley Yaun	35
3 January 2015	Marathon	4:06:02, Dink Taylor	5:04:46, Jamie Harris	21
	Half Marathon	1:43:54, Taylor Buzzard	2:17:32, Kenzie Mazziotta	82
	Quarter Marathon	54:34, Jim Halley	1:01:22, Angela Dempsey	55
3 January 2016	Marathon	3:59:49, Douglas Bell	5:07:47, Danielle Zemola	17
	Half Marathon	1:36:58, Taylor Buzzard	2:20:54, Isabel Anderson	56
	Quarter Marathon	54:17, Jose Fernandez	1:02:50, Lindsay James	68
7 January 2017	Marathon	3:28:44, Gary Gellin		15
	Half Marathon	1:34:17, Charlie Johnson	2:08:19, Sandy Johnson	56
	Quarter Marathon	52:34, Eric Sager	1:13:24, Sonya Dudley	56
6 January 2018	Marathon	4:24:26, Zachary Grossman	5:15:36, Monica Judd	25
	Half Marathon	1:28:44, Charlie Johnson	2:04:55, Kat Sack	58
	Quarter Marathon	52:51, Eric Sager	59:08, Rachael Stockel	70
5 January 2019	50K	5:27:12, Zachary Grossman	5:30:07, Rachel Wombles	5
	Marathon	4:39:22, Kevin Hanna	6:04:00, Anne Carroll	5
	Half Marathon	1:57:14, Tristan Lanasa	2:07:27, Alyssa Terry	56
	Quarter Marathon	52:50, Jim Halley	1:04:14, Laura Sellati	64
4 January 2020	20 Mile	3:02:27, Kyle Kraeft	3:25:57, Monica Judd	36
	Half Marathon	1:41:46, Tristan Lanasa	2:03:20, Ali Kelly	55
	Quarter Marathon	51:18, Gary Droze	58:51, Alyssa Terry	65

Links

• Complete results of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2020 Swamp Forest Trail races
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQ5mSWhIZ2YxiaDrZuF8ZXuCIuVGBqY7wZY2_KR-vtt0jWy1iNCZa_KEU0s8M5eTJEnnjqvshCpjkfw/pubhtml
  
  
• 2019 story, “More tales of the Swamp Forest Trail”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/01/swamp-forest-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “Grossman and Judd were the top marathoners on the Swamp Forest Trail”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/01/swamp-forest-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Gary Gellin crushes the Swamp Forest Trail Marathon record”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/swamp-forest-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Bell and Zemola survive the Swamp Forest Trail”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/01/swamp-forest-2016.html
  
  
• Find upcoming trail races, long and longer, on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2669

Troy Dunkley and Jillian Heddaeus rise to the Ten-Mile Challenge

Back in 2010, Reid Vannoy designed a five-mile loop around Ox Bottom Manor, north of Tallahassee, for Gulf Winds Track Club's Ten-Mile Challenge. If you run the loop twice, you've gone ten miles. Troy Dunkley ran two loops in 55:12 on Saturday morning, 7 December 2019, winning the 44th annual Ten-Mile Challenge. Jillian Heddaeus was the first woman in the race, placing twelfth overall in 76:54.

Troy Dunkley

Similar to the 2018 Challenge, it was cool and cloudy when the 2019 race started from Hawks Rise Elementary School at 8:00 AM. Unlike 2018, there was no rain. The streets were dry when Troy Dunkley and Trevor Sununu led the field away from the school, heading east on Meadow Ridge Drive. The course was hilly, and Dunkley opened a gap on Sununu while climbing a hill during the third mile. Sununu came back, though.


"I caught up to him on that long downhill around the fourth mile," said Sununu. "But after that he got away again on the uphill."

Trevor Sununu

That was the race. Dunkley spent the second half of the run widening his lead. He crossed the finish line back at the school first in 55:12. Sununu was second in 56:16. Chris O'Kelley, runner-up in the 2018 Challenge, placed third in 61:51. Another veteran of the 2018 race, Myles Gibson, was the top master runner in the Challenge, placing fifth overall in 65:07. Gibson noted that he had run better than half a minute faster than he had the previous year.


"Whenever I can do that, I'm happy," said Gibson.

Jillian Heddaeus and Melanie Leitman

Just a mile into the Ten-Mile Challenge, Jillian Heddaeus was well ahead of the rest of the women's field. Halfway through the race, she was nearly a quarter mile ahead of the next woman. During the second half, though, Melanie Leitman erased that lead. During the final mile, Heddaeus and Leitman were just a few seconds apart. Heddaeus held on to those few seconds, though, holding off Leitman's charge to take the women's title in 76:54. Leitman was a close runner-up in 76:59, placing thirteenth overall. Ruffian Tyner was the first woman master and third female finisher, fifteenth overall in 80:04.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Ten-Mile Challenge

1. 55:12, Troy Dunkley (M, 33)
2. 56:16, Trevor Sununu (M, 24)
3. 61:51, Chis O'Kelly (M, 26)
4. 64:05, Bryan Gensits (M, 25)
5. 65:07, Myles Gibson (M, 53)
6. 69:46, Paul Guyas (M, 42)
7. 71:31, Andrew Wilber (M, 29)
8. 71:58, Joel Piotrowski (M, 50)
9. 73:15, Philip Sura (M, 49)
10. 75:50, Cory Logan (M, 32)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Ten-Mile Challenge

1. 76:54, Jillian Heddaeus (F, 36)
2. 76:59, Melanie Leitman (F, 35)
3. 80:04, Ruffian Tyner (F, 44)
4. 82:58, Bridget Cobb (F, 48)
5. 86:26, April Bentley (F, 46)
6. 87:20, Krista Killius (F, 56)
7. 89:59, Monica Toth (F, 30)
8. 90:19, Calyn Stringer (F, 34)
9. 91:14, Shelby Augustyniale (F, 43)
10. 92:53, Karima Anderson (F, 33)

For those eschewing the Challenge of a ten-mile run there was a five-mile race, one time around the Ox Bottom Manor loop. Gary Droze won the shorter race for the second year in a row; the master runner and Tallahassee Community College cross-country coach covered the course in 29:50. Ryan Truchelut was second in 30:40.

Mike Martinez and Gary Droze

Ann Centner was the first woman in the race and third overall in 30:40. Centner was the overall leader in the five mile nearly from the start. Just over a hundred yards from the finish, on pace to break 29:00, she missed the turn into the school. Centner eventually realized that she was headed around the loop a second time and turned back, but the extra running cost her almost two minutes. In spite of the detour, Centner's time was still a women's event record, bettering the 30:46 run by Amy Paine in 2006.


Behind Centner, master runner Mike Martinez was the third male finisher and fourth overall in 31:06.

Ann Centner

Katie Sherron, a five-time women's champ of the Ten-Mile Challenge, opted for the shorter race in 2019. Sherron was the women's runner-up and ninth overall in 34:45. Alyssa Moore placed third in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 34:48. Tanya Evers was the first woman master and fifth female finisher in the five mile, twentieth overall in 37:50.


59 athletes finished the 2019 Ten-Mile Challenge, and another 120 completed the five-mile run. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed both races.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Five-Mile Road Race

1. 29:50, Gary Droze (M, 58)
2. 30:40, Ryan Truchelut (M, 34)
3. 31:06, Mike Martinez (M, 53)
4. 32:05, Tristan Lanasa (M, 26)
5. 33:24, Geb Kiros (M, 53)
6. 33:35, Duane Evans (M, 52)
7. 34:30, Colby Redfield (M, 34)
8. 34:41, Camillo Ordonez (M, 40)
9. 35:44, Esteban Parra Rodriguez (M, 28)
10. 36:34, Patrick Ernst (M, 31)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Five-Mile Road Race

1. 30:40, Ann Centner (F, 28)
2. 34:35, Katie Sherron (F, 38)
3. 34:48, Alyssa Moore (F, 25)
4. 35:47, Brittney Barnes (F, 31)
5. 37:50, Tanya Evers (F, 42)
6. 38:31, Lou Maxwell (F, 45)
7. 39:22, Nikky Manausa (F, 38)
8. 39:26, Angela Dempsey (F, 51)
9. 39:33, Nancy Stedman (F, 57)
10. 39:54, Sarah Dugas (F, 41)

Champions of Gulf Winds Track Club's Ten-Mile Challenge, 1977 - 2018
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
29 January 1977	20 Km	67:06, Herb Wills	89:20, Rosemary Desloge
28 January 1978	20 Km	65:18, Joe Germano		85
13 January 1979	20 Km	67:33, Jim Eastman	85:31, Rosemary Desloge	66
15 December 1979	20 Km	66:23, George West	89:51, Rosemary Desloge
20 December 1980	20 Km	Mike Bordel	Laura Ledbetter
19 December 1981	20 Km	67:42, Rick Miller	90:12, Chris Levi
18 December 1982	20 Km	63:14, Noel Shumann	80:28, Donna Miller
3 December 1983	20 Km	68:20, Noel Shumann	79:25, Margaret Coomber
1 December 1984	20 Km	70:13, Steve Meade	76:24, Barbara Matthews	154
7 December 1985	20 Km	69:40, Felton Wright	80:00, Karen McHarg	158
6 December 1986	20 Km	67:29, Tim Simpkins	81:18, Karen McHarg	157
5 December 1987	20 Km	65:04, Jessie Close	79:42, Karen MacHarg	157
3 December 1988	10 Miles	51:05, David Keen	65:19, Janice Hochstein	165
2 December 1989	10 Miles	52:05, Jessie Close	64:09, Paula Johnson	163
1 December 1990	10 Miles	51:39, David Keen	62:53, Paula Johnson	181
7 December 1991	10 Miles	54:20, Jessie Close	63:40, Paula Johnson	151
5 December 1992	10 Miles	54:32, Jessie Close	63:09, Paula Johnson	159
4 December 1993	10 Miles	55:30, Steve Wilcox	61:53, Paula Johnson	148
3 December 1994	10 Miles	54:16, Herb Wills	61:43, Jane Johnson	164
2 December 1995	10 Miles	55:30, Gary Droze	65:55, Carrie Weyant	120
7 December 1996	10 Miles	56:27, Brian Erb	66:21, Carrie Weyant	113
6 December 1997	10 Miles	55:06, Lee Willis	62:38, Sarah Docter-Williams	133
5 December 1998	10 Miles	58:45, Robert Pautienus	62:27, Breeda Willis	127
4 December 1999	10 Miles	56:24, Gary Droze	69:44, Carrie Weyant	188
2 December 2000	10 Miles	56:29, Zachery Heissner	66:07, Laurel Slyck	146
1 December 2001	10 Miles	60:11, Tim Unger	64:40, Sarah Docter-Williams	169
7 December 2002	10 Miles	54:30, Lee Willis	63:54, Sarah Docter-Williams	111
6 December 2003	10 Miles	61:33, Bill McCord	63:20, Sarah Docter-Williams	158
4 December 2004	10 Miles	55:29, Gary Droze	61:41, Sarah Docter-Williams	142
	5 Miles	26:45, Chris Nickinson	38:32, Kara Taylor	26
3 December 2005	10 Miles	56:46, Gary Droze	66:43, Kara Newell	167
	5 Miles	32:24, Conor Sweeney	39:14, Vicky Droze	37
2 December 2006	10 Miles	59:13, Jay Wallace	62:27, Sheryl Rosen	126
	5 Miles	28:53, Gary Droze	30:46, Amy Paine	84
1 December 2007	10 Miles	58:47, Tripp Southerland	64:04, Sheryl Rosen	150
	5 Miles	31:19, Tim Unger	38:11, Janice Hochstein	53
6 December 2008	10 Miles	55:56, Chris Lake	65:30, Sheryl Rosen	177
	5 Miles	32:59, Gennaro Scibelli	32:51, Amy Paine	80
5 December 2009	10 Miles	57:59, Vince Molosky	65:47, Sheryl Rosen	117
	5 Miles	30:15, John Robida	38:27, Claire Fruchtnicht	49
4 December 2010	10 Miles	57:19, Vince Molosky	64:25, Allison Eagen	180
	5 Miles	31:54, Chase Harris	31:37, Lisa Johnson	90
3 December 2011	10 Miles	56:13, Stephen Cox	68:15, Katie Showman	169
	5 Miles	30:16, Brian Manry	36:11, Kate Chunka	89
1 December 2012	10 Miles	56:18, Stanley Linton	68:05, Micah Adriani	183
	5 Miles	29:19, Zac Buchholz	38:24, Moriah Campbell	119
7 December 2013	10 Miles	55:30, Stanley Linton	73:42, Micah Adriani	151
	5 Miles	30:51, Tony Guillen	35:38, Vicky Droze	87
6 December 2014	10 Miles	56:37, Stephen Cox	72:48, Katie Sherron	109
	5 Miles	31:54, Gary Galvez	37:24, Paula O'Neill	82
5 December 2015	10 Miles	59:14, Zach DeVeau	65:19, Katie Sherron	89
	5 Miles	27:29, Joseph Garcia	33:58, Amy Hines	88
3 December 2016	10 Miles	59:10, Charlie Johnson	74:31, Katie Sherron	92
	5 Miles	29:30, Zach DeVeau	33:00, Brittney Barnes	132
2 December 2017	10 Miles	56:26, Charlie Johnson	64:26, Katie Sherron	133
	5 Miles	29:44, Tristan Cravello	32:36, Katerina Caltova	82
1 December 2018	10 Miles	58:42, Charlie Kline	73:43, Alyssa Terry	39
	5 Miles	31:39, Gary Droze	35:58, Alison Thumm	59
7 December 2019	10 Miles	55:12, Troy Dunkley	76:54, Jillian Heddaeus	59
	5 Miles	29:50, Gary Droze	30:40, Ann Centner	120

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 GWTC Ten-Mile Challenge
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTgBq3aluckzaG8aVZtg_hNV8Cnwuuw2soe2Yb3C0vM_MKcgY2eL_rB4UvPqxku41WahLFDQ3ejrjQP/pubhtml
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! photos of the 2019 Gulf Winds Track Club Ten-Mile Challenge
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10114755048406563
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Ten-Mile Challenge
  https://photos.app.goo.gl/hT9yJMgqvn665vw67
  
  
• 2018 story, “Charlie Kline and Alyssa Terry rise to the Challenge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/12/ten-mile-challenge-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Charlie Johnson and Katie Sherron each repeat as Ten-Mile Challenge champions”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/12/ten-mile-challenge-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Johnson and Sherron top the Ten-Mile Challenge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/ten-mile-challenge-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “DeVeau starts winning and Sherron keeps winning at the Ten-Mile Challenge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/12/ten-mile-challenge-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “For Cox and Sherron it's 2011 all over again at the Ten-Mile Challenge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/12/ten-mile-challenge-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Linton and Adriani make it two at the Ten”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/12/ten-mile-challenge-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Linton and Adriani take Ten”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/ten-mile-challenge-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Cox and Showman take on all Ten-Mile Challengers”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/12/ten-mile-challenge-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Molosky and Eagen take Ten-Mile Challenge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/ten-mile-challenge-2010.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map (FL10078EBM) for Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Ten-Mile Challenge
  https://certifiedroadraces.com/certificate?type=l&id=FL10078EBM
  
  
• USATF Course Certification map (FL10077EBM) for Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Five-Mile Road Race
  https://certifiedroadraces.com/certificate?type=l&id=FL10077EBM
  
  
• Find upcoming challenges in the region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar of road races
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2655

Gary Droze and Morgan Wilson soar at the Bluebird 5K

There was no Bluebird Run For Brookie B in 2016. The race had been scheduled for Labor Day, 5 September 2016, and Tallahassee was preoccupied that day with cleaning up after Hurricane Hermine.

Gary Droze

The fourth annual Bluebird Run was slated for Monday morning, 2 September 2019. Hurricane Dorian dominated the news, but that monster cyclone was well over 400 miles from Tallahassee--even if the Weather Channel wanted you to believe that the storm was in your bathroom, using your toothbrush and leaving the toilet seat up. So with the Capital City well outside Dorian’s forecast cone, the Bluebird 5K went ahead as planned at the Alford Greenway. Tallahassee Community College cross-country coach Gary Droze won the 3.1-mile race, running 19:13. Community Christian School sophomore Morgan Wilson took first in the women's standings, placing 32nd overall in 22:19.


Most of the Tallahassee area’s high school cross-country runners had raced two days earlier at Apalachee Regional Park in the third annual Big Bend Invitational, but many were at the Bluebird Run for a second helping of racing. Two of them, Aucilla Christian athletes Will Sullivan and Wyatt Stafford, were leading at the 400-meter mark, just after the 8:30 AM start of the race. They wouldn’t remain in the lead--Sullivan ended the race fourth in 19:29 while Stafford was eleventh in 20:37. Coach Droze, a master runner with more than four decades of competitive experience, was well aware that cross-country races aren’t won in the first 400 meters. The coach wasn’t even in the top ten that early in the Bluebird Run.

Keelan Tidwell

After four kilometers Sullivan was still leading, but he was being shadowed by Droze and two Community Christian School athletes, Nick Ciarlariello and Keelan Tidwell. All three eventually overtook Sullivan, but Droze was the first, going on to win in 19:13. Tidwell edged his teammate Ciarlariello for the runner-up position, 19:22 to 19:23.


No one would argue that the Bluebird Run course was particularly fast or easy. The Alford Greenway is hilly. The grass on the course had been mowed, but that only meant that it was ankle deep instead of shin deep. The grass was also soaking wet on the morning of the race. But the Greenway had its fans, including women’s champ Morgan Wilson.

Morgan Wilson

“I really like this course!” said Wilson. “It wasn’t too hilly, and there were nice downhills after each uphill.”


Wilson was among the athletes who had run at the Big Bend Invitational two days before the Bluebird Run. How did the Alford Greenway compare to the well-groomed Apalachee Regional Park Cross-Country Course?


“I ran two second faster here than I did at Apalachee Regional Park,” said Wilson. That would be her fastest time yet in two years of cross-country racing.

Katie Sherron

Wilson first led the women’s field in the earliest stages of the Bluebird Run. With a kilometer to go, she was just a few steps ahead of master runner Lourena Maxwell. Wilson expanded that lead on the way to the finish line, taking the women’s title in 22:19. Maxwell was the second woman and 35th overall in 22:32. Dr. Katie Sherron, the first woman at the 2017 Bluebird Run, was the third woman in 2019, placing 41st overall in 23:05.


276 timed athletes finished the 2019 Bluebird 5K, while another 23 completed a one-mile fun run. Proceeds of the Bluebird Run go to fund the programs of the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, NAMI Tallahassee. Gulf Winds Track Club chip timed the races.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Bluebird 5K

1. 19:13, Gary Droze (M, 58)
2. 19:22, Keelan Tidwell (M, 15)
3. 19:23, Nick Ciarlariello (M, 17)
4. 19:29, Will Sullivan (M, 16)
5. 19:35, Ryan Truchelut (M, 33)
6. 19:52, Michael Martinez (M, 53)
7. 20:03, Terance Keenan (M, 54)
8. 20:29, Bill McNulty (M, 61)
9. 20:32, Paul Guyas (M, 41)
10. 20:33, Timothy Qualls (M, 40)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Bluebird 5K

1. 22:19, Morgan Wilson (F, 15)
2. 22:32, Lou Maxwell (F, 44)
3. 23:05, Katie Sherron (F, 37)
4. 23:44, Katherine Bouck (F, 15)
5. 23:51, Laura McDermott (F, 39)
6. 24:40, Adrienne Capeless (F, 30)
7. 24:51, Sharon Sason (F, 31)
8. 24:54, Monica Toth (F, 30)
9. 25:03, Lauren Heitmeyer (F, 40)
10. 25:10, Sarah Costello (F, 14)

Bluebird 5K Run For Brookie B winners, 2015 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
7 September 2015	18:00, Tyler Heath	20:07, Alyson Churchill	226
4 September 2017	19:12, Jim Halley	19:53, Katie Sherron	187
3 September 2018	20:26, Bill McNulty	23:06, Sarah Tychsen	210
2 September 2019	19:13, Gary Droze	22:19, Morgan Wilson	276

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Bluebird 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQcYh0qD_k5NTyGHLwnl4r2q_DNNGk7iO-T6FnVT1kgjoX0cGMn581gUorCNOrBn5gLYB9_fZ8TGbM1/pubhtml
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! photos of the 2019 Bluebird 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10114186978004203
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2019 Bluebird 5K
  [ COMING SOON! PLEASE CHECK BACK! ]
  
  
• 2017 story, “Halley and Sherron take the Bluebird 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/bluebird-2017.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Heath and Churchill fly through the Alford Greenway at the Bluebird 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/bluebird-2015.html
  
  
• Bluebird Run
  http://www.bluebirdrun.com/
  
  
• Find your next run in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2583

Sizzler 5K wins are a day at the beach for Tallahassee couple Gary Droze and Vicky Droze

By 7:00 PM, most people are wrapping up their day at the beach. They're headed home, or getting dinner, or taking one last walk along the surf. But at 7:00 PM on Saturday, 3 August 2019, the biggest part of the day at the beach was just getting under way for nearly a hundred athletes on Saint George Island, Florida. They were running the 22nd annual Sizzler 5K, 3.1 miles on the barrier island bordering Apalachicola Bay. Master runner Gary Droze went 18:19 to win the race, while Vicky Droze was the first woman in the race, tenth overall in 22:39.


It wasn't Gary Droze's first time running the Sizzler, The Tallahassee Community College cross-country coach had won the race in both 1998 and 2000. Chance Logan, winner of the 2018 Sizzler, took the runner-up spot with a 19:11. Donalsonville, Georgia master runner Myles Gibson placed third in 19:27.


On the women's side, master runner Vicky Droze found herself in a tight race for the top spot. Her husband, Gary, had won the men's competition by more than 200 meters, but Vicky Droze was only a few steps ahead of Kaley Ford in the fight for the women's title. Nevertheless, Droze prevailed, running 22:39 to Ford's 22:42. Tallahassee master runner Paula O'Neill was third in the women's standings, coming in seventeenth overall in 24:44.


96 athletes finished the 2019 Sizzler 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee, Florida chip-timed the race. The Sizzler was a fundraiser for the Elder Care Community Council of Franklin County.


Top Ten Men, 2019 St. George Island Sizzler 5K

1. 18:19, Gary Droze (M, 58)
2. 19:11, Chance Logan (M, 22)
3. 19:27, Myles Gibson (M, 53)
4. 20:27, Philip Sura (M, 49)
5. 20:39, Jason Timbert (M, 43)
6. 22:19, Tad David (M, 50)
7. 22:26, Mark Nichols (M, 45)
8. 22:34, Richard Fernandez (M, 41)
9. 22:37, William Gray (M, 16)
10. 22:47, Dan Fortunas (M, 58)

Top Ten Women, 2019 St. George Island Sizzler 5K

1. 22:39, Vicky Droze (F, 44)
2. 22:42, Kaley Ford (F, 25)
3. 24:44, Paula O'Neill (F, 58)
4. 25:48, Samantha Fortunas (F, 28)
5. 27:14, Jennifer Pence (F, 35)
6. 27:31, Mia Varner (F, 21)
7. 27:32, Lynn Varner (F, 54)
8. 27:40, Nancy Juneau (F, 59)
9. 27:50, Julia Sura (F, 47)
10. 28:08, Cheryl Moore (F, 52)

St. George Island Sizzler 5K Champions, 1997 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
21 June 1997	17:36, Tim Unger	21:40, Julie Clark	34
13 June 1998	16:09, Gary Droze	22:53, Donna Finney	69
12 June 1999	17:05, Tim Unger	19:24, Summer Calder	61
10 June 2000	16:07, Gary Droze	21:18, Julie Clark	34
2001	No race held
15 June 2002	15:46, Lee Willis	18:43, Luanne Coulter	53
21 June 2003	16:44, Caleb Carmichael	20:45, Jane Johnson	95
12 June 2004	16:42, Caleb Carmichael	19:48, Kara Newell	77
18 June 2005	16:02, Alex Miletich	20:53, Angela Dempsey	142
24 June 2006	17:24, Robert Beazley	18:39, Kara Newell	169
23 June 2007	17:02, Jasen Fulghum	20:41, Jane Johnson	106
28 June 2008	16:44, Tripp Southerland	19:11, Stephanie Liles	175
27 June 2009	16:53, John Robida	19:47, Kelsey Scheitlin	214
26 June 2010	19:06, Carl Nordhielm	22:06, Nancy Stedman	147
25 June 2011	17:06, Brandon Hough	22:44, Nicole Reichenbach	218
11 August 2012	16:25, Vince Molosky	21:58, Polina Bondarenko	280
10 August 2013	16:16, Caleb Carmichael	20:28, Renee Cox	318
9 August 2014	18:02, Carl Nordhielm	20:25, Polina Bondarenko	222
8 August 2015	17:05, Roger Schmidt	18:53, Katie Fackler	181
6 August 2016	15:10, Mark Leininger	16:59, Dylan Hassett	145
5 August 2017	17:46, Ryan Slyter	20:21, Kat Sack	148
4 August 2018	19:06, Shawn Logan	22:14, Melanie Leitman	97
3 August 2019	18:19, Gary Droze	22:39, Vicky Droze	96
The 1997 race was called the Summer Island 5K.

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 St George Island Sizzler 5K at gulfwinds.org
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS3DOfRkQsgGjI-3UEYYe1SwXfyqMDmTTu8AUSQl1Q-zUHPWJTfgi6Rw7MvKSQVvTh3GDDB7kfAgsy9/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Sizzler 5K is a day at the beach for Logan and Leitman”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/08/sizzler-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Slyter and Sack star in the last act of the Sizzler”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/08/sizzler-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Leininger and Hassett sweep Sizzler for ASICS GTC-Elite”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/08/sizzler-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Smoking runs at the Sizzler for Schmidt and Fackler”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/08/sizzler-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Second time in first place for Nordhielm and Bondarenko in the Sizzler 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/sizzler-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Carmichael and Cox seize Sizzler 5K titles”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/sizzler-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Heated competition from Molosky and Bondarenko at the Sizzler”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/08/sizzler-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Hough and Reichenbach grab Sizzler wins on St George”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/06/sizzler-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Sizzler runners beat BP to St. George Island”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/06/sizzler-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Back to the Beach--Robida Wins 2009 Summer Sizzler 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/07/back-to-beach-robida-wins-2009-summer.html
  
  
• St George Island Sizzler
  http://www.stgeorgeislandsizzler.com/
  
  
• Course map for the 2019 Saint George Island Sizzler 5K
  https://app.box.com/s/bww0l9cpuq94l58sfeers98gig62ru9d
  
  
• Upcoming races in the Tallahassee region, both inland and on the coast
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2577

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, 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

"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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
28 January 1989	12K	39:44, John Devine	48:50, Barbara Balzer	155
17 February 1990	12K	44:10, David Rigby	54:40, Kathy Weiss	102
26 January 1991	12K	39:36, Jessie Close	50:24, Tina Davies	163
18 January 1992	12K	39:33, Jessie Close	45:24, Paula Johnson	132
23 January 1993	12K	42:40, Jonathan Bigg	45:43, Linda Nilges	134
15 January 1994	12K	38:02, Robin Rogers	45:34, Jane Johnson	91
21 January 1995	12K	40:49, Gary Droze	45:34, Jane Johnson	145
27 January 1996	12K	41:10, Gary Droze	44:27, Jane Johnson	132
11 January 1997	12K	39:25, Brian Erb	47:57, Sarah Williams	75
7 February 1998	12K	42:57, Clarence Calloway	45:12, Sarah Williams	164
20 February 1999	12K	44:40, Tim Simpkins	46:27, Sarah Williams	82
19 February 2000	12K	39:44, Michael Strickland	46:06, Sara Docter-Williams	107
17 February 2001	12K	43:56, Tim Unger	45:38, Sarah Docter-Williams	98
16 February 2002	12K	40:35, Gary Droze	47:17, Jane Johnson	148
1 February 2003	12K	42:52, Shawn Patterson	52:18, Lisa Whitworth	80
7 February 2004	12K	42:46, Tim Unger	52:49, Lisa Whitworth	89
5 February 2005	12K	42:05, Lee Willis	45:30, Sarah Docter-Williams	118
4 February 2006	12K	42:49, Vince Molosky	50:21, Lisa Johnson	89
17 February 2007	12K	44:58, Todd Smoot	52:22, Kim Likens	74
16 February 2008	12K	43:10, Tripp Southerland	50:57, Stephanie Liles	131
21 February 2009	12K	42:34, Jay Wallace	50:48, Jane Johnson	105
	6K	23:21, Brian Corbin	21:36, Jana Stolting	30
20 February 2010	12K	41:57, Daniel Lee	47:12, Sheryl Rosen	176
	6K	24:43, Ben Kail	31:35, Rachel Phipps	53
19 February 2011	12K	40:57, Thomas Kunish	49:23, Kelly Stevens	214
	6K	23:59, Caleb Harris	31:26, Ashton McMurray	73
18 February 2012	12K	41:23, Stephen Cox	49:52, Katie Showman	214
	6K	24:57, Duane Evans	27:39, Nancy Gribble	89
16 February 2013	12K	38:41, Kevin Sullivan	46:17, Sheryl Rosen	268
	6K	21:54, Michael Martinez	25:09, Jessica Gillard	70
15 February 2014	12K	39:39, Stanley Linton	45:20, Seeley Gutierrez	262
	6K	21:56, Jon Mason	28:15, Sarah Taff	85
21 February 2015	12K	42:03, Zach Deveau	47:33, Sheryl Rosen	207
	6K	23:30, Duane Evans	24:20, Katie Gorman	98
20 February 2016	12K	40:52, Roger Schmidt	50:43, Katie Sherron	213
	6K	23:17, Travis Parks	32:26, Leah Kiros	87
18 February 2017	12K	43:25, Vince Molosky	47:31, Katie Sherron	162
	6K	22:02, Geb Kiros	26:02, Katie Sack	128
17 February 2018	12K	44:20, Chris O'Kelley	48:20, Sheryl Rosen	168
	6K	22:53, Geb Kiros	27:05, Christina Linton	114
16 February 2019	12K	43:04, Charlie Kline	52:08, Amanda Sava	181
	6K	21:04, Gary Droze	28:51, Madison Sims	111
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)

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Flash 12K (and 6K)
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRa9PRzUKfoJx2-eUBqstLup1D5YYXgtm7uUSSMV6u9BPNqbb5QnOuyj1_7yK6i4Nqkzs9TNtTbmLNY/pubhtml
  
  
• More photos of the 2019 Flash 12K (and 6K)
  
  • Part 1: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10113165845646633&type=1&l=8b2ea8e6c5
  • Part 2: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10113166557165743&type=1&l=ec4aa43b7c
  
  
• Kat Sack's photos of the 2019 Flash 12K (and 6K)
  https://photos.app.goo.gl/WWAMh82DozzeXHt76
  
  
• 2018 story, “O'Kelley, Rosen make a little Flash 12K history in Saint Marks”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/02/flash-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Not for the first time, Molosky and Sherron are first at the Flash”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/02/flash-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Schmidt and Sherron fly through the Flash”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/02/flash-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “DeVeau and Rosen first in the Flash”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/02/flash-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Linton and Gutierrez try, try again...and win, at the Flash 12K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/02/flash-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Flashy victories for Sullivan and Rosen”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/02/flash-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “A dozen fast for Cox and Showman at Flash 12K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/02/flash-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Kunish and Stevens are the fastest Flashers in St. Marks”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/02/flash-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Lee and Rosen Flash to the Front”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/02/flash-12k.html
  
  
• 2008 Flash 12K story
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2008/02/2008-flash-12k.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map (FL11133EBM) for the Flash 12K
  https://certifiedroadraces.com/certificate?type=l&id=FL11133EBM
  
  
• USATF course certification map (FL16069TY) for the Flash 6K
  https://certifiedroadraces.com/certificate?type=l&id=FL16069TY
  
  
• 12K, 6K, or some other distance, find upcoming races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2429