Lake and Rosen back on top at Turkey Trot

Last year, Chris Lake’s five-year winning streak at the Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K ended with a third-place finish. On Thursday morning, 27 November 2014, he was a Turkey Trot champion once again, winning the 9.3-mile race through Southwood in 49:37.


“I was trying to beat my time from two years ago,” said Lake.


He did. It was Lake’s fastest time yet at the Turkey Trot, and the fastest winning time in the race since 1995 when Jessie Close ran 49:12. Lake ran most of the race alone, leading nearly wire-to-wire and finishing almost half a mile ahead of the next runner. Stephen Cox placed second in 52:11 with Roger Schmidt taking third in 52:38 and Nate Kaiser fourth in 53:32. Seattle, Washington, distance runner Chris Fendrich was the fastest master runner in the race, placing fifth overall in 54:33.


“The women’s competition was excellent this year,” said Tallahassee lawyer Sheryl Rosen. “Seeley, Allison, Adriana, and Lauren were all up there.”


Excelling most was Rosen, who won her third straight Turkey Trot 15K women’s title, and her sixth since 2006. She didn’t come into the race with a lot of confidence, though.


“I’ve been injured and I haven’t raced for a year,” explained Rosen. “My leg still isn’t 100%. I started off conservative, about 6:45 per mile. Then I slowly inched my way up.”


Halfway through the race, Adriana Piekarewicz had just overtaken Mary Masterton to take the lead in the women’s field. Farther back, Lauren Poulos and Seeley Lovett chased the leaders followed by Sheryl Rosen and Allison Eagen. Over the final miles, Poulos moved up into the lead. Rosen was moving as well.


“I got up to Lauren Poulos at eight miles,” said Rosen. After that, “We traded the lead for about a mile. We were neck and neck down the hill.”

That was the final downhill on Merchants Row Boulevard toward the finish line on Esplanade Way. On that slope, Rosen broke away to take the lead for the final time, going on to win in 60:19. Poulos was the women's runner-up in 60:52. Adriana Piekarewicz was third in the women's standings at 61:03, while 2010 women's winner Allison Eagen followed in fourth at 62:33. Early leader Mary Masterton was the fifth woman finisher, running 62:41. Stephanie Liles-Weyant of Tallahassee was the top woman master, running 66:36.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2014 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K

1. 49:37 ~ Chris Lake (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
2. 52:11 ~ Stephen Cox (M, 31) Tallahassee, FL
3. 52:39 ~ Roger Schmidt (M, 23) Tallahassee, FL
4. 53:32 ~ Nate Kaiser (M, 35) Tallahassee, FL
5. 54:33 ~ Chris Fendrich (M, 45) Seattle, WA
6. 55:36 ~ Charlie Johnson (M, 35) Tallahassee, FL
7. 56:41 ~ Bryce Van Dam (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
8. 57:01 ~ Kyle Harris (M, 20) Bainbridge, GA
9. 57:19 ~ James McClure (M, 15) Tallahassee, FL
10. 57:17 ~ Evan Beauchamp (M, 26) Smyrna, GA

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2014 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K

1. 60:19 ~ Sheryl Rosen (F, 30) Tallahassee, FL
2. 60:52 ~ Lauren Poulos (F, 28) Tallahassee, FL
3. 61:02 ~ Adriana Piekarewicz (F, 26) Tallahassee, FL
4. 62:41 ~ Allison Eagen (F, 35) Tallahassee, FL
5. 62:45 ~ Mary Masterton (F, 28) Orlando, FL
6. 63:24 ~ Seeley Gutierrez (F, 38) Tallahassee, FL
7. 64:46 ~ Cristina Bilder (F, 27) Plugerville, TX
8. 66:36 ~ Stephanie Liles-Weyant (F, 42) Tallahassee, FL
9. 66:36 ~ Melissa Thompson (F, 30) Thomasville, GA
10. 66:51 ~ Jillian Heddaeus (F, 31) Tallahassee, FL

Nearly 500 runners finished the 2014 Turkey Trot 15K, but more than 4500 additional athletes were simultaneously competing in the 10K and the 5K. David Thornton, a cross-country runner for Darton State College in Albany, Georgia, won the 10K in 34:49, finishing more than half a mile ahead of the next runner in the race. Tallahassee master runner Marci Gray led the women’s field from start to finish to take the women’s title with a 40:50.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2014 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 10K

1. 34:49 ~ David Thornton (M, 21) Albany, GA
2. 39:02 ~ Patrick Dawson (M, 23) St. Petersburg Beach, FL
3. 39:06 ~ Arnoldo De Jesus (M, 28) Albany, GA
4. 39:27 ~ Terance Keenan (M, 50) Tallahassee, FL
5. 39:31 ~ Jon Nash (M, 35) Tallahassee, FL
6. 39:31 ~ Jason Venema (M, 32) Tallahassee, FL
7. 39:52 ~ Caleb Carmichael (M, 30) Pensacola, FL
8. 40:03 ~ Daniel Volya (M, 15) Tallahassee, FL
9. 40:03 ~ Jon Mason (M, 40) Tallahassee, FL
10. 41:16 ~ Alex Brickler (M, 29) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2014 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 10K

1. 40:50 ~ Marci Gray (F, 40) Tallahassee, FL
2. 43:29 ~ Kristin Sweeney (F, 20) Tallahassee, FL
3. 43:29 ~ Ellen Sweeney (F, 19) Tallahassee, FL
4. 44:53 ~ Lauren Huckaba (F, 27) Tallahassee, FL
5. 47:50 ~ Sara Lane (F, 20) Tallahassee, FL
6. 47:50 ~ Rachel Givens (F, 20) Tallahassee, FL
7. 48:29 ~ Sandy Holt (F, 29) Tallahassee, FL
8. 49:41 ~ Kim Likens (F, 46) Tallahassee, FL
9. 49:21 ~ Savannah Sutherland (F, 17) Tallahassee, FL
10. 49:16 ~ Laura Reina (F, 50) Tallahassee, FL

In the 5K, last year's Turkey Trot 15K winner, Joshua Seitz, found himself in a fight for the lead with Remy Tamer and Arnoldo De Jesus. Seitz, a volunteer assistant coach for the FSU cross country team, pulled away late in the race to win the 3.1-mile event in 15:51. Tamer was second in 15:57 and De Jesus third in 16:00. Swift Creek Middle School cross-country runner Alyson Churchill edged Maclay’s Lindsay James for the top spot in the women’s standings, 20:59 to 21:01.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2014 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 5K

1. 15:52 ~ Joshua Seitz (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL
2. 15:57 ~ Remy Tamer (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL
3. 16:01 ~ Bill Clift (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL
4. 17:11 ~ Paul Lagno (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
5. 17:29 ~ Taylor Buzzard (M, 20) Tallahassee, FL
6. 17:32 ~ Bryce Cole (M, 16) Crawfordville, FL
7. 17:48 ~ Ryan Truchelut (M, 29) Tallahassee, FL
8. 17:51 ~ Danny Moore (M, 16) Tallahassee, FL
9. 17:59 ~ Michael Martinez (M, 48) Tallahassee, FL
10. 17:59 ~ Mickey Moore (M, 44) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2014 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 5K

1. 20:59 ~ Alyson Churchill (F, 12) Tallahassee, FL
2. 21:01 ~ Lindsay James (F, 11) Tallahassee, FL
3. 21:08 ~ Heather Streeval (F, 40) Tallahassee, FL
4. 21:57 ~ Paula O'Neill (F, 53) Tallahassee, FL
5. 22:03 ~ Katherine Resavage (F, 13) Tallahassee, FL
6. 24:11 ~ Morgan Phillips (F, 18) Tallahassee, FL
7. 24:26 ~ Rebekah Hudson (F, 19) Tallahassee, FL
8. 22:22 ~ Julia Rose Travis (F, 16) Tallahassee, FL
9. 22:33 ~ Marisa Ashley (F, 12) Panama City Beach, FL
10. 22:47 ~ Emma Travis (F, 16) Tallahassee, FL

Links

• Complete results of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2014 Turkey Trot at gulfwinds.org
  http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2014/Turkey%20Trot%202014.asp
  
  
• More photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2014 Tallahassee Turkey Trot
  
  • Part 1: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10105380557042403.1073742044.5215641&l=c07209e951
  • Part 2: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10105383429336303.1073742045.5215641&l=f66d4dabb3
  • Part 3: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10105384640114893.1073742046.5215641&l=aff82bb965
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2014 Tallahassee Turkey Trot
  
  • https://picasaweb.google.com/112560881455823075870/TurkeyTrot14Mile
  • https://picasaweb.google.com/112560881455823075870/TurkeyTrot14A
  • https://picasaweb.google.com/112560881455823075870/TurkeyTrot14B
  • https://picasaweb.google.com/112560881455823075870/TurkeyTrot14C
  
  
• 2013 story, "Seitz and Rosen speed through Southwood to Turkey Trot 15K titles"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/11/turkey-trot-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, "Lake and Rosen take titles as 6,000 runners take in Turkey Trot"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/11/turkey-trot-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, "Lake and 5,100 runners decide Turkey Trot is 'just right'"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/11/turkey-trot-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, "Nearly 5,000 runners devour four races at 2010 Tallahassee Turkey Trot"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/11/turkey-trot-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, "No Turkeys Were Harmed in the Trotting of this Race"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-turkeys-were-harmed-in-trotting-of.html
  
  
• Gulf Winds Track Club's Tallahassee Turkey Trot
  http://tallyturkeytrot.com/
  
  
• Find upcoming races, poultry and non-poultry alike, on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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Seitz and Rosen speed through Southwood to Turkey Trot 15K titles

Long before anyone else arrived in Southwood for the Tallahassee Turkey Trot, there were people out there getting ready for the races. Setting up timing equipment. Stocking water tables. Delivering 56 portable toilets. Oh, and marking the course.

"I'm still sore from bending over to draw arrows on the road," said Bill McGuire after the last runner had left Southwood.


McGuire's diamond dust course markers will be gone with the next rain. But for a few hours on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 29, those arrows were appreciated by almost 5,000 athletes trying to find their way around Southwood in one of the four races of the 38th annual Turkey Trot.


After the one-mile fun run at 8:00 AM, the three longer races--15K, 10K, and 5K--all started at 8:30 from the same starting line on Esplanade Way. In the feature event, the 15K, Josh Seitz set the early pace, leading Caleb Carmichael and five-time Turkey Trot champ Chris Lake. By halfway through the race Seitz, a volunteer assistant track coach at Florida State, was almost a minute ahead and going away, leaving Carmichael and Lake in a race for second. Seitz cruised through the second half of the Turkey Trot, winning the 9.3-mile run in 49:59, more than a quarter mile ahead of the next runner. Carmichael finished second in 51:30, with Lake third in 53:13. In fourth place at 55:05, Gary Droze was the first master runner in the race.


On the women's side, Sheryl Rosen ran 57:11, her fastest Turkey Trot 15K yet, to win a second straight Turkey Trot women's title. It was the Tallahassee lawyer's fifth win at the 9.3-mile race in the last eight years. Behind Rosen, 2010 Turkey Trot champ Allison Eagen finished second in the women's standings with a 1:02:07, good for 17th overall. Adriana Piekarewicz was right behind Eagen, 18th overall in 1:02:22.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2013 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K

1. 49:59 ~ Joshua Seitz (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
2. 51:30 ~ Caleb Carmichael (M, 29) Pensacola, FL
3. 53:13 ~ Chris Lake (M, 26) Tallahassee, FL
4. 55:05 ~ Gary Droze (M, 52) Tallahassee, FL
5. 55:55 ~ James Daughton (M, 18) Tallahassee, FL
6. 56:30 ~ Tony Guillen (M, 44) Tallahassee, FL
7. 56:55 ~ Jake Mazziotta (M, 15) Tallahassee, FL
8. 57:05 ~ Bryce Van Dam (M, 26) Tallahassee, FL
9. 58:56 ~ Drew Farrington (M, 26) Lansing, MI
10. 59:18 ~ Jack McDermott (M, 44) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2013 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K

1. 57:11 ~ Sheryl Rosen (F, 29) Tallahassee, FL
2. 62:07 ~ Allison Eagen (F, 34) Tallahassee, FL
3. 62:22 ~ Adriana Piekarewicz (F, 25) Tallahassee, FL
4. 64:20 ~ Amy Hines (F, 33) Tallahassee, FL
5. 66:35 ~ Jillian Heddaeus (F, 30) Tallahassee, FL
6. 66:55 ~ Kathy Andrews (F, 51) Tallahassee, FL
7. 68:20 ~ Jane Johnson (F, 54) Tallahassee, FL
8. 68:22 ~ Gail Nestor (F, 46) Smyrna, GA
9. 68:35 ~ Caroline Willis (F, 14) Tallahassee, FL
10. 70:42 ~ Jillienne Haglund (F, 28) Tallahassee, FL

Also picking up a second straight Turkey Trot win, Stanley Linton led the 10K from wire to wire, running 32:38. Linton was over a quarter mile ahead of runner-up Stephen Cox, who ran 34:06 for the 6.2-miles. USC Upstate distance runner Riley Doherty, back home for Thanksgiving, was third in 34:52. Tallahassee triathlete Seeley Gutierrez ran with Sheryl Rosen till the 10K course and 15K course separated, then Gutierrez ran alone to the 10K finish line to win the women's title in that race, placing eighth overall in 38:00. Renee Cox was the second woman finisher in the 10K, coming in ahead of Kate Harrison, 41:40 to 41:59.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2013 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 10K

1. 32:38 ~ Stanley Linton (M, 20) Tallahassee, FL
2. 34:06 ~ Stephen Cox (M, 30) Tallahassee, FL
3. 34:52 ~ Riley Doherty (M, 21) Tallahassee, FL
4. 35:03 ~ Zach Deveau (M, 26) Tallahassee, FL
5. 35:09 ~ Nate Kaiser (M, 34) Tallahassee, FL
6. 36:35 ~ Eric Godin (M, 29) Tallahassee, FL
7. 37:46 ~ Brian Molen (M, 37) Tallahassee, FL
8. 38:01 ~ Don Autore (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL
9. 38:20 ~ Reikan Lin (M, 23) Tallahassee, FL
10. 38:25 ~ Carl Nordhielm (M, 51) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2013 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 10K

1. 38:00 ~ Seeley Gutierrez (F, 37) Tallahassee, FL
2. 41:40 ~ Renee Cox (F, 26) Tallahassee, FL
3. 41:59 ~ Kate Harrison (F, 21) Tallahassee, FL
4. 42:41 ~ Katie Sherron (F, 32) Tallahassee, FL
5. 43:16 ~ Shannon Colavecchio (F, 36) Tallahassee, FL
6. 43:24 ~ Elisha Boggs (F, 36) Tallahassee, FL
7. 43:52 ~ Mary Anne Grayson (F, 47) Thomasville, GA
8. 44:03 ~ Christine Bayliss (F, 16) Danville, CA
9. 44:11 ~ Andrea Duffy (F, 37) Monticello, FL
10. 44:43 ~ Eleonore Buschinger (F, 24) Tallahassee, FL

With the 15K, the 10K, and the 5K starting together, you'd expect the athletes in the shortest race up front. True to those expectations University of North Florida freshman Joseph Garcia, the early leader in the 5K, had everyone in the three races chasing him--more than 4,000 runners--as he raced up Shumard Oak Boulevard. Unfortunately for the Lincoln High alumnus, he was setting a pace he couldn't handle. Shortly after the mile mark, Kevin Sullivan of Capital City Runners passed Garcia, and that was the race. Sullivan went on to win the 3.1-mile race in 15:28, the fastest road 5K in Tallahassee this year. Remy Tamer and Peter Wood also overtook Garcia, finishing second and third in 15:56 and 16:24. Garcia was fourth in 16:28. Halfway through the 5K, Emily Ness of Capital City Runners led the women's competition in the race, with Lisa Johnson only four seconds back. Ness couldn't be caught, though, and beat Johnson for the title 18:36 to 18:45.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2013 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 5K

1. 15:28 ~ Kevin Sullivan (M, 39) Tallahassee, FL
2. 15:56 ~ Remy Tamer (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
3. 16:24 ~ Peter Wood (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL
4. 16:28 ~ Joseph Garcia (M, 18) Tallahassee, FL
5. 16:30 ~ Bill Clift (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
6. 17:47 ~ Michael Martinez (M, 47) Tallahassee, FL
7. 17:57 ~ Ryan Truchelut (M, 28) Tallahassee, FL
8. 18:19 ~ Kevin Chin Shue (M, 21) Tallahassee, FL
9. 18:25 ~ Josh Wallenfelsz (M, 14) Tallahassee, FL
10. 18:30 ~ Evan Reynolds (M, 23) Chapel Hill, NC

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2013 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 5K

1. 18:36 ~ Emily Ness (F, 23) Tallahassee, FL
2. 18:45 ~ Lisa Johnson (F, 32) Tallahassee, FL
3. 19:15 ~ Marci Gray (F, 39) Tallahassee, FL
4. 19:58 ~ Michaela Ashley (F, 15) Panama City, FL
5. 20:24 ~ Anna Busby (F, 23) Tallahassee, FL
6. 21:17 ~ Vicky Droze (F, 38) Tallahassee, FL
7. 21:31 ~ Jennifer Bayliss (F, 43) Danville, CA
8. 22:39 ~ Sarah Williams (F, 46) Atlanta, GA
9. 22:19 ~ Emily Molen (F, 12) Tallahassee, FL
10. 22:44 ~ Emily Jensenius (F, 29) Tallahassee, FL

Among the volunteers on the course, the Wakulla High cross-country team staffed a water table out near the seven-mile mark of the 15K course. It wasn't part of the 10K course, so the Wakulla crew never got to see their alumnus, Stanley Linton, race by. Nevertheless, Linton trekked out there after the race to help his alma mater hand out water to 15K runners. Some run, some volunteer. A few do both.


Links

• Complete results of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2013 Turkey Trot at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2013/Turkey%20Trot%202013.asp
  
  
• More photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2013 Tallahassee Turkey Trot
  
  • Part 1: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10103876057446653.1073741930.5215641&l=e34d381fe8
    
  • Part 2: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10103877485998823.1073741931.5215641&l=da84893465
    
  • Part 3: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10103882109248793.1073741932.5215641&l=a388073e35
    
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2013 Tallahassee Turkey Trot
  
  • https://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/TurkeyMile_13
    
  • https://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/Turkey_13_5K
    
  • https://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/Turkey_13_10K
    
  • https://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/Turkey_13_15K
    
  • https://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/Turkey_13_15KB
    
  
  
• 2012 story, "Lake and Rosen take titles as 6,000 runners take in Turkey Trot"
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/11/turkey-trot-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, "Lake and 5,100 runners decide Turkey Trot is 'just right'"
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/11/turkey-trot-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, "Nearly 5,000 runners devour four races at 2010 Tallahassee Turkey Trot"
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/11/turkey-trot-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, "No Turkeys Were Harmed in the Trotting of this Race"
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-turkeys-were-harmed-in-trotting-of.html
  
  
• Gulf Winds Track Club's Tallahassee Turkey Trot
  http://tallyturkeytrot.com/
  
  
• Find upcoming race, poultry and non-poultry alike, on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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