It was an All-Blunden Father's Day 5K in Fort Walton Beach

After three years of annual races, the one thing that you can say about Props Brewery's Father's Day 5K is that it keeps getting faster.


Austin Epstein won the inaugural edition of the Fort Walton Beach, Florida race in 2017, setting the course standard of 17:31 while Claudia Howes established the women's record of 21:51. Epstein came back in 2018, lowering his record to 17:20. In that same race, Susan Frazier pushed the women's mark down to 20:51.


The trend of speedier times continued at the third annual Father's Day 5K on Saturday evening, 15 June 2019. Destin, Florida athlete Matt Blunden won the race by 100 meters, breaking Epstein's record with a 16:25. Master runner Katja Blunden took the women's title, placing fifth overall in 18:23--a new record for the women.


It wasn't the first pair of Blunden-Blunden wins at an Okaloosa County race. Just under three weeks earlier, Matt Blunden had taken the men's title at Eglin Air Force Base's 2019 Gate-to-Gate Memorial Day Race, where Katja Blunden had led the women.


Nathan Isaacs joined Matt Blunden in running under Austin Epstein's course record at the Father's Day 5K; Isaacs ran 16:45 to take second. Derek Sandblom was third in 18:12; he had finished fourth in the 2018 race. Kent Glover, a rising senior on the Hewitt-Trussville High cross-country team, was fourth in 18:23. It was Glover's third straight appearance in the top ten of the Father's Day 5K. Ken Lawrence was the first male master in the race, placing sixth in the men's standings and seventh overall in 19:15.

But Katja Blunden was the first overall master runner. Blunden was also the first of four women to go under the old women's record for the race. Rachel Staples was second in that group, placing eighth overall in 19:19. Kambry Smith, a rising junior and the ace of the girls' cross-country team at Fort Walton Beach High, was third in the women's standings and tenth overall in 19:30. Susan Frazier, who had set the old record in 2018, was the fourth woman and eleventh overall in 20:23.


178 athletes finished Props Brewery's 2019 Father's Day 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Props Brewery Father's Day 5K

1. 16:25, Matt Blunden (M, 39)
2. 16:45, Nathan Isaacs (M, 25)
3. 18:12, Derek Sandblom (M, 27)
4. 18:23, Kent Glover (M, 17)
5. 19:08, Lucas Thomson (M, 33)
6. 19:15, Ken Lawrence (M, 51)
7. 19:27, Aaron Bouchey (M, 32)
8. 21:23, Fil Piazza (M, 56)
9. 21:49, Jerry Kalka (M, 33)
10. 21:59, Jason Boyeskie (M, 44)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Props Brewery Father's Day 5K

1. 18:31, Katja Blunden (F, 40)
2. 19:19, Rachel Staples (F, 33)
3. 19:30, Kambry Smith (F, 16)
4. 20:23, Susan Frazier (F, 24)
5. 21:01, Krysti Golden (F, 25)
6. 22:08, Ashley Selvey (F, 33)
7. 22:33, Cassicy Lindsay (F, 31)
8. 23:01, Samantha Yanez (F, 20)
9. 23:51, Angela Gilzene (F, 37)
10. 24:42, Tiffany Howell-Phillips (F, 34)

Props Brewery Father's Day 5K winners, 2017 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
17 June 2017	17:31, Austin Epstein	21:51, Claudia Howes	180
16 June 2018	17:20, Austin Epstein	20:51, Susan Frazier	191
15 June 2019	16:25, Matt Blunden	18:23, Katia Blunden	178

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Props Brewery Father's Day 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSkIQWokb0mNqoAqZpvZm61uhstuIgVMM08wu2DSDY12gJTxG1K5CIyR5y7iq1QNcwlei94vHYCyEDW/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “More props for Austin Epstein at the Props Father's Day 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/06/props-fathers-day-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Epstein and Howes earn props at the Props Father's Day 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/06/props-fathers-day-2017.html
  
  
• Props Brewery and Grill
  http://www.propsbrewery.com/
  
  
• Find an upcoming race at your favorite brewery on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2540

Matt Blunden and Katja Blunden stage a Blunden sweep of Gate-To-Gate

Was it the 33rd annual Gate-to-Gate Road Race? Or the 34th?


The 33rd annual Gate-to-Gate was scheduled for 28 May 2018, Memorial Day. But Eglin Air Force Base canceled the race because of Tropical Storm Alberto. Eglin brought the event back on the next Memorial Day, 27 May 2019, billing it as the 34th annual race even though there had never been a 33rd.


The count may be in doubt, but it is certain that there was a 2019 race at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida on that Monday morning. It's also certain that Matt Blunden and Katja Blunden were the overall male and overall female winners of the 4.4-mile run, Matt Blunden placing first in 23:29 and master runner Katja Blunden tenth in 27:27.


Matt Blunden crossed the finish line almost 200 meters ahead of the runner-up, West Florida University cross-country coach Caleb Carmichael. Also a runner-up in the 2013 Gate-to-Gate, Carmichael ran 24:06. Nathan Isaacs of Destin, Florida took third in 24:50.


Renee Cox, an alum of the West Florida cross-country squad, placed second in the women's standings, finishing twelfth overall in 28:19. A veteran of the Gate-to-Gate, Cox had won the women's title in 2015 and 2016. 28:19 was just one second off her best time at Gate-to-Gate, but it wasn't fast enough to catch Katja Blunden. Destin's Rachel Staples was the third female finisher and fourteenth overall in 28:39.


With the first man and the first woman in the race on their squad, Run Destin dominated the team competition. Matt Blunden (1st, 23:29), Nathan Isaacs (3rd, 24:50), Katja Blunden (10th, 27:27), and Derek Sandblom (, 27:57) combined for a total time of 1:43:43, averaging 25:56 per athlete and taking the 2019 team title. Monday Night Track Pensacola took second in the field of fourteen teams, with Caleb Carmichael (2nd, 24:06), Timothy Dodd (8th, 26:25), Renee Cox (12th, 28:19, and eleven-year-old Elyse Carmichael (29th, 30:57) totalling 1:49:37 for an average time of 27:25.


603 athletes finished the Eglin Air Force Base's 2019 Gate-to-Gate 4.4-Mile Road Race. Results Event Timing, LLC, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Eglin AFB Gate-to-Gate 4.4-Mile Run

1. 23:29, Matthew Blunden (M, 39) Destin, FL
2. 24:06, Caleb Carmichael (M, 34) Pensacola, FL
3. 24:50, Nathan Isaacs (M, 25) Destin, FL
4. 25:02, Zachary Bryan (M)
5. 25:45, Phil Celona (M, 27) Fort Walton Beach, FL
6. 26:10, Dhani-Sinaan Harris (M, 22) Hurlburt Field, FL
7. 26:15, AJ Knowles (M, 21) Papillion, NE
8. 26:15, Timothy Dodd (M, 29) Pensacola, FL
9. 26:31, Earl Mullen (M, 31) Eglin AFB, FL
10. 27:57, Derek Sandblom (M, 27) Destin, FL

Top Ten Women, 2019 Eglin AFB Gate-to-Gate 4.4-Mile Run

1. 27:27, Katja Blunden (F, 40) Destin, FL
2. 28:19, Renee Cox (F, 31) Pensacola, FL
3. 28:39, Rachel Staples (F, 33) Destin, FL
4. 29:22, Sherry Borsos (F, 28) Shalimar, FL
5. 29:33, Karina Allum (F, 30) Destin, FL
6. 29:52, Sophie Kellogg (F, 12) Destin, FL
7. 30:57, Elyse Carmichael (F, 11) Pensacola, FL
8. 30:59, Brigid Gutierrez (F, 26) Niceville, FL
9. 32:26, Karen Geletko (F)
10. 33:15, Natalie Warner (F, 15) Enterprise, AL

Eglin AFB Gate-to-Gate 4.4-Mile Memorial Day Race Winners, 1986 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
26 May 1986	21:08, Gary Droze		513
25 May 1987
30 May 1988
29 May 1989
28 May 1990
27 May 1991
25 May 1992	21:34, Paul Waldron
31 May 1993	21:56, Matthew Dobson	22:33, Monica O'Reilly
30 May 1994	22:31, Neil Horsefield	27:29, Stacey Dolly-Barreto
29 May 1995	22:34, Matthew Dobson	26:31, Jill Powless
27 May 1996
26 May 1997	22:08, Gary Droze	24:51, Sarah Kramer
25 May 1998	22:49, Matt Dobson	25:46, Sarah Docter-Williams	1028
31 May 1999	21:25, Rudolf Jun	25:49, Sarah Docter-Williams	1054
29 May 2000	21:20, Malcolm Campbell	25:02, Anna Pichrtova	1270
28 May 2001	20:56, Michael Green	26:20, Kelly Wilde	1517
27 May 2002	22:34, Paul Spangler	26:12, Jacqueline Concaugh	1133
26 May 2003	21:21, Michael Green	24:35, Jenny Ledford	1117
31 May 2004	22:14, Everett Whiteside	25:23, Ann McGranahan	1075
30 May 2005	21:54, Joey Zins	23:56, Victoria Gill	1188
29 May 2006	23:03, Travis Deutman	25:17, Victoria Gill	1173
28 May 2007	22:28, Joey Zins	27:27, Kelly Wild	1373
26 May 2008	22:27, Joey Zins	26:42, Anna Hallex	1503
25 May 2009	23:31, Matthew Martin	27:24, Ilea Eskildsen	1761
31 May 2010	22:14, Ben Payne	26:08, Ilea Eskildsen	1807
30 May 2011	24:21, Matt Dobson	25:18, Pasca Cheruiyot	1681
28 May 2012	22:06, Ben Payne	26:19, Sheryl Rosen	1637
27 May 2013	23:01, Stanley Linton	26:45, Sheryl Rosen	1324
24 May 2014	24:39, Vince Molosky	27:25, Liane Falk	1047
23 May 2015	25:03, Zach DeVeau	29:34, Renee Cox	792
28 May 2016	23:19, Stan Linton	28:22, Renee Cox	591
27 May 2017	24:39, Vince Molosky	27:30, Kat Sack	678
28 May 2018	Canceled due to Tropical Storm Alberto
27 May 2019	23:29, Matthew Blunden	27:27, Katja Blunden	603
I'd like to include the missing winners for 1986 to 1996. Anyone have those results?

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Eglin AFB Gate-to-Gate Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRbv0UdSIj51r81P8fe0d0aWqtJddBvLhuYAYycdaUwxFHbnkkuQ9QpOZZwXkuSMR6rM5wgxS_7dXaW/pubhtml
  
  
• Team results of the 2019 Eglin AFB Gate-to-Gate run at Results Event Timing
  http://eventtiming.net/races/gate194.htm
  
  
• 2017 story, “Led by Molosky and Sack, Gulf Winds TC wins just about everything at Gate-to-Gate”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/05/gate2gate-2017.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “DeVeau and Cox bring honors from Eglin to Tallahassee at Gate to Gate”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/05/gate2gate-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Molosky and Falk score victories in their return to Gate-to-Gate”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/05/gate2gate-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Linton and Rosen fly at Gate-to-Gate”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/05/gate2gate-2013.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Dobson and Cheruiyot lead GWTC to team title repeat at Gate-to-Gate”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/05/gate2gate-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, "Gulf Winds team triumphs at 25th annual Gate-to-Gate Run"
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/05/gate-to-gate-teams.html
  
  
• USATF Course Certification Map #FL16037EBM for the 2017 Gate-to-Gate 4.4-Mile Road Race
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL16037EBM
  
  
• The Gate-to-Gate isn't in the Tallahassee region, but these upcoming races are:
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2526

Eliud Ngetich and Stephanie Pezzullo topple the defending champs of the Albany Snickers® Marathon

Sergei Zyrianov won the Albany, Georgia Snickers® Marathon in 2017 and again in 2018. Lyubov Denisova was the first woman in the Albany, Georgia Snickers® Marathon in 2017 and again in 2018. Saturday morning, 2 March 2019, was the thirteenth annual Albany Marathon, and thirteen wasn't a lucky number for the defending champions. That morning, Zyrianov shared the lead with Eliud Ngetich for almost the entire 26.2 miles of the race, but at the finish line Ngetich got the win, 2:20:01 to 2:20:02. In the women's competition, Denisova ran 2:45:28, her fastest effort yet in Albany, but finished runner-up to Stephanie Pezzullo, who placed fourth overall in 2:42:50.


Nathaneal Williams ran with Ngetich and Zyrianov for more than ten miles, but by the halfway mark of the race he had fallen behind the two leaders. After spending the second half of the race watching Ngetich and Zyrianov pull out of sight, Williams finished third in 2:28:48. Eric Kujawski was the first male master and ninth in the men's standings, eleventh overall in 2:49:40.


The first master runner in the race, though, was Lyubov Denisova, the second female finisher. After running with women's leader Pezzullo early in the race, Denisova gave up ground after the five mile mark. After ten miles the race was over, with Pezzullo going on to take the women's title in 2:42:50 and Denisova following in 2:45:28. At 3:00:05, Natalia Wilcox was third in the women's standings and 24th overall.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Albany Marathon

1. 2:20:01, Eliud Ngetich (M, 25-29) Jacksonville, FL
2. 2:20:02, Sergei Zyrianov (M, 30-34) Gainesville, FL
3. 2:28:48, Nathanael Williams (M, 21-24) Lancaster, SC
4. 2:46:58, Brent Pease (M, 35-39) Atlanta, GA
5. 2:47:07, Montana Klingsporn (M, 00-20) Clarksville, TN
6. 2:48:16, Patrick Hrabos (M, 30-34) Sarasota, FL
7. 2:49:03, Tolson Bell (M, 00-20) Atlanta, GA
8. 2:49:34, Matt Triick (M, 35-39) Macon, GA
9. 2:49:40, Eric Kujawski (M, 40-44) Pensacola, FL
10. 2:49:56, Russell Branch (M, 35-39) Cantonment, FL

Top Ten Women, 2019 Albany Marathon

1. 2:42:50, Stephanie Pezzullo (F, 35-39) Ocala, FL
2. 2:45:28, Lyubov Denisova (F, 45-49) Gainesville, FL
3. 3:00:05, Natalia Wilcox (F, 25-29) Cumming, GA
4. 3:11:32, Tiffany Bellucci (F, 35-39) Sharpsburg, GA
5. 3:16:58, Hayley Whisonant (F, 30-34) Rock Hill, SC
6. 3:19:06, Brandy Royer (F, 35-39) Columbus, GA
7. 3:19:26, Kelly Huban (F, 21-24) Marietta, GA
8. 3:22:46, Jennifer Love (F, 35-39) Hendersonville, NC
9. 3:25:12, Gina Kline (F, 40-44) Destin, FL
10. 3:26:26, Brigid Gutierrez (F, 25-29) Niceville, FL

Four months before the Albany Snickers® Marathon, Reinhardt College junior Jose Diaz earned NAIA All-American status in men's cross-country. In Albany, Diaz won the half-marathon race, running the 13.1 miles in 1:13:09. Evan Beauchamp took second in 1:16:52, and Jose Manuel Santana was third in 1:18:30. Raymond Green was the fastest master runner in the half marathon, placing sixth overall in 1:23:44.


Katja Blunden of Destin, Florida took the women's title in the half marathon, coming in seventh overall in 1:26:12. Molly Willams finished runner-up to Blunden on the women's side and eighth overall in 1:27:13. Albany's own Jennifer Perkins was the third woman finisher and eleventh overall in 1:28:17. Karin Elliott was the first woman master and eleventh female finisher, 38th overall in 1:38:28.


489 athletes finished the thirteenth annual Snickers® Marathon, while another 636 completed the half marathon.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Albany Half Marathon

1. 1:13:09, Jose Diaz (M, 21-24) Waleska, GA
2. 1:16:52, Evan Beauchamp (M, 30-34) Atlanta, GA
3. 1:18:30, Jose Manuel Santana (M, 00-20) Gainesville, GA
4. 1:20:25, David Dement (M, 25-29) Atlanta, GA
5. 1:20:39, Jack Rager (M, 00-20) Atlanta, GA
6. 1:23:44, Raymond Green (M, 40-44) Lithonia, GA
7. 1:27:18, Philip Schneider (M, 25-29) Boulder, CO
8. 1:28:12, Donald Amos (M, 35-39) Augusta, GA
9. 1:28:35, Jason Barker (M, 45-49) Warner Robins, GA
10. 1:28:43, Travis Wilson (M, 25-29) Friendsville, TN

Top Ten Women, 2019 Albany Half Marathon

1. 1:26:12, Katja Blunden (F, 35-39) Destin, FL
2. 1:27:13, Molly Williams (F, 21-24) Lancaster, SC
3. 1:28:17, Jennifer Perkins (F, 35-39) Albany, GA
4. 1:28:34, Maxey Hebert (F, 35-39) McDonough, GA
5. 1:28:51, Annie May (F, 30-34) Birmingham, AL
6. 1:32:07, Anna Busby (F, 25-29) Marietta, GA
7. 1:32:21, Yolanda Sanchez (F, 35-39) Suwanee, GA
8. 1:34:23, Kristen Scruggs (F, 35-39) Winter Springs, FL
9. 1:37:05, Rachel Patzer (F, 35-39) Atlanta, GA
10. 1:37:16, Courtney Naser (F, 21-24) Atlanta, GA

Albany Marathon Champions, 2007 - 2019
Date	Men	Women
3 March 2007	2:30:56, Jared Nyamboki	3:32:41, Wendy Donnan
1 March 2008	2:27:44, Simon Sawe	2:37:26, Janet Cherobon
7 March 2009	2:19:01, James Boitt	2:52:55, Kelly Williamson
6 March 2010	2:20:55, Jynocel Basweti	2:37:57, Janet Cherobon
5 March 2011	2:17:10, Tesfaye Alemayehu	2:43:15, Ludmila Stepanova
3 March 2012	2:23:50, Mutuku P Muas	2:54:32, Mackenzie Howe
2 March 2013	2:21:04, Edward Tabut	2:58:14, Taylor G. Stephens
1 March 2014	2:34:34, Abraham Kogo	2:38:45, Liudmila Stepanova
7 March 2015	2:18:57, Christopher Zablocki	2:44:39, Sara Howe
5 March 2016	2:18:50, Christopher Zablocki	2:50:34, Cynthia Jerop
4 March 2017	2:21:32.84, Sergey Zyrianov	2:46:30.62, Lyubov Denisova
3 March 2018	2:23:48, Sergey Zyrianov	2:47:10, Lyubov Denisova
2 March 2019	2:20:01, Eliud Ngetich	2:42:50, Stephanie Pezzullo

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Albany Marathon and Half Marathon
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTfdukFmBDsOevDIV5vuNW-uHIsuu9VU6oWTP70VwAhutNLcPmg7nV5uSLTd5Z6VCcO0GPpgnvvyDd6/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Zyrianov and Denisova make it a Gainesville repeat at the Albany Snickers® Marathon”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/03/albany-marathon-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Zyrianov and Denisova make it a Gainesville sweep of the Albany Snickers® Marathon”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/03/albany-marathon-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Chris Zablocki does it again in Albany”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/03/albany-marathon-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Zablocki returns to the South for an Albany Marathon win”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/03/albany-marathon-20158.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Hebron KY runners Kogo and Stepanova take Albany Marathon titles”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/03/albany-marathon-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Tabut edges Zablocki in Albany Marathon”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/03/albany-marathon-2013.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “The best bar none at the 2011 Snickers Marathon”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/03/albany-marathon-2011.html
  
  
• Albany, Georgia's Edwardian-Era Marathon
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/herald-local-marathon.html
  
  
• Albany Snickers® Marathon
  https://albanymarathon.com
  
  
• USATF Course Certification maps for the 2017 Albany Snickers® Marathon and Half Marathon
  
  • Marathon:http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA10101WC
    
  • Half: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA10100WC
    
  
  
• Marathons and longer and shorter upcoming races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2447

Matt Buys and Katja Blunden lead the Hurricane Michael Relief Run

Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday, 10 October 2018. Two months later, the region was still recovering. It will be for some time.


Storm recovery takes resources. Nowadays, it seems like everyone's favorite fund-raiser is a 5K road race. In Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Props Brewery had started putting on a an annual Fathers Day 5K in 2017. Why not a 5K Hurricane relief fundraiser as well? So on Saturday morning, 15 December 2018, on the opposite end of the calendar from the Props Father's Day 5K, Props Brewery and Run For It hosted the Hurricane Michael Relief Run 5K.


Matt Buys won the 3.1-mile race by just over 100 meters, running 18:31. Katja Blunden was the women's champ, placing third overall in 19:06.


John Guagenti finished runner-up in the 5K with an 18:57. Frank McKenzie was first master runner across the finish line, placing third in the men's standings and fifth overall in 20:34.


Rachel Staples was second on the women's side and fourth overall in 19:25. Susan Frazier, winner of Props' 2018 Fathers Day 5K, was the third woman and ninth overall in 21:09. Donna Harris was the top woman master and sixth female finisher, 29th overall in 24:09.


164 athletes finished the Hurricane Michael Relief Run 5K. The race may be over, but storm recovery is not.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Hurricane Michael Relief Run 5K

1. 18:31, Matt Buys (M, 32)
2. 18:57, John Guagenti (M, 29)
3. 20:34, Frank McKenzie (M, 54)
4. 20:40, Erik Williams (M, 39)
5. 20:48, Kent Watson (M, 49)
6. 20:51, Luis Mercado (M, 38)
7. 21:21, Javier Guitron (M, 35)
8. 21:39, Jay McKenzie (M, 56)
9. 21:56, Ricardo Betanto (M, 32)
10. 22:01, Brad DeSmith (M, 40)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Hurricane Michael Relief Run 5K

1. 19:06, Katja Blunden (F, 39)
2. 19:25, Rachel Staples (F, 33)
3. 21:09, Susan Frazier (F, 24)
4. 23:35, Andrea Korenak (F, 39)
5. 24:05, Rebecca Cox (F, 22)
6. 24:09, Donna Harris (F, 49)
7. 24:36, Paula Piazza (F, 54)
8. 24:48, Angela Gilzene (F, 37)
9. 25:00, Clarissa Seales (F, 34)
10. 25:20, Libanessa Pichardo (F, 38)

Links

• Complete results, 2018 Hurricane Michael Relief Run 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQoG2tfpELKu2C_U1YIQ6ekReEjsuhMV0K-7cuGTw3_ElgK-73nqLKTCuW733JeJUoJMG7SnomqAOY8/pubhtml
  
  
• Upcoming events on the latest Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2389

Austin Epstein and Katja Blunden each score repeat wins at the Sunset Stampede

Austin Epstein won the Sunset Stampede 5K for the first time in 2016, when he was a cross-country runner at Navarre High. Epstein didn't return to the annual race till 5 May 2018, when he was a cross-country runner at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. That Saturday evening he got his second Sunset Stampede victory, running 17:04 on the streets of Navarre Beach, Florida. Katja Blunden won the women's title, placing seventh overall in 19:00. Another repeat winner, Blunden had also been the first woman in the 2017 Sunset Stampede.


Sheldon Harris of Hurlburt Field finished runner-up to Epstein, running 17:34. Nathan Isaacs took third in 18:09. Ken Lawrence was the fastest master runner in the 5K, placing sixth overall in 18:19.


Ashley Selvey was the second woman in the race, and 26th overall in 21:58. Lori Johnson was the top woman master and third female finisher, 28th overall in 22:17.


349 athletes finished the tenth annual Sunset Stampede 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Sunset Stampede 5K

1. 17:04, Austin Epstein (M, 19)
2. 17:34, Sheldon Harris (M, 21)
3. 18:09, Nathan Isaacs (M, 24)
4. 18:10, Steve Harris (M, 38)
5. 18:15, Leo Rompotti (M, 16)
6. 18:19, Ken Lawrence (M, 50)
7. 18:51, Ryan Sloan (M, 15)
8. 19:39, Austin Vanarsdall (M, 27)
9. 19:45, Max Bullock (M, 25)
10. 19:50, Chris Neal (M, 65)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Sunset Stampede 5K

1. 19:00, Katja Blunden (F, 39)
2. 21:58, Ashley Selvey (F, 32)
3. 22:17, Lori Johnson (F, 48)
4. 22:36, Kristin Santroch (F, 29)
5. 24:04, Erica Henderson (F, 26)
6. 24:09, Christine Murrell (F, 53)
7. 24:20, Jenifer Tomasello (F, 38)
8. 24:21, Courtney Zeithammel (F, 34)
9. 24:38, Suzette Mackenzie (F, 50)
10. 24:41, Susan McKenzie (F, 52)

Navarre Beach Sunset Stampede 5K winners, 2011 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
8 May 2011	15:22, Ben Payne	20:43, Chelsea Litte	507
5 May 2012	15:28, Stephen Pifer	21:06, Paula Piazza	541
4 May 2013	14:49, Stephen Pifer	18:14, Laura Pifer	588
3 May 2014	17:28, Dewayne Riley	21:33, Michele Williams	538
2 May 2015	18:32, Steve Harris	22:19, Paula Piazza
7 May 2016	17:49, Austin Epstein	22:05, Paula Piazza	264
6 May 2017	17:00, Matthew Blunden	19:12, Katja Blunden	284
5 May 2018	17:04, Austin Epstein	19:00, Katja Blunden	349

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Sunset Stampede 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSZQxXqHS1KWjE__Q1u1FRhsWhe2hTTWqwrMPFbQrO8M-PqqrHlEPOKx2xQLtqlrsrdNkLYfaSoiROz/pubhtml
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL12005EBM for the 2018 Sunset Stampede 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL12005EBM
  
  
• Upcoming runs during sunsets, sunrises, and solar eclipses are listed on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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Campbell and Sterrett were first to the end of the rainbow at the Lucky Leprechaun 10K

Master runner Jonathan Campbell celebrated Saint Patrick's Day on the street of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, winning the Northwest Florida Track Club's seventh annual Lucky Leprechaun 10K on Saturday morning, 17 March 2018. Finishing more than 400 meters ahead of the next runner, Campbell completed the course in 37:49. Karina Sterrett was the first woman in the 10K, placing fourth overall in 41:56. 130 athletes finished the 6.2-mile race.


Panama City Beach, Florida master runner David Shearon took second in the race, running 39:20. The 2017 Lucky Leprechaun 10K champion, Drew Brunner, was third in 40:32.


Ashley Selvey was runner-up on the women's side, placing eighth overall in 46:02. Margaret Compton took third in the women's standings and tenth overall in 48:05. The top woman master and fourth female finisher was Chrissie Kirila, fourteenth overall in 49:02.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Lucky Leprechaun 10K

1. 37:49, Jonathan Campbell (M, 40)
2. 39:20, David Shearon (M, 48)
3. 40:32, Drew Brunner (M, 30)
4. 44:13, Rick Leonardi (M, 56)
5. 45:28, Bill Brewer (M, 53)
6. 45:49, David Griffin (M, 55)
7. 47:09, Jason Morway (M, 40)
8. 48:22, William Gibson (M, 15)
9. 48:52, Tim Dreyer (M, 54)
10. 48:59, Randy Frith (M, 70)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Lucky Leprechaun 10K

1. 41:56, Karina Sterrett (F, 29)
2. 46:02, Ashley Selvey (F, 32)
3. 48:05, Margaret Compton (F, 35)
4. 49:02, Chrissie Kirila (F, 48)
5. 49:21, Edie Ezell (F, 60)
6. 50:30, Suzette McKenzie (F, 50)
7. 51:02, Anna Calhoon (F, 29)
8. 51:11, Mindy Carter (F, 30)
9. 52:12, Jennifer Fox (F, 35)
10. 53:44, Eve Phillips (F, 54)

The Lucky Leprechaun race was only a 5K when it was first held in 2012. The 10K was added in 2013, but the 5K has remained on the program. Choctawhatchee high sophomore cross-country runner Jacob Knox won the shorter race in 2018, running 17:52. Just under 100 meters behind Knox, Katja Blunden of Destin, Florida set a new Lucky Leprechaun women's record in the 5K, finishing second overall in 18:54.


Matt Blunden edged Chris Roach for second in the men's 5K standings, 19:08 to 19:09. Blunden and Roach were third and fourth overall. Frank McKenzie was the fastest master runner in the race and the fifth male finisher, sixth overall in 19:20.

At 21:00, Whitney Ezell was the second woman and thirteenth overall. Kelly Wild was the top woman master and third female finisher, 27th overall in 22:13.


457 athletes finished the 2018 Lucky Leprechaun 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Lucky Leprechaun 5K

1. 17:52, Jacob Knox (M, 16)
2. 19:08, Matt Blunden (M, 38)
3. 19:09, Chris Roach (M, 25)
4. 19:17, Aaron Haugan (M, 34)
5. 19:20, Frank McKenzie (M, 53)
6. 19:33, Eric Davis (M, 33)
7. 19:44, James Hurst (M, 27)
8. 20:27, Brandon Joseph (M, 21)
9. 20:33, Ethan Norton (M, 11)
10. 20:38, Spencer Weide (M, 27)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Lucky Leprechaun 5K

1. 18:54, Katja Blunden (F, 39)
2. 21:00, Whitney Ezell (F, 30)
3. 22:13, Kelly Wild (F, 53)
4. 22:21, Paula Piazza (F, 53)
5. 23:00, Marketta Rypova (F, 35)
6. 23:05, Julie Scott (F, 38)
7. 23:07, Susan McKenzie (F, 52)
8. 23:08, Jenifer Tomasello (F, 37)
9. 23:09, Andrea Korenek (F, 38)
10. 24:08, Tiffany Law (F, 29)

Fort Walton Beach, Florida Lucky Leprechaun winners, 2012 - 2018
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
17 March 2012	5K	17:45, Anthony Stricker	19:24, Lisa Lewis
16 March 2013	10K	40:26, Bob Walker	40:12, Juia Tobias
	5K	16:37, Mason Powers	22:18, Cheryl Wolfe
15 March 2014	10K	38:32, Ashley Armstrong	37:21, Cheryl Held
	5K	16:41, Caden Ewing	22:53, Cheryl Veltman
14 March 2015	10K	42:32, Jason Strong	41:43, Elizabeth Heering	96
	5K	17:23, Jason Nodjomian	21:06, Nicole Escoffier	257
12 March 2016	10K	40:08, Douglas Bustillo	45:38, Paula Piazza	93
	5K	17:55, Austin Zivney	19:13, Line Lauritsen	345
16 March 2017	10K	37:59, Drew Bruner	42:02, Anna Morelock	82
	5K	16:20, Jake Fisk	19:35, Line Lauritsen	290
17 March 2018	10K	37:49, Jonathan Campbell	41:56, Karina Sterrett	130
	5K	17:52, Jacob Knox	18:54, Katja Blunden	457

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Lucky Leprechaun 10K and 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRjZ-WRfJnyds8SBuVW0ja1oPcLVi6jjDMRzvK7qMHXkVTRqu1AnSRSyBuRkXReSXvd7J01Z4GNPksd/pubhtml
  
  
• Northwest Florida Track Club
  http://nwftc.com
  
  
• Lucky Leprechaun on Facebook
  https://www.facebook.com/Lucky-Leprechaun-5k10k-RunWalk-314025588647516/
  
  
• Upcoming lucky races in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! race calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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