Maclay, Holy Comforter split titles at Tallahassee Open

The meadows behind Tallahassee, Florida's Holy Comforter Episcopal School seem made for cross-country running. That's exactly what they were used for on Thursday afternoon, 13 October 2016, when Holy Comforter hosted the Tallahassee Open Middle School Cross-Country Meet. Maclay eighth-grader Lindsay James won the girls' 3K race in 11:35, leading her Marauder team to the meet title. Seventh-grader Jackson Yarbrough of Holy Comforter ran 11:05 for first in the boys' 3K event, where Holy Comforter was the top team.

Lindsay James

In 2016 alone, Tallahassee hosts the state high school championship in cross-country, the NCAA South Region championship, and Florida's state championship for junior colleges. For the community runners there are high-profile events like the Pine Run 20K and the Run For Lawson 10K and 5K. Amid all this cross-country, the sport at the middle school level could easily be overlooked. But middle school cross-country in Tallahassee is thriving. Just the week before the meet at Holy Comforter, Leon County Schools' held a middle school champ cross-country championship at Apalachee Regional Park, the climax of a four-meet season. The Tallahassee Open was the second of two meets held at Holy Comforter in 2016. To name three athletes who ran middle school cross-country in Tallahassee, Lily Williams, Avery Bartlett, and Sukhi Khosla each won multiple state titles in high school cross-country or track, and each went on to compete for NCAA Division I universities. Middle school cross-country doesn't have to be a springboard to success in the sport at the high school or college level, though. It's a great experience in itself.


The running at Holy Comforter started just after 4:00 PM with the girls' 3K . Before the scramble to the first turn was over, Lindsay James of Maclay was leading. It wasn’t her first run on the course.


"This is my third time running here," said James. "Twice in sixth grade and once this year."

Paige Churchill

It was also her fastest run at Holy Comforter. Unchallenged during the race, James went on to win by nearly a minute in 11:35. Behind her, though, a struggle for second developed among three sixth-graders--Ella Porcher and Sofia Paredes of Maclay, and Paige Churchill. With a kilometer to go the three had left behind the other runners pursuing James, with Churchill setting the pace for the group. Just after the last turn, though, Porcher and Paredes flashed by Churchill to take second and third, both Maclay runners clocked in 12:28. Churchill was fourth in 12:29.


Kate Smith of Holy Comforter also interrupted the flood of Maclay runners, placing fifth in 12:39. But Maclay's scorers took the next two places, with Madison Perkins finishing sixth in 12:55 and Madeline Lillie seventh in 12:57. After that, Maclay had a near-perfect score of 17 points and the Marauders were going to have to make space for another team trophy. Holy Comforter was second with 40 points and the Montford Mustangs Running Club placed third with 64.

Maclay Girls

Lindsay James won't have a lot of time to sit back and savor this win; she also races on Maclay's high school squad.


"I will run District next Tuesday," said James. "This was kind of a tempo run for me today."


After that there's the middle school state championship in Lakeland, Florida, but that comes with a scheduling conflict.


"I kind of wanted to go, but then I found out that [high school] Region is in the same time frame," said James. "I just missed out on a medal at State last year so I wanted to go back and redeem myself."


Girls' Team Standings, 2016 Tallahassee Open Middle School XC Championship

1. Maclay, 17
2. Holy Comforter, 40
3. Mustangs Running Club, 64
4. Cornerstone, 126
5. Riversprings, 130

Top 10 Girls, 2016 Tallahassee Open Middle School XC Championship

1. 11:34.23 ~ Lindsay James (Maclay) 8
2. 12:27.57 ~ Ella Porcher (Maclay) 6
3. 12:27.96 ~ Sofia Paredes (Maclay) 6
4. 12:28.23 ~ Paige Churchill (Unattached) 6
5. 12:38.36 ~ Kate Smith (Holy Comforter) 7
6. 12:54.10 ~ Madison Perkins (Maclay) 8
7. 12:56.59 ~ Madeline Lillie (Maclay) 7
8. 12:59.18 ~ Camille Resavage (Holy Comforter) 6
9. 13:18.84 ~ Katelyn Dessi (Holy Comforter) 8
10. 13:20.24 ~ Elizabeth Sauer (Mustangs Running Club) 8

Jackson Yarbrough

There was no runaway winner in the boys' 3K race, which took to the course at 3:30 PM after the girls were finished. After the first kilometer, a lead pack of six runners had emerged, Jackson Jones, Leo Kelly, Ben Kirbo, and Jackson Yarbrough of Holy Comforter, plus Nicholas Samuel of Fairview and Patrick Koon of the Tallahassee School of Arts & Sciences. At the two kilometer mark all six were still up front, running in a tight bunch. Yarbrough hadn't expected to be there.


"I was really just trying to keep up with Ben and Leo, who usually beat me by half a minute," explained Yarbrough.

Nicholas Samuel

Jackson Jones was the first to drop off the pace, falling back with a kilometer to do. Patrick Koon was next. With the finish line looming, Jackson Yarbrough and Ben Kirbo broke away from Nicholas Samuel and Leo Kelly. Around the final turn Yarbrough and Kirbo were still together, fighting all the way to the end of the race. Yarbrough won by inches.


"I beat him like by...barely!" said Yarbrough.


Yarbrough's time was 11:04.07 and Kirbo's a fractionally slower 11:04.26. Fairview's Samuel was third in 11:08 and Holy Comforter's Kelly fourth in 11:11. Koon took fifth in 11:18 and Jones sixth in 11:18.

Holy Comforter Boys

Wilson Roberts finished the scoring for Holy Comforter, placing ninth in 12:15. That gave the Crusaders 17 points and the boys' team title. Maclay was second with 49 points and Christ Classical Academy third with 74.


Boys' Team Standings, 2016 Tallahassee Open Middle School XC Championship

1. Holy Comforter, 17
2. Maclay, 49
3. Christ Classical, 74
4. Trinity Catholic, 112
5. Cornerstone, 135

Top 10 Boys, 2016 Tallahassee Open Middle School XC Championship

1. 11:04.07 ~ Jackson Yarbrough (Holy Comforter) 7
2. 11:04.26 ~ Ben Kirbo (Holy Comforter) 7
3. 11:07.39 ~ Nicholas Samuel (Unattached) 8
4. 11:10.53 ~ Leo Kelly (Holy Comforter) 7
5. 11:17.71 ~ Patrick Koon (Arts & Sciences) 5
6. 11:22.03 ~ Jackson Jones (Holy Comforter) 8
7. 12:10.68 ~ Drew Whitfield (Maclay) 6
8. 12:12.99 ~ Aiden Van Iddekinge (Maclay) 6
9. 12:14.90 ~ Wilson Roberts (Holy Comforter) 8
10. 12:19.73 ~ Clayton Knox (Maclay) 6

Tallahassee Open winners, 2014 - 2016
Boys
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
23 October 2014	Maclay, 18	9:42, Clayburn Milford (Maclay) 8
15 October 2015	Holy Comforter, 27	10:25, Jacob D'Aleo (Emerald Coast) 8
13 October 2016	Holy Comforter, 17	11:05, Jackson Yarbrough (Holy Comforter) 7
Girls
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
23 October 2014	Holy Comforter, 27	11:28, Katherine Resavage (Holy Comforter) 8
15 October 2015	Holy Comforter, 21	11:23, Emily Molen (Deerlake) 8
13 October 2016	Maclay, 17	11:35, Lindsay James (Maclay) 8

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Tallahassee Open Middle School XC Championship
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16qx85kx8gcmWOXFH9wcLdJgasG3GZBkIoTxQrxfCt08/pubhtml
  
  
• More photos of the 2016 Tallahassee Open Middle School XC Championship
  
  • MS Girls 3K: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10108329172004383.1073742234.5215641&l=6df2c27e6e
  • MS Boys 3K: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10108329400641193.1073742235.5215641&l=e695748e96
  
  
• 2015 story, “Molen and D'Aleo win, but Holy Comforter's teams sweep the Tallahassee Open”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/tlh-ms-xc-open-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Milburn and Resavage light up Lawson's Course”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/tlh-ms-xc-open-2014.html
  
  
• A tour of the 3K route at Lawson's Course via TallahasseeTrails.com
  http://www.tallahasseetrails.com/Cross-Country-Course-Maps/Holy-Comforter-3Km-Course-Tour
  
  
• Find a cross-country race to run yourself on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1792

Kiros and Sack lead a celebration of cross country Madness

In a duel of two Tallahassee, Florida master runners, Geb Kiros edged Gary Droze in Gulf Winds Track Club's annual Miller Landing Madness 8K on Saturday morning, 20 August 2016. Dr. Kiros, a biostatistics professor at Florida A & M University, ran the five-mile cross country course through Tallahassee's Phipps Park in 31:06. Droze, the coach of the Tallahassee Community College women's cross country team, ran 31:12. Katie Sack was the first woman finisher in the race, placing 21st overall in 37:19.


"I think the water is deeper this year," commented Bill Lott, one of the race directors.

Geb Kiros

The water was a shallow pool built for the Red Hills Horse Trials. For years Tom Perkins, another race director, had coveted some sort of watery obstacle for the Miller Landing Madness. One year he had brought in several bucket loads but it wasn't enough water, producing only a small muddy patch on the course. In 2008 Tropical Storm Faye had drenched the area but that was too much water, and the race had to be postponed. In 2014, though, the water hazards for the Red Hills Horse Trials were in place. Perkins had a truck load of water brought in to fill one of the pools, and the runners found themselves splashing through a puddle. Since then the water obstacle became a fixture. Running twice around a loop, the 8K runners and the 5K runners get wet twice. The 3K competitors have a single loop course and only hit the water once. The first time through the water comes one mile into the race, close to where Geb Kiros took the lead in this year's 8K.

Gary Droze

"I stayed with the 5K lead group till the nasty water," said Kiros. "After that the 5K and 8K races separate and I was by myself. I slowed down between miles three and four."


It was a natural place to slow down; the highest spot on the course is between the three and four-mile marks, so there's a lot of uphill on the way there. Still, Gary Droze had closed to within six seconds of Kiros by the four-mile mark. Kiros held on during the last mile, though, finishing the five-mile race first in 31:06. Still six seconds back, Droze was runner-up in 31:12. Master runner Terance Keenan placed third in 32:29 and Jim Halley was fourth in 32:37.

Katie Sack

Unlike Kiros, Katie Sack never had to look back over her shoulder to check on her competition. Sack won the women's division by more than half a kilometer, running 37:19. Jocelyn Chan took second in the women's standings, placing 29th overall in 39:57. Laura Sellati was the third woman and 34th overall in 41:00. Deborah Congdon edged Monica Judd for top woman master honors, 41:14 to 41:21. Congdon was the fourth female finisher and 36th overall; Judd was the fifth woman and 38th overall.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Miller Landing Madness 8K

1. 31:06 ~ Geb Kiros (M, 49)
2. 31:12 ~ Gary Droze (M, 55)
3. 32:29 ~ Terance Keenan (M, 51)
4. 32:37 ~ Jim Halley (M, 36)
5. 32:47 ~ Mike Peymann (M, 54)
6. 32:51 ~ Paul Guyas (M, 38)
7. 33:25 ~ Eric Godin (M, 32)
8. 33:53 ~ Tony Guillen (M, 47)
9. 34:23 ~ Lane Williams (M, 20)
10. 34:24 ~ Philip Sura (M, 46)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Miller Landing Madness 8K

1. 37:19 ~ Katie Sack (F, 24)
2. 39:57 ~ Jocelyn Chan (F, 27)
3. 41:00 ~ Laura Sellati (F, 37)
4. 41:14 ~ Deborah Congdon (F, 46)
5. 41:21 ~ Monica Judd (F, 42)
6. 42:35 ~ Kristin Halley (F, 35)
7. 43:05 ~ Angela Dempsey (F, 48)
8. 43:37 ~ Laura Reina (F, 51)
9. 43:40 ~ Monica Toth (F, 27)
10. 44:18 ~ Paula O'Neill (F, 55)

Many of the area's high school cross country runners use the Miller Landing Madness 5K as a pre-season race, which partially explains why the first 29 finishers were 18 or younger. The fastest of these was Maclay senior Jake Mazziotta, who won the race in 18:03. Lincoln High junior Clayton Carlson inched ahead of Maclay sophmore Clay Milford to take second, both runners clocked in 18:14. Wakulla senior Bryce Cole was right behind them, fourth in 18:15.


Alyson Churchill took the women's title, placing tenth overall in 19:20. An incoming frosh at Lincoln High, Churchill finished well ahead of athletes with more high school racing experience, such as Maclay senior Caroline Willis and Wakulla High senior Haleigh Martin. Willis, the defending women's champion in the race, was second in the women's standings and 24th overall in 20:46. Martin was the third female finisher and 25th overall in 20:52.


"I did not see Caroline at all before the race but I thought that she was most likely there," explained Churchill. "I had no idea how far behind me the next girl was or if there were any girls in front of me. I just tried to run as well and fast as I could."


That was well enough for Churchill to finish atop the women's standings with a lead of more than 300 meters.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Miller Landing Madness 5K

1. 18:03 ~ Jake Mazziotta (M, 18)
2. 18:14 ~ Clayton Carlson (M, 16)
3. 18:14 ~ Clay Milford (M, 16)
4. 18:15 ~ Bryce Cole (M, 18)
5. 18:30 ~ Joshua Liles (M, 17)
6. 18:51 ~ Scott Lloyd (M, 16)
7. 18:56 ~ Dalton Parker (M, 17)
8. 19:05 ~ Christopher Porter (M, 15)
9. 19:11 ~ Jesse Boyd (M, 17)
10. 19:24 ~ Dalton Gray (M, 16)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Miller Landing Madness 5K

1. 19:20 ~ Alyson Churchill (F, 14)
2. 20:46 ~ Caroline Willis (F, 17)
3. 20:52 ~ Haleigh Martin (F, 17)
4. 21:21 ~ Molly McCann (F, 17)
5. 22:57 ~ Megan Churchill (F, 14)
6. 23:16 ~ Kenzie Mazziotta (F, 15)
7. 23:34 ~ Abbey Schultz (F, 17)
8. 23:38 ~ Alyssa Langston (F, 15)
9. 25:16 ~ Genevieve Printiss (F, 16)
10. 25:44 ~ Jainey Coates (F, 15)

The Miller Landing Madness 5K gives you a sneak peek at the upcoming high school cross country season, and the 3K does the same for middle school cross country. Weston Blake, a Swift Creek Middle School student, won the 3K race in 11:41, leading almost the entire 1.87 miles. Another Swift Creek athlete, Connor Edwards, edged Patrick Koon for the runner-up spot, both runners clocked in 11:51.

Weston Blake

Lindsay James of Maclay School was the first female finisher and eleventh overall in 12:52. Paige Churchill of Swift Creek took second in the female standings and sixteenth overall in 13:18. Camille Resavage (19th, 13:30) was the third female finisher in the race.


Top Ten Males, 2016 Miller Landing Madness 3K

1. 11:41 ~ Weston Blake (M, 13)
2. 11:51 ~ Connor Edwards (M, 11)
3. 11:51 ~ Patrick Koon (M, 10)
4. 11:56 ~ Leo Kelly (M, 12)
5. 12:09 ~ Nicholas Samuel (M, 13)
6. 12:42 ~ Trenton Blake (M, 11)
7. 12:42 ~ Eric Stillman (M, 11)
8. 12:43 ~ Parker Thompson (M, 13)
9. 12:48 ~ Ben Kirbo (M, 12)
10. 12:50 ~ Kyle Moran (M, 17)

Top Ten Females, 2016 Miller Landing Madness 3K

1. 12:52 ~ Lindsay James (F, 13)
2. 13:18 ~ Paige Churchill (F, 11)
3. 13:30 ~ Camille Resavage (F, 11)
4. 13:41 ~ Elise Ferguson (F, 12)
5. 13:49 ~ Ella Porcher (F, 11)
6. 13:51 ~ Layla Thompson (F, 11)
7. 13:55 ~ Victoria Lee (F, 13)
8. 13:55 ~ Emma Szwarc (F, 13)
9. 13:56 ~ Sofia Paredes (F, 11)
10. 13:58 ~ Anna James (F, 13)

Miller Landing Madness Winners, 2008 - 2016
Date	Race	Men	Women	Finishers
30 August 2008	8K	28:57, David Altmaier	32:49, Sheryl Rosen	76
	5K	17:12, Austin Stevens	18:46, Jana Stolting	110
	3K	11:21, Will Henderson	13:14, Autumn Wable	73
29 August 2009	8K	28:05, Chris Lake	33:03, Sarah Docter-Williams	151
	5K	18:17, Austin Stevens	18:17, Jana Stolting	243
	3K	11:26, Chase Harris	12:04, Cecelia Williams	136
28 August 2010	8K	26:28, Kevin Cook	33:29, Sheryl Rosen	168
	5K	17:15, Patrick Swain	19:22, Stefanie Kurgatt	160
	3K	11:14, Wil Luca	13:30, Madeline Horgan	110
27 August 2011	8K	25:54, Kevin Sullivan	32:17, Sheryl Rosen	236
	5K	16:59, Jacob Slupecki	20:14, Stefanie Kurgatt	212
	3K	11:08, Evan Francis	12:59, Cheyenne Hildinger	157
25 August 2012	8K	27:50, Vince Molosky	36:36, Jane Johnson	190
	5K	16:32, Joseph Garcia	19:12, Stefanie Kurgatt	258
	3K	10:57, Jake Mazziotta	12:16, Adrianna Dugan	148
24 August 2013	8K	26:29, Will Stanford	35:11, Katie Showman	150
	5K	16:55, Joseph Garcia	19:20, Emily Ness	237
	3K	10:48, James McClure	12:20, Chase Merrick	135
23 August 2014	8K	28:26, Chris Lake	35:26, Brittney Barnes	154
	5K	17:09, Joe Garcia	21:13, Caroline Willis	172
	3K	11:33, Jonathan McClure	12:34, Alyson Churchill	173
22 August 2015	8K	28:45, Roger Schmidt	38:07, Jane Skalski	126
	5K	18:16,James McClure	20:33, Caroline Willis	207
	3K	11:14, Jonathan McClure	11:34, Alyson Churchill	205
20 August 2016	8K	31:06, Geb Kiros	37:19, Katie Sack	160
	5K	18:03, Jake Mazziotta	19:20, Alyson Churchill	203
	3K	11:41, Trenton Blake	12:52, Lindsay James	171
The Miller Landing Madness was preceded in history by the Miccosukee Madness (2004-2007) and the Tom Brown Bash (1977-2003) races.

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Miller Landing Madness at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2016/MLM%202016.asp
  
  
• More photos of the 2016 Miller Landing Madness
  [ COMING SOON! PLEASE CHECK BACK! ]
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2016 Miller Landing Madness
  https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/112560881455823075870/album/6321432014874030081
  
  
• 2015 story, “Schmidt and Skalski top Miller Landing Madness”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/08/madness-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Lake and Barnes take Miller Landing Madness 8K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/madness-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Stanford and Showman go crazy on the competition”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/madness-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Isaac a no-show at Madness, Molosky and Johnson dominate”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/08/madness-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Sullivan and Rosen run like mad in Miller Landing 8K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/08/madness-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Cook and Rosen lead the Madness”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/08/madness-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Chris Lake wins Miller Landing Madness 2009”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/08/chris-lake-wins-miller-landing-madness.html
  
  
• Lots of upcoming races, some more mad than others
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1757

Bell and Zemola survive the Swamp Forest Trail

The course for the Swamp Forest Trail Marathon is four six-and-a-half-mile laps of narrow paths, sharp turns, stream crossings, hills, and roots in Tallahassee, Florida's Phipps Park.


"I hope I can make it," said Doug Bell, leading after the third lap. "My legs are so sore!"

Bell endured. After the fourth lap he had won Gulf Winds Track Club's third annual Swamp Trail Marathon, staged on Sunday morning, 3 January 2016. The Tallahassee master runner covered the 26.2 rugged miles in 3:59:49, a course record. Bell is the only athlete to ever run the course in less than four hours, as well as the only one to win the race twice--he also won the inaugural Swamp Trail Marathon in 2014.


Bell wasn't entirely confident of victory with one lap to go, though. "I'm worried about the guy from Macon. He looked fast."


The Macon runner was Caleb Yawn, a pony-tailed 24-year-old from middle Georgia. Bell had left Yawn behind after the first lap, though. Meanwhile, Andy Roberts of Tallahassee had overtaken Yawn and Joe Pinter to move into second, becoming Bell’s closest challenger. During the final lap around the course, Roberts narrowed the gap on Bell, gaining two minutes on the leader. But Bell was still 600 meters ahead when he crossed the finish line in a winning 3:59:49. Roberts took second in 4:03:15, with Pinter third in 4:07:02 and Yawn fourth in 4:09.47.

Trail runner Danielle Zemola won the women's title, placing tenth overall in 5:07:47. Heather Davenport was the first woman master and second female finisher, fourteenth overall in 5:35:54.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2016 Swamp Trail Marathon

1. 3:59:49 ~ Douglas Bell (M, 46)
2. 4:03:15 ~ Andy Roberts (M, 48)
3. 4:07:02 ~ Joe Pinter (M, 42)
4. 4:09:47 ~ Caleb Yawn (M, 24)
5. 4:19:35 ~ Greg Bargo (M, 32)
6. 4:29:34 ~ Matt Swanson (M, 43)
7. 4:51:14 ~ James Wilkinson (M, 32)
8. 4:55:02 ~ Peter McNiece (M, 47)
9. 5:00:01 ~ Jimmy Sauls (M, 36)
10. 5:07:48 ~ Gary Griffin (M, 66)

Top Two Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2016 Swamp Trail Marathon

1. 5:07:47 ~ Danielle Zemola (F, 37)
2. 5:35:54 ~ Heather Davenport (F, 49)

"That course is beautiful!" remarked Gary Griffin, eleventh overall in 5:07:48. Most everyone concurred, but not everyone agreed that you needed a full four laps to appreciate the beauty of the Phipps Park trails. For anyone who thought that two laps was enough, there was the Swamp Forest Trail Half Marathon. Taylor Buzzard, a University of Alabama-Huntsville cross country runner, was the fastest of the 56 athletes taking the two-lap option. Buzzard set a course record of 1:36:58, winning the 13.1-mile race for the second year in a row. Jim Halley was second in 1:53:54, and Jon Mason was the first master runner, third overall in 1:55:05.

Tallahassee's Isabel Anderson edged Marie Dennis for the women's title, 2:20:54 to 2:20:58. The two athlete were eighteenth and nineteenth overall in the half marathon. Monica Judd was third in the women's standings, twentieth overall in 2:21:49.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2016 Swamp Trail Half Marathon

1. 1:36:58 ~ Taylor Buzzard (M, 21)
2. 1:53:54 ~ Jim Halley (M, 36)
3. 1:55:05 ~ Jon Mason (M, 42)
4. 1:58:11 ~ David Graf (M, 39)
5. 2:04:17 ~ Camilo Ordoñez (M, 37)
6. 2:04:22 ~ Todd Henderson (M, 47)
7. 2:04:48 ~ Eric Bernard (M, 36)
8. 2:05:02 ~ Juan Ordoñez (M, 42)
9. 2:05:20 ~ Stephen Andrews (M, 29)
10. 2:05:42 ~ Eric Laywell (M, 51)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2016 Swamp Trail Half Marathon

1. 2:20:54 ~ Isabel Anderson (F, 36)
2. 2:20:58 ~ Marie Dennis (F, 41)
3. 2:21:49 ~ Monica Judd (F, 41)
4. 2:29:02 ~ Kelsey Bernard (F, 29)
5. 2:30:34 ~ Martha Bademan (F, 31)
6. 2:31:44 ~ Shannon McNees (F, 45)
7. 2:36:26 ~ Cynthia Kimball (F, 63)
8. 2:39:14 ~ Audra Reese Derrenberger (F, 32)
9. 2:43:16 ~ Tracy Godin (F, 35)
10. 2:43:48 ~ Leisa Eastman (F, 36)

Concurrent with the marathon and half marathon, there was a also a one-lap option, the Swamp Forest Quarter Marathon. Master runner Jose Fernandez was the first to finish the one-lap race, running a course record 54:17. Maclay School cross country runner Lindsay James was first on the women's side, placing sixth overall in the field of 68 with a 1:02:50.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2016 Swamp Trail Quarter Marathon

1. 54:17 ~ Jose Fernandez (M, 45)
2. 56:06 ~ Scott Minert (M, 47)
3. 57:18 ~ Grady Smith (M, 39)
4. 58:54 ~ Felton Wright (M, 58)
5. 59:56 ~ Eric Godin (M, 31)
6. 64:19 ~ Ryan Rodenberg (M, 41)
7. 64:20 ~ Brian Burch (M, 41)
8. 65:19 ~ Erik Andersen (M, 33)
9. 67:09 ~ Richard Stephens (M, 49)
10. 68:18 ~ David Glassner (M, 27)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2016 Swamp Trail Quarter Marathon

1. 62:50 ~ Lindsay James (F, 12)
2. 66:16 ~ Urska Dobersek (F, 33)
3. 66:44 ~ Kristin Halley (F, 34)
4. 68:17 ~ Sarrah Carroll (F, 33)
5. 71:37 ~ Carla McDonald (F, 37)
6. 73:26 ~ Sonya Dudley (F, 47)
7. 75:04 ~ Megan Long (F, 29)
8. 75:42 ~ Nissi Himes (F, 26)
9. 75:54 ~ Lynn Kinney (F, 48)
10. 78:47 ~ Susan Burkley (F, 38)

Gulf Winds Track Club's Swamp Forest Trail Marathon winners, 2014 - 2016
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

Links

• Complete results of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2016 Swamp Trail races at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2016/Swamp%20Forest%20Trail%202016.asp
  
  
• More photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2016 Swamp Trail races
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10107071951219913.1073742162.5215641&l=adb6cf937c
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2016 Swamp Trail races
  https://picasaweb.google.com/112560881455823075870/Swamp_16
  
  
• Find upcoming races on trails, tracks, and roads using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1588