Paul Guyas and Isabel Davis defeat sand, snags, and the competition at the Prefontaine 5K

West of Tallahassee, Florida and just inside the Apalachicola National Forest, there's a spot on the map labeled "Andrew." Perhaps it was a village before the Great Depression. There's not much there now aside from the intersection of Aenon Church Road and Silver Lake Road. There's an Andrew Lake, but that pond is overshadowed by neighboring Silver Lake, where the United States Forestry Service maintains the Silver Lake Recreation Area. Nevertheless, once each year since 1976, on the cusp of autumn the Gulf Winds Track Club visits Andrew for the Salute To Prefontaine Forest 5K. Tallahassee master runner Paul Guyas won the 44th annual Prefontaine 5K on Saturday morning, 30 September 2019, with a 20:36. Isabel Davis, a seventh-grader at Cornerstone Learning Community, won the women's division, placing twelfth overall in 27:15.

Paul Guyas

The race started at 8:30 AM from the Silver Lake Recreation Area. The runners followed a two-lap course, each lap taking the field around both Silver Lake and Andrew Lake. Midway through the first lap the runners passed through what would have been downtown Andrew, if there ever was such a thing. Williams Springer was setting the pace at this point. An eighth-grader on the cross-country team at Trinity Catholic, Springer led the field up a hill and over a fallen tree in Central Andrew. Paul Guyas was just a step behind, though, and by the second trip through the heart of Andrew, Guyas was 50 meters ahead of Springer and pulling away. When Guyas crossed the finish line in a winning 20:36, his lead had grown to just under 200 meters. Springer was second in 21:22, and Hans Hassell placed third in 22:36.

Isabel Davis

In the women's competition, Isabel Davis, a member of the Cornerstone Learning girls' cross-country team, was also trailing on the first trip through Andrew. But Davis was the first female athlete through Andrew on the second lap, and her final time of 27:15 put her more than 100 meters ahead of the next woman in the race. Martha Guyas was the women's runner-up and fifteenth overall in 28:00. Marlee Tucker, a sophomore on the Franklin County High girls' cross-country team, placed third in the women's standings and nineteenth overall in 29:12.


57 athletes finished the 2019 Salute To Prefontaine 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Salute to Prefontaine 5K

1. 20:36, Paul Guyas (M, 41)
2. 21:22, William Springer (M, 13)
3. 22:36, Hans Hassell (M, 36)
4. 23:25, Austin Gray (M, 16)
5. 23:38, Michael Kennett (M, 45)
6. 23:44, Francisco Ju Juan (M, 17)
7. 24:45, Michael Square (M, 15)
8. 25:54, Josh Briggs (M, 15)
9. 25:54, Ayden Pearson (M, 17)
10. 26:57, Jacob Parks (M, 21)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Salute to Prefontaine 5K

1. 27:15, Isabel Davis (F, 13)
2. 28:00, Martha Guyas (F, 35)
3. 29:12, Marlee Tucker (F, 15)
4. 30:23, Kaari Guyas (F, 12)
5. 30:24, Sade Guyas (F, 10)
6. 30:40, Michelle Therrien (F, 39)
7. 30:49, Michelle Comeaux (F, 46)
8. 30:50, Kendra Essig (F, 29)
9. 30:55, Adia Barber (F, 15)
10. 34:13, Alondra Jimenez (F, 14)

Known winners of GWTC's Prefontaine Forest 5K 1976 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
25 September 1976	15:43, Tim Simpkins	19:20, Nancy McCormac
September 1977	15:35, Tim Simpkins	19:00, Janice Gage
23 September 1978
September 1979
20 September 1980	17:17, George West	20:52, Donna Miller
September 1981	18:20, Shannon Sullivan	22:27, Pam Ledbetter
September 1982
24 September 1983	17:17, Jeff Doherty	20:36, Donna Miller
September 1984	17:11, Larry Abele	20:43, Barbara Balzer
September 1985	16:51, Tim Simpkins	20:40, Darien Andreu
27 September 1986	17:20, Tim Simpkins	22:14, Laura Partin
12 September 1987	17:33, Tom Burr	21:20, Linda Nicholson
24 September 1988	17:38, Tom Burr	22:23, Yvonne Gsteiger
23 September 1989	17:25, Tim Simpkins	21:30, Vikki Saga
22 September 1990	17:12, Bill Crooks	22:23, Tina Davies
22 September 1991	17:54, Gary Droze	24:48, Tina Davies
19 September 1992	18:29, Gary Droze	22:05, Diane Blas
18 September 1993	17:58, Tim Simpkins	24:16, Sissi Carroll
17 September 1994	17:00, Gary Droze	21:16, Carrie Weyant
30 September 1995	17:12, Gary Droze	22:56, Sissi Carroll
28 September 1996	19:18, Gary Droze	22:56, Jane Johnson
27 September 1997	18:50, Bill Crooks	23:07, Julie Clark
26 September 1998	19:26, Paul Hoover	24:44, Peggy Simpson
25 September 1999	17:56, Gary Droze	24:13, Brandi Rook
30 September 2000	17:49, Gary Droze	22:17, Allie Hunter
29 September 2001	19:37, Scott Poindexter	22:17, Allie Hunter	154
5 October 2002	22:17, David Yon	25:47, Yvonne Gsteiger	82
27 September 2003	18:35, Shawn Patterson	23:49, Angela Dempsey	98
25 September 2004	17:43, Gary Droze	22:46, Seeley Lovett	161
24 September 2005	18:13, Gary Droze	24:06, Jane Johnson	94
23 September 2006	17:24, Gary Droze	19:59, Stephanie Liles	176
29 September 2007	17:29, Chris Gregory	20:26, Micah Adriani	122
27 September 2008	18:16, Daniel Lee	21:10, Kati Gosnell	133
26 September 2009	20:28, Joel Piotrowski	21:20, Micah Adriani	131
25 September 2010	18:53, Jay Wallace	22:17, Kelly Stevens	186
24 September 2011	19:08, Michael Martinez	22:31, Olivia Swedberg Yinger	50
22 September 2012	17:18, Stanley Linton	20:58, Micah Adriani	195
21 September 2013	16:27, Stanley Linton	23:34, Melissa Geary	75
27 September 2014	17:43, Chris Lake	22:30, Cora Atkinson	181
26 September 2015	18:42, Peter Van Brussel	23:38, Emily Smith	64
24 September 2016	18:38, Geb Kiros	22:58, Samantha Reilly	162
16 September 2017	18:52, Vince Molosky	24:19, Kendall Ward	62
15 September 2018	18:00, Chris O'Kelley	21:34, Kat Sack	117
28 September 2019	20:36, Paul Guyas	27:15, Isabel Davis	57

Links:

• Complete results of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Prefontaine Forest 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQlHxBd_UF0IZSgaKGcswUSLvpXzezE0EAO5Uw2RFxj-bkTU1vmyFCa6yRqMQ5AMveQIHeiMMaJems6/pubhtml
  
  
• More "Trouble Afoot!" photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Prefontaine Forest 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10114330344321953
  
  
• 2018 story, “Chris O'Kelley and Kat Sack pay some swift respects at the Salute To Prefontaine”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/09/prefontaine-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Molosky and Ward overcome obstacles and opponents at the Prefontaine 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/prefontaine-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Kiros and Reilly add their names to Prefontaine 5K history”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/prefontaine-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Van Brussel and Smith remember Prefontaine with wins”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/prefontaine-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Lake and Atkinson salute Prefontaine with speed”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/09/prefontaine-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Linton turns the fastest Prefontaine time in over three decades”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/prefontaine-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Linton gets his first Prefontaine 5K win, Adriani her third”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/pre-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Martinez and Yinger prevail at Prefontaine 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/pre-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Wallace and Stevens tear up the trails at 'Salute to Prefontaine'”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/prefontaine-2010.html
  
  
• Find your next race, road or trail, in the Tallahassee region
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2610

Guyas and Sack run one-two at Run 2-1-1

2-1-1 Big Bend probably has no intention of making their annual Run 2-1-1 a little more challenging each year. It does seem to happen that way, though. The race started in 2014 as a 5K run around Tallahassee, Florida's Southwood community. In 2015 the course was changed to include a climb from the coastal plain to the Red Hills up the Cody Escarpment. If that additional degree of difficulty wasn’t enough, there was now a 10K option in addition to the 5K race. Then, after three years of cool-weather races in January or February, the fourth annual Run 2-1-1 was scheduled for 3 June 2017. Now the athletes would get to test themselves against the temperature as well as the hills.

Kat Sack

Paul Guyas and Kat Sack were in Southwood that Saturday morning, determined to make things even more challenging for anyone else who wanted to win the race. They did. Guyas won the 10K in 41:16, and Sack took the women’s title, placing second overall in 43:27.


Guyas led nearly from the start of the race, but in the early going he had Gary Johnston for company. Around two miles into the race Guyas shook off Johnston.

Gary Johnston and Paul Guyas

“It was on a downhill on Biltmore Avenue,” Guyas described the location of his move.


After that it was a solo run up and down the slopes for Guyas as he went on to win in 41:16. Gary Johnston was the first master runner and second male finisher, coming in third overall in 45:46. Laryn Flikkema, another master runner, was third in the men's standings and fourth overall with a 47:52.

Laryn Flikkema

No one in the women’s field stayed with Kat Sack during the 10K; her challenges came from the race itself.


“After the first four miles my legs just went,” said Sack. “The heat and humidity got to me.”


Sack showed no sign of distress, though, as she motored up the last hill on Merchants Row Boulevard, heading toward the finish line in the Southwood Town Center. Monica Judd was the first woman master and second female finisher, seventh overall in 50:17. Nazarae Rodriguez was the third woman across the finish line and eighth overall in 52:32.

Monica Judd

For Sack, it was the fourth win on four consecutive Saturdays, coming after victories at the Run For Ansley in Tallahassee, the Catfish Crawl in Blountstown, and the Gate-to-Gate Run in Eglin AFB. After the 2-1-1, the longest of the four runs, Sack plans a break from competition.


“It ends at four,” said Sack. “I’m not running next weekend.”


Guyas, on the other hand, was planning to compete again even while running the 10K.


“I was thinking about the next race today, the Potluck Four-Mile,” said Guyas. “I had to pace myself for that.”


Top Ten Men, 2017 2-1-1 Big Bend 10K

1. 41:16, Paul Guyas (M, 39)
2. 45:46, Gary Johnston (M, 42)
3. 47:52, Laryn Flikkema (M, 41)
4. 48:59, Mark Tombrink (M, 29)
5. 49:09, Michael Labossiere (M, 51)
6. 55:28, John Davis (M, 34)
7. 65:19, Mitchell Locke (M, 27)
8. 65:51, Vince Labolito (M, 39)
9. 66:50, David Cox (M, 59)
10. 75:01, Anthony Roberts (M, 55)

Top Ten Women, 2017 2-1-1 Big Bend 10K

1. 43:27, Kat Sack (F, 25)
2. 50:17, Monica Judd (F, 43)
3. 52:32, Nazarae Rodriguez (F, 27)
4. 55:42, Sarah Carr (F, 37)
5. 56:29, Sonya Dudley (F, 48)
6. 56:37, Karima Anderson (F, 30)
7. 57:22, Lacey Carpenter (F, 32)
8. 60:24, Ashley Murphy (F, 15)
9. 61:11, Fran McLean (F, 59)
10. 61:27, Lyssa Oberkreser (F, 46)

While the 10K runners were still out on the streets, Scott Wallace won the Run 2-1-1 5K, clocking 19:42. Mickey Moore, second in the previous year's 10K, was the top master and overall runner-up in the 5K with a 20:52. Jacob Olsen took third in 22:39. Kristin Halley was the women's winner in the shorter race, placing fourth overall in 22:50. The women's runner-up was Jasmin McClellan, eighth overall in 25:56. Kelly Booten was the first woman master and third female finisher, ninth overall in 26:48.

Scott Wallace

41 athletes finished the 2017 Run 2-1-1 10K and another 48 completed the 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed both races.


Top Ten Men, 2017 2-1-1 Big Bend 5K

1. 19:42, Scott Wallace (M, 37)
2. 20:52, Mickey Moore (M, 47)
3. 22:39, Jacob Olson (M, 17)
4. 24:16, Jackson Rowe (M, 11)
5. 24:42, T J Morton (M, 37)
6. 25:35, Mark Kasper (M, 56)
7. 27:19, Jason Brooks (M, 32)
8. 27:35, Ned Fernandez (M, 32)
9. 27:42, Ben Depalmo (M, 21)
10. 28:11, Michael Ohlsen (M, 50)

Top Ten Women, 2017 2-1-1 Big Bend 5K

1. 22:50, Kristin Halley (F, 35)
2. 25:56, Jasmin McClellan (F, 28)
3. 26:48, Kelly Booten (F, 56)
4. 27:09, Stacey Crump (F, 23)
5. 27:09, Kara Crump (F, 21)
6. 27:52, Kelley Coe El-Urfali (F, 53)
7. 28:02, Mary Burr (F, 29)
8. 31:13, Eryn Calabro (F, 40)
9. 31:18, Janet Whitty (F, 56)
10. 32:12, Christine Brooks (F, 28)

Run 2-1-1 Big Bend winners, 2014 - 2017
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
29 January 2014	5K	16:55, Justin Martin	18:44, Emily Ness	99
31 January 2015	10K	48:07, Isabel Anderson	50:18, Craig Asselin	33
	5K	20:53, Mike Weyant	19:33, Stephanie Liles-Weyant	65
13 February 2016	10K	38:14, Myles Gibson	47:21, Emma Spencer	66
	5K	21:42, Michael Weyant	21:31, Jillian Heddaeus	80
3 June 2017	10K	41:16, Paul Guyas	43:27, Kat Sack	41
	5K	19:42, Scott Wallace	22:50, Kristin Halley	48

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 2-1-1 Big Bend 5K at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2017/211BigBend2017.asp
  
  
• More photos of the 2017 2-1-1 Big Bend 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10109833993574893.1073742277.5215641&type=1&l=749f27f008
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2017 2-1-1 Big Bend 5K
  https://plus.google.com/photos/112560881455823075870/album/6427470605458338449
  
  
• 2015 story, “Anderson and Liles-Weyant lead a women's sweep of Run 2-1-1”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/02/211-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Hot times in Southwood for Martin and Ness”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/02/211-2014.html
  
  
• USATF Course Certification Maps FL16013EBM and FL16012EBM for the 2017 Run 2-1-1 10K and 5K
  
  • 10K (FL16013EBM): http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL16013EBM
    
  • 5K (FL16012EBM): http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL16012EBM
    
  
  
• 2-1-1 Big Bend
  http://211bigbend.net/
  
  
• Find your next race in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1993

Guyas and Meleski head the Half-Shell Hustle

For as long as there have been Floridians, Floridians have loved oysters. Pre-Columbian people left behind huge oyster-shell middens as evidence of their loves, heaps of shells left behind after the oysters inside had been eaten. One such midden near Jacksonville covers 25 acres and is 25 feet deep in shells, the refuse from nearly 2,000 years of oyster consumption. Elsewhere in the state the mounds of shells show up as islands or oak hammocks.


Rather than start their own modern-day midden as a monument to the oyster, the people of Apalachicola, Florida celebrate the shellfish with an annual festival, the Apalachicola Oyster Cook-Off. And since 2014, part of that festival has been the Half-Shell Hustle Road Race.


The fourth annual Half-Shell Hustle was held on the streets of Apalachicola on Saturday morning, 14 January 2017. Tallahassee, Florida athlete Paul Guyas won the five-kilometer race, running 18:16. Lane Williams, the 2015 Half-Shell Hustle champion, was runner-up in 18:46. Joel Piotrowski of Tallahassee was the fastest master runner in the race, placing third overall in 19:07.


Master runner Genee Meleski was the women's champion placing ninth overall in 22:23. The women's runner-up was Ashley Cook, eleventh overall in 22:25. Just behind Cook, master runner Sarah Ransom placed third in the women's standings and twelfth overall in 22:31.


93 athletes finished the fourth annual Half-Shell Hustle 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Half-Shell Hustle 5K

1. 18:15.7, Paul Guyas (M, 39)
2. 18:45.4, Lane Williams (M, 20)
3. 19:06.8, Joel Piotrowski (M, 47)
4. 19:40.8, Matt Sandburg (M, 36)
5. 20:00.0, Brian Reilly (M, 49)
6. 21:42.2, Noble Davidson (M, 26)
7. 21:50.6, Brian Hickey (M, 49)
8. 22:22.8, Colin Amison (M, 13)
9. 22:23.5, Scott Buser (M, 49)
10. 23:53.7, Bill Bushue (M, 65)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Half-Shell Hustle 5K

1. 22:22.9, Genee Meleski (F, 48)
2. 22:24.3, Ashley Cook (F, 29)
3. 22:30.8, Sarah Ransom (F, 55)
4. 23:18.2, Meli Zapata (F, 37)
5. 23:33.0, Eden Keene (F, 34)
6. 23:36.1, Martha Guyas (F, 32)
7. 27:31.6, Callie Sherrill (F, 11)
8. 27:51.9, Eisley Pope (F, 13)
9. 28:02.4, Allyce Havord (F, 27)
10. 28:41.6, Ashley Rutherford (F, 27)

Half-Shell Hustle winners, 2014 - 2017
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
18 January 2014
17 January 2015	18:51, Lane Williams	21:44, Christy Phillips	72
16 January 2016	17:14, Bryce Cole	19:16, Amy Hines	64
14 January 2017	18:16, Paul Guyas	22:23, Genee Meleski	93
The 2014 Half Shell Hustle was a 3,000-fathom race (just under 5,500 meters)

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Half-Shell Hustle 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RfMWT-KDtPklwRye4DJxdWRpOIk4-ezoNcl5R-Lw0cY/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “A pearl of a race for Cole and Hines at the Half-Shell Hustle”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/01/half-shell-hustle-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Williams and Phillips win the Half-Shell Hustle”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/01/half-shell-hustle-2015.html
  
  
• Course map, 2017 Half-Shell Hustle 5K
  https://app.box.com/s/unc00g49r4fdm0mzpiwawvcwp5tedny5
  
  
• Apalachicola Oyster Cook Off
  http://www.oystercookoff.com/
  
  
• Find another upcoming race celebrating raw bivalves on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1868

Alyson Churchill motors to victory on the Cadillac Trail

During 2015 Alyson Churchill won the women's title at each of the four races of Gulf Winds Track Club's Summer Trail Series. A stress fracture kept her out of the first three races of the 2016 series, but two days before the finale on the Cadillac Trail, Churchill got medical clearance to run again. Run she did. On Saturday evening, 30 July 2016, fourteen-year-old Alyson Churchill won the Cadillac Trail Race, covering the rugged course through Tallahassee, Florida's Lafayette Heritage Park in 42:29. Paul Guyas was the first male finisher, coming in second overall in 43:06.


"The course is 5.6 miles," race director Jim Halley announced at the starting line. "Give or take."


Trails being what they are, he probably wasn't entitled to two significant figures.

Alyson Churchill

Five-and-a-half miles or six, the race started just after 6:00 PM. After a short dash along the Goose Pond Trail, the runners left the pavement to turn onto the Cadillac Trail. Paul Guyas led the field through the woods with Eric Godin close behind. Godin had won the second of the first three Summer Trail Series events, the Oak Hammock Trail Race. Godin had trailed Guyas in the other two races, though, with Dan Baur taking the top spot. After about a mile on the Cadillac Trail, Godin made his move.


"I tried to push the pace early on because I'm comfortable on these trails," said Godin. "I run out here more than any of the other trail series courses."


Godin wasn't out front long, though. "Eric jumped past me after the first mile," said Guyas. "Then I passed him back."


"He passed me," said Godin. "And shortly after that Alyson did too."

Paul Guyas

Alyson Churchill had been stalking the two leaders nearly since the start of the race. Overtaking Godin, she set her sights on Guyas. She caught him close to halfway through the race.


"It was about 2.8 miles," said Churchill. "I looked on my watch. He actually asked if it was me."


"I didn't know who it was," said Guyas. "But it had to be Alyson."


The second half of the race and the win belonged to Churchill as she finished the course in 42:29. Guyas took second in 43:06, while Greg Bargo overtook Eric Godin to finish third in 44:45. Godin was fourth in 45:25. Katie Gorman, the top woman in the first three Summer Trail Series races, was runner-up in the women's standings at Cadillac Trail. Gorman placed fifth overall in 46:30.

Eric Godin and Greg Bargo

It wasn't just Churchill's first race in the Summer Trail Series, it was her first race of any kind since April. Churchill hadn't been able to compete since the Leon County Middle School Track and Field Championships on 20 April 2016.


"I had a stress fracture," explained Churchill. "I didn't get to go to the State Meet which was disappointing."


Churchill put that disappointment behind her on the Cadillac Trail. What's next?


"Cross country season," said Churchill. "I'm excited to be running high school cross country."


Which high school would that be?


"Lincoln!" said Churchill

Katie Gorman

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2016 Cadillac Trail 5½-Mile

1. 42:29, Alyson Churchill
2. 46:30, Katie Gorman
3. Jocelyn Chan
4. Megan Churchill
5. Monica Judd
6. Laura Sellati
7. Brook Pace
8. Martha Guyas
9. Kelly Garland
10. Christie Pontis

Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2016 Cadillac Trail 5½-Mile

1. 43:06, Paul Guyas
2. 44:45, Greg Bargo
3. 45:25, Eric Godin
4. 47:02, Jeremy Fowler
5. 47:05, Brian Molen
6. 47:54, John Schwenkler
7. 48:59, Hal Fravel
8. 49:10, Mark Sobczak
9. 49:26, Chad Johnson
10. 49:46, James Wilkinson

Winners of Gulf Winds Track Club's Cadillac Trail 5½-Mile Race, 2013 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
22 June 2013	37:38, Kevin Sullivan	45:07, Stephanie Liles-Weyant	121
2 August 2014	41:38, Brian Molen	48:25, Emily Molen	88
30 May 2015	39:15, Zach Deveau	42:51, Alyson Churchill	158
30 July 2016	43:06, Paul Guyas	42:29, Alyson Churchill

A Summary of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2016 Summer Trail Series
Date	Race	Top Male	Top Female	Finishers
May 21	Magnolia Trail 3½M	25:18, Dan Baur	27:05, Katie Gorman	133
June 4	Oak Hammock Trail 5½M	42:53, Eric Godin	45:24, Katie Gorman	123
July 9	Red Bug Trail 4½M	33:14, Dan Baur	35:04, Katie Gorman	130
July 30	Cadillac Trail 5½M	43:06, Paul Guyas	42:29, Alyson Churchill

Links

• Complete results of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2016 Cadillac Trail 5½-Mile at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2016/Summer%20Trail%20CadillacTrail%202016.asp
  
  
• More photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2016 Cadillac Trail 5½-Mile Race
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10107962584917843.1073742207.5215641&l=865d30fc2a
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2016 Cadillac Trail 5½-Mile Race
  https://picasaweb.google.com/112560881455823075870/6313322331591729313
  
  
• The 2016 Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Trail Series
  
  • Magnolia Trail 3½M http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/05/gwtc-trails-1-2016.html
  • Oak Hammock Trail 5½M http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/06/gwtc-trails-2-2016.html
  • Red Bug Trail 4½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/gwtc-trails-3-2016.html
  • Cadillac Trail 5½M https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/gwtc-trails-4-2016.html
  
  
• The 2015 Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Trail Series
  
  • Cadillac Trail 5½M http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/05/gwtc-trails-1-2015.html
  • Oak Hammock Trail 5M http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/06/gwtc-trails-2-2015.html
  • Coon Bottom Trail 4M http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/gwtc-trails-3-2015.html
  • Red Bug Trail 4½M http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/08/gwtc-trails-4-2015.html
  
  
• The 2014 Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Trail Series
  
  • Red Bug Trail 4½M
  • Swamp Forest Trail 4½M http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/07/gwtc-trails-2-2014.html
  • Magnolia Trail 3½M http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/07/gwtc-trails-3-2014.html
  • Cadillac Trail 5½M http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/gwtc-trails-4-2014.html
  
  
• The 2013 Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Trail Series
  
  • Cadillac Trail 5½M http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/06/gwtc-trails-1-2013.html
    
  • Swamp Forest Trail 4½M http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/gwtc-trails-2-2013.html
    
  • Magnolia Trail 3½M http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/gwtc-trails-3-2013.html
    
  • Red Bug Trail 4½M http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/gwtc-trails-4-2013.html
    
  
  
• Find an upcoming race, on trail or off, using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1747

More distance at Encounter 316 means more wins for Guyas and Johnson

Tallahassee athlete Paul Guyas won the Encounter 316 five-mile run on Saturday morning, 18 June 2016. Guyas covered the five miles through the streets of Thomasville, Georgia in 31:25. Beverly Johnson was the first woman in the race, finishing fourth overall in 40:05.


I don't have a large enough sample size to state a statistically significant conclusion, but my gut feeling is that there is a trend of races adding longer distance events to their program. For example, fixtures that have gotten by with a 5K and a one-mile fun run for years are including a 10K on the menu. Other races are suddenly offering a half marathon option. This is just a casual observation that I don't intend to explore any farther, so if you want to crunch some numbers and get a scholarly paper out of it then feel free.


Encounter 316 fueled my suspicions by starting out in 2015 as a 5K race, then adding the five mile event in 2016. Guyas took advantage of the longer run, as did Thomasville's Chad Johnson. Johnson was the fastest master runner in the five mile, finishing second overall in 34:47. Lance Parker took third in 36:55.


Polyanna Bass was the first woman master in the race, placing second in the women's standings behind Beverly Johnson. Bass was sixth overall in 45:31. Lori Richardson was the third female finisher, coming in tenth overall in 47:16.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Encounter 316 Five Mile

1. 31:25 ~ Paul Guyas (M, 38)
2. 34:47 ~ Chad Johnson (M, 45)
3. 36:55 ~ Lance Parker (M, 34)
4. 42:35 ~ Tony Gilbert (M, 61)
5. 46:09 ~ Todd Bennett (M, 51)
6. 46:57 ~ Jeremy Emmett (M, 37)
7. 47:06 ~ Frank Hachmuth (M, 51)
8. 47:49 ~ Jeffrey Drawdy (M, 38)
9. 60:45 ~ Abhilash Parepally (M, 27)
10. 64:23 ~ Divya Prabhat Gundepa (M, 27)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Encounter 316 Five Mile

1. 40:05 ~ Beverly Johnson (F, 38)
2. 45:31 ~ Pollyanna Bass (F, 42)
3. 47:16 ~ Lori Richardson (F, 30)
4. 50:20 ~ Robin Cartright (F, 38)
5. 50:49 ~ Susan Bennett (F, 45)
6. 57:08 ~ Kathy Payne (F, 36)
7. 61:14 ~ Hart Arlene (F, 45)
8. 66:07 ~ Jean Krier (F, 54)
9. 66:09 ~ Jane Krier (F, 54)
10. 66:51 ~ Kasi Ross (F, 28)

The five mile didn't replace the 5K at Encounter 316; it supplemented it. The 3.1-mile race was still on the Encounter 316 schedule and Chris Holt of Thomasville won in 22:27. Tallahassee's Martha Guyas took the women's title, coming in second overall in 23:18.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Encounter 316 5K

1. 22:26.49 ~ Chris Holt (M, 34)
2. 23:33.74 ~ Christopher Warren (M, 33)
3. 24:06.09 ~ Jacob Smith (M, 35)
4. 24:11.55 ~ Austin Willis (M, 11)
5. 25:51.97 ~ Matthew Huddleston (M, 52)
6. 26:16.81 ~ Tyler Fulton (M, 17)
7. 26:19.79 ~ Devin Moss (M, 29)
8. 26:38.16 ~ Alan Matthews (M, 52)
9. 27:09.60 ~ Will Bundrick (M, 36)
10. 28:42.09 ~ Allen Corbin (M, 51)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Encounter 316 5K

1. 23:17.03 ~ Martha Guyas (F, 31)
2. 24:37.14 ~ Anna James (F, 13)
3. 25:15.03 ~ Wendy Owens (F, 45)
4. 25:43.78 ~ Nancy Herring (F, 61)
5. 27:39.75 ~ Melinda Owens (F, 36)
6. 29:20.33 ~ Miff Hendriksen (F, 61)
7. 29:30.84 ~ Tina Carson (F, 41)
8. 29:53.18 ~ Alison Parker (F, 33)
9. 31:21.26 ~ Abigail Clark (F, 21)
10. 31:31.51 ~ Eleanor Hall (F, 53)

Encounter 316 winners, 2015 - 2016
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
27 June 2015	5 km	18:35, Daniel Anthony	21:26, Ashley Saba	130
18 June 2016	5 mi	31:25, Paul Guyas	40:05, Beverly Johnson	20
	5 km	22:27, Chris Holt	23:18, Martha Guyas	46

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Encounter 316 Run at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2016/Encounter%20316%202016.asp
  
  
• 2015 story, “Anthony and Saba fastest at Thomasville's first Encounter 316 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/06/316-2015.html
  
  
• Upcoming races, chapter and verse, on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1722

Paul Guyas beats the Batman at FSU's Autism Superhero 5K

Until a few days before the ninth annual FSU Autism Superhero 5K, the Northwood Centre was infested with enough brown bats to populate any bat cave. So it was appropriate that when that race started in front of the Northwood Centre, it was a runner dressed as Batman that jumped out into the lead. However, the Caped Crusader wasn't first over the finish line. Instead it was Paul Guyas who won the race in 18:14, finishing more than a hundred meters ahead of the Dark Knight. Leigh Ann Bradley was the first woman in the 5K, placing 22nd overall in 24:41. 198 athletes finished the 3.1-mile race.

Paul Guyas and Tyler Sununu

The hosts of the race, the Florida State University Center For Autism, is somewhat responsible for the appearance of Batman. After seven years of branding the race as the FSU Autism 5K, the Center added "Superhero" to the title in 2015. "We are encouraging participants to come dressed in their best Superhero costume!" read the pre-race information. So Tyler Sununu showed up at that eighth annual race dressed as Batman, placing second after leading for the first three kilometers. Sununu was back as The Bat in 2016, despite the consequences of running in the heavily-insulated costume.


"I'm already burning up in here," Sununu confessed before the start of the race. He spoke in a rasping Batman voice of course.

Aaron Taylor

The runners got going just after 9:00 AM, starting with a circuit of the Northwood Center parking lot. Out onto Tharpe Street and west into the Parkside-Park Terrace neighborhood, Sununu led the field around the course. Late in the third kilometer Paul Guyas caught up with Sununu. Getting past him took a little longer.


"He kept surging," said Guyas. "I was like he was doing intervals in his batsuit."


"I was doing the voice the whole time," said Sununu. So in addition to changes in pace, Guyas also had to cope with occasional exclamations of "Justice!" and "I'm Batman!" That ended, though, with a kilometer to go.


"I passed him on the turn onto Tharpe Street," said Guyas. "I got onto the inside of the turn and went."

#4835 Case Gregory and #3281 Michael Savage

The Batman may have caught many criminals since his first appearance in Detective Comics in 1939, but this Batman wasn't going to catch Guyas. Guyas won going away in 18:14, while Sununu was second in 18:39. Aaron Taylor was third in 20:00, Jeremy Fowler third in 20:07 and Ronnie Bonds fourth in 20:57. Twelve-year-old Case Gregory held off the top master runner in the race, Michael Savage, for fifth, both runners clocked in 21:20. Earlier in the morning, Gregory had run 6:50 in the FSU Autism Superhero Mile, finishing first in a field of 128 athletes.


Behind women's winner Leigh Ann Bradley, Debbie Peters was the top woman master and second female finisher, 23rd overall in 26:19. Anna Busby and Sarah Busby were the third and fourth women across the finish line, coming in 24th and 25th overall with identical times of 26:34.

Leigh Ann Bradley

The FSU Autism Institute uses the proceeds of their Autism Superhero Run to provide consultation, resources, education, and other services free of charge to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, their families, and the professionals who work with them. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip timed the races.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Run For Autism 5K

1. 18:14 ~ Paul Guyas (M, 38)
2. 18:39 ~ Trevor Sununu (M, 20)
3. 20:00 ~ Aaron Taylor (M, 22)
4. 20:07 ~ Jeremy Fowler (M, 27)
5. 20:57 ~ Ronnie Bonds (M, 39)
6. 21:20 ~ Case Gregory (M, 12)
7. 21:20 ~ Michael Savage (M, 58)
8. 22:29 ~ Michael Labossiere (M, 49)
9. 23:05 ~ Daryn Oney (M, 26)
10. 23:28 ~ Cody Canavan (M, 24)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Run For Autism 5K

1. 26:09 ~ Leigh Ann Bradley (F, 37)
2. 26:19 ~ Debbie Peters (F, 55)
3. 26:34 ~ Anna Busby (F, 25)
4. 26:34 ~ Sarah Busby (F, 22)
5. 26:38 ~ Sharon Sollohub (F, 51)
6. 26:41 ~ Jhenai Chandler (F, 28)
7. 27:11 ~ Deirdre McCarthy (F, 36)
8. 27:33 ~ Alithea Schoborg (F, 16)
9. 27:54 ~ Holly Ardolf (F, 25)
10. 27:54 ~ Aydan Molthen (F, 15)

Run For Autism 5K champions, 2009 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
18 April 2009	19:21, Daniel Bradford	20:39, Jennifer Watts	163
17 April 2010	18:01, Brian Corbin	21:08, Jamie Barrett	280
26 March 2011	17:55, Peter Kaus	21:10, Jamie Barrett	192
7 April 2012	17:43, Peter Kaus	22:14, Jennifer Hall	243
30 March 2013	17:25, Jeff O' Connell	22:18, Sheri Poskanzer	273
5 April 2014	19:38, Jemal Legrand	21:48, Lydia Ware	137
18 April 2015	19:03, Michael Martinez	23:16, Melanie Leitman	199
10 April 2016	18:14, Paul Guyas	24:41, Megan Myers	197
Please contact me if you have any information about the results of the 2008 race.

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Run For Autism 5K at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2016/Run%20for%20Autism%202016.asp
  
  
• More photos of the 2016 Run For Autism 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10107478698155793.1073742180.5215641&l=c1ef29e954
  
  
• 2015 story, “Martinez and Leitman outrun the zanies at the Autism 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/04/autism-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “LeGrand and Ware prove amphibious at the Autism 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/04/autism-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Southwood wins for O'Connell and Poskanzer in Run For Autism 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/03/autism-2013.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Kaus sets record while Barrett defends title at Autism 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/03/autism-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “It's Corbin and Barrett's race at the Autism 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-autism-5k.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL14068EBM for the 2015 FSU Autism 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL14068EBM
  
  
• Choose your next 5K race from the assortment on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1672

Leading roles for Guyas and Rosen at the Break-A-Leg 5K

6 February 2016 was the second Saturday in a row that Paul Guyas had laced on his racing shoes, taken to the streets of Tallahassee, Florida, and come back a winner. After a victory at the Trailblazer 5K on 30 January 2016, Guyas notched another win the following week at Young Actors Theatre's fourth annual Break-A-Leg 5K, setting a new course record of 18:50. Sheryl Rosen took the women's title with a 21:12, placing second overall. 129 athletes finished the 3.1-mile race.


Franz Roeder was third in the race and secong in the men's standings, running 22:13. Gary Johnston was the fastest master runner in the Break-A-Leg 5K, fourth overall in 22:35. Deerlake Middle School cross country runner William Wilkerson, a sixth-grader, took fifth in 22:48.


Mercedes Puig was second in the women's standings, seventh overall in 23:05. Paula O'Neill captured the woman master's title, the third female finisher and ninth overall in 24:08. Eleven-year-old Layla Thompson edged Martha Bademan for the fourth spot in the women's standings, 24:28 to 24:29. Thompson and Bademan were tenth and eleventh overall.


The Break-A-Leg 5K was a fundraiser for Tallahassee's Young Actors Theatre.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Break-A-Leg 5K

1. 18:50 ~ Paul Guyas (M, 38)
2. 22:13 ~ Franz Roeder (M, 16)
3. 22:35 ~ Gary Johnston (M, 41)
4. 22:48 ~ William Wilkerson (M, 12)
5. 22:54 ~ HB Jackson (M, 54)
6. 23:21 ~ Clay Shelfer (M, 41)
7. 24:41 ~ Parker Thompson (M, 12)
8. 24:51 ~ Ronald Harrison (M, 47)
9. 24:56 ~ Juan Carlos Medina (M, 39)
10. 25:03 ~ Austin Fletcher (M, 33)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Break-A-Leg 5K

1. 21:12 ~ Sheryl Rosen (F, 31)
2. 23:05 ~ Mercedes Puig (F, 31)
3. 24:08 ~ Paula O'Neill (F, 54)
4. 24:28 ~ Layla Thompson (F, 11)
5. 24:29 ~ Martha Bademan (F, 31)
6. 24:35 ~ Brigit Maier-Katkin (F, 53)
7. 24:46 ~ Nancy Proctor (F, 54)
8. 25:34 ~ Karen Duncan (F, 40)
9. 25:36 ~ Quinn Horner (F, 35)
10. 28:33 ~ Madison Sims (F, 8)

Break-A-Leg 5K winners, 2013 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
16 February 2013	19:33, Karl Hempel	21:22, Vicky Droze	202
15 February 2014	20:26, Carter Hay	19:59, Amy Hines	201
21 February 2015	19:32, Carter Hay	23:50, Stephanie Davis	146
6 February 2016	18:50, Paul Guyas	21:12, Sheryl Rosen	129

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Break-A-Leg 5K at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2016/Break%20a%20Leg%205K%202016.asp
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2016 Break-A-Leg 5K
  https://picasaweb.google.com/112560881455823075870/BreakALeg_16
  
  
• 2015 story, “Hay and Davis are top of the bill in the Break-A-Leg 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/02/break-a-leg-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Hines and Hay steal the limelight in the Break-A-Leg 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/02/break-a-leg-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Hempel and Droze put on a show at Break-A-Leg 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/02/break-a-leg-2013.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL14019EBM for the Young Actors Theater's 2016 Break-A-Leg 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL14019EBM
  
  
• Find upcoming races anywhere in the Tallahassee region using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1613

Guyas and Chunka prove the swiftest Trailblazers

Racing through the hilly north side of Tallahassee, Florida, Paul Guyas won DeSoto Trail Elementary School's fourth annual Trailblazer 5K Run For Literacy on Saturday morning, 30 January 2016. Guyas covered the 3.1-mile course in 18:35, finishing more than 400 meters ahead of the next runner. Kate Chunka was the top woman in the race, placing thirteenth overall in 22:15.


Behind Guyas, David Welling and T J Devlieger were in a close race for second, with Welling prevailing 20:18 to 20:22. Placing third, Devlieger was the top master runner in the race.


Layla Thompson and Ella Grace Hodges, each eleven years old, took the next two spots in the women's standings after Chunka. Thompson was 22nd overall in 24:21 and Hodges placed 24th overall in 24:27. Birgit Maier-Katkin was the top woman master and the fourth female finisher in the Trailblazer 5K, coming in 33rd overall in 24:57.


The 2016 Trailblazer 5K was run on a USATF-certified course that started and finished at DeSoto Trail Elementary School. 179 athletes finished the 5K, with another 140 completing a timed one-mile fun run. Chip timing for the Trailblazer Run For Literacy was provided by Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee, Florida.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Trailblazer 5K

1. 18:35 ~ Paul Guyas (M, 38)
2. 20:18 ~ David Welling (M, 31)
3. 20:22 ~ T J Devlieger (M, 53)
4. 20:37 ~ Chris Stanley (M, 38)
5. 20:39 ~ A J Hodges (M, 14)
6. 20:47 ~ Hawthorne Hay (M, 13)
7. 20:56 ~ Erik Andersen (M, 33)
8. 21:02 ~ Nathan Rhodes (M, 37)
9. 21:04 ~ Dan Manausa (M, 46)
10. 21:13 ~ James Duggan (M, 11)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Trailblazer 5K

1. 22:15 ~ Kate Chunka (F, 32)
2. 24:21 ~ Layla Thompson (F, 11)
3. 24:27 ~ Ella Grace Hodges (F, 11)
4. 24:57 ~ Birgit Maier-Katkin (F, 53)
5. 26:20 ~ Hallie Kristas (F, 23)
6. 26:32 ~ Heather Conn (F, 44)
7. 26:35 ~ Kristen Knapp (F, 45)
8. 26:36 ~ Mishel Garcia (F, 28)
9. 27:15 ~ Sophia Harris (F, 10)
10. 27:55 ~ Emily Webster (F, 36)

DeSoto Trail Elementary School Trailblazer 5K winners, 2013 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
23 February 2013	18:53, Tad David	23:53, Elizabeth Squires	123
11 January 2014	20:05, Thomas Konrad	25:17, Debbie Peters	100
31 January 2015	16:54, Jack Redwing	19:39, Katie Sherron	278
30 January 2016	18:35, Paul Guyas	22:15, Kate Chunka	179

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Trailblazer 5K at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2016/Trailblazer%20Literacy%202016.asp
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2016 Trailblazer 5K
  https://picasaweb.google.com/112560881455823075870/Literacy_5K_16
  
  
• 2015 story, “Redwing and Sherron send the Trailblazer records to blazes”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/01/trailblazer-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Konrad and Peters splash to Traiblazer 5K titles”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/01/trailblazer-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Blazing trails for David and Squires at Trailblazers 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/02/trailblazer-2013.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL14085EBM for the 2015 Trailblazer 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL14085EBM
  
  
• Find your next 5K or longer run on the Trouble Afoot! race schedule
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1604

Guyas rolls and Heddaeus sets record at Run For Lawson

The plans are published. Welaunee Plantation is going to be developed. Welaunee Boulevard is going to be extended all the way to Interstate 10 and beyond and the land will fill up with houses, apartments, businesses, streets, and trails. That's in the future, though. In the meantime you can still make an annual tour of the "toe" of Welaunee Plantation in the Run For Lawson.


At the fourth annual Run For Lawson on Saturday morning, 1 November 2014, Paul Guyas didn't pause to appreciate the scenery. Winning by almost 600 meters, Guyas ran the 10K cross-country race in 38:58. Behind him, Mike Peymann edged Joel Piotrowski for second place and the top master spot, 41:23 to 41:29.


Jillian Heddaeus wasn't stopping to smell the goldenrod, either. Placing ninth overall, Heddaeus not only won the women's title by more than a kilometer, but also set a new women's course record of 45:32, breaking Renee Cox's 2013 record of 45:53. Jill Sweeny was second in the women's standings, coming in 21st overall in 51:46. Beth Culley was the third woman finisher and first woman master, 22nd overall in 52:10.


Top Ten Men, 2014 Run For Lawson 10K

1. 38:58 ~ Paul Guyas (M, 37) Tallahassee, FL
2. 41:23 ~ Mike Peymann (M, 52) Tallahassee, FL
3. 41:29 ~ Joel Piotroski (M, 45) Tallahassee, FL
4. 42:20 ~ Charlie Lang (M, 16) Tallahassee, FL
5. 43:15 ~ Camilo Ordonez (M, 35) Tallahassee, FL
6. 43:47 ~ Michael La Bossiere (M, 48) Tallahassee, FL
7. 45:22 ~ Mark Tombrink (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
8. 45:30 ~ Michael Kennett (M, 41) Tallahassee, FL
9. 45:57 ~ David Anderson (M, 64) Tallahassee, FL
10. 46:15 ~ Daniel Wagnon (M, 37) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, 2014 Run For Lawson 10K

1. 45:32 ~ Jillian Heddaeus (F, 31) Tallahassee, FL
2. 51:46 ~ Jill Sweeny (F, 34) Tallahassee, FL
3. 52:10 ~ Beth Culley (F, 49) Tallahassee, FL
4. 52:38 ~ Ashley Young (F, 28) Ormond Beach, FL
5. 52:48 ~ Cassie Mills (F, 28) Thomasville, GA
6. 54:12 ~ Kelsey Hendershott (F, 23) Tallahassee, FL
7. 54:46 ~ Mary Vancore (F, 50) Tallahassee, FL
8. 54:52 ~ Nancy Proctor (F, 53) Tallahassee, FL
9. 55:42 ~ Martha Bademan (F, 30) Tallahassee, FL
10. 57:12 ~ Debbie Peters (F, 53) Tallahassee, FL

The Run For Lawson 10K course takes runners twice around a loop through the Welaunee Plantation "toe," possibly the toughest 6.2-mile run in the Tallahassee area. For athletes who prefer a smaller dose of cross-country running, there's the Run For Lawson 5K. Rickards High senior Evan Wilson was the fastest runner in the junior race, posting 19:16 for a single trip around the loop. Aaron Taylor was second in 19:51, and Nick Trombetta third in 20:44. The fastest master runner in the 5K was Dewey Hudson, ninth overall in 23:00.


Placing fourth overall, Maclay sophomore Molly McCann won the women's division for a fourth straight year, and for the fourth straight year she set a new women's course record. This time around the new standard was 20:47, well under the 21:23 McCann ran in 2013. Brittney Barnes was second in the women's standings, finishing sixth overall in 22:18. Montford Middle School cross-country runner Emily Culley was third in the women's competition, coming in 13th overall in 23:28. Sky Feller was the first female master runner, 41st overall in 28:26.


The Run For Lawson is hosted each year by the Lawson Mayfield Memorial Foundation in memory of Lawson Mayfield, who lost her life to bacterial meningitis when she was 18. Proceeds from the event benefit the National Meningitis Association. Finish line and timing services for both races were provided by RaceSmith.com.


Top Ten Men, 2014 Run For Lawson 5K

1. 19:16 ~ Evan Wilson (M, 18) Tallahassee, FL
2. 19:51 ~ Aaron Taylor (M, 21) Tallahassee, FL
3. 20:44 ~ Nick Trombetta (M, 23) Tallahassee, FL
4. 22:12 ~ Colin McDuffie (M, 17) Tallahassee, FL
5. 22:35 ~ Kyle Shaw (M, 33) Tallahassee, FL
6. 22:48 ~ Matthew Vickers (M, 33) Tallahassee, FL
7. 23:00 ~ Dewey Hudson (M, 42) Tallahassee, FL
8. 23:03 ~ Dave McCargo (M, 40) Tallahassee, FL
9. 23:05 ~ Patrtick Koon (M, 9) Tallahassee, FL
10. 23:06 ~ Bryan Koon (M, 42) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, 2014 Run For Lawson 5K

1. 20:47 ~ Molly McCann (F, 15) Tallahassee, FL
2. 22:18 ~ Brittney Barnes (F, 26) Tallahassee, FL
3. 23:28 ~ Emily Culley (F, 13) Tallahassee, FL
4. 24:41 ~ Andrea Duffy (F, 38) Monticello, FL
5. 25:04 ~ Meghan Kennedy (F, 34) Tallahassee, FL
6. 25:38 ~ Maia Mast (F, 12) Tallahassee, FL
7. 25:39 ~ Brittany Dean (F, 29) Tallahassee, FL
8. 26:45 ~ Madeline Lillie (F, 11) Tallahassee, FL
9. 26:45 ~ Shawn Stott (F, 26) Gainesville, FL
10. 26:53 ~ Emma Spencer (F, 33) Tallahassee, FL

Run For Lawson champions, 2011 - 2014
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
8 October 2011	5K	17:29, Gary Droze	22:22, Molly McCann	393
6 October 2012	10K	39:32, Tony Guillen	52:00, Allison Thumm	123
	5K	18:29, Gary Droze	22:00, Molly McCann	335
28 September 2013	10K	35:50, Chris Lake	45:53, Renee Cox	174
	5K	18:20, Gary Droze	21:23, Molly McCann	317
1 November 2014	10K	38:58, Paul Guyas	45:32, Jillian Heddaeus	94
	5K	19:16, Evan Wilson	20:47, Molly McCann	221

Links

• Complete results of the 2014 Run For Lawson
  
  • 10K: http://www.racesmith.com/results/2014results/RunForLawson10K110114oa.html
  • 5K: http://www.racesmith.com/results/2014results/RunForLawson5K110114oa.html
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2014 Run For Lawson
  https://picasaweb.google.com/112560881455823075870/Lawson14
  
  
• 2013 story, "Lake and Cox set new standards at Run For Lawson"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/lawson-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, "Farther is better for Guillen and Thumm at Run For Lawson"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/lawson-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, "Droze and McCann race for Lawson"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/10/lawson-2011.html
  
  
• Run For Lawson website
  http://runforlawson.org/
  
  
• Kim Fannin's Run For Lawson
  http://kimtherunningseminole.wordpress.com/2014/11/04/cross-country-courses-oh-my/
  
  
• Plan a future run in the Tallahassee region using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  

#1245

Get to the church on time? No problem for Larson and Sherron

At 8:30 AM in Tallahassee on Saturday morning, 1 March 2014, there was a slight chill in the air. It was starting time for the ninth annual Thomasville Road Baptist Church road race. By just after 9:00 AM it was shaping up into a sunny, warm day--the kind of weather that makes your friends up north, locked in late winter blizzards, jealous enough to stop talking to you. That was about the time that Eric Larson, winner of the Thomasville Road Baptist Church 10K, crossed the finish line, posting a time of 34:13 for the 6.2-mile race. Tony Guillen was the top master runner in the race, coming in fourth overall in 37:48. Katie Sherron was the first woman in the race, placing tenth overall in 41:23. Thomasville's Mary Anne Grayson, the 2012 TRBC 10K women's champion, was the first woman master for sixth year in a row; this time around she was 19th overall in 44:29.


The race started and finished at the church, as did a concurrently run 5K. Eric Larson was out like a bolt, though, outdistancing 10K runners and 5K runners alike. Only Vince Molosky tried to stay with Larson. Molosky had won the TRBC 10K in 2007 and 2010. At the mile mark he was only two second behind Larson. But when Molosky won his first TRBC 10K, Eric Larson had been a state champion distance runner at Pensacola Washington High School. The year that Molosky had earned a second TRBC title, Larson was in the middle of a four-year career of competing in cross-country and track for Florida Southern College. Larson put that experience on display, running away from Molosky and building up a lead of nearly 300 meters on his way back to the church and a 34:13 victory. Molosky was runner-up in 35:12. Zach Deveau finished third in 36:55. Tony Guillen beat out fellow master runner Sean Hudson for fourth place, 37:48 to 38:05.


Renee Cox led the women's field through the first mile, with Jillian Heddasus a few steps behind. Thirty meters back, Katie Sherron stalked them both. Sherron overtook Heddaeus first, then Cox. After taking the lead, Sherron took command of the race, building up a lead of nearly 400 meters and leaving Cox and Heddaeus to squabble over second place. Sherron came in ninth overall, winning the women's title in 41:23. Cox was runner-up on the women's side, placing 15th in 43:01. Heddaeus was the third woman finisher, 16th overall in 43:12. The fourth woman finisher and first woman master was Mary Anne Grayson, 19th overall in 44:29.


Top Ten Men, 2014 Thomasville Road Baptist Church 10K

1. 34:13 ~ Eric Larson (M, 24)
2. 35:12 ~ Vince Molosky (M, 34)
3. 36:55 ~ Zach Deveau (M, 26)
4. 37:48 ~ Tony Guillen (M, 45)
5. 38:05 ~ Sean Hudson (M, 43)
6. 39:53 ~ Kevin Chin Shue (M, 21)
7. 40:13 ~ David Graf (M, 38)
8. 40:17 ~ Joel Piotrowski (M, 44)
9. 41:08 ~ Philip Sura (M, 43)
10. 42:09 ~ Felton Wright (M, 56)

Top Ten Women, 2014 Thomasville Road Baptist Church 10K

1. 41:23 ~ Katie Sherron (F, 32)
2. 43:01 ~ Renee Cox (F, 26)
3. 43:12 ~ Jillian Heddaeus (F, 30)
4. 44:29 ~ Mary Anne Grayson (F, 48)
5. 45:11 ~ Kristen Palmer (F, 36)
6. 46:05 ~ Juanita Chalmers (F, 31)
7. 46:15 ~ Urska Dobersek (F, 31)
8. 46:21 ~ Tiffany Roddenberry (F, 29)
9. 47:06 ~ Paula O' Neill (F, 52)
10. 47:08 ~ Amanda Hudson (F, 37)

Lane Williams started fast, leading the TRBC 5K in the early going. Running in second, Paul Guyas gave Williams plenty of line, but then reeled him in late in the race. With about 800 meters to go Guyas broke away from Williams then ran home to win in 19:02. Williams finished runner-up in 19:20. Tim Unger was the first master runner in the 3.1-mile race, placing third overall in 19:49. Tallahassee master runner Julie Clark was the first woman finisher, tenth overall in 23:54.


Top Ten Men, 2014 Thomasville Road Baptist Church 5K

1. 19:02 ~ Paul Guyas (M, 36)
2. 19:20 ~ Lane Williams (M, 18)
3. 19:49 ~ Tim Unger (M, 54)
4. 20:07 ~ Duane Evans (M, 46)
5. 21:06 ~ Adam Cushing (M, 16)
6. 21:36 ~ Mario Carrasco (M, 19)
7. 22:07 ~ Joshua Cushing (M, 18)
8. 22:22 ~ Dan Manausa (M, 44)
9. 23:50 ~ Christian Bosque (M, 13)
10. 24:06 ~ John McManus (M, 29)

Top Ten Women, 2014 Thomasville Road Baptist Church 5K

1. 23:54 ~ Julie Clark (F, 52)
2. 24:39 ~ Debbie Peters (F, 53)
3. 26:03 ~ Kara Brodley (F, 11)
4. 26:13 ~ Shea Sullivan (F, 13)
5. 27:06 ~ Katie Maxwell (F, 23)
6. 27:21 ~ Nell Wilhite (F, 12)
7. 27:27 ~ Marisol Townsend (F, 36)
8. 27:58 ~ Krista Sharin (F, 32)
9. 28:24 ~ Erin Schwager (F, 40)
10. 28:56 ~ Carissa Bowling (F, 30)

Winners of the Thomasville Road Baptist Church Road Race, 2006-2014
Date	Race	Men	Women	Finishers
4 March 2006	10K	35:29, Chris Holland	46:39, Debbie LaMarche	143
	5K	No 5K race held
3 March 2007	10K	35:09, Vince Molosky	41:43, Seeley Lovett	132
	5K	20:22, Tim Unger	26:36, Carly Thomas	160
8 March 2008	10K	36:08, Daniel Crane	43:33, Katrina Unglaub	127
	5K	19:22, Steven Banister	22:07, Carly Thomas	200
7 March 2009	10K	34:14, David Altmaier	41:38, Kelsey Scheitlin	252
	5K	19:38, Trevor Touchton	20:43, Shannon Coates	233
6 March 2010	10K	34:51, Vince Molosky	39:03, Sheryl Rosen	136
	5K	20:13, Jordan Merrick	18:39, Amy Hines	175
5 March 2011	10K	No 10K race held
	5K	15:48, Kevin Sullivan	20:23, Micah Adriani	301
3 March 2012	10K	34:22, Chris Lake	44:10, Mary Anne Grayson	139
	5K	19:09, Chase Harris	24:52, Katherine Resavage	184
2 March 2013	10K	34:00, Stanley Linton	38:40, Sheryl Rosen	249
	5K	16:46, John Keenan	23:09, Sheri Poskanzer	255
1 March 2014	10K	34:13, Eric Larson	41:23, Katie Sherron	184
	5K	19:02, Paul Guyas	23:54, Julie Clark	223

Links

• Complete results of the 2014 Thomasville Rd Baptist Church 10K at gulfwinds.org
  http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2014/TRBC%202014.asp
  
  
• More photos of the 2014 Thomasville Rd Baptist Church 10K
  
  • Part 1: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10104244830966563.1073741959.5215641&l=c68e85f849
  • Part 2: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10104248139241753.1073741960.5215641&l=5f9917cfae
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2014 Thomasville Rd Baptist Church 10K
  https://picasaweb.google.com/112560881455823075870/TRBC2014
  
  
• 2013 story, "Record times trump temperatures at TRBC 10K"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/03/trbc-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, "Lake and Grayson take 2012 Thomasville Road 10K titles"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/03/trbc-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, "Sullivan and Adriani triumph on Thomasville Road"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/03/trbc-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, "10K wins for Molosky and Rosen"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/03/trbc-10k.html
  
  
• USATF certification map of the TRBC 10K course (FL14018EBM)
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL14018EBM
  
  
• USATF certification map of the TRBC 5K course (FL09125EBM)
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL09125EBM
  
  
• Upcoming races from both sectarian and secular organizations on the Trouble Afoot! schedule
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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