Showing posts with label Ponce de Leon Springs State Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ponce de Leon Springs State Park. Show all posts

Monday, March 14, 2022

Leonardo Canete and Addie Vaughan tear it up at the Trailblazer Trot

Saturday morning, 12 March 2022, was a cool one in the Florida Panhandle, less like spring and more like the kind of weather you expect during cross-country season. Fortuitously, that was the morning of the fifth annual Trailblazer Trot 5K Cross-Country Race in Ponce De Leon Springs State Park. Tallahassee, Florida master runner Leonardo Canete won the race for the second year in a row, running 18:13 to successfully defend his 2021 title. Eleven-year-old Addie Vaughan of Westville, Florida was the first female finisher, placing seventh overall in 29:25.


Master runner Toby Hauser was the second runner across the finish line, posting a 21:42 on the trails. Josh Hall took third in 23:36.


Westville's Candy Vaughan was the first woman master and second female finisher, coming in tenth overall in 30:42. Vaughan was just a step ahead of Kassyn Pope, third in the women's standings at 30:43. Pope was eleventh overall.


40 athletes finished the 2022 Trailblazer Trot 5K Cross-Country Race. Race Krewe of Auburn, Alabama timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2022 Trailblazer Trot 5K Cross-Country Race
  1. 18:13, Leonardo Canete (M, 43) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 21:42, Toby Hauser (M, 49)
  3. 23:36, Josh Hall (M, 31)
  4. 23:45, Paul Turner (M, 58)
  5. 26:27, Michael Kennett (M, 48) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 27:46, Tucker Ramsey (M, 9)
  7. 29:00, Joseph Edgecombe (M, 73) Panama City, FL
  8. 29:36, Andrew Whitehurst (M, 36)
  9. 30:44, Ted Thornton (M, 41)
  10. 31:09, Jonathan Shortland (M, 60)

Top Ten Women, 2022 Trailblazer Trot 5K Cross-Country Race
  1. 29:25, Addie Vaughan (F, 11) Westville, FL
  2. 30:42, Candy Vaughan (F, 44) Westville, FL
  3. 30:43, Kassyn Pope (F, 21)
  4. 30:45, Teddi Thornton (F, 11)
  5. 31:09, Sheila Shortland (F, 58)
  6. 31:20, Kari Garman (F, 38)
  7. 32:01, Stephanie Jetton (F, 33)
  8. 32:24, Marty Kirkland (F, 69) Panama City, FL
  9. 32:29, Taylor Locke (F, 8) Westville, FL
  10. 32:30, Georgia Whitaker (F, 9) Bonifay, FL

Winners of the Trailblazer Trot 5K Cross-Country Race, 2018 - 2022
DateMenWomenFinishers
10 March 201817:42, Nathan Harigel25:26, Amber Hundley61
8 March 201919:36, Reid Hatcher19:37, Rory Claussen49
7 March 202022:41, Eric Williams31:12, Angela Klopf
13 March 202118:11, Leonardo Canete26:26, Melissa Comelek60
12 March 202218:13, Leonardo Canete29:25, Addie Vaughan40


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Friday, March 15, 2019

Reid Hatcher edges Rory Claussen for the Trailblazer Trot title

There's a disagreement about the Apalachee Regional Park Cross-Country Course. Some people say that ARPXC the best place to run cross-country in Florida. Others reject this claim. They say that it's the best place to run cross-country in the United States.


One of the strengths of cross-country as a sport is that you can run anywhere. So you don't have to race at Apalachee Regional Park; you could race at, say, Ponce de Leon Springs State Park near Bonifay, Florida. You don't have to race during autumn, cross-country season, either. You could run in the spring, instead. Perhaps on Saturday morning, 9 March 2019.


That's exactly what nearly 50 athletes did at the second annual Trailblazer Trot 5K Cross-Country Race, an event sponsored by the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office. Reid Hatcher and Rory Claussen were the fastest athletes in the field, with Hatcher eking out the win over Claussen 19:36 to 19:37. Hatcher was the first overall male and Claussen the first overall female.


Steven Bratten took the runner-up spot in the men's standings, finishing third overall in 21:41 and taking first in the men's 15 to 25 age group. Donal Marsh was the third male finisher, placing fourth overall in 22:48. Marsh was the top finisher in the men's 36 to 45 age group.


Amy Jones was the second overall woman and first in the age group for women 15 to 25, placing fourteenth overall in 26:15. Michelle Huskey Smith was the top woman master and third female finisher, fifteenth overall in 26:31.


49 athletes endured the sand, narrow bridges, and other challenges of the Ponce de Leon Springs State Park paths to finish the 2019 Trailblazer Trot 5K Cross-Country Race.


Hats off to Joe Edgecombe for tracking down the results of the race for me. Thanks, Joe! Joe ran 26:04 in the race, placing twelfth overall and finishing just one spot out of the men's top ten.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Trailblazer Trot 5K Cross-Country Race
  1. 19:35.60, Reid Hatcher (M, 26-35)
  2. 21:40.03, Steven Bratten (M, 15-25)
  3. 22:47.30, Donal Marsh (M, 36-45)
  4. 23:06.54, Spencer Claussen (M, 00-14)
  5. 23:10.83, Neil Claussen (M)
  6. 23:51.09, Randy Jones (M, 56-99)
  7. 24:05.33, David Forrester (M)
  8. 24:30.70, Andrew Tatum (M, 46-55)
  9. 25:05.34, James Cantrell (M)
  10. 25:08.11, Richard Crites (M)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Trailblazer Trot 5K Cross-Country Race
  1. 19:36.67, Rory Claussen (F, 00-14)
  2. 26:14.29, Amy Jones (F, 15-25)
  3. 26:30.89, Michelle Huskey Smith (F, 46-55)
  4. 27:08.89, Sheila Shortland (F)
  5. 27:15.07, Traycie Jones (F, 26-35)
  6. 27:31.16, Susan Jones (F, 56-99)
  7. 28:16.83, Andrea Weckherlin (F)
  8. 29:47.80, Tia Glenn (F)
  9. 30:56.66, Angela Klopf (F, 36-45)
  10. 30:56.96, Lisa Tatum (F)

Winners of the Trailblazer Trot 5K Cross-Country Race, 2018 - 2019
DateMenWomenFinishers
10 March 201817:42, Nathan Harigel25:26, Amber Hundley61
8 March 201919:36, Reid Hatcher19:37, Rory Claussen




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