Shawn Logan and Paula O'Neill were Half-Shell Hustlers in Apalachicola

Reportedly, Apalachicola Bay is the source of 90% of Florida's oyster production. So the only mystery about Apalachicola, Florida's annual Oyster Cook-Off is why it took till 2011 for the city to host that festival. Since 2014 the Oyster Cook-Off has included a running event, the Half-Shell Hustle. Shawn Logan won the seventh annual edition of that race on Saturday morning, 18 January 2020, running the five kilometers through the streets of Apalachicola in 18:18. Tallahassee master runner Paula O'Neill was the first woman in the 3.1-mile race, placing seventh overall in 23:07.


Duane Evans was the fastest master runner in the Hustle, placing second overall in 19:19. seventh overall in 23:07. Reece Juno, the eighth-grade ace of the Franklin County School cross-country team, took third with a 20:50.


In a battle of two past champions of the Hustle, Eden Keene edged master runner Genee Meleski for second in the women's standings, 23:49 to 23:50. The two athletes were eighth and ninth overall. Keene had been the first woman in the race in 2018 and 2019, while Meleski had taken the women's title in 2017.


106 athletes finished the 2020 Half-Shell Hustle, the race's largest field yet.


Top Ten Men, 2020 Half-Shell Hustle 5K

1. 18:17.4, Shawn Logan (M, 23)
2. 19:19.0, Duane Evans (M, 52)
3. 20:50.0, Reece Juno (M, 13)
4. 21:07.5, Josiah Friddle (M, 12)
5. 21:20.1, Jason Timbert (M, 44)
6. 22:45.0, Andrew Young (M, 38)
7. 24:39.9, Press Witt (M, 61)
8. 25:22.3, Adam Barfield (M, 33)
9. 25:45.8, Shawn Mullen (M, 30)
10. 26:06.4, Richard Bottorf (M, 65)

Top Ten Women, 2020 Half-Shell Hustle 5K

1. 23:06.8, Paula O’Neill (F, 58)
2. 23:48.6, Eden Keene (F, 37)
3. 23:49.3, Genee Meleski (F, 51)
4. 26:14.7, Laura Berringer (F, 39)
5. 26:24.2, Nancy Lewis (F, 54)
6. 26:28.9, Karen Eigenberger (F, 52)
7. 27:12.6, Marie Streich (F, 31)
8. 27:59.2, Susan Strickland (F, 57)
9. 29:40.6, Cami Brannen (F, 27)
10. 30:07.5, Addy Wilson (F, 15)

Half-Shell Hustle winners, 2014 - 2020
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
13 January 2018	19:20, Chance Logan	21:53, Eden Keene	80
19 January 2019	20:43, Noble Davidson	23:16, Eden Keene	104
18 January 2020	18:18, Shawn Logan	23:07, Paula O’Neill	106
The 2014 Half-Shell Hustle was a 3,000-fathom race (just under 5,500 meters)

Links

• Complete results of the 2020 Half-Shell Hustle 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT0xGP1TXu2rFbkiWbxuRUCXJpyo0-7X6aLPrjWswUk4QPmWG6a1Hyu3Nbaugy31RcYvgOslYxpqrry/pubhtml
  
  
• 2019 story, “Davidson wins and Keene repeats at the Half-Shell Hustle”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/01/half-shell-hustle-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “Logan and Keene show that there's an 'R' in 'Race' at the Half-Shell Hustle”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/01/half-shell-hustle-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Guyas and Meleski head the Half-Shell Hustle”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/half-shell-hustle-2017.html
  
  
• 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, 2020 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
  
  

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Sizzler 5K is a day at the beach for Logan and Leitman

The twentieth annual Sizzler 5K, run in 2017, was announced as the finale for the series. But one year later the race was back for an encore. Shawn Logan starred in the curtain call, winning the 21st annual race by 150 meters with a 19:06. Melanie Leitman of Tallahassee, Florida took the women's title, placing thirteenth overall in 22:14.


Logan had finished runner-up in the 2017 Sizzler; he also had a ninth-place finish in the 2014 race. Duane Evans was the top master runner and overall runner-up in the race, going 19:43. Master runner Philip Sura took third overall in 20:04. Jon Durham, a cross-country runner at Deerfield-Windsor School, was fourth with a 20:27.


Half a minute behind Leitman, Annabella Farabaugh was the women's runner-up, placing fifteenth overall in 22:44. Kelcie Winter was third in the women's standings and nineteenth overall in 23:56. Paula O'Neill was the top woman master and fourth female finisher, twentieth overall in 24:23.


The 2018 Sizzler 5K had a new course, with both starting line and finish line convenient to Doc Myer’s Island Pub and Sports Bar, headquarters for race-day registration and the site of the post-race party. 97 athletes finished the 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee, Florida chip-timed the race. Proceeds of the event benefit The Elder Care Community Council of Franklin County.


Top Ten Men, 2018 St. George Island Sizzler 5K

1. 19:06, Shawn Logan (M, 21)
2. 19:43, Duane Evans (M, 51)
3. 20:04, Philip Sura (M, 48)
4. 20:27, Jon Durham (M, 15)
5. 20:37, Joel Piotrowski (M, 48)
6. 20:49, Eric Math (M, 23)
7. 20:52, Richard Fernandez (M, 40)
8. 20:55, Courtland Buntin (M, 19)
9. 21:10, Tad David (M, 49)
10. 21:50, Noah Deem (M, 11)

Top Ten Women, 2018 St. George Island Sizzler 5K

1. 22:14, Melanie Leitman (F, 34)
2. 22:44, Annabella Farabaugh (F, 20)
3. 23:56, Kelcie Winters (F, 21)
4. 24:23, Paula O'Neill (F, 57)
5. 25:07, Lynn Varner (F, 53)
6. 25:16, Melissa Zapata (F, 39)
7. 25:37, Chloe Schaub (F, 25)
8. 25:49, Jennie Merchant (F, 26)
9. 26:10, Kayla Winters (F, 16)
10. 26:36, Samantha De Mersseman (F, 39)

St. George Island Sizzler 5K Champions, 1997 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
21 June 1997	17:36, Tim Unger	21:40, Julie Clark	34
13 June 1998	16:09, Gary Droze	22:53, Donna Finney	69
12 June 1999	17:05, Tim Unger	19:24, Summer Calder	61
10 June 2000	16:07, Gary Droze	21:18, Julie Clark	34
2001	No race held
15 June 2002	15:46, Lee Willis	18:43, Luanne Coulter	53
21 June 2003	16:44, Caleb Carmichael	20:45, Jane Johnson	95
12 June 2004	16:42, Caleb Carmichael	19:48, Kara Newell	77
18 June 2005	16:02, Alex Miletich	20:53, Angela Dempsey	142
24 June 2006	17:24, Robert Beazley	18:39, Kara Newell	169
23 June 2007	17:02, Jasen Fulghum	20:41, Jane Johnson	106
28 June 2008	16:44, Tripp Southerland	19:11, Stephanie Liles	175
27 June 2009	16:53, John Robida	19:47, Kelsey Scheitlin	214
26 June 2010	19:06, Carl Nordhielm	22:06, Nancy Stedman	147
25 June 2011	17:06, Brandon Hough	22:44, Nicole Reichenbach	218
11 August 2012	16:25, Vince Molosky	21:58, Polina Bondarenko	280
10 August 2013	16:16, Caleb Carmichael	20:28, Renee Cox	318
9 August 2014	18:02, Carl Nordhielm	20:25, Polina Bondarenko	222
8 August 2015	17:05, Roger Schmidt	18:53, Katie Fackler	181
6 August 2016	15:10, Mark Leininger	16:59, Dylan Hassett	145
5 August 2017	17:46, Ryan Slyter	20:21, Kat Sack	148
4 August 2018	19:06, Shawn Logan	22:14, Melanie Leitman	97
The 1997 race was called the Summer Island 5K.

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 St George Island Sizzler 5K at gulfwinds.org
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTrk08kExL5xaGvd_-h32ecCngugDd4zn1CULJV2ezauBUf9NlNmTU4woog6Ry1DCo5E8EMBvUpnL37/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Slyter and Sack star in the last act of the Sizzler”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/08/sizzler-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Leininger and Hassett sweep Sizzler for ASICS GTC-Elite”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/08/sizzler-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Smoking runs at the Sizzler for Schmidt and Fackler”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/08/sizzler-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Second time in first place for Nordhielm and Bondarenko in the Sizzler 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/sizzler-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Carmichael and Cox seize Sizzler 5K titles”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/sizzler-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Heated competition from Molosky and Bondarenko at the Sizzler”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/08/sizzler-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Hough and Reichenbach grab Sizzler wins on St George”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/06/sizzler-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Sizzler runners beat BP to St. George Island”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/06/sizzler-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Back to the Beach--Robida Wins 2009 Summer Sizzler 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/07/back-to-beach-robida-wins-2009-summer.html
  
  
• St George Island Sizzler
  http://www.stgeorgeislandsizzler.com/
  
  
• Course map for the 2018 Saint George Island Sizzler 5K
  https://app.box.com/s/bww0l9cpuq94l58sfeers98gig62ru9d
  
  
• Upcoming races in the Tallahassee region, both inland and on the coast
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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