Southwood wins for O'Connell and Poskanzer in Run For Autism 5K

Through 2011 and 2012, Peter Kaus owned the title and the course record at the Run For Autism 5K. In the sixth annual race on 30 March 2013, though, Kaus lost both as Florida State University philosophy student Jeff O'Connell ran to a 17:25 win, setting a new record for the 3.1-mile course through Tallahassee's Southwood community. 273 athletes completed the route.


The race started at 9:00 AM ET from the Southwood Town Center, heading immediately down a hill to Grove Park Drive--the same hill the runners would have to climb three miles later to get to the finish line. Late in the first kilometer, as the runners circled the perimeter of Southwood's Central Park, a lead group of four runners emerged; two-time defending champion Peter Kaus, followed by Peter Van Brussel, Jeff O'Connell, and Bryce Cole. Kaus maintained a stiff pace, stretching out the lead pack. Cole dropped out of contention during the second kilometer and was overtaken by master runner Mickey Moore. O'Connell passed Van Brussel, setting his sights on Kaus. With one kilometer to go, it was Kaus vs. O'Connell, and O'Connell made his move. A former Furman University distance runner, O'Connell moved steadily away from Kaus, beating him to the finish line 17:25 to 17:44. Van Brussel held off Moore for third, 18:06 to 18:09, while Cole ran 18:43 to hang on to fifth.



Sheri Poskanzer finished 19th overall in 22:18, adding the Run For Autism 5K women's title to the Thomasville Road Baptist Church 5K win she earned earlier in the month. Nearly 100 meters back, Kaitlin Moriarty was the second female finisher, placing 26th overall in 22:44. Stephanie Davis was the third woman, finishing 33rd overall in 23:49, just ahead of the fourth woman and first woman master, Laura Reina. Reina was 34th overall in 23:56.


Top Ten Men, 2013 Run For Autism 5K

1. 17:25 ~ Jeff O'Connell (M, 25)
2. 17:44 ~ Peter Kaus (M, 29)
3. 18:06 ~ Peter Van Brussel (M, 19)
4. 18:09 ~ Mickey Moore (M, 43)
5. 18:43 ~ Bryce Cole (M, 14)
6. 18:58 ~ David Welling (M, 28)
7. 19:07 ~ Nate McConnell (M, 26)
8. 19:42 ~ Karl Hempel (M, 61)
9. 20:10 ~ Lane Williams (M, 17)
10. 20:23 ~ Michael LaBossiere (M, 46)

Top Ten Women, 2013 Run For Autism 5K

1. 22:18 ~ Sheri Poskanzer (F, 24)
2. 22:44 ~ Kaitlin Moriarty (F, 18)
3. 23:49 ~ Stephanie Davis (F, 24)
4. 23:56 ~ Laura Reina (F, 48)
5. 24:05 ~ Sharon Rudd (F, 33)
6. 24:31 ~ Sandra Canada (F, 50)
7. 24:55 ~ Karima Anderson (F, 26)
8. 25:11 ~ Bethany Baldwin (F, 25)
9. 25:13 ~ Allison Carter (F, 35)
10. 25:22 ~ Laura Lawrence (F, 37)

Run For Autism 5K champions, 2009-2013
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

Links

• Complete results of the 2013 Run For Autism 5K at gulfwinds.org
  http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2013/Autism%202013.asp
  
  
• More photos of the 2013 Run For Autism 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102920538838603.1073741836.5215641&l=3e4dc0c370
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Choose your next 5K race from the assortment on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

Record times trump temperatures at TRBC 10K

You wouldn't guess it from the grumbling about the cold, but temperatures at the 2013 Thomasville Baptist Church 10K were above freezing, and well above the record low for March 2 of 20 °F. But while there were no weather records set at the eighth annual race, new running records were established. Florida State University NROTC midshipman Stanley Linton ran an event record 34:00 for the men, and Tallahassee lawyer Sheryl Rosen ran 38:40 to break her own three-year-old women's record for the race. Rosen is the only woman to have broken 40 minutes on the Thomasville Road Baptist Church 10K course. The number of finishers in the 10K, 249, was just shy of the reocrd 252 that completed the 10K in 2009.


The race started a few minutes later on Saturday morning than the scheduled 8:30 AM post time, leaving over 500 athletes entered in the 10K and the concurrently run 5K shivering on the starting line. Eventually the runners were set loose, and the field charged away from Thomasville Road Baptist Church and onto Thomasville Road itself. On Hermitage Road, just before the end of the first mile, Linton was well in the lead, followed in sequence by Nate Kaiser, Roger Schmidt, and Gabriel Albaladejo. After that, all that changed was the distance between the competitors. Linton went on to a 34:00 victory, with Kaiser second in 34:55, Schmidt third in 36:19, and Albaladejo fourth in 36:56. Tony Guillen finished fifth with a 37:53, the fastest master runner in the race. Guillen had also been the top master in the 10K in 2010.


2010 was also Sheryl Rosen's last year in FSU Law School as well as the year that she set the women's record of 39:03 for the Thomasville Road Baptist Church 10K. Now a practicing lawyer, she was back at the race in 2013. Rosen rocketed to the front of the women's field almost immediately, getting 20 seconds ahead of the next runner, Katie Showman, before the end of the first mile. Rosen stretched out that lead, finishing the race more than a quarter mile ahead of the runner-up with a 38:40, good for 11th place overall, the women's title, and a new women's course record. Katie Showman was the second women finisher, placing 22nd overall in 40:34. The third woman in was Micah Adriani, 23rd overall in 41:10. Defending women's champion Mary Anne Grayson place fourth among the women, taking the women's master title and finishing 34th overall in 43:08.


Top Ten Males, 2013 TRBC 10K

1. 34:00 ~ Stanley Linton (M, 19)
2. 34:55 ~ Nate Kaiser (M, 33)
3. 36:19 ~ Roger Schmidt (M, 21)
4. 36:56 ~ Gabriel Albaladejo (M, 21)
5. 37:53 ~ Tony Guillen (M, 44)
6. 38:04 ~ Eric Godin (M, 28)
7. 38:08 ~ Brian Manry (M, 34)
8. 38:22 ~ Myles Gibson (M, 46)
9. 38:28 ~ Don Autore (M, 37)
10. 38:38 ~ Peter Kaus (M, 28)

Top Ten Females, 2013 TRBC 10K

1. 38:40 ~ Sheryl Rosen (F, 28)
2. 40:34 ~ Katie Showman (F, 31)
3. 41:10 ~ Micah Adriani (F, 35)
4. 43:08 ~ Mary Anne Grayson (F, 47)
5. 43:23 ~ Kristine Cox (F, 35)
6. 44:27 ~ Ashley Daily (F, 26)
7. 46:07 ~ Juanita Chalmers (F, 30)
8. 46:17 ~ Lorien Abbey (F, 45)
9. 47:02 ~ Nikky Manausa (F, 31)
10. 47:24 ~ Amanda Hudson (F, 36)

Former Marist College Red Fox (c/o 2009) distance runner John Keenan easily handled the 5K field, running a 16:46 to win the shorter race. Don Bryan was top master and runner up in 19:29. The first female finisher in the 5K was Sheri Poskanzer, 8th overall in 23:09.


Top Ten Males, 2013 TRBC 5K

1. 16:46 ~ John Keenan (M, 25)
2. 19:29 ~ Don Bryan (M, 52)
3. 19:48 ~ A.J. Rhodes (M, 24)
4. 20:50 ~ William Morrison (M, 30)
5. 22:43 ~ Mario Carrasco (M, 18)
6. 22:49 ~ Tom Pescatore (M, 45)
7. 22:50 ~ Tommy Pescatore (M, 16)
8. 23:59 ~ Collin Roehner (M, 25)
9. 24:04 ~ Ross Wise (M, 31)
10. 24:35 ~ Rich Heitmeyer (M, 32)

Top Ten Females, 2013 TRBC 5K

1. 23:09 ~ Sheri Poskanzer (F, 24)
2. 26:15 ~ Dawn Gamache (F, 37)
3. 27:26 ~ Suzanne Parks (F, 26)
4. 27:33 ~ Ellen Pulido (F, 45)
5. 27:55 ~ Brooke Corbett (F, 24)
6. 28:19 ~ Victoria Heller (F, 48)
7. 29:44 ~ Katie Maxwell (F, 22)
8. 30:14 ~ Natalie Rosenzweig (F, 21)
9. 30:43 ~ Nell Wilhite (F, 43)
10. 31:11 ~ Kevin Boucher (F, 30)

Winners of the Thomasville Road Baptist Church Road Race, 2006-2013
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

Links

• Complete results of the 2013 Thomasville Rd Baptist Church 10K at gulfwinds.org
  http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2013/TRBC%202013.asp
  
  
• More photos of the 2013 Thomasville Rd Baptist Church 10K (Part 1)
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102818202706033.1073741825.5215641&l=c1d0495914
  
  
• More photos of the 2013 Thomasville Rd Baptist Church 10K (Part 2)
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102831992990193.1073741826.5215641&l=238ca0b393
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2013 Thomasville Rd Baptist Church 10K
  https://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/TRBC13
  
  
• 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 (FL09035EBM)
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL09035EBM
  
  
• USATF certification map of the TRBC 5K course (FL09036EBM)
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL09036EBM
  
  
• Upcoming races from both sectarian and secular organizations on the Trouble Afoot! schedule
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1