Matt Mizereck and Sheryl Rosen were the cream of a crop of over 300 runners at the Firecracker 5K

If you're in Tallahassee, Florida on Indpendence Day then in the morning you need to go to the Capital City Kiwanis Firecracker 5K. Before you fire up the grill, before you watch the hot dog eating contest, before you take in the fireworks--you need to head downtown to Cascades Park and run the Firecracker 5K. It's the patriotic thing to do.

Matt Mizereck

Matt Mizereck, a thirty-year-old American, followed that advice on 4 July 2022 and won the 39th annual Firecracker 5K, covering the 3.1 miles in 17:05. Another American, Sheryl Rosen, was the first woman in the race, placing seventh overall in 19:32.


"My splits were 5:23, 5:30, 5:30," recalled Mizereck. "I wanted to go out conservatively because this was my first race after ACL surgery. That was back in February. Everything felt great today."

Chris O'Kelley

Mizereck's so-called conservative early race was still fast enough to put him out in front of the field seconds after the 8:00 AM start of the race. No one challenged him on his way to the finish line and a 17:05 win. It was not a surprise victory. Mizereck is a three-time state champion in high school cross-country and a former varsity distance runner at both the University of Florida and Florida State University.


"Some days you just race for second," said Chris O'Kelley. "I managed to keep him in sight, though."

Sheryl Rosen

O'Kelley led the group chasing Mizereck through the first half of the race. Early in the second half of the race, O'Kelley was the last one left in the pursuit pack. He gained a few seconds on Mizereck during that second half, but not enough to get back in contention. O'Kelley crossed the finish line second in 17:26. Brad Busboom took third in 18:21. Hong-Guo Yu was the fastest master runner in the Firecracker, running 18:53 for fifth overall.


O'Kelley managed to keep Mizereck in sight, but none of her rivals in the women's field could say the same about Sheryl Rosen. Rosen's winning 19:32 put her 300 meters ahead of the next woman in the race. Brittney Barnes took the runner-up spot, placing eighteenth overall in 20:48. Annabelle Wiktorski was third in the women's standings and 22nd overall in 21:15. Wiktorski, a rising eighth-grader at Montford Middle School, is the defending girls' cross-country champion in Leon County middle schools.

Brittney Barnes

Judge Angela Dempsey was the top woman master and twelfth female finisher, 49th overall in 24:14.


324 athletes finished the Capital City Kiwanis' 2022 Firecracker 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the race. Look for the 40th annual Firecracker 5K in Cascades Park on Tuesday morning, 4 July 2023.


Top Ten Men, 2022 Capital City Kiwanis Firecracker 5K

1. 17:05, Matt Mizereck (M, 30)
2. 17:26, Chris O'Kelley (M, 29)
3. 18:21, Brad Busboom (M, 34)
4. 18:43, Kyle Kraft (M, 33)
5. 18:53, Hong-Guo Yu (M, 53)
6. 19:23, Ethan Cole (M, 20)
7. 19:36, Alex Moran (M, 28)
8. 19:48, Hans Hassell (M, 39)
9. 19:50, Gregory Noonan (M, 39)
10. 19:53, Gary Droze (M, 61)

Top Ten Women, 2022 Capital City Kiwanis Firecracker 5K

1. 19:32, Sheryl Rosen (F, 38)
2. 20:48, Brittney Barnes (F, 34)
3. 21:15, Annabelle Wiktorski (F, 13)
4. 22:51, Jillian Heddaeus (F, 39)
5. 23:03, Haley Heitmeyer (F, 12)
6. 23:16, Andi Vilardo (F, 13)
7. 23:18, Kendall Meikenhous (F, 34)
8. 23:22, Savannah Stanley (F, 13)
9. 23:38, Madison Sims (F, 15)
10. 23:46, Stacy Taylor (F, 39)

Recent winners of the Firecracker 5000m
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
4 July 2022	17:05, Matt Mizereck	19:32, Sheryl Rosen	324
4 July 2021	16:56, Tristan Cravello	18:36, Alyson Churchill	329
4 July 2019	17:43, Michael Niezgoda	18:03, Ann Centner	521
4 July 2018	15:34, Ricardo Estremera	19:12, Katie Sherron	479
4 July 2017	16:48, Charlie Johnson	19:42, Katie Sherron	520
4 July 2016	16:06, Stanley Linton	20:35, Brittney Barnes	399
4 July 2015	17:00, Michael Potter	19:23, Alyson Churchill	370
4 July 2014	17:06, Joseph Garcia	18:58, Katie Slater	431
4 July 2013	18:22, Roger Schmidt	20:53, Katie Showman	180
4 July 2012	16:14, Stanley Linton	22:36, Nancy Stedman	128
4 July 2011	17:20, Joel Piotrowski	21:35, Stephanie Stout	73
3 July 2010	18:45, Cliff Skelton	22:29, Nancy Stedman	87
4 July 2009	16:46, Daniel Lee	19:26, Emily Ness	78
4 July 2008
4 July 2007	18:05, Tony Guillen	21:51, Julie Clark	88
4 July 2006	17:40, James Cook	20:03, Julia Vola	76
4 July 2005	16:44, Jeff Dubias	20:30, Heather Bailey	56
3 July 2004	15:48, Caleb Carmichael	18:39, Kara Newell	127
4 July 2003
4 July 2002	16:57, Jason Fulghum	22:07, Janice Hochstein	80
4 July 2001	17:22, Paul Hoover	17:53, Sarah Docter-Williams	94
4 July 2000	15:57, Gary Droze	18:10, Sarah Docter-Williams	155
4 July 1999	16:37, Tim Simpkins	17:56, Sarah Docter-Williams
4 July 1998	16:05, Damian Wilson	17:35, Sarah Docter-Williams
4 July 1997
4 July 1996	15:45, Gary Droze	19:13, Carrie Weyant
4 July 1994	16:07, Gary Droze	18:19, Lisa Herman
4 July 1990	16:55, Bill Crooks	19:10, Vikki Saga
4 July 1989	16:47, Paul Hoover	20:27, Mae Cleveland
4 July 1988	17:02, Paul Hoover
From 1983 to 2012 the Firecracker 5000 was run in Gadsden County from Sycamore to Greensboro. In 2013 the Firecracker 5000 was run in Tallahassee on trails in Phipps Park. In 2014 the Firecracker 5000 was run in Tallahassee from Cascades Park on USATF Certified Course FL14067EBM. In 2015 the Firecracker 5000 was run in Tallahassee from Cascades Park on USATF Certified Course FL15071EBM. In 2016 the Firecracker 5000 was run in Tallahassee from Cascades Park on USATF Certified Course FL14149EBM. Due to COVID-19, there was no 2020 Firecracker 5000.

Links:

• Complete results of the 2022 Capital City Kiwanis Firecracker 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSsZK15XqhwIAu8zPI2GYb8QxPJgv6fveDHbWIE_r9q1dSppyDf6yljlG0LXI9LVyOG3eQG7QfOXf3r/pubhtml
  
  
• More Trouble AFoot! photos of the 2022 Capital City Kiwanis Firecracker 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10119339859019343
  
  
• Independence Day 2022 racing coverage on Trouble Afoot!
  • Gainesville FL: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2022/07/ftc-melon-2022.html
  • Tallahassee FL: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2022/07/firecracker-2022.html
    
  • Valdosta GA: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2022/07/valdosta-independence-2022.html
  
  
• 2021 story, “Tristan Cravello and Alyson Churchill were on fire at Firecracker”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2021/07/firecracker-2021.html
  
  
• 2019 story, “Micheal Niezgoda and Ann Centner provided the fireworks at the Firecracker 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/07/firecracker-2019.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Johnson and Sherron were the bomb at the Firecracker 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/07/firecracker-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Linton and Barnes win a steamy Firecracker 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/firecracker-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Potter and Churchill have a blast at the Firecracker 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/firecracker-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Firecracker victories for Garcia and Slater”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/07/firecracker-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Capital City Kiwanis brings the Firecracker 5000 to Tallahassee”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/firecracker-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Out with a bang, the final Firecracker 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/07/firecracker-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Banging good runs for Piotrowski and Stout at Firecracker 5000”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/07/firecracker-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Skelton and Stedman win at Greensboro”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/07/firecracker-2010.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map for the 2022 Capital City Kiwanis Firecracker 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL14149EBM
  
  
• Find more classic races in the region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2851

No fiddlin' around for Joseph Wiedeman or Sheryl Rosen at the Worm Gruntin' 5K

The annual Worm Gruntin' Festival returned to Sopchoppy, Florida on 9 April 2022. Capturing earthworms with vibrations, known as worm grunting or worm fiddling, may not be something that you find exciting, but there is no denying that there was an exciting finish at the 2022 Worm Gruntin' 5K Road Race. Joseph Wiedeman won in 18:49, crossing the finish line just a second ahead of Jacob Langston, the runner-up. Tallahassee, Florida lawyer Sheryl Rosen had an easier time of it in the women's division--she was the first female finisher by 60 meters, placing seventh overall in 19:05.


Wiedeman and Langston, the actors in that 18:49 to 18:50 finish, are both cross-country runners on the team at nearby Wakulla High. Just twenty meters behind them, Mike Martinez of Tallahassee outkicked another Wakulla harrier, Isaac Peck, for third place, 18:55 to 18:56. Martinez was the top master runner in the race, but he was surrounded by Wakulla High athletes. After Peck, Wakulla High's Andrew Nix was fifth in 19:59, and Henry Lewis of Wakulla Middle School was sixth in 19:02.


Wakulla High was also well-represented in the women's standings. Sheryl Rosen of Tallahassee was first among the women with her 19:05, but the next five female finishers were all Wakulla High cross-country runners--frosh Isabella Laughton (8th, 19:19), sophomore Liliana Lewis (13th, 20:25), senior Marina Whitsell (18th, 21:54), sophomore Taylor Pfeifer (19th, 21:56), and sophomore Analecia Ferrell (24th, 22:54). Deborah Rayburn of Crawfordville, Florida was the first woman master and eighth female finisher, 30th overall in 24:12.


The Worm Gruntin' Festival is traditionally held on the second Saturday in April, but the 2020 and 2021 Festivals (and 5K races) were canceled due to COVID-19. The 2022 race was therefore the first Worm Gruntin' 5K since 2019. In spite of the hiatus, the 2022 event was also the largest Worm Gruntin' 5K in over a decade, with 271 athletes finishing the race. Five Star NTP of Dawsonville, Georgia timed and scored the event.


Top Ten Men, 2022 Worm Gruntin' Festival 5K

1. 18:48.56, Joseph Wiedeman (M, 17) Crawfordville, FL
2. 18:49.56, Jacob Langston (M, 16) Crawfordville, FL
3. 18:54.56, Mike Martinez (M, 56) Tallahassee, FL
4. 18:55.60, Isaac Peck (M, 16) Crawfordville, FL
5. 18:58.56, Andrew Nix (M, 16) Crawfordville, FL
6. 19:01.56, Henry Lewis (M, 14) Crawfordville, FL
7. 19:26.44, Christopher Caravello (M, 39) Santa Rosa Beach, FL
8. 19:40.24, Duane Evans (M, 54) Crawfordville, FL
9. 19:54.98, Logan Kilpatrick (M, 18) Crawfordville, FL
10. 20:13.59, Isaac Avello (M, 15) Crawfordville, FL

Top Ten Women, 2022 Worm Gruntin' Festival 5K

1. 19:04.56, Sheryl Rosen (F, 37) Tallahassee, FL
2. 19:18.74, Isabella Laughton (F, 14) Panacea, FL
3. 20:24.63, Liliana Lewis (F, 15) Crawfordville, FL
4. 21:53.48, Marina Whitsell (F, 18) Crawfordville, FL
5. 21:55.93, Taylor Pfeifer (F, 16) Saint Marks, FL
6. 22:50.07, Analecia Ferrell (F, 17) Crawfordville, FL
7. 23:49.49, Caliana Caravello (F, 14) Santa Rosa Beach, FL
8. 24:11.63, Deborah Rayburn (F, 54) Crawfordville, FL
9. 24:16.34, Chelsea Newson (F, 28) Casselberry, FL
10. 24:25.00, Crystal Chadwell (F, 30) Crawfordville, FL

Known winners of the Sopchoppy, Florida, Worm Grunting Festival 5K, 2003 - 2022
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
12 April 2003
10 April 2004
9 April 2005	18:36, Mackey Tyndall	20:57, Julie Clark	59
8 April 2006	Karl Hempel	Karmen Duchon	55
14 April 2007	20:11, Brett Templeton	Sydney Nutting	56
14 April 2012	17:27, Stanley Linton	23:00, Julie Rose Travis	111
13 April 2013	15:56, Stanley Linton	21:46, Emily Smith	139
12 April 2014	20:48, Travis Parks	21:20, Kayla Webbe	140
11 April 2015	17:45, Chase Savary	22:05, Hannah Wheatcraft	153
9 April 2016	17:22, Matthew Phillips	20:22, Mariah Tinger	154
8 April 2017	17:49, Stanley Linton	21:18, Alyssa Terry	146
14 April 2018	19:04, Paul Hodge	19:43, Rory Claussen	155
13 April 2019	19:20, Michael Bennett	20:44, Rory Claussen	154
9 April 2022	18:49, Joseph Wiedeman	19:05, Sheryl Rosen	271

Links

• Complete results of the 2022 Worm Gruntin' Festival 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT6MqU05qsgJDfVOfnkRic5PaG3_YYFdK0wdbv7vxF2brjjvply-XMs7bEd4pwPLFrnxbfCQNBY3vU5/pubhtml
  
  
• 2019 story, “No wrigglin', no squirmin', just runnin' for Michael Bennett and Rory Claussen at the Worm Gruntin' 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/04/worm-grunt-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “Paul Hodge and Rory Claussen were the early birds at the Worm Gruntin' 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/04/worm-grunt-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Linton and Terry wriggle out victories at the Worm Gruntin' 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/04/worm-grunt-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Phillips and Tinger win the Worm Gruntin' 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/04/worm-grunt-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Savary and Wheatcraft take their turn with the worms”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/04/worm-grunt-2015.html
  
  
• Sopchoppy Worm Gruntin' Festival
  http://www.wormgruntinfestival.com/
  
  
• If there's a festival, there's a 5K, and the 5K is on the Trouble Afoot! race calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2817

Thomas Parker and Sheryl Rosen nab spring cross-country wins at the Buck Lake 5K

Anyone who declares that spring is not cross-country season is ignoring the fact that the World Cross-Country Championships are always contested in late March. So, too, was the fifth annual Buck Lake 5K Trail Race, run at Tallahassee's Alford Greenway on Saturday morning, 26 March 2022. Thomas Parker won the race, running 19:15 on a hilly course carpeted with wet grass. Sheryl Rosen was the first female finisher, placing fourth overall in 20:31, the second-fastest time ever run by a woman in the Buck Lake 5K.

Thomas Parker

The race got started shortly after 9:00 AM. Asa Swope, an eighth-grader on the cross-country team at nearby Swift Creek Middle School, set the early pace. Half a kilometer into the run, Thomas Parker moved into second, overtaking Levi Harwell, a junior-year cross-country runner at North Florida Christian School. Parker eventually caught Swope as well, then proceeded to build up a lead of more than 200 meters as he galloped home in a winning 19:15.


Swope finished runner-up in 20:11, nearly a one-minute improvement over the 21:09 he posted at his previous Buck Lake 5K appearance in 2020. Mike Martinez was the top master runner in the 5K, coming in third overall in 20:27. Master runner Duane Evans, winner of the 2018 Buck Lake 5K, was fourth in 20:50.

Sheryl Rosen

After the first 500 meters of the race, Sheryl Rosen was running third in the women's field, trailing two middle school cross-country runners--seventh-grader Annabelle Wiktorski and sixth-grader Charlotte Sikes. Rosen may have been new to racing on Alford Greenway, but she was no stranger to cross-country running. She soon took command of the women's competition and went on to win by some 300 meters, running 20:31. The only woman who has run faster in the Buck Lake 5K was Jennifer McGranahan, a Pensacola master runner who posted a 20:17 at the 2020 race.


Annabelle Wiktorski, the 2021 Leon County Schools' middle school cross-country champion, finished the race second in the women's standings, placing seventh overall in 22:06. Savannah Stanley, a seventh-grader on the Montford Middle School cross-country team, took third in the women's division and fourteenth overall in 24:23. Another Montford harrier, seventh-grader Haley Heitmeyer, was the fourth woman and fifteenth overall in 24:31. Sara Collins was the first woman master and fifth female finisher in the 5K, placing 24th overall in 27:11.

Annabelle Wiktorski

123 athletes finished the 2022 Bobcat 5K cross-country race. Another 149 completed an earlier one-mile fun run. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the races.


Top Ten Men, 2022 Bobcat 5K Cross-Country Race

1. 19:15, Thomas Parker (M, 39)
2. 20:11, Asa Swope (M, 14)
3. 20:27, Mike Martinez (M, 56)
4. 20:50, Duane Evans (M, 54)
5. 22:05, Levi Harwell (M, 17)
6. 22:07, Jackson Beener (M, 14)
7. 22:18, Chris Stanley (M, 44)
8. 23:25, Aaron Harwell (M, 17)
9. 23:26, Jacob Stribling (M, 14)
10. 23:50, Kyle Andree (M, 38)

Top Ten Women, 2022 Bobcat 5K Cross-Country Race

1. 20:31, Sheryl Rosen (F, 37)
2. 22:06, Annabelle Wiktorski (F, 12)
3. 24:23, Savannah Stanley (F, 13)
4. 24:31, Haley Heitmeyer (F, 12)
5. 27:11, Sara Collins (F, 41)
6. 28:16, Georgia Goodman (F, 9)
7. 29:12, Ami Wheeler (F, 48)
8. 29:13, Kristen Knapp (F, 51)
9. 29:27, Vlasta Wiktorski (F, 44)
10. 29:58, Erica Spangler (F, 40)

Winners of the Bobcat 5K Cross-Country Race, 2017 - 2022
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
25 March 2017	20:41, Kyle Spratt	21:32, Stacie Elliott	102
24 March 2018	20:07, Duane Evans	21:34, Laura McDermott	114
9 March 2019	20:05, Connor Edwards	22:38, Clifton Lewis	150
29 February 2020	17:57, Trevor Sununu	20:17, Jennifer McGranahan	212
26 March 2022	19:15, Thomas Parker	20:31, Sheryl Rosen	123

Links

• Complete results of the 2022 Bobcat 5K Cross-Country Race
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRiFAPqH4Xr14L4cPjwnBLFsiUGjiDE8DNjDa-dOAmVVrfoUqGaQP2rRIlOphrcCTCq-28-bw7ZioG1/pubhtml
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! photos of the 2022 Bobcat 5K Cross-Country Race
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10119001697392953
  
  
• 2020 story, “Trevor Sununu and Jennifer McGranahan claw their way to Bobcat 5K wins”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2020/02/bobcat-2020.html
  
  
• 2019 story, “Connor Edwards and Clifton Lewis finish first at the Bobcat 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/03/bobcat-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “Duane Evans and Laura McDermott ran best at the Bobcat”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/03/bobcat-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Spratt over Spratt, while Stacie Elliott takes the women's title at the Bobcat 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/03/bobcat-2017.html
  
  
• Upcoming runs on trails, tracks, and roads on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2814

Encore wins at the Pine Run 20K for Chris O'Kelley and Sheryl Rosen

"It hurts for the first ten-and-a-half miles," explained Chris O'Kelley. "After that, it's the worst race you've ever run."

Chris O'Kelley

That was O'Kelley's description of the 12.4 miles of the Pine Run 20K at Tall Timbers, an annual fixture on the Tallahassee, Florida distance-running scene. But on Saturday morning, 2 October 2021, O'Kelley was mostly putting the hurt on the other runners at the 42nd Pine Run. He won the race by more than 800 meters, running 78:02. Sheryl Rosen was the top woman in the field, placing eleventh overall in 95:20.


North of the Beadel House at Tall Timbers, the race started at 7:35 AM. Seconds later, Leonardo Canete was in the lead. A Tallahassee master runer, Canete opened a gap of over 100 meters by the end of the first mile. The race wasn't over, though. During the second half, Chris O'Kelley began to close on Canete. Then he caught him.

Leonardo Canete

"It was around eight-and-a-quarter or eight-and-a-half miles," recalled O'Kelley. "When I passed him it was my fastest mile of the race. I was trying to get as far ahead of him as I could before the hills."


The hills come in the last three kilometers of the race, a pair of climbs out of the low area around Lake Iaomnia. O'Kelley had 200 meters on Canete before reaching the base of the first hill, and only widened the gap during the climb. Out of sight and out of reach, O'Kelley came across the finish line first in 78:02. Canete took second in 81:24, the first master runner in the race. Tristan Lanasa was third in 84:45.

Tristan Lanasa

It was O'Kelley's second Pine Run win; he had taken first in 2017 as well. 2017 was also the year of Sheryl Rosen's most recent women's title at the Pine Run. Going into 2021, Rosen had five Pine Run wins, one on the old course and four at Tall Timbers. Her 84:02 at the 2011 Pine Run stood as the fastest time by a woman on the Tall Timbers course.


Rosen didn't need to go that fast in 2021, winning the women's division by over two kilometers in 95:20. 1500 meters into the race she was already leading the women's field, trailed by master runner Laura Reina. Rosen wasn't waiting around for anyone; she passed thirteen kilometers before any of the other women had gone twelve. By then Reina was contesting second place with another master runner, Ali Kelly. Reina broke contact with Kelly during the fifteenth kilometer, while Alison Thumm moved up to challenge Kelly.

Sheryl Rosen

Reina ended the race second in the women's standings, placing 25th overall in 1:46:30. Thumm took third in the women's standings, breaking away from Kelly in the hills and finishing 26th overall in 1:47:07. Kelly was the fourth woman and 28th overall in 1:48:08.


The Pine Run 20K was first run in 1977, conducted by the Troy Track Club in International Paper's Southlands Experimental Forest, south of Bainbridge, Georgia. International Paper sold the property after the 2006 race, and the Pine Run was homeless until 2008, when the Gulf Winds Track Club conducted the first Pine Run 20K at Tall Timbers Research Station.

Laura Reina

Since then, it has been an annual race with interruptions. In 2018 the Pine Run was canceled due to damage from Hurricane Michael. In 2020, Gulf Winds Track Club and Tall Timbers canceled the race again, a casualty of COVID-19. Like everyone else, Tall Timbers had suffered pandemic shutdowns.


"We haven't had any groups out here for twenty months," observed Neil Fleckenstein before the 2021 race. Fleckenstein is Planning Coordinator at Tall Timbers Research Station.

Alison Thumm

Here's hoping that this was just the first group, and the first in another uninterrupted series of annual Pine Runs.


114 athletes finished the 2021 Pine Run 20K. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2021 Pine Run 20K

1. 1:18:02, Chris O'Kelley (M, 28) Tallahassee, FL
2. 1:21:24, Leonardo Canete (M, 42) Tallahassee, FL
3. 1:24:45, Tristan Lanasa (M, 28) Miramar Beach, FL
4. 1:27:06, Kyle Kraeft (M, 32) Tallahassee, FL
5. 1:30:03, Ryan Truchelut (M, 35) Tallahassee, FL
6. 1:30:56, Brad Busboom (M, 33) Tallahassee, FL
7. 1:31:11, Hong-Guo Yu (M, 53) Tallahassee, FL
8. 1:32:50, Paul Guyas (M, 43) Tallahassee, FL
9. 1:34:08, Bobby Duggleby (M, 31) Tallahassee, FL
10. 1:34:39, Bill McNulty (M, 63) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2021 Pine Run 20K

1. 1:35:20, Sheryl Rosen (F, 37) Tallahassee, FL
2. 1:46:30, Laura Reina (F, 57) Tallahassee, FL
3. 1:47:07, Alison Thumm (F, 44) Tallahassee, FL
4. 1:48:08, Ali Kelly (F, 49) Tallahassee, FL
5. 1:55:00, Laura Sellati (F, 42) Tallahassee, FL
6. 1:55:28, Tsige Tadesse-Kiros (F, 54) Tallahassee, FL
7. 1:56:30, Lorraine Cornillie (F, 30) Orlando, FL
8. 1:57:39, Nancy Stedman (F, 59) Tallahassee, FL
9. 1:59:34, Deirdre McCarthy (F, 42) Tallahassee, FL
10. 2:00:24, Sherri Wise (F, 40) Tallahassee, FL

Champions of Gulf Winds Track Club's Pine Run 20K, 1977 - 2021
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
15 October 1977	67:19, Herb Wills	86:21, Rosemary Desloge	124
14 October 1978	69:30, Jim Eastman	81:21, Janice Gage	167
13 October 1979	71:28, Louis Floyd	86:29, Laura Ledbetter	144
11 October 1980	71:57, Kirk Fechter	98:20, Michelle Jernigan	134
10 October 1981	75:05, Jeff Doherty	99:40, Marianne Crawford	101
9 October 1982	67:00, Herb Wills	97:17, Kathe Brookover	106
22 October 1983	69:32, Herb Wills	85:43, Patti Sudduth	128
20 October 1984	72:37, Kirk Fechter	89:55, Donna Miller	107
19 October 1985	68:54, Herb Wills	88:22, Patti Sudduth	71
18 October 1986	71:20, Bill Crooks	87:31, Janice Gage Hochstein	146
17 October 1987	68:58, Tom Swiersz	85:56, Kay Capozzi	125
15 October 1988	65:36, Herb Wills	82:29, Paula Johnson	170
14 October 1989	69:46, Herb Wills	89:53, Jodi Waldron	139
13 October 1990	69:55, Herb Wills	85:10, Donna Miller	113
12 October 1991	65:43, Jessie Close	88:16, Mary Jean Yon	150
17 October 1992	66:34, Gary Droze	82:17, Carrie Hunnicutt	141
16 October 1993	75:26, Paul Hoover	80:53, Paula Johnson	134
15 October 1994	72:45, Tim Simpkins	80:18, Jane Johnson	147
14 October 1995	77:39, Tim Simpkins	82:46, Jane Johnson	146
12 October 1996	74:32, Tim Simpkins	80:30, Jane Johnson	172
11 October 1997	71:36, Gary Droze	80:12, Sarah Docter-Williams	156
10 October 1998	73:12, Gary Droze	81:35, Jane Johnson	125
9 October 1999	80:41, Robert Pautienus	82:23 Sarah Docter-Williams	170
14 October 2000	79:28, Art Remillard	82:43, Jane Johnson	150
13 October 2001	80:57, Tim Unger	84:03, Sarah Docter-Williams	128
12 October 2002	83:37, Tim Bolton	86:46, Jane Johnson	137
11 October 2003	84:14, David Yon	97:27, Lisa Whitworth	79
9 October 2004	83:01, David Guerra	91:55, Jane Johnson	94
9 October 2005	79:41, Myles Gibson	89:55, Jane Johnson	136
14 October 2006	78:22, Jay Wallace	81:31, Sheryl Rosen	108
No race held in 2007
11 October 2008	77:45, Vince Molosky	87:32, Kati Gosnell	142
2 October 2009	75:22, Jay Wallace	86:21, Sheryl Rosen	155
9 October 2010	73:39, Vince Molosky	90:21, Jane Johnson	243
8 October 2011	73:15, Kevin Sullivan	84:02, Sheryl Rosen	180
13 October 2012	74:48, Vince Molosky	95:05, Jane Johnson	199
12 October 2013	74:27, Stanley Linton	85:36, Sheryl Rosen	171
11 October 2014	72:10, Chris Lake	87:09, Elspeth Turner	164
10 October 2016	69:46, Stan Linton	83:54, Allison Eagen	181
7 October 2017	80:31, Chris O'Kelley	91:59, Sheryl Rosen	103
Race canceled in 2018
5 October 2019	84:34, Chris Jones	97:40, Katie Sherron	111
Race canceled in 2020
2 October 2021	78:02, Chris O'Kelley	95:20, Sheryl Rosen	114
From 1977 to 2006 the race was run at International Paper's Southlands Experimental Forest south of Bainbridge, Georgia. From 2008 to 2021 the race has been run at Tall Timbers Research Station at the north end of Leon County, Florida.

Links

• Complete results of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2021 Pine Run 20K at Tall Timbers
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSFHllspC8OSWfjXaKXcQs4rQP4ml5Lorn3oqyV73srFslNWOl1Ev9ZS8v1hOEhaTpB-MwQhrEcX6gk/pubhtml
  
  
• More "Trouble Afoot!" photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2021 Pine Run 20K at Tall Timbers
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10118426073857133
  
  
• 2019 story, “Chris Jones and Katie Sherron take top billing at the return of the Pine Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/10/pine-run-2019.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “O'Kelley and Rosen tear it up at Tall Timbers in the Pine Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/pine-run-2017.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Miedema and Skalski are tough at Tall Timbers in the Pine Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/pine-run-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Sterling debuts for Lake and Turner at Tall Timbers”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/pine-run-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Linton and Rosen are the twin terrors of Tall Timbers in Tallahassee's Pine Run 20K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/10/pine-run-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Molosky and Johnson take titles at Tall Timbers”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/pine-run-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Sullivan and Rosen tumble records at Tall Timbers”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/10/pine-run-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Molosky and Johnson find their way to wins at Pine Run 20K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/pine-run-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Wallace, Rosen winners at the 2009 Pine Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/10/wallace-rosen-winners-at-2009-pine-run.html
  
  
• Beautyberry and other wildflowers on the Pine Run 20K course
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10101068395887923.3217016.5215641&l=45b43048ac
  
  
• If there's another cross-country race like the Pine Run scheduled, it'll be listed here
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2784

Sheryl Rosen notches another win at the Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K

Has anyone won Gulf Winds Track Club's Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K more often than Sheryl Rosen? Let me check.


No.

Sheryl Rosen

Rosen has also won the Tallahassee, Florida race in more different decades than anyone else. The 2000s? She took first in both 2006 and 2007. The 2010s? The Tallahassee lawyer won the 2018 event. The 2020s? Rosen covered that decade on Saturday morning, 18 September 2021, winning the 39th annual Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K in 21:16. In a showdown of two master runners, Leonardo Canete edged Glen Gorton for the top spot in the men's race, 18:14 to 18:15.


The Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival features a women's 5K followed by a separate men's 5K. The two races are run on the same course through the Indianhead Acres neighborhood, with the women starting in a wave five minutes before the men's wave. In 2021, the womnen's wave set off at 8:00 AM.

Sheryl Rosen and Mia Wiederkehr

Leading the race after just over 600 meters, three runners went around the first turn together--Sheryl Rosen, Mia Wiederkehr, and Annalise Maillet. Later, Maillet fell back. Wiederkehr hung on longer, but Rosen shook her as well, eventually.


"Before the two mile," recalled Wiederkehr.

Maggie Fleming

Rosen spent the rest of the race widening the gap, ultimately winning by nearly 200 meters in 21:16. Wiederkehr took second in 22:02. Maggie Fleming overtook Maillet during the final kilometer of the race to place third in 22:32. Maillet was fourth in 22:44. Laura Reina was the first master runner in the race, coming in seventh overall in 23:50.


In the men's wave, Leonardo Canete led early, with Ryan Truchelut trailing closely. A week earlier, Truchelut had finished ahead of Canete in the Sickle Cell 5K. This time, Truchelut couldn't stay with Canete. Coming up on the four kilometer mark Glen Gorton overtook Truchelut to move into second. Gorton was surprised to find himself moving up on Canete during the final kilometer. But...

Leonardo Canete

"I didn't quite get him," said Gorton.


He didn't. Canete made it across the line first in 18:14, just ahead of the 18:15 posted by runner-up Gorton. Truchelut finished third in 18:52.

Glen Gorton

62 women and 44 men finished the 2021 Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K. Another 19 athletes completed a one-mile fun run. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the races.


Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2021 Women's Distance Festival

1. 21:16, Sheryl Rosen (F, 37)
2. 22:02, Mia Wiederkehr (F, 23)
3. 22:32, Maggie Fleming (F, 26)
4. 22:44, Annalise Maillet (F, 25)
5. 23:02, Lindsey Brown (F, 36)
6. 23:34, Charlotte Sikes (F, 10)
7. 23:50, Laura Reina (F, 57)
8. 24:12, Tsige Tadesse-Kiros (F, 54)
9. 24:59, Angela Dempsey (F, 53)
10. 25:06, Georgina Hernandez (F, 31)

Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2021 Women's Distance Festival

1. 18:14, Leonardo Canete (M, 42)
2. 18:15, Glen Gorton (M, 58)
3. 18:52, Ryan Truchelut (M, 35)
4. 19:30, Michael Niezgoda (M, 32)
5. 19:45, Gregory Noonan (M, 38)
6. 20:01, Paul Guyas (M, 43)
7. 20:04, Duane Evans (M, 54)
8. 20:21, Phillip Sura (M, 51)
9. 20:49, Will Hanley (M, 46)
10. 21:16, Fanxiu Zhu (M, 52)

Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K Champions, 1982 - 2021
Date	Women	Men
24 July 1982	20:14, Cheryl Jennings	No Boys Allowed
23 July 1983	18:33, Barbara Balzer	No Boys Allowed
21 July 1984	18:11, Barbara Balzer	No Boys Allowed
20 July 1985	19:11, Barbara Balzer	15:24, Herb Wills
19 July 1986	18:20, Janice Hochstein	16:32, Rick Miller
18 July 1987	18:54, Janice Hochstein	15:47, Rick Miller
16 July 1988	17:58, Michele Farrell	15:09, Jessie Close
15 July 1989	17:20, Sue Addison	15:09, Jessie Close
14 July 1990	18:50, Janice Hochstein	15:38, Gary Droze
13 July 1991	18:51, Angie Crook	15:18, Gary Droze
11 July 1992	17:36, Paula Johnson	15:09, Gary Droze
17 July 1993	18:00, Lynda Nilges	15:45, Steve Wilcox
1 October 1994	18:06, Jane Johnson	15:46, Andy Palmer
7 October 1995	17:47, Jane Johnson	15:40, Gary Droze
5 October 1996	18:41, Tracy Pepoon	16:34, Tim Simpkins
4 October 1997	17:13, Sarah Docter-Williams	16:20, Tim Simpkins
3 October 1998	18:02, Sarah Docter-Williams	16:36, Tim Simpkins
2 October 1999	17:31, Sarah Docter-Williams	15:37, Lee Willis
7 October 2000	19:18, Kingsley Broughton	16:26, Art Remillard
6 October 2001	19:13, Kate Remillard	18:06, Reid Vannoy
2 November 2002	20:27, Mari Leitner	16:33, Nate Timm
1 November 2003	18:52, Kara Newell	17:39, Justin Dickieson
6 November 2004	18:09, Sarah Docter-Williams	17:24, Art Remillard
5 November 2005	21:38, Lydia Veal	18:16, Jimmy Graham
7 October 2006	18:36, Sheryl Rosen	17:55, Tim Unger
15 September 2007	19:02, Sheryl Rosen	17:04, Jay Wallace
20 September 2008	18:52, Lisa Johnson	17:29, David Altmaier
19 September 2009	19:00, Kelsey Scheitlin	16:34, John Robida
18 September 2010	18:39, Lisa Johnson	16:34, Vince Molosky
17 September 2011	17:11, Jackie Drouin	15:00, Kevin Sullivan
15 September 2012	17:06, Georgia Peel	16:03, Chris Rego
14 September 2013	16:51, Kayleigh Tyerman	15:58, Stanley Linton
20 September 2014	20:45, Anna Busby	16:45, Roger Schmidt
19 September 2015	18:53, Katie Sherron	17:08, Zach DeVeau
17 September 2016	18:38, Adriana Piekarewicz	15:29, Stan Linton
23 September 2017	18:13, Katie Sherron	16:28, Charlie Johnson
22 September 2018	18:30, Sheryl Rosen	18:02, Bryce Parry
21 September 2019	18:00, Ann Centner	16:17, Paul Allen
18 September 2021	21:16, Sheryl Rosen	18:14, Leonardo Canete

Links

• Complete results of the 2021 Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRnRu8oYk9sc1csggczCP8M6KOX5krGBnL5lV8F7QDR0g1iFVG5sf5pFSlRts11iVBZnh9rN8sbtX5Q/pubhtml
  
  
• More photos of GWTC's 2021 Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10118385899367133
  
  
• 2019 story, “Ann Centner goes 18:00 on Tallahassee's hills to win the Women's Distance Festival 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/09/wdf-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “Running 18:30, Sheryl Rosen notches a third Women's Distance Festival win”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/09/wdf-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Katie Sherron runs 18:13 in hilly Indianhead”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/wdf-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Adriana Piekarewicz wins a duel in Indianhead”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/wdf-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Sherron victorious at the 34th annual Women's Distance Festival 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/wdf-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Anna Busby gets a Women's Distance Fest win in the Indianhead hills”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/09/wdf-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, "Tyerman lowers Women's Distance Festival 5K record to 16:51"
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/wdf-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, "Georgia Peel runs 17:06 at Women's Distance Festival 5K"
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/wdf-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, "Drouin runs a record 17:11 at Women's Distance Fest 5K"
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/wdf-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, "Lisa Johnson wins big at the Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival"
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/wdf-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, "Scheitlin, Robida Take Tallahassee Women's Distance Fest Titles"
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/09/scheitlin-robida-take-tallahassee.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map for the 2016 Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL17042TY
  
  
• Upcoming races within a 100-mile drive of Tallahassee, Florida's running capital
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2778

Austin Whitelaw and Sheryl Rosen headline the 15K at the 44th annual Tallahassee Turkey Trot

In Tallahassee, Florida you can depend on thousands of runners showing up in Southwood on Thanksgiving morning. It has been that way since 2002, when Gulf Winds Track Club moved the Tallahassee Turkey Trot to Southwood. Low temperatures or wet weather may cut into the crowd some years, but they still came in their thousands. The weather was bright and cool for the 44th annual Turkey Trot on Thursday morning, 28 November 2019, prompting more than 5,000 athletes to make it to the starting line of one of the four races--mile, 5K, 10K, and the main event 15K. Of that crowd, the first over the finish line in the 15K was Austin Whitelaw, who won the 9.3-mile race in 49:24. Sheryl Rosen was the first woman in the 15K, placing seventh overall in 57:33.

Austin Whitelaw

The hundreds of athletes in the “Turkey Gobbler” Mile had already had their turn on the streets of Southwood when the longer races--15K, 10K, and 5K--started at 8:30 AM. By the end of the first mile, Austin Whitelaw and Trevor Touchton were leading the 15K field. For the first half of the run, they raced side by side--Whitelaw, an academic advisor with Florida State University Student-Athlete Academic Services, and Touchton, a United States Army Lieutenant stationed at Fort Bragg. Approaching the five-mile mark, Whitelaw broke away.


“It was right at the 10K and 15K split,” said Whitelaw. “After that he was still close.”

Trevor Touchton and Austin Whitelaw

Between the six- and seven-mile marks, the course made a U-turn, allowing Whitelaw to gauge his lead over Touchton.


“I had about 30 seconds on him there,” said Whitelaw. “I told myself that as long as I keep running aggressively, I’ll be all right.”


He did. He was. Whitelaw took first in 49:24, with Touchton second in 50:14. Caleb Carmichael, the University of West Florida cross-country coach, placed third in 52:22. Tallahassee Community College cross-country coach Gary Droze was the first master runner in the race and sixth overall in 57:27.

Sheryl Rosen

Whitelaw raced cross-country at Monroe High School and at the University of Tennessee. He also has plans to compete at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships in December. During that long athletic career, though, Whitelaw never raced 15K, so his time in the race stands as a personal best. Sheryl Rosen, the Turkey Trot 15K women’s champ, seemed dismissive of her own performance.


“I was a minute off last year’s time,” said Rosen.


Rosen didn’t mention that her 2018 mark, 56:45, is still the second-fastest time logged by a woman on the Southwood course. Rosen wasn’t exactly pushed in the 2019 race, either. When she crossed the finish line in 57:33, she was almost a mile ahead of the next woman in the race. Rosen collected her first Turkey Trot 15K title in 2006. The 2019 win was her ninth. No one has won the race as many times.

Rachel Durbin

Rachel Durbin was the second woman in the race, coming in eighteenth overall in 1:03:31. Alyssa Moore was the third woman and 21st overall in 1:05:39. L. A. Hanlon was the first woman master and sixth female finisher, 31st overall in 1:07:43.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K

1. 49:24, Austin Whitelaw (M, 26) Tallahassee, FL
2. 50:14, Trevor Touchton (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
3. 52:22, Caleb Carmichael (M, 35) Pensacola, FL
4. 52:59, Trevor Sununu (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
5. 56:14, Chris O'Kelley (M, 26) Tallahassee, FL
6. 57:27, Gary Droze (M, 58) Tallahassee, FL
7. 58:09, Drew Farrington (M, 58:04) Okemos, MI
8. 58:28, Mickey Moore (M, 49) Tallahassee, FL
9. 58:53, Hong-Guo Yu (M, 51) Tallahassee, FL
10. 59:58, Myles Gibson (M, 53) Iron City, GA

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K

1. 57:33, Sheryl Rosen (F, 35) Tallahassee, FL
2. 63:31, Rachel Durbin (F, 24) Tallahassee, FL
3. 65:39, Alyssa Moore (F, 25) Tallahassee, FL
4. 66:01, Kate Harrison (F, 27) Orlando, FL
5. 66:02, Lilli Unger (F, 17) Tallahassee, FL
6. 67:43, L. A. Hanlon (F, 41) Tallahassee, FL
7. 67:52, Katie Sherron (F, 38) Tallahassee, FL
8. 70:30, Jillian Heddaeus (F, 36) Tallahassee, FL
9. 71:35, Laura Reina (F, 55) Tallahassee, FL
10. 72:34, Jane Johnson (F, 60) Tallahassee, FL

Whitelaw and Touchton had each other for company during the first half of the 15K. In the 10K, Chris Haynes ran alone for nearly the entire 6.2-mile race. That’s not surprising when you consider that Haynes not only went faster than anyone else in the race, he went faster than anyone has ever run the Turkey Trot 10K. His 31:34 winning time took three seconds off the Turkey Trot record. Not that there weren't any obstacles along the way.

Chris Haynes

“I was bobbing and weaving among the 5K runners on the fourth mile and the last kilometer,” said Haynes.


He did enjoy himself along the way, though.

Micah Kemp

“The drums were cool!” said Haynes. “The course was well marked. It was super well marked.”


Micah Kemp, a senior on the University of West Florida cross-country team, was second in 34:33. Michael Rhodes of Perry, Florida was the top master runner in the race, outkicking Leon High's Joseph Ashebo for third overall. Both runners were clocked in 35:40.

Ann Centner

Ann Centner went 35:41 for the women's title in the 10K, placing fifth overall. It wasn’t a Turkey Trot record, but it was the fastest 10K run by a woman on the Tallahassee roads in the last eight years. It also took more than a minute off Centner’s personal best, a 36:57 she ran at Thomasville’s 2019 Rose City 10K.


Mia DePillo, a senior on the East Tennessee State women's cross-country squad, placed second in the women's standings and tenth overall in 40:01. Renee Cox, a University of West Florida graduate student in nursing, was the third woman and eleventh overall in 40:10. Cox had won the women's title in the 2018 Turkey Trot 10K. Ali Kelly of Tallahassee was the first woman master and fifth female finisher in the 10K, 34th overall in 43:45.

Mia DePillo

Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 10K

1. 31:34, Chris Haynes (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
2. 34:33, Micah Kemp (M, 22) Pensacola, FL
3. 35:40, Michael Rhodes (M, 50) Perry, FL
4. 35:40, Joseph Ashebo (M, 18) Tallahassee, FL
5. 38:16, Stephen Andrews (M, 33) Tampa, FL
6. 39:04, Paul Guyas (M, 42) Tallahassee, FL
7. 39:31, Terrance Keenan (M, 55) Tallahassee, FL
8. 39:55, Bobby Duggleby (M, 29) Tallahassee, FL
9. 40:30, Elvis Maradzike (M, 33) Tallahassee, FL
10. 40:46, Paul Kileen (M, 13) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 10K

1. 35:51, Ann Centner (F, 28) Tallahassee, FL
2. 40:01, Mia Depillo (F, 22) Fort Wayne, IN
3. 40:10, Renee Cox (F, 32) Pensacola, FL
4. 42:12, Amanda Sava (F, 25) Tallahassee, FL
5. 43:45, Ali Kelly (F, 47) Tallahassee, FL
6. 43:52, Brittney Barnes (F, 31) Tallahassee, FL
7. 44:13, Maria Andrews (F, 29) Tallahassee, FL
8. 44:35, Kelley Bahn (F, 27) Pensacola, FL
9. 44:41, Lily Moore (F, 15) Tallahassee, FL
10. 44:52, Chelsee Cook (F, 20) Blountstown, FL

Ricardo Estremera had won the Turkey Trot 5K in 2015, 2017, and 2018. He returned to the race in 2019 with the specific goal of breaking the race’s 5K record, a 14:46 run by Matt Mizereck in 2010. Estremera led from the gun, and crossed the finish line far ahead of the rest of the field in 14:46--equalling Mizereck’s mark.

Ricardo Estremera

“I tied it. I’m done,” said Estremera. “I’m going to run 10K or 15K next year.”


Christopher Porter, a first-year runner on Mansfield University cross-country team, placed runner-up in 16:40. Michael Castel of Tallahassee was third in 16:57. Mike Martinez of Tallahassee was the first master runner in the race, coming in seventh overall in 17:47.

Angela Cipriani

Angela Cipriani of Thomasville, Georgia was the first woman in the 5K, finishing sixteenth overall in 18:44. Cipriani is an undergraduate at Valdosta State University, where she races on the women's cross-country team. Florida State University graduate student Alyssa Terry was the second woman and 33rd overall in 19:45. Olivia Miller of Tallahassee was third in the women’s standings and 42nd overall in 20:09. Tallahassee's Monica Judd was the first woman master and eighth female finisher in the 5K, 58th overall in 20:55.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 5K

1. 14:46, Ricardo Estremera (M, 33) Tallahassee, FL
2. 16:40, Christopher Porter (M, 18) Tallahassee, FL
3. 16:57, Michael Castel (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
4. 17:17, Filippo Aldrovandi-Reina (M, 15) Tallahassee, FL
5. 17:27, Charles Hruda (M, 18) Tallahassee, FL
6. 17:33, Christian Minor (M, 32) Tallahassee, FL
7. 17:47, Mike Martinez (M, 53) Tallahassee, FL
8. 17:51, George Escobar (M, 21) Tallahassee, FL
9. 17:52, Michael Hall II (M, 23) Tallahassee, FL
10. 17:53, Ashton Smith (M, 18) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 5K

1. 18:44, Angela Cipriani (F, 20) Thomasville, GA
2. 19:45, Alyssa Terry (F, 26) Tallahassee, FL
3. 20:09, Olivia Miller (F, 18) Tallahassee, FL
4. 20:11, Elyse Carmichael (F, 12) Pensacola, FL
5. 20:31, Tate Arrington (F, 15) Charlotte, NC
6. 20:33, Keely Bradle (F, 10) Charlotte, NC
7. 20:50, Zita Magloire (F, 35) Cairo, GA
8. 20:55, Monica Judd (F, 45) Tallahassee, FL
9. 20:55, Clifton Lewis (F, 11) Tallahassee, FL
10. 21:17, Evelyn Baldwin (F, 16) Van Nuys, CA

Tallahassee Turkey Trot winners, 1976 - 2019
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
November 1976	10 Miles	53:33, Tim Simpkins	78:10, Betty Ely
November 1977	10 Miles	52:49, Tim Simpkins	65:30, Rosemary Desloge
November 1978	15K	46:30, Ken Misner	58:14, Janice Gage
November 1979	15K	49:03, Chuck Jewell	61:06, Janice Gage
November 1980	15K	48:06, Gary Slayton	58:16, Laura Ledbetter
November 1981	15K	46:50, Ernie McKee	58:54, Liz Tromboli
November 1982	15K	47:47, George West	55:51, Margaret Coomber
November 1983	15K	47:02, Ronnie Treadway	55:29, Carla Borovicka
November 1984	15K	49:42, Rick Miller	57:23, Margaret Coomber
November 1985	15K	46:31, Larry Greene	56:49, Karen MacHarg
November 1986	15K	47:35, Herb Wills	53:36, Carla Borovicka
	5K	16:29, Kent Vann	20:44, Gail Reinertsen
November 1987	15K	46:26, Paul Waldron	53:49, Carla Borovicka
	5K	15:46, Rick Miller	19:52, Anita Cicanese
November 1988	15K	47:18, Herb Wills	54:08, Carla Borovicka
	5K	15:36, Rick Miller	20:21, Yvonne Gsteiger
November 1989	15K	47:05, Jessie Close	57:25, Janice Hochstein
	5K	16:02, Gary Droze	21:45, Kathy Bishop
November 1990	15K	48:37, Jeff Wentworth	58:34, Paula Johnson
	5K	15:54, Patrick Calcutt	22:06, Kathy Scarth
November 1991	15K	48:54, Jessie Close	60:51, Tina Davies
	5K	N/A	N/A	N/A
November 1992	15K	55:35, Douglas Henry	1:03:17, Sissi Carroll
	10K	33:52, Bill Crooks	38:00, Lynda Nilges
	5K	No 5K race
November 1993	15K	55:32, Thomas Holshouser	1:04:15, Paula Johnson/Linda Nilges
	10K	32:43, Gary Droze	38:02, Carrie Weyant
	5K	17:23, Tony Wade	17:45, Kirsty Wade
November 1994	15K	55:06, Terry Presnell	58:50, Carrie Weyant
	10K	34:56, Jason Gowans	43:19, Rachel Kosiewski
	5K	17:48, Bill McGuire	18:36, Kim Pawelek
November 1995	15K	49:12, Jessie Close	59:40, Carrie Weyant
	10K	34:17, Jeff Nielsen	40:40, Chateau Mangaroo
	5K	18:14, John Rogers	22:55, Nicole Hylan
November 1996	15K	54:55, Clarence Calloway	59:51, Carrie Weyant
	10K	31:37, Gary Droze	40:34, Susan Bergh
	5K	18:37, Dana Carpenter	17:23, Kim Pawelek
November 1997	15K	52:57, Jeff Nielsen	59:40, Carrie Weyant
	10K	32:37, Lee Willis	37:35, Sarah Docter-Williams
	5K	17:01, Corey Cherr	21:40, Jordann Baker
November 1998	15K	52:47, Robert Pautienus	58:20, Jane Johnson
	10K	32:38, Lee Willis	37:37, Sarah Docter-Williams
	5K	16:33, Michael Joanos	21:56, Anne Johanson
November 1999	15K	53:52, Tim Unger	58:38, Jane Johnson
	10K	33:35, Gary Droze	38:02, Sarah Docter-Williams
	5K	15:45, Lee Willis	20:15, Julie Carico
November 2000	15K	54:30, Gary Droze/Art Remillard	58:39, Jane Johnson
	10K	33:02, Lee Willis	40:02, Allison Eagen
	5K	17:55, Jason Stegall	16:56, Breeda Dennehy-Willis
November 2001	15K	55:43, Slade Ward	64:01, Cynthia Lyons
	10K	35:11, Matt Katz	38:19, Kate Remillard
	5K	17:32, Hunter Cook	21:21, Julia Bryant
November 2002	15K	53:30, Jessie Close	63:26, Carrie Weyant
	10K	34:55, Gary Droze	41:08, Jane Johnson
	5K	16:47, Shawn Patterson	19:42, Karol Withrow
November 2003	15K	51:54, Jessie Close	59:54, Luanne Coulter
	10K	34:15, Phillip Rowan	37:42, Sarah Docter-Williams
	5K	17:18, Corey Preugschat	20:47, Karla Savery
November 2004	15K	50:42, Matthew Dobson	59:54, Jane Johnson
	10K	36:38, Charlie Johnson	37:08, Sarah Docter-Williams
	5K	16:34, Caleb Carmichael	19:23, Karol Withrow
24 November 2005	15K	52:34, Jessie Close	57:59, Luanne Coulter	211
	10K	34:56, Gary Droze	37:35, Sarah Docter-Williams	274
	5K	16:34, Alex Miletich	20:03, Jennifer Emo	992
23 November 2006	15K	50:24, Matthew Dobson	58:24, Sheryl Rosen	207
	10K	32:52, Alex Brickler	35:20, Breeda Dennehy-Willis	295
	5K	16:40, Calvin Vannoy	18:16, Sarah Docter-Williams	1232
22 November 2007	15K	54:37, Jay Wallace	59:52, Sheryl Rosen	208
	10K	32:56, Alex Brickler	41:52, Michelle Sikes	210
	5K	15:37, Stephan Smith	18:39, Micah Adriani	686
27 November 2008	15K	50:10, Chris Lake	59:56, Sheryl Rosen	341
	10K	34:07, Tyler Price	44:33, Kristin Sweeney	389
	5K	16:11, Stan Reecy	18:29, Lisa Johnson	1714
26 November 2009	15K	51:19, Chris Lake	57:49, Amy Hines	346
	10K	32:15, Tyler Price	39:45, Kristin Findley	502
	5K	14:52, Nick Stenuf	17:38, Karen Harvey	2075
25 November 2010	15K	50:48, Chris Lake	61:46, Allison Eagen	464
	10K	35:23, Josh Brown	36:47, Karen Harvey	587
	5K	14:46, Matt Mizereck	18:30, Lisa Johnson	2858
24 November 2011	15K	50:39, Chris Lake	57:36, Pasca Cheruiyot	428
	10K	33:15, Richard Smith	45:41, L.A. Hanlon	643
	5K	16:35, Sean Mendes	19:02, Lisa Johnson	3035
22 November 2012	15K	49:53, Chris Lake	57:27, Sheryl Rosen	432
	10K	33:15, Stanley Linton	36:05, Stephanie Slekis	766
	5K	16:02, Ryan Barrow	16:26, Violah Lagat	3682
28 November 2013	15K	49:59, Joshua Seitz	57:11, Sheryl Rosen	395
	10K	32:38, Stanley Linton	38:00, Seeley Gutierrez	774
	5K	15:28, Kevin Sullivan	18:36, Emily Ness	2980
27 November 2014	15K	49:37, Chris Lake	60:19, Sheryl Rosen	465
	10K	34:49, David Thornton	40:50, Marci Gray	667
	5K	15:52, Joshua Seitz	20:59, Alyson Churchill	3864
26 November 2015	15K	52:41, Nate Kaiser	57:41, Katie Sherron	306
	10K	35:01, Daniel Hamilton	38:40, Katie Gorman	679
	5K	14:53, Ricardo Estremera	18:33, Emma Reed	3890
24 November 2016	15K	47:44, Stan Linton	59:42, Sheryl Rosen	354
	10K	32:01, Justin Garrard	41:40, Renee Cox	682
	5K	16:02, Trevor Touchton	19:48, Katie Sack	4274
23 November 2017	15K	51:49, Anthony Malatesta	56:36, Katie Sherron	292
	10K	32:42, Justin Garrard	38:03, Adriana Piekarewicz	507
	5K	15:11, Ricardo Estremera	20:07, Kat Sack	3060
22 November 2018	15K	48:28, Stan Linton	56:45, Sheryl Rosen	237
	10K	33:13, Micah Kemp	38:59, Renee Cox	542
	5K	14:47, Ricardo Estremera	19:43, Caroline Willis	3811
28 November 2019	15K	49:24, Austin Whitelaw	57:33, Sheryl Rosen	227
	10K	31:34, Chris Haynes	35:51, Ann Centner	567
	5K	14:46, Ricardo Estremera	18:44, Angela Cipriani	3507

Links

• Complete results of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Turkey Trot
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQS0f7f3YtWAjkJkeqbH_WCy5ssnJTfJJSoh0a2XJIWNt08VdBuE8w696bsUS2zor4oYx03aB2kOtzc/pubhtml
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Tallahassee Turkey Trot
  
  • Part 1:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10114707763595703
  • Part 2:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10114708094986593
  • Part 3:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10114709312022643
  
  
• 2016 story, “Stan Linton trots 47:44 for 15K at the Tallahassee Turkey Trot”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/11/turkey-trot-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “5,645 enjoy Turkey Trot; Kaiser and Sherron enjoy it quickly”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/11/turkey-trot-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Lake and Rosen back on top at Turkey Trot”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/11/turkey-trot-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Seitz and Rosen speed through Southwood to Turkey Trot 15K titles”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/11/turkey-trot-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Lake and Rosen take titles as 6,000 runners take in Turkey Trot”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/11/turkey-trot-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Lake and 5,100 runners decide Turkey Trot is 'just right'”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/11/turkey-trot-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Nearly 5,000 runners devour four races at 2010 Tallahassee Turkey Trot”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/11/turkey-trot-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “No Turkeys Were Harmed in the Trotting of this Race”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-turkeys-were-harmed-in-trotting-of.html
  
  
• Gulf Winds Track Club's Tallahassee Turkey Trot
  http://tallyturkeytrot.com/
  
  
• Find upcoming races, poultry and non-poultry alike, on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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