Eric van der Els goes 14:24 and Sarah Disanza 16:36 at the Matanzas 5000

USATF certification of the course for Saint Augustine, Florida's Matanzas 5K expired in 2022. That means that the 2023 and 2024 races were run on an uncertified course. That's a shame, because the Matanzas 5000 bills itelf as "Florida's FASTEST 5K," and that's not entirely hype. For instance, at the 44th annual Matanzas 5000 on Saturday morning, 20 January 2024, three athletes broke 15:00. The fastest of those was Eric van der Els, who threw down a 14:24 for the win. Sarah Disanza was the women's champ, placing tenth overall in 16:36.


It wasn't van der Eles's fastest 5K performance; while a senior at the University of Connecticut he had run 13:36.28 on the track. But 14:24 was fast enough for the former Husky to shake off the other two athletes in the lead pack, Alec Sandusky and Jacob Klemz. Sandusy ended the race second in 14:30, while Klemz took third in 14:40.

Aaron Rowe was the fastest master runner in the race, placing seventh overall in 15:58.


Sarah Disanza's 16:36 put her 200 meters ahead of the next woman in the race, so she had little motive to run faster. Disanza has run faster, though. At the University of Wisconsin, she was a four-time NCAA All-American with a best of 15:20.57 in the 5000--a time that set a Big Ten conference record in the event.


Brittany Eberson finished runner-up to Disanza in the women's standings, placing 22nd overall in 17:16. Amelia Bjornson was the third woman and 34th overall in 17:53. Thirteen-year-old Peyton Cerasi, an eighth-grader at Indian Trails Middle School, ran 18:01 to take fourth in the women's division and 38th overall. Michelle McCreary of Ponte Vedra Beach was the first woman master and fifth female finisher, 41st overall in 18:06.


878 athletes finished the 2024 Matanzas 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2024 Matanzas 5K

1. 14:24, Eric van der Els (M, 25)
2. 14:30, Alec Sandusky (M, 26)
3. 14:40, Jacob Klemz (M, 26)
4. 15:33, Jonathan Besselink (M, 26)
5. 15:35, Christopher Haynes (M, 31)
6. 15:47, Jonathan Hulzebos (M, 28)
7. 15:58, Aaron Rowe (M, 43)
8. 15:58, Matthew Taddeo (M, 28)
9. 16:00, Daniel Erlandson (M, 30)
10. 16:45, Tyler McFarland (M, 32)

Top Ten Women, 2024 Matanzas 5K

1. 16:36, Sarah Disanza (F, 28)
2. 17:16, Brittany Eberson (F, 35)
3. 17:53, Amelia Bjornson (F, 31)
4. 18:01, Peyton Cerasi (F, 13)
5. 18:06, Michelle McCreary (F, 40)
6. 18:06, Heather Henning (F, 36)
7. 18:09, Sydney Johnson (F, 13)
8. 18:08, Kristen Dixon (F, 43)
9. 18:10, Lydia McRae (F, 42)
10. 18:34, Charlotte Joseph (F, 16)

Matanzas 5000 winners
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
27 January 1996		17:00, Rachel Cook
25 January 1997	14:31, Yuri Punda	16:06, Alla Doudaera
31 January 1998	14:56, Gary Meyers	16:47, Laura Mykytok
30 January 1999	14:41, Andrey Kuznetzov	16:22, Kim Pawelek
29 January 2000	14:47, Sergey Shalomeyev	16:32, Tetyana Pozdnyakova
27 January 2001	14:39, Darin Shearer	15:59, Jennifer Rhines
26 January 2002	14:28, Zepherinus Joseph	17:49, Clair Domingo
25 January 2003	15:18, Jerry Lawson	17:35, Tatiana Titova
31 January 2004	14:21, Darin Shearer	15:42, Galina Alexandrova
22 January 2005	15:11, Paul McRae	18:34, Stephanie Paulk
28 January 2006	14:43, Ryan Woods	16:01, Firiya Sultanova
27 January 2007	14:27, Gareth Turnbull	16:14, Amy Rudolph
26 January 2008	14:36, Ryan Woods	16:01, Molly Huddle
24 January 2009	16:47, John Metzgar	16:03, Yuliya Gromova	1193
23 January 2010	15:08, Ryan Woods	16:33, Jolene Williams	1665
22 January 2011	14:31, Christian Hesch	16:20, Lindsay Sundell	1576
21 January 2012	14:32, Christian Hesch	16:26, Megan Brown	1509
26 January 2013	14:28, Enoch Nadler	16:39, Lauren Goss	1608
25 January 2014	14:54, Christopher Moen	16:35, Cynthia Jerop	1207
24 January 2015	14:06, Eliud Ngetich	16:52, Kaitlin Donner	934
30 January 2016	14:51, Matt Crowe	16:39, Kaitlin Donner	1177
21 January 2017	14:37, Mark Parrish	17:05, Stephanie Pezzullo	985
27 January 2018	14:08, Ian La Mere	15:54, Anne-Marie Blaney	873
26 January 2019	14:28, Andrew Colley	17:05, Joanna Thompson	985
18 January 2020	14:07, Enoch Nadler	15:56, Cleo Boyd	933
22 May 2021	No Race, Virtual Run
22 January 2022	14:00, David Bett	15:52, Natosha Rogers	620
28 January 2023	14:09, Ben Kendell	16:32, Madison Offstein	833
20 January 2024	14:24, Eric van der Els	16:36, Sarah Disanza	878

Links

• Complete results of the 2024 Matanzas 5K
  https://app.box.com/s/quiiesf3m8svh0i3qova4hjpow0pqq3f
  
  
• 2019 story, “Andrew Colley, Matt McClintock, and Joanna Thompson ZAP the field at the Matanzas 5000”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/01/matanzas-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “14:08, 14:08, and 14:10 for La Mere, Kenyon, and Izewski at the Matanzas 5000”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/01/matanzas-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Parrish tears a 14:37 at the Matanzas 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/matanzas-2017.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL12049EBM for the 2022 Matanzas 5K
  https://www.certifiedroadraces.com/certificate/?type=l&id=FL12049EBM
  
  
• Find future fast 5K road races on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https:troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#3038

A cross-country preview? Menendez' Ryan Jones grabs a Bridge of Lions 5K win

Summer athletics in Florida isn't for the weak. In Saint Augustine on Saturday morning, 9 July 2022, temperatures had already reached 80 °F with high humidity when the 37th annual Bridge of Lions 5K got underway. Depsite the conditions, Ryan Jones tore through a 17:29 to win the 3.1-mile race by just over a hundred meters. Shannon Hickey Jones was the first woman in the field, going 18:46 and placing eighth overall.


A distance runner at Saint Augustine's Pedro Menendez High School, when Ryan Jones raced the Bridge of Lions 5K he was coming off a junior year track season where he lowered his 3200 PR to 10:14.58 and his 1600 time to 4:29.53. In the fall he will be competing in his senior year cross-country season with the Falcons.


Behind Jones, two master runners battled for the runner-up spot, Leonardo Canete and Jeremy Caudill. Caudill had the home course advantage, being from Saint Augustine. He had also won the race outright in 2018. Nevertheless, it was Canete, the visitor from Tallahassee, Florida, who prevailed, 17:51 to 17:53. Spencer Lawrence, a rising junior at Pedro Menendez high, took fourth in 18:07.

Shannon Hickey Jones had raced the 2021 Bridge Of Lions, finishing second in the women's standings with a 19:23. Runner-up wasn't good enough in 2022; Jones improved her time by over half a minute to 18:46, taking the women's title.


At 20:11, Julia Zalenski of Mars, Pennsylvania was the second woman and twentieth overall. Zalenski is headed into her senior year cross-country season at North Catholic High back in Pennsylvania. Another prep runner, Maddie Strong, was the third woman and 24th overall in 20:26. Strong is a rising junior at Scott High in Kentucky. Saint Augustine's Kristine Williams was the first woman master and eighth female finisher, 32nd overall in 21:32.


1035 athletes finished the 2022 Bridge of Lions 5K. RaceSmith chip-timed the event.


Top Ten Men, 2022 Bridge of Lions 5K, St. Augustine, Florida

1. 17:29, Ryan Jones (M, 17) Saint Augustine, FL
2. 17:51, Leonardo Canete (M, 43) Tallahassee, FL
3. 17:53, Jeremy Caudill (M, 43) Saint Augustine, FL
4. 18:07, Spencer Lawrence (M, 16) Saint Augustine, FL
5. 18:13, Reiley English (M, 17) Saint Marys, GA
6. 18:20, Julian Bautista (M, 18) Gainesville, FL
7. 18:41, Peter Buffington (M, 45) Winter Springs, FL
8. 19:11, Erik Hansen (M, 35) Ormond Beach, FL
9. 19:17, Reed Popp (M, 22) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
10. 19:30, Brian Rensing (M, 54) Saint Augustine, FL

Top Ten Women, 2022 Bridge of Lions 5K, St. Augustine, Florida

1. 18:46, Shannon Hickey Jones (F, 36) Ormond Beach, FL
2. 20:11, Julia Zalenski (F, 17) Mars, PA
3. 20:26, Maddie Strong (F, 16) Independence, KY
4. 20:37, Olivia Kemp (F, 18) Saint Augustine, FL
5. 21:05, Harleigh Crist (F, 26) Umatilla, FL
6. 21:28, Harper Brighty (F, 15) Sylvania, OH
7. 21:34, Morgan Sharp (F, 22) Saint Augustine, FL
8. 21:32, Kristine Williams (F, 50) Saint Augustine, FL
9. 21:51, Monica Hickey (F, 41) Ormond Beach, FL
10. 22:27, Kitty Musante (F, 65) New Smyrna Beach, FL

Bridge of Lions 5K winners, 1985 - 2022
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
12 July 1986	14:53, John Rogerson	18:11, Jeannie Messinese
18 July 1987	14:55, Ron Borsheim	18:03, Tawny Kern
22 July 1989
20 July 1996	15:34, Mark Donahue	17:16, Kim Pawelek	995
19 July 1997	15:18, Gary Droze	16:56, Kim Pawelek	958
18 July 1998	15:41, Reo Rorem	19:04, Kelly Wild	1113
17 July 1999	15:52, Ted Devos	16:28, Kim Pawelek	1151
15 July 2000	16:12, Randy Hollinger	20:27, Erin Neville	958
21 July 2001	16:15, Lee Yaracas	19:00, Karin Glenn
20 July 2002	16:20, Joseph Zepherinus	18:32, Karin Glenn	490
19 July 2003	17:24, Keith Brantly	19:22, Karin Glenn	503
17 July 2004	15:51, Justin Taylor	17:46, Luanne Coulter	439
16 July 2005	16:15, Justin Taylor	20:01, Amanda Hahn	228
15 July 2006	16:19, Justin Taylor	19:29, Michelle Krueger	216
21 July 2007	15:45, Justin Taylor	20:48, Christine Marcano	387
19 July 2008	16:27, Mike Hensley	20:04, Sue O'Malley	433
18 July 2009	16:22, Todd Neville	19:44, Julie Mayfield	431
17 July 2010	16:07, Ryan Albertson	20:33, Sue O'Malley	506
16 July 2011	17:22, Joe Matuszczak	18:29, Courtney Cooper	731
21 July 2012	16:24, Marc Akbar	18:23, Michelle Krueger	713
27 July 2013	16:11, Marc Akbar	18:26, Kim Pawelek Brantly	820
26 July 2014	17:27, Gavin Gresham	18:12, Kim Pawelek Brantly	749
18 July 2015	16:10, Jeremy Bryan	18:06, Kim Pawelek Brantly	1104
16 July 2016	17:38, Ian Yates	18:36, Mallory Kennedy	1159
15 July 2017	17:15, Sean Snyder	19:34, Michelle Krueger	1171
14 July 2018	16:42, Jeremy Caudill	19:52, Stefanie Braun	1090
13 July 2019	16:36, Alejandro Hernandez	20:21, Morgan Sharp	1202
10 July 2021	16:25, Erick Acabai	17:42, Alice Henley	1074
9 July 2022	17:29, Ryan Jones	18:46, Shannon Hickey Jones	1035
Due to COVID-19, there was no race in 2020. Please contact me if you have results of the Bridge of Lions 5K for 1985 or 1988-1995!

Links

• Complete results of the 2022 Bridge of Lions 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQpmEh1hWVTE5fnnVFW2zA90DOXyLxpi-Y_kVhJiuS6eMQCGcikgQRvNtlnU2z6pXpyNszICIO5RBMy/pubhtml
  
  
• 2019 story, “Alejandro Hernandez scores a 16:36 payback win at the Bridge of Lions 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/07/bridge-of-lions-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “Saint Augustine surgeon Jeremy Caudill runs a winning 16:42 at the Bridge of Lions 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/07/bridge-of-lions-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Snyder and Krueger race with couer de lion at Bridge of Lions”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/07/bridge-of-lions-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Yates and Kennedy burn the Bridge of Lions 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/bridge-of-lions-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Bryant and Brantly beat hundreds at Bridge of Lions 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/bridge-of-lions-2015.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Akbar in the Lion's Den”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/bridge-of-lions-2013.html
  
  
• Bridge of Lions 5K
  http://www.bridgeoflions5k.com/
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL10062EBM for the 2016 Bridge of Lions 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL10062EBM
  
  
• Find faster races than the Bridge of Lions 5K on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2

Alejandro Hernandez scores a 16:36 payback win at the Bridge of Lions 5K

Saint Augustine, Florida is not quite 500 years old, but it is indeed an old city. The city's Bridge of Lions is just under a century old, having been completed in 1927. The Bridge of Lions 5K is young in comparison--first contested in 1985, the 35th annual running of the race was on Saturday morning, 13 July 2019. The Bridge of Lions 5K rivalry between Alejandro Hernandez and Dr. Jeremy Caudill is younger still, having first emerged in the 2018 race. Hernandez came out on top in 2019, winning the 5K in 16:36 while Dr. Caudill took second in 16:55. Morgan Sharp won the women's title, placing 32nd overall in 20:14.


Dr. Caudill had won the 2018 race in 16:42, with Hernandez a close second in 16:48. This time, though, Hernandez wasn't going to be second to anyone. The former Connecticut College Camel cross-country runner's 16:36 was not only 2019's fastest mark, but also faster than anything posted at the Bridge of Lions since 2015. 2019 was Dr. Caudill's first Bridge of Lions race as a master runner, and his first time as the top master runner in the race.


Third place came down to a duel between Jasper Wilson, a recent alum of Chicamauga, Georgia's Gordon Lee High cross-country team, and Bela Schein, a junior-year harrier at Saint Augustine High. Wilson took the spot, edging Schein 17:31 to 17:33.


Morgan Sharp earned her first Bridge of Lions 5K women's title with her 20:21, but it wasn't the Saint Augustine native's first time racing the Bridge of Lions. Sharp first cracked the women's top ten in the event in 2018 as a recent alum of Saint Joseph Academy, placing seventh in the women's field in 22:01. After a year of racing cross-country for Florida Atlantic University, a much-improved Sharp was the women's champ in the 2019 race.


Just a few steps behind Sharp, Grace Kemerer, a cross-country runner at Case Western Reserve University, took second on the women's side and 33rd overall in 20:27. Tracy Dutra of Melbourne, Florida was the first woman master in the race and the third female finisher, 36th overall in 20:42. The second woman master was former Florida State Seminole distance runner Dr. Darien Andreu, fourth in the women's standings and 41st overall in 21:25.


1202 athletes finished the 2019 Bridge of Lions 5K. RaceSmith chip-timed the event.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Bridge of Lions 5K, St. Augustine, Florida

1. 16:36, Alejandro Hernandez (M, 24) Jacksonville, FL
2. 16:55, Jeremy Caudill (M, 40) St. Augustine, FL
3. 17:31, Jasper Wilson (M, 18) Chickamauga, GA
4. 17:33, Bela Schein (M, 16) St. Augustine, FL
5. 17:55, Matthew Nelson (M, 38) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
6. 17:56, Phil Elder (M, 38) Atlanta, GA
7. 18:03, Noah McCray (M, 17) Clewiston, FL
8. 18:03, Jimmy Major (M, 17) Palm Coast, FL
9. 18:08, Matt Todd (M, 31) St. Augustine, FL
10. 18:08, Erik Hartley (M, 26) St. Augustine, FL

Top Ten Women, 2019 Bridge of Lions 5K, St. Augustine, Florida

1. 20:21, Morgan Sharp (F, 19) St. Augustine, FL
2. 20:27, Grace Kemerer (F, 20) St. Augustine, FL
3. 20:42, Tracy Dutra (F, 46) Melbourne, FL
4. 21:25, Darien Andreu (F, 59) St. Augustine, FL
5. 21:34, Talisa Fletcher (F, 33) Palatka, FL
6. 21:43, Rylan Holmquist (F, 13) St. Augustine, FL
7. 21:53, Kristine Williams (F, 47) St. Augustine, FL
8. 22:26, Andrea Brady (F, 38) St. Augustine, FL
9. 22:35, Sherry Labree (F, 42) Fort Myers, FL
10. 22:48, Gina Howell (F, 42) Waycross, GA

Bridge of Lions 5K winners, 1985 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
12 July 1986	14:53, John Rogerson	18:11, Jeannie Messinese
18 July 1987	14:55, Ron Borsheim	18:03, Tawny Kern
20 July 1996	15:34, Mark Donahue	17:16, Kim Pawelek	995
19 July 1997	15:18, Gary Droze	16:56, Kim Pawelek	958
18 July 1998	15:41, Reo Rorem	19:04, Kelly Wild	1113
17 July 1999	15:52, Ted Devos	16:28, Kim Pawelek	1151
15 July 2000	16:12, Randy Hollinger	20:27, Erin Neville	958
21 July 2001	16:15, Lee Yaracas	19:00, Karin Glenn
20 July 2002	16:20, Joseph Zepherinus	18:32, Karin Glenn	490
19 July 2003	17:24, Keith Brantly	19:22, Karin Glenn	503
17 July 2004	15:51, Justin Taylor	17:46, Luanne Coulter	439
16 July 2005	16:15, Justin Taylor	20:01, Amanda Hahn	228
15 July 2006	16:19, Justin Taylor	19:29, Michelle Krueger	216
21 July 2007	15:45, Justin Taylor	20:48, Christine Marcano	387
19 July 2008	16:27, Mike Hensley	20:04, Sue O'Malley	433
18 July 2009	16:22, Todd Neville	19:44, Julie Mayfield	431
17 July 2010	16:07, Ryan Albertson	20:33, Sue O'Malley	506
16 July 2011	17:22, Joe Matuszczak	18:29, Courtney Cooper	731
21 July 2012	16:24, Marc Akbar	18:23, Michelle Krueger	713
27 July 2013	16:11, Marc Akbar	18:26, Kim Pawelek Brantly	820
26 July 2014	17:27, Gavin Gresham	18:12, Kim Pawelek Brantly	749
18 July 2015	16:10, Jeremy Bryan	18:06, Kim Pawelek Brantly	1104
16 July 2016	17:38, Ian Yates	18:36, Mallory Kennedy	1159
15 July 2017	17:15, Sean Snyder	19:34, Michelle Krueger	1171
14 July 2018	16:42, Jeremy Caudill	19:52, Stefanie Braun	1090
13 July 2019	16:36, Alejandro Hernandez	20:21, Morgan Sharp	1202
Please contact me if you have results of the Bridge of Lions 5K for 1985 or 1988-1995!

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Bridge of Lions 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSkmrME9F-A-Vo3bKR_8lBvlwqV4zdhgEqpNCEmtebx3sQ38Nc_rKx-NeNQMh77tEKezIWFU5MvTpsj/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Saint Augustine surgeon Jeremy Caudill runs a winning 16:42 at the Bridge of Lions 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/07/bridge-of-lions-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Snyder and Krueger race with couer de lion at Bridge of Lions”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/07/bridge-of-lions-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Yates and Kennedy burn the Bridge of Lions 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/bridge-of-lions-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Bryant and Brantly beat hundreds at Bridge of Lions 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/bridge-of-lions-2015.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Akbar in the Lion's Den”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/bridge-of-lions-2013.html
  
  
• Bridge of Lions 5K
  http://www.bridgeoflions5k.com/
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL10062EBM for the 2016 Bridge of Lions 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL10062EBM
  
  
• Find faster races than the Bridge of Lions 5K on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2552

Andrew Colley, Matt McClintock, and Joanna Thompson ZAP the field at the Matanzas 5000

ZAP Fitness is based in North Carolina, but during the winter months you're likely to see ZAP athletes training on the Apalachee Regional Park Cross-Country Course or some other Tallahassee, Florida trail. But on Saturday morning, 26 January 2019, you would have seen ZAP's Andrew Colley and Matt McClintock in Saint Augustine, Florida flashing across the finish line of the 39th annual Matanzas 5K in a dead heat for first place. Another ZAP Fitness star, Joanna Thompson, was the first woman in the race, placing ninteenth overall in 17:05.


The officials gave Colley the win over McClintock, but both runners were clocked in 14:26. About thirty meters behind them, their ZAP teammate Joe Stilin took third in 14:31. Yet another ZAP runner, University of Florida alum Josh Izewski, was fourth in 14:46. Jacksonville, Florida's Kristopher Shold of the PRS Racing Team was fifth in 15:25. Apparently, you need to be a ZAP runner to break 15:00. Brian Shrout of Jacksonville was the first master runner in the race, placing eighth overall in 15:50. John Sorensen, the first prep runner in the 5K, was just behind Shrout, ninth overall in 15:57. Sorensen, a senior at Fernandina Beach High, was an All-State cross-country runner in Florida during the 2018 season.


In the 2018 Matanzas, Francine Nzilampa and Lydia McRae had finished just a single second apart, taking seventh and eighth in the women's standings. They were close again in the standings of the 2019 race, with Flagstaff-based Nzilampa running 17:54 for the second women's spot and 28th overall, while Jacksonville's McRae was the third woman and 31st overall in 18:01. Amelia Williams took fourth on the women's side and 37th overall in 18:15. Laura Roberts of Saint Simons Island, Georgia was the first woman master and fifth female finisher, 52nd overall in 19:15.


985 athletes finished the 2019 Matanzas 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Matanzas 5K

1. 14:28, Andrew Colley (M, 27)
2. 14:28, Matt McClintock (M, 25)
3. 14:32, Joe Stilin (M, 29)
4. 14:46, Joshua Izewski (M, 28)
5. 15:26, Kristopher Shold (M, 38)
6. 15:36, Mac Reynolds (M, 24)
7. 15:50, Alejandro Hernandez (M, 23)
8. 15:52, Brian Shrout (M, 45)
9. 15:57, John Sorensen (M, 17)
10. 16:15, Dylan Nelson (M, 16)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Matanzas 5K

1. 17:05, Joanna Thompson (F, 26)
2. 17:54, Francine Nzilampa (F, 37)
3. 18:01, Lydia McRae (F, 37)
4. 18:15, Amelia Williams (F, 26)
5. 19:15, Laura Roberts (F, 43)
6. 19:15, Jade Mukri (F, 31)
7. 19:19, Julie Stackhouse (F, 40)
8. 19:25, Stefanie Braun (F, 28)
9. 19:29, Emily Manning (F, 37)
10. 19:43, Belissa Del Valle (F, 31)

Matanzas 5000 winners
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
27 January 1996		17:00, Rachel Cook
25 January 1997	14:31, Yuri Punda	16:06, Alla Doudaera
31 January 1998	14:56, Gary Meyers	16:47, Laura Mykytok
30 January 1999	14:41, Andrey Kuznetzov	16:22, Kim Pawelek
29 January 2000	14:47, Sergey Shalomeyev	16:32, Tetyana Pozdnyakova
27 January 2001	14:39, Darin Shearer	15:59, Jennifer Rhines
26 January 2002	14:28, Zepherinus Joseph	17:49, Clair Domingo
25 January 2003	15:18, Jerry Lawson	17:35, Tatiana Titova
31 January 2004	14:21, Darin Shearer	15:42, Galina Alexandrova
22 January 2005	15:11, Paul McRae	18:34, Stephanie Paulk
28 January 2006	14:43, Ryan Woods	16:01, Firiya Sultanova
27 January 2007	14:27, Gareth Turnbull	16:14, Amy Rudolph
26 January 2008	14:36, Ryan Woods	16:01, Molly Huddle
24 January 2009	16:47, John Metzgar	16:03, Yuliya Gromova	1193
23 January 2010	15:08, Ryan Woods	16:33, Jolene Williams	1665
22 January 2011	14:31, Christian Hesch	16:20, Lindsay Sundell	1576
21 January 2012	14:32, Christian Hesch	16:26, Megan Brown	1509
26 January 2013	14:28, Enoch Nadler	16:39, Lauren Goss	1608
25 January 2014	14:54, Christopher Moen	16:35, Cynthia Jerop	1207
24 January 2015	14:06, Eliud Ngetich	16:52, Kaitlin Donner	934
30 January 2016	14:51, Matt Crowe	16:39, Kaitlin Donner	1177
21 January 2017	14:37, Mark Parrish	17:05, Stephanie Pezzullo	985
27 January 2018	14:08, Ian La Mere	15:54, Anne-Marie Blaney	873
26 January 2019	14:28, Andrew Colley	17:05, Joanna Thompson	985

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Matanzas 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRDEtZcM0bKo4gS_eDCnYytuBLOU4VOB0ToK7MLAX98JaFLVwgtr0vWWdZg8FBJ6gqGw4aLlH9619x0/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Parrish tears a 14:37 at the Matanzas 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/matanzas-2017.html
  
  
• Matanzas 5000
  http://www.matanzas5k.com/
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL12049EBM for the 2017 Matanzas 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL12049EBM
  
  
• Find future fast 5K road races on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https:troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2418

St Augustine surgeon Jeremy Caudill runs a winning 16:42 at the Bridge of Lions 5K

As the oldest city in the United States, Saint Augustine, Florida is full of architectural landmarks, including Castillo de San Marcos, the Saint Augustine lighthouse, and the Bridge of Lions. Each July since 1985 the bridge has also drawn the attention of distance runners coming the Ancient City for the Bridge of Lions 5K. Saint Augustine's own Dr. Jeremy Caudill won the 34th annual Bridge of Lions race on Saturday morning, 14 July 2018, edging out Alejandro Hernandez of Miami, Florida 16:42 to 16:48. Ormond Beach, Florida athlete Stefanie Braun took the women's title, placing fifteenth overall in 19:52.


Behind the battle between Caudill and Hernandez, Terrance Sessoms of Jacksonvile, Florida ran 16:58 for third. A Sandalwood High alum, Sessoms just finished his first year of running cross-country and track at Savannah State. Shad McGrew, who spent the 2017 cross-country season running for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, placed fourth in 17:23. Leo Fila of Ponte Vedra, Florida was the top master runner in the race and ninth overall in 19:01.


Women's champ Stefanie Braun was from Ormond Beach, and so was the women's runner-up, Mallory Kennedy. Kennedy finished twentieth overall in 20:24. A few steps behind Kennedy, Claire McDonnell, a rising junior on the Father Lopez High cross-country team, was third in the women's standings and 22nd overall in 20:27.


Isabel Torres-Padin, who runs cross-country at Case Western Reserve University, was the fourth woman and 24th overall in 20:54. Tracy Dutra of Melbourne, Florida was the first woman master and fifth female finisher, 28th overall in 21:04.


1090 athletes finished the 2018 Bridge of Lions 5K. RaceSmith chip-timed the event.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Bridge of Lions 5K, St. Augustine, Florida

1. 16:42, Jeremy Caudill (M, 39) Saint Augustine, FL
2. 16:48, Alejandro Hernandez (M, 23) Miami, FL
3. 16:58, Terrance Sessoms (M, 18) Jacksonville, FL
4. 17:23, Shad McGrew (M, 21) Saint Augustine, FL
5. 17:43, Douglas Wilder (M, 27) New Smyrna, FL
6. 18:19, Dylan Glass (M, 26) Saint Augustine, FL
7. 18:23, Jimmy Major (M, 16) Palm Coast, FL
8. 18:35, Matthew Nelson (M, 37) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
9. 19:01, Leo Fila (M, 40) Ponte Vedra, FL
10. 19:12, Garrett Miller (M, 16) Pataskala, OH

Top Ten Women, 2018 Bridge of Lions 5K, St. Augustine, Florida

1. 19:52, Stefanie Braun (F, 27) Ormond Beach, FL
2. 20:24, Mallory Kennedy (F, 35) Ormond Beach, FL
3. 20:27, Claire McDonnell (F, 16) New Smyrna Beach, FL
4. 20:54, Isabel Torres-Padin (F, 20) Jacksonville Beach, FL
5. 21:04, Tracy Dutra (F, 45) Melbourne, FL
6. 21:32, Erika Olson (F, 24) Fleming Island, FL
7. 22:01, Morgan Sharp (F, 18) Saint Augustine, FL
8. 21:51, Allison Gubitz (F, 26) Jacksonville, FL
9. 22:42, Maggie Musgrave (F, 34) Chicago, IL
10. 23:01, Michelle Fredette (F, 61) Saint Augustine, FL

Bridge of Lions 5K winners, 1985 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
12 July 1986	14:53, John Rogerson	18:11, Jeannie Messinese
18 July 1987	14:55, Ron Borsheim	18:03, Tawny Kern
20 July 1996	15:34, Mark Donahue	17:16, Kim Pawelek	995
19 July 1997	15:18, Gary Droze	16:56, Kim Pawelek	958
18 July 1998	15:41, Reo Rorem	19:04, Kelly Wild	1113
17 July 1999	15:52, Ted Devos	16:28, Kim Pawelek	1151
15 July 2000	16:12, Randy Hollinger	20:27, Erin Neville	958
21 July 2001	16:15, Lee Yaracas	19:00, Karin Glenn
20 July 2002	16:20, Joseph Zepherinus	18:32, Karin Glenn	490
19 July 2003	17:24, Keith Brantly	19:22, Karin Glenn	503
17 July 2004	15:51, Justin Taylor	17:46, Luanne Coulter	439
16 July 2005	16:15, Justin Taylor	20:01, Amanda Hahn	228
15 July 2006	16:19, Justin Taylor	19:29, Michelle Krueger	216
21 July 2007	15:45, Justin Taylor	20:48, Christine Marcano	387
19 July 2008	16:27, Mike Hensley	20:04, Sue O'Malley	433
18 July 2009	16:22, Todd Neville	19:44, Julie Mayfield	431
17 July 2010	16:07, Ryan Albertson	20:33, Sue O'Malley	506
16 July 2011	17:22, Joe Matuszczak	18:29, Courtney Cooper	731
21 July 2012	16:24, Marc Akbar	18:23, Michelle Krueger	713
27 July 2013	16:11, Marc Akbar	18:26, Kim Pawelek Brantly	820
26 July 2014	17:27, Gavin Gresham	18:12, Kim Pawelek Brantly	749
18 July 2015	16:10, Jeremy Bryan	18:06, Kim Pawelek Brantly	1104
16 July 2016	17:38, Ian Yates	18:36, Mallory Kennedy	1159
15 July 2017	17:15, Sean Snyder	19:34, Michelle Krueger	1171
14 July 2018	16:42, Jeremy Caudill	19:52, Stefanie Braun	1090
Please contact me if you have results of the Bridge of Lions 5K for 1985 or 1988-1995!

Links

• Complete results of the 34th annual Bridge of Lions 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRDBfut0to4gqNq8wH2Tl4zAnUh1wj-E8HbeoAmGxLhcQ1H1ek-mArn-2MgUbx59ZHExzKtAhaYQO5f/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Snyder and Krueger race with couer de lion at Bridge of Lions”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/07/bridge-of-lions-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Yates and Kennedy burn the Bridge of Lions 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/bridge-of-lions-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Bryant and Brantly beat hundreds at Bridge of Lions 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/bridge-of-lions-2015.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Akbar in the Lion's Den”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/bridge-of-lions-2013.html
  
  
• Bridge of Lions 5K
  http://www.bridgeoflions5k.com/
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL10062EBM for the 2016 Bridge of Lions 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL10062EBM
  
  
• Find faster races than the Bridge of Lions 5K on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2301

Shad McGrew and Darien Andreu spring for wins at Spring-For-A-Cause

161 athlete took off running from the Saint Augustine Shores Riverview Club on Saturday morning, 17 March 2018. The first one back was Shad McGrew, becoming the winner of the ninth annual Spring-For-A-Cause 5K. McGrew, a freshman cross-country runner on the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University men's cross-country team, covered the 3.1-mile out-and-back course in 17:26. Saint Augustine master runner Dr. Darien Andreu was first in the women's division, placing eleventh overall in 21:21. Dr. Andreu, a professor at Flagler College, is a distinguished alumna of the Florida State University women's cross-country and track teams.


Andy Nicol of Saint Augustine was the top master runner in the race, placing second overall in 18:57. Winston Fletcher of Palatka, Florida was third in 19:31.


Talisa Fletcher of Palatka took second in the women's standings, placing thirteenth overall in 21:44. Saint Augustine master runner Michelle Fredette was the third woman and sixteenth overall in 22:08. Fredette is a three-time women's champ of the Spring-For-A-Cause 5K, with wins in 2013, 2015, and 2017.


The Pedro Menendez High School Athletic Booster Club hosted the 2018 Spring-For-A-Cause 5K. RaceSmith, Inc., timed the event and Jacob Smith of RaceSmith measured the course for USATF certification. The Spring-For-A-Cause 5K is the third of the twelve events of the 2018 Run Saint Augustine Race Series.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Spring-For-A-Cause 5K

1. 17:26, Shad McGrew (M, 20) Saint Augustine, FL
2. 18:57, Andy Nicol (M, 58) Saint Augustine, FL
3. 19:31, Winston Fletcher (M, 32) Palatka, FL
4. 19:39, Nate McKendrick (M, 41) Saint Johns, FL
5. 19:49, Scott Lentz (M, 45) Saint Augustine, FL
6. 19:51, Kevin Gamble (M, 50) Saint Augustine, FL
7. 19:58, Guy Jackson (M, 53) Fleming Island, FL
8. 20:21, Peyton Godwin (M, 52) Saint Augustine, FL
9. 20:28, Mclean Clark (M, 15) Saint Augustine, FL
10. 21:13, Larry Thackwell (M, 52) Palm Coast, FL

Top Ten Women, 2018 Spring-For-A-Cause 5K

1. 21:21, Darien Andreu (F, 58) Saint Augustine, FL
2. 21:44, Talisa Fletcher (F, 31) Palatka, FL
3. 22:08, Michelle Fredette (F, 60) Saint Augustine, FL
4. 22:16, Sabrina Simon (F, 18) Saint Augustine, FL
5. 23:36, Kelsey Greenfield (F, 27) Gainesville, FL
6. 23:38, Angel Baer (F, 46) Saint Augustine, FL
7. 23:41, Cate Nowak (F, 25) Gainesville, FL
8. 25:11, Andrea Giovanni (F, 52) Saint Augustine, FL
9. 25:56, Savannah Alston (F, 15) Saint Augustine, FL
10. 26:00, Ariel Masters (F, 25) Saint Augustine, FL

Spring For A Cause 5K winners, 2010 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
27 March 2010	17:46, Chris Heijm de Vries	19:37, Lori Costello	188
26 March 2011	16:27, Han Solo	19:06, Allie Norman	189
24 March 2012	19:15, Kevin Gamble	21:38, Nicole Gauthier	169
16 March 2013	19:02, Jonathan Thiele	23:09, Michelle Fredette	150
15 March 2014	20:41, Robert Edsall	22:35, Reagan Bush	128
21 March 2015	17:43, Dalton Hodge	22:38, Michelle Fredette	138
19 March 2016	20:43, John Moon	19:31, Ani Veltcheva	250
18 March 2017	19:25, Conrad Smith	22:25, Michelle Fredette	195
17 March 2018	17:26, Shad McGrew	21:21, Darien Andreu	161
The race was known as the Spring-For-A-Cure from 2010 to 2013. From 2010 to 2018 the race has been run on USATF-certified course FL10015EBM

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Spring-For-A-Cause 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQx9H0ddgRhqph1wlH8A-p1b2Eznfss5J4VDhQypxUKbwp8FDPO3w3J60qdkdKxexZfPnOInL4kROlp/pubhtml
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL10015EBM for the 2018 Spring-For-A-Cause 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL10015EBM
  
  
• Find upcoming races in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2234

14:08, 14:08, and 14:10 for La Mere, Kenyon, and Izewski at the Matanzas 5000

Saint Augustine's 38th annual Matanzas 5K was the Road Runners of America's 2018 state championship road 5K in Florida. The 27 January 2018 event was everything you want a championship race to be. Up front, Ian La Mere inched by Garrett Kenyon for the title, both runners clocked in 14:08. Joshua Izewski was a few strides back in 14:10. The women's competition was nearly as close, with Anne-Marie Blaney holding off Chelsea Blaase for first, 15:54 to 15:58. You want numbers? Nearly 900 athletes finished the race.


Less than a year earlier, La Mere had been competing in NCAA DIII for the Wisconsin-Plattville Pioneers. Even more recently, nine days before the Matanzas 5K, La Mere was racing with Team USA in Scotland at the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country. About the same time that La Mere was finishing up his career with Wisconsin-Plattville, runner-up Garrett Kenyon was concluding his senior year at Creighton. Third-place runner Joshua Izewski was racing closer to his alma mater; Izewski had done his collegiate running for the University of Florida in Gainesville.


Farther down in the standings, Team Florida Track Club's Enoch Nadler was fourth in 14:18--ten seconds faster than his winning time in the 2013 Matanzas 5K. Johnny Crain of ZAP Fitness, taking a quick trip from his team's winter training camp in Tallahassee, placed fifth in 14:26.


As a Central Florida Knight, Anne-Marie Blaney was the NCAA-D1 South Region Cross-Country champion in 2016. That was a 6K race. Just over a year later, Blaney is now the RRCA Florida state 5K women's champion after placing twelfth overall in 15:54 at the Matanzas 5K. Thirteenth overall in 15:58, Chelsea Blaase had been competing for Team USA at the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country just over a week earlier. Former Butler Bulldog Olivia Pratt was third in the women's standings and sixteenth overall in 16:21.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Matanzas 5K

1. 14:08, Ian La Mere (M, 23)
2. 14:08, Garrett Kenyon (M, 23)
3. 14:10, Joshua Izewski (M, 27)
4. 14:18, Enoch Nadler (M, 32)
5. 14:26, Johnny Crain (M, 25)
6. 15:05, Matt Hensley (M, 30)
7. 15:36, Calum McFetridge (M, 18)
8. 15:38, Rabah Syed (M, 31)
9. 15:39, Kristopher Shold (M, 37)
10. 15:39, Ryan Sloan (M, 30)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Matanzas 5K

1. 15:54, Anne-Marie Blaney (F, 24)
2. 15:58, Chelsea Blaase (F, 23)
3. 16:21, Olivia Pratt (F, 24)
4. 16:51, Nicole Dimercurio (F, 26)
5. 16:53, Maddie Ivy (F, 22)
6. 17:25, Daniela Urzua (F, 19)
7. 17:31, Francine Nzilampa (F, 36)
8. 17:32, Lydia McRae (F, 36)
9. 17:49, Laura Ragland (F, 28)
10. 17:56, Baker Eleanor (F, 25)

Matanzas 5000 winners
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
27 January 1996		17:00, Rachel Cook
25 January 1997	14:31, Yuri Punda	16:06, Alla Doudaera
31 January 1998	14:56, Gary Meyers	16:47, Laura Mykytok
30 January 1999	14:41, Andrey Kuznetzov	16:22, Kim Pawelek
29 January 2000	14:47, Sergey Shalomeyev	16:32, Tetyana Pozdnyakova
27 January 2001	14:39, Darin Shearer	15:59, Jennifer Rhines
26 January 2002	14:28, Zepherinus Joseph	17:49, Clair Domingo
25 January 2003	15:18, Jerry Lawson	17:35, Tatiana Titova
31 January 2004	14:21, Darin Shearer	15:42, Galina Alexandrova
22 January 2005	15:11, Paul McRae	18:34, Stephanie Paulk
28 January 2006	14:43, Ryan Woods	16:01, Firiya Sultanova
27 January 2007	14:27, Gareth Turnbull	16:14, Amy Rudolph
26 January 2008	14:36, Ryan Woods	16:01, Molly Huddle
24 January 2009	16:47, John Metzgar	16:03, Yuliya Gromova	1193
23 January 2010	15:08, Ryan Woods	16:33, Jolene Williams	1665
22 January 2011	14:31, Christian Hesch	16:20, Lindsay Sundell	1576
21 January 2012	14:32, Christian Hesch	16:26, Megan Brown	1509
26 January 2013	14:28, Enoch Nadler	16:39, Lauren Goss	1608
25 January 2014	14:54, Christopher Moen	16:35, Cynthia Jerop	1207
24 January 2015	14:06, Eliud Ngetich	16:52, Kaitlin Donner	934
30 January 2016	14:51, Matt Crowe	16:39, Kaitlin Donner	1177
21 January 2017	14:37, Mark Parrish	17:05, Stephanie Pezzullo	985
27 January 2018	14:08, Ian La Mere	15:54, Anne-Marie Blaney	873

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Matanzas 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRDEtZcM0bKo4gS_eDCnYytuBLOU4VOB0ToK7MLAX98JaFLVwgtr0vWWdZg8FBJ6gqGw4aLlH9619x0/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Parrish tears a 14:37 at the Matanzas 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/matanzas-2017.html
  
  
• Matanzas 5000
  http://www.matanzas5k.com/
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL12049EBM for the 2017 Matanzas 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL12049EBM
  
  
• Find future fast 5K road races on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https:troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2213

New road 6K state records for Florida during 2017

At the end of 2017, Ethan Clary's 19:15 stands as the fastest 6K time run on the Florida roads during the year, and Sonja Friend-Uhl's 22:29 as the fastest women's time. Both marks were recorded at the 3 June 2017 Heroes 6K in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Clary's time is also the fastest run on a USATF-certified course in Florida going back to at least 2013.


When 2017 opened, the oldest 6K race in Florida, Gulf Winds Track Club's Flash 6K, was scheduled to be run on a USATF-certified course for the first time. It looked like that for the first time, Florida would have four 6K races on certified courses--the Character Counts 6K in Saint Augustine on 3 February 2017, the Flash 6K in Saint Marks on 18 February 2017, the Heroes 6K in Fort Lauderdale on 3 June 2017, and the Ravine Gardens 6K in Palatka on 21 October 2017. However, the Ravine Gardens race was not only shortened to a 5K event, but because of race was ultimately canceled because of damage to Ravine Gardens State Park by Hurricane Irma. Hopefully the park will recover and the race will return as a 6K.

Geb Kiros

Florida still had three excellent six-kilometer races on USATF-certified courses during 2017. Andy Nicol opened the series with a 23:32 win at the Character Counts 6K, where Deana Reich won the women's competition in 26:59. Two weeks later, master runner Geb Kiros upped the ante with a 22:02 win in the Flash 6K. In the same race, Kat Sack established a new women's best for the year, going 26:02. But neither of those marks survived the third, final, and largest race on the circuit, the Heroes 6K. Ethan Clary led a field of more than 400 runners in that race, going 19:15. If anyone kept track of state records for the road 6K, that time would stand as the Florida record. Likewise, Sonja Friend-Uhl's 22:29 in the Heroes 6K would stand as the women's state record.

Kat Sack

Of course, not every 6K race in Florida is on the roads. In 2018 there will be two particularly significant 6K cross-country races in the state. The senior women's and junior women's races at the USATF National Cross-Country Championships will both be 6K, and both will be run on the Apalachee Regional Park Cross-Country Course near Tallahassee, Florida on 3 February 2018. As for the roads, Saint Augustine's sixth annual Character Counts 6K is scheduled for 3 February 2017 and the 30th annual Flash 6K is slated for 17 February 2018. There isn't a published date yet for Fort Lauderdale's 2018 Heroes 6K. Those are the three races for anyone who wants to chase Ethan Clary's 19:15 men's state record or Sonja Friend-Uhl's 22:29 women's state record.

A comparison of four Florida 6K road races, 2013 - 2017
Year	Date	Race	Male Winner	Female Winner	Finishers
2013	9 February	Character Counts 6K	21:33, Yaro Middaugh	26:24, Beth Sweeny	205
	16 February	Flash 6K	21:54, Michael Martinez	25:09, Jessica Gillard	70
	27 April	Heroes 6K	21:30, Luiz Souza	27:13, Sara Devi Pierson	466
2014	8 February	Character Counts 6K	23:02, Mike Beaman	26:53, Katie Dingler	123
	15 February	Flash 6K	21:56, Jon Mason	28:15, Sarah Taff	85
	3 May	Heroes 6K	22:37, Harrie Olsthoorn	28:56, Rachel Bush	397
	25 October	Ravine Gardens 6K	22:30, Dan Stoner	26:50, Talisa Fletcher	32
2015	7 February	Character Counts 6K	24:15, Bryan Thompson	26:36, Zahra Crim	218
	21 February	Flash 6K	23:30, Duane Evans	24:20, Katie Gorman	98
	25 April	Heroes 6K	21:44, Christopher Mills	23:53, Danielle Kleppan	302
	24 October	Ravine Gardens 6K	23:47, Peyton Snyder	28:34, Sally Chappell	49
2016	6 February	Character Counts 6K	21:32, Yaro Middaugh	23:54, Ani Veltcheva	253
	20 February	Flash 6K	23:17, Travis Parks	32:26, Leah Kiros	87
	4 June	Heroes 6K	20:24, Scott Byers	24:07, Abidemi Charles	391
	22 October	Ravine Gardens 6K	26:53, John Wisker	33:09, Leigh Doran	23
2017	4 February	Character Counts 6K	23:32, Andy Nicol	26:59, Deanna Reich	215
	18 February	Flash 6K	22:02, Geb Kiros	26:02, Kat Sack	127
	3 June	Heroes 6K	19:15, Ethan Clary	22:28, Sonja Friend-Uhl	405
2018	3 February	Character Counts 6K
	17 February	Flash 6K
		Heroes 6K
The Character Counts 6K was held on USATF certified course FL12089EBM from 2013-2017. The Ravine Gardens 6K was held on USATF certified course FL14061EBM from 2014 to 2016. The Heroes In Recovery 6K was held on uncertified courses from 2013 to 2015, and on USATF certified course FL16048EBM in 2016 to 2017. From 2011 to 2016 the Flash 6K was held on an uncertified course in Saint Marks, Florida; the race will be run on USATF certified course FL16069TY in 2017.

Links

• Florida's USATF-Certified six-kilometer road courses
  
  
  • Character Counts (Saint Augustine)
    http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL12089EBM
    
    
  • Flash 6K (Saint Marks)
    http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL16069TY
    
    
  • Heroes 6K (Fort Lauderdale)
    http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL16048EBM
    
    
  • Ravine Gardens 6K (Palatka)
    http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL14061EBM
    
    
• “2017 to be a big year for six-kilometer racing on Florida's roads”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/six-km-2016.html
  
  
• “Six kilometers, a tale of three races”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/03/six-km-2016.html
  
  
• “Speed counts for Nicol and Reich at the Character Counts 6K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/02/character-counts-2017.html
  
  
• “Not for the first time, Molosky and Sherron are first at the Flash”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/02/flash-2017.html
  
  
• Find upcoming races of six kilometers and other distances on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2141

Snyder and Krueger race with couer de lion at Bridge of Lions

It's proverbial that the state cross-country championship is won in July. The title race itself may be run in November, but the winners are those who were putting in serious training during the summer. That usually means base mileage punctuated by fartlek or the occasional track workout. Sometimes, though, the best workout is a race, and that might have been the thinking of Sean Snyder on Saturday morning, 15 July 2017. Snyder, headed into his senior season of racing cross-country at Saint Joseph Academy in Saint Augustine, Florida, stepped onto the Saint Augustine roads that morning and won the 33rd annual Bridge of Lions 5K, running 17:15. Jacksonville, Florida master runner Michelle Krueger took the women's title, placing fifteenth overall in 19:34.


Snyder had placed fourth in the 2016 Bridge of Lions 5K, then gone on to take fifth in the class 1A boys race at the FHSAA State Cross-Country Meet four months later. He wasn't without competition in the 2017 Bridge of Lions. Cash Tampa, a member of the University of South Florida cross-country team, finished second a few steps behind Snyder in 17:19. Saint Augustine's Justin Taylor was third in 17:27. Steve Vighetti of Saint Augustine was the fastest master runner in the race, placing eighth overall in 18:55.


Katie Potts, a 2016 alumna of the Nease High cross-country team, was the second woman and seventeenth overall, running 19:38. Katie Johnson of Melbourne, Florida was third in the woman's standings and 32nd overall in 20:47.


1171 athletes finished the 2017 Bridge of Lions 5K, the seventh of twelve events in the 2017 Run Saint Augustine Race Series. The race was presented by RaceSmith, which provided chip-timing and scoring for the race.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Bridge of Lions 5K, St. Augustine, Florida

1. 17:15, Sean Snyder (M, 17) Palm Coast, FL
2. 17:19, Cash Tampa (M, 20) St. Johns, FL
3. 17:27, Justin Taylor (M, 31) St. Augustine, FL
4. 17:46, Jack Brunswick (M, 18) Acworth, GA
5. 18:09, Andy Purdy (M, 31) Sanford, FL
6. 18:25, David Gonzalez (M, 16) St. Augustine, FL
7. 18:46, Christian Hanson (M, 17) Newberry, FL
8. 18:55, Steve Vighetti (M, 48) St. Augustine, FL
9. 19:01, Ian Yates (M, 18) Daytona Beach, FL
10. 19:09, Dylan Glass (M, 25) St. Augustine, FL

Top Ten Women, 2017 Bridge of Lions 5K, St. Augustine, Florida

1. 19:34, Michelle Krueger (F, 41) Jacksonville, FL
2. 19:38, Katie Potts (F, 19) Ponte Vedra, FL
3. 20:47, Katie Johnson (F, 23) Melbourne, FL
4. 21:12, Tracy Dutra (F, 44) Melbourne, FL
5. 21:46, Elizabeth Mihlebach (F, 31) Melbourne Beach, FL
6. 21:37, Kristine Williams (F, 45) St. Augustine, FL
7. 21:48, Emily Jackson (F, 16) Palm Coast, FL
8. 21:49, Amy McIntyre (F, 40) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
9. 21:52, Sarah Myers (F, 19) Ormond Beach, FL
10. 21:59, Tara Evans (F, 32) New Smyrna Beach, FL

Bridge of Lions 5K winners, 1985 - 2017
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
12 July 1986	14:53, John Rogerson	18:11, Jeannie Messinese
18 July 1987	14:55, Ron Borsheim	18:03, Tawny Kern
20 July 1996	15:34, Mark Donahue	17:16, Kim Pawelek	995
19 July 1997	15:18, Gary Droze	16:56, Kim Pawelek	958
18 July 1998	15:41, Reo Rorem	19:04, Kelly Wild	1113
17 July 1999	15:52, Ted Devos	16:28, Kim Pawelek	1151
15 July 2000	16:12, Randy Hollinger	20:27, Erin Neville	958
21 July 2001	16:15, Lee Yaracas	19:00, Karin Glenn
20 July 2002	16:20, Joseph Zepherinus	18:32, Karin Glenn	490
19 July 2003	17:24, Keith Brantly	19:22, Karin Glenn	503
17 July 2004	15:51, Justin Taylor	17:46, Luanne Coulter	439
16 July 2005	16:15, Justin Taylor	20:01, Amanda Hahn	228
15 July 2006	16:19, Justin Taylor	19:29, Michelle Krueger	216
21 July 2007	15:45, Justin Taylor	20:48, Christine Marcano	387
19 July 2008	16:27, Mike Hensley	20:04, Sue O'Malley	433
18 July 2009	16:22, Todd Neville	19:44, Julie Mayfield	431
17 July 2010	16:07, Ryan Albertson	20:33, Sue O'Malley	506
16 July 2011	17:22, Joe Matuszczak	18:29, Courtney Cooper	731
21 July 2012	16:24, Marc Akbar	18:23, Michelle Krueger	713
27 July 2013	16:11, Marc Akbar	18:26, Kim Pawelek Brantly	820
26 July 2014	17:27, Gavin Gresham	18:12, Kim Pawelek Brantly	749
18 July 2015	16:10, Jeremy Bryan	18:06, Kim Pawelek Brantly	1104
16 July 2016	17:38, Ian Yates	18:36, Mallory Kennedy	1159
15 July 2017	17:15, Sean Snyder	19:34, Michelle Krueger	1171
Please contact me if you have results of the Bridge of Lions 5K for 1985 or 1988-1995!

Links

• Complete results of the 33rd annual Bridge of Lions 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S9bscdqRZYqyJjfWjxuPw_XS1e9ECHgGrSBFMB0fkmc/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Yates and Kennedy burn the Bridge of Lions 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/bridge-of-lions-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Bryant and Brantly beat hundreds at Bridge of Lions 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/bridge-of-lions-2015.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Akbar in the Lion's Den”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/bridge-of-lions-2013.html
  
  
• Bridge of Lions 5K
  http://www.bridgeoflions5k.com/
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL10062EBM for the 2016 Bridge of Lions 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL10062EBM
  
  
• Find faster races than the Bridge of Lions 5K on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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Abraham Lincoln Middle School athletes Veltcheva and Matchev conquer the Run For Peace

Saturday, 8 April 2017, was a good day in Saint Augustine, Florida for Abraham Lincoln Middle School. Ani Veltcheva--a student at the Gainesville, Florida school--was the first female and overall winner of the Betty Griffin Center's fourth annual Run For Peace 5K, running 17:43. A few steps behind Veltcheva, Anton Matchev--another Abraham Lincoln student--posted a 17:46 to finish as the first male and overall runner-up.


Matchev was the defending champion in the race, having run the 2016 event in 18:39. Veltcheva had her own history in the event. At the 2016 Betty Griffin race, she had run 18:47, setting a new road 5K single-age world record for nine-year old girls. That record had since been broken, but on in Clermont, Florida on 18 March 2017 Veltcheva had run a 17:17 road 5K, setting a new single-age world record for twelve-year-olds.


Dylan Glass of Saint Augustine was second in the men's standings and third overall, running 18:38. Saint Augustine's Andy Nicol edged Randy Mudd of Mechanicsville, Virginia 19:11 to 19:13 for top master runner honors. Nicol and Mudd were fifth and sixth overall.


Rachel Mudd, an eighth-grader on the Atlee High cross-country team in Mechanicsville, was second on the women's side and twelfth overall in 21:11. Saint Augustine's Michelle Fredette was the first woman master and third female finisher, 24th overall in 22:20.


400 athletes finished the 2017 Run For Peace 5K. RaceSmith, Inc., chip-timed the race. Jacob Smith of RaceSmith did the measurements and filed the paperwork to get the course USATF certified.


Top Ten Women, Betty Griffin Center's 2017 Run For Peace 5K

1. 17:43, Ani Veltcheva (F, 12) Gainesville, FL
2. 21:11, Rachel Mudd (F, 14) Mechanicsville, VA
3. 22:20, Michelle Fredette (F, 59) St. Augustine, FL
4. 22:45, Pamela Hanson-Peterson (F, 57) Port Orange, FL
5. 23:10, Gina Levesque (F, 30) Plantsville, CT
6. 23:53, Mindi Iannarelli (F, 32) St. Augustine, FL
7. 23:52, Tessa Manton (F, 29) St. Augustine, FL
8. 24:04, Courtney Mudd (F, 12) Mechanicsville, VA
9. 24:03, Stacey Bailey (F, 39) St. Augustine, FL
10. 24:19, Elizabeth Carpenter (F, 36) Indian Rocks Beach, FL

Top Ten Men, Betty Griffin Center's 2017 Run For Peace 5K

1. 17:46, Anton Matchev (M, 13) Gainesville, FL
2. 18:41, Dylan Glass (M, 25) St. Augustine, FL
3. 19:11, Andy Nicol (M, 57) St. Augustine, FL
4. 19:15, Randy Mudd (M, 44) Mechanicsville, VA
5. 19:17, Eric Lee (M, 27) Shijiahuang, CHN
6. 19:33, Philip Matchev (M, 10) Gainesville, FL
7. 19:42, Matthew Bonin (M, 47) St. Augustine, FL
8. 20:07, David Boyle (M, 49) St. Augustine, FL
9. 20:17, Andrew Mudd (M, 15) Mechanicsville, VA
10. 20:59, Daniel Kipp (M, 29) Edgewater, FL

Betty Griffin Center Run For Peace 5K winners, 2014 - 2017
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
12 April 2014	16:33, Justin Taylor	18:47, Ani Veltcheva	492
18 April 2015	15:52, Clay Burnett	18:13, Lisa Burnett	484
16 April 2016	18:39, Anton Matchev	23:42, Mindi Iannarelli	339
8 April 2017	17:46, Anton Matchev	17:43, Ani Veltcheva	400

Links

• Complete results of the Betty Griffin Center's 2017 Run For Peace 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bjMLnSOq3-UmJRCl1E12NkjDoyUgZEYsP2H5pYqUUUw/pubhtml
  
  
• Run For Peace 5K
  http://runforpeace5k.org/
  
  
• USATF Course Certification Map FL15040EBM for the Betty Griffin Center's 2017 Run For Peace 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL15040EBM
  
  
• Find upcoming races closer to Tallahassee on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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