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Saturday, July 25, 2015

Cox beats the Devil again

2015 Devil Take The Hindmost RaceIn the middle of the hottest part of the year in Tallahassee, Florida, on Saturday evening, 25 July 2015, Stephen Cox won the annual Devil-Take-The-Hindmost Run on Florida State University's Mike Long Track.


So what is a Devil-Take-The-Hindmost Run?


In Tallahassee it's a track race where at the end of each 400-meter lap, the runner in last place is removed from the track by an official dressed as the Devil. The removals start at the end of the second lap and continue till only one competitor is left, the winner. Just to keep things interesting, there's a two-minute limit on each lap--athletes have two minutes to finish a lap, and the next lap can't start till the two minutes are up. If it seems complicated, you might be able to get further clarification from the Devil--probably while you're being escorted off the track.


Stuart PoageJust after 7:00 PM, 27 athletes started the 2015 version of this morality play without a moral. The Devil, fiendishly played by Mandy Hudson, plucked nine-year-old Ryan Poage from the track after the second lap, followed by Mike Burns at the end of the third lap, and Alexa Poage at the end of the fourth. The remaining runners had gone a mile and the Devil was just getting started.


Michael McCarroll, Michael Molen, Cole Tessier, and Stuart Poage were the lap-by-lap casualties during the second mile. Wakulla's Doug Cole was taken by the Devil after lap nine. The Devil grabbed Eric Dueno at the end of lap ten, and Nico Wienders declined to run another lap, giving the Devil two victims. Katie Sack went at the end of the eleventh lap, and Perry Waddell at the end of the twelfth. Not everyone watching from the stands was entirely sure that Sack or Waddell were actually last when they were snatched, but they were close enough to tempt the Devil, and the Devil's decision is always final.


Katie SackPhilip Sura left the track after thirteen laps, and Mark Tombrink after fourteen. Sean Hudson's connections with the Devil weren't enough to get him past lap fifteen. The Devil gave Brian Molen the hook at the end of the sixteenth lap. Jack McDermott made it through seventeen laps, but no farther. Katie Sherron, the last woman left in the field, was taken by the Devil after eighteen laps. Gary Galvez kicked past Eric Godin at the end of the nineteenth lap, leaving Godin to the Devil. After that effort, though, Galvez had nothing left and was gone after twenty. After five miles, five runners were left circling the track--Bryce Cole, Stephen Cox, Zach DeVeau, Tyler Heath, and Roger Schmidt.


Schmidt was the first victim of the final five, left behind for the Devil at the end of the 21st lap. Tyler Heath, an alumnus of the Wellington High cross-country team, settled for fourth place when the Devil took him after 22 laps. Stephen Cox led the 23rd lap, and it looked like 2014 Devil-Take-The-Hindmost champion Zach DeVeau would join him in a showdown on the 24th lap. But Bryce Cole kicked past DeVeau to end lap 23. DeVeau, meet Devil. Cole and Cox advanced to the 24th lap.


Stephen CoxThere was no final lap drama, though. Cox surged away from Cole immediately, leaving no doubt that Cole was going to be Devil-bait at the end of the 24th lap. Cox, the 2013 Devil-Take-The-Hindmost champion, had won again in 2015. It was one of Cox's last races in Tallahassee, and probably his last Devil-Take-The-Hindmost race in the capital city.


"In three weeks I'm moving to Eugene [Oregon]," said Cox. "I'm going to have to suck it up and live in Tracktown."


Cole, on the other hand, should be around for more Devil-Take-The-Hindmost racing. A junior on the Wakulla High cross country team, Cole counts that as a positive.


"This is my kind of race," said Cole. "I wish there were more of them."


The Devil concurs.


Devil Take The Hindmost Race
Mike Long Track, Tallahassee, Florida
Saturday, 25 July 2015 @ 7:00 PM ET
PlaceFirst NameLast NameM/FAgeHometownLaps
1. StephenCoxM31Tallahassee, FL25
2.BryceColeM17Wakulla, FL24
3. ZachDeVeauM27Tallahassee, FL23
4. TylerHeathM20West Palm Beach, FL22
5. RogerSchmidtM24Tallahassee, FL21
6. GaryGalvezM28Panama City, Panama20
7. EricGodinM31Tallahassee, FL19
8. KatieSherronF33Tallahassee, FL18
9. JackMcDermottM46Tallahassee, FL17
10. BrianMolenM39Tallahassee, FL16
11. SeanHudsonM45Tallahassee, FL15
12. MarkTombrinkM27Tallahassee, FL14
13. PhilipSuraM45Tallahassee, FL13
14. PerryWaddellM17Bainbridge, GA12
15. KatieSackF23Tallahassee, FL11
16. NicoWiendersM44Tallahassee, FL10
EricDuenoM47Havana, FL10
18. DougColeM50Wakulla, FL9
19. StuartPoageM40Tallahassee, FL8
20. ColeTessierM32Tallahassee, FL7
21. MichaelMolenM15Tallahassee, FL6
22. MichaelMcCarrollM30Tallahassee, FL5
23.AlexaPoageF11Tallahassee, FL4
24. MikeBurnsM50Tallahassee, FL3
26. RyanPoageM9Tallahassee, FL2


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Sunday, March 29, 2015

Cox and Rosen conquer Springtime

Stephen CoxForty years. In five different decades and two different centuries, Gulf Winds Track Club's annual Springtime Road Race has been run forty times, changing courses, names, and even distances across the years. The very first of those forty runs was a four mile race. Ever since then, though, the featured distance was ten kilometers, as it was at the most recent Springtime on Saturday morning, 28 March 2015. Maclay School assistant cross-country coach Stephen Cox won that latest Springtime 10K, covering the 6.2 miles in 32:59. Sheryl Rosen, a Tallahassee lawyer, won the women's title, placing seventh overall in 37:30.


The 986 athletes who finished the Springtime 10K plus another 709 who completed the Springtime 5K started their run from in front of the Leon County Courthouse, heading north on Monroe Street. After a steep dash downhill on East Call Street, Chris Lake was leading the field as the runners chugged toward the mile mark on Franklin Boulevard. Lake was a three-time Springtime 10K champion, having won the race in 2010, 2011, and 2012. Stephen Cox only trailed Lake by a few seconds though, while Nate Kaiser and Jack Redwing dueled for third place a little farther back.

Chris Lake
Kaiser and Redwing faded from the picture as the runners climbed up into the hills of the Myers Park neighborhood, but Cox was starting to close on Lake. Before the race was halfway over Cox had pulled even with Lake; both runners reached 5K in 16:33. During the fourth mile Cox moved into the lead, opening a gap on Lake. It was never a huge margin, but Cox was out front to stay. He reached the finish line on Suwannee Street in 32:59, winning the race. A few seconds later, Lake crossed the line second in 33:10. After falling well behind Nate Kaiser in the middle of the race, Jack Redwing caught Kaiser just before the finish to take third, 34:07 to 34:20. Triathlete Charlie Johnson placed fifth in 34:20. Maclay School cross-country coach Gary Droze was the fastest master runner in the race, coming in sixth overall in 35:53.


"So how many of these have you won?" I asked Sheryl Rosen, the women's champion.


Sheryl Rosen"This sounds terrible, but I really don't know," apologized Rosen.


As it turns out, Rosen had won the Springtime 10K once before in 2010. Her confusion is understandable, though, because Rosen wins a lot of races. Rosen has won the women's division in every race she's entered in 2015 with the sole exception of the Gate River Run 15K in Jacksonville, Florida--the USATF national championship at that distance. In the Springtime 10K, Rosen led the women's field nearly from wire to wire, winning by over 200 meters in 37:30. Lauren Poulos was the women's runner-up, finishing 12th overall in 38:19. Katie Sherron was third in the women's standings, coming in 18th overall in 39:40. Stephanie Liles-Weyant was the fourth female finisher and first woman master, 26th overall in 40:32.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2015 Springtime 10K
  1. 32:59 ~ Stephen Cox (M, 31) Tallahassee, FLJack Redwing
  2. 33:10 ~ Chris Lake (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 34:07 ~ Jack Redwing (M, 28) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 34:10 ~ Nate Kaiser (M, 35) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 34:20 ~ Charlie Johnson (M, 35) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 35:53 ~ Gary Droze (M, 53) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 37:37 ~ Rik Pool (M, 20) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 37:48 ~ Geb Kiros (M, 48) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 38:02 ~ Ryan Truchelut (M, 29) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 38:18 ~ Mickey Moore (M, 45) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2015 Springtime 10K
  1. 37:30 ~ Sheryl Rosen (F, 30) Tallahassee, FLLauren Poulos
  2. 38:19 ~ Lauren Poulos (F, 29) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 39:40 ~ Katie Sherron (F, 33) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 40:32 ~ Stephanie Liles-Weyant (F, 42) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 41:54 ~ Brittney Barnes (F, 27) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 42:33 ~ Melissa Thompson (F, 30) Thomasville, GA
  7. 42:35 ~ Renee Cox (F, 27) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 43:03 ~ Jillian Heddaeus (F, 31) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 43:13 ~ Chelsea Hankins (F, 22) Spartanburg, SC
  10. 43:25 ~ Kristy Kalich (F, 21) Tallahassee, FL

Adam Greenstein won the Springtime 5K by over 200 meters, running the 3.1 miles in 17:31. Swift Creek Middle School track and cross-country runner Alyson Churchill was the first female finisher, coming in fourth overall in 19:44. Carl Moore was the top master in the short race, placing fifth overall in 19:57. Laura Reina was the first woman master, finishing fifth in the women's standings and 27th overall in 23:16.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2015 Springtime 5K
  1. 17:31 ~ Adam Greenstein (M, 23) Tallahassee, FLAdam Greenstein
  2. 18:20 ~ Nick Loffer (M, 31) Juno Beach, FL
  3. 18:58 ~ Donald Kunish (M, 39) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 19:57 ~ Carl Moore (M, 46) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 20:08 ~ Max Eastman (M, 15) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 20:30 ~ Jake Nugent (M, 35) Pelham, GA
  7. 20:33 ~ Hawthorne Hay (M, 13) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 20:43 ~ Michael Larson (M, 31) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 20:51 ~ Mike Weyant (M, 49) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 21:19 ~ Wade Eastman (M, 13) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2015 Springtime 5K
  1. 19:44 ~ Alyson Churchill (F, 12) Tallahassee, FLAlyson Churchill
  2. 20:48 ~ Megan Churchill (F, 12) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 22:21 ~ Megan Noonan (F, 31) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 23:04 ~ Lisa Kendrick (F, 32) Islamorada, FL
  5. 23:16 ~ Laura Reina (F, 50) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 24:21 ~ Vanessa Reinhardt (F, 28) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 24:53 ~ Crystal Anderson (F, 29) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 25:05 ~ Nicki Walker (F, 21) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 25:13 ~ Karen Duncan (F, 39) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 25:16 ~ Julie Clark (F, 53) Tallahassee, FL

Springtime 10K Champions, 1976 - 2015
DateMenWomen
28 March 201532:59, Stephen Cox37:30, Sheryl Rosen
29 March 201432:03, Kevin Sullivan38:09, Seeley Gutierrez
6 April 201331:42, Kevin Sullivan36:05, Stefanie Slekis
31 March 201233:29, Chris Lake37:33, Lindsay Zeiler
2 April 201132:34, Chris Lake34:52, Pasca Cheruiyot
27 March 201033:09, Chris Lake38:23, Sheryl Rosen
28 March 200935:00, David Altmaier38:34, Lisa Johnson
29 March 200831:59, Joey Zins38:16, Sarah Docter-Williams
31 March 200733:27, Matthew Dobson37:23, Lara Shaw
1 April 200633:25, Joey Zins34:36, Vicky Gill
2 April 200532:43, Joey Zins36:51, Sarah Docter-Williams
3 April 200433:22, Caleb Carmichael37:03, Sarah Docter-Williams
5 April 200330:56, Joseph Zepherinus34:52, Larisa Timchina
6 April 200231:18, Conor Holt36:40, Larisa Timchina
31 March 200132:18, Muchapiwa Mazano34:46, Tatyana Maslova
1 April 200032:28, Muchapiwa Mazano36:05, Anna Pichrtova
27 March 199930:56, Muchapiwa Mazano37:01, Sarah Docter-Williams
4 April 199831:07, Randy Hollinger34:09, Breeda Dennehy
12 April 199731:12, Juri Punda35:30, Tamara Karloukova
13 April 199632:21, Jessie Close37:11, Jane Johnson
1 April 199531:43, Matthew Dobson37:27, Jane Johnson
199432:17, Matthew Dobson37:37, Lisa Herman
199333:11, Andy Palmer36:54, Paula Johnson
199232:09, Jessie Close37:38, Paula Johnson
199132:02, Jessie Close38:29, Paula Johnson
199031:48, Jessie Close38:16, Vikki Saga
198930:49, Paul Waldron37:54, Janice Hochstein
198831:22, Paul Waldron38:18, Karen MacHarg
198731:52, Jessie Close35:30, Carla Borovicka
198631:15, Dennis Rice37:16, Karen MacHarg
198530:30, Paul Waldron35:32, Carole Rouillard
198430:03, Larry Greene35:57, Carla Borovicka
9 April 198331:21, Noel Shumann38:15, Janice Hochstein
3 April 198232:11, George West39:56, Pam Ledbetter
4 April 198132:06, Mabry McCray37:14, Janice Gage
198032:35, Rick Swiderski40:02, Lisa Kinch
7 April 197933:10, David Ferrell37:14, Janice Gage
1 April 197831:43, George West38:03, Laura Ledbetter
197731:24, Morrison Reid40:57, Nancy McCormac
24 April 1976*20:30, George West,Donnie Cook25:27, Janice Gage
* The 1976 race was a four-mile run on the FSU campus.


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Saturday, January 10, 2015

Cox and Rosen heat up the roads at a cool Bowlegs

Vince Molosky and Stephen CoxIt wasn't freezing on Saturday morning, 10 January 2015, at Gulf Winds Track Club's 31st annual Bowlegs 5K Run For Scholarship. Your chemistry instructor will tell you that the temperature has to be no higher than 32 °F to be freezing, and it was at least 35 or 36 in Tallahassee, Florida, when the race started at 9:00 AM. It was cool and clear, though, and Maclay School cross-country coach Stephen Cox took advantage of the conditions to blaze a winning time of 16:08 in the 3.1-mile race around Innovation Park. Tallahassee lawyer Sheryl Rosen ran a similarly impressive 18:35, placing sixth overall.


Stephen Cox is no stranger to the Bowlegs 5K. In fact he won the race in 2010. In the early going of the 2015 race, though, he found himself fighting for the lead with the 2011 Bowlegs winner, Vince Molosky. Molosky, who first ran the Bowlegs 5K in 2008, also had three runner-up finishes in the race. If anyone had an edge in Bowlegs experience, it was Molosky.


"It's been...three in a row?" said Molosky. "The timing is usually good and it's a good course."


Stephen CoxIt was close through the first kilometer. Cox broke away during the second kilometer. By the turn-around on the third kilometer Cox had what looked like an insurmountable lead. It was. He went on to win in 16:08. Molosky ran 17:24 for another second-place Bowlegs finish, his fourth. Michael Martinez ran home in 18:04 to take third place and the top master spot.


Sheryl Rosen's history at Bowlegs goes back even farther than that of either Stephen Cox or Vince Molosky. Rosen first won the Bowlegs women's title in 2007 as a student at the Florida State University College of Law, then again in 2011 as a fledgling member of the bar. After another four-year break she was back at Bowlegs in 2015. Rosen started out fast, faster than any other athlete in the women's field could run.


"I was testing out the waters today," said Rosen. "I ran the first mile in 5:53, the second mile in 5:53, and then I slowed down the last mile."


Sheryl RosenIn Rosen's defense, the third mile at Bowlegs takes you from the banks of Munson Slough to the high ground where the FAMU / FSU College of Engineering stands--i.e., from one of the lowest points on the course to one of the highest points on the course. That mile also includes a hill that athletes have described in impolite terms for years, even when Innovation Park was still the FSU Dairy Farm. Rosen still weathered that mile well enough to finish the race sixth overall, winning the women's competition in 18:35. It was the fastest run by a woman at Bowlegs in ten years. You'd have to go back to 2005, when Sarah Docter-Williams ran 18:10, to find a faster women's performance.


Swift Creek Middle School cross-country ace Alyson Churchill was second in the women's standings, placing 25th overall in 21:11. Nikky Manausa was the third woman finisher, 30th overall in 21:39, and Elizabeth Jackson was the fourth woman, 31st overall in 21:50. Paula O'Neill was top woman master, the fifth female and 36th overall in 22:11.


132 athletes finished the 2015 Bowlegs 5K Run For Scholarship, Gulf Winds Track Club's second race of the year. The Bowlegs benefits the scholarship fund of the Friends and Faculty Club of Florida State University.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2015 Bowlegs 5K Run For Scholarship
  1. 16:08 ~ Stephen Cox (M, 31)Michael Martinez
  2. 17:24 ~ Vince Molosky (M, 35)
  3. 18:04 ~ Michael Martinez (M, 49)
  4. 18:18 ~ Reikan Lin (M, 24)
  5. 18:32 ~ Eric Godin (M, 30)
  6. 18:54 ~ David Graf (M, 38)
  7. 18:54 ~ Mike Peymann (M, 52)
  8. 18:55 ~ Aaron Taylor (M, 21)
  9. 19:24 ~ Jack Redwing (M, 28)
  10. 19:24 ~ Anthony Kuchera (M, 28)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2015 Bowlegs 5K Run For Scholarship
  1. 18:35 ~ Sheryl Rosen (F, 30)Alyson Churchill
  2. 21:11 ~ Alyson Churchill (F, 12)
  3. 21:39 ~ Nikky Manausa (F, 33)
  4. 21:50 ~ Elizabeth Jackson (F, 18)
  5. 22:11 ~ Paula O' Neill (F, 53)
  6. 22:16 ~ Kate Chunka (F, 31)
  7. 22:19 ~ Emma Spencer (F, 33)
  8. 22:55 ~ Michelle Kuchera (F, 29)
  9. 22:56 ~ Megan Churchill (F, 12)
  10. 24:01 ~ Kate Krizner (F, 10)

Bowlegs 5K Run For Scholarship winners, 1985 - 2015
DateMenWomenField
16 February 198516:44, Scott Hinkle18:48, Darien Andreu153
15 February 198616:12, Rick Miller20:00, Janice Hochstein150
7 February 198715:54, Randy Jordan20:00, Sarah Patterson186
13 February 198816:05, Rick Miller20:02, Janice Hochstein220
4 February 198915:44, Rick Miller20:02, Barbara Balzer165
10 February 199017:28, Felton Wright19:30, Paula Johnson112
16 February 199116:15, Bill Crooks20:37, Tina Davies67
15 February 199215:51, Mike Macinko18:37, Paula Johnson81
20 February 199315:33, Gary Droze19:33, Carrie Hunnicutt143
19 February 199416:02, Phillip Healy22:18, Chateau Mangaroo83
18 February 199515:41, Reid Montini18:09, Jane Johnson158
17 February 199616:12, Tim Simpkins19:33, Janice Hochstein77
15 February 199715:45, Gary Droze18:20, Jane Johnson163
14 February 199816:23, Damian Wilson17:47, Sarah Docter-Williams104
13 February 199915:57, Robert Pautenius16:54, Breeda Dennehy-Willis77
12 February 200015:49, Aaron Scheer20:42, Laurel Slyck83
10 February 200116:48, Gary Droze18:18, Sarah Docter-Williams
9 February 200216:20, Thomas Kunish20:20, Allison Eagen77
8 February 200316:56, Paul Orfield21:15, Fran McLean76
21 February 200417:06, Adam David Churchill18:21, Breeda Dennehy-Willis82
15 January 200517:42, Art Remillard18:10, Sarah Docter-Williams72
14 January 200616:43, Shawn Patterson19:22, Stephanie Liles152
20 January 200717:37, Matt Mizereck19:02, Sheryl Rosen109
19 January 200816:32, Tripp Southerland21:39, Carly Thomas121
10 January 200917:59, Tim Unger20:09, Micah Adriani117
9 January 201017:21, Stephen Cox21:01, Lauren Switzer84
8 January 201116:38, Vince Molosky19:26, Sheryl Rosen204
7 January 201217:10, Stanley Linton19:27, Katie Showman166
5 January 201316:12, Stanley Linton20:19, Katie Showman110
18 January 201415:46, Stanley Linton19:18, Lisa Johnson168
10 January 201516:08, Stephen Cox18:35, Sheryl Rosen132
From 1985 to 1994 the Bowlegs 5K was run on the main campus of Florida State University,
starting and finishing near Tully Gym, on USATF certified course FL88014BH.

From 1995 to 2015 the Bowlegs 5K was run in Innovation Park, starting and finishing near
the College of Engineering on USATF certified course FL95008DL. The course was later
recertified with number FL12001EBM.


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Sunday, December 7, 2014

For Cox and Sherron it's 2011 all over again at the Ten-Mile Challenge

Stephen CoxStephen Cox doesn't always run Gulf Winds Track Club's Ten-Mile Challenge. But when he does, he wins.


Cox first ran the race in 2011, scorching the field with a 56:13. He did it again at the 27th Ten-Mile Challenge on Saturday morning, 6 December 2014, racing twice around the five-mile loop in Ox Bottom Manor in a winning 56:37. Katie Sherron, the women's winner in 2011, also added a second victory in 2014, finishing 16th overall in 72:48 as the top woman.


Since 2010, the starting line of the Ten-Mile Challenge has been at Hawk's Rise Elementary School, and the race returned there again in 2014. Vince Molosky, a two-time champion of the Ten-Mile Challenge, shot out right away, running so far ahead of everyone else that he nearly vanished in the thick morning fog. Molosky finished the first mile more than a hundred meters ahead of the next runner, Patrick Dawson of Shaw's Running. Stephen Cox was another thirty meters back.


Patrick DawsonBut one mile into a ten-mile race is still nine miles to go. Just a mile later Cox had overtaken Dawson, and Molosky's lead had been cut in half. At the end of the third mile, Cox had left Dawson behind and caught Molosky.


"We ran most of three-to-four together," recalled Cox. "I moved ahead after that steep downhill during mile four."


After that the race belonged to Cox. He hit the halfway point in 28:15 then spent the second time around the course building up a lead of more than 800 meters. While Cox cruised the second loop on his way to a 56:37 win, Patrick Dawson passed Vince Molosky then went on to take second in 59:43. Molosky finished third in 60:20. Mike Peymann was the fastest master runner in the Challenge, placing sixth overall in 64:52.


Katie Sherron and Jillian HeddaeusKatie Sherron has run the Ten-Mile Challenge each year since 2010, five times in all. Her nearest rival in the 2014 race, Jillian Heddaeus, has only run the event twice. Nevertheless, after this year's Challenge Heddaeus had a definite opinion about the race.


"That was so hard!" she declared.


It is called a Challenge, after all.


Sherron and Heddaeus raced side-by-side for much of the first few miles, but by the end of the first five-mile loop Sherron had opened a gap of a few meters. That margin widened to more than 400 meters during the second time around the course while Sherron ran home to a 72:48 win. Heddaeus was the women's runner-up, coming in 20th overall in 74:50. 30th overall in 80:57, Kate Chunka was third in the women's standings. The fourth woman finisher and top woman master was April Bentley, 32nd overall in 82:54.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2014 Ten-Mile Challenge
  1. 56:37 ~ Stephen Cox (M, 31)Vince Molosky
  2. 59:43 ~ Patrick Dawson (M, 23)
  3. 60:20 ~ Vince Molosky (M, 35)
  4. 63:53 ~ Zach Deveau (M, 27)
  5. 64:11 ~ Eric Godin (M, 30)
  6. 64:52 ~ Mike Peymann (M, 52)
  7. 64:57 ~ Mickey Moore (M, 44)
  8. 65:35 ~ Joel Piotrowski (M, 45)
  9. 67:50 ~ Paul Guyas (M, 37)
  10. 68:18 ~ Brian Molen (M, 38)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2014 Ten-Mile Challenge
  1. 72:48 ~ Katie Sherron (F, 33)Kate Chunka
  2. 74:50 ~ Jillian Heddaeus (F, 31)
  3. 80:57 ~ Kate Chunka (F, 31)
  4. 82:54 ~ April Bentley (F, 41)
  5. 83:05 ~ Emma Spencer (F, 33)
  6. 86:18 ~ Laura Reina (F, 50)
  7. 87:51 ~ Nancy Proctor (F, 53)
  8. 87:54 ~ Kate Harrison (F, 22)
  9. 88:06 ~ Shannon McNees (F, 44)
  10. 88:06 ~ Lorien Abbey (F, 47)

109 athletes finished the 2014 Ten-Mile Challenge, while another 82 successfully tackled a shorter five-mile race. Gary Galvez of Capital City Runners won the junior race in 31:54, finishing almost 300 meters ahead of runner-up Aaron Taylor. Taylor had led through the first mile but Galvez had caught him on the second, then spent the rest of the race building a margin of victory. Tad David was the third five-mile finisher and first master, running 35:14.


Tallahassee master runner Paula O'Neill was the first woman finisher in the five mile, placing sixth overall in 37:24. Ten-year-old Kate Krizner was runner-up in the women's standings, finishing 11th overall in 41:55.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2014 Five-Mile Road Race
  1. 31:54 ~ Gary Galvez (M, 27)Gary Galvez
  2. 33:00 ~ Aaron Taylor (M, 21)
  3. 35:14 ~ Tad David (M, 45)
  4. 36:28 ~ Bill McGuire (M, 67)
  5. 37:20 ~ Scott Callen (M, 41)
  6. 37:52 ~ David Anderson (M, 64)
  7. 40:02 ~ Michael Boll (M, 50)
  8. 40:17 ~ Buddy Levins (M, 61)
  9. 41:37 ~ Filippo Aldrovandi-Reina (M, 10)
  10. 42:16 ~ Jeff Bowman (M, 53)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2014 Five-Mile Road Race
  1. 37:24 ~ Paula O' Neill (F, 53)Paula O'Neill
  2. 41:55 ~ Kate Krizner (F, 10)
  3. 42:09 ~ Allie Caldwell (F, 24)
  4. 42:51 ~ Megan Long (F, 28)
  5. 42:57 ~ Katie Allison (F, 37)
  6. 43:21 ~ Jane Skalski (F, 30)
  7. 43:21 ~ Kasey Law (F, 27)
  8. 44:57 ~ Kenya Rich (F, 42)
  9. 46:43 ~ Ludmila De Faria (F, 46)
  10. 47:25 ~ Christine Martorana (F, 30)

Champions of Gulf Winds Track Club's Ten-Mile Challenge, 1988 - 2014
DateMenWomen
3 December 198851:05, David Keen65:19, Janice Hochstein
2 December 198952:05, Jessie Close64:09, Paula Johnson
1 December 199051:39, David Keen62:53, Paula Johnson
7 December 199154:20, Jessie Close63:40, Paula Johnson
5 December 199254:32, Jessie Close63:09, Paula Johnson
4 December 199355:30, Steve Wilcox61:53, Paula Johnson
3 December 199454:16, Herb Wills61:43, Jane Johnson
2 December 199555:30, Gary Droze65:55, Carrie Weyant
7 December 199656:27, Brian Erb66:21, Carrie Weyant
6 December 199755:06, Lee Willis62:38, Sarah Docter-Williams
5 December 199858:45, Robert Pautienus62:27, Breeda Willis
4 December 199956:24, Gary Droze69:44, Carrie Weyant
2 December 200056:29, Zachery Heissner66:07, Laurel Slyck
1 December 200160:11, Tim Unger64:40, Sarah Docter-Williams
7 December 200254:30, Lee Willis63:54, Sarah Docter-Williams
6 December 200361:33, Bill McCord63:20, Sarah Docter-Williams
4 December 200455:29, Gary Droze61:41, Sarah Docter-Williams
3 December 200556:46, Gary Droze66:43, Kara Newell
2 December 200659:13, Jay Wallace62:27, Sheryl Rosen
1 December 200758:47, Tripp Southerland64:04, Sheryl Rosen
6 December 200855:56, Chris Lake65:30, Sheryl Rosen
5 December 200957:59, Vince Molosky65:47, Sheryl Rosen
4 December 201057:19, Vince Molosky64:25, Allison Eagen
3 December 201156:13, Stephen Cox68:15, Katie Showman
1 December 201256:18, Stanley Linton68:05, Micah Adriani
7 December 201355:30, Stanley Linton73:42, Micah Adriani
6 December 201456:37, Stephen Cox72:48 Katie Sherron


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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Canto 2013, In which Cox leaves 18 runners to the Devil

Devil Take The HindmostVeterans and first timers headed to Florida State University's Mike Long Track for annual renewal of Tallahassee's Devil Take The Hindmost Race on Saturday evening, 20 July 2013. Both groups were on more or less the same footing because the rules had changed this year. At the end of each lap, the Devil would still pluck the last runner in the field from the race. The difference would be that each 400-meter lap had a two-minute limit. Anyone who didn't finish the lap in two minutes would be added to the Devil's harvest. Further, no one could start the next lap until the two minutes were up. You could run a lap in 60 seconds and then wait a minute, or you could run it in 1:59 and then wait a second--as long as you completed the lap before the last runner. Two minutes or not the last runner was still out.


Devil Take The HindmostScattered showers during the afternoon had many wondering if fire and brimstone would mix with water. But the last rain fell on campus over an hour before race time, and if the skies weren't clear, they weren't streaked with lightning, either. The race started just after 7:00 PM with a free lap, led by Maggi Beshara as the Devil. The second lap, though, was for blood. Mike Burns was at the rear of the pack at the end of that lap and became the Devil's first victim. The field of nineteen runners was reduced to 18 and the third lap started.


Lawson Yale and Jacque Myers went out together at the end of the third lap, reducing the number of women in the field by two. The female contingent was further reduced when Martha Bademan was seized by the Devil after four laps. Mark Fuller perished at the end of lap five. Havana's Eric Dueno had outrun the bulls in Pamplona, Spain earlier in July, but he couldn't outrun the Devil and bowed out after six laps. Shelton Ansley of Cairo, Georgia followed Dueno off the track at the end of the seventh lap. Paula O'Neill had been the longest surviving female runner in the 2012 Devil Take The Hindmost, but this year she was eliminated in the sprint at the end of lap eight. Exhausted by that sprint, Kellie Gerbes went more quietly after nine laps. Ten athletes were left on the track.


Devil Take The HindmostDom Milner just needed a few more inches to survive the tenth lap, but the Devil took him. At the end of the eleventh lap Tony Guillen also found himself less than a foot behind the surging field, but behind he was, and Guillen had to go. Bing Xu, used up from pushing the pace on the eleventh lap, was taken by the Devil after finishing twelve laps. Xu fell far enough behind on the twelfth lap to give the other seven runners a breather, but setting up a sprint for survival at the end of lap thirteen. Geb Kiros didn't survive. Six runners were left going into lap fourteen. Reikan Lin was left behind at the end of that lap, and five remained. The pace was getting stiffer and the sprint at the end of each lap more brutal. The Devil was still having fun, though.

Devil Take The Hindmost
The 15th lap was Sheryl Rosen's last. The Tallahassee lawyer was the last woman taken from the track by the Devil; the four remaining athletes were male. Charn McAllister was the first of the four to be taken by the Devil, falling behind at the end of the 16th lap. On the seventeenth lap Stephen Cox and Peter Kaus left Paul Guyas behind, setting up the last-lap match race. Waiting for the lap to begin, the two competitors caught their breath. The Devil watched on in anticipation.


Devil Take The HindmostPeter Kaus had raced the Devil Take The Hindmost in both 2011 and 2012, finishing runner-up in 2012. He grabbed the lead at the start of lap 18, leading Cox around the first turn and along the back straight. With 200 meters to go, though, Cox took over. In the lead, Cox ran smoothly along the final turn while Kaus's form deteriorated. Once both runners were on the home straight the race clearly belonged to Cox. He finished the race with a 40-meter lead, having run the final 400-meter lap in about 63 seconds. Behind him, Kaus crossed the line to be snatched up by the Devil. Both runners had covered more than 4-1/2 surge-filled miles.


The new rules were adapted from a race in Guernsey, one of the odd corners of the globe where the Devil Take The Hindmost is run. There weren't any complaints about the rules, but what good could come out of complaining to the Devil anyway? By whatever rules, the Devil will be back again.


Devil Take The Hindmost Race
Mike Long Track, Tallahassee, Florida
Saturday, 20 July 2013 @ 7:00 PM ET
PlaceFirst NameLast NameM/FAgeHometownLaps
1StephenCoxM29Tallahassee, FL19
2PeterKausM29Tallahassee, FL18
3PaulGuyasM35Tallahassee, FL17
4CharnMcAllisterM30Tallahassee, FL16
5SherylRosenF29Tallahassee, FL15
6ReikanLinM23Tallahassee, FL14
7GebKirosM46Tallahassee, FL13
8BingXuM45Tallahassee, FL12
9TonyGuillenM44Tallahassee, FL11
10DominicMilnerM33Tallahassee, FL10
11KellieGerbesF27Tallahassee, FL9
12PaulaO'NeillF52Tallahassee, FL8
13SheltonAnsleyM61Cairo, GA7
14EricDuenoM45Havana, FL6
15MarkFullerM49Tallahassee, FL5
16MarthaBademanF29Tallahassee, FL4
17JacqueMyersF57Tallahassee, FL3
17LawsonYaleF26Tallahassee, FL3
19MikeBurnsM48Tallahassee, FL2


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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Cox and Seiberlich rock the Shamrock

Jacksonville, Florida hosted the 36th annual River Run 15K on Saturday, 10 March 2012. Maclay School assistant track coach Stephen Cox, though, was in Tallahassee.


"This is the first River Run I've missed in years," reflected Cox.


Vince MoloskyCox's rivals in Tallahassee distance running may want to take up a collection to pay for Cox's entry into next year's River Run. In lieu of the Jacksonville race, Cox stayed home and ran Tallahassee's Shamrock Scurry 5K, winning that race through the Killearn area in 16:27. The Maclay head track coach, Gary Droze, was the first master in the race, placing fifth overall in 17:09. Wisconsin master runner Carrie Seiberlich took the women's title, finishing 22nd overall in 19:43.


When the race started, though, it was Anthony Stricker and not Cox who jumped out in front of the field. When Stricker faded, Cox and Vince Molosky took over the lead. At about two kilometers, Cox made a move and opened up a gap on Molosky. Meanwhile, Charlie Johnson was running a stalking race. While Cox held on to the lead, Johnson moved up from fourth to pass Nate Kaiser. Then, with a kilometer to go, Johnson passed Molosky to move into second. Molosky wasn't going to take that lying down. While Cox ran in first in 16:27, Johnson and Molosky battled for the runner up spot. In the final stretch Molosky prevailed, 16:36 to 16:38. Kaiser followed in fourth at 16:43.


Leading the women, Carrie Seiberlich and Katie Showman ran almost side-by-side early in the race. Very little changed over the next four kilometers. Less than a kilometer from the finish line it was clear that the women's title would go to either Seiberlich or Showman. Late in the race Seiberlich made her case, pulling away from Showman to win 19:43 to 19:52. Behind them, Thomasville master runner Mary Anne Grayson took third among the women, finishing 30th overall in 20:22.


The Shamrock Scurry 5K has been run in Killearn since 1981, but not quite annually. There have been a couple of hiatuses over the years, but the current incarnation of the race has been held every March since 2010. 598 athletes finished the run this year, many of whom enjoyed a post-race pancake and sausage breakfast, courtesy of Killearn United Methodist Church.


Top Ten Men, 2012 Shamrock Scurry 5K
  1. 16:27 ~ Stephen Cox (M, 28)
  2. 16:36 ~ Vince Molosky (M, 32)
  3. 16:38 ~ Charlie Johnson (M, 32)
  4. 16:43 ~ Nate Kaiser (M, 32)
  5. 17:09 ~ Gary Droze (M, 50)
  6. 17:45 ~ Roger Schmidt (M, 20)
  7. 17:47 ~ Jay Wallace (M, 47)
  8. 17:52 ~ Stephen Robbins (M, 15)
  9. 18:07 ~ Anthony Stricker (M, 18)
  10. 18:18 ~ Tony Guillen (M, 43)

Top Ten Women, 2012 Shamrock Scurry 5K
  1. 19:43 ~ Carrie Seiberlich (F, 40)
  2. 19:52 ~ Katie Showman (F, 30)
  3. 20:22 ~ Mary Anne Grayson (F, 46)
  4. 20:53 ~ Kayla Stricker (F, 17)
  5. 20:55 ~ Jennifer Kilinski (F, 33)
  6. 20:57 ~ Kristine Cox (F, 34)
  7. 21:01 ~ Cara Lavier (F, 34)
  8. 21:20 ~ Marietta Colberg (F, 40)
  9. 21:23 ~ Kate Chunka (F, 29)
  10. 21:38 ~ Christie Stricker (F, 16)

Shamrock Scurry 5K winners, 2010-2012
Date
Men
Women
15 March 2010
17:25, Jay Wallace
21:03, Anna Busby
12 March 2011
18:14, Peter Kaus
19:35, Sheryl Rosen
10 March 2012
16:27, Stephen Cox
19:43, Carrie Seiberlich


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Saturday, February 18, 2012

A dozen fast for Cox and Showman at Flash 12K

Stephen CoxMaclay School assistant track coach Stephen Cox stole the lead from Wakulla High distance runner Stanley Linton during the tenth kilometer of the Flash 12K, then went on to win the 24th annual race in 41:23. Gary Droze, the head track coach at Maclay, was the fastest master runner in the 12K, placing third overall in 42:45. Tallahassee's Katie Showman took top female honors in the race with a 49:52, while Thomasville's Mary Anne Grayson ran 51:46 to finish as the first female master. 214 athletes completed the race, held Saturday, Feb. 18 in St. Marks.


2012 Flash 12KIt was the second year in a row that St. Marks was the site for the Flash 12K, after a long history of the race being run first in Chaires and later in Woodville. Swarms of hungry no-see-ums greeted the runners that morning as they assembled near the starting line in front of Fort San Marcos de Apalachee.


"It's kind of a weird distance," commented one of the runners.


Yes and no. You certainly won't see as many 12K as 5K events on the weekend road racing circuit, but 12K is the official distance for the world cross-country championships. For those of us who never quite switched over to metrics, it works out to almost exactly seven-and-a-half miles.


Stephen CoxSome minutes after the scheduled 8:30am, the race got under way. Maclay coach Gary Droze led the initial charge off the starting line, but before the end of the first kilometer Stanley Linton was out in front. Just four days earlier, Linton had opened his senior year track season with wins in both the 1600 (4:48.34) and the 3200 (10:20.03) at a track meet at Rickards High School. In this longer race he led the field through the streets of St. Marks and onto the Tallahassee-St. Marks Rail Trail. By midway through the third kilometer, Linton was 20 seconds up on Droze, with Stephen Cox another five seconds back in third.

Stephen Cox and Stanley Linton
For a while Linton's lead grew, but during the second half of the race Cox accelerated. Linton didn't. Cox moved past Droze into second and started chasing down Linton. At nine kilometers, Cox pulled even with the Wakulla High senior. After a brief battle, Cox was the front runner. He spent the last two kilometers running away from the field, finishing the race over 200 meters ahead in 41:23. Linton was runner-up in 42:13, with Droze another 150 meters back in 42:45.


Katie ShowmanLike Linton, in the women's competition Katie Showman went to the front early. By the third kilometer, a group of four runners was chasing Showman--Kristine Cox, Micah Adriani, Mary Anne Grayson, and Flash 12K defending champion Kelly Stevens. Cox dropped out of the pursuit group and Showman continued to pull away, making it look like Adriani, Stevens, and Grayson were going to be fighting for second. Showman crossed the finish line in 49:52, close to 200 meters ahead of Kelly Stevens, who had fought free of Adriani and Grayson to take the runner-up spot in 50:38. Grayson was closing on Adriani on the homestretch, but Adriani hung on to take third, 51:40 to 51:46.


Top Ten Men, 2012 Flash 12K
  1. Gary Droze41:23 ~ Stephen Cox (M, 28) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 42:13 ~ Stanley Linton (M, 18) Crawfordville, FL
  3. 42:45 ~ Gary Droze (M, 50) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 44:28 ~ Carl Nordhielm (M, 49) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 44:36 ~ Jay Wallace (M, 47) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 45:01 ~ Hunter Scott (M, 15) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 45:08 ~ Roger Schmidt (M, 20) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 45:23 ~ Jack McDermott (M, 42) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 45:44 ~ Tim Unger (M, 52) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 47:38 ~ Peter Kaus (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL

Kelly StevensTop Ten Women, 2012 Flash 12K
  1. 49:52 ~ Katie Showman (F, 30) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 50:38 ~ Kelly Stevens (F, 30) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 51:40 ~ Micah Adriani (F, 34) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 51:46 ~ Mary Anne Grayson (F, 46) Thomasville, GA
  5. 53:21 ~ Kristine Cox (F, 34) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 53:40 ~ Angela Wable (F, 38) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 54:54 ~ Tiffany Roddenberry (F, 27) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 55:07 ~ Mary Vancore (F, 48) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 55:18 ~ Cora Atkinson (F, 17) Crawfordville, FL
  10. 55:20 ~ Christina Greene (F, 29) Tallahassee, FL


Flash 12K Champions, 1989-2012
Date
Men
Women
1989 39:44, John Devine 48:50, Barbara Balzer
199044:10, David Rigby
 54:40, Kathy Weiss
199139:36, Jessie Close
 50:24, Tina Davies
199239:33, Jessie Close
45:24, Paula Johnson
199342:40, Jonathan Bigg
45:43, Linda Nilges
1994 38:02, Robin Rogers45:34, Jane Johnson
199540:49, Gary Droze
45:34, Jane Johnson
1996 41:10, Gary Droze
44:27, Jane Johnson
1997 39:25, Brian Erb
47:57, Sarah Williams
7 Feb 1998 42:57, Clarence Calloway
45:12, Sarah Williams
20 Feb 1999 44:40, Tim Simpkins
46:27, Sarah Williams
19 Feb 2000 39:44, Michael Strickland
46:06, Sara Docter-Williams
17 Feb 2001 43:56, Tim Unger 45:38, Sarah Docter-Williams
16 Feb 2002 40:35, Gary Droze 47:17, Jane Johnson
1 Feb 2003 42:52, Shawn Patterson 52:18, Lisa Whitworth
7 Feb 2004 42:46, Tim Unger
 52:49, Lisa Whitworth
5 Feb 2005 42:05, Lee Willis 45:30, Sarah Docter-Williams
4 Feb 2006
42:49, Vince Molosky
50:21, Lisa Johnson
17 Feb 2007
44:58, Todd Smoot
52:22, Kim Likens
16 Feb 2008
43:10, Tripp Southerland
50:57, Stephanie Liles
21 Feb 2009
42:34, Jay Wallace
50:48, Jane Johnson
20 Feb 2010
41:57, Daniel Lee
47:12, Sheryl Rosen
19 Feb 2011
40:57, Thomas Kunish
49:23, Kelly Stevens
18 Feb 2012
41:23, Stephen Cox
49:52, Katie Showman
In 1989-2004 the race started and finished in Chaires.
In 2005-2010 the race started and finished at J. Lewis Hall Park
in Woodville. (FL05007DL)
In 2011-2012 the race started and finished at Fort San Marcos
de Apalachee in St. Marks. (FL11133EBM)


89 runners finished the 6K race that was run concurrently with the 12K. Duane Evans of Crawfordville, Florida was the fastest overall finisher in the shorter race as well as the top master, finishing about half a kilometer ahead of his nearest challenger in 24:57. Tallahassee's Nancy Gribble was the first female and the first female master in the 6K, placing fourth overall in 27:39.


Top Ten Men, 2012 Flash 6K
  1. Duane Evans24:57 ~ Duane Evans (M, 44) Crawfordville, FL
  2. 27:16 ~ Daniel Cosme (M, 26) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 27:24 ~ Michael Culligan (M, 37) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 28:49 ~ Mark O' Neill (M, 50) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 30:26 ~ Michael Molen (M, 12) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 30:37 ~ Steven Bingert (M, 24)
  7. 31:09 ~ Alvin Young (M, 31) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 32:27 ~ Christopher Turner (M, 29) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 33:15 ~ Ed Claiborne (M, 57) Monticello, FL
  10. 34:13 ~ Jeremy Shinn (M, 31) Gainesville, FL
Nancy Gribble
Top Ten Women, 2012 Flash 6K
  1. 27:39 ~ Nancy Gribble (F, 53) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 28:07 ~ Fran McLean (F, 54) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 29:21 ~ Jamie Nichols (F, 23) Crawfordville, FL
  4. 29:28 ~ Ana Wallace (F, 12) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 29:28 ~ Alexandra Wallace (F, 14) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 29:44 ~ Emily Molen (F, 10) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 31:35 ~ Karen Bennett (F, 35) Crawfordville, FL
  8. 32:42 ~ Shelby Stanley (F, 60) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 33:06 ~ Lilly Unger (F, 9) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 33:13 ~ Amy Gregor (F, 31) Gainesville, FL

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