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Friday, February 11, 2022

More Tallahassee Marathon kudos for Bryan Morseman and Tamara Kozulina

Clarence DeMar earned fame in the annals of New England athletics by winning the Boston Marathon seven times. At another marathon in Tallahassee, Florida, Bryan Morseman is closing in on that total. On Sunday morning, 6 February 2022, Morseman took his fifth Tallahassee Marathon title, winning the race in 2:28:45. But Morseman still trails the women's champ, Tamara Kozulina. Master runner Kozulina already had five Tallahassee Marathon victories going into the 2022 race and ended the morning with her sixth, running 3:24:15 to finish as the first woman and 25th overall.

Bryan Morseman
Bryan Morseman

On any Sunday morning in downtown Tallahassee, you wouldn't be surprised to hear the carillon of Saint John's Episcopal Church playing. If you want to hear the bells clanging out Vangelis' theme for the movie "Chariots of Fire," though, you need to be near the church on the first Sunday in February, the morning of the annual Tallahassee Marathon. The tune was playing when the 47th marathon started in front of the Leon County Courthouse at 7:30 AM on 6 February 2022. It was still playing when the marathoners ran by the church, half a kilometer from the starting line. The bells were quiet when the runners returned downtown during the seventh kilometer of the race. Bryan Morseman was already leading the marathon at that point, more than 400 meters ahead of the next runner, Trevor Sununu.


By fifteen kilometers, Morseman had widened his lead to 900 meters. Halfway through the race, the gap had grown to 1600 meters. Morseman had no challenges from his fellow athletes during the second half, only from the distance and from ferocious headwinds. The marathoner from New York state handled those obstacles and made it to the finish line in 2:28:45, notching his fifth Tallahassee Marathon title. Behind Morseman, master runner Charlie Johnson had been more than a kilometer behind Sununu, but had narrowed that to under 200 meters. Sununu hung on to finish runner-up in 2:44:44, while Johnson was third in 2:45:23.

Tamara Kozulina
Tamara Kozulina

Halfway through the 2022 Tallahassee Marathon, the course made a circuit of Lake Henrietta. By that midpoint Tamara Kozulina was leading the women's field by about 1600 meters. Holding the second position behind Kozulina was Tallahassee athlete Melanie Leitman, a first-time marathoner. Leitman actually moved slightly closer to Kozulina during the second half of the race, but not close enough to prevent Kozulina from collecting a sixth Tallahassee marathon win. The Clermont master runner posted a winning time of 3:24:15, while Leitman was the second woman and 34th overall in 3:31:47. Kristen Berger, a master runner from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, took third in the women's standings and 35th overall with a 3:34:49.


151 athletes finished the 2022 Tallahassee Marathon.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2022 Tallahassee Marathon
  1. 2:28:45, Bryan Morseman (M, 36) Wheeler, NY
  2. 2:44:44, Trevor Sununu (M, 26) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 2:45:23, Charlie Johnson (M, 42) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 2:53:36, Chris McNeece (M, 40) Madison, MS
  5. 2:56:55, Mickey Moore (M, 51) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 2:57:23, Tarik Brahmi (M, 45) Palatine, IL
  7. 2:57:45, Rhys Noda (M, 19) Hollywood, FL
  8. 2:58:07, Orinthal Striggles (M, 46) Columbia, SC
  9. 2:59:46, Kaeden Olson (M, 18) West Palm Beach, FL
  10. 3:06:33, Jon Maner (M, 48) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2022 Tallahassee Marathon
  1. 3:24:15, Tamara Kozulina (F, 46) Clermont, FL
  2. 3:31:47, Melanie Leitman (F, 37) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 3:34:49, Kristen Berger (F, 55) Gibsonia, PA
  4. 3:39:10, Gabriella Passidomo (F, 30) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 3:44:59, Monica Toth (F, 33) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 3:53:48, Clare Mackie (F, 23) Atlanta, GA
  7. 3:59:01, Shari McGlynn (F, 48) Palm City, FL
  8. 4:06:35, Elizabeth Venell (F, 39) Lecanto, FL
  9. 4:07:38, Raegan Mahler (F, 21) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 4:09:31, Kerri Taylor (F, 47) Peachtree City, GA

While the marathoners were racing on the streets of Tallahassee, athletes in a half-marathon race were also on the course. The Tallahassee Marathon hasn't always included a half-marathon event, and although Gulf Winds Track Club has done a good job of maintaining a record of marathon winners, the same care hasn't been given to the half marathon. Stan Linton was curious about the fastest time ever run in the Tallahassee Marathon, but couldn't find any easy answers. He finally decided that the event record was was the 1:07:46 run by Will Christian in the 2019 race. In 2022, Linton set out to break that record.

Stanley Linton
Stan Linton

Break it? He crushed it. After a few miles of fighting David Too for the lead, Linton was alone out front and racing the clock. He was first across the finish line in College Town with a 1:05:08, well under Christian's 2019 effort. David Too took second in 1:07:31, and David Barney was third in 1:10:32.

Purity Munene
Purity Munene

Purity Munene led the women's field of the half-marathon early. She led by a lot. At the end of the 21.1-kilometer race The Columbia, South Carolina athlete was more than two kilometers ahead of the next woman, placing tenth overall in 1:22:44. Tallahassee's Alyssa Terry was second in the women's standings, placing 26th overall in 1:32:23. Sophie Harkins of Atlanta was the third woman and 30th overall, running 1:33:32.


Leonardo Canete of Tallahassee was the first master runner in the half-marathon, running 1:23:02 to finish as the tenth male and eleventh overall. The first woman master was Antigone Pierson of Pensacola, Florida, the seventh female finisher and 44th overall in 1:38:43.


586 athletes finished the half-marathon. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed both races.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2022 Tallahassee Half-Marathon
  1. 1:05:08, Stan Linton (M, 28) Crawfordville, FL
  2. 1:07:31, David Too (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 1:10:32, David Barney (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 1:10:35, Alberto Mena (M, 23) New York, NY
  5. 1:15:31, Chris O'Kelley (M, 28) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 1:16:45, Tristan Cravello (M, 22) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 1:18:45, Ryan Bausback (M, 23) Sarasota, FL
  8. 1:21:00, Hawthorne Hay (M, 19) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 1:22:14, Zach Deveau (M, 34) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 1:23:02, Leonardo Canete (M, 43) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2022 Tallahassee Half-Marathon
  1. 1:22:44, Purity Munene (F, 35) Columbia, SC
  2. 1:32:23, Alyssa Terry (F, 28) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 1:33:32, Sophie Harkins (F, 29) Atlanta, GA
  4. 1:33:43, Meredith Cox (F, 20) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 1:33:44, Jane Eiselstein (F, 18) Lookout Mountain, GA
  6. 1:36:27, Jillian Heddaeus (F, 38) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 1:38:43, Antigone Pierson (F, 45) Pensacola, FL
  8. 1:40:24, Jamila Allen (F, 32) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 1:40:58, Sara Jackson (F, 35) Huntsville, AL
  10. 1:41:08, Virginia Hamrick (F, 29) Tallahassee, FL

Tallahassee Marathon winners, 1975 - 2022
DateMenWomenFinishers
8 March 19753:00:07, John Hargreaves2
25 April 19762:58:00, John Hargreaves7
19772:35:59, Tim Simpkins3:38:59, Betty Ely22
19782:39:00, Tim Simpkins3:45:00, Donna Glotzbach19
24 February 19792:45:37, Steve Figard3:03:16, Shirley Silsby54
2 February 19802:35:32, Steve Figard3:30:33, Victoria Myers71
7 February 19812:37:39, Jim Dickson3:49:48, Linda Abele41
13 February 19822:28:11, Chris Lingle3:14:31, Marianne Crawford95
12 February 19832:23:55, Mike Patterson3:15:06, Christy Orthmann81
11 February 19842:35:00, Rick Miller3:11:34, Donna Glotzbach49
9 February 19852:41:50, Felton Wright3:17:09, Debbie Moore44
23 February 19862:40:57, Felton Wright3:37:35, Joyce Hodges44
14 February 19872:40:09, Scott Hinkle3:14:57, Laura Meighan72
6 February 19882:31:39, Tom Swiersz3:19:54, Lana Hayden49
11 February 19892:38:28, TC Carroll3:07:13, Paula Johnson93
3 February 19902:28:43, Jessie Close3:02:18, Claudia Kasen107
9 February 19912:44:41, Steve Carney2:56:10, Paula Johnson118
1 February 19922:28:41, Jessie Close3:04:52, Paula Johnson115
6 February 19932:27:20, Louis Floyd2:56:22, Fran Fidler83
5 February 19942:32:27, Louis Floyd3:22:21, Lori Karison133
4 February 19952:43:45, Paul Hough3:10:56, Paula Johnson124
3 February 19962:43:24, William Flynn3:29:44, Krista Prentice70
19 January 19972:50:45, Daniel Widener3:33:22, Dee Farnell111
18 January 19982:29:02, Bryon Law3:09:08, Carrie Weyant73
17 January 19992:56:17, Tom Minor3:13:51, Martha Vidal80
16 January 20002:46:53, Michael Peck3:16:13, Melissa Knechtel51
17 January 20012:57:24, David Yon3:36:01, Carrie Weyant86
20 January 20023:02:32, Ronnie Godwin & Felton Wright3:21:17, Carrie Weyant
14 December 20032:50:32, Michael Western3:34:48, Kathy Pike38
15 February 20042:55:19, Jack McDermott3:18:18, Kim Bruce75
20 February 20052:43:38, Jeff Dobias3:24:24, Lisa Purul129
19 February 20062:51:58, Michael Douma3:32:11, Teresa Lafleur79
4 February 20072:28:15, Judson Cake2:46:09, Valerie Gortmaker168
3 February 20082:24:01, Scot Mullins3:03:38, Tamara Kozulina209
1 February 20092:20:29, George Towett2:45:05, Nina Kraft203
7 February 20102:26:49, James Kiptoo3:16:05, Beth Moras233
6 February 20112:28:38, Esteban Vanegas2:43:32, Karen Harvey234
5 February 20122:27:23, Solomon Kandie2:40:06, Leah Thorvilson270
3 February 20132:23:26, Chris Zablocki2:52:49, Nina Kraft307
2 February 20142:24:29, Bryan Morseman2:46:29, Esther Erb361
8 February 20152:19:12, Mark Chepses2:46:59, Sarah Crouch335
7 February 20162:31:34, Kennedy Kemei3:03:20, Tamara Kozulina224
5 February 20172:27:12, Bryan Morseman3:09:25, Tamara Kozulina180
4 February 20182:26:56, Bryan Morseman3:03:10, Tamara Kozulina153
3 February 20192:34:41, Christopher Zablocki3:04:00, Tamara Kozulina155
2 February 20202:25:59, Bryan Morseman2:58:53, Debbie Greig172
6 February 20222:28:45, Bryan Morseman3:24:15, Tamara Kozulina151

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Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Chris Zablocki and Tamara Kozulina each add another "W" to their Tallahassee Marathon tally

Chris Zablocki took first in the Tallahassee Marathon in 2013. Tamara Kozulina was the first woman in 2008. Both runners were back in Tallahassee, Florida on Sunday morning, 3 February 2019, when Zablocki won the 45th annual Tallahassee Marathon, going 2:34:41. Kozulina was the first woman in the race for the fourth year in a row, placing fourteenth overall in 3:04:00. 155 athletes finished the 26.2-mile race.

Chris Zablocki
Chris Zablocki

When Zablocki and Kozulina logged their first Tallahassee Marathon victories, the race had started at Florida State University, running down to Woodville before turning around and returning to campus. Since then the course had changed, and the 2019 Marathon started downtown in front of the Leon County Courthouse. Marathon morning was foggy. Behind the starting line the upper floors of the Capitol were obscured by the mist. The Old Capitol, closer and not as tall, was still visible, the backdrop for the 7:30 AM start.

Tamara Kozulina
Tamara Kozulina

Zablocki was a New Englander at the time of his 2013 visit to Tallahassee, but he had managed to do some impressive racing in the South, including wins at the 2014 Jacksonville Marathon, the 2015 Albany Marathon, and the 2016 Albany Marathon. A second Tallahassee title had eluded him, though. In the 2015 Tallahassee Marathon he had finished runner-up, 300 meters behind Mark Chepses.


No one was that close to Zablocki in 2019. Now based in Chicago, eight kilometers into the Marathon he was already 400 meters ahead. By halfway, that margin was 1500 meters. Zablocki slowed during the second half and his lead narrowed slightly, but he was never challenged on his way to the finish line on West Madison Street in College Town, where he arrived in a winning 2:34:41. Austin Whitelaw ran a strong second half to take second in 2:39:34. Charlie Johnson, runner-up in the 2018 Tallahassee Marathon, placed third in 2:41:31. Columbia, South Carolina athlete Orinthal Striggles edged Ian Brown of Americus, Georgia for top master runner honors in the marathon, 2:54:18 to 2:54:28. Striggles and Brown were seventh and eighth overall.

Austin Whitelaw
Austin Whitelaw

While Zablocki was wrapping up his second Tallahassee Marathon win, Tamara Kozulina was working on her fifth title in the race and her fourth in a row--a streak that started in the 2016 race. Kozulina kept that streak alive and then some. A marathon is just over 42 kilometers long, and the Clermont master runner finished just over four kilometers ahead of the next woman in the race. 3:04:00 wasn't her fastest Tallahassee Marathon, but it didn't have to be. San Ramon, California master runner Jennifer Bayliss was second in the women's standings, placing 22nd overall in 3:23:48. Alyssa Terry of Tallahassee took third in the women's standings and and 25th overall in 3:31:01.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Tallahassee Marathon
  1. 2:34:41, Christopher Zablocki (M, 30) Chicago, IL
  2. 2:39:34, Austin Whitelaw (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 2:41:31, Charlie Johnson (M, 39) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 2:51:28, Chris Jones (M, 25) Warner Robins, GA
  5. 2:52:36, Chris O'Kelley (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 2:52:36, Charlie Kline (M, 26) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 2:54:18, Orinthal Striggles (M, 43) Columbia, SC
  8. 2:54:28, Ian Brown (M, 53) Americus, GA
  9. 2:58:36, James Buchanan (M, 37) Niceville, FL
  10. 2:58:37, Stephen Stiegel (M, 39) Elon, NC

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Tallahassee Marathon
  1. 3:04:00, Tamara Kozulina (F, 43) Clermont, FL
  2. 3:23:48, Jennifer Bayliss (F, 48) San Ramon, CA
  3. 3:31:01, Alyssa Terry (F, 25) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 3:37:48, Caroline May Poor (F, 32) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 3:38:33, Laura McDermott (F, 39) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 3:39:42, Sarah Miller (F, 21) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 3:40:59, Cecilia Bouaichi (F, 23) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 3:49:59, Amy McClenathan (F, 59) Saint Petersburg, FL
  9. 3:52:23, Laura Segrera (F, 40) Saint Petersburg, FL
  10. 3:52:52, Jenny Early (F, 35) Tallahassee, FL

In the Half-Marathon race, Gainesville, Florida athlete Sergey Zyrianov led at eight kilometers, but Will Christian was on his trail. Lieutenant Commander Christian had been in Tallahassee with the All-Navy Cross-Country Team, competing in the 2019 USATF Cross-Country National Championship. Less than 24 hours after posting a 31:02 in a ten-kilometer cross-country race at Apalachee Regional Park, Christian was on the streets of Tallahassee chasing Zyrianov. Christian caught the Gainesville runner, leaving him over 400 meters behind as he raced to a 67:47 win. Zyrianov took second in 69:09, and Ryan Barrow of Thiboxaux, Louisiana was third in 78:54. David Graf of Tallahassee, Florida was the fastest master runner in the half marathon, placing fourth overall in 79:49.

Will Christian
Will Christian

As a Colquitt High senior, Elizabeth Funderburk had raced the 2018 Tallahassee Half-Marathon, running 88:56 and coming in third in the women's division. As a Florida State frosh taking a redshirt season in indoor track, Funderburk was back in 2019 with visions of running 80:00 and moving up to first. Another Georgia native, Ann Centner, also had ambitions of winning the women's title. Centner, a Ph.D. candidate in nutrition science at Florida State, had a personal best of 85:02 from the 2018 Albany Snickers Half Marathon. Based on past performance, you'd give the edge to Centner.

Elizabeth Funderburk, Ann Centner
Elizabeth Funderburk & Ann Centner

Funderburk, however, was giving nothing to Centner. At eight kilometers the two were racing together, leading the women's field. During the next few kilometers, Funderburk broke away, and with seven kilometers to go she was a little over 30 meters ahead of Centner. Funderburk stretched out that lead to nearly 300 meters on the way to College Town, where she crossed the finish line in 80:00, the first woman and fifth overall in the half marathon. Centner finished runner-up on the women's side and seventh overall in 81:00. Lyubov Denisova of Gainesville, Florida was the first woman master and third female finisher in the half marathon, eighth overall in 84:18.

Elizabeth Funderburk
Elizabeth Funderburk

813 athletes finished the 2019 Tallahassee Half-Marathon. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed both races, with help from RaceSmith of Saint Augustine, Florida.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Tallahassee Half-Marathon
  1. 1:07:47, Will Christian (M, 35) Chesapeake, VA
  2. 1:09:09, Sergey Zyrianov (M, 34) Gainesville, FL
  3. 1:18:54, Ryan Barrow (M, 31) Thibodaux, LA
  4. 1:19:49, David Graf (M, 42) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 1:20:44, Michael Rhodes (M, 50) Perry, FL
  6. 1:24:24, Michael Niezgoda (M, 30) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 1:25:32, Blake Scott (M, 49) Orlando, FL
  8. 1:25:56, Tony Guillen (M, 50) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 1:27:59, Bobby Duggleby (M, 28) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 1:29:10, Peter Kaus (M, 34) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Tallahassee Half-Marathon
  1. 1:20:00, Elizabeth Funderburk (F, 19) Moultrie, GA
  2. 1:21:00, Ann Centner (F, 27) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 1:24:18, Lyubov Denisova (F, 47) Gainesville, FL
  4. 1:28:33, Lucy Baird (F, 19) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 1:28:58, Blair Bodenmiller (F, 32) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 1:34:55, Elisha Boggs (F, 42) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 1:36:28, Brittney Barnes (F, 31) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 1:37:13, Melissa Thompson (F, 34) Thomasville, FL
  9. 1:38:35, Carrie Murphy (F, 47) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 1:38:53, Corinne Porcher (F, 49) Tallahassee, FL

Tallahassee Marathon winners, 1975 - 2019
DateMenWomenFinishers
8 March 19753:00:07, John Hargreaves2
25 April 19762:58:00, John Hargreaves7
19772:35:59, Tim Simpkins3:38:59, Betty Ely22
19782:39:00, Tim Simpkins3:45:00, Donna Glotzbach19
24 February 19792:45:37, Steve Figard3:03:16, Shirley Silsby54
2 February 19802:35:32, Steve Figard3:30:33, Victoria Myers71
7 February 19812:37:39, Jim Dickson3:49:48, Linda Abele41
13 February 19822:28:11, Chris Lingle3:14:31, Marianne Crawford95
12 February 19832:23:55, Mike Patterson3:15:06, Christy Orthmann81
11 February 19842:35:00, Rick Miller3:11:34, Donna Glotzbach49
9 February 19852:41:50, Felton Wright3:17:09, Debbie Moore44
23 February 19862:40:57, Felton Wright3:37:35, Joyce Hodges44
19872:40:09, Scott Hinkle3:14:57, Laura Meighan72
19882:31:39, Tom Swiersz3:19:54, Lana Hayden49
19892:38:28, TC Carroll3:07:13, Paula Johnson93
19902:28:43, Jessie Close3:02:18, Claudia Kasen107
19912:44:41, Steve Carney2:56:10, Paula Johnson118
19922:28:41, Jessie Close3:04:52, Paula Johnson115
19932:27:20, Louis Floyd2:56:22, Fran Fidler83
19942:32:27, Louis Floyd3:22:21, Lori Karison133
19952:43:45, Paul Hough3:10:56, Paula Johnson124
19962:43:24, William Flynn3:29:44, Krista Prentice70
19972:50:45, Daniel Widener3:33:22, Dee Farnell111
18 January 19982:29:02, Bryon Law3:09:08, Carrie Weyant73
17 January 19992:56:17, Tom Minor3:13:51, Martha Vidal80
16 January 20002:46:53, Michael Peck3:16:13, Melissa Knechtel51
17 January 20012:57:24, David Yon3:36:01, Carrie Weyant86
20 January 20023:02:32, Ronnie Godwin & Felton Wright3:21:17, Carrie Weyant
14 December 20032:50:32, Michael Western3:34:48, Kathy Pike38
15 February 20042:55:19, Jack McDermott3:18:18, Kim Bruce75
20 February 20052:43:38, Jeff Dobias3:24:24, Lisa Purul129
19 February 20062:51:58, Michael Douma3:32:11, Teresa Lafleur79
4 February 20072:28:15, Judson Cake2:46:09, Valerie Gortmaker168
3 February 20082:24:01, Scot Mullins3:03:38, Tamara Kozulina209
1 February 20092:20:29, George Towett2:45:05, Nina Kraft203
7 February 20102:26:49, James Kiptoo3:16:05, Beth Moras233
6 February 20112:28:38, Esteban Vanegas2:43:32, Karen Harvey234
5 February 20122:27:23, Solomon Kandie2:40:06, Leah Thorvilson270
3 February 20132:23:26, Chris Zablocki2:52:49, Nina Kraft307
2 February 20142:24:29, Bryan Morseman2:46:29, Esther Erb361
8 February 20152:19:12, Mark Chepses2:46:59, Sarah Crouch335
7 February 20162:31:34, Kennedy Kemei3:03:20, Tamara Kozulina224
5 February 20172:27:12, Bryan Morseman3:09:25, Tamara Kozulina180
4 February 20182:26:56, Bryan Morseman3:03:10, Tamara Kozulina153
3 February 20192:34:41, Christopher Zablocki3:04:00, Tamara Kozulina155

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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

No one rains on Bryan Morseman's parade at the Tallahassee marathon

A marathon is a lot like a parade. If you stand along the marathon route, you really don't experience the event as a race or a sporting event, but as a procession--a parade. In order to host a marathon, you even have to get a parade permit. Gulf Winds Track Club's 44th annual Tallahassee Marathon was no less like a parade. There weren't marching bands or floats in the 4 February 2018 event, but there were more than 800 athletes parading through the streets that Sunday morning--700 in the 13.1-mile half marathon, and 153 in the 26.2-mile marathon. There was even a clown, if you count the runner doing the marathon in an off-the-rack three-piece suit.


Spectators didn't line the whole course, but they were out along the route in small groups, enjoying the show. Some of those onlookers, though, may not have recognized that Bryan Morseman was part of the parade. Morseman spent much of the marathon so far ahead of the rest of the field that unless you noticed he was wearing a race bib, you might have thought he was out for a solo run--a very fast solo run. Morseman had a two-mile lead on the next runner when he crossed the finish line in a winning 2:26:56. It was his third Tallahassee Marathon win in the past five years. The women's champ was also a repeat winner. Clermont, Florida master runner Tamara Kozulina took the women's title for a third year in a row, placing sixth overall in 3:03:10.

Bryan Morseman
Bryan Morseman

It was peaceful downtown before the 7:30 AM start of the marathon. Predicted thundershowers hadn't materialized. Humid air muffled most of the morning sounds. A church carillon played. Closer to the starting line in front of the Leon County Courthouse you could hear occasional announcements. After briefly facing the flag atop the State Capitol during a performance of the national anthem, the runners headed north on Monroe Street.


Bryan Morseman took control of the marathon almost immediately. Eight kilometers into the race Morseman was already running 400 meters ahead of the next marathoner, his only company a pair of runners competing in the half-marathon. After the half-marathon and marathon courses separated, Morseman was entirely alone. He was more than a kilometer ahead at the halfway point of the race on the Lake Henrietta Trail.

Charlie Johnson
Charlie Johnson

Peyton Hoyal, a former Berry College athlete and NAIA All-American, held second place at Lake Henrietta. But Tallahassee triathlete Charlie Johnson was on his trail. Five kilometers from the finish line, Johnson over took Hoyal.


"He was cramping quite badly," recalled Johnson. "I was starting to cramp, too, so I had to 'hide' mine when I made the pass. That was one of the most painful finishes to a race I've had."

Tamara Kozulina
Tamara Kozulina

Far ahead of the Johnson-Hoyal duel, Morseman took first in 2:26:56. Johnson held on to second, running 2:39:13. Hoyal was third in 2:41:10. Orinthal Striggles was the first master runner in the marathon, finishing fourth overall in 2:46:09.


Tallahassee marathoner Blair Bodenmiller was second in the women's standings and ninth overall in 3:10:25, bettering her 2014 and 2016 marks in the race. Lucy Baird, a member of Florida State University's Seminole Striders running club, was running sixth in the women's field when she reached Lake Henrietta. During the second half of the marathon she overtook Kat Sack, Beth Connolly, and Elizabeth Smith, finishing as the third woman and eighteenth overall in 3:32:54.

Blair Bodenmiller
Blair Bodenmiller

Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Tallahassee Marathon
  1. 2:26:56, Bryan Morseman (M, 32) Bath, NY
  2. 2:39:13, Charlie Johnson (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 2:41:10, Peyton Hoyal (M, 28) Charlottesville, VA
  4. 2:46:09, Orinthal Striggles (M, 42) Columbia, SC
  5. 2:53:54, Matt Trick (M, 34) Macon, FL
  6. 3:06:43, David Graf (M, 41) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 3:09:42, Jack McDermott (M, 48) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 3:13:24, Chris O'Kelley (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 3:15:48, Nathan Berry (M, 40) Memphis, TN
  10. 3:16:06, Thomas Murphy (M, 48) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Tallahassee Marathon
  1. 3:03:10, Tamara Kozulina (F, 42) Clermont, FL
  2. 3:10:25, Blair Bodenmiller (F, 31) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 3:32:54, Lucy Baird (F, 18) St Petersburg, FL
  4. 3:35:08, Beth Connolly (F, 35) Manchester, NH
  5. 3:41:04, Elizabeth Smith (F, 39) Valdosta, GA
  6. 3:43:16, Kat Sack (F, 26) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 3:47:28, Jenny Early (F, 34) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 3:59:49, Kristin Halley (F, 36) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 4:02:02, Shanon Barnett (F, 49) Cullman, AL
  10. 4:02:09, Marie Dennis (F, 43) Tallahassee, FL

Racing down Franklin Boulevard during the eighth kilometer of the Tallahassee Marathon, Bryan Morseman had company from Johnny Crain and Justin Garrard, the leaders of the half marathon. Crain, a ZAP Fitness runner in Tallahassee for winter training, left Garrard behind to win the half marathon in 1:10:35. Garrard, a two-time winner of the Tallahassee Turkey Trot 10K, was second in 1:14:05. Andy Unsicker of Panama City Beach, Florida was the top master runner in the shorter race, placing third overall in 1:18:30.

Justin Garrard, Johnny Crain
Justin Garrard and Johnny Crain

Marina Khelevskaya, a member of Uzbekistan's 2016 Olympic marathon team, won the women's title in the half marathon, placing fourth overall in 1:21:23. Master runner Jennifer Bayliss of Danville, California was the second woman and ninth overall in 1:26:33. Moultrie, Georgia's Elizabeth Funderburk, the 2017 Georgia High School Girls' Cross-Country champion, was third in the women's standings and twelfth overall in 1:28:56.

Marina Khelevskaya
Marina Khelevskaya

Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Tallahassee Half-Marathon
  1. 1:10:35, Johnny Crain (M, 25) Blowing Rock, NC
  2. 1:14:05, Justin Garrard (M, 30) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 1:18:30, Andy Unsicker (M, 41) Panama City Beach, FL
  4. 1:21:30, Ryan Bausback (M, 19) Sarasota, FL
  5. 1:24:13, Ryan Barrow (M, 30) Thibodaux, FL
  6. 1:25:16, Bobby Duggleby (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 1:25:50, Scott Sigrist (M, 18) Lake Placid, FL
  8. 1:27:31, Mickey Moore (M, 47) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 1:28:26, Andrew Kropf (M, 29) Atlanta, GA
  10. 1:29:29, Travis Parks (M, 21) Crawfordville, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Tallahassee Half-Marathon
  1. 1:21:23, Marina Khelevskaya (F, 27) Gainesville, FL
  2. 1:26:33, Jennifer Bayliss (F, 47) Danville, CA
  3. 1:28:56, Elizabeth Funderburk (F, 18) Moultrie, GA
  4. 1:35:37, Elisha Boggs (F, 41) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 1:35:52, Miranda Beal (F, 24) Milton, FL
  6. 1:37:45, Jillian Heddaeus (F, 34) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 1:37:53, Lauren Luscuskie (F, 23) Orlando, FL
  8. 1:39:55, Alyssa Terry (F, 24) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 1:40:09, Laura McDermott (F, 38) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 1:40:56, Cassandra Palmer (F, 35) Atlanta, GA

Tallahassee Marathon winners, 1975 - 2018
DateMenWomenFinishers
8 March 19753:00:07, John Hargreaves2
25 April 19762:58:00, John Hargreaves7
19772:35:59, Tim Simpkins3:38:59, Betty Ely22
19782:39:00, Tim Simpkins3:45:00, Donna Glotzbach19
24 February 19792:45:37, Steve Figard3:03:16, Shirley Silsby54
2 February 19802:35:32, Steve Figard3:30:33, Victoria Myers71
7 February 19812:37:39, Jim Dickson3:49:48, Linda Abele41
13 February 19822:28:11, Chris Lingle3:14:31, Marianne Crawford95
12 February 19832:23:55, Mike Patterson3:15:06, Christy Orthmann81
11 February 19842:35:00, Rick Miller3:11:34, Donna Glotzbach49
9 February 19852:41:50, Felton Wright3:17:09, Debbie Moore44
23 February 19862:40:57, Felton Wright3:37:35, Joyce Hodges44
19872:40:09, Scott Hinkle3:14:57, Laura Meighan72
19882:31:39, Tom Swiersz3:19:54, Lana Hayden49
19892:38:28, TC Carroll3:07:13, Paula Johnson93
19902:28:43, Jessie Close3:02:18, Claudia Kasen107
19912:44:41, Steve Carney2:56:10, Paula Johnson118
19922:28:41, Jessie Close3:04:52, Paula Johnson115
19932:27:20, Louis Floyd2:56:22, Fran Fidler83
19942:32:27, Louis Floyd3:22:21, Lori Karison133
19952:43:45, Paul Hough3:10:56, Paula Johnson124
19962:43:24, William Flynn3:29:44, Krista Prentice70
19972:50:45, Daniel Widener3:33:22, Dee Farnell111
18 January 19982:29:02, Bryon Law3:09:08, Carrie Weyant73
17 January 19992:56:17, Tom Minor3:13:51, Martha Vidal80
16 January 20002:46:53, Michael Peck3:16:13, Melissa Knechtel51
17 January 20012:57:24, David Yon3:36:01, Carrie Weyant86
20 January 20023:02:32, Ronnie Godwin & Felton Wright3:21:17, Carrie Weyant
14 December 20032:50:32, Michael Western3:34:48, Kathy Pike38
15 February 20042:55:19, Jack McDermott3:18:18, Kim Bruce75
20 February 20052:43:38, Jeff Dobias3:24:24, Lisa Purul129
19 February 20062:51:58, Michael Douma3:32:11, Teresa Lafleur79
4 February 20072:28:15, Judson Cake2:46:09, Valerie Gortmaker168
3 February 20082:24:01, Scot Mullins3:03:38, Tamara Kozulina209
1 February 20092:20:29, George Towett2:45:05, Nina Kraft203
7 February 20102:26:49, James Kiptoo3:16:05, Beth Moras233
6 February 20112:28:38, Esteban Vanegas2:43:32, Karen Harvey234
5 February 20122:27:23, Solomon Kandie2:40:06, Leah Thorvilson270
3 February 20132:23:26, Chris Zablocki2:52:49, Nina Kraft307
2 February 20142:24:29, Bryan Morseman2:46:29, Esther Erb361
8 February 20152:19:12, Mark Chepses2:46:59, Sarah Crouch335
7 February 20162:31:34, Kennedy Kemei3:03:20, Tamara Kozulina224
5 February 20172:27:12, Bryan Morseman3:09:25, Tamara Kozulina180
4 February 20182:26:56, Bryan Morseman3:03:10, Tamara Kozulina153

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