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Monday, May 27, 2024

Leonardo Canete and Megan Noonan take the checkered flag at the Cadillac Trail Race

Gulf Winds Track Club's Cadillac Trail Race was contested in Tom Brown Park on Saturday morning, 25 May 2024. The spring weather hadn't been kind to the course. In April, nearly a foot of rain drenched Tallahassee, Florida, leaving some of the Cadillac Trail underwater. In May, tornadoes ripped through the capital city, leaving the trails blocked by fallen trees and branches. But the floodwaters receded, and the saws of the Tallahassee Parks and Recreation Department cleared the way, so that athletes were able to race the Cadillac Trail 9K on the scheduled day. In fact, they ended up starting a few minutes before the scheduled time of 8:00 AM. Tallahassee master runner Leonardo Canete took first by almost 400 meters, running 37:39. Megan Noonan, another Tallahassee master runner, was the first woman in the race, coming in eleventh overall in 44:18.

Leonardo Canete
Leonardo Canete

Three years earlier, at the 2021 Cadillac Trail Race, Leonardo Canete had gone out in the lead, only to be caught late in the race by Daniel Wurgler. Wurgler had gone on to win that day, 40:26 to 40:34. Since then, Canete had won eight of the twelve Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Trail Series races from 2021 to 2023. Both Canete and Wurgler were back for the 2024 Cadillac Trail Race, the first competition of that year's Summer Trail Series.


Daniel Wurgler joined Leonardo Canete on the starting line of the 2024 Cadillac Trail Race. Three years earlier, Canete and Wurgler had debuted together in Gulf Winds Track Club's Summer Trail Series, racing the 2021 Cadillac Trail 9K. Canete had gone out in the lead that day, only to be caught late in the race by Wurgler. Wurgler went on to win, 40:26 to 40:34. Since then, Canete had won eight of the twelve Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Trail Series races from 2021 to 2023. The opener of the 2024 Summer Trail Series, the Cadillac Trail Race, would feature a rematch between Canete and Wurgler.

Daniel Wurgler
Daniel Wurgler
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Canete took the early lead again. This time, though, Wurgler didn't keep it close; Canete kept widening the gap. Canete crossed the line first in 37:39, his third Cadillac Trail win in three years and his ninth trail series win. Wurgler took second in 39:17. Master runner Mike Tercyak nabbed third with a 40:49.


Canete and Wurgler were veterans of the Summer Trail Series, but Megan Noonan had never run a Series race before the 2024 Cadillac Trail 9K. You couldn't have asked for a better debut. Noonan broke contact with her last challenger in the women's field by the halfway point in the race, then spent the second half of the run amassing a lead of over 700 meters. The first woman in the race, Noonan ran 44:18. Averi Lewis, the winner of three Summer Trail Series races in 2023, placed second in the women's standings, finishing seventeenth overall in 48:07. Michelle Rind ran away from Kendall Meikenhous during the second half of the race, finishing as the third woman and 24th overall in 52:15. Meikenhous was the fourth woman and 25th overall in 52:24.

Megan Noonan
Megan Noonan

117 athletes finished the 2024 Cadillac Trail 9K, the first of four races in Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Summer Trail Race series. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the event. The Series continues with the Red Bug Trail Race in Phipps Park on 29 June 2024 and the Swamp Forest Trail 7K in Phiips Park on 20 July 2024, then concludes with the Maclay Gardens 9K on 24 August 2024.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Cadillac Trail 9K Trail Race
  1. 37:39, Leonardo Canete (M, 45)
  2. 39:17, Daniel Wurgler (M, 24)
  3. 40:49, Michael Tercyak (M, 41)
  4. 41:43, Gregory Noonan (M, 41)
  5. 42:17, Mickey Moore (M, 54)
  6. 42:43, Darien Angelier (M, 49)
  7. 43:14, Ryan Slyter (M, 34)
  8. 43:27, Gerardo Prats (M, 31)
  9. 43:38, Hawthorne Hay (M, 22)
  10. 44:07, Melvin Jones (M, 44)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Cadillac Trail 9K Trail Race
  1. 44:18, Megan Noonan (F, 40)
  2. 48:07, Averi Lewis (F, 27)
  3. 51:48, Michelle Rind (F, 29)
  4. 52:15, Kendall Meikenhous (F, 36)
  5. 52:24, Signe Ulsamer (F, 46)
  6. 54:30, Nancy Proctor (F, 63)
  7. 55:15, Emma Huggins (F, 33)
  8. 55:16, Rachel Oliver (F, 36)
  9. 57:16, Hillary Powell (F, 39)
  10. 58:25, Filiz Aktan-Clark (F, 40)

Gulf Winds Track Club's Summer Trail Series race winners, 2013 - 2024
YearDateRaceTop MaleTop FemaleFinishers
2013June 22Cadillac Trail 5½M37:38, Kevin Sullivan45:07, Stephanie Liles-Weyant121
July 13Swamp Forest Trail 4½M30:19, Kevin Sullivan34:12, Micah Adriani124
July 27Magnolia Trail 3½M21:44, Kevin Sullivan24:45, Stephanie Liles-Weyant114
August 3Red Bug Trail 4½M33:31, Bryce Van Dam43:46, Stephanie Liles-Weyant92
2014June 21Red Bug Trail 4½M38:30, Charn McAllister42:02, Brook Pace114
July 12Swamp Forest Trail 4½M29:06, Charn McAllister33:13, Brook Pace109
July 26Magnolia Trail 3½M26:03, Charn McAllister30:16, Emily Molen108
August 2Cadillac Trail 5½M41:38, Brian Molen48:25, Emily Molen88
2015May 30Cadillac Trail 5½M39:15, Zach Deveau42:51, Alyson Churchill158
June 13Oak Hammock Trail 5M32:59, Zach Deveau35:10, Alyson Churchill129
July 18Coon Bottom Trail 4M28:42, Zach Deveau29:14, Alyson Churchill112
August 1Red Bug Trail 4½M35:14, Greg Bargo35:24, Alyson Churchill112
2016May 21Magnolia Trail 3½M25:18, Dan Baur27:05, Katie Gorman133
June 4Oak Hammock Trail 5½M42:53, Eric Godin45:24, Katie Gorman123
July 9Red Bug Trail 4½M33:14, Dan Baur35:04, Katie Gorman130
July 30Cadillac Trail 5½M43:06, Paul Guyas42:29, Alyson Churchill95
2017June 10Munson Hills 6M36:45, Chris O'Kelley46:34, Emily Molen87
July 1Red Bug Trail 4½M37:34, Chris O'Kelley48:24, Emily Molen90
July 15Oak Hammock/Swamp Forest 5M33:35, Charles Biberg39:36, Kat Sack89
August 5Tom Brown Park 4½M32:40, Chris O'Kelley36:36, Jennifer Bayliss71
2018June 23Munson Hills 6M38:02, Vince Molosky45:10, Emily Molen124
July 7Phipps Park 4M30:49, Jim Schafer33:39, Kat Sack127
July 21Maclay Gardens 5M38:26, Brad Busboom44:39, Kat Sack110
August 4Tom Brown Park 4½M28:39, Brad Busboom32:29, Kat Sack109
2019June 22Red Bug Trail 4½M35:27, Zach DeVeau38:53, Rachel Durbin125
July 6Munson Hills 6M38:24, Zach DeVeau43:56, Rachel Durbin86
July 27Tom Brown Park 5M37:13, Bryan Gensits44:47, Rachel Durbin108
August 24Maclay Gardens 4½M39:00, Zach DeVeau43:00, Rachel Durbin91
2021June 12Cadillac Trail 5½M40:26, Daniel Wurgler46:21, Clifton Lewis107
July 10Swamp Forest Trail 5M29:07, Leonardo Canete34:24, Amelia Bryant104
July 24Maclay Gardens 5M37:48, Jonathan Stern44:06, Clifton Lewis111
August 28Red Bug Trail 4½M34:23, Leonardo Canete38:10, Clifton Lewis72
2022May 28Swamp Forest Trail 4½M28:08, Jonathan Stern38:29, Andi Vilardo141
June 19Red Bug Trail 4½M32:19, Jonathan Stern44:01, Andi Vilardo111
July 16Maclay Gardens 5½M38:28, Leonardo Canete52:14, Andi Vilardo120
August 20Cadillac Trail 5½M37:18, Leonardo Canete48:39, Alyssa Terry98
2023May 20Red Bug Trail 4½M33:26, Leonardo Canete40:05, Averi Lewis124
June 19Maclay Gardens 5½M38:39, Leonardo Canete47:18, Averi Lewis126
July 16Swamp Forest Trail 4½M29:39, Leonardo Canete36:27, Averi Lewis106
August 19Cadillac Trail 5½M38:27, Leonardo Canete48:20, Acadia Hassell108
2024May 25Cadillac Trail 5½M37:39, Leonardo Canete44:18, Megan Noonan117
June 29Red Bug Trail 4½M
July 20Swamp Forest Trail 4½M
August 24Maclay Gardens 5½M
Multiple wins by men: Leonardo Canete (9), Zach DeVeau (6), Kevin Sullivan (3), Charn McAllister (3), Chris O'Kelley (3),
       Jonathan Stern (3), Dan Baur (2), Brad Busboom (2)
Multiple wins by women: Alyson Churchill (5), Emily Molen (5), Kat Sack (4), Rachel Durbin (4),
      Stephanie Liles-Weyant (3), Katie Gorman (3), Clifton Lewis (3), Andi Vilardo (3), Averi Lewis (3),
      Brook Pace (2)


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Sunday, August 20, 2023

Leonardo Canete and Acadia Hassell race like Maseratis on the Cadillac Trail

Since 2013, when Bobby York established Gulf Winds Track Club's annual Summer Trail Race Series, there have been years when the Cadillac Trail Race has been the opening event of the series. Other years it has been the final event. Still other years, Cadillac Trail isn't on the circuit at all. On Saturday morning, 19 August 2023, Cadillac was the closing act of the Series, and the stage was Tallahassee, Florida's Tom Brown Park. Leonardo Canete was the lead actor in that performance, winning the nine-kilometer race in 38:27. Acadia Hassell took first in the women's standings, placing seventeenth overall in 48:20.

Leonardo Canete
Leonardo Canete

For once, I had arrived at the race with my camera a good fifteen minutes before the 8:00 AM starting time. Bill Lott was setting up cones near the finish line.


"There's a half hour delay," said Lott.


Half an hour? Was the course mismarked? Had EMS been called away? Was there a tree down across the trail?


"Bobby overslept," said Lott.


Bobby York, director and founder of the Summer Trail Series, had just phoned saying he would be late. More importantly, the race bibs with the timing chips would also be late, because they were with him. No less vitally, be also had the post-race beer and mimosa fixings.

Mike Tercyak
Mike Tercyak

But at 8:37, the race did get underway. Master runner Leonardo Canete, who had won the three previous events in the Summer Trail Series, immediately jumped out ahead of the field. He was still well ahead ten minutes later, running through Heritage Park. He was followed by another master runner, Mike Tercyak.


"How far ahead is he?" called out Tercyak.


Far enough to be out of sight. And Canete was about half a kilometer ahead when he crossed the finish line in a winning 38:27. Tercyak was second in 40:43. Master runner Hans Hassell took third in 43:49.

Hans Hassell
Hans Hassell

For Canete, it was his eight win in a Trail Series race--more than any other runner. It was also his sixth win in a row in Trail Series racing, a streak that goes back to the summer of 2022. Canete was also the overall Series winner for 2023, repeating his victory in 2021 and 2022. He's not about to rest on his laurels, though.


"I'm thinking of racing the Corporal Andy Lavender 5K in Jacksonville next week," said Canete. "The week after that is the Blue Bird 5K here in town. I'm going to be there."


The Blue Bird 5K is on the trails of the J. R. Alford Greenway. Trail runners gotta trail run.

Acadia Hassell
Acadia Hassell

Canete was a master runner who had won eight previous Summer Trail Series races. In contrast, the women's field at the Cadillac Trail Race was led by two schoolgirls who had never won a women's title in the Trail Series--eighth-grader Alexis Mayfield and fifth-grader Acadia Hassell. Two kilometers into the Cadillac Trail Run, her first Summer Trail Series race, Mayfield was setting the pace for the women's field. Did she expect to be leading?


"No!" insisted Mayfield.


Most of the women were well behind Mayfield at that point, but Acadia Hassell was only a few seconds back.


"I was like two steps behind her on the third mile," recalled Hassell. "Then I caught her on the last mile."

Alexis Mayfield
Alexis Mayfield

The two continued close all the way to the finish line, with Hassell crossing first in 48:20 and Mayfield following in 48:22, seventeenth and eighteenth overall. Averi Lewis, the first woman in the previous three Summer Trail Series races, placed third in the women's standings and 21st overall in 50:21. In the race for the top woman master's spot, Laura Sellati overtook Mary Fran Rowe just before the finish line, where Sellati narrowly prevailed 54:48 to 54:51. Sellati and Rowe were sixth and seventh in the women's division and 33rd and 34th overall.


Both Hassell and Mayfield have more racing planned. "I'm racing at the Duelling Summits Cross-Country Meet next week," said Hassell.


Mayfield, who runs cross-country for the Swift Creek Middle School girls' team, competes again even sooner. "We race on Wednesday at Apalachee Regional Park."


Trail runners gotta trail run.

Melissa Sullivan
Melissa Sullivan

108 athletes finished the 2023 Cadillac Trail 9K Trail Race. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the event. It was the final event in Gulf Winds Track Club's 2023 Summer Trail Race Series, but the circuit should be back in 2024. Till then, GWTC offers several races where runners can get their trail fix--the Salute To Prefontaine 5K on 23 September 2023, the Pine Run 20K on 14 October 2023, the Tannenbaum Trail 6K on 16 December 2023, and Bobby York's own Swamp Forest Trail Half Marathon in January.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2023 Cadillac Trail 9K Trail Race
  1. 38:27, Leonardo Canete (M, 44)
  2. 40:43, Mike Tercyak (M, 40)
  3. 43:49, Hans Hassell (M, 40)
  4. 44:25, Daniel Korecky (M, 38)
  5. 44:52, Jeremy Floyd (M, 46)
  6. 45:02, Benjamin Goldsberry (M, 50)
  7. 45:12, Gavin Dunn (M, 33)
  8. 45:23, Kevin Ethridge (M, 46)
  9. 45:32, Barry Drenkhahn (M, 39)
  10. 45:37, Hayden Fravel (M, 15)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2023 2023 Cadillac Trail 9K Trail Race
  1. 48:20, Acadia Hassell (F, 10)
  2. 48:22, Alexis Mayfield (F, 11)
  3. 50:21, Averi Lewis (F, 26)
  4. 52:26, Melissa Sullivan (F, 32)
  5. 54:33, Alyssa Terry (F, 29)
  6. 54:48, Laura Sellati (F, 44)
  7. 54:51, Mary Fran Rowe (F, 42)
  8. 55:23, Kendall Meikenhous (F, 35)
  9. 55:25, Meredith Strange (F, 43)
  10. 56:42, Martha Guyas (F, 38)

Gulf Winds Track Club's Summer Trail Series race winners, 2013 - 2023
YearDateRaceTop MaleTop FemaleFinishers
2013June 22Cadillac Trail 5½M37:38, Kevin Sullivan45:07, Stephanie Liles-Weyant121
July 13Swamp Forest Trail 4½M30:19, Kevin Sullivan34:12, Micah Adriani124
July 27Magnolia Trail 3½M21:44, Kevin Sullivan24:45, Stephanie Liles-Weyant114
August 3Red Bug Trail 4½M33:31, Bryce Van Dam43:46, Stephanie Liles-Weyant92
2014June 21Red Bug Trail 4½M38:30, Charn McAllister42:02, Brook Pace114
July 12Swamp Forest Trail 4½M29:06, Charn McAllister33:13, Brook Pace109
July 26Magnolia Trail 3½M26:03, Charn McAllister30:16, Emily Molen108
August 2Cadillac Trail 5½M41:38, Brian Molen48:25, Emily Molen88
2015May 30Cadillac Trail 5½M39:15, Zach Deveau42:51, Alyson Churchill158
June 13Oak Hammock Trail 5M32:59, Zach Deveau35:10, Alyson Churchill129
July 18Coon Bottom Trail 4M28:42, Zach Deveau29:14, Alyson Churchill112
August 1Red Bug Trail 4½M35:14, Greg Bargo35:24, Alyson Churchill112
2016May 21Magnolia Trail 3½M25:18, Dan Baur27:05, Katie Gorman133
June 4Oak Hammock Trail 5½M42:53, Eric Godin45:24, Katie Gorman123
July 9Red Bug Trail 4½M33:14, Dan Baur35:04, Katie Gorman130
July 30Cadillac Trail 5½M43:06, Paul Guyas42:29, Alyson Churchill95
2017June 10Munson Hills 6M36:45, Chris O'Kelley46:34, Emily Molen87
July 1Red Bug Trail 4½M37:34, Chris O'Kelley48:24, Emily Molen90
July 15Oak Hammock/Swamp Forest 5M33:35, Charles Biberg39:36, Kat Sack89
August 5Tom Brown Park 4½M32:40, Chris O'Kelley36:36, Jennifer Bayliss71
2018June 23Munson Hills 6M38:02, Vince Molosky45:10, Emily Molen124
July 7Phipps Park 4M30:49, Jim Schafer33:39, Kat Sack127
July 21Maclay Gardens 5M38:26, Brad Busboom44:39, Kat Sack110
August 4Tom Brown Park 4½M28:39, Brad Busboom32:29, Kat Sack109
2019June 22Red Bug Trail 4½M35:27, Zach DeVeau38:53, Rachel Durbin125
July 6Munson Hills 6M38:24, Zach DeVeau43:56, Rachel Durbin86
July 27Tom Brown Park 5M37:13, Bryan Gensits44:47, Rachel Durbin108
August 24Maclay Gardens 4½M39:00, Zach DeVeau43:00, Rachel Durbin91
2021June 12Cadillac Trail 5½M40:26, Daniel Wurgler46:21, Clifton Lewis107
July 10Swamp Forest Trail 5M29:07, Leonardo Canete34:24, Amelia Bryant104
July 24Maclay Gardens 5M37:48, Jonathan Stern44:06, Clifton Lewis111
August 28Red Bug Trail 4½M34:23, Leonardo Canete38:10, Clifton Lewis72
2022May 28Swamp Forest Trail 4½M28:08, Jonathan Stern38:29, Andi Vilardo141
June 19Red Bug Trail 4½M32:19, Jonathan Stern44:01, Andi Vilardo111
July 16Maclay Gardens 5½M38:28, Leonardo Canete52:14, Andi Vilardo120
August 20Cadillac Trail 5½M37:18, Leonardo Canete48:39, Alyssa Terry98
2023May 20Red Bug Trail 4½M33:26, Leonardo Canete40:05, Averi Lewis124
June 19Maclay Gardens 5½M38:39, Leonardo Canete47:18, Averi Lewis126
July 16Swamp Forest Trail 4½M29:39, Leonardo Canete36:27, Averi Lewis106
August 19Cadillac Trail 5½M38:27, Leonardo Canete48:20, Acadia Hassell108
Multiple wins by men: Leonardo Canete (8), Zach DeVeau (6), Kevin Sullivan (3), Charn McAllister (3), Chris O'Kelley (3),
       Jonathan Stern (3), Dan Baur (2), Brad Busboom (2)
Multiple wins by women: Alyson Churchill (5), Emily Molen (5), Kat Sack (4), Rachel Durbin (4),
      Stephanie Liles-Weyant (3), Katie Gorman (3), Clifton Lewis (3), Andi Vilardo (3), Averi Lewis (3),
      Brook Pace (2)


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Saturday, May 6, 2023

"That woman" Katie Sherron scores a 1:27:12 win in the Tails & Trails Half Marathons

Lafayette Heritage Park was near the ten-mile mark of the 2023 Tails and Trails Half Marathon. On Saturday morning, 6 May 2023, I arrived at the park a bit more than an hour after the start of the race. A cyclist was already there.


"That woman was way ahead," he said. "No one else has come by."


I nodded agreement. We waited another minute.


"Have you seen anyone else go by?" he asked.

Katie Sherron
Katie Sherron

I hadn't. It was a long wait for the next athlete, because "that woman," Katie Sherron, ended up winning the trail race by almost six minutes, running 1:27:12. Kyle Kraeft was the first male finisher, placing second overall in 1:33:04.


Founded years ago as the annual five-kilometer Furry Scurry, Tails and Trails has grown to include a 10K, a half marathon, and a one-mile fun run. In 2023 the half marathon was first on the program, starting a few minutes after 7:30 AM. A few meters into the race, Katie Sherron was already leading, racing downhill toward the woods and the Cadillac Trail. Edward Nabong and Kyle Kraeft followed closely, but it wasn't long before Sherron had dropped her escort.


"About two miles or so," she recalled.

Kyle Kraeft
Kyle Kraeft

After that, racing through Lafayette Heritage Park to the Alford Greenway and back, Sherron's only company was the scenery and the wildlife, including a Lake Lafayette alligator.


"I saw one out there!" she said. "It was cool. On the land bridge on the way back."


Back on higher ground some miles later, Sherron crossed the finish line first overall in 1:27:12, as well as the first master runner and the first woman.


Tallahassee trail runner Kyle Kraeft led the men's field, placing second overall in 1:33:04. Edward Nabong was the men's runner-up, coming in third overall in 1:35.06. Brennan Ausloos was the third man in, fourth overall in 1:35:21. Jack McDermott was the first male master and the fifth male finisher, sixth overall in 1:38:01. Less than three weeks earlier, "Marathon Jack" had run 3:24:06 in the Boston Marathon.

Morgan Wilson
Morgan Wilson

Morgan Wilson took second in the women's standings, placing sixteenth overall in 1:47:00. A cross-country runner at Florida Gateway College, Wilson had raced in another half marathon in Tallahassee the previous November--the NJCAA National Championship Half Marathon, where she was 38th in 1:44:44. Behind Wilson, Emma Huggins was the third woman in the race, placing seventeenth overall in 1:48:10.


68 athletes finished the 2023 "Tails and Trails" half-marathon.


Top Ten Women, 2023 “Tails and Trails” Half Marathon
  1. 1:27:11.1, Katie Sherron (F, 41)
  2. 1:46:59.9, Morgan Wilson (F, 19)
  3. 1:48:09.8, Emma Huggins (F, 32)
  4. 1:56:26.4, Brandi Campbell (F, 47)
  5. 2:00:50.1, Signe Ulsamer (F, 45)
  6. 2:02:37.7, Ally Zimmerman (F, 37)
  7. 2:03:54.1, Alexis Mayfield (F, 11)
  8. 2:06:31.6, Birgit Maier-Katkin (F, 60)
  9. 2:09:54.1, Martha Guyas (F, 38)
  10. 2:10:42.0, Lauren Stewart (F, 25)

Top Ten Men, 2023 “Tails and Trails” Half Marathon
  1. 1:33:03.8, Kyle Kraeft (M, 34)
  2. 1:35:06.0, Edward Nabong (M, 32)
  3. 1:35:28.1, Brennan Ausloos (M, 25)
  4. 1:36:52.0, Chris Bell (M, 25)
  5. 1:38:00.8, Jack McDermott (M, 54)
  6. 1:38:15.8, Paul Guyas (M, 45)
  7. 1:38:32.7, David Huggins (M, 31)
  8. 1:39:32.5, Will Hanley (M, 48)
  9. 1:40:27.0, Ryan Kunz (M, 40)
  10. 1:41:19.7, Andrew Steinbrink (M, 37)

The Tails and Trails 10K got underway about an hour after the the half marathon, starting just after 8:30 AM. Tallahassee master runner Mickey Moore took first in the 6.2-mile event, running 39:42. Lincoln High senior Jordan Dougherty, just days after his final prep track season, finished runner-up in 43:13. Mike Horton, another Tallahassee master runner, took third in 45:25.

Mickey Moore
Mickey Moore

Susan Walden won the women's title in the 10K, placing tenth overall in 50:51. Stephanie Jones was the second woman across the finish line, twelfth overall in 51:34. Tamara Martin was the first woman master and third female finisher, thirteenth overall in 52:03.


90 athletes finished the 2023 "Tails and Trails" 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2023 “Tails and Trails” 10K
  1. 39:41.8, Mickey Moore (M, 53)
  2. 43:12.9, Jordan Dougherty (M, 18)
  3. 45:24.2, Mike Horton (M, 40)
  4. 46:33.5, Tad David (M, 54)
  5. 46:39.9, Jason Eick (M, 35)
  6. 48:25.7, Chance Logan (M, 26)
  7. 49:00.8, Jason Carter (M, 51)
  8. 50:07.8, Matt Duncan (M, 37)
  9. 50:28.5, Abraham Middleton (M, 46)
  10. 50:54.8, Steven Scheffler (M, 40)

Top Ten Women, 2023 “Tails and Trails” 10K
  1. 50:50.1, Susan Walden (F, 39)
  2. 51:34.0, Stephanie Jones (F, 37)
  3. 52:02.2, Tamara Martin (F, 45)
  4. 52:16.5, Michelle Hadden (F, 34)
  5. 52:57.2, Deirdre McCarthy (F, 43)
  6. 53:34.2, Laura Sellati (F, 44)
  7. 53:45.3, Taylor Gargan (F, 25)
  8. 57:14.0, Mary Fran Rowe (F, 42)
  9. 57:42.1, Ashlee Blake (F, 37)
  10. 59:38.9, Michelle Dougherty (F, 39)

The 5K, the oldest Tails and Trails race, started with the 10K. Leon High sophomore Cadden Maxwell won the shorter race by over 600 meters, covering the course in 17:43. Fifteen-year-old Landon Maxfield took second in 20:11, and Barry Drenkhahn was third in 20:19. Crawfordville's Duane Evans was the first master runner in the 5K, placing fourth overall in 20:34.

Cadden Maxwell
Cadden Maxwell

Claire Fullerton was the first woman in the 5K, running 24:30 for fourteenth overall. Just in sight at 24:50, Emelia Richardson was the women's runner-up and fifteenth overall.Tsige Tadesse-Kiros was the first woman master in the 5K, finishing third in the women's standings and nineteenth overall in 25:30.


243 athletes finished the 2023 "Tails and Trails" 5K. Another 37 completed the one-mile fun run. Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee chip-timed the races.


Top Ten Men, 2023 “Tails and Trails” 5K
  1. 17:42.2, Cadden Maxwell (M, 16)
  2. 20:10.3, Landon Maxfield (M, 15)
  3. 20:18.7, Barry Drenkhahn (M, 39)
  4. 20:33.9, Duane Evans (M, 55)
  5. 21:23.3, Carson Weiss (M, 13)
  6. 22:45.8, Shane Roberts (M, 52)
  7. 23:38.8, Andrew Campbell (M, 13)
  8. 23:41.2, Tyler Marsh (M, 33)
  9. 24:08.0, Warren Campbell (M, 10)
  10. 24:11.4, Shane Moore (M, 9)

Top Ten Women, 2023 “Tails and Trails” 5K
  1. 24:29.4, Clare Fullerton (F, 36)
  2. 24:49.9, Emellia Richardson (F, 20)
  3. 25:29.1, Tsige Tadesse-Kiros (F, 55)
  4. 26:02.7, Courtney Starling (F, 35)
  5. 26:54.9, Jensen Galetta (F, 34)
  6. 26:58.7, Maggie Holmes (F, 21)
  7. 27:25.1, Kelly Maxwell (F, 39)
  8. 27:51.5, Autumn Clarke (F, 30)
  9. 27:54.9, Mary Wheeler (F, 35)
  10. 27:58.8, Leah Kiros (F, 17)

“Tails and Trails” winners, 2002 - 2023
DateRaceMenWomenFinishers
30 March 20025K19:49, Tim Bolton23:06, Carrie Weyant179
15 March 20035K20:47, Justin Dickieson24:20, Carrie Weyant218
20 March 20045K18:56, Gary Droze23:02, Seeley Lovett221
19 March 20055K18:51, Mathew Dobson23:12, Stephanie Liles186
18 March 200610K37:46, Vince Molosky46:49, Kim Likens73
5K22:06, Roger Michaud21:48, Stephanie Liles178
5 May 200710K36:43, Vince Molosky43:54, Jana Stolting80
5K17:31, Tripp Southerland24:22, Claire Fruchtnicht250
3 May 200810K37:23, Vince Molosky41:55, Karen Geletko141
5K20:54, Jason Graham21:57, Katrina Unglaub272
2 May 200910K35:07, Vince Molosky41:34, Sheryl Rosen148
5K17:24, John Robida18:59, Kelsey Scheitlin464
1 May 201010K35:44, Vince Molosky42:38, Micah Adriani315
5K16:37, Ken Youngers22:13, Lisa Finn355
30 April 201110K36:41, Vince Molosky41:06, Heather Griffis
5K17:04, Kevin Sullivan19:41, Kelly Stevens
5 May 201210K34:52, Stanley Linton41:38, Micah Adriani246
5K18:22, Jonathan Grisiaffi23:00, Stephanie Stout494
4 May 201310K36:29, Vince Molosky46:31, Lindsey Pfau207
5K16:26, Stanley Linton19:40, Micah Adriani521
3 May 201410K37:04, Matthew Cashin46:12, Urska Dobersek211
5K16:53, Adam Wallenfelsz20:55, Sara Lane359
2 May 2015Half Marathon1:25:43, Eric Godin1:49:34, Mary Jane Hayden92
10K37:22, Matthew Cashin46:04, Brittney Barnes278
5K17:06, Roger Schmidt20:25, Alese Autore552
7 May 2016Half Marathon1:19:49, Matt Mizereck1:45:20, Katie Sherron178
10K37:45, Stanley Linton45:48, Anna Busby191
5K18:20, Peter Van Brussel20:50, Brittney Barnes562
6 May 2017Half Marathon1:27:34, Eric Godin1:36:48, Katie Sherron148
10K38:54, Chris O'Kelley44:40, Sheryl Rosen123
5K18:47, Kurt Dietrich23:44, Christina Linton395
5 May 2018Half Marathon1:20:46, Andrew Smith1:45:35, Amanda Sava104
10K37:16, Charlie Johnson47:16, Jillian Heddaeus189
5K19:13, Kurt Dietrich24:27, Madison Sims447
4 May 2019Half Marathon1:25:32, Charlie Johnson1:38:43, Amanda Sava125
10K46:58, Sean Landeta46:08, Jennifer McGranahan148
5K19:44, Connor Edwards21:38, Brittney Barnes302
1 May 202110K39:01, Leonardo Canete50:43, Brittney Barnes124
7 May 2022Half Marathon1:25:32, Leonardo Canete1:33:36, Katie Sherron92
10K46:24, Duane Griffiths48:56, Anna Gann64
5K20:04, Brent Moody21:23, Annabelle Wiktorski275
6 May 2023Half Marathon1:33:04, Kyle Kraeft1:27:12, Katie Sherron68
10K39:42, Mickey Moore50:51, Susan Walden90
5K17:43, Cadden Maxwell24:30 Clare Fullerton243
From 2002 to 2006 the event was called the "Furry Scurry."
No 10K was held before 2006.
No Half Marathon was held prior to 2015.


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Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Leonardo Canete and Alyssa Terry conclude the Summer Trail Race Series with wins at Cadillac

At Tallahassee, Florida's Tom Brown Park on Saturday morning, 20 August 2022, the curtain closed on Gulf Winds Track Club's ninth annual Summer Trail Race Series with the fourth and final event in that year's circuit--the Cadillac Trail 9K. Tallahassee master runner Leonardo Canete took first in 37:18, finishing more than 600 meters ahead of the next runner. Alyssa Terry was the first woman in the race, placing fifteenth overall in 48:39.

Leonardo Canete
Leonardo Canete

It wasn't Canete's first time on the Cadillac Trail course.


"I raced here last year in the Summer Trail Series," said Canete. "I think this was my best time on the course today."

Kyle Kraeft
Kyle Kraeft

It was. In the 2021 race, Canete had led early then finished runner-up to Daniel Wurgler. In 2022, Canete also grabbed the early lead, but this time he never relinquished it, running a winning 37:18. Kyle Kraeft finished second in 40:01; he had been fourth in 2021. Daniel Wurgler, the 2021 champ, placed third in 41:29.


"I was happy being out here among all the familiar faces," said Canete.

Daniel Wurgler
Daniel Wurgler

It was Canete's eighth Trail Series race and his fourth career win on the circuit. On the women's side, Alyssa Terry was also a Trail Series veteran, having run nine previous events in the Series, including the 2016 Cadillac. In 2022, however, Terry had missed the first three races.


"I was out of town," she explained.

Alyssa Terry
Alyssa Terry

But on that Saturday in August, Terry was in Tallahassee and looking for her first Trail Series win. Soon after the start, she was setting the pace for the women's field, closely followed by Andi Vilardo and Kendall Meikenhous.


"I think they were right behind me for a mile and a half," said Terry.

Andi Vilardo
Andi Vilardo

Meikernhous dropped back first. Vilardo, an eighth-grader on the Montford Middle School cross-country team, had taken the women's title in the previous three Trail Series races, but Terry shook her off as well, opening up a 300-meter lead before crossing the finish line in a winning 48:39. Vilardo took second in the women's division, placing 24th overall in 51:31. Meikenhous was the third woman and 26th overall in 52:15. Katasha Cornwell was the first woman master and fourth female finisher, 27th overall in 52:54.


"There were definitely some challenges in places," said Terry, assessing the course. "Running across broken chunks of concrete, for example.

Kendall Meikenhous
Kendall Meikenhous

"I really liked it," said Vilardo. "It was really hilly. I liked all the bridges. It was fun! It was a lot of fun."


And fun is what most trail runners are looking for.


98 athletes finished the 2022 Cadillac Trail 9K. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the event.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2022 Cadillac Trail 9K
  1. 37:18, Leonardo Canete (M, 43)
  2. 40:01, Kyle Kraeft (M, 33)
  3. 41:29, Daniel Wurgler (M, 22)
  4. 42:25, Ryan Kunz (M, 39)
  5. 42:30, Levon Hoomes (M, 33)
  6. 43:28, Trevor Marshall (M, 40)
  7. 43:29, Michael Nesius (M, 37)
  8. 44:16, Jon Nash (M, 42)
  9. 45:05, Andrew Steinbrink (M, 36)
  10. 45:26, Jerome Roberts (M, 37)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2022 Cadillac Trail 9K
  1. 48:39, Alyssa Terry (F, 28)
  2. 51:31, Andi Vilardo (F, 13)
  3. 52:15, Kendall Meikenhous (F, 34)
  4. 52:54, Katasha Cornwell (F, 45)
  5. 52:56, Mary Fran Rowe (F, 41)
  6. 53:35, Katie Clark (F, 47)
  7. 54:00, Signe Ulsamer (F, 44)
  8. 54:01, Sherri Wise (F, 40)
  9. 54:10, Megan Orcutt (F, 37)
  10. 55:08, Hillary Powell (F, 37)

Gulf Winds Track Club's Summer Trail Series race winners, 2013 - 2022
YearDateRaceTop MaleTop FemaleFinishers
2013June 22Cadillac Trail 5½M37:38, Kevin Sullivan45:07, Stephanie Liles-Weyant121
July 13Swamp Forest Trail 4½M30:19, Kevin Sullivan34:12, Micah Adriani124
July 27Magnolia Trail 3½M21:44, Kevin Sullivan24:45, Stephanie Liles-Weyant114
August 3Red Bug Trail 4½M33:31, Bryce Van Dam43:46, Stephanie Liles-Weyant92
2014June 21Red Bug Trail 4½M38:30, Charn McAllister42:02, Brook Pace114
July 12Swamp Forest Trail 4½M29:06, Charn McAllister33:13, Brook Pace109
July 26Magnolia Trail 3½M26:03, Charn McAllister30:16, Emily Molen108
August 2Cadillac Trail 5½M41:38, Brian Molen48:25, Emily Molen88
2015May 30Cadillac Trail 5½M39:15, Zach Deveau42:51, Alyson Churchill158
June 13Oak Hammock Trail 5M32:59, Zach Deveau35:10, Alyson Churchill129
July 18Coon Bottom Trail 4M28:42, Zach Deveau29:14, Alyson Churchill112
August 1Red Bug Trail 4½M35:14, Greg Bargo35:24, Alyson Churchill112
2016May 21Magnolia Trail 3½M25:18, Dan Baur27:05, Katie Gorman133
June 4Oak Hammock Trail 5½M42:53, Eric Godin45:24, Katie Gorman123
July 9Red Bug Trail 4½M33:14, Dan Baur35:04, Katie Gorman130
July 30Cadillac Trail 5½M43:06, Paul Guyas42:29, Alyson Churchill95
2017June 10Munson Hills 6M36:45, Chris O'Kelley46:34, Emily Molen87
July 1Red Bug Trail 4½M37:34, Chris O'Kelley48:24, Emily Molen90
July 15Oak Hammock/Swamp Forest 5M33:35, Charles Biberg39:36, Kat Sack89
August 5Tom Brown Park 4½M32:40, Chris O'Kelley36:36, Jennifer Bayliss71
2018June 23Munson Hills 6M38:02, Vince Molosky45:10, Emily Molen124
July 7Phipps Park 4M30:49, Jim Schafer33:39, Kat Sack127
July 21Maclay Gardens 5M38:26, Brad Busboom44:39, Kat Sack110
August 4Tom Brown Park 4½M28:39, Brad Busboom32:29, Kat Sack109
2019June 22Red Bug Trail 4½M35:27, Zach DeVeau38:53, Rachel Durbin125
July 6Munson Hills 6M38:24, Zach DeVeau43:56, Rachel Durbin86
July 27Tom Brown Park 5M37:13, Bryan Gensits44:47, Rachel Durbin108
August 24Maclay Gardens 4½M39:00, Zach DeVeau43:00, Rachel Durbin91
2021June 12Cadillac Trail 5½M40:26, Daniel Wurgler46:21, Clifton Lewis107
July 10Swamp Forest Trail 5M29:07, Leonardo Canete34:24, Amelia Bryant104
July 24Maclay Gardens 5M37:48, Jonathan Stern44:06, Clifton Lewis111
August 28Red Bug Trail 4½M34:23, Leonardo Canete38:10, Clifton Lewis72
2022May 28Swamp Forest Trail 4½M28:08, Jonathan Stern38:29, Andi Vilardo141
June 19Red Bug Trail 4½M32:19, Jonathan Stern44:01, Andi Vilardo111
July 16Maclay Gardens 5½M38:28, Leonardo Canete52:14, Andi Vilardo120
August 20Cadillac Trail 5½M37:18, Leonardo Canete48:39, Alyssa Terry98
Multiple wins by men: Zach DeVeau (6), Leonardo Canete (4), Kevin Sullivan (3), Charn McAllister (3), Chris O'Kelley (3),
       Jonathan Stern (3), Dan Baur (2), Brad Busboom (2)
Multiple wins by women: Alyson Churchill (5), Emily Molen (5), Kat Sack (4), Rachel Durbin (4),
      Stephanie Liles-Weyant (3), Katie Gorman (3), Clifton Lewis (3), Andi Vilardo (3), Brook Pace (2)


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