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Thursday, June 30, 2022

Travis Boltjes and Keegan Welch were blazing at Chipley's Hot Trot

When athletes talk about the annual Panhandle Watermelon Festival Hot Trot 5K in Chipley, Florida, they don't usually mention that the course is absolutely flat. I've never heard anyone talk up the fact that the runners only have to negotiate six turns during the whole 3.1 miles of the race. There are compliments. "It wasn't as hot this year," is typical.


But neither heat nor humidity were barriers to Travis Boltjes at the 43rd annual Hot Trot on Saturday morning, 25 June 2022. A Panama City, Florida master runner, Boltjes won the 5000-meter race by nearly 900 meters, running 16:56. Keegan Welch, a harrier on the Chipola College cross-country team, was the first woman in the race, edging Mallory Corbin for that top spot 26:42 to 26:43.


Behind Boltjes, Allen Miller took second at 21:40. Alexander Maric came in third in 21:50.


When Keegan Welch and Mallory Corbin finished their 26:42-26:43 duel for the women's title, they had placed fourteenth and fifteenth overall. Valerie Hein was the third female finisher, sixteenth overall in 28:33.


55 athletes finished the 2022 Hot Trot 5K. The race is the opening event of the Saturday festivities of the North Florida Watermelon Festival.


Top Ten Men, 2022 Hot Trot 5K
  1. 16:56, Travis Boltjes
  2. 21:40, Allen Miller
  3. 21:50, Alexander Maric
  4. 22:08, Jimmy Russell
  5. 22:50, Dale Thomas
  6. 23:03, Robby Shores
  7. 23:23, Alex Parker
  8. 23:31, Kevin Barton
  9. 24:22, Joseph Cloutier
  10. 25:07, Bill Kiever

Top Ten Women, 2022 Hot Trot 5K
  1. 26:42, Keegan Welch
  2. 26:43, Mallory Corbin
  3. 28:33, Valerie Hein
  4. 30:07, Toby Murray
  5. 30:40, Lori Barton
  6. 30:41, Jordan Peaden
  7. 31:40, Merri Forman
  8. 32:10, Samantha Witaker
  9. 33:28, Lara Fleener
  10. 33:46, Sandra Binford

Winners of the Chipley, Florida, Hot Trot, 1979 - 2022
DateMenWomen
23 June 1979Freddy Carly
21 June 198032:34, Lee Fidler39:10, Dolly Jill Harrison
20 June 198131:24, Carlton Law38:55, Laura Ledbetter
19 June 198215:46, Keith Lee17:51, Judy Stokely
18 June 198315:23, David Parker 19:49, Donna Duty
30 June 198415:31, David Parker 19:32, Donna Duty
29 June 198515:10, Paul Buchanan 21:11, Lisa Weldon
28 June 198615:50, David Parker 20:00, Donna Duty
27 June 198715:20, James Frazier 20:02, Lisa Kutschera
25 June 198815:36, Paul Buchanan 21:19, Marty Kirkland
24 June 198914:52, Matt Parker 20:25, Marty Kirkland
23 June 199015:53, Matt Dobson19:52, Donna Duty
29 June 199115:36, Matt Dobson18:45, Angela Crook
27 June 199215:23, Matt Dobson20:33, Lou Ellen Eaddy
26 June 199316:34, Sam Graves 19:51, Lou Ellen Eaddy
25 June 199416:25, Sam Graves 21:03, Donna Duty
24 June 199516:11, Matt Parker 21:46, Lou Ellen Eaddy Jayroe
29 June 199616:03, Paul Hough 21:00, Lou Ellen Jayroe
28 June 199715:54, Myles Gibson 17:52, Sarah Kramer
27 June 199816:25, Tracy Burch 22:23, Marty Kirkland
26 June 199915:48, Matt Dobson20:52, Virginia Hayden
24 June 200016:22, Matt Dobson21:48, Terri Gray
23 June 200115:28, Matt Dobson22:20, Lou Ellen Jayroe
29 June 200215:38, Matt Dobson20:22, Tricia Snyder
28 June 200315:25, Matt Dobson21:52, Teresa Lafleur
26 June 200415:49, Matt Dobson22:22, Piper Stockman
25 June 200517:57, Sam Fernandez 21:37, Debbie Wittmer
24 June 200615:56, Matt Dobson22:03, Lauren Eschbach
23 June 200716:25, Matt Dobson22:32, Sara Jackson
28 June 200816:22, Matt Dobson21:48, Terri Gray
27 June 200916:38, Matt Dobson22:08, Katrina Bokenfohr
26 June 201018:41, Chris Neal 19:42, Masie Stromenger
25 June 201116:37, Matt Dobson22:52, Kristina Bennett
24 June 201217:21, Jordan Green21:02, Brittny Johnson
29 June 201316:36, David Seymour21:01, Alex Dixon
28 June 201416:20, Hunter Potts23:31, Victoria Taylor
27 June 201517:16, Ethan Mines22:39, Kristi Johnson
25 June 201618:29, Ethan Dych23:58, Kimberly Floyd
24 June 2017
23 June 201818:27, Ethan Dych24:50, Amber Hayghe
29 June 201916:10, Tyler Goatley23:27, Jessica Ludwig
26 June 2021
25 June 202216:56, Travis Boltjes26:42, Keegan Welch

 From 1979 to 1981 the Hot Trot was a 10K race. From 1982 onward
it was a 5K.

A huge thank you to Larry Dykes for delving into the archives of the
Dothan Runners to find the names and times of the Hot Trot champions
from 1980 to 2010.



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Saturday, May 21, 2022

The Hurricane 5K is a breeze for Travis Boltjes and Viviana Schuyler

On Saturday morning, 21 May 2022, hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean was still nearly ten days away. It may not have been time for a storm in Tallahassee, Florida, but it was time for the Capital City Red Cross's annual Robin Lotane Hurricane 5K. Panama City, Florida master runner Travis Boltjes ran away from the field, covering the 3.1 miles through Tom Brown Park in 17:31. Viviana Schuyler of Bainbridge, Georgia took top honors for the women, placing seventh overall in 22:21.

Travis Boltjes, Ryan Truchelut
Ryan Truchelut and Travis Boltjes

The race started in front of the American Red Cross building on Easterwood Drive. Travis Boltjes and Ryan Truchelut shared the lead initially. Truchelut, a Tallahassee meteorologist, had won the race in 2017, but during the second kilometer he realized that he wasn't going to be able to keep up with Boltjes. After Truchelut fell back, Boltjes opened a gap of more than 600 meters before crossing the finish line back at the Red Cross, first in 17:31. Truchelut was second in 20:06. In a close race for third, Tallahassee master runner Paul Guyas finished in 20:53, just ahead of Kenneth Gloeckner at 20:56 and Duane Evans at 20:57.


Viviana Schuyler, the women's champ, was a 2021 alum of Bainbridge High, where she was a standout on the school's cross-country team. Her 22:21 at the Red Cross 5K put her almost 200 meters ahead of the next woman in the race. Monica Toth of Tallahassee was the first woman master in the race, placing second in the women's standings and eighth overall in 23:09. Tallahassee's Martha Guyas was the third woman and seventeenth overall in 26:25.

Viviana Schuyler
Viviana Schuyler

64 athletes finished the Capital Area Red Cross's 2022 Robin Lotane Hurricane 5K. Southern Timing, LLC, of Orlando, Florida chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2022 Hurricane 5K
  1. 17:31, Travis Boltjes (M, 42)
  2. 20:06, Ryan Truchelut (M, 36)
  3. 20:53, Paul Guyas (M, 44)
  4. 20:56, Kenneth Gloeckner (M, 38)
  5. 20:57, Duane Evans (M, 54)
  6. 21:58, Bryan Gensits (M, 27)
  7. 23:21, Shane Roberts (M, 51)
  8. 23:43, TJ Morton (M, 42)
  9. 24:34, Will Anding (M, 27)
  10. 25:22, Shane Moore (M, 8)

Top Ten Women, 2022 Hurricane 5K
  1. 22:21, Viviana Schuyler (F, 19)
  2. 23:09, Monica Toth (F, 33)
  3. 26:25, Martha Guyas (F, 37)
  4. 27:25, Stacy Forsthoefel (F, 37)
  5. 29:27, Debbie Peters (F, 61)
  6. 30:01, Andrea Medley (F, 40)
  7. 31:15, Courtney Starling (F, 35)
  8. 32:20, Hannah Barraza (F, 22)
  9. 32:23, Meagan Nixon (F, 32)
  10. 32:24, Tina Coombs (F, 52)

Robin Lotane Memorial Hurricane 5K champions, 2008 - 2022
DateMenWomenFinishers
6 September 200815:53, Chris Lake20:02, Kelsey Scheitlin227
7 September 200915:54, Chris Lake19:02, Sarah Docter-Williams620
6 September 201014:54, Nate Brannen18:53, Lisa Johnson524
5 September 201117:06, Stanley Linton19:24, Katie Showman272
3 September 201216:33, Brian Griffith18:12, Sheryl Rosen295
5 October 201317:30, Bryan Koon22:50, Paula O'Neill165
26 October 201416:46, Joseph Garcia19:02, Chantelle Brodie180
3 October 201516:20, Joseph Garcia17:34, Katie Sherron196
8 October 201619:57, Layne Ayers23:31, Michelle Hadden147
7 October 201718:27, Ryan Truchelut18:47, Katie Sherron121
6 October 201817:52, Bryce Parry20:39, Katie Sherron127
22 May 2021
21 May 202217:31, Travis Boltjes22:21, Viviana Schuyler64
From 2008 to 2011, the race was held in Southwood. From 2012 to 2014 the Red
Cross moved the Hurricane 5K to the Tom Brown Park area. The race returned
to Southwood from 2015 to 2018. After cancelations in 2019 and 2020, since 2021
the race has been back in Tom Brown Park.


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