Showing posts with label Vince Molosky. Show all posts
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Monday, June 25, 2018

Vince Molosky and Emily Molen open the Summer Trail Series with Munson Hills wins

By Saturday morning, 23 June 2018, the astronomical calendar, the National Weather Service calendar, and the thermometer all agreed that it was summer. So it was time for summer running. Since 2013, summer running in Tallahassee has included Gulf Winds Track Club’s annual Summer Trail Series, a circuit of four races. That Saturday morning, Vince Molosky won the opening event of the 2018 series, the Munson Hills Six-Mile Trail Race, running 38:02. Emily Molen took the women's title, placing thirteenth overall in 45:10.

Vince Molosky
Vince Molosky

Trail racing is a form of cross-country running that’s set on, well, trails--usually single-track paths like the Munson Hills Bike Trail south of Tallahassee. 124 runners is a lot of athletes to try to fit onto a narrow track, but that’s how many managed to finish the Munson Hills Six Mile. Molosky had plenty of room, though. He was well ahead of the rest of the field nearly from the start, earning not only elbow room but also the privilege of knocking down the morning spider webs. Molosky also ran with a five-or-six pound handicap, a water pack. He didn’t need the water for Munson Hills, but it was part of his preparation for future races.


“I’m training for a 100-mile in September, the IMTUF 100 in Idaho,” explained Molosky. “So I wanted to be used to carrying the weight of the water.”

Brad Busboom
Brad Busboom

Molosky regularly does trail runs that can take all day or all weekend, such as the Idaho Mountain Trail Ultra Festival (IMTUF). The single-digit miles of Munson Hills were on the short side for him, but not without challenges.


“The last hill wasn’t fun,” said Molosky. “Where the trails meet there’s a long incline. I thought the footing was good--in terms of trails.”


Behind Molosky, Brad Busboom took second in 38:40. Gray Droze, the Tallahassee Community College cross-country coach, was the first master runner in the race, placing third overall in 39:07. Master runner Geb Kiros was fourth in 40:24.

Geb Kiros
Geb Kiros

The Munson Hills Six-Mile was the 21st Summer Trail Series race and the first of 2018. It was also the first time Molosky had run in the Series.


“I’ve never been able to run any of the races,” said Molosky. “It’s timing. We’ve got other events scheduled.”


Emily Molen, on the other hand, has frequently found time to race in the Summer Trail Series. Her victory in the women's division on Saturday was her fifth Series win going back to 2014. Only Alyson Churchill has won as many Summer Trail races,and Churchill was the 2016 FHSAA state cross-country champion in class 3A.

Emily Molen
Emily Molen

“I just wanted to come out and do these trail races again,” said Molen. “They’re lots of fun and I get to race with a lot of people I don’t usually run with.”


Molen will start her junior year cross-country season at Chiles High in August. She sees trail running and cross-country as complementary.


“Doing these sets the stage for cross-country,” said Molen. “It gets me used to racing on trails.”

Alyssa Terry
Alyssa Terry

Molen led the women’s field from early in the race. Towards the end, though, she was stalked by Alyssa Terry.


“I just started off too slow,” said Terry. “I sped up around two miles. At mile four, Emily was in sight. I moved up on her, but, suddenly, there was the finish line.”


Molen crossed the finish line in a winning 45:10. Terry was there a few seconds later in 45:15, second in the women's standings and fourteenth overall in 45:15. Julie Duggins was the third woman and 22nd overall in 48:56. Monica Judd was the top woman master and sixth female finisher, 29th overall in 50:03.

Julie Duggins
Julie Duggins

The Summer Trail series continues with Saturday morning races at Phipps Park on 7 July 2018, Maclay Gardens on 21 July 2018, and Tom Brown Park on 4 August 2018. Of course that’s not the only summer running going on in Tallahassee.


“I’m running the Fourth of July race with my sister,” said Molen, referring to the Capital City Kiwanis Firecracker 5K in Cascades Park.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Munson Hills 6-Mile Trail Race
  1. 38:02, Vince Molosky (M, 38)
  2. 38:40, Brad Busboom (M, 30)
  3. 39:07, Gary Droze (M, 57)
  4. 40:24, Geb Kiros (M, 51)
  5. 42:53, Jim Schafer (M, 30)
  6. 43:10, John Schwenkler (M, 36)
  7. 43:13, Ryan Baumbach (M, 38)
  8. 43:21, Jordan Cooper (M, 31)
  9. 44:06, Darien Angelier (M, 43)
  10. 44:17, Mark Sobczak (M, 40)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Munson Hills 6-Mile Trail Race
  1. 45:10, Emily Molen (F, 16)
  2. 45:15, Alyssa Terry (F, 24)
  3. 48:56, Julie Duggins (F, 35)
  4. 49:40, Mary Jane Hayden (F, 38)
  5. 49:45, Vaisheli Desai (F, 31)
  6. 50:03, Monica Judd (F, 44)
  7. 50:49, Marien Dimacali (F, 56)
  8. 51:46, Laura Sellati (F, 39)
  9. 51:47, Melissa Hooke (F, 39)
  10. 51:48, Kaley Ford (F, 23)

Gulf Winds Track Club's Summer Trail Series race winners, 2013 - 2018
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 4M

July 21Maclay Gardens 5M
August 4Tom Brown Park 4½M


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Monday, April 30, 2018

Vince Molosky and Katie Sherron add to their Indianhead victories at Nene Fest

Vince Molosky was on familiar ground at the fifth annual Nene Fest 5K, even though he had never run the race before.


The Nene Fest 5K has always been run on the same course through Tallahassee, Florida's Indianhead Acres neighborhood as Gulf Winds Track Club's Women's Distance Festival--a September event that Molosky has raced frequently over the years. In 2010 Molosky won the men's 5K at the Women's Distance Festival, running 16:34. More recently, he ran 17:21 in the 2017 WDF 5K, placing third in the men's standings. So on Saturday morning, 28 April 2018, it was just another fast turn around Indianhead for Molosky when he won the Nene Fest 5K in 17:02. Katie Sherron had even more experience on the Indianhead course, having won the Women's Distance Festival in both 2015 and 2017; she also came into the 2018 Nene Fest 5K as the defending women's champion. She successfully repeated, running 19:16 to finish as the first woman and seventh overall.

Vince Molosky, Katie Sherron
2018 Nene Fest 5K winners

Up front, Chris O'Kelley finished the Nene Fest in 17:07, just a few steps behind Molosky. Seven month earlier at the 2017 Women's Distance Festival, the margin betweeen O'Kelley and Molosky had been about the same, but in that earlier race O'Kelley had been ahead, 17:17 to 17:21. Ryan Truchelut edged Brad Busboom for third in the Nene Fest, 17:45 to 17:48, and Kurt Dietrich was fifth in 18:02. Jim Halley, the 2017 Nene Fest 5K winner, took sixth in 18:42. Paul Guyas was the top master runner in the race and the ninth male finisher, placing tenth overall in 19:42.


Brittney Barnes, racing her first Nene Fest but not her first run on the Indianhead course, was second in the women's standings and fifteenth overall in 21:10. Angela Dempsey was the first woman master and third female finisher, twentieth overall in 21:42. A few ticks after Dempsey crossed the finish line, Monica Toth came in as the fourth woman and 22nd overall in 21:46.


159 athletes finished the 2018 Nene Fest 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Nene Fest 5K
  1. 17:02, Vince Molosky (M, 38)
  2. 17:07, Chris O'Kelley (M, 25)
  3. 17:45, Ryan Truchelut (M, 32)
  4. 17:48, Brad Busboom (M, 30)
  5. 18:02, Kurt Dietrich (M, 26)
  6. 18:42, Jim Halley (M, 38)
  7. 19:25, Don Smith (M, 38)
  8. 19:34, Zach Deveau (M, 30)
  9. 19:42, Paul Guyas (M, 40)
  10. 19:54, Duane Evans (M, 50)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Nene Fest 5K
  1. 19:16, Katie Sherron (F, 36)
  2. 21:10, Brittney Barnes (F, 30)
  3. 21:42, Angela Dempsey (F, 49)
  4. 21:46, Monica Toth (F, 29)
  5. 22:21, Kenya Rich (F, 45)
  6. 22:42, Laura Reina (F, 53)
  7. 22:47, Nancy Proctor (F, 57)
  8. 23:20, Hannah Norcini (F, 26)
  9. 23:22, Paula O'Neill (F, 56)
  10. 23:37, Kristin Halley (F, 36)

Nene Fest 5K winners, 2014 - 2018
DateMenWomenFinishers
3 May 201418:24, Reikan Lin22:02, Paula O' Neill
9 May 201515:49, Chris Lake22:28, Paula O'Neill84
30 April 201616:26, Matt Mizereck23:36, Laura Reina86
29 April 201717:57, Jim Halley21:39, Katie Sherron88
28 April 201817:02, Vince Molosky19:16, Katie Sherron159


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Thursday, April 12, 2018

Molosky and Mathis win through 50K of river bluffs and rain showers at Draggin' Tail

It isn't the case that weather never affects the Draggin' Trail Ultra Trail Challenge. Why, as recently as 2009, the race had to be delayed for a month because of wet conditions. Of course, those wet conditions were that the Apalachicola River had risen out of its banks, covering a great deal of Florida's Torreya State Park, its trails, and the race course with several fathoms of floodwaters. For anything less severe, the race has always gone on as scheduled.


So the eleventh annual Draggin' Tail Ultra Challenge, the 50K as well as the 25K, went on as scheduled on Saturday morning, 7 April 2018, even though the forecast called for heavy rains and high winds. Tallahassee, Florida's Vince Molosky won the 50K for the ninth time in eleven years, running 5:13:30. Verity Mathis of Gainesville, Florida was the first woman in the 50K, pacing fourth overall in 6:47:05.


Despite the warnings of meteorologists, the rain didn't really start in earnest till after 11:00 AM, by which time the race was well under way and Molosky was nearly finished. In the history of the Draggin' Tail Ultra Challenge, Molosky is one of the few runners to have finished the in under five hours; at the 2018 race he was the only athlete to run it in less than six hours. Kenneth Hart took second place in the 50K, running 6:05.28. Jason Seitz was the first master runner and third overall in 6:46:22.


Heather Davenport was the first woman master and second female finisher, eighth overall in 7:24:59. Master runner Paula Lunt was third in the women's standings and tenth overall in 7:43:04.


Fourteen athletes finished the 2018 Torreya Draggin' Tail Ultra Trail Challenge 50K.


Top Five Men, 2018 Torreya Draggin' Tail 50K
  1. 5:13:30, Vince Molosky (M, 38)
  2. 6:05:28, Kenneth Hart (M, 29)
  3. 6:46:22, Jason Seitz (M, 45)
  4. 6:47:46, Patrick Bateman (M, 30)
  5. 6:49:24, Jay Lund (M, 47)

Top Five Women, 2018 Torreya Draggin' Tail 50K
  1. 6:47:05, Verity Mathis (F, 39)
  2. 7:24:59, Heather Davenport (F, 51)
  3. 7:43:04, Paula Lunt (F, 52)
  4. 8:05:50, Amy Guevara (F, 33)
  5. 8:12:25, Edna Reed (F, 43)

Elliot Smith of Tallahassee took first in the 25K, covering the fifteen-plus miles of Torreya trails in 2:32:14. Matthew Rowan of Quincy, Florida was the top master runner in the 25K, finishing runner-up in 2:39:12. Ken Thrasher, the first master runner in the 2017 Draggin' Tail 25K, placed third in the shorter race in 2018, running 2:48:27.


Tallahassee master runner Monica Judd won the women's title in the 25K for the second year in a row, finishing eighth overall in 3:05:17. Judy Alexander, another Tallahassee master runner, took second in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 3:11:21. Lacey Randolph was the third woman and seventeenth overall in 3:27:24.


56 athletes finished the 2018 Torreya Draggin' Tail Ultra Trail Challenge 25K.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Torreya Draggin' Tail 25K
  1. 2:32:14, Elliot Smith (M, 35)
  2. 2:39:12, Matthew Rowan (M, 49)
  3. 2:48:27, Ken Thrasher (M, 52)
  4. 2:56:13, Regis Smeltz (M, 44)
  5. 2:58:05, Michael Kennett (M, 44)
  6. 2:58:49, Ronald Hall (M, 53)
  7. 3:04:23, Will Spivey (M, 38)
  8. 3:05:18, Erik Anderson (M, 35)
  9. 3:11:08, Greg Skinner (M, 47)
  10. 3:14:49, Joe Patton (M, 52)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Torreya Draggin' Tail 25K
  1. 3:05:17, Monica Judd (F, 43)
  2. 3:11:21, Judy Alexander (F, 56)
  3. 3:27:24, Lacey Randolph (F, 29)
  4. 3:28:30, Marien Dimacali (F, 56)
  5. 3:44:58, Rebecca Bourdreaux (F, 45)
  6. 3:44:59, Renee Tavakoli (F, 35)
  7. 3:45:16, Iris Smeltz (F, 41)
  8. 3:46:47, Carla Elliot (F, 56)
  9. 4:00:54, Adrianne Simmons (F, 37)
  10. NTA, Celina Hale (F, 37)

Winners of Torreya State Park's Draggin' Tail Ultra Trail Challenge, 2008 - 2018
DateDistanceMenWomenFinishers
19 April 200850K5:52:53, Vince Molosky7:21:59, Casey Rodgers12
25K2:34:59, Brian Corbin2:49:16, Lisa Purul25
23 May 200950K5:10:06, Vince Molosky6:38:20, Shana Ryberg15
25K2:28:40, Michael Kennett3:02:57, Kirsten Baggett20
10 April 201050K4:59:06, Vince Molosky6:42:39, Chrissy Coutts17
25K2:19:29, Mike McConnell3:10:30, Kate McCabe23
9 April 201150K4:44:35, Vince Molosky6:27:34, Chrissy Coutts11
25K2:26:59, Paul Brannon2:44:03, Ashley Daily33
7 April 201250K4:53:55, Vince Molosky6:09:44, Chrissy Coutts15
25K2:15:43, Camilo Ordonez2:45:07, Kate Chunka41
6 April 201350K4:40:06, Vince Molosky5:47:48, Ashley Daily19
25K2:18:46, Michael Kennett2:58:15, Melissa Hooke38
5 April 201450K4:45:02, Vince Molosky6:05:30, Kathleen Baker20
25K2:32:41, Joel Piotrowski3:00:30, Amanda Hudson48
11 April 201550K4:54:04, Charn McAllister6:15:07, Ashley Daily18
25K2:18:40, Eric Godin3:03:15, Kristen Bowers50
2 April 201650K4:57:01, Vince Molosky6:42:20, Juanita Chalmers24
25K2:36:48, Andy Roberts2:59:43, Lydia Miles55
8 April 201750K4:29:36, Jonathan Clinthorne5:16:34, Ashley Daily20
25K2:08:22, Eric Godin2:48:52, Monica Judd63
7 April 201850K5:13:30, Vince Molosky6:47:05, Verity Mathis14
25K2:32:14, Elliot Smith3:05:17, Monica Judd56


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Monday, March 5, 2018

Molosky and Sherron were the cocks-of-the-walk at the Shamrock

Holiday celebrations seem to be expanding. Halloween was once a single day of tricks or treats, perhaps preceded by an evening of pumpkin carving. Now it’s at least a week of parties and a frenzied month of decorating. The Twelve Days of Christmas have become more like twelve weeks from the day of the first sales displays to the day of the last post-Holiday clearance. Even Saint Patrick’s Day has started to take over the month of March. Which explains why on Saturday morning, 3 March 2018, two weeks before the actual date of Saint Patrick’s Day, the Shamrock Scurry 5K was run in Tallahassee, Florida's Killearn Estates community. Unperturbed by the calendar, 531 athletes showed up to finish the 5K, and another 164 completed a one-mile fun run. Vince Molosky was the fastest in the 5K, winning the main event in 17:22. Katie Sherron was the Shamrock Scurry 5K women’s champ for the second year in a row, placing third overall in 18:40.

Vince Molosky
Vince Molosky
It was the 30th Shamrock Scurry. The race was run each year from 1980 to 1996, starting and finishing at Killearn United Methodist Church. After a hiatus, the Scurry was revived at nearby Celebration Baptist Church from 2004 to 2008. There was no Scurry in 2009, but the race returned to Killearn Methodist in 2010, where it has been run annually since. Vince Molosky has run more than a few of the recent series of nine races.


“Maybe four or five times?” said Molosky. “I enjoy the race. It’s always a good one. It’s a tough course.”

Vince Molosky, Michael Niezgoda
Vince Molosky and Michael Niezgoda

Of the five times that Molosky ran the Scurry, his best finish in the race prior to 2018 was second place. Molosky had finished second three times--in 2012, 2014, and 2017. A gambler might say he was due.


Molosky certainly ran that way. He took the lead right after the start, and at the mile mark he was ten seconds ahead of the next runner, Michael Niezgoda. During the next hilly two miles, Molosky left the rest of the field even further behind, finally crossing the finish line back at the church in a wining 17:22. Niezgoda was second in 17:55. Tony Guillen was the fastest master runner in the race and the third male finisher, placing fourth overall in 18:40.

Michael Niezgoda
Michael Niezgoda

Just ahead of Guillen, women’s winner Katie Sherron finished in an identical 18:40.


“Tony and I ran stride for stride for about two miles,” said Sherron. “It was pretty cool.”

Katie Sherron
Katie Sherron

Before catching up to Guillen, Sherron was in the seventh position overall, leading the women’s field. Racing together, the two overtook three athletes during the middle of the race. When it was over, Sherron had a third Scurry women’s title to add to her wins from 2014 and 2017, plus a time to be pleased with.


“It was my best Shamrock time,” said Sherron.


It was also the best time by any woman at the Shamrock Scurry since the race returned to Killearn Methodist in 2010.

Sheryl Rosen
Sheryl Rosen

Sheryl Rosen, the 2011 Shamrock Scurry women's champ, took second in the women's standings and seventh overall in 19:30. Brittney Barnes was the third woman and fifteenth overall in 21:00. Corinne Porcher was the first woman master and sixth female finisher, 25th overall in 22:30.


Corned beef and cabbage may be traditional Saint Patrick’s Day fare, but the Shamrock Scurry always ends with a pancake and sausage breakfast. Should the race switch to boiled beef? The athletes don’t seem to think so, because the Scurry was the largest 5K in Tallahassee so far during 2018.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Shamrock Scurry 5K
  1. 17:22, Vince Molosky (M, 38)
  2. 17:55, Michael Niezgoda (M, 29)
  3. 18:40, Tony Guillen (M, 49)
  4. 19:06, Kurt Dietrich (M, 26)
  5. 19:30, Michael Martinez (M, 52)
  6. 19:39, Duane Evans (M, 50)
  7. 20:09, Randall Porcher (M, 52)
  8. 20:20, Morgan Schilling (M, 22)
  9. 20:31, Tad David (M, 49)
  10. 20:47, Ryan Baumbach (M, 38)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Shamrock Scurry 5K
  1. 18:40, Katie Sherron (F, 36)
  2. 19:30, Sheryl Rosen (F, 33)
  3. 21:00, Brittney Barnes (F, 30)
  4. 21:12, Bonnie Klamm (F, 22)
  5. 22:29, Jenny Early (F, 34)
  6. 22:30, Corinne Porcher (F, 49)
  7. 23:05, Nancy Proctor (F, 57)
  8. 23:22, Paula O'Neill (F, 56)
  9. 24:05, Holly Newell (F, 40)
  10. 24:37, T J Morton (F, 35)

Known Shamrock Scurry 5K winners, 1981 - 2018
DateMenWomen
1981

13 March 198217:05, Paul Hodge21:22, Cathy Shuler
12 March 198315:35, Adam Pinkston19:21, Cheryl Jennings
17 March 198416:19, Bobby Shackleford17:42, Nellie Orr
16 March 198514:35, Jeff Wentworth19:20, Angie Crook
15 March 198615:33, David Keen18:42, Janice Hochstein
7 March 198715:21, Richard Corbett18:15, Janice Hochstein
12 March 198816:01, Bill Crooks19:59, Robin Tanner
11 March 198915:57, Bill Crooks19:32, Yvonne Gsteiger
17 March 199015:39, John Charlton20:07 Jane Henderson
16 March 199115:32, Gary Droze19:15, Vikki Saga
14 March 199215:53, Jessie Close17:50, Paula Johnson
8 May 1993

19 March 199415:17, Robin Rogers18:38, Jane Johnson
18 March 1995

1996

   
13 March 200416:02, Ryder Leary16:44, Sinead Evans
5 March 200516:29, Matthew Dobson19:21, Breeda Willis
18 March 200618:21, Michael Martinez20:10, Jennifer Emo
17 March 200715:43, Joey Zins21:55, Jun Inoue
15 March 200814:47, Mark Carroll16:55, Barbara Parker
   
13 March 201017:25, Jay Wallace21:03, Anna Busby
12 March 201118:14, Peter Kaus19:35, Sheryl Rosen
10 March 201216:27, Stephen Cox19:43, Carrie Seiberlich
9 March 201316:13, Stanley Linton20:38, Mary Anne Grayson
8 March 201415:44, Stanley Linton19:48, Katie Sherron
14 March 201516:30, Chris Lake20:45, Emily Molen
12 March 201619:51, Duane Evans22:47, Emma Spencer
4 March 201716:38, Matthew McCurdy19:09, Katie Sherron
3 March 201817:22, Vince Molosky18:40, Katie Sherron
Originally scheduled for March 13, the 1993 race had to be
postponed because of a severe winter storm.
The Shamrock Scurry was held from Killearn UMC from 1981
to 1996.
The Shamrock Scurry was not held from 1997 to 2003.
From 2004 to 2008 the Shamrock Scurry was held from
Celebration Baptist Church.
The Shamrock Scurry was not held in 2009.
From 2010 to 2018 the Shamrock Scurry was held from Killearn
UMC.


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Saturday, February 10, 2018

Molosky and Piekarewicz get the [baked] goods at the Run For The Cookies

"This is the best race of the year!" declared Katie Sherron.


The 2018 Run For The Cookies 5K was still just under an hour away, but Sherron's sentiment may have been influenced by the fact that she had just picked up her race packet, and there was a box of Girl Scout cookies inside. Throughout the 25-year history of the Tallahassee, Florida event, each athlete who enters the Run For The Cookies has received a box of Girl Scout cookies. There's a T-shirt, too, but you can't snack on a cotton blend.

Vince Molosky and Tristan Cravello

Aside from the sweets, there was some good running that Saturday morning, 10 February 2018. On the 3.1-mile Tallahassee Community College course, Vince Molosky and Tristan Cravello battled the entire way before Molosky got the win, 17:00 to 17:09. Adriana Piekarewicz and Katie Sherron had a similar duel in the women's competition until Piekarewicz pulled away during the final kilometer and took the women's title with a 17:59.


The morning opened with a kids' mile at 8:30 AM, but the main event, the 5K, started just after 9:00 AM. By half a mile, Vince Molosky was in the lead, a step ahead of Tristan Cravello. At one mile, Molosky was two steps ahead of Cravello. At two miles, a few steps ahead. Molosky was slowly widening the gap, but Cravello wasn't going away.

Vince Molosky

"I thought he was right behind me," said Molosky. "There was no point at which I thought I was safe. I put in a surge on a little downhill around two-and-a-half miles. After that I was just trying to hold him off."


In the end, Molosky did hold off Cravello, making it to the finish line first in 17:00. It was Molosky's first Run For The Cookies win in four tries. For Cravello, a first-year student at Florida State University, it was his first Cookie Run; he took second in 17:09. Jim Halley edged Kurt Dietrich for third, 17:53 to 17:57. Carter Hay was the top master runner in the race, placing sixth overall in 18:00.

Tristan Cravello

In the women's competition, Katie Sherron and Adriana Piekarewicz were less than a step apart for most of the first mile. Piekarewicz gave up some ground during the second mile, letting Sherron set the pace.


"Having Katie right there was so helpful," said Piekarewicz. "I usually slow down during the second mile, but having Katie there kept it fast."

Katie Sherron and Adriana Piekarewicz

Sherron had a few strides on Piekarewicz after two miles, but that changed during the final mile.


"I'm more of a marathoner now, so one mile to go is like nothing," said Piekarewicz.


Piekarewicz went by Sherron then began to build her own lead. Piekarewicz was still going away when she crossed the finish line in 17:59, the first woman and fifth overall. A fading Sherron was second in the women's standings and eighth overall in 18:17.

Sheryl Rosen

"A.P. had a great race," said Sherron. "I really slowed down during the third mile."


Sheryl Rosen, the Cookie Run women's champ in 2011 and 2015, was the third woman and fifteenth overall in 19:03. Lincoln High sophomore cross-country runner Megan Churchill was fourth in the women's division and nineteenth overall in 19:53.


"That was my first time under 20:00!" said Churchill.

Megan Churchill

Angela Dempsey was the first woman master and twelfth female finisher, 45th overall in 22:38.


Back in her high school days, Piekarewicz competed in cross-country and track for Tallahassee Maclay School, but she has since moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It was just lucky that she happened to be back in Tallahassee on a family visit during the Run For The Cookies. Or unlucky, if you happened to be one of the 342 athletes who finished behind her that morning.


From that, you can probably calculate that 347 people finished the 2018 Run For The Cookies 5K. Another 122 finished the one-mile kids' run. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed both races.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Run For The Cookies 5K
  1. 17:00, Vince Molosky (M, 38)
  2. 17:09, Tristan Cravello (M, 18)
  3. 17:53, Jim Halley (M, 38)
  4. 17:57, Kurt Dietrich (M, 26)
  5. 18:00, Carter Hay (M, 46)
  6. 18:16, Brad Busboom (M, 30)
  7. 18:37, Jay McDuffie (M, 17)
  8. 18:39, Thomas Howell (M, 21)
  9. 18:47, Dennis Majano (M, 18)
  10. 18:57, Paul Guyas (M, 40)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Run For The Cookies 5K
  1. 17:59, Adriana Piekarewicz (F, 29)
  2. 18:17, Katie Sherron (F, 36)
  3. 19:03, Sheryl Rosen (F, 33)
  4. 19:53, Megan Churchill (F, 15)
  5. 20:14, Meg Ogle (F, 27)
  6. 20:18, Brittney Barnes (F, 30)
  7. 20:38, Ella Porcher (F, 13)
  8. 21:23, Rachael Stockel (F, 15)
  9. 21:32, Tylo Farrar (F, 23)
  10. 22:10, Kate Chunka (F, 34)

Run For The Cookies 5K champions, 1994 - 2018
DateMenWomenFinishers
19 February 199416:12, Gary Droze-118:51, Carrie Weyant-185
25 February 199515:42, Gary Droze-218:15, Jane Johnson186
24 February 199616:08, Gary Droze-319:57, Chateau Mangaroo175
22 February 199715:17, Gary Droze-419:02, Carrie Weyant-2150
28 February 199815:38, Jason Ritter17:29, Sarah Docter-Williams-1207
27 February 199916:17, David Ogletree17:38, Sarah Docter-Williams-2258
26 February 200016:23, Robert Pautienus17:53, Kim Winn294
24 February 200115:59, Kevin Danahy17:30, Sarah Docter-Williams-3231
23 February 200215:25, Lee Willis-116:18, Breeda Dennehy-Willis-1248
15 February 200315:49, Lee Willis-216:30, Breeda Dennehy-Willis-2152
14 February 200417:07, Timothy Bolton18:06, Sarah Docter-Williams-493
12 February 200516:23, Justin Jacobs17:43, Sarah Docter-Williams-5258
11 February 200616:49, Kyle Larson19:04, Stephanie Liles-1156
10 February 200715:53, Judson Cake19:06, Zika Rea386
9 February 200816:45, Tripp Southerland19:35, Stephanie Liles-2411
7 February 200916:16, Chris Lake-118:40, Audrey Hand550
13 February 201016:27, Chris Lake-218:11, Amy Hines-1432
12 February 201115:50, Kevin Sullivan19:02, Sheryl Rosen-1431
11 February 201216:07, Alex Smyth17:36, Amy Hines-2685
9 February 201316:00, Stanley Linton-117:43, Chelsi Woodruff602
8 February 201415:24, Stanley Linton-217:54, Carly Thomas369
14 February 201515:40, Remy Tamer18:04, Sheryl Rosen-2332
13 February 201617:15, Clayburn Milford18:53, Alexandra Midgett342
11 February 201716:27, Matthew McCurdy17:35, Ani Veltcheva405
10 February 201817:00, Vince Molosky17:59, Adriana Piekarewicz347
The Run For The Cookies was held at Tallahassee Mall from 1994 to 1996,
and at Tallahassee Community College from 1997 to the present.
A big thank-you to Mark Priddy for his help in completing this summary.


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Saturday, September 16, 2017

Molosky and Ward overcome obstacles and opponents at the Prefontaine 5K

"I really hate sand," said Vince Molosky.


It was Saturday morning, 16 September 2017, and Molosky had just finished running Gulf Winds Track Club's 42nd annual Salute to Prefontaine 5K. For an athlete who dislikes running in sand, it was the wrong place to be. Somehow, the Prefontaine seems to pack four miles of sand into a 3.1-mile course through the Apalachicola National Forest. This seems geometrically unlikely, especially when the race also includes stretches of grass, pine needles, leaf mold, and even a bit of gravel, punctuated with tree roots. However, more than a few runner will swear that, if anything, four miles understates the amount of sand on the course. The sand has been there for millions of years, deposited when the Silver Lake area west of Tallahassee, Florida was submerged under an ancient sea. More recently, during the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps developed the site as a recreation area. They built shelters and marked trails, but neglected to remove the sand. The Gulf Winds Track Club held the first Prefontaine 5K at Silver Lake in 1976. In spite of four decades of grumbling about the sand, the race has been held there annually ever since.

Vince Molosky
Vince Molosky

Molosky learned about the Silver Lake sand when he ran his first Prefontaine 5K in 2014, finishing third. In spite of the frustrating footing he returned in 2017. This time he won the race, running 18:52. Kendall Ward, experiencing the Prefontaine 5K sand for the first time, took the women's title, placing sixteenth overall in 24:19.


The race got under way at 8:30 AM. Morgan Bolmer, a sophomore on the Berrien County High cross-country team, dashed ahead, setting the early pace. Vince Molosky was never more than a few steps back though, and soon overtook Bolmer. By the end of the first of two laps around Silver Lake, Molosky was in front with an 80-meter lead. Gatlin Nennstiel and Joshua Guest of the Tallahassee Community College cross-country team had also passed Bolmer and were running in second and third place. During the second lap around the lake Molosky lengthened his lead to 140 meters, going on to win in 18:52. Nennstiel took second in 19:24 and Guest third in 19:38. Travis Parks, another Tallahassee Community College runner, was fourth in 20:20 while Bolmer placed fifth in 20:29. Joel Piotrowski was the top master runner in the race, placing seventh overall in 21:31.

Kendall Ward
Kendall Ward

Laura Reina was the first woman master and second female finisher, placing 24th overall in 26:12. Deirdre McCarthy was third in the women's standings and 26th overall in 27:25.


Nennstiel, Guest, and Parks were not the only Tallahassee Community College Eagles in the race. The 2017 cross-country season is the first ever for the TCC men’s cross-country team, and the Prefontaine 5K was the third race on the Eagles’ schedule. Running in Eagle colors, Tunde Azikwe was twelfth in 22:39 and Kelvin Brown was thirteenth in 22:45.

Gatlin Nennstiel, Travis Parks, Joshua Guest
Flying Eagles

62 athletes finished the 42nd annual Salute to Prefontaine 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Salute to Prefontaine 5K
  1. 18:52, Vince Molosky (M, 38)
  2. 19:24, Gatlin Nennstiel (M, 18)
  3. 19:38, Joshua Guest (M, 18)
  4. 20:20, Travis Parks (M, 21)
  5. 20:29, Morgan Bolmer (M, 15)
  6. 21:04, Paul Guyas (M, 39)
  7. 21:31, Joel Piotrowski (M, 48)
  8. 21:39, Filippo Aldrovandi Reina (M, 12)
  9. 21:55, Randall Porcher (M, 52)
  10. 22:10, Michael Martinez (M, 51)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Salute to Prefontaine 5K
  1. 24:19, Kendall Ward (F, 17)
  2. 26:12, Laura Reina (F, 53)
  3. 27:25, Deirdre McCarthy (F, 38)
  4. 28:28, Martha Guyas (F, 33)
  5. 28:42, Lillee Tang (F, 16)
  6. 28:55, Amelia Wilson (F, 27)
  7. 29:02, Samantha Fillmore (F, 41)
  8. 31:02, Edna Reed (F, 43)
  9. 31:15, Fran McLean (F, 59)
  10. 32:42, Kim Ward (F, 51)

Known winners of GWTC's Prefontaine Forest 5K
1976 - 2017
DateMenWomenFinishers
25 September 197615:43, Tim Simpkins19:20, Nancy McCormac
September 197715:35, Tim Simpkins19:00, Janice Gage
23 September 1978

September 1979

20 September 198017:17, George West20:52, Donna Miller
September 198118:20, Shannon Sullivan22:27, Pam Ledbetter
September 1982

24 September 198317:17, Jeff Doherty20:36, Donna Miller
September 198417:11, Larry Abele20:43, Barbara Balzer
September 198516:51, Tim Simpkins20:40, Darien Andreu
27 September 198617:20, Tim Simpkins22:14, Laura Partin
12 September 198717:33, Tom Burr21:20, Linda Nicholson
24 September 198817:38, Tom Burr22:23, Yvonne Gsteiger
23 September 198917:25, Tim Simpkins21:30, Vikki Saga
22 September 199017:12, Bill Crooks22:23, Tina Davies
22 September 199117:54, Gary Droze24:48, Tina Davies
19 September 199218:29, Gary Droze22:05, Diane Blas
18 September 199317:58, Tim Simpkins24:16, Sissi Carroll
17 September 199417:00, Gary Droze21:16, Carrie Weyant
30 September 199517:12, Gary Droze22:56, Sissi Carroll
28 September 199619:18, Gary Droze22:56, Jane Johnson
27 September 199718:50, Bill Crooks23:07, Julie Clark
26 September 199819:26, Paul Hoover24:44, Peggy Simpson
25 September 199917:56, Gary Droze24:13, Brandi Rook
30 September 200017:49, Gary Droze22:17, Allie Hunter
29 September 200119:37, Scott Poindexter22:17, Allie Hunter
5 October 200222:17, David Yon25:47, Yvonne Gsteiger
27 September 200318:35, Shawn Patterson23:49, Angela Dempsey
25 September 200417:43, Gary Droze22:46, Seeley Lovett
24 September 200518:13, Gary Droze24:06, Jane Johnson
23 September 200617:24, Gary Droze19:59, Stephanie Liles
29 September 200717:29, Chris Gregory20:26, Micah Adriani
27 September 200818:16, Daniel Lee21:10, Kati Gosnell
26 September 200920:28, Joel Piotrowski21:20, Micah Adriani
25 September 201018:53, Jay Wallace22:17, Kelly Stevens
24 September 201119:08, Michael Martinez22:31, Olivia Swedberg Yinger
22 September 201217:18, Stanley Linton20:58, Micah Adriani
21 September 201316:27, Stanley Linton23:34, Melissa Geary
27 September 201417:43, Chris Lake22:30, Cora Atkinson181
26 September 201518:42, Peter Van Brussel23:38, Emily Smith
24 September 201618:38, Geb Kiros22:58, Samantha Reilly162
16 September 201718:52, Vince Molosky24:19, Kendall Ward62


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