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Sunday, June 23, 2024

Henry Lewis and Isabella Laughton make it a Wakulla High sweep at the Freedom 5K

Each June since 2013, the Wakulla High School Cross-Country Boosters have hosted the Freedom 5K at Florida's Wakulla Springs State Park. The park isn't close to the school, more than twelve miles away. It's not a regular workout venue for the team.

Henry Lewis
Henry Lewis

"We only come here once a year," said Wakulla harrier Henry Lewis, a rising junior and the team's ace. "Just for this race."


Nevertheless, on Saturday morning, 22 June 2023, at the eleventh annual Paul Hoover Freedom 5K, Lewis ran like he owned Wakulla Springs. He won the race by over 200 meters in 16:31, setting a new course record. Rising senior Isabella Laughton made it a Wakulla High sweep, taking first in the women's standings in 21:19, good for eleventh overall.

Tyler Godwin
Tyler Godwin

The 2023 Freedom 5K winner, Tyler Godwin, joined Lewis on the starting line, as did Tallahassee, Florida master runner Leonardo Canete. Canete had taken third in the 2023 race behind Godwin and Lewis. In the 2024 event, Canete darted into the lead right after the start. Lewis was never far behind, though, and 200 meters into the race he had taken over. Godwin also overtook Canete, but no one was going to catch Lewis that morning. Out the Cherokee Sink Trail, around the Sink, and back to the Springs, Lewis stayed in command, crossing the finish line in a winning 16:31--just better than the old course record of 16:32, set in 2017 by Justin Keefe.


Godwin, the defending champ, took second in 17:14. Canete was the first master runner in the 5K, coming in third overall in 17:49.

Isabella Laughton
Isabella Laughton

Isabella Laughton had raced the Freedom 5K in 2021, 2022, and 2023, finishing runner-up in the women's division twice and third once. In 2024 the race was all hers as she won by more than 250 meters with a 21:19, her best time yet at the Freedom 5K. Another Wakulla senior-to-be, Lana Hawkins, went 22:29 for the second women's spot and sixteenth overall. Serafina Rietow, a rising junior on the John Paul II Catholic High cross-country team, was the third woman and eighteenth overall in 22:52. Melissa Martin was the first woman master and sixth female finisher, 24th overall in 24:12.


After the Freedom 5K, it was still nine weeks till Wakulla High's cross-country opener at the Dueling Summits Meet in Tallahassee. Henry Lewis didn't plan to be idle during that time.

Lana Hawkins
Lana Hawkins

"We've got two races I want to do before cross-country season," said Lewis. "The Saint George Island Sizzler 5K and the Miller Landing Madness 8K."


And other than that?


"Just running a lot of miles," said Lewis.

Freedom 5K
The start of the 2024 Paul Hoover Freedom 5K

129 athletes finished the Wakulla High Cross-Country Boosters' eleventh annual Paul Hoover Freedom 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2024 Freedom 5K
  1. 16:30.30, Henry Lewis (M, 16)
  2. 17:13.40, Tyler Godwin (M, 18)
  3. 17:48.30, Leonardo Canete (M, 45)
  4. 18:02.60, Sean Hart (M, 39)
  5. 18:40.40, Andrew Nix (M, 19)
  6. 20:50.70, Oscar Bendeck (M, 16)
  7. 21:01.70, Michael Martinez (M, 58)
  8. 21:12.20, Jack McDermott (M, 55)
  9. 21:13.10, Brra Wigslen (M, 15)
  10. 21:15.30, Josiah Friddle (M, 17)

Top Ten Women, 2024 Freedom 5K
  1. 21:18.20, Isabella Laughton (F, 16)
  2. 22:28.20, Lana Hawkins (F, 17)
  3. 22:51.40, Serafina Rietow (F, 16)
  4. 23:34.40, Emily Smith (F, 39)
  5. 23:49.80, Madison Miracle (F, 12)
  6. 24:11.60, Melissa Martin (F, 50)
  7. 24:19.50, Nancy Proctor (F, 63)
  8. 25:22.00, Georgiana Hernandez (F, 34)
  9. 25:54.80, Stephanie Odom (F, 51)
  10. 26:10.10, Dani Roseman (F, 33)

Paul Hoover Freedom 5K winners, 2013 - 2024
DateMenWomenFinishers
29 June 201317:33, Stanley Linton21:12, Madison Harris107
28 June 201419:23, Reikan Lin20:12, Madison Harris82
27 June 201517:36, Zack DeVeau19:51, Katie Sherron173
25 June 201617:48, Wright Calhoun20:00, Madison Harris138
24 June 201716:32, Justin Keefe21:52, Haleigh Martin183
30 June 201818:21, Ryan Truchelut19:10, Amy Hines213
29 June 201918:31, Daniel Wiedeman21:18, Meg Ogle183
26 June 202117:07, Brock Granberg21:12, Liliana Lewis111
25 June 202217:17, Chris O'Kelley18:35, Katie Sherron159
24 June 202317:13, Tyler Godwin20:32, Megan Churchill182
22 June 202416:31, Henry Lewis21:19, Isabella Laughton129


Top ten men's times, Paul Hoover Freedom 5K
TimeAthleteYear
16:31Henry Lewis2024
16:32Justin Keefe2017
17:07Brock Granberg2021
17:13Tyler Godwin2023
17:14Tyler Godwin2024
17:17Chris O'Kelley2022
17:29Henry Lewis2023
17:33Stanley Linton2013
17:36Zach Deveau2015
17:36Leonardo Canete2023
17:48Wright Calhoun2016
        
Top ten women's times, Paul Hoover Freedom 5K
TimeAthleteYear
18:35Katie Sherron2022
19:10Amy Hines2018
19:51Katie Sherron2015
20:00Madison Harris2016
20:12Madison Harris2014
20:32Megan Churchill2023
20:56Brittney Skiles2016
21:07Renee Cox2014
21:11Alli Hay2016
21:12Madison Harris2013
21:12Liliana Lewis2021

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Saturday, June 24, 2023

Tyler Godwin and Megan Churchill demonstrate cross-country dominance at the Freedom 5K

Is the Paul Hoover Memorial Freedom 5K a cross-country race?


That's not a straightforward question. The race starts and finishes on pavement, but most of the 3.1-mile course is unpaved. The competitors don't dash across meadows or leap streams or slog through mud, but they do race along trails in Wakulla Springs State Park, circle a sinkhole, and test their footing on sand and gravel. The race is hosted by the Wakulla High Cross-Country Boosters and named in memory of Wakulla High cross-country coach Paul Hoover. Additionally, on Saturday morning, 24 June 2023, the top honors at the tenth annual Freedom 5K went to cross-country runner Tyler Godwin. Godwin, who has been racing cross-country for three years at Bluffton High, won the race in 17:13. Megan Churchill, about to start her junior year as a harrier for the Flagler College Saints, was the first woman in the race, placing eleventh overall in 20:32.


Right behind Godwin at 17:29, another harrier was runner-up--Henry Lewis, a rising junior at Wakulla High and the ace of his school's cross-country team. Leonardo Canete of Tallahassee was the first master runner in the race, coming in third overall in 17:36.


Megan Churchill's two years as a Flagler Saint weren't her only cross-country experience. As a schoolgirl in Tallahassee, Churchill had put in two seasons of racing in middle school and four more years in high school. There was one gap in her resume, though.


"It was my first time racing the Paul Hoover 5K," said Churchill. "I'm glad I got to do it!"


Nevertheless, Churchill's 20:32 put her across the finish line before more than a few Freedom 5K veterans. For instance, women's runner-up Brittney Barnes had been the seventh woman in the 2018 Freedom 5K. In 2023 Barnes was seventeenth overall in 21:14. Behind Barnes, Isabella Laughton, a rising junior on the Wakulla high cross-country squad, was third in the women's standings and eighteenth overall in 21:27. The women's runner-up in the 2022 race, Laughton was racing in her fourth Freedom 5K. Ruffian Tyner was the first woman master and the eighth female finisher, 35th overall in 24:01.


182 athletes finished the Wakulla High Cross-Country Boosters' tenth annual Paul Hoover Freedom 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2023 Freedom 5K
  1. 17:12.80, Tyler Godwin (M, 17)
  2. 17:28.60, Henry Lewis (M, 16)
  3. 17:35.80, Leonardo Canete (M, 44)
  4. 18:41.10, Ryan Truchelut (M, 37)
  5. 19:26.90, Michael Nesius (M, 38)
  6. 19:35.20, Mickey Moore (M, 53)
  7. 19:40.60, Andrew Nix (M, 18)
  8. 19:41.20, Elliot Butler (M, 32)
  9. 20:15.00, Joshua Roberson (M, 17)
  10. 20:29.40, Josiah Friddle (M, 16)

Top Ten Women, 2023 Freedom 5K
  1. 20:31.60, Megan Churchill (F, 21)
  2. 21:13.10, Brittney Barnes (F, 35)
  3. 21:26.20, Isabella Laughton (F, 15)
  4. 21:52.10, Liliana Lewis (F, 16)
  5. 22:11.20, Taylor Pfeifer (F, 17)
  6. 22:51.10, Elizabeth Sweeney (F, 37)
  7. 23:05.70, Serafina Rieton (F, 15)
  8. 24:01.00, Ruffian Tyner (F, 47)
  9. 24:06.10, Nancy Proctor (F, 62)
  10. 24:19.50, Lecia Ferrell (F, 18)

Paul Hoover Freedom 5K winners, 2013 - 2023
DateMenWomenFinishers
29 June 201317:33, Stanley Linton21:12, Madison Harris107
28 June 201419:23, Reikan Lin20:12, Madison Harris82
27 June 201517:36, Zack DeVeau19:51, Katie Sherron173
25 June 201617:48, Wright Calhoun20:00, Madison Harris138
24 June 201716:32, Justin Keefe21:52, Haleigh Martin183
30 June 201818:21, Ryan Truchelut19:10, Amy Hines213
29 June 201918:31, Daniel Wiedeman21:18, Meg Ogle183
26 June 202117:07, Brock Granberg21:12, Liliana Lewis111
25 June 202217:17, Chris O'Kelley18:35, Katie Sherron159
24 June 202317:13, Tyler Godwin20:32, Megan Churchill182


Top ten men's times, Paul Hoover Freedom 5K
TimeAthleteYear
16:32Justin Keefe2017
17:07Brock Granberg2021
17:13Tyler Godwin2023
17:17Chris O'Kelley2022
17:29Henry Lewis2023
17:33Stanley Linton2013
17:36Zach Deveau2015
17:36Leonardo Canete2023
17:48Wright Calhoun2016
17:59Leonardo Canete2022
18:04Leonardo Canete2021
        
Top ten women's times, Paul Hoover Freedom 5K
TimeAthleteYear
18:35Katie Sherron2022
19:10Amy Hines2018
19:51Katie Sherron2015
20:00Madison Harris2016
20:12Madison Harris2014
20:32Megan Churchill2023
20:56Brittney Skiles2016
21:07Renee Cox2014
21:11Alli Hay2016
21:12Madison Harris2013
21:12Liliana Lewis2021

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Sunday, June 26, 2022

Chris O'Kelley and Katie Sherron ran great on the gravel at the Freedom 5K

South of Tallahassee, Florida at Wakulla Springs State Park, there was a break in the summer heat on Saturday morning, 25 June 2022. Blame it on overnight rain. Whatever the reasons, Chris O'Kelley took advantage of the slightly less toasty weather to throw down a 17:17, winning the Wakulla High Cross-Country Boosters' ninth annual Paul Hoover Freedom 5K. Dr. Katie Sherron was the first woman in the race, placing fourth overall in 18:35.


Leonardo Canete had run the race in 2021; he took the lead shortly after the start in 2022. Chris O'Kelley had never run the race before; he passed Canete about half a mile into the run. O'Kelley, seeing the course for the first time, wasn't aware that most of the race was out-and-back on a two-rut gravel road leading to Cherokee Sink.


"I thought it was going to go out onto the Ultra course [State Road 61] when we first started, which would’ve been a little better footing," recalled O'Kelley. "But I enjoyed the trail more than I would’ve enjoyed the road."


O'Kelley also enjoyed leading for four kilometers, crossing the finish line in a winning 17:17--the third fastest time ever recorded on the rugged course. Canete was the first master runner in the race, taking second overall in 17:59. Henry Lewis, an incoming frosh on the Wakulla High cross-country team, ran 18:34 for third.


At 18:35, master runner Katie Sherron was just a couple of steps behind Lewis at the finish line.


"Henry pushed me the whole way," commented Sherron. "Sadly, I was outkicked."


Outkicked she may have been, but her 18:35 was still the fastest time ever run by a woman on the course. The previous best was a 19:10 run by Amy Hines in the 2018 race; Sherron bettered that by over half a minute. In 2015, Sherron had become the first woman to break 20:00 in the Freedom 5K. Her 2022 performance made her the first woman to crack 19:00 in the race.


Isabella Laughton was second in the women's standings, coming in seventeenth overall in 21:22. Laughton is a rising sophomore on the Wakulla High cross-country team. Master runner Laura Reina edged Analecia Ferrell and Lana Hawkins for third in the women's division--Reina 31st overall in 23:52, Ferrell second in 23:52, and Hawkins 33rd in 23:54. Ferrell and Hawkins both run cross-country for Wakulla High, where Ferrell is about to start her junior year and Hawkins her sophomore year.


159 athletes finished the Wakulla High Cross-Country Boosters' ninth annual Paul Hoover Freedom 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2022 Freedom 5K
  1. 17:17, Chris O'Kelley (M, 29)
  2. 17:59, Leonardo Canete (M, 43)
  3. 18:34, Henry Lewis (M, 15) Wakulla HS
  4. 18:41, Mickey Moore (M, 52)
  5. 19:13, Ryan Truchelut (M, 36)
  6. 19:50, Joseph Wiedeman (M, 17) Wakulla HS
  7. 20:01, Trace Giles (M, 17) Wakulla HS
  8. 20:04, Isaac Peck (M, 17) Wakulla HS
  9. 20:10, Danny Neustadter (M, 18)
  10. 20:15, Andrew Nix (M, 17) Wakulla HS

Top Ten Women, 2022 Freedom 5K
  1. 18:35, Katie Sherron (F, 40)
  2. 21:22, Isabella Laughton (F, 14) Wakulla HS
  3. 23:52, Laura Reina (F, 57)
  4. 23:52, Analecia Ferrell (F, 17) Wakulla HS
  5. 23:54, Lana Hawkins (F, 15) Wakulla HS
  6. 24:18, Savannah Stanley (F, 13) Montford MS
  7. 24:35, Clara Alford (F, 18)
  8. 24:39, Elizabeth Blitch (F, 18)
  9. 25:00, Emily Smith (F, 37)
  10. 25:00, Angela Dempsey (F, 53)

Paul Hoover Freedom 5K winners, 2013 - 2022
DateMenWomenFinishers
29 June 201317:33, Stanley Linton21:12, Madison Harris107
28 June 201419:23, Reikan Lin20:12, Madison Harris82
27 June 201517:36, Zack DeVeau19:51, Katie Sherron173
25 June 201617:48, Wright Calhoun20:00, Madison Harris138
24 June 201716:32, Justin Keefe21:52, Haleigh Martin183
30 June 201818:21, Ryan Truchelut19:10, Amy Hines213
29 June 201918:31, Daniel Wiedeman21:18, Meg Ogle183
26 June 202117:07, Brock Granberg21:12, Liliana Lewis111
25 June 202217:17, Chris O'Kelley18:35, Katie Sherron159


Top ten men's times, Paul Hoover Freedom 5K
TimeAthleteYear
16:32Justin Keefe2017
17:07Brock Granberg2021
17:17Chris O'Kelley2022
17:33Stanley Linton2013
17:36Zach Deveau2015
17:48Wright Calhoun2016
17:59Leonardo Canete2022
18:04Leonardo Canete2021
18:12Dan Baur2016
18:19Brian Griffith2013
        
Top ten women's times, Paul Hoover Freedom 5K
TimeAthleteYear
18:35Katie Sherron2022
19:10Amy Hines2018
19:51Katie Sherron2015
20:00Madison Harris2016
20:12Madison Harris2014
20:56Brittney Skiles2016
21:07Renee Cox2014
21:11Alli Hay2016
21:12Madison Harris2013
21:12Liliana Lewis2021

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Sunday, June 27, 2021

Brock Granberg and Liliana Lewis roll at a rocky Freedom 5K

Back in Boulder, Colorado, Brock Granberg wrestled for Fairview High, recording a 31-7 record his senior year. Granberg also ran cross-country for Fairview, leading his team to fifth-place in the 2019 Colorado State Championships while running sub-17:00 for 5K on a course 6,000 feet above sea level. It was that distance running skill that was on display at Wakulla Springs, Florida on Saturday, 26 June 2021. That morning, Granberg won the eighth annual Paul Hoover Freedom 5K by nearly a minute, running 17:07. Liliana Lewis, a rising sophomore on the Wakulla High cross-country team, was first in the women's standings with a 21:12, coming in twentieth overall.

Brock Granberg

The Freedom 5K doesn't meet everyone's definition of cross-country, but it certainly meets someon's definition of cross-country. After starting on pavement in Wakulla Springs State Park, the course takes the runners into the forest on a two-rut road, heading for Cherokee Sink. After making a loop around the Sink near the halfway point of the race, the runners return the way they came. In the first years of the race, the road was characterized by the deep sand of Wakulla County. More recently, the road has been covered with gravel.


"The gravel made it difficult, but it was a good course," said Granberg.

Leonardo Canete

As the winner, he had every reason to like the route. Granberg was already leading the field entering the forest, and he only got farther ahead during the trip to Cherokee Sink and back. His winning 17:07 was the second-fastest mark recorded at the Freedom 5K during the eight-year history of the race.


Tallahassee, Florida master runner Leonardo Canete placed runner-up to Granberg, running 18:04. In the closing stages of the race, Jaden Callaghan ran down Mickey Moore to take third, 18:39 to 18:45. Callaghan is a rising junior on the Wakulla High cross-country team and Moore is a Tallahassee master runner.

Liliana Lewis

Callaghan was one of several Wakulla harriers in the race; the Freedom 5K is hosted by the Wakulla High cross-country team as a fund-raiser for the program. Liliana Lewis, the women's winner at 21:12, was another Wakulla Eagle in the race. Isabella Laughton, second in the women's division, is a future Eagle. Just out of the eighth grade at Wakulla Middle School, Laughton ran 21:56 in the Freedom 5K. Elizabeth Blitch and Marina Whitsell, each anticipating her senior year cross-country season at Wakulla, came in a few steps apart at 22:02 and 22:04, the third and fourth women in the race. Corrine Porcher was the first woman master and fifth female finisher, 38th overall in 24:40.


111 athletes finished the 2021 Paul Hoover Freedom 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip-timed the race.

Isabella Laughton

Top Ten Men, 2021 Freedom 5K
  1. 17:07, Brock Granberg (M, 21)
  2. 18:04, Leonardo Canete (M, 42)
  3. 18:39, Jaden Callaghan (M, 16)
  4. 18:45, Mickey Moore (M, 51)
  5. 18:51, Christian Minor (M, 35)
  6. 19:22, Logan Kilpatrick (M, 17)
  7. 19:24, Tripp Pitts (M, 17)
  8. 19:29, Josiah Friddle (M, 13)
  9. 19:34, Daniel Wiedeman (M, 19)
  10. 19:45, Joseph Wiedeman (M, 16)

Top Ten Women, 2021 Freedom 5K
  1. 21:12, Liliana Lewis (F, 14)
  2. 21:56, Isabella Laughton (F, 13)
  3. 22:02, Lizzie Blitch (F, 17)
  4. 22:04, Marina Whitsell (F, 17)
  5. 24:40, Corinne Porcher (F, 52)
  6. 25:32, Ashlyn Speigner (F, 17)
  7. 25:44, Cora Atkinson (F, 27)
  8. 26:35, Trista Heffren (F, 16)
  9. 26:52, Analecia Ferrell (F, 16)
  10. 26:54, Melissa Martin (F, 47)

Paul Hoover Freedom 5K winners, 2013 - 2021
DateMenWomenFinishers
29 June 201317:33, Stanley Linton21:12, Madison Harris107
28 June 201419:23, Reikan Lin20:12, Madison Harris82
27 June 201517:36, Zack DeVeau19:51, Katie Sherron173
25 June 201617:48, Wright Calhoun20:00, Madison Harris138
24 June 201716:32, Justin Keefe21:52, Haleigh Martin183
30 June 201818:21, Ryan Truchelut19:10, Amy Hines213
29 June 201918:31, Daniel Wiedeman21:18, Meg Ogle183
26 June 202117:07, Brock Granberg21:12, Liliana Lewis111


Top ten men's times, Paul Hoover Freedom 5K
TimeAthleteYear
16:32Justin Keefe2017
17:07Brock Granberg2021
17:33Stanley Linton2013
17:36Zach Deveau2015
17:48Wright Calhoun2016
18:04Leonardo Canete2021
18:12Dan Baur2016
18:19Brian Griffith2013
18:21Ryan Truchelut2018
18:27Michael Martinez2015
        
Top ten women's times, Paul Hoover Freedom 5K
TimeAthleteYear
19:10Amy Hines2018
19:51Katie Sherron2015
20:00Madison Harris2016
20:12Madison Harris2014
20:56Brittney Skiles2016
21:07Renee Cox2014
21:11Alli Hay2016
21:12Madison Harris2013
21:12Liliana Lewis2021
21:18Meg Ogle2019

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Monday, December 16, 2019

Jack McDermott goes a long way to get another Tallahassee Ultra-Distance Classic title

In Florida, the longest distance contested in high school track and field is the 3200-meter run. Just short of two miles, the 3200 is eight laps around a standard high school track. The longest race at Gulf Winds Track Club's 39th annual Tallahassee Ultra-Distance Classic was also eight laps. The laps were a bit longer than your typical track, though. The lap at the Ultra was ten kilometers, a bit more than six miles around Wakulla Spring State Park, south of Tallahassee, Florida. The race on Saturday morning, 14 December 2019, was fifty miles, and Tallahassee master runner Jack McDermott won it with a 6:32:27 performance. Rae Ann Darling Reed, a master runner from Bradenton, Florida, was the first woman in the long run, clocking 8:04:03.

Jack McDermott
Jack McDermott

There's not enough pavement in Wakulla Springs State Park for the whole ten-kilometer loop, so much of it is run on a stretch of Highway 61, Wakulla Springs Road. Hills aren't an issue on the flat loop, but the long, straight stretches on the highway can be mentally taxing.


"I couldn't face another two laps on that course," said one runner, who dropped out after going fifty kilometers.

Rae Ann Darling Reed
Rae Ann Darling Reed

McDermott may not find the big laps easy, but he is used to them. He placed second in the 50-mile event at the 2018 Ultra, and won it in 2007. Another Tallahassee athlete, Thomas Parker, also endured the full eight laps, taking second to McDermott in 6:44:28. Gainesville, Florida's Joel Rich, the defending champion in the race, was third in 6:48:19. Mark Tombrink, the 2015 winner, placed fourth in 7:40:36.


Shae Merritt of Ocala, Florida was the second woman in the 50-miler, finishing tenth overall in 9:45:08. Jefferson, Georgia master runner Charity Love was the third female finisher and eleventh overall in 9:54:06.

Kevin Randolph
Kevin Randolph

Other than the 50-mile race, the Tallahassee Ultra-Distance Classic also included a 50 kilometer and a marathon-length event. Master runner Kevin Randolph of Locust Grove, Georgia, won the 50K in 4:08:30. Emily Collins was less than half a minute behind him in 4:08:57--almost a dead heat in a race of that length. Second overall, Akron, Ohio's Collins was the first woman in the race.


Tallahassee master runner Marci Gray was the second woman in the 50K, placing third overall in 4:23:11. Laura Reina, another Tallahassee master runner, was the third woman and fourth overall in 4:28:31.

Emily Collins
Emily Collins

Will Hanley of Tallahassee was runner-up in the men's standings, placing fifth overall in 4:38:58. Jacksonville, Florida's Eric Chiotti was the third male and eleventh overall in 5:16:58.


It's a rare event where the marathon is the shortest race on the program, but that was the case at the Tallahassee Ultra-Distance Classic. Because of an error on the course, the runners didn't go a regulation 26.2 miles, but they did go a long way. Tallahassee master runner Fanxiu Zhu finished first, running 3:21:37. Florida State University graduate student Alyssa Moore was the first woman in the race, second overall in 3:24:03. Just behind Moore in 3:24:26, Jamila Allen was the second woman and third overall in the marathon.

Fanxiu Zhu
Fanxiu Zhu

Tallahassee master runner Carter Hay was the second male finisher and fourth overall in 3:27:28. Blountstown, Florida's Thomas Howell placed third in the men's standings and fifth overall in 3:33:43.


Michelle Hadden of Tallahassee was the third woman and seventh overall in 3:44:19. Birgit Maier-Katkin of Tallahassee was the first woman master in the marathon, the fourth female finisher and eleventh overall in 3:59:57.

Alyssa Moore
Alyssa Moore

Twelve athletes finished the 50 miler, 54 the 50K, and 31 the marathon at the 2019 Tallahassee Ultra-Distance Classic. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the races.


2019 Tallahassee Ultra-Distance Classic 50 Mile
  1. 6:32:27, Jack McDermott (M, 50) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 6:44:28, Thomas Parker (M, 37) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 6:48:19, Joel Rich (M, 50) Gainesville, FL
  4. 7:40:36, Mark Tombrink (M, 32) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 7:57:12, John Baughman (M, 42) Tallahassee, FL
  6. 8:04:03, Rae Ann Darling Reed (F, 46) Bradenton, FL
  7. 8:37:39, Tom Duff (M, 31) Ocala, FL
  8. 8:49:28, Patrick Traynor (M, 39) Gainesville, FL
  9. 9:29:32, Warren Clifton (M, 46) Lynn Haven, FL
  10. 9:45:08, Shae Merritt (F, 32) Ocala, FL
  11. 9:54:06, Charity Love (F, 42) Jefferson, GA
  12. 9:56:47, Christian Marti (M, 67) Zurich, CHE

2019 Tallahassee Ultra-Distance Classic 50 Km
  1. * 4:02:13, Bryan Gensits (M, 25) Fogelsville, PA
  2. 4:08:30, Kevin Randolph (M, 43) Locust Grove, GA
  3. 4:08:57, Emily Collins (F, 40) Akron, OH
  4. 4:23:11, Marci Gray (F, 45) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 4:28:31, Laura Reina (F, 55) Tallahassee, FL
  6. * 4:36:52, Ettore Aldrovandi (M, 58) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 4:38:58, Will Hanley (M, 45) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 4:46:37, Lourena Maxwell (F, 45) Tallahassee, FL
  9. * 4:53:38, Nancy Stedman (F, 57) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 4:54:00, Monica Toth (F, 31) Tallahassee, FL
  11. 5:04:05, Annie Randolph (F, 36) Jackson, GA
  12. 5:08:08, Cecilia Bouaichi (F, 24) Tallahassee, FL
  13. 5:09:52, Sue Cottrill (F, 57) Lynn Haven, FL
  14. 5:16:58, Eric Chiotti (M, 22) Jacksonville, FL
  15. 5:32:21, Juan Hincapie Castillo (M, 29) Gainesville, FL
  16. 5:35:34, Tatiana Orozco (F, 33) Gainesville, FL
  17. 5:36:54, Jake Shanahan (M, 36) Tallahassee, FL
  18. * 5:40:53, Ralf Luther (M, 51) Saint James, BRB
  19. 5:40:56, Heidi Vega (F, 19) Pensacola, FL
  20. 5:43:17, Sandee Richards (F, 56) Bolton, MA
  21. * 5:47:23, Juan Zepeda (M, 43) Tallahassee, FL
  22. 5:49:38, Nicole Benson (F, 41) Tallahassee, FL
  23. 5:51:08, Thomas Carney (M, 60) Tallahassee, FL
  24. 5:57:22, Carlos Zapata (M, 74) Tallahassee, FL
  25. 6:08:37, Jennie Merchant (F, 28) Tallahassee, FL
  26. 6:13:11, Terrence Fisher (M, 47) Tallahassee, FL
  27. 6:15:02, Bud Fennema (M, 64) Tallahassee, FL
  28. 6:17:46, Michael Flanigan (M, 50) Tallahassee, FL
  29. 6:19:31, Jairan Duke (F, 44) Gulf Breeze, FL
  30. 6:22:12, Betsy Miller (F, 41) Tallahassee, FL
  31. 6:24:41, Kyle Steele (M, 29) Tallahassee, FL
  32. 6:26:38, Dalton Gray (M, 19) Woodville, FL
  33. 6:29:34, Jeff Picker (M, 57) Tallahassee, FL
  34. * 6:30:05, Rick Mann (M, 60) Jacksonville Beach, FL
  35. * 6:30:13, Theresa Mann (F, 59) Jax Beach, FL
  36. * 6:31:10, Terra Turner (F, 45) Rockmart, GA
  37. 6:33:57, Mark Hayes (M, 59) Tallahassee, FL
  38. 6:37:30, Kimberly Krapcha (F, 37) Pensacola, FL
  39. 6:39:06, Ben Hall (M, 43) Blountstown, FL
  40. 6:39:06, John Marc Tomlinson (M, 42) Blountstown, FL
  41. * 6:43:39, CJ Pisano (F, 32) Palm Beach Gardens, FL
  42. 6:50:22, Terri Martin (F, 52) Bradenton, FL
  43. 6:54:26, Tim Mullican (M, 59) Mitchell, SD
  44. 6:54:44, William Hillison (M, 75) Tallahassee, FL
  45. 6:54:45, Matt Minno (M, 60) Tallahassee, FL
  46. * 6:58:11, Trixie Smith (M, 40) Crawfordville, FL
  47. * 6:58:11, Keith Haskins (M, 37) Tallahassee, FL
  48. 7:15:40, Emma Custis (F, 19) Orlando, FL
  49. 7:17:10, Keith Berry (M, 63) Tallahassee, FL
  50. 7:26:21, Vicki Sue Merry (F, 62) Cantonment, FL
  51. 7:58:30, Kathleen Wheeler (F, 58) Tampa, FL
  52. 8:10:05, Michelle Regn (F, 57) Honolulu, HI
  53. 8:31:17, George Maxwell (M, 69) Indialantic, FL
  54. * 8:37:12, Dana Stetson (M, 63) Tallahassee, FL

2019 Tallahassee Ultra-Distance Classic Marathon
  1. 3:21:37, Fanxiu Zhu (M, 51) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 3:24:03, Alyssa Moore (F, 25) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 3:24:26, Jamila Allen (F, 30) Tallahassee, FL
  4. 3:27:28, Carter Hay (M, 48) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 3:33:43, Thomas Howell (M, 23) Blountstown, FL
  6. 3:38:40, Hal Davis (M, 63) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 3:44:19, Michelle Hadden (F, 30) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 3:48:21, Sean Landeta (M, 30) Thomasville, GA
  9. 3:49:59, Garrett Shost (M, 21) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 3:55:36, Jim Dobson (M, 69) Helsinki, FL
  11. 3:59:57, Birgit Maier-Katkin (F, 57) Tallahassee, FL
  12. 4:08:12, Eric Schulz (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
  13. 4:13:04, Aria Delmar (F, 20) Tallahassee, FL
  14. 4:13:44, Brad Layland (M, 47) Saint Augustine, FL
  15. 4:20:26, Mary Monesar (F, 24) West Palm Beach, FL
  16. 4:38:40, Denise Howard (F, 42) Tallahassee, FL
  17. 4:38:47, Donica Williams (F, 40) Cairo, GA
  18. 4:45:28, Alan Chen (M, 32) Tallahassee, FL
  19. 4:48:29, Kati-Morgan Hathcock (F, 30) Eastpoint, FL
  20. 4:52:59, Patrick Bateman (M, 32) Tallahassee, FL
  21. 5:00:47, Michelle Butler (F, 36) Tallahassee, FL
  22. 5:38:44, Ursula Marti (F, 68) Zurich, CHE
  23. 5:44:09, Alex Magnuson (M, 32) Enterprise, AL
  24. 5:47:47, Stephen Gensits (M, 64) Tallahassee, FL
  25. 6:09:10, Donald Vanoteghem (M, 65) Leesburg, GA
  26. 6:35:17, Edward Del Favero (M, 62) Saint Petersburg, FL
  27. 6:50:06, Christy Clifton (F, 47) Lynn Haven, FL
  28. 7:26:36, James Reeve (M, 77) Celebration, FL
  29. 7:33:40, Mellody Hughes (F, 56) Defuniak Springs, FL
  30. 7:34:07, Kiersten Smith (F, 31) Tallahassee, FL
  31. 9:57:43, Elana Rich (F, 49) Gainesville, FL

Tallahassee Ultra-Distance Classic winners, 1980 - 2019
DateDistanceMenWomenFinishers
13 December 198050 Mile6:27:05, Dave SheffieldNo female finishers9
9 January 1982100 km8:57:57, John HesselbartNo female finishers2
50 Mile5:39:43, Kenneth Lord8:15:45, Rosemary Desloge9
11 December 198250 Mile5:14:40, Frank Bozanich10:47:54, Lydi Pallares16
50 km2:51:53, Barney Klecker3:56:13, Kathe Brookover18
10 December 1983100 km7:31:01, Rick Alderfer10:34:29, Melissa Uchitelle21
50 km2:53:45, Barney Klecker3:13:51, Janis Klecker48
15 December 1984100 km7:19:53, Steve Warshawer9:43:03, Vicki Johnson18
50 km3:25:29, John Cantwell3:53:05, Donna Miller40
14 December 1985100 Mile14:57:26, Ray Krolewicz15:12:54, Sandra Kiddy2
100 km7:29:05, Richard Westbrook10:58:31, Joan Baker16
50 km3:21:04, Ron L. Crawford4:15:13, Mae Cleveland42
13 December 1986100 km7:47:00, Steve WarshawerNo female finishers12
50 km3:09:25, Mark Dorion4:19:28, Mae Cleveland54
12 December 1987100 km8:19:20, Richard Schick9:02:52, Sue Ellen Trapp15
50 km3:06:52, John Devine4:19:23, Mary Hanudel38
10 December 1988100 km7:58:03, Richard Schick11:55:07, Pam Duke24
50 km3:21:46, Tom Burr4:06:39, Shelley Tyler60
9 December 1989100 km7:21:20, Rick ClarkNo female finishers13
50 km3:24:30, Joe Burgasser3:44:21 28, Paula Johnson37
1990No Race Held
14 December 1991100 km9:01:14, Gordy HawkinsNo female finishers4
50 km3:40:25, Thomas Buchanan3:57:11, Paula Johnson14
12 December 1992100 km9:09:00, Gordy HawkinsNo female finishers4
50 km3:43:38, Bill Hillison11:27:08, Peggy Lanier9
11 December 199350 Mile6:22:08, Richard Schick8:59:19, Peggy Lanier12
50 km3:44:12, Bill Hillison5:22:17, Delia Brewster12
10 December 199450 Mile6:55:40, Gordy HawkinsNo female finishers11
50 km2:54:11, John Viltanen3:50:00, Paula Johnson31
9 December 199550 Mile7:19:35, Gordy HawkinsNo female finishers5
50 km3:36:48, David Yon3:57:21, Carrie Weyant21
14 December 199680 km6:54:01, Ray KrolewiczNo female finishers8
50 km3:42:29, Bill Hillison4:04:17, Paula Johnson16
13 December 199750 Mile7:33:37, Gordy Hawkins9:03:46, Kathleen Wheeler9
50 km3:54:00, Bill Hillison4:10:55, Kari Larsen14
12 December 199850 Mile6:28:19, David Allison9:22:57, Peggy Lanier13
50 km3:44:58, Scott Ludwig3:46:25, Jane Johnson36
11 December 199950 Mile5:57:32, Michael Peck6:38:02, Nancy Drach20
50 km3:49:06, Bill Hillison4:51:00, Kathleen Daumer9
9 December 200050 Mile8:06:14, Gary Griffin7:07:11, Nancy Drach8
50 km3:52:44, Dave Drach4:29:56, Kristen Hooper15
8 December 200150 Mile7:35:27, Dana Stetson7:41:24, Linda Mason8
50 km3:35:11, Tim Lee3:57:03, Kelly Murzynsky26
14 December 200250 Mile6:54:21, Pete HendricksonNo female finishers8
50 km3:51:46, Bill Hillison4:30:57, Sandy Powell30
13 December 200350 Mile7:11:53, Fred Johnson9:56:26, Kathleen Wheeler15
50 km3:51:58, Bill Hillison7:11:58, Susan Boardman15
11 December 200450 Mile5:24:45, Chad Ricklefs8:41:40, Ann Burke11
50 km3:50:10, Bill Hillison4:03:10, Kelly Murzynsky21
10 December 200550 Mile7:41:53, Mitsuhito Tsuchida7:23:14, Linda Mason9
50 km3:55:07, Fred Johnson4:38:07, Joan Messick25
9 December 200650 Mile7:17:49, Blaine Broadbridge7:30:37, Amy Costa12
50 km3:18:55, Colin Deasy4:43:14, Susan Lance18
8 December 200750 Mile6:41:23, Jack McDermott7:21:47, Amy Costa13
50 km3:30:25, Thierry Asselin4:44:39, Olivia Swedberg29
13 December 200850 Mile6:48:14, Dann Fisher8:50:31, Ann Burke17
50 km3:36:01, Jack McDermott4:52:44, Kirsten Baggett33
12 December 200950 Mile6:48:43, Dann Fisher7:58:10, Susan Lance7
50 km3:43:22, Jon Williams4:05:40, Jane Johnson53
11 December 201050 Mile6:26:07, Dann Fisher7:33:52, Amy Costa15
50 km3:28:17, Cameron Wheeler3:39:53, Allison Eagen48
10 December 201150 Mile6:18:45, Sung Ho Choi7:39:09, Amy Costa17
50 km3:39:47, Pete Kaplan4:14:19, Kristien Cox66
8 December 201250 Mile6:34:53, Ferit Toska8:16:09, Chrissy Coutts18
50 km3:44:50, John Robida4:09:08, Ruth Levy66
14 December 201350 Mile6:45:12, Ferit Toska7:03:01, Madeleine Zolfo14
50 km3:41:28, Daniel Nix4:19:43, Katie Sherron66
13 December 201450 Mile6:52:08, Ferit Toska7:17:59, Madeleine Zolfo11
50 km3:52:56, Jack McDermott4:45:54, Jennifer Shafer59
12 December 201550 Mile6:50:50, Mark Tombrink8:29:05, Holly Bohensky12
50 km3:25:21, Charlie Johnson4:28:51, Laura McDermott70
10 December 201650 Mile5:52:57, Gary Gellin7:38:20, Sheryl Rosen9
50 km3:50:17, Dan Nix4:39:55, Emma Spencer41
9 December 201750 Mile7:28:37, Peter Strickland8:01:14, Jamie Cooper12
50 km3:38:23, Thomas Dever4:15:24, Kat Sack45
8 December 201850 Mile6:37:22, Joel Rich7:32:59, Shana Ryberg Pearsons15
50 km3:39:50, Thomas Dever4:59:58, Darcy Brinkmann54
Marathon3:14:23, Elvis Maradzike3:35:18, Laura Reina20
14 December 201950 Mile6:32:27, Jack McDermott8:04:03, Rae Ann Darling Reed12
50 km4:08:30, Kevin Randolph4:08:57, Emily Collins54
Marathon3:21:37, Fanxiu Zhu3:24:03, Alyssa Moore31


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Saturday, June 29, 2019

Harriers Daniel Wiedeman and Meg Ogle run away with the Paul Hoover 5K

Daniel Wiedeman wasn't at the award presentations for the seventh annual Paul Hoover Freedom 5K. A rising senior on the Wakulla High cross-country team, Wiedeman had disappeared shortly after finishing the race. He was out running. Eventually he returned, at a trot.


"That was four extra miles," said Wiedeman.

Daniel Wiedeman
Daniel Wiedeman

Mileage like that goes some way toward explaining why it was Wiedeman who won the 3.1-mile race that Saturday morning, 29 June 2019, running 18:31. Dr. Meg Ogle took the women's title, placing fifteenth overall in 21:18


Since 2013, the Freedom Run 5K has been contested each year on the last Saturday in June at Wakulla Springs State Park, south of Tallahassee, Florida. After the tragic death of Wakulla High cross-country coach Paul Hoover in 2017, his name was added to the race. Some of the athletes Hoover had coached were among the early leaders of the 2019 race, including Daniel Wiedeman.

2019 Freedom 5K
Awaiting the start

"I started out with Scott Lloyd and Dalton Gray and Travis Parks," said Wiedeman. "Travis led us through two miles. With half a mile left, I had to go."


"It was less than half a mile," said Park, who currently runs for the Truett McConnell University Bears. "I was gaining on him a little on the last stretch."


Wiedeman finished with a 50-meter lead, first in 18:31. Parks took second in 18:42. Stephen Votaw, another rising senior on the Wakulla High team, was third in 18:52. Michael Martinez was the first master runner in the race, fourth overall in 19:06.

Travis Parks
Travis Parks

"I've run this race every year I've been in high school and one or two years before that," said Wiedeman.


Wiedeman has in fact raced the Freedom Run four times in the last five years, tallying two top-ten finishes in addition to his 2019 win. He has run the race in rain and shine. In past years he ran it on soft sand. This year he ran it on gravel, newly added to the course by Wakulla Springs State Park.


"The gravel was a lot nicer than the sand," said Wiedeman.

Meg Ogle
Meg Ogle

The Freedom Run behind him, Wiedeman will be headed into his final cross-country season for Wakulla High. Meg Ogle, the women's champ, also has a cross-country background.


"I ran in college and high school," said Ogle. "The University of Rochester in upstate New York."


However, it was Ogle's high school jersey that she was wearing at the Freedom Run 5K, racing in the colors of the Kittatinny Regional High cross-country team. Ogle did those colors proud that morning, winning the women's division of the five-kilometer race by more than half a kilometer with a 21:18. Emily Smith was second in the women's standings and 27th overall in 23:30. Lilliana Lewis edged Tirzah Votaw for the third woman's spot, 24:16 to 24:17. Lewis and Votaw placed 32nd and 33rd overall. Paula O'Neill was the first woman master and fifth female finisher, 35th overall in 24:29.

Emily Smith
Emily Smith

183 athletes finished the 2019 Paul Hoover Memorial Freedom Run 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Freedom 5K
  1. 18:31, Daniel Wiedeman (M, 17)
  2. 18:42, Travis Parks (M, 23)
  3. 18:52, Stephen Votaw (M, 18)
  4. 19:06, Michael Martinez (M, 53)
  5. 19:24, Noah Deem (M, 12)
  6. 19:28, Tristan LaNasa (M, 26)
  7. 19:36, Dalton Gray (M, 19)
  8. 19:40, Scott Lloyd (M, 19)
  9. 19:52, Jaquez Jones (M, 16)
  10. 20:07, Simon Cole (M, 16)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Freedom 5K
  1. 21:18, Meg Ogle (F, 28)
  2. 23:30, Emily Smith (F, 34)
  3. 24:16, Lilliana Lewis (F, 12)
  4. 24:17, Tirzah Votaw (F, 17)
  5. 24:29, Paula O'Neill (F, 58)
  6. 24:54, Nina Prince (F, 17)
  7. 25:18, Maren Prince (F, 14)
  8. 25:21, Lauren Guyer (F, 12)
  9. 25:52, Camryn Deem (F, 15)
  10. 26:02, Birgit Maier-Katkin (F, 56)

Paul Hoover Freedom 5K winners, 2013 - 2019
DateMenWomenFinishers
29 June 201317:33, Stanley Linton21:12, Madison Harris107
28 June 201419:23, Reikan Lin20:12, Madison Harris82
27 June 201517:36, Zack DeVeau19:51, Katie Sherron173
25 June 201617:48, Wright Calhoun20:00, Madison Harris138
24 June 201716:32, Justin Keefe21:52, Haleigh Martin183
30 June 201818:21, Ryan Truchelut19:10, Amy Hines213
29 June 201918:31, Daniel Wiedeman21:18, Meg Ogle183


Top ten men's times, Paul Hoover Freedom 5K
TimeAthleteYear
16:32Justin Keefe2017
17:33Stanley Linton2013
17:36Zach Deveau2015
17:48Wright Calhoun2016
18:12Dan Baur2016
18:19Brian Griffith2013
18:21Ryan Truchelut2018
18:27Michael Martinez2015
18:30Travis Parks2017
18:31Daniel Wiedeman2019
      
Top ten women's times, Paul Hoover Freedom 5K
TimeAthleteYear
19:10Amy Hines2018
19:51Katie Sherron2015
20:00Madison Harris2016
20:12Madison Harris2014
20:56Brittney Skiles2016
21:07Renee Cox2014
21:11Alli Hay2016
21:12Madison Harris2013
21:18Meg Ogle2019
21:29Cora Atkinson2015

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