Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Rush Hatcher and Emily Golden win Tifton's Run For Love 5K

2024 Run For Love 5KYou'd have to think that Rush Hatcher and Russ Benton would be seeing a lot of each other during Georgia's 2024 high school cross-country season. After all, Hatcher was a junior on the Worth County High cross-country team, and Benton a junior on Tift County High's squad of harriers. But on Saturday morning, 3 August 2024, days before the season opened, Hatcher and Benton met on the roads of the Tifton, Georgia campus of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College at the 35th annual Run For Love 5K. Hatcher edged out Benton for first place, both athletes clocking 17:07. On the women's side, Emily Golden won for the ninth time, placing thirteenth overall in 19:30.


Not far behind Hatcher and Benton's duel, Brookwood School sophomore Wesley Warren took third in 17:18. The top master runner in the race was Russell Coleman, ninth overall in 18:45.


Emily Golden's Run For Love women's title was her ninth in eleven years and her third in a row. Golden had first won in 2014 as a Tift Middle Schools cross-country runner, then added more wins as a Tift County High Blue Devil, and even more as an Anderson University Trojan. This was her first Run For Love as an Anderson alum.


Melissa Luke was the first woman master in the 5K, finishing runner-up to Golden in the women's standings and twentieth overall in 21:23. Kali Nicholson, a senior year cross-country runner at Lee County High, took third in the women's division and 25th overall in 22:29.


160 athletes finished the 2024 Run For Love 5K. The races are a fundraiser for the Tift County High and Tift Middle Schools cross-country program.


Top Ten Men, 2024 Run For Love 5K
  1. 17:06.31, Rush Hatcher (M, 16)
  2. 17.06.59, Russ Benton (M, 16)
  3. 17.17.02, Wesley Warren (M, 15)
  4. 17.35.84, Canaan Ponce (M, 18)
  5. 17.38.50, Owen Davies (M, 16)
  6. 17.49.59, Sawyer McGinnis (M, 17)
  7. 18.06.80, Noah Coleman (M, 16)
  8. 18.36.31, Jaxson Hughes (M, 16)
  9. 18.44.19, Russell Coleman (M, 46)
  10. 18.54.25, Sergio Martinez (M, 19)

Top Ten Women, 2024 Run For Love 5K
  1. 19.29.28, Emily Golden (F, 23)
  2. 21.22.25, Melissa Luke (F, 42)
  3. 22.28.48, Kali Nicholson (F, 17)
  4. 23.13.58, Katherine Currie (F, 14)
  5. 23.35.95, Maria Kilheffer (F, 18)
  6. 24.55.69, Ava Wilson (F, 18)
  7. 28.13.65, Kynslee Collins (F, 13)
  8. 28.40.25, Anna Kale Miller (F, 16)
  9. 28.41.49, Lisa Dix (F, 12)
  10. 28.47.25, Bailey Brock (F, 14)

Recent Run For Love 5K Champions, 2001 - 2024
DateMenWomen
4 August 200116:57, Buddy Clark22:19, Angie P. Brandenburg
3 August 200217:00, Buddy Clark23:32, Jana Murkerson
9 August 200314:56, Alan Black19:53, Angela Cobb
14 August 200416:43, Prichard Kelly19:03, Angela Cobb
13 August 200517:21, Roberto Bonilla19:36, Angela Cobb
12 August 200617:22, Derek Storbeck17:45, Michelle Lafleur
11 August 2007William AndersonKristen Ray
9 August 200816:48, Buddy Clark20:59, Alice Smoot
8 August 200917:54, Jacob Kennedy22:48, Katie Utley
7 August 201016:29, Hunter Honeycutt21:29, Katie Utley
6 August 201117:53, Adam Ross22:28, Melissa Tronolone
4 August 201216:19, Hunter Honeycutt21:44, Madison Honeycutt
10 August 201320:07, Joshua Curry22:46, Ashlee Golden
2 August 201416:49, Hunter Honeycutt23:03, Emily Golden
1 August 201517:58, Dayton Cannon22:07, Emily Golden
13 August 201619:31, Eliud Mendoza21:29, Emily Golden
5 August 201718:31, Caleb Watson21:37, Emily Golden
4 August 201820:00, Dan Hobby20:10, Emily Golden
10 August 201918:39, Cameron Kaltschnee20:17, Emily Golden
31 October 202018:57, Jared Hammond21:58, Sidney Steele Flores
14 August 202118:55, Blair Golden22:58, Ava Wilson
6 August 202217:52, Eyan Zupko21:12, Emily Golden
5 August 202318:00, Blair Golden19:34, Emily Golden
3 August 202417:07, Rush Hatcher19:30, Emily Golden
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7 August 2024 Tallahassee 100-Mile Race Calendar

This is the Tallahassee vicinity road-race schedule for 7 August 2024. If that's more than a week ago, the latest schedule is always available via this link:


This is a listing of upcoming races within 100 miles of Tallahassee, Florida, roughly the region in the map below. If a race isn't listed, I probably haven't heard of it, so post a comment and let me know about it.
Races can be abruptly canceled or rescheduled, so if a race is farther
away than across the street, it is important to confirm that the event is
actually taking place. Be safe, and smooth trails!


10 August 2024 (Saturday) 17 August 2024 (Saturday) 24 August 2024 (Saturday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Trail Series #4, Overstreet Trail (5-1/2 miles). 8:00 AM ET. Maclay Gardens State Park, 3540 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32309. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2021 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. Series web page. Series page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. Bobby York, byorkjr@msn.com.
  • Dueling Summits Community 5K Cross-Country Race. 7:15 AM ET community 5K / 8:00 AM ET high school girls' 5K / 8:40 AM ET high school boys' 5K / 9:30 AM ET middle school girls' 3K / 10:00 AM ET middle school boys' 3K. Phipps Park (Gate B), 1775 Miller Landing Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32312. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2010 story. Event web page. Chris Sumner, lfcsumner3@aol.com
  • 18th annual Blaze The Day 5K and one-mile fun run. 7:30 AM ET 5K / 8:30 AM ET one mile. Valdosta Early College Academy, 1605 Azalea Drive, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. 2023 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. USATF-certified 5K course GA18010WC. Event page on Facebook. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • Feed Your Neighbor 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Lowndes Middle School, 2379 Copeland Road, Valdosta, Georgia 31601. Online registration at EventBrite.com
31 August 2024 (Saturday)
  • GrapesGeorgia Muscadine Festival 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET mile / 8:30 AM ET 5K. Paulk Vineyards, 1788 Satilla Road, Wray, Georgia, 31798. Event web site. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at active.com.
2 September 2024 (Monday)
  • 8th annual Bluebird Run For Brookie B 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET one mile / 8:30 AM ET 5K. J.R. Alford Greenway, 2500 Pedrick Road, Tallahassee, Florida. 2023 story. 2021 story. 2019 story. 2017 story. 2015 story. Event web site. Event page on Facebook. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. contact@bluebirdrun.com
  • 13th annual Valdosta Labor Day 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Valdosta State University Complex, 401 Baytree Road, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. 2019 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2013 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • 47th annual Macon Labor Day Road Race 10K, 5K, and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET 5K / 8:30 AM ET 10K / 10:00 AM ET one mile. 4553 Forsyth Road, Macon, Georgia. USATF certified 10K course GA12100WC. USATF certified 5K course GA12099WC. Event web page. macontracks@macontracks.org
  • Big Dog Labor Day Classic 10K. 7:30 AM ET. Headquarter Nissan, 1725 Whittlesey Road, Columbus, Georgia 31904. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
7 September 2024 (Saturday)
14 September 2024 (Saturday)
21 September 2024 (Saturday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club's 42nd annual Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET 5K women / 8:05 AM ET 5K men / 9:00 AM ET one mile. Optimist Park, East Indianhead Drive, Tallahassee, Florida. 2023 story. 2021 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. USATF certified course #FL17042TY. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. Lisa Unger, unger4122@comcast.net or 850-544-4893.
28 September 2024 (Saturday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club's 46th annual Salute to Prefontaine 5K Cross-Country Run. 8:30 AM ET. Wallwood Boy Scout Reservation, 23 Wallwood BSA Drive, Quincy, Florida 32351. 2023 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • Live Better Pink Run 5K and one-mile fun run. 7:45 AM ET Mile / 8:05 AM ET 5K. Lewis Hall Singletary Archbold Cancer Center, 918 South Broad Street, Thomasville, Georgia 31792. Event web page. Event page on Facebook.
  • 5K For The Bays and 1K Kids' Run. 8:30 AM CT 1K / 9:00 AM CT 5K. Conservation Park, 100 Conservation Drive, Panama City Beach, Florida 32413. Event web page. Event page on Facebook.
5 October 2024 (Saturday)
  • beeHahira Honeybee Festival 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Hahira Community Center, 216 Randall Street, Hahira, Georgia 31632. 2023 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. Event web page. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • 8th annual Tate's Hell And Back 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Crooked River Grill at Saint James Bay Golf Club, 151 Laughing Gull Lane, Carrabelle, Florida 32322. 2023 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. Event profile on Facebook. Event page on Facebook. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. BeLinda Wharton, bhwharton@gmail.com or 850-544-5410.
  • 14th annual Run Baby Run 5K. 8:00 AM CT. Citizens Lodge Park, 4574 Lodge Drive, Marianna, Florida 32446. 2020 story. 2017 story. Event web page. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at . pcmarianna08@gmail.com or 850-526-4673.
12 October 2024 (Saturday)
  • PineGulf Winds Track Club's 45th annual Pine Run at Tall Timbers 20K. 7:30 AM ET. Tall Timbers Research Station, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32312. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2021 story. 2019 story. 2017 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. GWTCpinerun@gmail.com or text Carter Hay (850-294-9388) or Jennifer Hay (850-294-9395).
  • TKO Fairway 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Stone Creek Golf Club, 4553 Greenway Drive, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • Tom Walker Preview 10K and 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Boulware Springs Park, 3300 SE 15th Street, Gainesville, Florida 32641. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
19 October 2024 (Saturday)
  • 9th annual Quail Trail 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Historic Pebble Hill Plantation, 1251 US Highway 319 South, Thomasville, Georgia. 2023 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. USATF certified course GA23040WC. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • Breast cancer ribbon17th annual Rejoice Run 5K and Mom's Mile (formerly Joyce's Jog). 7:30 AM ET one mile / 8:00 AM ET 5K. Historic Donalsonville Fire Station, 220 South Woolfork Avenue, Donalsonville, Georgia 39845. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2010 story. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • 47th annual Okefenokee 10K Swamp Run and one-mile fun run. 9:00 AM ET 10K / 11:00 AM ET Mile. Georgia Lions Camp for the Blind, 5626 Laura Walker Road, Waycross, Georgia 31503. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2019 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • 3rd annual Graceville Harvest Hustle 5K. 8:00 AM CT. Graceville Civic Center, 5224 Brown Street, Graceville, Florida 32440. 2023 story. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at ItsYourRace.com.
26 October 2024 (Saturday)
2 November 2024 (Saturday)
  • 14th annual Run For Your Lungs 5K. 9:30 AM ET 5K / 9:35 AM ET one mile. Lake Blackshear Resort, 2459-H US Highway 280 West, Cordele, Georgia 31015. 2018 story. Event web site. Event profile on Facebook. 2019 Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
9 November 2024 (Saturday)
10 November 2024 (Sunday)
  • Tom Walker Memorial Half-Marathon and 5K. 8:00 AM ET Half-Marathon / 8:15 AM ET 5K. Boulware Springs Park, 3300 SE 15th Street, Gainesville, Florida 32641. 2017 story. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
11 November 2024 (Monday) 16 November 2024 (Saturday)
23 November 2024 (Saturday)
28 November 2024 (Thursday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club's 48th annual Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K / 10K / 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET. State Office Satellite Complex at SouthWood, Esplanade Way, Tallahassee, Florida. 2023 story. 2019 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. USATF-certified course FL16080TY (15K). USATF-certified course FL22045JK (10K). USATF certified course FL22044JK (5K). Event web site. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. David Yon, david@radeylaw.com or 850-425-6671 or 850-668-2236.
30 November 2024 (Saturday)
7 December 2024 (Saturday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club's 48th annual Ten-Mile Challenge and Five-Mile Road Race. 8:00 AM ET. Hawks Rise Elementary School, 205 Meadow Ridge Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32312-1565. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. USATF certified courses FL22043JK (ten mile) and FL22042JK (five mile). Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
  • Florida Track Club's Jingle Bell Jog 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Haile Plantation, 3846 SW 98th Terrace, Gainesville, Florida 32608. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
14 December 2024 (Saturday) 21 December 2024 (Saturday) 28 December 2024 (Saturday)
31 December 2024 (Tuesday)
  • 6th annual New Year's Eve Ball Drop 5K. 8:00 AM CT. Frank Brown Park, 16200 Panama City Beach Parkway, Panama City Beach, Florida 32413. 2023 story. 2021 story. 2018 story. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
1 January 2025 (Wednesday)
  • Val D'Osta New Year 5K. 9:00 PM ET. Valdosta State University Complex, 401 Baytree Road, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. 2024 story. 2022 story. 2020 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. A Course/Line, LLC, acourseline@earthlink.net or 229-630-1455.
  • Florida Track Club's 10th annual Frank Shorter Road Mile. 12:00 Noon ET. H Spurgeon Cherry "Westside" Pool, 1001 NW 31st Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32605. 2024 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. USATF course certification map #FL17087TY. Event profile on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
4 January 2025 (Saturday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club's 11th annual Swamp Forest Trail Races (Three-Quarter Marathon, Half Marathon, and Quarter Marathon). 8:00 AM ET. Elinor Klapp Phipps Park, Miller Landing Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32312. 2024 story. 2020 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
11 January 2025 (Saturday) 18 January 2025 (Saturday)
  • 11th annual Half Shell Hustle 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Riverfront Park, 80 Water Street, Apalachicola, Florida 32320. 2024 story. 2022 story. 2020 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. Event web page. Online registration at WebScorer.com.
  • 4th annual FSU Panama City Torch Run 5K. 9:00 AM CT. Florida State University Panama City Campus, Panama City, Florida. 2024 story. Online registration at ItsYourRace.com.
25 January 2025 (Saturday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club's 40th annual Bowlegs 5K Run for Scholarship. 9:00 AM ET. FAMU / FSU College of Engineering, 2525 Potsdamer Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-6046. 2022 story. 2020 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. USATF certified course #FL12001EBM. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. Larry Giunipero, lgiunip@cob.fsu.edu or 850-878-5569, or Bill Hillison, bhillis@garnet.acns.fsu.edu or 850-893-4557.
1 February 2025 (Saturday)
  • 29th Dr. James H. Crowdis 5K. 9:15 AM ET. First United Methodist Church, 397 College Street, Blakely, Georgia. 2024 story. 2020 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. USATF certified 5K course GA17001WC. Event web site. Event profile on Facebook. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RaceEntry.com.
  • 3rd annual Chipola 5K Challenge. 8:00 AM CT. Chipola College Cultural Center, 3094 Indian Circle, Marianna, Florida. 2024 story. Event web page. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at ItsYourRace.com. Thomas Howell, tvhowell1@gmail.com
  • 28th annual Pensacola Double Bridge Run 15K and 5K. 7:00 AM CT 15K / 8:30 AM CT 5K. Maritime Park, 301 West Main Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502. 2015 story. USATF certified 15K course #FL08009EBM. USATF certified 5K course #FL08010EBM. Event web site. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
8 February 2025 (Saturday)
15 February 2025 (Saturday)
22 February 2025 (Saturday)
1 March 2025 (Saturday) 8 March 2025 (Saturday)
  • Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority's Azalea 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Valdosta Early College Academy, 1605 Azalea Drive, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2011 story. Event web page.
15 March 2025 (Saturday)
  • 14th annual Lucky Leprechaun 5K. 8:00 AM CT. Fort Walton Beach Landing, 139 Brooks Street SE, Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32548. 2024 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. Event profile on Facebook. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com.
16 March 2025 (Sunday)
  • Get Lucky Half Marathon 7:00 AM CT. Fort Walton Beach Landing, 139 Brooks Street SE, Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32548. Event profile on Facebook. Online registration at active.com0.
22 March 2025 (Saturday)
29 March 2025 (Saturday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club's 48th annual Springtime 10K, 5K and one-mile kids' run. 7:30 AM ET one-mile / 8:00 AM ET 10K and 5K. Florida Departemen of Transportation Building, 605 Suwannee Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32301. 2023 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. USATF-certifed course FL22011JK (10K). USATF-certifed course FL22012JK (5K). Event web site. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. springtime10k@gmail.com.
5 April 2025 (Saturday)
12 April 2025 (Saturday) 19 April 2025 (Saturday) 26 April 2025 (Saturday)
3 May 2025 (Saturday)
10 May 2025 (Saturday)
17 May 2025 (Saturday)
24 May 2025 (Saturday)
31 May 2025 (Saturday)
7 June 2025 (Saturday) 14 June 2025 (Saturday)
  • Gulf Winds Track Club's 27th annual Potluck Bash Four-Mile Cross-Country Race. 6:00 PM ET. Forestmeadows Athletic Center, 4750 North Meridian Road, Tallahassee, Florida. 2024 story. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2021 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com. David Yon, david@radeylaw.com or 850-425-6671.
  • 14th annual Break Bread Bun Run 5K. 7:30 AM ET. Valdosta YMCA, 2424 Gornto Road, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. 2024 story. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. 2012 story. 2011 story. 2010 story. Event page onFacebook Entry form and flyer. Online registration at RunSignUp. First Presbyterian Church, fpcassistant@hotmail.com or 229-242-8376.
21 June 2025 (Saturday)
28 June 2025 (Saturday)
  • Wakulla County Cross Country Boosters' 12th annual Paul Hoover Freedom 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET 5K / 8:45 AM ET one mile. Wakulla Springs State Park, 550 Wakulla Park Drive, Wakulla Springs, Florida 32327. 2024 story. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2021 story. 2019 story. 2018 story. 2017 story. 2016 story. 2015 story. 2014 story. 2013 story. Event group on Facebook. Event page on Facebook. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at EventBrite.com.
4 July 2025 (Friday)
5 July 2025 (Saturday)
  • 15th annual Big Dog Heat Wave Five Mile. 8:00 AM ET. Lake Oliver Marina, 5501 River Road, Columbus, Georgia 31904. 2024 story. 2023 story. 2022 story. 2016 story. Event page on Facebook. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
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Friday, July 26, 2024

Leonardo Canete and Averi Lewis were swift in Swamp Forest

From 2021 to 2023, Bobby York directed the Summer Trail Race Series for Tallahassee, Florida's Gulf Winds Track Club three times. In each of those three years, the Series included the Swamp Forest Trail 7K. Tallahassee master runner Leonardo Canete won two of those Swamp Forest Races. As of Saturday morning, 20 July 2024, you can add one to each of those numbers. That was the morning that Canete posted his third Swamp Forest 7K win, climbing the hills and hurdling the roots in 29:15. In that same race, Averi Lewis became a two-time Swamp Forest 7K women's champ, defending her 2023 title with a 37:17, good for thirteenth overall.

Leonardo Canete
Leonardo Canete

Leonardo Canete wasn't the only one with Trail Series wins on his resume when the athletes gathered in Tallahassee's Phipps Park for the Swamp Forest 7K, the third race in this year's series. Daniel Wurgler was also in the field, and Wurgler had outrun Canete plus over a hundred others in 2021 to win the Cadillac Trail 9K. Since then, though, Canete had finished first in nine out of thirteen Series events--and after the Swamp Forest Trail Race, ten out of fourteen. This time out, Canete took first by almost a minute, his 29:15 earning his second Series win of the 2024 season as well as his tenth all-time.


Wurgler took second in 30:10. Kyle Kraeft, making his fifteenth appearance in a Trail Series race, placed third in 31:59.

Averi Lewis
Averi Lewis

In the women's division, Averi Lewis' win was her fourth in the Summer Trail Series--Alyson Churchill and Emily Molen are the only women who have more Series race titles, with five each.


Michelle Rind placed runner-up to Lewis in the women's standings, coming in nineteenth overall in 39:44. Trail series regular Signe Ulsamer was the first woman master in the race and the third female finisher, placing 22nd overall in 40:40.

Michelle Rind
Michelle Rind

Gulf Winds Track Club's eleventh Summer Trail Race Series concludes on Saturday morning, 24 August 2024, at Maclay Gardens State Park with the Overstreet Trail 9K.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Swamp Forest 7K Trail Race
  1. 29:15, Leonardo Canete (M, 45)
  2. 30:10, Daniel Wurgler (M, 24)
  3. 31:59, Kyle Kraeft (M, 35)
  4. 32:58, Daniel Korecky (M, 39)
  5. 33:14, Mickey Moore (M, 54)
  6. 34:11, Melvin Jones (M, 44)
  7. 35:50, Gerardo Prats (M, 31)
  8. 36:05, Frank Price (M, 45)
  9. 36:18, Bob Reifinger (M, 40)
  10. 36:34, John Corlazzoli (M, 23)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2024 Swamp Forest 7K Trail Race
  1. 37:17, Averi Lewis (F, 27)
  2. 39:44, Michelle Rind (F, 29)
  3. 40:40, Signe Ulsamer (F, 46)
  4. 41:56, Kendall Meikenhous (F, 36)
  5. 42:08, Olivia Willoughby (F, 27)
  6. 42:58, Nancy Proctor (F, 63)
  7. 43:35, Kelsey Mezzina (F, 29)
  8. 43:43, Filiz Aktan-Clark (F, 40)
  9. 46:04, Nicole Balmer (F, 48)
  10. 47:14, Cyndi Cooper (F, 46)

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 4½M32:44, Jonathan Stern38:32, Megan Noonan128
July 20Swamp Forest Trail 4½M29:15, Leonardo Canete37:17, Averi Lewis89
August 24Maclay Gardens 5½M
Multiple wins by men: Leonardo Canete (10), Zach DeVeau (6), Jonathan Stern (4), Kevin Sullivan (3),
      Charn McAllister (3), Chris O'Kelley (3), Dan Baur (2), Brad Busboom (2)
Multiple wins by women: Alyson Churchill (5), Emily Molen (5), Kat Sack (4), Rachel Durbin (4), Averi Lewis (4),
      Stephanie Liles-Weyant (3), Katie Gorman (3), Clifton Lewis (3), Andi Vilardo (3), Brook Pace (2),
      Megan Noonan (2)


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