Yeah, but Oliver, that was for 3 miles NOT 1 mile! :-) Shane Ford Sent From My iPhone Go Gators! & Skol Vikes!
On Jul 5, 2011, at 12:15 PM, "Oliver Barry" <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael Anderson was just lucky I wasn’t there, running in that race! > 15:38? Is that the best he’s got? Heh… > > Oliver Barry CRS,GRI > Real Estate Broker > Bob Parks Realty > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > Gallatin TN 37066 > Phone: 615-826-4040 > Fax: 615-822-2027 > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > > Former P.K. Yonge standout, current Gator wins fourth Melon Run title > By Cliff Olsen > Correspondent > Published: Monday, July 4, 2011 at 6:01 a.m. > Last Modified: Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 12:05 a.m. > > > About 340 runners participated in the 33rd edition of the Melon Run held at > Westside Park on Monday morning. > As in past years, the main gathering for the Gainesville area running > community featured displays of patriotism. It also offered a perfect setting > for area runners of various ages and experience levels to gather and > celebrate the Fourth of July. > For Michael Anderson, the annual three-mile race on Independence Day had a > familiar result. > The former P.K. Yonge star and current member of the Florida men's cross > country and track and field teams claimed his third consecutive Melon Run > title. He posted a time of 15:38.10. > Former Santa Fe High School standout Chris Trebilcock was second with a time > of 15:54.46, while Buchholz's Chris Godwin, The Sun's 2010 boys cross country > runner of the year as a junior, finished with a time of 16:03.54 to place > third for the second straight year. > “This was pretty much what I was expecting. I kind of didn't want it to come > down to the wire like last year,” said Anderson, who ran a Melon Run > record-time of 14:46 last year, to edge Brent Schneider by one second. “I > took the first mile pretty easy and just went with the group and then pulled > away a little bit. > “It was good to see that I still got what it takes.” > Anderson, who will be a senior for the Gators in the fall, now has four Melon > Run titles and is the only runner in the last 13 years to win the race three > straight times. > Florida Track Club President Jake Logan, who was riding the pace bike, said > Anderson made a surge at about the one and a quarter mile-mark of the course > which runs through the neighborhood next to and around Westside Park. An > FHSAA Class 1A individual state champion in cross country in 2005 and 2006 > while at P.K. Yonge, Anderson made his move at the corner of NW 34th St. and > NW 8th Ave. Logan, who is in his first year as president, said he had to move > faster because Anderson was on his tail pipe. > Garrett Westlake, a first-team all-area selection as a sophomore for P.K. > Yonge, was fourth with a time of 16:21.46. Dan Monteau, 47, was fifth overall > with a time of 16:25.46 and won the men's Masters division. Webber > International's Brandon Scott, The Sun's 2009 boys cross country runner of > the year while at Columbia, was sixth (16:27.65). Jordan Brown of P.K. Yonge > placed seventh (16:28.87), while Ryan Hundersmark of Buchholz finished eighth > (17:01.38). Both runners were first-team all-area picks as juniors last year. > Betsy Suda finished ninth overall and took home the women's title with a time > of 17:38.45. Suda, who moved to Gainesville from Newburyport, Mass., last > August, was successful in her first Melon Run appearance. > “I think it is a great way to celebrate our independence to come out and run > hard and try to win something,” said Suda, who is a graduate student at > Florida studying chemistry. “It was really nice to see some familiar faces > and to celebrate together. It was a fun thing to do before we barbecue.” > Ashley Espy placed 14th overall and was the second female to cross the finish > the line (18:22.65). Elisabeth Diamond won the female Masters division for > the second straight year with a time of 21:09.71. She has now won a total of > five Masters division titles. > Following the main race, about 40 youngsters participated in a one-mile fun > run. Regardless of where each runner placed on the day, every participant > received at least one watermelon. > “It is awesome to be able to come out and actually have some good people to > run with,” Trebilcock said. “I think it is an awesome event, because I love > watermelon too. > “To be able to give prizes in watermelon is awesome. It is always good to > come out and run.” > Logan said he was happy with the number of participants for the event. > “It was a pretty good turnout,” Logan said. “What I like to see is that we > have people from all walks of life coming together. We have Olympic hopefuls > to people making a lifestyle change to kids finishing their very first race. > We have done it just like that for 33 years now. > “It is a great way for everyone to come together to honor this community's > rich running tradition, honor this country and honor this event.” > > > > > > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
