February 28 & March 1, 2009
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Gasparilla Distance Classic Weekend Edition

The biggest race and party of the Tampa Bay area has come and gone. Did you run it? Did you cheer someone on the course? What do you think of the overall race experience? Did our title sponsor Publix deliver? What do you think of the new starting line location for the 15k, 5k, marathon and the half marathon? E-mail us and let us know what you think. We are continuously posting them on our website for all to see. Here is everything you are looking for from results, photos, videos and local coverage of this big race.

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Full Results

Race Recap

15k Top 10 Men

SexPl	Bib	FName	LName	City	State	Age	ChipTime	AgeGrade	Pace	Half
1	1	Ryan	Hall			26	0:43:26	94.70%	04:39.6	0:21:00
2	13	Neil	McDonagh	Pensacola	FL	27	0:47:04	87.40%	05:03.0	0:22:51
3	31	Elias	Gonzalez	Land O Lakes	FL	32	0:49:12	83.80%	05:16.7	0:23:35
4	3683	John	Flor	Davenport	FL	25	0:50:04	82.20%	05:22.3	0:23:53
5	4570	John	Sell	Due West	SC	24	0:50:48	81%	05:27.0	0:24:15
6	19887	Lee	Stephens	Plant City	FL	28	0:51:03	80.60%	05:28.6	0:25:16
7	4	Dror	Vaknin	Tampa	FL	41	0:51:20	84.80%	05:30.4	0:24:37
8	41	Eric	Hall	Tampa	FL	30	0:51:59	79.20%	05:34.6	0:25:31
9	4017	Marc	Dannis	St Petersburg	FL	32	0:52:27	78.60%	05:37.6	0:25:05
10	42	Evander	Jones	Tampa	FL	22	0:52:33	78.30%	05:38.3	0:24:37

15k Top 10 Women

SexPl	Bib	FName	LName	City	State	Age	ChipTime	AgeGrade	Pace	Half
1	21	Christa	Benton	Saint Petersburg	FL	24	0:54:42	84.50%	05:52.1	0:26:25
2	19982	Laura	Woznicki	Lakeland	FL	22	0:56:02	82.40%	06:00.7	0:27:10
3	36	Katherine	Radkewich	Orlando	FL	29	0:56:19	82%	06:02.5	0:27:06
4	25	Heather	Gollnick	Bradenton	FL	38	0:56:53	83.20%	06:06.2	0:27:06
5	2	Dana	Parrot	Tampa	FL	39	0:57:10	83.20%	06:08.0	0:27:38
6	3	Rachel	Chambers	Sarasota	FL	36	0:58:14	80.50%	06:14.8	0:28:00
7	11	Rebecca	Marsh	Lakeland	FL	30	0:58:58	78.40%	06:19.6	0:28:46
8	34	Lois	Waite	Tampa	FL	41	0:59:19	81.20%	06:21.8	0:28:41
9	12	Mary	Middlebrooks	Wesley Chapel	FL	37	0:59:49	78.70%	06:25.0	0:29:10
10	2975	Paige	Williams	Apollo Beach	FL	21	1:00:28	76.40%	06:29.2	0:29:09

15k Wheelchair

1, Joshua George, 0:31:57
2, Krige Schabort, 0:31:58
3, Tony IIniiguez, 0:31:58
4, Adam Bleakney, 0:31:59
5, Kyle Shaw, 0:32:00
6, Alexandre Dupont, 0:34:53
7, Tony Nogueira, 0:36:10
8, Diane Roy, 0:37:58
9, Chad Johnson, 0:38:27
10, Sean Eres, 0:39:27

5k Top 10 Men

SexPl	Bib	FName	LName	City	State	Age	ChipTime	AgeGrade	Pace
1	11213	Brian	McGovern	Bonita Springs	FL	27	0:15:13	84.80%	04:52.6
2	5226	Clint	Bell	Dallas	TX	29	0:15:20	84.10%	04:54.8
3	12460	Derek	Wehunt	Odessa	FL	18	0:15:36	85.50%	05:00.0
4	11467	Mark	Pepple	Gainesville	FL	29	0:15:40	82.30%	05:01.2
5	11152	Kevin	Brown	Boca Raton	FL	27	0:16:10	79.80%	05:10.8
6	5165	John	Mitchell	Valrico	FL	17	0:16:20	82.60%	05:14.1
7	12496	Jason	Knight	Orlando	FL	29	0:16:22	78.80%	05:14.7
8	12459	Daniel	Wehunt	Odessa	FL	18	0:16:25	81.20%	05:15.7
9	12466	Gilbert	Vazquez	Tampa	FL	17	0:16:34	81.50%	05:18.5
10	11367	Matt	Schwartz	Plant City	FL	16	0:16:39	82.20%	05:20.1

5k Top 10 Women

SexPl	Bib	FName	LName	City	State	Age	ChipTime	AgeGrade	Pace
1	12498	Jamie	Hord	Portland	OR	26	0:18:31	79.90%	05:56.0
2	5048	Ashley	Andress	Davie	FL	24	0:18:57	78.10%	06:04.4
3	11642	Trish	Butler	Coral Springs	FL	18	0:19:04	78.50%	06:06.6
4	5103	Bri	Gaal	Cary	NC	29	0:19:05	77.60%	06:06.9
5	5095	EMILY	HERNANDEZ	MIAMI	FL	13	0:19:14	83%	06:09.8
6	11210	Grace	VanDeGrift	Valrico	FL	15	0:19:41	78.80%	06:18.5
7	11303	Meredith	Kelly	Tallahassee	FL	23	0:19:52	74.50%	06:22.0
8	5134	tara	homick	Bradenton	FL	33	0:19:57	74.50%	06:23.6
9	5033	Lauren	Rhatigan	Ship Bottom	NJ	45	0:19:58	80%	06:23.9
10	5122	Shannon	Javaras	Palos Park	IL	34	0:20:19	73.30%	06:30.7

Marathon Top 10 Men

SexPl

Bib

FName

LName

City

State

Age

ChipTime

AgeGrade

Pace

Split1

Half

Split2

Split3

1

301

Ronnie

Holassie

Miramar

FL

37

2:27:56

84.80%

05:38.6

0:39:46

1:13:32

1:18:01

2:05:12

2

323

Chad

Byler

Rochester

NY

25

2:41:43

77.20%

06:10.2

" "

1:17:18

1:22:02

2:16:00

3

15452

ryan

Althaus

Louisville

KY

25

2:44:36

75.90%

06:16.8

0:44:48

1:22:35

1:27:27

2:19:31

4

15533

Matt

Clements

Oviedo

FL

22

2:49:59

73.50%

06:29.1

0:42:40

1:19:25

1:24:17

2:19:21

5

6391

Adam

Heath

Land O Lakes

FL

31

2:51:22

72.90%

06:32.2

0:47:01

1:26:24

1:31:31

2:24:52

6

319

Nicholas

Eugster

Minneapolis

MN

33

2:51:24

72.90%

06:32.3

0:44:48

1:22:35

1:27:27

2:23:17

7

15573

Joshua

Prevatt

Brandon

FL

24

2:51:42

72.80%

06:33.0

0:47:27

1:27:08

1:32:07

2:24:52

8

318

Robert

Strong

Fort Myers

FL

27

2:51:56

72.60%

06:33.5

0:46:53

1:26:23

1:31:30

2:25:17

9

15984

Louis

Rufo

Lutz

FL

26

2:54:36

71.50%

06:39.6

0:42:40

1:20:20

1:25:28

2:24:46

10

304

Jeremy

Davidson

Deltona

FL

33

2:56:12

70.90%

06:43.3

0:47:08

1:26:26

1:31:35

2:27:04

Marathon Top 10 Women

SexPl

Bib

FName

LName

City

State

Age

ChipTime

AgeGrade

Pace

Split1

Half

Split2

Split3

1

21473

Nina

Kraft

Clermont

FL

40

2:47:40

84.80%

06:23.8

" "

1:22:26

1:27:20

2:21:06

2

15557

Melanie

Peters

Saint Petersburg

FL

25

3:00:19

75.10%

06:52.7

" "

" "

1:32:29

2:31:13

3

16100

Shannon

Miller

Jacksonville

FL

24

3:04:10

73.50%

07:01.5

0:47:58

1:30:01

1:35:30

2:35:58

4

302

Conni

Grace

Ancramdale

NY

46

3:10:20

79.90%

07:15.7

0:50:00

1:33:39

1:39:20

2:41:06

5

14539

Madeleine

Zolfo

Treasure Island

FL

44

3:14:02

76.50%

07:24.1

0:51:10

1:36:03

1:41:50

2:44:27

6

15364

Donna

Palisca

Fayetteville

NC

31

3:16:01

69.20%

07:28.7

0:54:00

1:39:25

1:45:10

2:46:48

7

21459

Kathy

O'Neal

Plant City

FL

35

3:16:28

69.90%

07:29.7

0:55:37

1:41:18

1:47:00

2:47:25

8

305

Karen

Miles

Fort Myers

FL

55

3:22:34

84.40%

07:43.7

0:54:06

1:41:12

1:46:57

2:49:34

9

14679

Sabrina

Gibbs

New York

NY

42

3:23:30

71.30%

07:45.8

0:54:02

1:41:15

1:47:01

2:51:09

10

14981

Kristina

Brendzel

Tampa

FL

34

3:23:35

67.20%

07:46.0

0:54:03

1:40:11

1:46:11

2:50:06

Half marathon Top 10 Men

Overall	Bib	FName	LName	City	State	Age	ChipTime	Age Graded	Pace
1	16266	Richie	Cunningham	Brookline	MA	35	1:14:18	80.30%	05:40.0
2	17325	Mike	Greiwe	Cincinnati	OH	30	1:15:13	78.70%	05:44.2
3	16093	Brian	Deal	Alpharetta	GA	23	1:17:35	76.30%	05:55.0
4	16167	Doug	Butler	Melbourne	FL	45	1:17:56	82.40%	05:56.6
5	403	Nathan	Adams	Orlando	FL	28	1:18:22	75.60%	05:58.6
6	17851	John	Robida	Tallahassee	FL	28	1:19:07	74.90%	06:02.0
7	15998	Daniel	Gollins	Lutz	FL	22	1:19:29	74.50%	06:03.7
8	19485	Richard	Dudney	Daytona Beach	FL	22	1:20:11	73.90%	06:06.9
9	18425	Timothy	Stockert	New York	NY	42	1:21:28	76.90%	06:12.8
10	18141	Brandon	Dahlem	Tampa	FL	23	1:21:59	72.20%	06:15.2

Half marathon Top 10 Women

SexPl	Bib	FName	LName	City	State	Country	Age	ChipTime	Age Graded	Pace
1	409	Terri	Rejimbal	Tampa	FL		40	1:23:11	82.50%	06:20.7
2	6257	Janette	Benitez	Tlalnepantla	EM	Mexico	28	1:25:48	76.70%	06:32.6
3	16707	Sara	Strong	Fort Myers	FL		26	1:26:38	76%	06:36.4
4	19460	Beth	Schreader	Georgetown		CYM	28	1:26:38	76%	06:36.4
5	16838	Tiffany	Chartier	Fort Myers	FL		30	1:26:53	75.80%	06:37.6
6	16223	Allison	Eagen	Tallahassee	FL		29	1:28:00	74.80%	06:42.7
7	17681	Christine	Kenney	New York	NY		30	1:28:32	74.40%	06:45.1
8	431	Tami	James	Davie	FL		34	1:29:26	74.20%	06:49.3
9	15398	Tara	Homick	Bradenton	FL		33	1:31:09	72.60%	06:57.1
10	19107	Christina	Noordstar	St. Petersburg	FL		32	1:31:16	72.40%	06:57.6

 

 

Tampa Tribune/TBO.com coverage

For Rosenbergs, Gasparilla Run Is About Honor, Survival

This Pacesetter Soldiers On

A Model For All

Foundation Helps Disabled Athletes Triumph

Olympian Hall Driven By Faith

Hall Meets with Local Runners

Q&A: 2008 Olympian Ryan Hall

Millie Nuoffer's Friends Plan A Race To Remember

Dorsey Taking On Ultra Challenge

Olympic Runner Hall Wins Gasparilla 15K Run

Nike Runners Score Big In Gasparilla 5K

Back In Front, Benton Runs To Easy Win

Easy Saturday Stroll For 15k Winner Hall

Burgasser Wins Race Against Time

Miramar Man Overcomes Wind, Rain To Win Gasparilla Marathon

A Victorious End To A Difficult Day

Cunningham, Rejimbal Prevail

No One Challenges Kraft

Earthlings Running To Nowhere But Pridesville

Runners Go The Distance

Tampa Tribune Photo Gallery

 

 

St. Pete Times coverage

More than 70 physically challenged athletes will compete in Gasparilla 5K and 15K races

Tough times for defending champion in Tampa's Gasparilla Marathon

Olympian Ryan Hall wins Gasparilla 15K in warmup for Boston Marathon

Benton arrives early, finishes first

Nike employees earn 5K victories at Gasparilla Distance Classic

Holassie defends his Gasparilla Marathon title

St. Pete Times Photo Gallery - 5k & 15k

St. Pete Times Photo Gallery - Marthon & Half Marathon

 

Tampabay10.com coverage

American record set at Gasparilla 15K - video

 

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