The 2022 GWTC Male Runner of the Year – John Baughman
2022 Male Runner of the Year – John Baughman Presented by Mark Tombrink January 8, 2023 Please allow me to explain how our Male Runner of the Year has met the definition of the award description. How has he competed in both national and local events? First of all,...
The 2022 GWTC Female Runner of the Year – Katie Sherron (TP)
2022 GWTC Female Runner of the Year - Katie Sherron Written and presented by Tom Perkins January 8, 2023 A few years ago, at the Breakfast on the Track Mile Race, Bill Lott, Felton Wright and I were talking about starting a betting pool. A female runner had registered...
The 2022 GWTC Female Runner of the Year – Katie Sherron (MJY)
GWTC Female Runner of the Year Award - Katie Sherron Written by Mary Jean Yon In naming its Runners of the Year, Gulf Winds Track Club seeks to honor those who, besides achieving outstanding times in the past year at various distances in local, regional, and national...
The 2022 Cleveland Caldwell Advancement of the Sport Award – Elizabeth Kamerick
2022 Cleveland-Caldwell Advancement of the Sport Award - Elizabeth Kamerick Presented by Judy Alexander January 8, 2023 This award is given in recognition of those who make significant contributions to the advancement of the sport, whether through research, education...
2022 Male Triathlete of The Year – Matt Vermeer
2022 GWTC Male Triathlete of the Year – Matt Vermeer Presented by Brittany Vermeer January 8, 2023 The 2022 Male Triathlete of the Year hasn’t been a triathlete for very long- just short years, but his work ethic, commitment to the club, and what he has accomplished...

Rocket Man
Some Striders and SMIRFs say it may go down as the best SMIRF practice ever. It was the day Rocket Man came to practice. It was also Monday, July 5, and a light rain had been falling but had now stopped. On Friday, July 2, I had told the kids they could take Monday,...
ARP Hosts 2020 High School Cross Country Championships
The abbreviated 2020 high school cross county season came to a close for Florida High Schools on November 14-15. The Tallahassee Democrat's 2020 Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year is Lillian Unger. She finished 4th at the state cross country championships leading...
Junior Olympians Region 4 titles 2019 H Wills
I'm guessing that because USATF Region 4 includes three states--SouthCarolina, Georgia, and Florida--the Region 4 Junior OlympicCross-Country championship is only in Florida once every three years,and between times Georgia and South Carolina get their...
The ARP Hosts the State Championships again
Brian Miller has done an outstanding job covering high school running in Tallahassee for the Tallahassee Democrat. The Timberwolves picked up a 3rd-place finish from senior Caitlin Wilkey and a 5th-place result from senior Alyson Churchill to earn another trophy. ...
Feeling blue–Ella Porcher and Junious Brown fronted Maclay to a sweep of 1A District 2 H Wills 10-2019
There were several Big Bend Schools competing in Live Oak this morningat the 2019 1A District 2 cross-country championships. If you're tiredof reading "Maclay" and "sweep" in the same sentence, this articleoffers you no relief: "Feeling blue--Ella Porcher...