2001 Features Archives Index

By David Yon Who would have thought Ryan could eat so many pancakes? Well, actually it was his running that broke a record. Breakfast on the Track, is a mile race (and more) done the Wright way. Felton, Bonnie, Beth and Jamie Wright brought talent from...

By David Yon The weather was about as good as you could ask for on a mid-July afternoon in Dothan, Alabama as 256 runners completed the Critter Run 5K on Saturday evening. Now, please don't confuse that description with "cool" as it was still plenty hot....

Critter Run trophies (or are they just waiting for Prince Charming to return?)Mary Jean Yon (3rd Overall Female) and Bill McGuire (Male Master) took home these trophies from the Critter Run in Dothan July 21. Photo by Robert Morris

By David Yon Southern heat has a way of slowing things down; throw in a blanket of humidity and we find ourselves crawling around our familiar trails in sweat drenched cloths at paces that make the Turtle seem like the champ and the Critter to feature at...

A running and fitness class for beginners will start July 9. Julie Clark will lead the group that will meet every Monday evening, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. From July 9-September 10, the group will meet at the Myer's Park fitness trail head. From September...

The Young and the Old at US Championships By David YonQuite often the year after the Olympics track and field becomes almost invisible in the United States to all except the hard-core fans. This year, however, an eighteen-year-old former swimmer from...

By David Yon GWTC named the Chenoweth Award Winners at the fourth annual Pot Luck Bash and Open Mike Social. For the first time the race was a true prediction run and the runners earned their place by most accurately predicting their time instead of by...

(Reprinted from Bainbridge Post-Searchlight)By JOE CRINE, Sports Editor Ronnie Godwin of Bainbridge sprinted home in a time of 17:36 here Monday to win the 19th annual Memorial Hospital and Manor 5,000-meter, 3.1-mile Memorial Day Run for Health. The...

By David Yon The publication and response to Tom Brokow's The Greatest Generation, James Bradley's Flags of Our Fathers and Andrew Carroll's War Letters seem to reflect a craving in our society to reach out in the digital information revolution to connect...

By David Yon The hottest news of the week is the poll on Florida Runners.com that asks, "Who will be the top dawgette in the Florida high school scene next cross country season?" The web site lists four candidates - Our very own Kara Newell, Kara Scanlin,...

By Gary Griffin, Warning: the following story may contain an occasional historical inaccuracy; nonetheless, it is important enough to tell, even if the truth is slightly "manufactured" by the writer.Ergo, ......Tallahassee road-racing history was made...

By David Yon More high school track and field this weekend, although some of the most exciting stuff was at the FSU Twilight Meet. On Friday, Godby, led by Michael Williams, captured 14th place in the 3A state meet. Mark McCarty jumped 14 feet to finish...

GWTC member Breeda Dennehy-Willis is featured in the Runners World Online section "A brief Chat with . . ." Check it out at http://www.runnersworld.com/. Click on Daily News and scroll down until you get to the feature. Once it is moved off the main page...

Gulf Winds took home some hardware today from the Fiesta 10K in Pensacola. Bill McGuire was the Male Grandmasters winner (35:49) and Mae Cleveland was the Female Great Grandmasters winner (51:47). The GWTC Team (Tim Unger, Bill Mc Guire, Myrna Unger, Mae...

By David Yon A full weekend saw two road races (including one where a home boy did good), a regional high school meet, a state high school meet, a third place finish for a GWTC team in Pensacola, an American 10,000 meter record on the track and a...

Rose City 10K,By David Yon Sarah Docter-Williams ran the fifth best performance by a woman in Rose City history to claim her fourth (1997, 1998 and 1999) Rose City title and a dozen roses. She bested fast improving, Kate Wallace 36:22 to 37:59. Sarah also...

By David Yon Thursday was the Region 1 1A meet at FSU. Florida High and Port St. Joe dominated the meet as Florida High won the girls meet and Port St. Joe won the boys. Florida High swept the relays, winning the 4x100, 4x400 and 4x800. Of course the main...

By David Yon Breeda Dennehy-Willis went out to Mt. Sac (California), one of the premier early season track meets in the U.S. and won the women's 5,000 with a time of 15:38.91. Lee Willis rolled down south and ran a 3:50 or so 1500 in Gainesville at the...

By David Yon The ten-year winning steak for Kenyan men came to an end today as Ronnie Godwin moved past a pack of runners led by Khalid Khannouchi on Heart Break Hill and then held off a valiant effort by Bong-Ju Lee of Korea to capture the 105th Boston...

By David Yon As the temperature climbed near 80 degrees and the humidity moved to triple digits, there were a lot of groans from the 219 finishers of the 27th Annual Palace Saloon 5K. Yes, it was 100% on the weather channel this morning. Nevertheless...