2017 Features Archives Index

Joe Dexter This year saw a new race director, move to Saturday morning and a return to the east side of highway 27. The overall winner was Amy Perry-Davis, a college student visiting from Pennsylvania, who ran 18:11. The male winner was our own GWTC’s Bob...

David Yon That’s The Tallahassee Democrat Nonprofit Volunteer Organization of the Year award, not basketball! Tommy Atkinson nominated GWTC on behalf of Gretchen Everhart School. GWTC was one of four finalists for this award.Other finalists are Leon County...

The Gulf Winds Track Club team won the trophy for "Most Miles Run" at the Leon County 2000 Relay for Life 18-hour fundraiser for cancer research, education, and patient services.The Relay for Life was held at the Leon High School track on May 12 and 13....

Tim Unger On Memorial Day morning at Eglin Air Force Base, the GWTC travel team successfully continued it's impressive string of out of town racing events. Under warm and sunny skies nearly 1500 people lined up for the 15th annual Gate to Gate 4.4 miles....

David Yon Time and time again we hear there is something special about this group of people that make up GWTC. This weekend certainly was an opportunity for the best of GWTC to shine. Friday night’s photo show and sale raised over $2200 for the Chenoweth...

GWTC members spoke with their checkbooks at the May 6, 2000 Silent Auction. Over 100 people showed up at Brent and Jane Johnson’s home on a beautiful Saturday evening. The club raised over $4,000 in donations as the long list of items for auction was...

Jay Silvanima Three of us flew into Pittsburgh last Friday and visited with family and friends for two days before running the marathon on Sunday. There were something like 6500 entrants in all races (ninety-nine in the qualifier marathon, ~2000 in the 5K,...

Mary Jean Yon Eight days at sea. Eight days of gorgeous scenery in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Eight challenging, if not treacherous, runs! I couldn't help but think of Gary Griffin's words from a Sunday run a couple of weeks before when he struck up...

David Yon Despite the bright blue skies, glaring sun and warm breezes sweeping over the 4.4-mile Gate-to-Gate Race course on Memorial Day, it appeared that this would, indeed, be GWTC’s darkest hour. Tim Unger and Lisa Dapko had been working extremely hard...

Fun Until You Finish.......First! Jim Phillips What is Adventure Racing? First thing I tell people when they ask is that its like the Eco-Challenge they see on tv but not nearly as long and without many extreme skills. If you haven’t seen it though it is a...

Gulf Winds Track Club was well represented by four athletes who took home seven gold medals and two silver medals at the Masters track and field meet of the Sunshine State Games in Gainesville July 9.Leading the charge with three gold medals was Charles...

Congratulations to Kim Batten! She is on her way to Sydney. Tallahassee resident Kim Batten finished second (54.70) in the 400 meter hurdles to secure a spot on the US Olympic team for the second straight time. Batten is the world record holder in the...

This race got on the calendar a little late, but a crowd of almost 200 showed up to run two laps around Kleman Plaza. The course starts right behind City Hall and is very spectator friendly. You can watch the start and then run to the opposite side of...

David Yon GWTC member Breeda Dennehy Willis ran the 418th fastest 5000 meter race EVER run by a woman on Saturday, August 5. Her time of 15:12.83 was good for 5th place in the Nacht van de Atletiek meet in, I think, Heusden-Zolder,Belgium. Grete Wami won...

David Yon While the US process for selecting members to its Olympic Team can be harsh (just ask Dan O’Brien, Jeff Hartwig, Michael Johnson and Maurice Green), how you make the team is, at least, clear. For Gulf Winds Track Club member Breeda...

Gary Droze leads the pack in the first heat.And the rest!Sarah rounds the corner in the second heat.Fourth heat draws heavy competition.Sixth heat spans generations.James Dexter takes the baton in the relay.Everyone's a winner!Huh?  

Ted Terry coming out of the woods. Ted was the fourth Florida High runner to finish under 18 minutes.Coach Gary Droze coming out of the woods. It is rare in any race to see Gary finish 3rd, but Gary has owned the Bash in the 90's finishing 1st eight times,...

David Yon First tough decision about traveling to the land down under is to fill in your running diary. What do you do if you run on Sunday, the 10th in Los Angeles, then get on a plane that evening at 10:00 p.m. and fly for 12 hours to Auckland, running...

Jeff Doherty The 25th annual run in the Apalachicola Forest was the finest I have ever put on in my six years of directing this race. A few weeks prior to this year’s event, Gordon and Helene visited us. The storms were very talented with the winds they...

David Yon  The Games of the XXVII Olympiad have been declared closed and the flame will now move on to Athens, Greece. And while those who had to suffer through NBC broadcasts and US news coverage may consider the games to be somehow tarnished and devoid...