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Come race with us in the Topsfield Cross-Country Festival in the beautiful Bradley Palmer State Park in Topsfied, Massachusetts, on October 16 (driving directions). The women run 5K at 10:00am and the men run 8K at 10:30am. Teams and individuals may register using the registration form at active.com.  The registration deadline is October 13.  There will be no post registrations. 

USATF teams may also register by completing the team registration spreadsheet and emailing it to Tom Derderian at tderderi@ix.netcom.com no later than October 12. Send separate sheets for men's and women's teams.  Send payment (a check for $90 per team made payable to GBTC) to Tom Derderian, 30 Hale Avenue, Winthrop, MA 02152.

See the July issue of the club newsletter, the Wingfoot, by editor Michelle Lang Blouin.

The club has a new tiered system of sponsorship for club athletes.

GBTC Blog

Here are the latest entries from the GBTC blog giving GBTC racing, results, and photos often posted on the day of the event by a team of club reporters.  You can also read about prior club events and news.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Teams win Cross-country Season Opener

Team leader Ted Breen started his Cross-country season today in Carlisle, MA

photo by GreaterSnap

GBTC men's and women's open teams dominated the Thomas Chamberas 6 km cross-country race on the Great Farm course in Carlisle, MA today. The team competition was lighter than last year when the race was part of the USATFNE Grand Prix.

Ted Breen led the men's team with a third place followed by Ryan Aschbrenner in 6th, Eric Mendoza, fresh back from Mexico, in 9th, Will Feldman a step behind, and Texan Dustin Barnes.

Newly wed Amelia Landberg, nee Amelia Bishop, led the women and won the race over teammate Jen Lee followed by Katie Fobert, Katie Famous, and Alissa Nelson.

Things are looking good for the teams in this long season that ends in early December with the club nationals in Charlotte, NC, however the club teams are actively seeking new racers.

Full results and photos are now available.

Labels: XC

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posted by Tom Derderian at 6:36 PM

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Women Win Bridge of Flowers with Comeback Kids

GBTC's Dan Smith being examined by race winner BAA's Brian Harvey shortly after the start of the Bridge Of Flowers 10 km in Shelburne Falls, MA on 8/14/2010.

photo by GreaterSnap

Placing 2,4,7,8,14,19, out of the top 25 in the New England Grand Prix 10km road race the GBTC women's open team dominated the competition winning the team prize by nearly 13 minutes. The win marked the comeback of Sara Donahue, 2008 Olympic marathon trials qualifier, after a foot injury, and Emily Raymond after the birth of her second baby. Anna Novick, fresh back from a summer training in Japan ensured the victory. The team now has a huge lead in the Grand Prix series for 2010 with only the 5 km and marathon to go.

The GBTC men's team that won the Bridge of Flowers 10km team prize last year (when it was not in the Grand Prix) placed 4th this year, hampered by injuries and allergies. Dan Smith, who grew up in Shelburne Falls, led the team with a fine 5th place over all. He also arranged an even finer barbecue for the team after the race. The race featured an enormous hill starting at 2 miles, winding for another mile; it is so steep that most runners ran that mile two minutes slower than the other miles.

1. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB

37:38 39:03 39:40 39:55 41:41 ( 43:21) ( 44:40) = 3:17:57

Sara Donahue, Anna Novick, Kyle Linn MacQueen, Tara Wommack, Emily

Raymond, Christy Bonstelle, Kathryn Fobert

4. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB

32:53 33:52 34:17 35:00 35:53 ( 36:26) ( 36:32) = 2:51:55

Dan Smith, Matthew Haringa, Edward Breen, Ryan Aschbrenner, Thomas

Young, William Feldman, Bruce Davie

Results are here.

Scott Mason photos.

Krissy Kozlosky photos.

GreaterSnap photos.

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posted by Tom Derderian at 10:47 AM

Sunday, August 01, 2010

Monday, July 19, 2010

Women Still Tops in Grand Prix: Stowe, VT

Marybeth Baxter led the GBTC women's team.
photo by GreaterSnap

Marybeth Baxter in her first race in a GBTC uniform lead the team to third place in the USATF Grand Prix Stowe, VT 8 miler to keep the team at the top of the 2010 GP series. Baxter placed 4th among all the women. Another new member, Laura Johnson, placed third for the team. Jen Lee, hot off the 10,000m and relays at USATF Club Nationals in San Francisco last weekend could not resist the race and placed 4th for the team. Alyssa Brigham, enjoying a weekend with her GBTC teammates, placed 5th. Kyle Linn MacQueen took second for the team but only after giving the old coach fits by running off the pace of the team leaders and looking very tired at five miles. Looks may be deceiving as she zoomed through the last three miles to move up to 2nd. In a tightly fought race, the top three teams were separated by a mere 43 seconds.

In the men's race, team leader of the day, Dan T. Smith, looked terrific as he took 6th overall. Ionnis Papadopoulos, running his last race in America (for a while) before returning to Greece, ran second. Matt Haringa hit a bad patch after 5 miles and lost precious time as did David Bedoya to his allergy/asthma problem. Max Hock fortunately stepped up for fourth for the team. The team lost a position in the GP standings and is now tied with Whirlaway for third with the Boston Athletic Association leading and Central Mass Striders in second.

This was the largest team GBTC has ever taken to the Stowe race, with 23 runners representing the team.

Full results here. GBTC teams below.

3. GBTC
50:49 51:11 51:20 ( 51:57) ( 52:05) = 2:33:20
MARYBETH BAXTER, KYLE LINN MACQUEEN, LAURA JOHNSON, JENNIFER LEE,
ALYSSA BRIGHAM
4. GBTC
42:15 43:21 43:38 44:14 44:25 ( 44:44) ( 45:18) = 3:37:53
DAN SMITH, IOANNIS PAPADOPOULOS, MATTHEW HARINGA, MAX HOCK, DAVID
BEDOYA, EDWARD BREEN, RYAN ASCHBRENNER

The next Grand Prix race will be the Bridge of Flowers 10 km on August 14th in Shelburne Falls, MA

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posted by Tom Derderian at 9:50 AM

Dan Smith rounds a corner at the Bridge of Flowers 10K on his way to a 32:53 finish. (Photo by Tom Derderian.)

Ryan McCarthy kicks off the outdoor track season by competing in the javelin throw at Brown University's Springtime Invitational. (Photo by Tom Derderian.)

William Feldman and Timothy Stickney run the final miles of the Boston Marathon together, finishing in 2:41. (Photo by Emily Raymond.)

Indu Conley runs in the 400 meter race at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational. (Photo by Emily Raymond)

 GBTC's Brian Beaulieu runs as part of the winning team at the Topsfield Cross Country Festival on Sunday, October 4, 2009. (Photo by Tom Derderian.)

Amelia Bishop helps the GBTC women to a strong finish at the Ollie 5-miler in South Boston. The women are leading the USATF-NE Grand Prix series. (Photo by Tom Derderian.)

Sherita Williams finished second in the long jump and triple jump events at USATF Club Nationals in New York City, helping the women's team to a first-place finish. (Photo by Tom Derderian.)

Part of the winning track team at New Englands smiles for Coach Tom. (Photo by Tom Derderian.)

 Gretchen Chick finished eighth place at the USATF-NE Rhody 5K Championships. GBTC placed two other women in the top ten, giving them second place at this race and the lead in the Grand Prix series. (Photo by Tom Derderian.)

 Keep watching this space for more "Pictures of the Week."

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