About GBTC
The Greater Boston Track Club (GBTC) is a friendly and competitive team with approximately 200 members. We compete at the national, regional, and local levels in cross country, track and field, and trail running. GBTC provides a team-oriented, structured training environment for athletes of many abilities who train for everything from jumps and throws to sprints, road races, cross country, and marathons. Members train for several specific competitions throughout the year, and financial support is provided to compete at some major events. We sponsor athletes based on a tiered system of performance standards, and the club is a designated USATF Elite Development Club.
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Yearly Archives: 2012
Engel Double Win at Mini
Alex Engel ran his best ever early season 400m, winning yesterday at the Boston University mini-Meet #3. He ran a neat 48.48s and came back in the 200m with a win in 22.26s. Milers Chris Kibler and Ryan Irwin doubled up … Continue reading
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Whose Leg is This? Faster, Higher, Stronger
Tatooed Chris Kibler ran a club season best in the mile posting 4:21.36 at the Boston University Mini meet today. All GBTC results from this season appear on our performance list.
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New Club Record in 3 km
Allison McCabe broke the club record for 3,000 meters by the tiniest margin at the BU Mini meet today in Boston. She ran 9:32.18. The previous club record was 9:32.30, set by Kyle Linn MacQueen (now Feldman) at the Columbia Last … Continue reading
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Teams slither in the mud and on the hills of Kentucky horse country
On the wet, muddy hills of Lexington, Kentucky the GBTC teams raced the best teams in the country fighting for every point. Club results from the championships results are summarized below. Update: Race day photos are now available, courtesy of … Continue reading
Teams head to XC Club Nationals
GBTC is sending three teams back to Lexington, KY, for the USATF Club National Cross-country Championships. The men’s and women’s open teams are again joined by a men’s masters team. In 1979, GBTC won the national XC championships with the … Continue reading
Great Day for Red at USATF-NE XC
GBTC’s Ruben Sanca ran with the leaders the entire way but at times yielding the lead to various BAA runners until seizing it for good in the last kilometer to win by seconds over BAA’s Brian Harvey in 24:06 for … Continue reading
Squires 80th Birthday Celebration
It’s getting close to the original GBTC Coach’s party and we’d like to remind everyone that the Event is at Boston College/Corcoran Commons–2nd Floor Heights Room. Registration will begin at Saturday 11:30 AM, November 24th. Registration ($40) is by check … Continue reading
Cape Cod Marathon and Relay in the money
GBTC men placed third in the USATF-NE Marathon Championship in Falmouth on Cape Cod today. Sam Jurek, Ryan Aschbrenner, and Chas Mitchell led a large GBTC team. Jurek ran 2:39:36 for 9th open man and Aschrenner ran 2:41:15 for 10th. … Continue reading
Cape Cod Marathon on Sunday
Last year GBTC relay teams remembering Margaret Bradley took 1st and 5th. They called themselves Margaret Bradley “Fish” since that was Margaret’s email. She is from Falmouth on the Cape and her parents host the team every year to remember … Continue reading
Westfield, MA XC Festival
GBTC brought a large men’s team including three new members, a masters team and 50+ and 60+ to race on a warm, humid fall day on wet course but after blue sky replaced the night of rain and morning of … Continue reading
