GBTC Men and Women Third Place NE X-C

Gretchen Chick and Allison McCabe in action in the Mayor's Cup
Photo by Allison Wade


The GBTC open men's and women's teams will go to the 2007 USATF Club Cross-Country Nationals in West Chester, Ohio on December 8th. Today they both placed 3rd in the USATF New England Cross Cross-country Championships. But what a difference a year's training makes! Allison McCabe ran her best cross country race of the season, and maybe her life, in the women's 6km finishing 8th in 21:43 improving from her last year's 11th in 22:18, Gretchen Chick improved by running 22:06 for 13th compared to 42nd in 24:10 last year. Jen Lee ran 15th in 22:11 compared to 32nd in 23:41 last year. Liz Kelly ran 22:56 this year compared to 23:18 last year and Sloan Siegrist ran 22:47 compared to 23:24 last year.

The only new scoring runner for the women's team was Princeton grad Marian Bihrle.

The team has been a delight to watch with the team leader changing for every race.

The team third as they did last year but only 2 points behind the national champion BAA. This result means our team is likely to earn its highest place in history in the club nationals next month.

In the New England Cross-Country Grand Prix the GBTC team tied in season points with SISU so will have to split the the cash prize of $300.

Cynthia Hastings won overall women's 50+ grand prix prize.


8 Allison McCabe 25 Gr.Boston TC 21:43
13 Gretchen Chick 26 Gr.Boston TC 22:06
14 Marian Bihrle 24 Gr.Boston TC 22:10
15 Jennifer Lee 25 Gr.Boston TC 22:11
24 Sloan Siegrist 27 Gr.Boston TC 22:47
27 Elizabeth Kelly 23 Gr.Boston TC 22:56
34 Theresa Kett 22 Gr.Boston TC 23:28 20
36 Elizabeth Eiseman 22 Gr.Boston TC 23:39
41 Carrie Corbett 20 Gr.Boston TC 24:24
43 Katie Famous 28 Gr.Boston TC 24:40
53 Ronnesia Gaskins 33 Gr.Boston TC 25:31
70 Allison Curran 26 Gr.Boston TC 27:32
82 Cynthia Hastings 50 Gr.Boston TC 30:14
92 finishers


Kibrom Temelso ran with the lead pack as long as he could then held on for 12 palce to lead the team. The big news for the men's race is Matt Haringa running his best race ever while representing the club. Brad Kozel ran 35:30 last year and improved to 33:13. Ted Breen matched his time from last year by seconds and Junyong Pak improved by nearly a minute.

The men's team will also be off to the club nationals in December with their improved New England ranking.


Men's Race.

12 Kibrom Temelso 32 Gr.Boston TC 31:52
19 Edward Breen 26 Gr.Boston TC 32:23
31 Matthew Haringa 24 Gr.Boston TC 32:58
32 Junyong Pak 29 Gr.Boston TC 33:09
33 Brad Kozel 28 Gr.Boston TC 33:13
41 Giannis Papadopoul 23 Gr.Boston TC 33:28
43 TJ Niles 23 Gr.Boston TC 33:32
49 Ryan Aschbrenner 30 Gr.Boston TC 33:58
52 John Tyson 25 Gr.Boston TC 34:04
66 Dan Smith 29 Gr.Boston TC 35:46
84 finishers

Three masters men from the club ran in the masters 8 km but the rules call for five finishers to score a team.