Second Grand Prix of 2008, Nashua, NH

New GBTC member and first year med student at Harvard, Leslie Irvine; Sasha Lang, who played lacrosse for BU; and Theresa Kett. photo by GreaterSnap

Only 16 seconds separated the GBTC women's open team from the BAA, but it could have been much worse. Because of world complexities ranging from mother's day to international travel, many women who would have represented the club could not race. If a club fails to finish a full, scoring team, it gets no points. Only a miracle could get a club back into the hunt for first place. Fortunately a couple of new women and a couple who had not raced for a while came to the rescue so the women's team could remain viable in the New England Road Race Grand Prix for 2008.

Sasha Lang and Leslie Irvine joined recently and Theresa Kett and Christy Lyons, who had not raced lately, filled the void. The women's team placed third and is now also third in the year's scoring after the second race of the six-race series— a mere three points behind the BAA and Merrimack Valley Striders who are tied for first. Unfortunately Kett graduates from BU with a degree in economics and returns to her native home in the south of Germany.

The men's team, handicapped by Matt Haringa who missed the start by 11 minutes, placed only 5th. That leaves the men's team also in third place in the 2008 series. Andrew Wommack is back from injury as is Ryan Aschbrenner.

The next Grand Prix race is June 1 - a 5 km in Lincoln, RI.

full results: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/08/nh/May11_Medica_set1.shtml


Sara Donohue slipping past some big boys to lead the GBTC team to third.
photo by Ted Tyler www. coolrunning

The Medical Center 6k
Nashua, NH, May 11, 2008
USATFNE Grand Prix

1 18:20 4:55 Benjamin Ndaya RETAILERS UNION
8 18:52 5:04 Kibrom Temelso GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
25 19:22 5:12 Andrew Wommack GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
33 19:42 5:17 Dan Smith GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
39 19:53 5:20 Ioannis Papadopoulos GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
56 20:36 5:32 Junyong Pak GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
58 20:38 5:32 Ryan Aschbrenner GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
81 21:40 5:49 Matthew Lyons GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
83 21:47 5:51 Bill Newsham GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
85 21:50 5:52 Sara Donahue GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
94 22:06 5:56 Allison McCabe GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
100 22:25 6:01 Jennifer Lee GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
125 23:12 6:14 Theresa Kett GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
126 23:18 6:15 Tara Vance GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
133 23:24 6:17 Sasha Lang GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
144 23:49 6:24 Leslie Irvine GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
159 24:09 6:29 Tom Derderian GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
368 30:52 8:17 Christy Lyons GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
371 31:01 8:19 Matthew Haringa GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB (chip time 11 mins faster)
608 finishers