Men Win Wayland Cross Country

The GBTC women's team at Wayland minus Wendy Newsham
Jen Lee, Jessica Klett, Deanna Clark, Kristin Schleicher, Cynthia Hastings
photo by SISU/Clark

The GBTC team waited impatiently along with the rest of the field for the race starter to leave the finish line of the children's races, where he announced the slowly compiled results. At this time, eleven hours after the race, results have yet to be posted. So I'll tell you what happened. Fifteen minutes late, after fits of striders, the racers charged on a grassy hill above the playing fields behind Wayland High school on Old Connecticut Path. After 150 meters the course turned sharply right onto the school's all-weather running track and around a hotly contested soccer game. Jen Lee started aggressively pursuing SISU's Caitlyn Clark (who snapped the above photo with Deanna Clark's camera.) Clark won the women's race with Lee in second, as Clark's team, SISU, won the race.
Although the competition was fierce, after the race the GBTC team smiled at the winner as she snapped the photo. Good cooperation rests at the heart of good competition. (Robert Frost said that, I think.)

The men fared better in the team race, with Jon Korhonen taking 4th and the GBTC team beating the SISU team. SISU beat GBTC last year. The men could not be corralled for post race photos. Others on the GBTC scoring team were Ryan Eckel, Matt Haringa, Tomaiki Uchiki, and Brad Kozel.

2008 Wayland XC Festival - Open 5k GBTC Results
1. Shoemaker Jarrod Nike Maynard 15:23
4. Korhemen Jon GBTC 16:30
7. Eckel Ryan GBTC 16:42
11.Haringa Mathew GBTC 17:19
13. Uchiiki Tomoaki GBTC 17:23
21.Kozel Brad GBTC 18:05
22. Thornblade Lucas GBTC 18:08 Debut Race
23.Panas Michael GBTC 18:12
25. Cronin Brian GBTC Greater 18:21
26. Guiney Allan GBTC Greater 18:31 Debut Race
40. Lee Jennifer GBTC Greater 19:15
56. Bargmann Joel GBTC 20:35
57. Derderian Tom GBTC 20:41
65. Schleicher Kristin GBTC Greater 21:12
70. Clark Deanna GBTC 21:36
75. Klett Jessica GBTC Greater 21:59
88. Berit Jon GBTC 23:11 (former sprint coach out of retirement because he turned 50)
93. Newsham Wendy GBTC Greater 23:35
113. Hastings Cynthia GBTC 25:08
118. Miller Russ GBTC 25:54
158 Finishers

Women's Teams:
SISU 28
GBTC 35
NETT 57

Men's Teams:
GBTC 40
SISU 53
Infiitrei 76
NETT 98
8 teams