Tara Vance Wins Women's ES 20

I told Tara Vance that if she could put herself in a position to win and later see if it is possible, and not treat it as mere preparation for the Boston Marathon. Every race is real. At an open race we never know who will show up to run or what condition they will be in. Tara Vance took the lead from ailing teammate Marian Bihrle at 12 miles. Marian placed third and is nursing a sore hamstring.


photo by Josh Johnson
With the hat, Tomoaki Uchiki, next to him, Dan Hall, David Bedoya, #72 Brennan Bonner, 65 Marian Bihrle, 660 Tara Vance, #476, Junyong Pak.

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GBTC Men Sweep ES 20 miler

Brennan Bonner Second
Photos by Andrew Wommack

From Kittery ME to Salisbury MA GBTC men dominated the race in preparation for their bid to win the team prize again in the Boston Marathon. I confessed to putting a great deal of pressure on these runners. I told them when they left for the race that since I had asked the race director for complimentary entry for them that they had to run from the front, win or die.
Giannis Papadopoulos confirmed that ancient Greek Mothers would tell their sons who went off to battle to come home victorious with their shield or carried dead upon it. They came home victorious.

Left: David Bedoya, First
Right: Junyong Pak,Third



Eastern States 20 Miler & Run for the Border Half Marathon
Salisbury, MA, March 30, 2008

GBTC only (seven of the top eleven)

1 1/78 DAVID BEDOYA 31 M 54 SOMERVILLE MA 1:48:46 5:27
2 1/46 BRENNAN BONNER 23 M 72 DORCHESTER MA 1:50:47 5:33
3 2/78 JUNYONG PAK 30 M 476 BEVERLY MA 1:52:05 5:37
5 2/46 IOANNIS PAPADOPOULO 23 M 478 ALLSTON MA 1:54:21 5:44
7 3/46 DAN HALL 24 M 279 JAMAICA PLAIN MA 2:00:42 6:03
9 6/78 TOMOAKI UCHIKI 34 M 651 MEDFORD MA 2:02:24 6:08
11 5/46 MARTY WESOLOWSKI 26 M 675 JAMAICA PLAIN MA 2:07:23 6:23
13 1/113 BRIAN HARE 43 M 712 ARLINGTON MA 2:10:34 6:32
First place master
20 7/46 MICHAEL MOYLES 29 M 455 CAMBRIDGE MA 2:12:57 6:39

22 1/64 TARA VANCE 24 F 660 BOSTON MA 2:14:01 6:43 First woman
31 2/64 MARIAN BIHRLE 24 F 65 BOSTON MA 2:17:07 6:52 Third woman
46 3/64 BETH COUGHLIN 29 F 147 NEWTON MA 2:22:34 7:08 Fourth woman

108 39/113 KEN AGABIAN 44 M 747 BOSTON MA 2:34:24 7:44
575 finishers

Half marathon results
11 2/32 LYNN JOHNSON 34 F 891 N ATTLEBORO MA 1:26:59 6:39 4th woman
20 2/22 TOM DERDERIAN 59 M 844 WINTHROP MA 1:29:43 6:51
27 4/17 KRISTIN SCHLEICHER 24 F 955 CAMBRIDGE MA 1:35:35 7:18

full results: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/08/ma/Mar30_Easter_set1.shtml

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Weekend Preview: March 28-30

Greater Boston TC will divide and conquer at three venues this weekend: the Tufts Snowflake Classic, the USA Masters Indoor Championships, and the Eastern States 20M. This arrangement is fitting, as the winter's indoor workouts are through and the club transitions next week back to training en plein aire. Click the link below for the full details and complexities.

Tufts
Seven GBTC athletes will take it to the snow, cold and blue track of Tufts. For women, Tessa Clare in the 200m and Nicole Bucala in 5000m. For the men, Erik Hoagland in the long and triple jump as well as the 100m. Matt Schiller goes long in the 1500m, while Andrew Guida goes short in the 400m/200m double. Danny Colina throws the spear while Christian Tirella sprints in the 200m.

Masters
Back in the warmth of Reggie Lewis TAC, 16 of the older members of GBTC will compete in the USATF Masters National Championship. We'll see action from Dave Cahill in a quadruple including the 60m hurdles, 400m, 800m and 4x400m. Joining him in the 800m and 4x400 will be Aaron Binkley. Francis Shen will join him in the 60m hurdles, while Dave Callum will join him in the 400m and 4x400m. Wayne Burwell with join us in the 400m and he will contest the 60m dash. Indu Conley is planning a trifecta with the 60m, 200m and 400m while Sarah Lawson is entered in the 60m and 200m.

Jim Watts will join the younger men in a 4x400m, while also entered among the top seeds in the 400m and 800m in the 45-49 age group. Mike Servizio and Chris McConnell plan a 400m and 4x400m double, but their open 200m is backup for the relay. Bruno Marino and Tom Goulet will run this 4x400m as well. Dan Kelly and Gary Snyder are expected in the 60m and 200m among 60+ guys, while Bill Newsham and Brian Hare go long in the 3000m.

Eastern States
Up in Maine, our guys, Bedoya and Bonner are going to race for the win as will our women, Bihrle and Vance. There should be some high ranking additions to the race's historical list of top times. Others such as Papadopoulos, Pak, and Hall are going to race with the leaders for as long as possible. Wesolowski will try hard not to get lost or miscount laps. Johnson, Famous, and Derderian will race the concurrent half marathon.

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Urban Hurdling

Watch GBTC's hurdlers do their drills and much more in the new, straight to YouTube release of Urban Hurdling: Boston. Be amazed as teammates hurdle past Fanieul Hall, Fenway, the Fleet Center, the Pru, Boston Common, Beacon Hill, the Charles River, and many other Boston favorites. Also available through YouTube are related Bonus Scenes and a One Minute Highlight Reel.

This has also been featured on the March 26 front page of boston.com!


The video was filmed last October, and features Jessica Klett, Dave Cahill, Francis Shen, and our urban hurdling guru, Coach Dave Callum. Sara O'Brien provided the location for the coolest shot of the video, and helped throughout the day. Matt Collins loaned his hurdles, and Steve Vaitones originally floated the idea in 2007.

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Northeastern Outdoor Track Meet

Ronnesia Gaskins leads Victoria Barnaby in the 1500
photo by GreaterSnap
Nicole Bucula ran her first race for GBTC today, Liz Kelly in the middle and Allison McCabe
photo by GreaterSnap
Jason Hewitt in Steeplechase action in the first outdoor meet of 2008. Before the race ice had to be smashed and removed from water jump.
photo by GreaterSnap




Women 10,000 Meter Run

1 McCabe, Allison G.B.T.C. 36:41.39
2 Bucala, Nicole G.B.T.C. 37:10.18
4 Kelly, Elizabeth G.B.T.C. 38:34.46

200
2 Tirella, Christian GBTC 23.10 1
400
1 Tirella, Christian GBTC 49.69 1

High jump
1 Tirella, Christian GBTC 6-02.00 1.87m

800
28 Guida, Andrew G.B.T.C. 2:26.39

1500
13 Roberts, JR G.B.T.C. 4:17.85

Women's 1500
4 Gaskins, Ronnesia G.B.T.C. 5:03.12
6 Barnaby, Victoria G.B.T.C. 5:08.05

Men's 10,000
4 Bonner, Brennan G.B.T.C. 32:02.58
9 Smith, Dan G.B.T.C. 33:31.59
10 Pak, Junyong G.B.T.C. 33:35.05
12 Kozel, Brad G.B.T.C. 33:44.99
16 Wesolowski, Martin G.B.T.C. 34:51.31(lap short add 85 sec)
17 Hall, Dan G.B.T.C. 35:30.44
20 Derderian, Tom G.B.T.C. 41:37.67

400 hurdles
1 Cahill, David G.B.T.C. 56.33

Steeplechase
2 Hewitt, Jason G.B.T.C. 10:59.62

Javelin
3 Colina, Daniel G.B.T.C. 55.81m 183-01

Discus
14 Lemieux, James GBTC 37.26m 122-03

full results:
http://www.coolrunning.com/results/08/ma/Mar22_Northe_set1.shtml

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New Bedford Half Marathon, Teams 2nd and 3rd

Today, the men's and women's open teams maintained their precedent positions of second and third, respectively in the 2008 USATF-NE Half Marathon Championship in New Bedford. Leading GBTC to their lowest aggregate times (in the modern era) were Kibrom Temelso (8th overall, 1:09:16) and Sara Donahue (9th woman, 1:19:31). Though it may still feel like winter outside, the Grand Prix is heating up! Click the link below for detailed results.

Results:
31st New Bedford Half Marathon
New Bedford, MA, March 16, 2008
Place No. Name Age Finish Pace Club
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1 6 DERESE DENIBOBA 25 1:06:29# 5:05 WESTCHESTER TC
8 10 KIBROM TEMELSO 32 1:09:16 5:17
9 542 DAVID BEDOYA 31 1:09:20 5:18
13 529 BRENNAN BONNER 23 1:09:48 5:20
27 716 JUNYONG PAK 30 1:11:26 5:27
39 864 IOANNIS PAPADOPOULOS 23 1:12:19 5:31
44 663 MATTHEW HARINGA 24 1:13:11 5:35
51 727 ROBERT ESPINOSA 23 1:13:37 5:37
65 1553 HEIDI WESTERLING 27 1:14:30# 5:41 BAA
68 790 BRAD KOZEL 28 1:14:47 5:43
71 1390 DAN SMITH 29 1:14:58 5:44
90 563 DAN HALL 24 1:16:29 5:51
103 1289 BRUCE DAVIE 44 1:17:02 5:53
132 813 SARA DONAHUE 27 1:19:31 6:04
138 879 BILL NEWSHAM 43 1:19:59 6:07
150 1881 EDWARD BREEN 26 1:20:42 6:10
175 688 BRIAN HARE 43 1:22:19 6:17
180 774 SCOTT BOSWORTH 43 1:22:33 6:18
189 590 MARIAN BIHRLE 24 1:22:52 6:20
215 577 PETER WARRINGTON 26 1:24:13 6:26
221 615 JOHN RAGUIN 38 1:24:43 6:28
255 773 LYNN JOHNSON 34 1:26:33 6:37
282 1833 KATIE A FOBERT 31 1:27:59 6:43
341 1645 BETH COUGHLIN 29 1:30:46 6:56
355 1765 KATIE FAMOUS 28 1:31:19 6:58
370 1899 AMANDA WATTERS 27 1:32:01 7:02
395 675 TOM DERDERIAN 59 1:33:06 7:07
502 1438 TOM WHITNEY 56 1:37:16 7:26
818 815 BECCA NEILL 27 1:47:57 8:15
1650 1288 HUBERT JESSUP 61 2:44:30 12:33
1666 finishers

MALE OPEN (28 scoring teams)
2. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:09:16 1:09:20 1:09:48 1:11:26 1:12:19 = 5:52:09
10 KIBROM TEMELSO 32, 542 DAVID BEDOYA 31,
529 BRENNAN BONNER 23, 716 JUNYONG PAK 30,
864 IOANNIS PAPADOPOULOS 23

FEMALE OPEN (30 scoring teams)
3. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:19:31 1:22:52 1:26:33 = 4:08:56
813 SARA DONAHUE 27, 590 MARIAN BIHRLE 24,
773 LYNN JOHNSON 34

MALE MASTERS 40+ (19 scoring teams)
10. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:17:02 1:19:59 1:22:19 1:22:33 1:33:06 = 6:54:59
1289 BRUCE DAVIE 44, 879 BILL NEWSHAM 43,
688 BRIAN HARE 43, 774 SCOTT BOSWORTH 43,
675 TOM DERDERIAN 59

MALE SENIORS 50+ (17 scoring teams)
16. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:33:06 1:37:16 2:44:30 = 5:54:52
675 TOM DERDERIAN 59, 1438 TOM WHITNEY 56,
1288 HUBERT JESSUP 61

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Allison beats everyone in South Boston for St. Patrick

Allison McCabe, overall winner, Boston Mayor Tom Menino, Liz Kelly, and Deanna Clark

South Boston Boys & Girls Club St Pat's 5K Road Race
South Boston, MA, March 16, 2008

1 17:46 5:44 1 20-29 1 F 601 Allison McCabe Cambridge,MA first place over all

2 17:52 5:46 1 20-29 1 M 1030 Max White JP,MA First Male
10 18:48 6:04 2 20-29 2 F 673 Elizabeth Kelly Cambridge,MA
22 19:52 6:25 4 30-39 20 M 1119 Jon Chesto S Boston,MA
24 19:59 6:27 3 20-29 3 F 506 Deanna Clark S. Boston,MA
789 finishers

Full results: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/08/ma/Mar16_SBosto_set1.shtml

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GBTC in New Bedford in previous years

The GBTC open teams have improved their team positions over the past years in the USATF Half Marathon in New Bedford. The men moved from 7th in 2002 to second last year and the women from 7th to third. This year's running is tomorrow.


2007
2. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:08:51 1:10:14 1:10:20 1:11:41 1:13:54 = 5:55:00
JEREMY BORLING 26, Kibrom TEMELSO 31, DAVID BEDOYA 30,
AVI KRAMER 25, KIT WELLS 30
3. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:21:50 1:24:43 1:24:44 = 4:11:17
LAURA HAYDEN 26, LYNN JOHNSON 33, MEGNA DOSHI 25

2006
7. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:11:08 1:11:55 1:16:11 1:16:31 1:16:32 = 6:12:17
DAVID BEDOYA 29, KIT WELLS 29, SAM BLASIAK 26, 1000
BRAD KOZEL 26, LUCAS WOODWARD 22

4. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:25:16 1:25:16 1:26:24 = 4:16:56
LAURA HAYDEN 25, JENNIFER BUSSE 22, CHERYL TWOMEY 27
2005
6. GREATER BOSTON TC
1:09:52 1:11:25 1:12:56 1:13:25 1:15:32 = 6:03:10
MARZUKI STEVENS 31, JOSH SOHN 23, JR CRUZ 24, 1277
IAN NURSE 27, JOHN BLOUIN 30
3. GREATER BOSTON TC
1:23:43 1:25:19 1:25:54 = 4:14:56
MAEGAN CHAGGARIS 30, LYNN JOHNSON 31, SARA DONAHUE
24

2004
3. GBTC
1:09:14 1:10:35 1:11:03 1:13:07 1:14:35 = 5:58:34
MARZUKI STEVENS 30, JOSH SOHN 22, ARISTIDES CRUZ 23,
KIT WELLS 27, IAN NURSE 26
3. GBTC
1:23:11 1:26:22 1:29:16 = 4:18:49
JESSICA BLAKE 26, MAEGAN CHAGGARIS 29, KATIE FAMOUS
24

2002
7. GBTC
1:11:24 1:12:25 1:13:28 1:13:44 1:14:07 = 6:05:08
BEN NEPHEW, JOHN BLOUIN, TIM MCCUSKER, Jerad J. Crave,
FINBARR KIRWAN

7. GBTC
1:22:25 1:29:46 1:30:43 = 4:22:54
Lynn A. Johnson, HELENA KIMBALL, WALTRAUD PULSINGER

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Wild Women's Racing Weekend

It seems that this was a women's racing weekend with victories in Maine and Massachusetts. Maine native and Brandeis grad Gretchen Chick won the 5 km in Portland, ME while Holy Cross grad Katie Fobert won the 30 km in Beverly.

Middlebury grad Jessica Blake and another Holy Cross grad, Lynn Johnson, took 2nd and 3rd in the Raynham 5 miler.


Irish Road Rover 5K
Portland, ME, March 9, 2008

16 738 GRETCHEN CHICK 26 F 1/117 F2029 BROOKLINE MA 19:07 6:10

647 finishers


Raynham Knights of Columbus Charity 5 Miler
Raynham, MA, March 9, 2008

15 2/21 232 BLAKE JESSICA 30 F N ATTLEBORO MA 31:01 6:13

20 3/21 204 JOHNSTON LYNN 34 F N ATTLEBORO MA 31:42 6:21
221 finishers

North Shore 30K
Beverly, MA, March 9, 2008

18 Kathryn Fobert 424 F3039 2:20:37 0:07:34 1/18
19 Amanda Watters 425 F2029 2:20:57 0:07:35 1/22
57 Becca Neill 368 F2029 2:38:23 0:08:31 6/22

143 finishers

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