GBTC Teams Net Codfish

Looming out of the fog like pirates the GBTC women's crew commandeered victory.
photo by GreaterSnap

The GBTC women won the race with Emily Kroshus and Sara Donahue taking the top two places and the rest of the team no further back than 38th in a 151 runner field. The team scored 21 points against 15 teams.

The GBTC men also won easily with 49 points against 16 other teams in a 155 runner finishing field. Kibrom Temelso led the men placing third despite running off the course with the lead pack then coming back on course in 20th place and working back up through the pack.

The race ran through fog and light rain over wet ground.

The prestigious and competitive Mayor's Cup Championship will race over the same ground on October 26th.

GBTC runner Kit Wells came to watch and ring his cowbell. He observed, "Kevin Somers went to the front not to lead per-se, but because the early pace was too easy. And Tomoaki oozed self confidence from his breakthrough race in Philly."

Full results are here.
More photos taken by club president Bruce Davie can be seen here. He recommends the slide show.

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Greater Boston Track Club at the Olympics

Here is GBTC's Jennifer Lee outside the Birds Nest in Beijing before going in to watch.

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Both GBTC teams 3rd at USATF 8km Grand Prix

Nate Freese in a big kick with Ben Ndaya.
Photo by Ted Tyler

The big news is the return of Nate Freese. This Amherst College grad has been out of action for most of the year. New guy Eric Mendoza raced in the GBTC jersey for the first time. He ran at Gonzaga.

Curious note, the top male, female, and masters GBTC runners originally came from Vermont.

More photos courtesy of Jim Rhoades are here.
Full results are here, and GBTC results are below.

OLLIE 5-MILE ROAD RACE
Sept. 6, 2088 South Boston, Mass.

1 24:49 4:58 Elijah Kitur WESTCHESTER TRACK CLUB
11 25:55 5:11 Nathaniel Freese GBTC
12 26:07 5:14 Kevin Somers GBTC
17 26:17 5:16 Robert Emord GBTC
28 26:42 5:21 Andrew Wommack GBTC
33 27:06 5:26 Rob Espinosa GBTC
40 27:22 5:29 Dan Smith GBTC
48 27:39 5:32 Junyong Pak GBTC
52 27:46 5:34 Ryan Aschbrenner GBTC
64 28:15 5:39 Tomuaki Uchiki GBTC
86 28:54 5:47 Edward Breen GBTC
90 29:07 5:50 David Bedoya GBTC
97 29:19 5:52 Sara Donahue GBTC
104 29:43 5:57 Eric Mendoza GBTC
108 29:49 5:58 Max White GBTC
109 29:55 5:59 Bill Newsham GBTC
118 30:16 6:04 Allison McCabe GBTC
136 31:02 6:13 Gretchen Chick GBTC
149 31:28 6:18 Beth Coughlin GBTC
152 31:31 6:19 Jane-Marie Ovanin GBTC
164 32:02 6:25 Joshua Seeherman GBTC
167 32:12 6:27 Meghan Lynch GBTC
168 32:13 6:27 Ken Ross GBTC
169 32:19 6:28 Jon Chesto GBTC
183 32:53 6:35 John J. Fialkovich GBTC
215 33:52 6:47 Kate Klim GBTC
228 34:14 6:51 Katie Fobert GBTC
254 35:20 7:04 Tom Derderian GBTC
268 35:39 7:08 Katie Famous GBTC
336 37:47 7:34 Norm Robbie GBTC
351 38:11 7:39 Deanna Clark GBTC
1049 finishers

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GBTC Member Sloan Siegrist Ties The Knot

GBTC members Cynthia Hastings, Tom Derderian, Sloan Siegrist-Palmore, Bruce Davie, Christy Bonstelle, Brad Kozel and Laura Hayden celebrate the wedding of former Olympian Sloan Siegrist to Drew Palmore, August 31, under a giant banyan tree in Kauai, HI.

Photo by Jane Derderian.

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GBTC Pack running Cape Ann 25 km

The Ryans Kerrigan, and Aschbrenner, Kit Wells, and Chris Smith.
Photo by Frank Georges, Coolrunning

On Labor Day, GBTC traveled to Gloucester, MA to race 25km around Cape Ann. The men's team placed second behind the BAA. Full results are here.

1. BAA
1:22:52 1:32:26 1:40:23 (2:17:33) = 4:35:41
Patrick Moulton, Jonh Fortescue, Michael McGrane, Richard Schilder
2. GBTC
1:30:48 1:32:10 1:35:19 (1:40:52) = 4:38:17
Ryan Aschbrenner, Chris Smith, Ryan Kerrigan, Kit Wells

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Double Win in Carlisle Cross Country

Matt Haringa zooms out to the lead with a big grin and blowing hair.
Photos courtesy of Jim Rhoades and Coolrunning

In the first GBTC team cross-country Grand Prix race both the men and women won. The men by a mere point over the Central Mass Striders and the GBTC women were the only club to finish a team. New GBTC member Emily Kroshus, a Princeton grad and now grad student in public health, led the team. The next club race will be on the roads in the Ollie 8km Road Race Grand Prix in Boston on Saturday.

Full results are here, and GBTC results are below.

Thomas Chamberas XC 6K, Carlisle, MA,
August 24, 2008
A rough and hilly course with often tricky footing.

Mens Teams
GBTC 2,6,8,10,11 –14,19= 37
CMS 4,5,7,9,13 -- 15,16= 38
SISU 1,3,12,17,18 --20= 51

Womens Teams
GBTC 15

1 Carrara Ryan :18:02 :4:52
6 Haringa Mathiew :18:26 GBTC 4:59
10 Smith Daniel :18:41 GBTC 5:03
12 Wommack Andrew :18:44 GBTC 5:04
15 Somers Kevin :18:51 GBTC 5:06
16 Eckel Ryan :18:58 GBTC 5:08
21 Kerrigan Ryan :19:25 GBTC 5:15
32 Blouin John :20:56 GBTC 5:39
33 Kroshus Emily :21:04 GBTC 5:42
35 Hall Dan :21:22 GBTC 5:46
41 Vance Tara :22:39 GBTC 6:07
42 Famous Katie :22:46 GBTC 6:09
45 Bargmann Joel :23:23 GBTC 6:19
47 Fobert Katie :23:42 GBTC 6:24
73 Newsham Wendy :28:20 GBTC 7:39
113 finishers


Emily Kroshus at Carlisle

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