Red Shirted Boys Rumble and Ramble at James Joyce

Dan Smith leading the pack with Kevin Somers in the middle. Eventual winner Caron in the white hat and glasses. Ben Schmeckpeper in blue and Dan Mazzocco in yellow shorts.
photo by Paulina Smith

GBTC's Kevin Somers and Dan Smith followed BAA's Ben Schmeckpeper through the mile in 5.04 on an unseasonable warm day. With temperatures reaching the mid 80's unattached Dan Mazzocco and New Balance's Jeff Caron flew by at 1.5 and pushed past Schmeckpeper. Somers and Smith with Schmeckpeper till two miles (10:06) and Smith passed Schmeckpeper at 3 miles up the hills (15.40) Somers fell back. Down the hills Smith gained on Mazzocco and passed him around mile five and tired to get Caron but he had too much of a lead and Smith suffered from the heat. Smith said, "At every water stop I splashed water on my head and 5-seconds later I was hot again."

Andrew Wommack, too tired for subtlety said, "It was hot."

Everyone, including the 60 year-old coach thought team produced a great effort on a hot day. The team is looking strong for the Bedford, NH 12 km New England Grand Pix on May 16th.

26th Anniversary Edition James Joyce Ramble 10K
April 26, 2009 10km Dedham, MA

1 32:31 32:31 5:14 Jeffrey Caron
2 32:47 32:47 5:17 Dan Smith
6 33:41 33:40 5:26 Kevin Somers
8 34:29 34:29 5:33 Andrew Wommack
14 36:07 36:06 5:49 Rob Espinosa
15 36:31 36:31 5:53 Eric Mendoza
141 3/33 46:58 46:57 7:34 Tom Derderian 60 M
324 85/264 51:21 51:19 8:16 Norm Robbie 45 M
1740 finishers

Full results are here. The club women did not field a team.