A Lifetime in the Making

Jon Korhonen, a grad of UMass-Amherst, and current grad student at Harvard, ran the fastest mile for GBTC since 1983. He will race the anchor leg, 1600, in the Distance Medley Relay at the National Indoors meet at Reggie Lewis on Sunday, March 1, 2009.
photo by GreaterSnap

The club scribed 45 performances at the 2009 USATF New England Indoor Championship at Harvard University. Topping the list was Jon Korhonen's impressive win in the men's mile with a 4:11.92. This is the fastest mile performance by anyone on GBTC since Bill Okerman's 4:03.9, at the second GBTC Invitational on February 6, 1983, twenty days before Korhonen was born. Wins were also achieved by Joseph Brennan in 400m, Hafiz Greigre in 200m, Rich Harrison in SP, Sherita Williams in TJ, Jennifer Hawkes in HJ, and the men's Men 4x440 Yard Relay. Josette Pierre-Louis crushed the club record for 400m with her 56.47.

Full results here, GBTC won both the men's and women's team titles. Please click the "more" below for the Greater Boston distillation of those results.

2009 USATF New England Indoor Championship
Harvard University - Boston, MA, February 22, 2009

Event 2 Men 5000 Meter Run
7 200 Matt Haringa Gr. Boston TC 15:41.64

Event 5 Women 60 Meter Hurdles
9 187 Sydney Harrington Gr. Boston TC 9.99 2

Event 6 Men 60 Meter Hurdles
5 211 Francis Shen Gr. Boston TC 8.83
6 196 Matt Collins Gr. Boston TC 9.02

Event 7 Women 1 Mile Run
3 189 Jennifer Lee Gr. Boston TC 5:08.27

Event 8 Men 1 Mile Run
1 205 Jon Korhonen Gr. Boston TC 4:11.92
33 203 Jason Hewitt Gr. Boston TC 4:53.09

Event 10 Men 60 Meter Dash
3 198 Hafiz Greigre Gr. Boston TC 6.96 1
11 208 Everad Samuels 50 Gr. Boston TC 7.23 2

Event 11 Women 400 Meter Dash
2 192 Josette Pierre-Lou Gr. Boston TC 56.47 1
22 190 Kim Lockwood Gr. Boston TC 1:07.63 4

Event 12 Men 400 Meter Dash
1 194 Joseph Brennan Gr. Boston TC 51.08 1
3 195 David Cahill Gr. Boston TC 51.38 1
7 211 Francis Shen Gr. Boston TC 52.28 1
22 213 Jim Watts Gr. Boston TC 55.75 4

Event 13 Women 800 Meter Run
8 191 Allison McCabe Gr. Boston TC 2:16.60
9 185 Ronnesia Gaskins Gr. Boston TC 2:17.31
16 183 Deanna Clark Gr. Boston TC 2:23.20

Event 14 Men 800 Meter Run
4 209 Matt Schiller Gr. Boston TC 1:57.01
6 197 Brian Cronin, Gr. Boston TC 1:57.15
16 210 Josh Seeherman Gr. Boston TC 2:02.90

Event 15 Women 200 Meter Dash
15 187 Sydney Harrington Gr. Boston TC 28.61 3
20 184 Indu Conley Gr. Boston TC 29.50 4
23 190 Kim Lockwood Gr. Boston TC 30.06 4

Event 16 Men 200 Meter Dash
1 198 Hafiz Greigre Gr. Boston TC 22.03 1
7 208 Everad Samuels 50 Gr. Boston TC 23.19 1
12 202 Derek Hebert Gr. Boston TC 23.92 2

Event 17 Women 3000 Meter Run
2 3 Megan Lynch Gr. Boston TC 10:18.62

Event 18 Men 3000 Meter Run
4 212 Dan Smith Gr. Boston TC 8:51.51
8 610 Edward Breen 27 Gr. Boston TC 9:01.36
15 203 Jason Hewitt Gr. Boston TC 9:58.36

Event 19 Women 4x440 Yard Relay 4 x 440 yard
3 Gr. Boston TC 'A' 4:07.76

Event 20 Men 4x440 Yard Relay 4x440 yard
1 Gr. Boston TC 'A' 3:22.26 1
7 Gr. Boston TC 'B' 3:49.61 1

Event 34 Men Shot Put
1 201 Richard Harrison Gr. Boston TC 16.85m 55-03.50

Event 36 Men Long Jump
6 198 Hafiz Greigre Gr. Boston TC 6.52m 21-04.75

Event 37 Women Triple Jump
1 193 Sherita Williams Gr. Boston TC 13.19m 43-03.25

Event 41 Women High Jump
1 188 Jennifer Hawkes Gr. Boston TC 1.67m 5-05.75
2 186 Jennifer Harlow Gr. Boston TC J1.67m 5-05.75
6 182 Tessa Clare Gr. Boston TC J1.62m 5-03.75

Event 42 Men High Jump
10 731 Sean Earle 32 Gr. Boston TC J1.82m 5-11.50

Event 43 Mixed 60 Meter Run Masters
5 206 Christopher McConn M52 Gr. Boston TC 8.05 1
7 204 Dan Kelly M61 Gr. Boston TC 8.33 2

Event 44 Mixed 200 Meter Run Masters
3 204 Dan Kelly M61 Gr. Boston TC 26.90 1

Event 45 Mixed 800 Meter Run Masters
4 207 William Newsham M44 Gr. Boston TC 2:15.37

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GBTC men 3rd in Grand Prix 10 miler

David Bedoya, the Spaniard, Andrew Wommack, the chemist, Giannis Papadopoulos, the journalist, Kevin Somers, the new father, Junyong Pak, the engineer, Nate Freese, the nervous guy who put his shirt on backwards.
photo by GreateSnap
Start of the DH Jones 10 miler in Amherst, MA GBTC's Nate Freese gets out quickly showing that he came to race even if he doesn't know how to dress himself.
Photo by GreaterSnap
GBTC men placed third today in the USATF Grand Prix premiere 2009 race on Feb 22. A big personal best by Giannis Papadopoulos boosted the team's performance.
Women's team results pending resolution of 3 or 5 runner team rules. Tara Vance ran her personal best ten miler.
Full results are here.
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Meanwhile, the Roads Beckon

We're delighted to report that Jeremy Borling won the Austin Marathon today in a sublimely paced 2:30:05, while his wife Audrey (Giesler) Borling, 2007 recipient of the Bradley Award, was 6th woman in the accompanying Austin Half Marathon with her 1:25:26. On Saturday, Jon Chesto finished 3rd in 2:04:20 at the Martha's Vineyard 20 Miler. Tara Vance tied down 2nd place overall with her 22:08 at the Bradford Valentine 6K, while Andrew Wommack was 4th with his 26:33 at the accompanying 5 Miler; both had raced the night before at BU!

Update: The Austin American-Statesman chronicled Borling's win, as did RunTex and Dick Beardsley. A television interview is here, while snapshots are here: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

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Schiller Beams after big Personal Best

Matt Schiller is all smiles after setting a personal best in the 800 by 2 seconds in today's Valentine meet at Boston University.
photo by GreaterSnap

More photos by GreaterSnap may be found here and here.
Full results are here.

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Freitas, Schiller court success at Valentine

Brian Freitas blazed to 1:03.66 for 2nd overall in the 500m at the annual Valentine meet at Boston University today. His great performance topples an eleven year old club record previously held by Kevin Russell. And Matt Schiller won the hearts and minds of track fans with his 1:56.38 for 38th in the 800m, a huge personal best that drew audible gasps as Matt accelerated past five competitors on the outside of the final banked turn.  In all, the GBTC men registered 28 performances for what can only be called a labor of love.

Photos of many races are available from GreaterSnap. Videos with insightful play-by-play commentary highlighting club members are available from Flotrack. Full results here: (W,M). Please click the "more" below for the Greater Boston distillation of those results.

2009 Valentine Invitational
2/13/2009 to 2/14/2009

Women 200 Meter Dash
9 392 Pierre-Louis, Josett GBTC 25.14 3
123 385 Harrington, Sydney GBTC 28.36 28

Women 500 Meter Dash
11 391 O'Brien, Sara GBTC 1:17.46 3

Women 800 Meter Run
108 382 Clark, Deanna GBTC 2:27.32 6

Women 1000 Meter Run
25 384 Gaskins, Ronnesia GBTC 3:08.42

Women 1 Mile Run
25 390 McCabe, Allison GBTC 5:03.66
39 384 Gaskins, Ronnesia GBTC 5:12.23

Women 5000 Meter Run
1 383 Donahue, Sara GBTC 16:58.91
15 389 Lynch, Meghan GBTC 17:44.30
36 394 Vance, Tara GBTC 18:30.29

Women 55 Meter Hurdles
2 393 Riel, Tiana GBTC 8.19q 1
47 385 Harrington, Sydney GBTC 9.48 7

Women 55 Meter Hurdles
3 393 Riel, Tiana GBTC 8.27 1

Women 4x400 Meter Relay
26 Gbtc 'A' 4:12.03 4

Women Distance Medley
15 Gbtc 'A' 12:17.43
28 Gbtc 'B' 13:16.91

Women High Jump
8 393 Riel, Tiana GBTC J1.63m 5-04.25

Women Triple Jump
1 395 Williams, Sherita GBTC 12.96m 42-06.25

Men 55 Meter Dash
82 1685 McConnell, Christop GBTC 7.49 11
87 1682 Kelly, Daniel GBTC 7.83 12

Men 200 Meter Dash
2 1679 Greigre, Hafiz GBTC 21.65 1
114 1696 Tirella, Christian GBTC 23.65 9
161 1682 Kelly, Daniel GBTC 26.68 36
167 1684 McAndrew, TJ GBTC 27.89 36

Men 400 Meter Dash
7 1696 Tirella, Christian GBTC 48.76 4
93 1675 Brennan, Joseph GBTC 51.44 13
105 1676 Cahill, David GBTC 51.70 17
130 1680 Guida, Andrew GBTC 52.73 29

Men 500 Meter Dash
2 1678 Freitas, Brian GBTC 1:03.66 1
38 1692 Shen, Francis GBTC 1:07.57 8

Men 800 Meter Run
38 1690 Schiller, Matt GBTC 1:56.38
94 1691 Seeherman, Joshua GBTC 2:00.60
104 1677 Cronin, Brian GBTC 2:01.88
132 1697 Watts, Jim GBTC 2:05.79

Men 1 Mile Run
136 1689 Raguin, John GBTC 4:42.35

Men 3000 Meter Run
33 1683 Korhonen, Jon GBTC 8:34.45
57 1681 Haringa, Matthew GBTC 8:43.89
103 1695 Somers, Kevin GBTC 8:56.06
148 1686 Mendoza, Eric GBTC 9:16.64

Men 5000 Meter Run
24 1694 Smith, Dan GBTC 15:02.40
63 1688 Papadopoulos, Giann GBTC 15:38.54
69 1741 Biggart, Matthew GBTC 15:45.24
75 1687 Pak, Junyong GBTC 15:56.55
88 2483 Uchiki, Tomoaki GBTC 16:23.56

Men 55 Meter Hurdles
25 1692 Shen, Francis GBTC 8.36 4

Men Distance Medley
10 Gbtc 'A' 10:16.54
20 Gbtc 'B' 10:36.99

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Williams and Donahue win at Valentine

Christa Hutchinson hands off to Kim Lockwood in the 4x400.
Photo by GreaterSnap

Sherita Williams and Sara Donahue won the triple jump and the 5 km at the annual Valentine meet at BU today.

Much else happened, Men's DMR teams, women's 4x400, personal bests in 5 km by Lynch and Vance, Gaskins pr in the mile.

Full results are here; the action continues today.

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Action Returns to Boston University Valentine Meet

Greater Boston Track Club founder Jack McDonald talks to current President Bruce Davie at the splendid and fast track at Boston University. McDonald founded the club in 1973 and said he is delighted to see so many athletes in action in the classic club shirt. McDonald is athletics director at Quinnipiac University.
photo by GreaterSnap

Legions of GBTC athletes will compete in the Valentine meet at BU starting Friday the 13th and on to late Saturday. The club will have six relay teams in action in the DMR and 4x400s for men and women.

Check the Valentine sched and maybe starts lists at:
http://goterriers.cstv.com/sports/m-track/spec-rel/082808aaa.html

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B.I.G.

Flash news from the 2009 Boston Indoor Games held at the Reggie Lewis Center. Olympian Hector Cotto hurdles 60m in 7.74 for 3rd place. Jim Watts sprints 26.12 in the Men's Masters 200m. Meanwhile, club President Bruce Davie runs 4:41.19 for 7th place in the Men's Masters Mile. Full meet results are here (pdf) and great photos by Cheryl Treworgy are here and here.

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Andrew Wommack wins Great Stew Chase in Lynn, MA

All of the GBTC women's team at the Stew Chase today, Tara Vance, Katie Fobert, and Christy Bonstelle.
Most of the GBTC men's team pausing on their cooldown in the Lynn Woods:
#193, Eric "Gonzaga" Mendoza, Ryan Aschbrenner, Chris Smith, Tomoaki Uchiki, Brennan Bonner, and race winner, Andrew Wommack #132.
photos by GreaterSnap

Leading from the start, GBTC's Andrew Wommack won the Great Stew Chase in Lynn today. His fiance, Tara Vance, placed second.

More photos by GreaterSnap are here.
Full results are here.

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