Tomoaki Goes Bonk At Nahant 30 km

Tomoaki Uchiki leading the leaders at 11 miles by the sea approaching Forty Steps Beach in Nahant. He would hang with these guys, eventual winner Jim Johnson of CMS and runner up Martin Tighe, until 17 miles.
photo by GreaterSnap

The leaders started slowly in Nahant, MA for 30 kilometers of racing on a hilly, twisty course on this peninsular town on a morning spitting rain off the sea. GBTC's Tomoaki Uchiki planned to race at 6:05-6:10 pace, but the first few miles in the lead pack at 6:15s felt soooo comfortable. Then the leaders picked up the pace. Tomoaki could not pass up a good race so he stuck with them as the pace dipped below 5:50. He knew he would pay. At 17 miles he still ran with the leaders. Suddenly he could no longer race and staggered to the line long after his pace makers finished.

Allison Tables ran in 7th place among the women on this course that is not fast, but beautiful.

Full results: here, and GBTC results below.

Allison Tables approaching 11 miles with Dan the Fan watching.
photo by GreaterSnap

1 Jim Johnson 1:49:34 5:53
5 Tomoaki Uchiki 1:54:29 6:09
7 Timothy Stickney 1:55:56 6:14
13 Michael Guarascio 2:01:29 6:32
15 Dustin Barnes 2:02:16 6:34
16 Mike Toomey 2:02:31 6:35
39 Allison Tables 2:23:07 7:41
41 Norm Robbie 2:24:52 7:47
145 Joy Will 3:04:49 9:55
171 finishers

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Men Win Codfish

The lead pack in the early going: foreground, Ryan Place, Matt Haringa behind him, 340 Kibrom Temelso, 338, Dan Smith. Kevin Somers partly obscured by Temelso.
Photo by GreaterSnap

Kyle Linn MacQueen ran second for the team.
Photo by GreaterSnap

September 26, Franklin Park, Boston:

GBTC men won the 41st running of the Codfish Bowl founded by club original coach, Bill Squires. GBTC's Ryan Place, grad of Allegheny College, won the race followed by Dan Smith in third, Kevin Somers in fifth, Kibrom Temelso in 8th and Matt Haringa in 11th to beat the BAA tem and 16 other teams. Course conditions were perfect as was the sunshine. 202 men finished.

The women's team placed second to Stoneybrook. Gretchen Chick led the GBTC women with Kyle MacQueen in 13th, Anna Novick in 17th, Jane Ovanin in 19th and New England 3km Champion, Hannah Hastings in 35th. 207 women finished and a total of 23 teams. The BAA placed 6th.

Full results here.

Our next meet will be the prize money club-hosted Topsfield XC Festival on October 4th.

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Women win at Lone Gull

Most of the women's team, post-race at Gloucester
Photo by Bruce Davie

In near perfect running conditions on a gently undulating and scenic course, the GBTC women's team extended their lead in the USATF-NE Grand Prix, winning the 10k event at Gloucester. Gretchen Chick led the team with a 6th place finish. Meanwhile, the men's team placed 6th in a tightly contested competition, their aggregate time only 2 seconds behind rivals CMS. That score leaves them tied with BAA for first in the overall Grand Prix scoring, with just the marathon remaining.

Coach Tom Derderian made a welcome return to racing after a summer of injury.

More photos of the runners approaching the 6 mile mark here, full results here, and GBTC results below.

Place Name Finish Pace
1 Joseph Koech RUN 30:20* 4:53
11 Dan Smith GBTC 31:22 5:03
17 Kibdom Temelso GBTC 31:59 5:09
18 David Bedoya GBTC 31:59 5:09
32 Loannis Papadopoulos GBTC 32:45 5:17
34 Brian McNamara GBTC 32:51 5:18
35 Ryan Aschbrenner GBTC 32:53 5:18
37 Robert Espinosa GBTC 32:56 5:18
41 Andrew Wommack GBTC 33:18 5:22
55 Tomoaki Uchiki GBTC 34:00 5:29
66 Tim Stickney GBTC 34:59 5:38
87 Max White GBTC 36:42 5:55
106 Gretchen Chick GBTC 37:31 6:03
122 Meghan Lynch GBTC 38:25 6:11
124 Amelia Bishop GBTC 38:32 6:12
127 Jennifer Lee GBTC 38:42 6:14
129 Tara Wommack GBTC 38:46 6:15
147 Ken Ross GBTC 40:16 6:29
150 Christy Bonstelle GBTC 40:21 6:30
164 Sarah Torkelson GBTC 40:55 6:36
171 Allison Tables GBTC 41:22 6:40
321 Tom Derderian GBTC 47:20 7:38
395 Tejbir Singh GBTC 50:42 8:10

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Teams lead Annual Grand Prix Series

The Battle begins in the rain and wind.
photo by GreaterSnap

Two races remain in the New England USATF Grand Prix after today's race. Both GBTC teams extended their leads at the Ollie 5-Miler. The men lead by four points and the women by three points. The BAA won both races but the newly formed adidas team beat the GBTC men by nine seconds.

The course that was supposed to be five miles turned out to be short. The GPS jockeys concurred with each other that it is only 4.93 miles. It seems that workers placed the cones at the turn-around in the wrong place.

Full results here, GBTC results below.

OLLIE 5-MILE ROAD RACE, Sept. 12, 2009 (4.91 miles) South Boston, Mass.

1 23:53* Joseph Koech TEAM RUN
6 24:08 Ryan Place GBTC
11 24:22 Daniel Smith GBTC
21 24:50 Matthew Haringa GBTC
22 24:55 Kevin Somers GBTC
30 25:21 Brennan Bonner GBTC
33 25:25 Jon Korhonen GBTC
35 25:28 David Bedoya GBTC
36 25:35 Kibrom Temelso GBTC
51 26:07 Ryan Aschbrenner GBTC
52 26:14 Nathaniel Freese GBTC
54 26:20 Edward Breen GBTC
57 26:33 Robert Emord GBTC
66 26:57 Eric Mendoza GBTC
72 27:14 Brad Kozel GBTC
78 27:45 Luis Torres GBTC
84 28:05 Chris Lowe GBTC
95 28:27 Sara Donahue GBTC 2nd Woman
102 28:45 Max White GBTC
103 28:48 Dustin Barnes GBTC
107 29:12 Allison McCabe GBTC
108 29:14 Dan Hall GBTC
111 29:21 Amelia Bishop GBTC
115 29:31 Gretchen Chick GBTC
121 29:38 Meghan Lynch GBTC
131 29:50 Brian Hare GBTC
158 31:05 Scarlett Graham GBTC
174 31:47 Ken Ross GBTC
176 31:53 Allison Tables GBTC
178 31:56 Sara Torkelson GBTC
181 32:01 Hannah Hastings GBTC
209 33:00 Katie Famous GBTC
236 33:40 Beth Harlow GBTC
254 34:18 Jenny Thomas GBTC

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GBTC dominant around Cape Ann

Tomoaki, Ted Breen, and Jon Chesto in a tight pack early in the race. Photo by Sara Donohue

The red jerseys of GBTC were very much in evidence at the 76th annual Around Cape Ann 25k. Ryan Aschbrenner, seeking to improve on last year's 3rd place, went off quickly to the lead, chased by CRC's Hank Scollard, while a pack of four more GBTC men followed closely by Tara Wommack gave GBTC the lion's share of the top 10. While the hills of the Cape Ann course are not to be underestimated, the weather this year was about as good as could be arranged on a Labor Day Monday, with relatively low temperatures and humidity.

In the end, Ryan was able to move decisively away from Scollard for the win, while Tara was never challenged in a gun-to-tape victory. The men's team, with 5 finishers in the top 7, were easy winners of the team prize, while the ladies were just beaten into second place by Somerville.

Full results here, GBTC results below.

                      76th Annual Around Cape Ann 25K
                    Monday September 7, 2009 9:00 AM

Place Name                Div/Tot  Div   City       St  Time    Pace 
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   1 Ryan Aschbrenner      1/78   M3039 Waltham    MA 1:28:18  5:42
   4 Tomoaki Uchiki        2/78   M3039 JamaicaPla MA 1:31:42  5:55
   5 Edward Breen          2/46   M2029 Medford    MA 1:32:59  6:00
   6 Bruce Davie           2/111  M4049 Cambridge  MA 1:34:52  6:07
   7 John Chesto           3/78   M3039 So.Boston  MA 1:35:10  6:08
   9 Tara Wommack          1/66   F2029 JamaicaPla MA 1:38:50  6:22
  18 John Blouin           6/78   M3039 Medford    MA 1:41:55  6:34
  19 Dustin Barnes         6/46   M2029 BOSTON     MA 1:42:43  6:37
  56 Christy Bonstelle     2/78   F3039 Cambridge  MA 1:49:20  7:03
 227 Norm Robbie          61/111  M4049 Attleboro  MA 2:08:20  8:16
 360 Kelly Aschbrenner    35/78   F3039 Waltham    MA 2:19:58  9:01
 437 Joy Will             47/66   F2029 Newton     MA 2:28:52  9:35

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