USATFNE Road Race Grand Prix 2010 kicks off in Amherst, MA

Funny how events slap the face of prediction. I thought our GBTC women's open team would have a tough time. Amelia had a leg muscle problem, Kyle had a back of the knee problem, Meghan had a new job that required travel, but they finished second team as I had hoped, but feared would not happen. But I expected we had a stronger men's team than we had last year with Ryan Place, Nate Freese, and Ted Breen hot off track 3km times of 8:22, 823, 8:35. But "stuff" happens. Ryan developed a sudden muscle problem and could not start, Nate had a hamstring that removed him from the race after running several miles with the leaders. Ted had a problem that removed him from the course for a brief, but critical time. But other guys rose up and prevented a disaster. Eric Mendoza ran his best race of the year to secure the team's back as fifth man while David Bedoya placed 6th overall. The team placed in the money, in third.
The club's second five men if they could be scored would finish in 7th place. The team's depth saved them.
36th Annual JONES GROUP REALTORS 10 MILE ROAD RACE
USATFNE Grand Prix
February 28, 2010 10 Miles
1 1 50:53 5:06 Brendan Callahan BAA
6 52:48 5:17 David Bedoya GBTC
18 54:22 5:27 Matthew Haringa GBTC
19 154:43 5:29 Dan Smith GBTC
23 55:11 5:32 Ioannis Papadopoulos GBTC
30 56:00 5:36 Eric Mendoza 25 GBTC
40 56:50 5:41 Tomoaki Uchiki GBTC
52 57:26 5:45 Edward Breen GBTC
67 58:24 5:51 Tim Stickney A GBTC
69 58:31 5:52 Bruce Davie GBTC
90 1:00:02 6:01 John Blouin GBTC
97 1:00:32 6:04 Mike Guarascio GBTC
108 1:01:24 6:09 Max White GBTC
122 1:02:18 6:14 Dustin Barnes GBTC
138 1:03:19 6:20 Amelia Bishop GBTC
140 1:03:25 6:21 Meghan Lynch 2 GBTC
161 1:04:46 6:29 Kyle Linn MacQueen GBTC
163 1:04:48 6:29 Scarlet Graham GBTC
170 1:05:20 6:32 Ken Ross GBTC
213 1:08:15 6:50 Kate Klim GBTC
243 1:10:17 7:02 Katie Fobert GBTC
280 1:12:33 7:16 Kristen Schleicher GBTC
291 1:12:49 7:17 Katie Famous A GBTC
285 1:12:42 7:17 Jane-Marie Ovanin GBTC
286 1:12:42 7:17 Hannah Hastings GBTC
308 1:13:44 7:23 Tom Derderian GBTC
380 1:18:06 7:49 Victoria Manfredi A GBTC
509 1:25:53 8:36 Kelly Aschbrenner GBTC
532 1:28:07 8:49 Cynthia Hastings GBTC
691 finishers
DNF Nate Freese
DNF Thomas Young, finished in 1:03:05 but forgot his chip
Full results here

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McCabe qualifies for the National Championships

Allison McCabe, smiling and relaxed at the start.
Moving into third place on the way to first.
photos by GreaterSnap

Today Allison McCabe qualified for the 2010 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships by winning the 1500 meters in the New England Indoor Track & Field Championship. In a stunning upset, McCabe won the special 1500 meters that was set up for other runners to get a qualifying time of under 4:30. Photos from the race are here. Her next race is at 4:25 PM on Sunday, February 28th at the Albuquerque Convention Center.

Official meet results are here. GBTC won both the men's and women's team championships.
Scores: Men, GBTC 60, Providence Cobras 18, Boston Athletic Association, 13,
Women, GBTC 44, Hanover AC, 23, New Balance Boston 14

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The biggest and best Valentine

Kat Warden leading the 800 meters. She finished 5th in 2:09.64.
photo by GreaterSnap

This Valentine meet at Boston University may be the biggest, best indoor track meet in the country. Forty-three sections, 199 men,158 women in 32 sections, ran 200 meters. The starter fired his pistol over three hundred times. The arena sounded like a war zone. Six sections ran in the men's 5,000. Two hundred and three men raced the mile. The final Friday night women's 5,000 meter ended at 11:20 pm! Too many GBTC athletes competed to list all here, but full results can be found here.

I'll list only our top finishers: Tahari James won the triple jump and placed 4th in the long jump behind Casey Taylor. Rich Harrison took third in the shot put and Ryan Place raced to 4th in the 5,000. Hafiz Greigre took 5th in the 200, fifth places also for Allison McCabe in the 1000 and for Kat Warden in the 800 marking her debut in GBTC colors.

Browse a zillion more photos at Flickr.

The New England Championships at Harvard next Sunday will mark the general end of the indoor season.

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Three for Twenty on MVY

Jon Chesto (3rd, 1:58:40) led his teammates John Blouin (7th, 2:04:24) and Ken Ross (11th, 2:11:29) through three towns on the big island of Martha's Vineyard. It is unknown whether they arrived on-island by bridge or barge. Full results are here.

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The Great Stew Chase 15 km in Lynn, MA

Race winner Crystal Anthony and runner up Kyle MacQueen of GBTC
photo by GreaterSnap

The wind blew at 20°F into the faces of the runners for the first half of this hilly traditional Boston Preparation road race. GBTC's distance runners, mostly those who have not been concentrating on indoor track, raced and dominated the field on a day cruel to fast racing.

See full results at Coolrunning, more photos at Flickr, and GBTC results below.
more photos by our friend Krissy: http://krissyk.smugmug.com/Other/The-Great-Stew-Chase-2010/11170420_ZEqyC#783030628_vSSzj
The 36th Annual Great Stew Chase
Sunday February 7, 2010

First places and all GBTC

1 Marc LeBlanc 53:39 5:46
3 Tomoaki Uchiki 53:56 5:48
8 William Feldman 54:37 5:52
9 Tim Stickney 54:39 5:52
10 Dan Hall 55:33 5:58
12 Jon Chesto 56:26 6:04
13 Eric Mendoza 56:55 6:07
14 Michael Guarascio 57:41 6:12
17 Dustin Barnes 58:06 6:14
21 Thomas Young 59:53 6:26
24 Crystal Anthony 1:01:11 6:34 First woman
25 Ken Ross 1:01:23 6:36 Third Master
26 Max White 1:01:29 6:36
27 Kyle Linn MacQueen 1:01:35 6:37 Second woman
33 Christy Bonstelle 1:03:55 6:52 Third Woman
37 Sarah Romain 1:04:42 6:57 Fourth woman
211 Joy Will 1:26:09 9:15
313 finishers

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Chick is Set for Chicago Shamrock Shuffle

The Kennebeck Journal recently profiled GBTC's Gretchen Chick, the 2010 recipient of the annual Margaret Bradley Award, as she prepares to race the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K in Chicago on March 21st. We're excited that a recipient will return to the Second City, especially on the heels of The University of Chicago's 3rd edition of their Margaret Bradley Invitational on February 19-20.

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