New Balance Qualifying Championships (NYC)

(13.83, new club record, 13.55 is Olympic A standard;
Listen to all the GBTC folks who stuck around late into the night to cheer)

For the more than fifteen GBTC sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers, and throwers making the trip down to New York City on Saturday (5/10/08) , it was a day of season’s bests and quality opening marks. While no one was particularly thrilled with their races, most were happy with the progress and potential for improvement.

The meet was an afternoon affair in Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island in NYC. It featured athletes from most of the region’s top clubs (U.S. Elite, Shore AC, Nike CPTC), as well as the nation’s 800m phenom Chanelle Price (2:03.20).

GBTC showed that it deserves its USATF designation as an Elite Development Club with several wins and top-three performances.

Sherita Williams (12.94m) dominated the triple jump, winning by two feet. Fellow jumper Ray Smith jumped 6.75m in the men’s long jump. Sticking with the jumps, Jen Harlow was fourth in the high jump (1.65m). Former GBTC-er (now in Maryland competing for U.S. Elite) Yesta Tuakli-Wosornu was second in the long jump.

Five athletes competing on Saturday may soon be representing their respective countries in international competition: Hector Cotto (Puerto Rico), Hafiz Greigre (Liberia), Kateema Riettie (Jamaica), Dacia Taylor (Jamaica), and Dee Murphy (Ireland).
In the 110 hurdles, Hector battled through a rough prelims, where he ended up tied for 8^th (but 9^th based on the thousandths place). After speaking with meet director Lauren Primerano (big thank you!), the meet officials allowed Hector run in the finals. Hector made the most of it, and clocked a 13.83, just .28 off the Olympics A-standard.

Kateema (53.34m), a member of the Jamaican national team, won the javelin by over 8 meters! She will continue to look for that Olympic qualifying throw in the coming months. Also in the javelin, Ashley Nyzio found the club, put on her uniform for the first time, and opened up with a javelin throw of 34.83m.

Dacia, training full time with Olympic aspirations, was second in the 100m (12.06). Dacia (24.41) and teammate Josette Pierre-Louis (25.75) were also at the top of the 200m prelims. Because the meet fell over an hour and a half behind, the finals of the 200m and the 4x400m were too late in the evening to wait for.

Stand-out sprinter Hafiz Greigre, a member of the Liberian national team, cruised to a victory in his 200m preliminary heat (21.49). Hafiz wore a GBTC jersey for the first time, and we hope he’ll wear it again as he tunes up for international competition.

Also going overseas soon for competition is Ireland’s second-ranked discus thrower Dee Murphy, who was second in the discus (39.09m).

Coach Callum’s Tuesday/Thursday group was all over the 400m. In their season 400m debuts, Tiera Fletcher was fourth (58.10) and Sara O’Brien eighth (59.75). On the men’s side, Christian Tirella (49.08), Matt Schiller (51.38), Andrew Guida (53.40), and Charly Clerge (57.73) all made their way around the oval.

Masters runners showed they weren’t quite ready to let the younger guys beat them. Wayne Burwell nursed a sore hamstring, and even after shutting it down at 60m, still qualified for the finals with a time of 11.34. Wayne will be a force this summer as the weather heats up. I competed in the two hurdles races, opening up with a season’s best in the 400m hurdles (56.76) and a decent race in the 110 hurdles (15.70). Both times should hopefully drop in the next month.

For those still reading, it’s worth noting that despite the meet running an hour and a half late, the weather getting colder with each minute, and a 4 hour drive back to Boston looming, GBTC’s athletes stuck together stayed until 9:30 pm to cheer for Hector in the finals of the 110 Hurdles. There are other clubs that can offer a few more dollars and some fancy shoes, but you won’t get better (and certainly not louder) teammates than those wearing the GBTC red.

You also won't find a more dynamic track announcing duo than Mike Rauh and Dennis Kornfield. If you've been to Icahn Stadium, you know the familiar, "Let's help to bring them home" down the home stretch. The two will make even the 8th heat of the 800m seem like the World Championships.

The sprinters will next be competing in some of the Boston High Performance meets, as well as the Developmental Meets we help to run on two Wednesdays at M.I.T.

Full Results:
http://www.icahnstadium.org/Results/NB%20Last%20Chance.htm

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Second Grand Prix of 2008, Nashua, NH

New GBTC member and first year med student at Harvard, Leslie Irvine; Sasha Lang, who played lacrosse for BU; and Theresa Kett. photo by GreaterSnap

Only 16 seconds separated the GBTC women's open team from the BAA, but it could have been much worse. Because of world complexities ranging from mother's day to international travel, many women who would have represented the club could not race. If a club fails to finish a full, scoring team, it gets no points. Only a miracle could get a club back into the hunt for first place. Fortunately a couple of new women and a couple who had not raced for a while came to the rescue so the women's team could remain viable in the New England Road Race Grand Prix for 2008.

Sasha Lang and Leslie Irvine joined recently and Theresa Kett and Christy Lyons, who had not raced lately, filled the void. The women's team placed third and is now also third in the year's scoring after the second race of the six-race series— a mere three points behind the BAA and Merrimack Valley Striders who are tied for first. Unfortunately Kett graduates from BU with a degree in economics and returns to her native home in the south of Germany.

The men's team, handicapped by Matt Haringa who missed the start by 11 minutes, placed only 5th. That leaves the men's team also in third place in the 2008 series. Andrew Wommack is back from injury as is Ryan Aschbrenner.

The next Grand Prix race is June 1 - a 5 km in Lincoln, RI.

full results: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/08/nh/May11_Medica_set1.shtml


Sara Donohue slipping past some big boys to lead the GBTC team to third.
photo by Ted Tyler www. coolrunning

The Medical Center 6k
Nashua, NH, May 11, 2008
USATFNE Grand Prix

1 18:20 4:55 Benjamin Ndaya RETAILERS UNION
8 18:52 5:04 Kibrom Temelso GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
25 19:22 5:12 Andrew Wommack GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
33 19:42 5:17 Dan Smith GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
39 19:53 5:20 Ioannis Papadopoulos GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
56 20:36 5:32 Junyong Pak GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
58 20:38 5:32 Ryan Aschbrenner GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
81 21:40 5:49 Matthew Lyons GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
83 21:47 5:51 Bill Newsham GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
85 21:50 5:52 Sara Donahue GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
94 22:06 5:56 Allison McCabe GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
100 22:25 6:01 Jennifer Lee GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
125 23:12 6:14 Theresa Kett GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
126 23:18 6:15 Tara Vance GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
133 23:24 6:17 Sasha Lang GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
144 23:49 6:24 Leslie Irvine GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
159 24:09 6:29 Tom Derderian GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
368 30:52 8:17 Christy Lyons GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
371 31:01 8:19 Matthew Haringa GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB (chip time 11 mins faster)
608 finishers

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Penn & Brown - Video and Recap

This is a few days late, but here are some video links, as well as the stories behind the times at Penn Relays and Brown:

Women's Steeplechase at Brown (new club record!)

GBTC in Olympic Development Women’s 4x100m

GBTC A in Olympic Development Men’s 4x100m

GBTC B in Olympic Development Men’s 4x100m

GBTC A & B in Olympic Development Men’s 4x400m

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Blessed with the best Penn Relays weather in recent memory, GBTC competed in three relays and one open event Friday (4/25) at the 114^th running of the Penn Relays. In the first race of the day, both men and women ran the 4x100m relay.

The women’s side featured Josette Pierre-Louis (All-American from UMass-Lowell) to Dacia Taylor (vying for a spot on the Jamaican Olympic team) to Tiera Fletcher (All-American from Villanova) to Natasha Rodney (a guest from Central Park Track Club). Their time of 50.44 was close to the club record time of 49.92.

The men raced two teams. The A team was composed of former Northeastern standout Christian Tirella, flanked by three of the old stand-bys (Cahill, Callum, and Shen). They made it around in 44.40. The B team was bolstered by two high school stars, Bryant Wang and Sean Kleeman running the first two legs. Andrew Guida and Matt Schiller took the baton the rest of the way, finishing in a strong 45.74.

Both 4x100m teams were happy with their times given they had no prior handoff practice. Sprint relays are always interesting for post-collegiate teams (the U.S. National team included) because there is frequently little time for handoff practice. In college and high school, you can devote multiple days a week exclusively to baton work. But when you’re only meeting twice a week, you have to focus on speed and conditioning during workouts. At Penn’s we rely on a mix of veteran experience (I and Dave Callum have done the third-fourth leg handoffs several years running) and a bit of good luck. We also recognize that the times we run could be a lot faster if we had the luxury of working out together every afternoon.

After the 4x100, GBTC cheered on Gary Snyder running in the 60+ Masters 100m dash (14.79), and then prepared for the final race of the day, the men’s 4x400m.

GBTC again raced two men’s teams, but shuffling the cards a bit, the A team was Tirella, Cahill, Shen, and Schiller, and the B team Kleeman, Wang, Binkley and Guida. The A team (3:22.93) placed second in their heat, and the B team competed to a quality 3:31.25 finish.

Capping off a very successful day, Friday night the team ate together as a group at Ruby Tuesday’s. Hopefully we will be doing the same thing this summer at Club Nationals, as this group has the makings to be a national contender.

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Those not competing at Penn’s (and a couple of us who just couldn’t get enough) found themselves in Providence on Sunday for the Brown Springtime Invitational. While the weather (cold, drizzling) didn’t say “spring,” some of the performances certainly did.

As Tom has posted, Victoria Barnaby set a new record in the women’s steeplechase (11:22.03). In that race, however, the biggest PR drop actually belonged to Deanna Clark (12:20.89), who dropped 40 seconds! off her Northeastern time just a couple weeks earlier. Dee will now transition back down to the mid-distance 800m races, while Victoria will be looking for even faster times come summer. (And, in a shameless plug, both will continue to come to our Monday night hurdle/steeple training sessions – the fastest 90 minutes around. We always have room for more …)

In addition to club records, we saw a big personal best from Andrew Guida, dropping a 52.66 in the open 400m. Compared to the 55.44 two weeks, earlier, that’s nearly a three second drop!! It shows what consistent training over time can do (hint: if you’re not coming regularly to sprint practices, come back!) Andrew also went 24.08 in the 200m, where Mike Servizio also clocked a 27.78. With warmer weather, Mike (who once again found a sweet parking spot) will also be shaking free of injuries and bringing the time down.

At the start of the day, GBTC’s Jason Hewitt (10:52.56) and Matt Lyons (10:57.98) both beat their seed times and went sub-11:00 in the men’s steeple. 3,000m and a few water jumps would be enough for most, but both runners came back later in the meet for the 5k. Enjoying some surging, and even a little bump-and-run, the teammates worked together, with Matt finishing in 16:24.95 and Jason in 16:30.06.

Also early in the day, in the field events, Danny Colina was 4^th in the javelin with a throw of 53.00m.

In honor of the movie coming out this weekend, Jason should also win the meet’s Iron Man award for his willingness to run the 4x400m immediately after the 5k. As he crossed the line in the 5k, I literally pulled him off the track and gave him his hip number for our anchor leg. About 5 minutes later, he cranked out a 60. and finished off the Shen-Guida-Colina-Hewitt relay. Hats off also to Danny Colina for running (though be warned … you ran so well that you will be tapped again for the relay!).

The other club record set was Hector Cotto’s 110 HH (14.31). Hector, who is looking for a spot on the Puerto Rico Olympic team, will run much faster soon, and the club record will continue to drop. (You can check out his own analysis at: http://www.ricanhurdler.blogspot.com/). I ran the 110s, but didn’t turn out that fast of a performance (15.92). My 400 IH later in the day was a bit better (57.25), and will come around once the summer hits.

Despite the bad weather, Erik Hoagland was the top of the field in the long jump (7.05m), and second in the 100m (11.05). When Erik is united with our other top sprinters, we should have a very strong 4x100m team. Charly Clerge, who I talked to after the race while he was icing, spent the day trying to run through a nagging injury, but managed 13.03 in the 100m.

The women ran after the men, and we saw some good racing. In what she described as one of the most physical races (i.e. elbows, pushing) she’s run in, Ronnesia Gaskins pushed through the crowd for a 4:49.78 1500m. Jessica Klett made her debut in the 400m hurdles (1:09.16). It was an excellent time for coming back to the hurdles after years away. (And that final 150m surely felt just as tough as it always has!)

Making season debuts were Jen Hawkes placing 4^th in the high jump (1.60m) and Deirdre Murphy placing third in the discus (39.44m). Both had to sit around and try to stay warm for a long time, as the men’s meet was delayed. Diane Williams represented the club for the first time, and completed a throwing trifecta: shot put (11.32m), discus (36.43m), and hammer throw (37.84m).

Congratulations to the throwers, jumpers, hurdlers, steeplers, and sprinters who made Penn and Brown a great success. Mark your calendars … we’re just 6 weeks from New Englands, 8 weeks away from Regionals, and 11 weeks away from Club Nationals on July 18-19 in Kansas.

For detailed results click on "more".


Penn Relays, April 25-27
Women
Olympic Development 5k
26 Allison McCabe Greater Boston TC 17:35.03

Olympic Development 4 x 100m, section 1
6 Greater Boston TC 50.44

Men
Olympic Development 4 x 100m, section 2
8 Greater Boston TC A 44.40
Olympic Development 4 x 100m, section 3
4 Greater Boston TC B 45.74

Olympic Development 4 x 400m, section 2
2 Greater Boston TC A 3:22.93
(Christian Tirella, David Cahill, Francis Shen, Matt Schiller)
7 Greater Boston TC B 3:31.25 2
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Brown Invitational, April 27
Men 110 Meter Hurdles

1 Hector Cotto GBTC 14.31

Men Long Jump
1 Erik Hoagland GBTC 7.05m (23-01.75)

Men 100 Meter Dash
2 Erik Hoagland GBTC 11.05
22 Charly Clerge GBTC 13.03

Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase
7 Jason Hewitt GBTC 10:52.56
8 Matt Lyons GBTC 10:57.98

Men 400 Meter Hurdles
7 Francis Shen GBTC 57.25 2

Men 400 Meter Dash
18 Andrew Guida GBTC 52.66 5

Men 5000 Meter Run
12 Matt Lyons GBTC 16:24.95
13 Jason Hewitt GBTC 16:30.06

Javelin
4 Daniel Colina GBTC 53.00m 173-11

women
1500
12 Ronnesia Gaskins GBTC 4:49.78

400 hurdles
8 Jessica Klett GBTC 1:09.16

3000 Meter Steeplechase
1 Victoria Barnaby GBTC 11:22.03
9 Deanna Clark GBTC 12:20.89

high jump
4 Jennifer Hawkes GBTC 1.60m 5-03.00

Shot
9 Diane Wiliamms GBTC 11.32m 37-01.75

Discus
3 Dierdre Murphy GBTC 39.44m 129-05

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Pictures Aplenty from Patriots Day

From 2008 Boston M...

We're drowning in a flood of pictures from 112th Boston Marathon, many starring our club members. Photos were compiled by Kit Wells here and by Junyong Pak here. Many gems remain to be discovered among the riches amassed by Jim Rhoades from CoolRunning here, by Peter Rufo of EliteRunning here, by Alison Wade of EliteRunning here, here and here, and by Scott Kennedy here.

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Men 3rd in Boston, women 7th

The GBTC men's team celebrating at a post-race bar. Coach Tom Derderian, Junyong Pak, 2:37, Giannis Papadopolous, 2:47, David Bedoya, 2:27, Dan Hall, 2:51, Marty Wesolowski, 2:53, Brennan Bonner, 2:33.
photo by Marty's father

GBTC president Bruce Davie celebrates in the last miles.
Photo by Hattie Derderian

In the team competition at Boston the GBTC men placed 3rd led by David Bedoya, their time a mere 2 minutes out of first, and the women took 7th. Top woman was Tara Vance in 3:02. The masters men had an aggregate time 4 minutes ahead of the women, but placed only 35th in a competition that Bruce Davie called "ridiculously competitive".

Bradley Award winner, Amanda Parrish, ran a substantial PR of 3:19.

Follow link below for (fairly) complete GBTC results:


2008 teams
3. Greater Boston Track Club 7:36:55
Bedoya, David 2:27:33
Bonner, Brennan 2:32:18
Pak, Junyong 2:37:04
Papadopoulos, Ioannis 2:47:52
Hall, Dan A. 2:51:20
Marty Wesolowski, 2:53:51

7. Greater Boston Track Club 9:35:48
Vance, Tara M. 3:02:48
Coughlin, Beth Y. 3:14:34
Klim, Kate E. 3:18:26
Bihrle, Marian M. 3:18:35
Watters, Amanda M. 3:29:19
Becca Pizzi 3:56:44

Masters
35. Greater Boston Track Club (Massachusetts) 9:31:08
Davie, Bruce 2:49:46
Newsham, William 3:07:48
Whitney, Thomas 3:33:34
Ken Agabian, 4:21:07

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Sara Donahue 69th in Trials 2:46:17

Coming.

Going.

Sara likes to dress like a Ninja Warrior for her big races.

Even Ninjas smile early in the race. all photos by GreaterSnap

Sara Donahue ran a terrific race only a few minutes slower than her personal best and well below her next fastest time. She had had setbacks in training this winter so we are all pleased that she ran so well.

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Bradley Award presented

Amanda Parrish in red with Award Committee members Katie Famous on her right and Cynthia Hastings and Sloan Siegrist on her left.

Tonight the Greater Boston Track Club president, Bruce Davie, congratulated Amanda Parrish as he presented her with the 2008 Margaret Bradley Award on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the banks of the Charles River on the night before the women's USA Olympic marathon trials. The award is given yearly by the club to a young woman in memory of GBTC member Margaret Bradley who died in 2004. The award covers expenses to the Boston Marathon.
Both Margaret Bradley's parents, Keith and Mary Jo Bradley, and Steve and Diane Parrish attended the reception along with 50 club members and their guest. Donations were made to the endowment that funds the awards. Donations can be made at anytime on the club web site.

In the Boston Marathon Amanda Parrish will wear number 9982 and the uniform of the Universal Sole club from Chicago.

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2008 Bradley Award Winner

Amanda Parrish in recent road race action


The Greater Boston Track Club announces the winner of the 2008 Margaret Bradley Award to
Amanda Parrish, a Bradley teammate.


When Amanda Parrish arrived at the University of Chicago from her native Westport, CT she knew no one. On an early workout out to the Lakefront that was to be at tempo pace freshman Amanda kept up with senior Margaret Bradley for many miles mostly because she found the conversation so good. Then Margaret said to Amanda, "Ok, now we are going to pick it up to tempo pace." Amanda was forced to confess that she was already running at her tempo pace and that she could go no faster. By senior year she could go much faster, (38:41 10 km) but owes much of her college success to Margaret's welcoming ways. "

On Amanda's first day of pre-season at Chicago she found it scary not knowing anyone, but Captain-of-the-Team, Margaret Bradley, careful not to leave freshman festering in the dorm, made sure they got out to discover the good restaurant deals in the city. By her senior year Amanda herself was captain of the track and cross-country teams at the University of Chicago.

Amanda Parrish went on to become a history major at the University of Chicago graduating in ('04) and is now finishing her master's degree in English Literature with an emphasis on creative writing. Just this week she passed her master's comprehensive exam at grad school in Washington, DC. She will be applying for High school English teaching jobs in the fall and hopes to keep writing fiction, continue coaching (which she has been doing for the past two years). As for running plans, she' says, "I'd like to continue to focus on longer events because my favorite kind of training runs are long tempos, fartleks and long distance runs. I'm not sure that I have the leg speed for a 5k anymore! Although, I do still really enjoy short summer road races and have loved coaching as a new way to be involved in the sport."

Lately Amanda Parrish has run the following:

Vermont City Marathon in 2006 in 3:25
Cherry Blossom 10 Miler in 2007 in 1:06:06
Philadelphia Distance Run in 2007 in 1:31

Her PRs for other distances are 18:41 for 5k and 38:40 for 10k (2004), 2:13 for 30k (2006) and 1:30 for the half marathon (2006 Caesar Rodney Half Marathon, 2006)

Margaret L. Bradley was a member of GBTC who died while on a trail run through the Grand Canyon on July 10, 2004, at the age of 24. Margaret ran the 2003 Chicago marathon in 2:58:52, and led the GBTC women's team to victory in the 2004 Boston marathon with a time of 3:04:54, finishing as 31st woman. Margaret lived in Chicago in 2003 and 2004, and while living there she competed with the Universal Sole track club.

GBTC and Universal Sole have jointly established the Margaret Bradley award in honor of Margaret. The intent of the award is to send one runner annually from GBTC to compete in the Chicago marathon and to bring one runner annually from Universal Sole to compete in the Boston marathon. The two clubs intend for the award to continue in perpetuity for the purpose of recognizing and aiding aspiring young, female marathoners who are of similar ability to that of Bradley. The award covers the travel expenses of the selected athlete. A member of the local club will host the visiting athlete while she is in either city for the race.

Donations to the Margaret Bradley Endowment fund can be made through the GBTC web site: http://www.gbtc.org/
There is also a list a previous recipients of the award and links to articles about Margaret Bradley's life and death.

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GBTC At Northeastern Solomon Husky Invite

The ageless Dave Cahill who can run, jump, and count money.
photo by GreaterSnap
April 12, 2008
Northeastern Solomon Husky Invitational
Dedham, MA
By Francis Shen

In Dedham today, GBTC red was prominent as a group of 8 men and 5
women took advantage of some unexpectedly sunny weather by running
and jumping their way to a number of impressive performances. Star
sprinter Christian Tirella won the 400m (49.01), surged to nearly win
the 200m (22.33), was 4th in the long jump (5.86m), and was coaxed
into coming back for the winning 4x400m (3:27.56)

The day started off with GBTC in the steeple chase. Matt Lyons braved
the barriers first (11:32.17), and Victoria Barnaby (11:42.32) and
Dee Clark (13:00.25) made very successful steeple debuts. Dee led the
pack early, and ran a strong race throughout. Victoria moved up
through the race, and her time was better than every college runner,
just a half-second behind a New Balance athlete in second, and only
:12 seconds behind first place. What an incredible first-time race!
After the race, a visibly excited Barnaby was overheard saying that
she's found her race. (And to put it in perspective -- this time was
just :30 second off the D-II and D-III nationals provisional qualifiers!).

In other barrier-related results, the ageless wonder Dave Cahill was
4th in the 400m hurdles in 56.91, while yours truly was a few places
behind in 58.03. Earlier in the day I managed a 15.61 for the 110
hurdles, employing good technical advice from Mike Servizio. Mike ran
the 200m (27.16) was just a hair shy of breaking :27 and held off a
charging Mass Velocity foe in the inside lane. Mike also won the
prize for obtaining the "parking spot closest to the track" --
parking next to the starting line.

GBTC dominated the women's 5k. Allison McCabe ran away from the
competition finishing first in 17:54.58. Liz Kelly was not far
behind, finishing a strong third in 18:27.06. In the women's 1500m,
Ronnesia Gaskins (4:56.12) out-kicked Tufts and took 4th.

At the triple jump pit, Erik Hoagland opened his season with a jump
of 13.28m, good for second place. Charly Clerge opened up in the 400m
with a 58.19. Also in the 400m, Andrew Guida clocked a 55.44, then
came back to anchor the 4x400m (Cahill-Shen-Tirella-Guida) in a sub :54 run.


FULL RESULTS:
Men: http://www.gonu.com/mtrack/2008/solomon.htm
Women: http://www.gonu.com/wtrack/2008/solomon.htm

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Fitchburg Track Meet

Jim Sheehan Memorial - 4/5/2008
Track & Field Invitational
Fitchburg State College - Fitchburg, MA
http://www.coolrunning.com/results/08/ma/Apr5_JimShe_set1.shtml
200
3 Tirella, Christian GBTC 22.60 -0.3 1
57 Clerge, Charly GBTC 26.28 -0.2 11
400
1 Tirella, Christian GBTC 48.85 1
110 hurdles
1 Shen, Francis GBTC 15.85 -0.4 1
400 hurdles
2 Shen, Francis GBTC 57.68 1
3 Cahill, David 2 GBTC 57.90 1

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The Comeback Kit and the Kates

photo by GreaterSnap
Beth Coughlin, Katie Fobert, Kate Klim at Cohasset, MA


After a long time nursing injuries Kit Wells returned to racing placing second here as he did last year. He ran his fastest six individual miles all in a row faster than he had been able to run any miles all year. His return will be a big help to the team in the coming Grand Prix team races.
The women's team of Kate Klim, Katie Fobert, and Beth Coughlin easily outperformed any women's team.
If you go to: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/08/ma/Apr6_Cohass_set1.shtml you can see all the results.

These three women and others will compose the GBTC team for the Boston Marathon. The team has a good chance to win the team prize that is scored by adding together the times of the fastest three runners from any officially entered and declared club. Lowest score wins.


32nd ANNUAL COHASSET BY THE SEA ROAD RACE
Sponsored by the Cohasset Rotary Club
April 6, 2008 10 Kilometers (USATF Certified #MA07001RN) Cohasset, MA

1 1/264 33:29 5:24 Brendan Lynch 30 M 1135 Dorchester MA HFC
2 2/264 33:57 5:28 Kit Wells 31 M 1 Mansfield MA GBTC
15 1/332 39:12 6:19 Kate Klim 25 F 458 Boston MA
18 12/264 39:19 6:20 Bryan Doldt 33 M 1236 Quincy MA
26 2/332 39:44 6:24 Katie Fobert 31 F 1162 Norwood MA GBTC
37 3/70 40:29 6:31 Tom Derderian 59 M 11 Winthrop MA GBTC 3rd 50-59
47 6/332 41:08 6:38 Beth Coughlin 29 F 2 Newton MA
327 6/33 50:44 8:10 Cynthia Hastings 50 F 12 Winthrop MA GBTC 6th 50-59
1027

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Jessica Blake Wins 15 km

Jessica Blake winning the women's open photos by Ted Tyler
The club battle for first, Tapply, Haringa, Fraioli


Jessica Lee Blake won the Upton Boston Tune-Up today under cloudy skies over undulating country roads in this rural town just west of Hopkinton where marathon starts. Blake has run the Boston Marathon in 2:52, but won't be racing this year.
Matt Haringa took third in the men's open divsion. He is not racing a marathon, yet.

Tri-Valley FrontRunners Boston Tune-Up 15K
Upton, MA, April 5, 2008

1. Timothy Tapply, 50:17:00 5:24 Boston Athletic Association
2. Mario Fraioli, 51:04:00 5:29 New Balance Boston
3. Matthew Haringa, 52:20:00 5:37 Greater Boston Track Club
10.Ted Breen, 57:22:00 6:10 Greater Boston Track Club
16. Jessica Blake, 59:02:00 6:20 Greater Boston Track Club
23. Elizabeth Kelly, 61:34:00 6:37 Greater Boston Track Club
26. Tom Derderian, 62:08:00 6:40 Greater Boston Track Club
28. Joel Bargmann, 62:17:00 6:41 Greater Boston Track Club
29. Marian Bihrle 62:25:00 6:42 Greater Boston Track Club
30. Katie Famous, 62:30:00. 6:43, Greater Boston Track Club
156 Finishers

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Tara Vance Wins Women's ES 20

I told Tara Vance that if she could put herself in a position to win and later see if it is possible, and not treat it as mere preparation for the Boston Marathon. Every race is real. At an open race we never know who will show up to run or what condition they will be in. Tara Vance took the lead from ailing teammate Marian Bihrle at 12 miles. Marian placed third and is nursing a sore hamstring.


photo by Josh Johnson
With the hat, Tomoaki Uchiki, next to him, Dan Hall, David Bedoya, #72 Brennan Bonner, 65 Marian Bihrle, 660 Tara Vance, #476, Junyong Pak.

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GBTC Men Sweep ES 20 miler

Brennan Bonner Second
Photos by Andrew Wommack

From Kittery ME to Salisbury MA GBTC men dominated the race in preparation for their bid to win the team prize again in the Boston Marathon. I confessed to putting a great deal of pressure on these runners. I told them when they left for the race that since I had asked the race director for complimentary entry for them that they had to run from the front, win or die.
Giannis Papadopoulos confirmed that ancient Greek Mothers would tell their sons who went off to battle to come home victorious with their shield or carried dead upon it. They came home victorious.

Left: David Bedoya, First
Right: Junyong Pak,Third



Eastern States 20 Miler & Run for the Border Half Marathon
Salisbury, MA, March 30, 2008

GBTC only (seven of the top eleven)

1 1/78 DAVID BEDOYA 31 M 54 SOMERVILLE MA 1:48:46 5:27
2 1/46 BRENNAN BONNER 23 M 72 DORCHESTER MA 1:50:47 5:33
3 2/78 JUNYONG PAK 30 M 476 BEVERLY MA 1:52:05 5:37
5 2/46 IOANNIS PAPADOPOULO 23 M 478 ALLSTON MA 1:54:21 5:44
7 3/46 DAN HALL 24 M 279 JAMAICA PLAIN MA 2:00:42 6:03
9 6/78 TOMOAKI UCHIKI 34 M 651 MEDFORD MA 2:02:24 6:08
11 5/46 MARTY WESOLOWSKI 26 M 675 JAMAICA PLAIN MA 2:07:23 6:23
13 1/113 BRIAN HARE 43 M 712 ARLINGTON MA 2:10:34 6:32
First place master
20 7/46 MICHAEL MOYLES 29 M 455 CAMBRIDGE MA 2:12:57 6:39

22 1/64 TARA VANCE 24 F 660 BOSTON MA 2:14:01 6:43 First woman
31 2/64 MARIAN BIHRLE 24 F 65 BOSTON MA 2:17:07 6:52 Third woman
46 3/64 BETH COUGHLIN 29 F 147 NEWTON MA 2:22:34 7:08 Fourth woman

108 39/113 KEN AGABIAN 44 M 747 BOSTON MA 2:34:24 7:44
575 finishers

Half marathon results
11 2/32 LYNN JOHNSON 34 F 891 N ATTLEBORO MA 1:26:59 6:39 4th woman
20 2/22 TOM DERDERIAN 59 M 844 WINTHROP MA 1:29:43 6:51
27 4/17 KRISTIN SCHLEICHER 24 F 955 CAMBRIDGE MA 1:35:35 7:18

full results: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/08/ma/Mar30_Easter_set1.shtml

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Weekend Preview: March 28-30

Greater Boston TC will divide and conquer at three venues this weekend: the Tufts Snowflake Classic, the USA Masters Indoor Championships, and the Eastern States 20M. This arrangement is fitting, as the winter's indoor workouts are through and the club transitions next week back to training en plein aire. Click the link below for the full details and complexities.

Tufts
Seven GBTC athletes will take it to the snow, cold and blue track of Tufts. For women, Tessa Clare in the 200m and Nicole Bucala in 5000m. For the men, Erik Hoagland in the long and triple jump as well as the 100m. Matt Schiller goes long in the 1500m, while Andrew Guida goes short in the 400m/200m double. Danny Colina throws the spear while Christian Tirella sprints in the 200m.

Masters
Back in the warmth of Reggie Lewis TAC, 16 of the older members of GBTC will compete in the USATF Masters National Championship. We'll see action from Dave Cahill in a quadruple including the 60m hurdles, 400m, 800m and 4x400m. Joining him in the 800m and 4x400 will be Aaron Binkley. Francis Shen will join him in the 60m hurdles, while Dave Callum will join him in the 400m and 4x400m. Wayne Burwell with join us in the 400m and he will contest the 60m dash. Indu Conley is planning a trifecta with the 60m, 200m and 400m while Sarah Lawson is entered in the 60m and 200m.

Jim Watts will join the younger men in a 4x400m, while also entered among the top seeds in the 400m and 800m in the 45-49 age group. Mike Servizio and Chris McConnell plan a 400m and 4x400m double, but their open 200m is backup for the relay. Bruno Marino and Tom Goulet will run this 4x400m as well. Dan Kelly and Gary Snyder are expected in the 60m and 200m among 60+ guys, while Bill Newsham and Brian Hare go long in the 3000m.

Eastern States
Up in Maine, our guys, Bedoya and Bonner are going to race for the win as will our women, Bihrle and Vance. There should be some high ranking additions to the race's historical list of top times. Others such as Papadopoulos, Pak, and Hall are going to race with the leaders for as long as possible. Wesolowski will try hard not to get lost or miscount laps. Johnson, Famous, and Derderian will race the concurrent half marathon.

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Urban Hurdling

Watch GBTC's hurdlers do their drills and much more in the new, straight to YouTube release of Urban Hurdling: Boston. Be amazed as teammates hurdle past Fanieul Hall, Fenway, the Fleet Center, the Pru, Boston Common, Beacon Hill, the Charles River, and many other Boston favorites. Also available through YouTube are related Bonus Scenes and a One Minute Highlight Reel.

This has also been featured on the March 26 front page of boston.com!


The video was filmed last October, and features Jessica Klett, Dave Cahill, Francis Shen, and our urban hurdling guru, Coach Dave Callum. Sara O'Brien provided the location for the coolest shot of the video, and helped throughout the day. Matt Collins loaned his hurdles, and Steve Vaitones originally floated the idea in 2007.

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Northeastern Outdoor Track Meet

Ronnesia Gaskins leads Victoria Barnaby in the 1500
photo by GreaterSnap
Nicole Bucula ran her first race for GBTC today, Liz Kelly in the middle and Allison McCabe
photo by GreaterSnap
Jason Hewitt in Steeplechase action in the first outdoor meet of 2008. Before the race ice had to be smashed and removed from water jump.
photo by GreaterSnap




Women 10,000 Meter Run

1 McCabe, Allison G.B.T.C. 36:41.39
2 Bucala, Nicole G.B.T.C. 37:10.18
4 Kelly, Elizabeth G.B.T.C. 38:34.46

200
2 Tirella, Christian GBTC 23.10 1
400
1 Tirella, Christian GBTC 49.69 1

High jump
1 Tirella, Christian GBTC 6-02.00 1.87m

800
28 Guida, Andrew G.B.T.C. 2:26.39

1500
13 Roberts, JR G.B.T.C. 4:17.85

Women's 1500
4 Gaskins, Ronnesia G.B.T.C. 5:03.12
6 Barnaby, Victoria G.B.T.C. 5:08.05

Men's 10,000
4 Bonner, Brennan G.B.T.C. 32:02.58
9 Smith, Dan G.B.T.C. 33:31.59
10 Pak, Junyong G.B.T.C. 33:35.05
12 Kozel, Brad G.B.T.C. 33:44.99
16 Wesolowski, Martin G.B.T.C. 34:51.31(lap short add 85 sec)
17 Hall, Dan G.B.T.C. 35:30.44
20 Derderian, Tom G.B.T.C. 41:37.67

400 hurdles
1 Cahill, David G.B.T.C. 56.33

Steeplechase
2 Hewitt, Jason G.B.T.C. 10:59.62

Javelin
3 Colina, Daniel G.B.T.C. 55.81m 183-01

Discus
14 Lemieux, James GBTC 37.26m 122-03

full results:
http://www.coolrunning.com/results/08/ma/Mar22_Northe_set1.shtml

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New Bedford Half Marathon, Teams 2nd and 3rd

Today, the men's and women's open teams maintained their precedent positions of second and third, respectively in the 2008 USATF-NE Half Marathon Championship in New Bedford. Leading GBTC to their lowest aggregate times (in the modern era) were Kibrom Temelso (8th overall, 1:09:16) and Sara Donahue (9th woman, 1:19:31). Though it may still feel like winter outside, the Grand Prix is heating up! Click the link below for detailed results.

Results:
31st New Bedford Half Marathon
New Bedford, MA, March 16, 2008
Place No. Name Age Finish Pace Club
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1 6 DERESE DENIBOBA 25 1:06:29# 5:05 WESTCHESTER TC
8 10 KIBROM TEMELSO 32 1:09:16 5:17
9 542 DAVID BEDOYA 31 1:09:20 5:18
13 529 BRENNAN BONNER 23 1:09:48 5:20
27 716 JUNYONG PAK 30 1:11:26 5:27
39 864 IOANNIS PAPADOPOULOS 23 1:12:19 5:31
44 663 MATTHEW HARINGA 24 1:13:11 5:35
51 727 ROBERT ESPINOSA 23 1:13:37 5:37
65 1553 HEIDI WESTERLING 27 1:14:30# 5:41 BAA
68 790 BRAD KOZEL 28 1:14:47 5:43
71 1390 DAN SMITH 29 1:14:58 5:44
90 563 DAN HALL 24 1:16:29 5:51
103 1289 BRUCE DAVIE 44 1:17:02 5:53
132 813 SARA DONAHUE 27 1:19:31 6:04
138 879 BILL NEWSHAM 43 1:19:59 6:07
150 1881 EDWARD BREEN 26 1:20:42 6:10
175 688 BRIAN HARE 43 1:22:19 6:17
180 774 SCOTT BOSWORTH 43 1:22:33 6:18
189 590 MARIAN BIHRLE 24 1:22:52 6:20
215 577 PETER WARRINGTON 26 1:24:13 6:26
221 615 JOHN RAGUIN 38 1:24:43 6:28
255 773 LYNN JOHNSON 34 1:26:33 6:37
282 1833 KATIE A FOBERT 31 1:27:59 6:43
341 1645 BETH COUGHLIN 29 1:30:46 6:56
355 1765 KATIE FAMOUS 28 1:31:19 6:58
370 1899 AMANDA WATTERS 27 1:32:01 7:02
395 675 TOM DERDERIAN 59 1:33:06 7:07
502 1438 TOM WHITNEY 56 1:37:16 7:26
818 815 BECCA NEILL 27 1:47:57 8:15
1650 1288 HUBERT JESSUP 61 2:44:30 12:33
1666 finishers

MALE OPEN (28 scoring teams)
2. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:09:16 1:09:20 1:09:48 1:11:26 1:12:19 = 5:52:09
10 KIBROM TEMELSO 32, 542 DAVID BEDOYA 31,
529 BRENNAN BONNER 23, 716 JUNYONG PAK 30,
864 IOANNIS PAPADOPOULOS 23

FEMALE OPEN (30 scoring teams)
3. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:19:31 1:22:52 1:26:33 = 4:08:56
813 SARA DONAHUE 27, 590 MARIAN BIHRLE 24,
773 LYNN JOHNSON 34

MALE MASTERS 40+ (19 scoring teams)
10. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:17:02 1:19:59 1:22:19 1:22:33 1:33:06 = 6:54:59
1289 BRUCE DAVIE 44, 879 BILL NEWSHAM 43,
688 BRIAN HARE 43, 774 SCOTT BOSWORTH 43,
675 TOM DERDERIAN 59

MALE SENIORS 50+ (17 scoring teams)
16. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:33:06 1:37:16 2:44:30 = 5:54:52
675 TOM DERDERIAN 59, 1438 TOM WHITNEY 56,
1288 HUBERT JESSUP 61

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Allison beats everyone in South Boston for St. Patrick

Allison McCabe, overall winner, Boston Mayor Tom Menino, Liz Kelly, and Deanna Clark

South Boston Boys & Girls Club St Pat's 5K Road Race
South Boston, MA, March 16, 2008

1 17:46 5:44 1 20-29 1 F 601 Allison McCabe Cambridge,MA first place over all

2 17:52 5:46 1 20-29 1 M 1030 Max White JP,MA First Male
10 18:48 6:04 2 20-29 2 F 673 Elizabeth Kelly Cambridge,MA
22 19:52 6:25 4 30-39 20 M 1119 Jon Chesto S Boston,MA
24 19:59 6:27 3 20-29 3 F 506 Deanna Clark S. Boston,MA
789 finishers

Full results: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/08/ma/Mar16_SBosto_set1.shtml

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GBTC in New Bedford in previous years

The GBTC open teams have improved their team positions over the past years in the USATF Half Marathon in New Bedford. The men moved from 7th in 2002 to second last year and the women from 7th to third. This year's running is tomorrow.


2007
2. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:08:51 1:10:14 1:10:20 1:11:41 1:13:54 = 5:55:00
JEREMY BORLING 26, Kibrom TEMELSO 31, DAVID BEDOYA 30,
AVI KRAMER 25, KIT WELLS 30
3. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:21:50 1:24:43 1:24:44 = 4:11:17
LAURA HAYDEN 26, LYNN JOHNSON 33, MEGNA DOSHI 25

2006
7. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:11:08 1:11:55 1:16:11 1:16:31 1:16:32 = 6:12:17
DAVID BEDOYA 29, KIT WELLS 29, SAM BLASIAK 26, 1000
BRAD KOZEL 26, LUCAS WOODWARD 22

4. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:25:16 1:25:16 1:26:24 = 4:16:56
LAURA HAYDEN 25, JENNIFER BUSSE 22, CHERYL TWOMEY 27
2005
6. GREATER BOSTON TC
1:09:52 1:11:25 1:12:56 1:13:25 1:15:32 = 6:03:10
MARZUKI STEVENS 31, JOSH SOHN 23, JR CRUZ 24, 1277
IAN NURSE 27, JOHN BLOUIN 30
3. GREATER BOSTON TC
1:23:43 1:25:19 1:25:54 = 4:14:56
MAEGAN CHAGGARIS 30, LYNN JOHNSON 31, SARA DONAHUE
24

2004
3. GBTC
1:09:14 1:10:35 1:11:03 1:13:07 1:14:35 = 5:58:34
MARZUKI STEVENS 30, JOSH SOHN 22, ARISTIDES CRUZ 23,
KIT WELLS 27, IAN NURSE 26
3. GBTC
1:23:11 1:26:22 1:29:16 = 4:18:49
JESSICA BLAKE 26, MAEGAN CHAGGARIS 29, KATIE FAMOUS
24

2002
7. GBTC
1:11:24 1:12:25 1:13:28 1:13:44 1:14:07 = 6:05:08
BEN NEPHEW, JOHN BLOUIN, TIM MCCUSKER, Jerad J. Crave,
FINBARR KIRWAN

7. GBTC
1:22:25 1:29:46 1:30:43 = 4:22:54
Lynn A. Johnson, HELENA KIMBALL, WALTRAUD PULSINGER

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Wild Women's Racing Weekend

It seems that this was a women's racing weekend with victories in Maine and Massachusetts. Maine native and Brandeis grad Gretchen Chick won the 5 km in Portland, ME while Holy Cross grad Katie Fobert won the 30 km in Beverly.

Middlebury grad Jessica Blake and another Holy Cross grad, Lynn Johnson, took 2nd and 3rd in the Raynham 5 miler.


Irish Road Rover 5K
Portland, ME, March 9, 2008

16 738 GRETCHEN CHICK 26 F 1/117 F2029 BROOKLINE MA 19:07 6:10

647 finishers


Raynham Knights of Columbus Charity 5 Miler
Raynham, MA, March 9, 2008

15 2/21 232 BLAKE JESSICA 30 F N ATTLEBORO MA 31:01 6:13

20 3/21 204 JOHNSTON LYNN 34 F N ATTLEBORO MA 31:42 6:21
221 finishers

North Shore 30K
Beverly, MA, March 9, 2008

18 Kathryn Fobert 424 F3039 2:20:37 0:07:34 1/18
19 Amanda Watters 425 F2029 2:20:57 0:07:35 1/22
57 Becca Neill 368 F2029 2:38:23 0:08:31 6/22

143 finishers

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Another Club Record

At the USATF New England Association meet, Matt Chisam broke the existing record in the pole vault with a 4.95m/16-2 clearance. Matt is a national-caliber decathlete and an assistant coach at Harvard, and has been affilated with the club since last spring. Get ready for seeing more excellent results as he pursues the Olympic Trials standard this upcoming outdoor season in the multi-event.

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Women and Wommack Win!

Photo by Ted Tyler

Speedy Andrew Wommack won the Hyannis Half Marathon yesterday and the GBTC women's team won the team prize. All four women will race in the Boston Marathon.

http://capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080225/SPORTS/802250306

FOUR POINTS SHERATON HYANNIS HALF MARATHON
February 24, 2008 Half-Marathon (USATF Certified #MA01001RN) Hyannis, Mass.

1 5:33 1:12:35 Andrew Wommack 24 M GBTC

32 6:26 1:24:11 Marian Bihrle 24 F 2 GBTC

38 1:25:12 6:30 1:25:26 Michael Moyles 28 M GBTC

51 1:26:35 6:37 1:26:36 Tara Vance 25 F GBTC

60 1:28:17 6:44 1:28:18 Kate Klim 24 F GBTC

157 1:35:22 7:17 1:35:23 Carrie Golden 24 F GBTC
full results: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/08/ma/Feb24_Hyanni_set6.shtml
1823 finishers
photos by Ted Tyler
Marian Bihrle leads the GBTC women's team to victory



Carrie Golden
Tara Vance Kate Klim in her first GBTC race

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New Women's DMR record at Nationals

photo by Deanna Clark
Allison McCable, Caroline Occean, Sara O'Brien, Jen Lee

At the indoor USATF National Championship the GBTC women's Distance Medley Relay team placed 3rd in an huge new club record.

The old record from earlier in the year set by
*Lee, O'Brien, Hayden, McCabe, 11:58.29, BU Terrier Classic 1/26/08

New Record of 11:41.91

photo by Deanna Clark
Gretchen Chick, Ronnesia Gaskins, Christine Kloiber, Laura Hayden

The Greater Boston Track Club 'B' team ran 12:05.19 coming within 7 seconds of the old record
Laura Hayden, Christine Koiber, Ronnesia Gaskins, and Gretchen Chick


These are the approximate splits for the record setting relay
Jen Lee, 3:37, 1200
Sara O'Brien, 58 400
Caroline Occean, 2:12, 800
Allison McCabe, 4:53 1600

photo courtesy of the Snyder Syndicate
l-r, Ronnesia Gaskins, Allison McCabe, Laura Hayden, Christine Kloiber, Gretchen Chick

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3km action at Harvard in USATF NE Champs

Katie Famous and Liz Kelley battle for points in the 3km in the USATFNE Championships
photo by Junyon Pak
Kevin Somers gives the look to a Harvard runners who dares to pass in the 3km in the New England USATF Championships.
Photo by Junyong Pak

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GBTC Men Win in Amherst

Papadopoulos, Smith, & Breen digging into the big snow-bound hill out of Amherst and into the Shutesbury Hills. Photo by Hattie Derderian
Kibrom Temelso won the race with David Bedoya a few steps behind. Here they are pictured on the mammoth hill at three miles. Over a mile after this hill had to be run on hard-packed snow. GBTC men won the team prize.
photo by Hattie Derderian

1 KIBROM TEMELSO 54:16 5:26 GBTC
2 DAVID BEDOYA 54:26 5:27 GBTC
7 IOANNIS PAPADOPOULOS 56:09 5:37 GBTC
9 BRENNAN BONNER 56:51 5:42 GBTC
11 CHRIS SMITH 57:17 5:44 GBTC
13 EDWARD BREEN 58:37 5:52 GBTC
16 DAN HALL 59:43 5:59 GBTC
20 BRUCE DAVIE 1:00:39 6:04 GBTC
48 BRIAN HARE 1:07:46 6:47 GBTC
59 TOM DERDERIAN 1:11:15 7:08 GBTC
86 CHRISTY BONSTELLE 1:14:29 7:27 GBTC
195 CYNTHIA HASTINGS 1:26:48 8:41 GBTC
312 finishers
full results: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/08/ma/Feb24_34thAn_set1.shtml

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Gretchen Chick Mile PR and thrilling anchor on DMR

Photo by Peter Rufo. All photos copyright EliteRunning.com.

Gretchen Chick pictured above in her personal best mile in the Valentine meet on Feb 7th.
She ran 5:01. On the next day she anchored the Distance Medley Relay winning the second section by mere hundredths of a second.

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