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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Women Win with Weightless Ease

Sara Donahue in the 2008 Olympic Trials Marathon. Photo by GreaterSnap

Sara Donahue dressed for the rain in short black sleeves and black tights as the Nor'easter blew in off the ocean. She started slowly then flittered along like Peter Pan's shadow taking the women's lead in the last quarter of the race to win with weightless ease. She led her team to a New England Marathon Championship win and victory in the entire USATFNE Grand Prix road race series for 2009. Newly wed Tara Vance Wommack finished 7th among the women and Christy Bonstelle running her personal best placed 10th in the women's competition.

For the men's team in red, new-green card holder Tomoaki Uchiki ran like a Samurai in the rain fiercely running down the competition along the banks of the Merrimack River taking 19th in the race and second for the team. Jim Emord followed closely but the team leader for the day running personal best was Ryan Aschbrenner, his white hat a beacon to his teammates.

Going into today's race GBTC and BAA were tied for first. But the BAA team placed only seventh. The GBTC open men's team placed 4th behind first place Central Mass Striders so the score after this final 2009 USATFNE Grand Prix race adds up to a tie for first between GBTC and CMS with BAA third.

Giannis Papadopoulos took second in the half marathon in 1:11.

Full results here, and GBTC results below.

Team leader Ryan Aschbrenner in a GreaterSnap photo taken on a sunny day. Today GreaterSnap could not tolerate photographing in the rain.

Baystate Marathon, Lowell, MA, October 18, 2009

1 2:27:53 Brandon Newbould WHIRL
11 2:34:48 Ryan Aschbrenner GBTC
19 2:42:31 Tomoaki Uchiki GBTC
20 2:43:13 Robert Emord GBTC
24 2:44:20 Tim Stickney GBTC
40 2:49:27 Eric Mendoza GBTC
45 2:51:19 Sara Donahue GBTC, 1st woman
57 2:55:39 Rue Ratray (joined GBTC after he registered)
61 2:56:08 Dustin Barnes GBTC
81 3:00:46 Michael Toomey (joined GBTC after he registered)
94 3:04:48 Tara Vance Wommack GBTC
141 3:08:56 Christy Bonstelle GBTC
176 3:12:03 Bill Newsham GBTC
586 3:40:13 Norm Robbie GBTC
1148 4:13:28 Kelly Aschbrenner GBTC
1561 finishers

Lowell Sun 1/2 Marathon
2 1:11:44 Giannis Papadopoulos GBTC
42 1:28:56 Kate Klim GBTC 6th Woman
565 1:59:44 Joy Will GBTC

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Lee wins, GBTC teams second at Wayland

The course covered grass, sand, rocks, pavement up steep hills and down steeper ones. Good sunny fall day. The USATF-NE Grand prix standings will be updated here.

Jennifer Lee won the women's race beating formidable Caitlyn Clark of SISU by 30 seconds.

Full results here, GBTC results below.

Wayland XC Festival, Wayland, MA, October 11, 2009

Men's team score
SISU 23
GBTC 29
NETT 68

Women's team score
SISU 29
GBTC 42
NETT 49

1 Timothy Ritchie 15:12 4:53
8 Brad Kozel 16:57 5:27
9 Doug Chick 16:57 5:27
15 John Raguin 17:37 5:40
19 Bruce Davie 17:41 5:41
26 Adam Harder 18:14 5:52
27 Adam Greenspan 18:21 5:54
29 Kris Depew 18:28 5:56
33 Jennifer Lee 18:48 6:03, 1st woman
44 Brian Hare 19:38 6:19
50 Bruce Bond 20:19 6:32
54 Joel Bargmann 20:28 6:35
67 Annie Morgan 21:22 6:52
70 Tom Derderian 21:39 6:58
75 Jenny Thomas 22:06 7:06
81 Jessica Klett 22:34 7:15
86 Deanna Clark 23:07 7:26
98 Russ Miller 24:47 7:58
116 Cynthia Hastings 26:55 8:39
149 finishers

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GBTC Hosts Topsfield XC Festival Sunday

With excellent cross-country running conditions forecast (mild, possibly damp, but rain likely clearing), the Topsfield cross-country festival, hosted by GBTC and Puma, will take place this Sunday, October 4, beginning with the women's 5K at 10 a.m., followed by the men's 8K at 10:30 a.m. Teams are travelling from New York, Philadelphia and Maryland to compete.

Entries are still open -- see here for details. Prize money for teams totals $2000, going five deep in both men's and women's competitions. These races form part of the USATF New England cross-country Grand Prix.

Click on "more" to see the current list of entrants (as of Saturday a.m.).

Start List for Topsfield XC Festival 2009
Men

Manhattan Track Club
John Cote
Patrick Anglin
Bill Young
Brian Horneck
Chris DeLaubenfels
Bill Walkowicz

Greater Lowell Road Runners
John Barbour
Andrew Bianchieri
Peter LaGoy
Mark Reeder
Phil Riley

Greater Boston Track Club
Kibrom Temelso

Dan Smith

Junyong Pak

Will Feldman
Eric Mendoza

Ryan Eckel

Tomoaki Uchiki

Rob Espinosa

Luis Torres

Doug Chick

Brad Kozel

Dan Hall

Ryan Place

Matt Haringa

Brian Beaulieu

GBTC Masters


Bruce Davie

Joel Bargmann

Scott Bosworth

Adam Harder

Brian Hare

Chris Dywer

Bruce Bond
Ken Ross

Riadha
Dennis Wolff

Central Mass Striders
Dave Dunham
Dan Navariku
Kevin Tilton
Jim Johnson
Dan Verrington
Dave Quintal
Tom Brown
Jim Pawlicki
Matt Clark

New England Track and Trail
Dave Hannon
Ben Winther
Chris Smith
Ben Gray
Martin Bures
Frank Kjaersgaard

Boston Athletic Association
Jarrod Shoemaker (winner in 08)
Josh Gordon
John Barrett
Mark Bell
Matt Carter
Anthony Crudale
Dave Menard
Kevin Gallagher

New Balance Boston
Dan Lounsbury

SISU
Jamie Aubuchon

Unattached
Jessey Campbell
Jon Ethington

Women

Philly Track Club
Heidi Bretscher
Claire Duncan
Erin Fisher
Erin Kimm
Kate Reese

Riadha
Kristin Anderson
Liz Grudzinski

Boston Athletic Association
Barbara Bell

Greater Boston Track Club
Katie Famous

Kate Klim
Kristin Schleicher
Tara Vance

Scarlett Graham

Merry Placer

Jane Ovanin

Jen Lee

Allison McCabe

Kyle MacQueen

Gretchen Chick

Sarah Milby

Annie Morgan

Anna Novick

Amelia Bishop
Ronnesia Gaskins
Jenny Thomas

New England Track and Trail
Tina Wang
Adrienne Cyrulik
Mary Smith
Jess Walden
Chelsea Fellows-Swenson

Unattached
Amanda Maffei
Kristen Campbell

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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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Teams burst to top of 2009 USATF Grand Prix

MacQueen, McCabe, Lynch, Lee, Kelly, Ovanin, Chick, and Vance. Photo by GreaterSnap

Lincoln, RI—Prior to today's USATF Grand Prix Championship the Central Mass Striders men's team tied the GBTC men for first place in the year-long series. CMS also led the GBTC women's team by a point. Today the men's team placed third but two team places ahead of CMS in the 18 team field. That thrust them into the lead.

The GBTC women placed second team behind the Boston Athletic Association that won both races, but three places ahead of series leading CMS. So both GBTC teams now lead the series. The men's team has won the series but the women's team never has.

In the women's race Bradley award winning runner, Meghan Lynch, ran the best race of her life (so far) to take 5th place.

Smith, Wommack, Haringa, McCabe, and Lee all ran in the NB Twilight meet the night before.

More photos are available on Flickr, full results are here, and GBTC Results are below.

Wommack, Haringa, Smith, Somers, Eckel, Papadopoulos, and Mendoza in front. Photo by GreaterSnap

Rhody 5K Road Race, June 7, 2009 Lincoln, RI

1 14:33 4:41 Luke Meyer BAA
10 15:26 4:58 Dan Smith GBTC
11 15:28 4:59 Kevin Somers GBTC
19 15:44 5:04 Matthew Haringa GBTC
27 15:50 5:06 Andrew Wommack GBC
40 16:09 5:12 Ioannis Papadopoulos GBTC
51 16:23 5:17 Ryan Eckel GBTC
66 16:36 5:21 Eric Mendoza GBTC
78 17:15 5:33 Will Feldman GBTC
80 17:16 5:34 Brad Kozel GBTC
81 17:19 5:35 Michael Panas GBTC
85 17:26 5:37 Bruce Davie GBTC
98 17:52 5:45 Adam Greenspan GBTC
167 20:15 6:31 Andrew Guida GBTC
221 21:49 7:02 Norm Robbie GBTC
440 men

1 17:22 5:36 Marisa Ryan unattached
5 17:53 5:46 Meghan Lynch GBTC
8 18:17 5:53 Gretchen Chick GBTC
10 18:21 5:55 Allison McCabe GBTC
15 18:45 6:02 Tara Vance GBTC
16 18:48 6:03 Jennifer Lee GBTC
18 18:48 6:04 Jane-Marie Ovanin GBTC
26 19:12 6:11 Kyle Linn MacQueen GBTC
31 19:42 6:21 Elizabeth Kelly GBTC
329 women

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Open Teams each Third in NE Champs

First you start,
then you finish,
then you eat.

Top: The start of the women's 6km USATFNE Championships in Franklin Park on November 9th, 2008. Middle: John Korhonen kicking past a Central Park runner to assure the GBTC 2 point margin. Bottom: The lavish pot luck picnic including baguettes, brie, bagels, and cider.
photos by GreaterSnap

Full results are here.

Team scores:
BAA, men, 33, women, 37
New Balance Boston, men, 59, women, 40
GBTC, men, 114, women, 79
Central Park TC, 116, women 80

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