USATF Club Nats: A wild, tightly fought race

Where's Harvey? Ryan Place checks on his competition.

Chick in the thick: they battled like a Kilometers-long rugby scrum.
photos by Greater Snap

Amelia Bishop ran a rut in the grass infield very late in the course of the men's race. She shuttled, shouted and cheered each runner, bellowing decibels that only a fit athlete's lungs could sustain. Passion like that echoed the rolling hills of Lexington, Kentucky during the USATF Club Nationals cross-country. Allison McCabe latched on to a rolling mass of her competitors fighting every inch of the way as places changed with nearly every stride. As a club championships the race had no freaks-of-nature professional runners nor any casual fitness runners. Nearly everyone ran for a team where every place counted. Unlike like the mellow miles of a road race, this fight felt like a kilometers-long rugby scrum. Allison's kick carried her to the finish two seconds ahead of four runners. All the club's top five finished in the same minute for the 6 km course. Six runners finished within two seconds of Gretchen Chick, and Jen Lee and Kyle MacQueen each had the company of six runners crossing the line in the same time!

In the men's race wild-haired Ryan Place set out in pursuit of a certain BAA runner, Brian Harvey, and worked his way up like a stealth hunter to within striking distance of his quarry. Ryan got Brian by 7 seconds. The secret fact is that BAA guys and GBTC guys often train together and actually like each other but won't admit it once the starting gun fires. Our team hampered by injury and circumstance lost three qualified runners before the start, but other team members rushed in and ran to the limit of their fitness. Brad Kozel had not expected to carry the burden of the fifth man, but hunched up his shoulders and ran his season's best cross-country race.

More photos by GreaterSnap are here and here.

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National Club XC History

I want to update an earlier summary of how our teams have fared in this modern era of the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships.


The good news is that for the first time, GBTC's women have stepped up to finishing in the top half of all scoring teams. Another promising trend is the fields have grown to comprise more than 25 teams of open women and 40 teams of open men, ensuring stiff competition. But it's also pretty clear that GBTC still has a lot of work to do on the bluegrass to match what it has done admirably on the track.

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Flash Results: Club Nats on Bluegrass

This is a first look at the 2009 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships in Lexington, KY. Mares raced a course of 30 furlongs, while Stallions covered 50. GBTC's women placed 14th of 29 teams, while the men finished 31st out of 42 teams. Today's team leaders were Allison McCabe and Ryan Place.

When Coach Tom was interviewed about the women's race, he insisted "today's girls' performance was the best XC nationals performance ever." The spread among our top five women was a very brief 41 seconds.

Later, over a sumptuous post-race dinner of saffron risotto and a nice chianti, Jennifer Lee confessed that part of her motivation to race so damn hard was to represent her teammates who are specifically excluded from these XC Championships by virtue of lacking U.S. citizenship. "We ran for the immigrants. ;)", she texted and emoticoned. GBTC disagrees with using citizenship as an eligibility requirement for this event, and would like for the policy to be abolished.

Photos by GreaterSnap are now posted.
More photos by RunnerSpace and Mike Scott.
There is an amusing video by Flotrack.
Full results are here, and below is a summary of GBTC's results from today.

Men's Masters 10 Km results are here.
137 70 Bill Newsham, 44, 37:51 GBTC
223 15 Tom Derderian, 60, 42:40 GBTC
85 finishers M40-44, 33 finishers M60-64, 293 total Men's Masters finishers

Open Women's 6 Km results are here.
14. Greater Boston Track Club
47 44 JrW Allison McCabe, 27*, 22:04
60 57 JrW Gretchen Chick, 28*, 22:17
79 74 JrW Jennifer Lee, 27*, 22:33
91 86 JrW Meghan Lynch, 23*, 22:41
93 88 JrW Amelia Bishop, 25*, 22:44
107 100 JrW Kyle Linn MacQueen, 24*, 22:59
141 134 JrW Scarlett Graham, 24*, 23:33
154 146 JrW Jane-Marie Ovanin, 27*, 24:05
210 198 JrW Katie Famous, 30*, 25:05
Total Time = 1:52:17 Total Places = 370
234 Women finishers, 29 finishing Open Women's Teams

Open Men's 10 Km results are here.
31. Greater Boston Track Club
67 67 JrM Ryan Place, 24, 31:40
139 138 JrM Matthew Haringa, 26, 32:57
184 180 JrM Junyong Pak, 31, 33:39
196 191 JrM Edward Breen, 28, 33:55
241 235 JrM Brad Kozel, 30, 35:29
249 243 JrM William Feldman, 24, 35:45
254 248 JrM Daniel Hall, 26, 36:21
Total Time = 2:47:38 Total Places = 827
318 Men finishers, 42 finishing Open Men's Teams

Brad Kozel checked in with Dr. Dan Hall, on the ride back from Masterson Station Park, for a sobering recap of his race.

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Bad Boy XC in Van Cortlandt, Bronx, NYC

The GBTC team and the Central Park Track Club happily pose together today in their tune-up dual meet before the Club Nationals.
photo by Sue Pearsall

GBTC teams travelled to New York to compete in the Bad Boy XC meet hosted by Manhattan Track Club at the historic Van Cortlandt Park course. In tightly contested races, the men's team was 3rd of 3 complete teams, the women's team 2nd of 2.

Full results are available here, and more photos are available here.

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Men 2nd and women 3rd in NE XC Champs: Nat Next!

Photo by GreaterSnap

Greater Boston Track Club men placed second and the women third in the 2009 open USATF-NE championships. The men beat the New Balance Boston club by a mere point. Both GBTC teams are next off to the USATF Fall National Cross Country Championships in Lexington, KY on December 12. The top 8 from the club in each race qualified for the right to represent the club. The club will pay most expenses for the trip.

Full results including masters here. More photos on Flickr.

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Mayor's Cup Toughest Competition Ever!

Jen Lee sprints to the finish flanked by competition. GreaterSnap photo

Teams and runners poured into Franklin Park today from everywhere: Riadha (means athletics in Swahili) from New York City, Westchester TC, Genesee Valley, Syracuse, Pennsylvania, and Maryland as well as the usual Boston clubs to race the 20th Mayor's Cup annual cross country championships. GBTC women's open team took 5th and the men took 7th. Allison McCabe again let the women's team as she has been doing in road races and track meets, Amelia Bishop and Gretchen Chick finished very close behind her. Mud, puddles , and squishy ground from the night's torrential rains slowed race times.

In the men's race Ryan Place, less fit than he has been because of an injury, led the team with Nate Freese and Dan Smith in support. As evidenced from the results below GBTC ran with numbers and quality.

Perhaps the news of the day is the resurgence of the club's men's master's team. Out of 20 men's teams the GBTC masters placed 4th. The masters team should be formidable in the New England Masters's Championships on Nov 8th over 8 km in Franklin Park.

Full results here, and GBTC results below.

20th Annual Mayor's Cup
Presented by the B.A.A. and adidas
Oct. 25, 2009 Franklin Park, Boston, MA

Women's championship 5km
1 1/79 F0139 16:39 5:21 Irene Kimaiyo 26 RIADHA
24 18/79 F0139 18:37 5:59 Allison McCabe 27 GBTC
26 20/79 F0139 18:41 6:00 Amelia Bishop 25 GBTC
27 21/79 F0139 18:45 6:01 Gretchen Chick 28 GBTC
35 29/79 F0139 19:07 6:08 Jennifer Lee 27 GBTC
52 44/79 F0139 19:34 6:17 Kyle Macqueen 24 GBTC
61 51/79 F0139 19:56 6:24 Jane-Marie Ovanin 26 GBTC
67 56/79 F0139 20:16 6:30 Scarlett Graham 24 GBTC
73 60/79 F0139 20:40 6:38 Kate Klim 26 GBTC
76 63/79 F0139 20:47 6:40 Katie Famous 30 GBTC
93 77/79 F0139 22:14 7:08 Jenny Thomas 29 GBTC



Men's championship 8km
1 1/126 M0139 23:54 4:51 Sean Quigley 24 PUMA
28 26/126 M0139 25:37 5:11 Ryan Place 24 GBTC
36 32/126 M0139 25:55 5:15 Nathaniel Freese 24 GBTC
42 38/126 M0139 26:02 5:16 Dan Smith 31 GBTC
47 42/126 M0139 26:12 5:18 Matthew Hainga 26 GBTC
63 57/126 M0139 26:33 5:23 Kevin Somers 31 GBTC
69 60/126 M0139 26:45 5:25 Robert Espinosa 25 GBTC
86 74/126 M0139 27:24 5:33 Jungyong Pak 31 GBTC
91 79/126 M0139 27:32 5:35 Edward Breen 28 GBTC
105 91/126 M0139 27:56 5:40 Ryan Eckel 31 GBTC
109 94/126 M0139 28:01 5:40 Brad Kozel 29 GBTC
117 101/126 M0139 28:25 5:45 Doug Chick 30 GBTC
126 ?? 28:51 5:51 William Feldman 24 GBTC
136 117/126 M0139 29:22 5:57 Chris Lowe 28 GBTC

Franklin Park all-comer 5 km
1 1/151 M0139 16:04 5:10 Antony Taylor 17 M 603
23 1/31 M4049 17:43 5:41 John Raguin 40 GBTC MASTERS
29 25/151 M0139 18:12 5:51 Greg Johnston 19 GBTC
33 29/151 M0139 18:18 5:53 Rue Ratray 34 GBTC
39 3/31 M4049 18:21 5:54 Adam Harder 46 GBTC MASTERS
47 39/151 M0139 18:34 5:58 Max White 25 GBTC
48 5/31 M4049 18:35 5:58 Scott Bosworth 45 GBTC MASTERS
64 6/31 M4049 19:11 6:09 Kris Depew 40 GBTC MASTERS
84 8/31 M4049 19:32 6:16 Brian Hare 45 GBTC MASTERS
85 70/151 M0139 19:32 6:16 Brian Beaulieu 35 GBTC
105 12/31 M4049 20:09 6:28 Ken Ross 47 GBTC MASTERS
107 9/24 M5059 20:14 6:30 Joel Bargmann 57 GBTC MASTERS
114 10/24 M5059 20:32 6:35 Bruce Bond 57 GBTC MASTERS
122 11/24 M5059 20:42 6:39 Richard Puckerin 59 GBTC MASTERS
156 2/8 M6099 21:40 6:57 Tom Derderian 60 GBTC MASTERS
182 22/104 F0139 22:30 7:13 Deanna Clark 28 GBTC
187 25/104 F0139 22:37 7:16 Jessica Klett 25 GBTC
233 45/104 F0139 24:29 7:52 Tiera Fletcher 23 GBTC
Chipless Russ Miller per his own watch, was 24:58.85
278 65/104 F0139 26:31 8:31 Tessa Clare 27 GBTC
356 finishers

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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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Shoemaker loses shoe and Anderson wins as easy as pie at the Topsfield XC

Jarrod Shoemaker's old spike shoes failed him with the plate breaking around a spike so every step painfully drove it up into his foot. He found it less painful to rip off the shoe and run the last half mile with a bare foot.
photos by GreaterSnap

The Greater Boston Track Club and its partners, Puma, and Darn Tough Socks, offered prizes of fresh-baked pies for the top 13 women and men in each race, a dozen pair of socks for each race and a total of $2,000 in prize money to the top five teams in each race. Fortunately for the club treasury the home team won both races. But the women's team from the Philadelphia Track Club won $300 for second place and three pies that they report did not survive the ride back to the City of Sisterly Love.

The GBTC's intention in hosting this race is to boost the quality and frequency of post-college team cross-country competition in New England and increase the number of club teams in the New England USATF Cross-country Grand Prix.

In the women's race Clair Duncan of the Philly TC took an early lead but Riadha's Kristin Anderson hung back waiting. Later she took a small lead and seemed to hold it with ease as she smiled her way across the finish. Merry Placer who has moved to Boston after completing her degrees and racing for Wake Forest took third. In the men's race GBTC's Ryan Place took off after last year's winner Jarrod Shoemaker over the tough, hilly and at times muddy course in Bradley-Palmer State Park. The course loops up over the crest of Moon Hill, a lovely field atop a cruel hill in the middle of an autumnal forest, then swoops down over some slick mud in a dark woods. BAA's Matt Carter and GBTC's Dan Smith agonizingly sprinted the last meters to finish in the same second.

Full results below. More photos:
by Kristen Kozlosky
by Kristen Wainwrights
by GreaterSnap

Kristin Anderson shovels in her well-earned Strawberry-rhubarb pie surrounded by her Riadha teammates. Liz Grudzinski smiles and Dennis Wolff looms over the proceedings.

Women 5k Team results

1 Greater Boston Track Club (GBTC)
2, 3, 5, 6, 7, (9), (10) = 23
2 Philadelphia Track Club (PTC)
1, 4, 8, 11, 12 = 36

Women 5k Individual Results

1 Kristin Anderson RIADHA 18:11
2 Clair Duncan PTC 18:17 1
3 Merry Placer GBTC 18:48 2
4 Allison McCabe GBTC 18:54 3
5 Kate Reese PTC 18:55 4
6 Amelia Bishop GBTC 18:58 5
7 Gretchen Chick GBTC 19:13 6
8 Caitlyn Clark SISU 19:18
9 Jane Ovanin GBTC 19:18 7
10 Liza Grudzinski RIADHA 19:21
11 Erin Fisher PTC 19:22 8
12 Anna Novick GBTC 19:28 9
13 Jen Lee GBTC 19:29 10
14 Heidi Bretscher PTC 19:37 11
15 Scarlett Graham GBTC 19:39
16 Erin Kimm PTC 20:01 12
17 Julie Collins SISU 20:34
18 Hannah Hastings GBTC 21:04
19 Adrienne Cyrulik NETT 21:45
20 Annie Morgan GBTC 21:55
21 Laura Rudd SISU 21:58
22 Jenny Thomas GBTC 21:59
23 Jessey Campbell 22:01
24 Mary Smith NETT 22:12
25 Amanda Maffei 23:02
26 Kristina Stone SISU 23:03
27 Barbara Bell BAA 23:21
28 Jess Walden NETT 23:40
29 Tina Wang NETT 24:01
30 Cynthia Hastings GBTC 26:53
31 Maria Klein CSU 30:30

Men 8k Team results

1 Greater Boston Track Club (GBTC)
2, 3, 9, 11, 13, (16), (21) = 38
2 Boston Athletic Association (BAA)
1, 4, 7, 15, 28, (30), (34) = 55
3 Central Mass Striders (CMS)
6, 8, 14, 17, 18, (19), (22) = 63
4 SISU
5, 10, 12, 25, 26 = 78
5 Greater Lowell Road Runners (GLRR)
20, 24 ,29, 31, 35 = 139
6 New England Track and Trail (NETT)
23, 27, 32, 33, 36 = 151

Men 8k Individual Results

Place Name Club Time Score
1 Jarrod Shoemaker BAA 25:48 1
2 Ryan Place GBTC 25:53 2
3 Dan Smith GBTC 26:17 3
4 Matt Carter BAA 26:17 4
5 Mike Griffin SISU 26:26 5
6 Jim Johnson CMS 26:32 6
7 Peter Mallet 26:47
8 Kevin Gallagher BAA 26:57 7
9 Kevin Tilton CMS 26:57 8
10 Matt Haringa GBTC 27:18 9
11 Ryan Miller SISU 27:27 10
12 Dennis Wolff RIADHA 27:31
13 Junyong Pak GBTC 27:33 11
14 Matt Germain SISU 27:37 12
15 Rob Espinosa GBTC 27:42 13
16 Dan Navaroli CMS 27:45 14
17 Josh Gordon BAA 28:00 15
18 Dan Lounsbury NBB 28:32
19 Ryan Eckel GBTC 28:32 16
20 Jim Pawlicki CMS 28:35 17
21 Dan Verrington CMS 28:49 18
22 Dave Harper CMS 29:01 19
23 John Barbour GLRR 29:10 20
24 Doug Chick GBTC 29:16 21
25 Dave Dunham CMS 29:17 22
26 Dave Hannon NETT 29:17 23
27 Dave Quintal CMS 29:31
28 Bruce Davie GBTC 29:41
29 Mark Reeder GLRR 29:56 24
30 Eric Mendoza GBTC 30:03
31 Jamie Aubuchon SISU 30:05 25
32 Steve Bartholomew SISU 30:10 26
33 Ben Gray NETT 30:17 27
34 Mark Bell BAA 30:29 28
35 Adam Harder GBTC 30:36
36 Peter Lagoy GLRR 31:01 29
37 Scott Bosworth GBTC 31:10
38 John Barrett BAA 31:30 30
39 John Ethington 31:47
40 Brian Beaulieu GBTC 31:52
41 Mick McHugh CSU 31:54
42 Andrew Bianchieri GLRR 32:06 31
43 Frank Kjarnsgard NETT 32:20 32
44 Ben Winther NETT 32:33 33
45 Dave Menard BAA 32:36 34
46 Brian Hare GBTC 32:39
47 Phil Riley GLRR 32:47 35
48 Jon Granger NETT 33:05 36
49 Bruce Bond GBTC 34:04
50 Joel Bargmann GBTC 34:14
51 Ken Ross GBTC 34:18
52 Christopher Stowe SISU 36:06
53 Chris Smith NETT 37:36
54 Chris Dwyer GBTC 37:48

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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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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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Triple Victory at Carlisle 6km xc

Amelia Bishop charging to the finish.
Photo by Jim Rhodes, coolrunning.

On a rainy and slick course over rocks, roots, and puddles new GBTC member Amelia Bishop felt comfortable although she ran the first cross-country race of her life. In her previous life her competition over slick courses passed on cross-country skis. At Dartmouth College she did not run track or cross-country, but now she no longer lives in snow country.

Scarlett Graham running in her second race of the week after helping the team to victory in Lynn Woods took second for the team. Graham was the only team member from winning woods team to race in Carlisle. So the team is looking strong for the coming season as the competition increases all the way to the club nationals in Lexington, KY in December.

For men Ryan Place led the team again with Haringa, Korhonen, and Smith close behind to insure the team place.

But the big news of the day comes from the old guys. John Raguin organized the men's masters team and ran in first for them. They won the team prize too. A triple threat for the season's cross-country Grand Prix looms.

Full results here, GBTC results below.

Carlisle 6km XC

1. Esther Erb 21:15 unatt
2. Amelia Bishop 21:18 GBTC
4. Scarlett Graham 22:35 GBTC
5. Tara Wommack (nee Vance) 22:37 GBTC
10. Alissa Nelson 24:23 GBTC
11. Beth Harlow 24:43 GBTC
12. Katie Famous 24:46 GBTC
47 women finishers

1. Shoemaker Jarrod 17:27 BAA
2. Harvey Brian 17:29 (team prospect)
3. Place Ryan 18:01 GBTC
4. Haringan Matthew 18:03 GBTC
5. Korhonen Jon 18:04 GBTC
Smith Dan 18:11 GBTC
Eckel Ryan 19:45 GBTC
Barnes Dustin 21:05 GBTC
Uchiki Tomoaki 20:15 GBTC
Blouin John 20:21 GBTC
Feldman William 20:21 GBTC
Guarascio Michael 20:45 GBTC
50 open men finishers

Masters Men 40+
5. Raguin John 20:41 GBTC
7. Harder Adam 21:34 GBTC
8. Depew Kristopher 21:35 GBTC
14. Dwyer Christopher 23:32 GBTC
7. Bargmann Joel 23:44 GBTC
9. Bond Bruce 24:05 GBTC
16. Hare Brian 24:32 GBTC
57 masters finishers

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Lynn Woods Relay, men and women win

The happy teams. Note Junyung poised by the grill on the right. New member Annie Morgan third from left in the front row.

Kim Eckel flying out of the darkling woods. photos by GreaterSnap

Bill Newsham brought his whole family to race. Bill and Wendy met after they each joined the club, thus their team name: Generations.

Annie Morgan is the youngest (adult) member of the club coming to Boston to school as a freshman at Harvard from Spokane, WA.

Full results here, and GBTC results below.

1 . GBTC PUMAS (425) 53:33
DAN SMITH 13:06 13:06
JUNYUNG PAK 26:25 13:19
RYAN ECKEL 40:20 13:55
KEVIN SOMERS 53:33 13:13

3 . GBTC LEFTOVERS (441) 58:27
MAX WHITE 15:13 15:13
CHRIS LOWE 29:36 14:23
MIKE GUARASCIO 44:07 14:31
JOHN BLOUIN 58:27 14:20

14. GBTC - FAST GIRLS (455) 67:10
ANNIE MORGAN 17:01 17:01
ALLISON MCCABE 31:08 14:07
KIM ECKLE 50:45 19:37
SCARLETT GRAHAM 67:10 16:25

55. GBTC - GENERATIONS (411) 82:13
BILL NEWSHAM 14:44 14:44
WENDY NEWSHAM 35:32 20:48
EMILIE NEWSHAM 58:36 23:04
BRYCE NEWSHAM 82:13 23:37

CYNTHIA HASTINGS 57:53 20:33

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Big Effort at Club Championships

Meghan Lynch holds her cold hurting head after her race in the Club Nationals in blowing snow and sub-zero wind chill.
Allison McCabe is too cold to pull on her warm up pants.
photos by GreaterSnap

Scenes from the 2008 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships in Spokane, Washington on Saturday, Dec. 13.

More photos by GreaterSnap are here.
More photos by Mike Scott are here.

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Cross-country runners survive sub-zero wind chill

Start of the women's race into the teeth of the wind.

The cold front blew down from Canada at 22 degrees F, carrying blowing snow into the faces of GBTC runners in the USATF National Club XC Championships at Plantes Ferry Park in Spokane, Washington. The women’s team placed 13th, led by Sara Donohue. The men were led by Jim Emord.


Gretchen Chick, too cold to smile.

The conditions were the most extreme in the history of this meet. Sara Donahue fell and banged her head on some ice, leaving a noticeable lump. Junyong Pak’s eyelashes froze together so he couldn’t blink. Gretchen Chick tried to smile for photos, but her face was too cold. The running didn’t stop when the race ended, because everybody rushed back to the vans to escape the sub-zero wind chill. The team is looking forward to indoor track. Come to the holiday party to hear more tales.



Dan Smith and Matt Haringa.

Results will be available at the race website.

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Hello from Spokane

The GBTC men and women have arrived in Spokane for the USATF Cross Country Club Championships. The snow is falling and the temperature is getting low. We previewed the course today, and it looks like it's going to be messy. Women race tomorrow at 12:45p and men at 1:30p (Pacific time).

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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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Flash Results from Club XC Champs

Just in from the muddy fields of southern Ohio, GBTC's women finish a sweet 16th while the men finish 39th at the 2007 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships. Allison McCabe and Matthew Haringa were our team leaders. This race features the top clubs from across the United States as they vie for honors and bragging rights as the nation's top cross country team. Coach Tom and Bill Newsham churned up the mud pit before the Open races. Details to come after a good scrubbing.

Masters Men's 10 km;
Men 40-44
93 finishers
65 Bill Newsham, 42, Brookline, NH 39:23.9
Men 55-59
27 finishers
18 Tom Derderian, 58, Winthrop, MA 44:33.9

Open Women's 6 km
32 scoring teams, 234 Finishers
16. Greater Boston T C

31 Allison McCabe, 25, Reading, MA 21:51.2
39 Jennifer Lee, 25, Cambridge, MA 21:55.3
98 Marian Bihrle, 24, Belmont, MA 22:52.6
102 Elizabeth Kelly, 23, Cambridge, MA 22:57.1
119 Mary Siegrist, 27, Cambridge, MA 23:16.3
136 Emily Raymond, 25, Medford, MA 23:50.3

Total Time = 1:52:52.3 Total Places = 389
Average Time = 22:34.5 Spread = 1:25.2

Open Men's 10 km
50 Scoring Teams, 422 Finishers
39. Greater Boston T C

201 Matthew Haringa, 24, Brighton, MA 36:17.5
221 Junyong Pak, 29, Beverly, MA 36:40.7
222 Mark Tompkins, 32, Williamsburg, VA 36:41.6
230 Edward Breen, 26, Medford, MA 36:50.2
252 Ryan Aschbrenner, 30, Waltham, MA 37:14.8

Total Time = 3:03:44.7 Total Places = 1126
Average Time = 36:45.0 Spread = 0:57.3

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GBTC Team set for National x-c Championships.

BTC teams for National x-c in Ohio on Dec 8th
Here is a list of the GBTC athletes for the nationals
Ted Breen, ran at UMass in Amherst, many National teams
Junyong Pak, at Tulane and HS in New Jersey
Mark Tompkins, was on the GBTC national team in 1999 that placed 11th
Matt Haringa, ran at RPI
Ryan Aschbrenner, ran his first marathon in October

Jen Lee, Harvard and GBTC team last year
Sloan Siegrist, Guam Olympic team, and on the GBTC team for many years
Marian Bihrle, Princeton, first year with GBTC
Allison McCabe, UConn, and first year at Nat x-c
Emily Raymond, Brigham Young, and team leader in San Francisco last year
Liz Kelly, Smith College, on the team last year, great mud runner

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Double Bronze at New England XC

The GBTC open men and women both secured third place finishes at the New England Cross Country Championship on November 18th. The women's race was extremely close, with merely 20 seconds distinguishing GBTC from 2nd place BAA. Meanwhile, the men's team finish was more secure, yet an average finishing time of 32:43 for our top five shows promise for the upcoming National Club Championships in Ohio on December 8. Full results here.

USATF - New England Championship Meet
2007 USATF New England Open and Masters - 11/18/2007
Franklin Park, Boston

Women's Open and Masters 6k
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Name                     Age Team                    Finals  Points
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1   #804 Marissa Ryan        22 Unattached               20:46
8   #643 Allison McCabe      25 Gr.Boston TC             21:43    7
13  #631 Gretchen Chick      26 Gr.Boston TC             22:06    9
14  #630 Marian Bihrle       24 Gr.Boston TC             22:10   10
15  #642 Jennifer Lee        25 Gr.Boston TC             22:11   11
24  #645 Sloan Siegrist      27 Gr.Boston TC             22:47   15
27  #640 Elizabeth Kelly     23 Gr.Boston TC             22:56   17
34  #641 Theresa Kett        22 Gr.Boston TC             23:28   20
36  #635 Elizabeth Eiseman   22 Gr.Boston TC             23:39
41  #633 Carrie Corbett      20 Gr.Boston TC             24:24
43  #636 Katie Famous        28 Gr.Boston TC             24:40
53  #637 Ronnesia Gaskins    33 Gr.Boston TC             25:31
70  #634 Allison Curran      26 Gr.Boston TC             27:32
82  #638 Cynthia Hastings    50 Gr.Boston TC             30:14
92 Finishers

Team Scores
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Rank Team                   Total
1 New Balance Boston           24    1    2    3    5   13   16   21
2 Boston Athletic Assoc        50    4    6    8   14   18   19   29
3 Gr.Boston TC                 52    7    9   10   11   15   17   20
Total Time:  1:50:57.00
   Average:    22:11.40
4 Liberty AC                  145   22   27   28   31   37   44   49
5 Sisu Project                158   12   26   33   41   46
6 Green Mountain AA           176   24   30   34   43   45
7 Cambridge Sports Union      177   25   35   38   39   40   47   51
8 Naval Academy Prep School   181   23   32   36   42   48   50

Men's Open 10k
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Name                     Age Team                    Finals  Points
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1   #963 Jeff Caron             New Balance Boston       30:39    1
12  #923 Kibrom Temelso      32 Gr.Boston TC             31:52   12
19  #913 Edward Breen        26 Gr.Boston TC             32:23   15
31  #916 Matthew Haringa     24 Gr.Boston TC             32:58   23
32  #919 Junyong Pak         29 Gr.Boston TC             33:09   24
33  #917 Brad Kozel          28 Gr.Boston TC             33:13   25
41  #920 Giannis Papadopoul  23 Gr.Boston TC             33:28   30
43  #918 TJ Niles            23 Gr.Boston TC             33:32   31
49  #911 Ryan Aschbrenner    30 Gr.Boston TC             33:58
52  #924 John Tyson          25 Gr.Boston TC             34:04
66  #922 Dan Smith           29 Gr.Boston TC             35:46
84 Finishers

Team Scores
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Rank Team                    Total
1  Boston Athletic Assoc        29    3    5    6    7    8   10   11
2  New Balance Boston           34    1    2    4   13   14   16   19
3  Gr.Boston TC                 99   12   15   23   24   25   30   31
Total Time:  2:43:35.00
   Average:    32:43.00
4  Dirigo RC                   121    9   17   21   28   46
5  Central Mass Striders       165   18   20   35   42   50
6  Gcs Triad                   178   29   34   36   38   41   47   52
7  Greater Springfield Harri   179   26   27   33   44   49
8  Sisu Project                207   22   40   43   48   54   61
9  Naval Academy Prep School   225   37   39   45   51   53   56   58
10 Green Mountain AA           263   32   55   57   59   60

Men's Masters 8k
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Name                     Age Team                    Finals  Points
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1   #965 Mark Coogan         41 New Balance Boston       25:50
46  #921 Richard Puckerin    57 Gr.Boston TC             32:11
47  #914 Tom Derderian       58 Gr.Boston TC             32:19
50  #912 Joel Bargmann       55 Gr.Boston TC             32:28
71 finishers

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