GBTC's Sherita Williams, Sean Furey Compete at US Nationals

Indianapolis, Indiana - Thursday June 21 2007 - Both Sherita Williams and Sean Furey will compete in their respective events. Sherita will open the day at 6:20pm in the first of two flights of the triple jump in an attempt to make the top 8 to enter the finals to follow immediately aftewards. Likewise, Sean Furey looks to crack the top 8 in the javelin throw where he is scheduled to be in the first of two flights set to go off at 7:00pm.

Some of you may have noticed last summer's GBTC member, Anna Willard as the top seed in the 3000m steeplechase. She is the real deal, as she took part in breaking 3 collegiate records this year at Michigan including the steeple she is entered in (at 9:38.08). With her collegiate eligibility finally used up, it is no surprise that Nike scooped her up. Her event trial is scheduled for 4:15pm Thursday, in the second of two sections, where they take top 4 in each section plus the next 6 best times overall to the final.

In the high jump, Dan Olson just missed making the trip having a provisional qualifying mark of 2.21 meters, just 1cm away from an auto qualifier. USATF does not look to have taken anyone with provisional marks, this would include Sherita's long jump mark of 6.37 meters, she just 3cm off of an auto qualifier, and Rory Quiller (GBTC member Ryan's brother) at 5.51 meters in the pole vault. In the decathlon, Matt Chisam was just a few points away from the provisional 7550 points needed.

Check here for the latest USATF National meet results.

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USATF New Englands - GBTC Dominates, Club Records Come Down, Nat'l Qualifiers

Gretchen Chick en route to a PR and 4th place in the 5k

June 17 2007 - MIT, Cambridge, MA - USATF New England Championships

Dacia Taylor takes down the 100 and 200 club records with her 11.98 and 24.62 for two personal bests. Christine Kloiber just missed a Club Nat'l qualifying mark, might have been the blocks left in her lane at 300m, yet still ran a personal best 60.49. Caroline Occean in her first 800 of the season ran 2:12.39. Jen Lee just back from a trip to Tibet opened her season decently with a 2:18.87 with limited speed work. Allison McCabe improves by 5 seconds in the 1500 with a 4:33.16 and beats out two of her old CPTC athletes. Katie Famous breaks 5 minutes to qualify for Club Nationals. Tara Vance joined Katie and Christy Bonstelle in the 3k for team points, scooping up 2nd, 3rd and 4th. New member Maria Millard of Amherst debuts with the club in the 400IHurdle and breaks the GBTC record in 63.50. Maria threw her hat in the HJ, and helped GBTC score all 10 points, Jen Hawkes scoring first in 5ft5, with support from Tessa Donoghue, behind unattached Jen Harlow. In the Long Jump, GBTC women went 1-2-3 and in triple 1-2 with Yetsa Tuakli-Worsornu's debut in her first club open event (2nd in LJ). Stacey Connor wins Disc and picks up the shot this week in practice to take the win. And the GBTC walked away with wins in the warmup 4x1 and cool down 4x4 (4:03) as well. Sherita Williams tuned up in the long jump and triple jump with double victories, after yesterday's USATF CT meet where she posted a club record and provisional USATF National Long Jump qualifier (6.37m) to add to her TJ automatic.

The men also had a good day, new member Darius Walker of Lexington H.S. won both the 100 (10.48) and 200 (21.22) and plans to represent GBTC this summer. Kwesi Frimpong-Boateng off of a very very short warmup ran a season best 10.64 for 1st scoring while Ray Smith after 6 long jumps finished 3rd scoring with an 11.25, just off the qualifying 11.0 mark but likely earning relay duty. 17 year old Nick Colantuono of Lincoln-Sudbury debuted for GBTC in the 400 (51.38) and 200 (22.95) contributing 3 points in the effort. Dave Cahill snuck in 2 points in the 400 with a 51.35 out of the other section. Andie Colon was the 1st N.E. scorer in the 800 with his 1:55.67. Watts and Whalen make improvements in 800. Ted Breen and Brad Kozel scoop up 3 points while Andrew Wommack makes his track debut. David Bedoya wins the 3k and tops the 2007 club list with his 9:13.16. Bill Newsham adds 2 points in the 3k after running the open 800 earlier. In the hot weather, Kibrom and Brennan are the first two men across the line the 5K, both in 15:30. Dan Conti posts a Club National qualifier and joins LeMaire for the 1-2 finish. Francis Shen and Jason Weber pick up 1-2 in the Intermediates, Weber with a PR. Jason Hewitt wins the Steeple still recovering from a nasty chest cold and the GBTC men's team takes first in both 4x1 and 4x4. Dan Conti vaulted to first place scoring, a tie for 2nd overall, while Ryan Quiller's brother Rory cleared 17' with a 5 step approach and 15ft pole. Unfortunately, coming back from NCAA, Rory's poles were run over in shipment and thus today became practice. Ray Smith cranks out a big win in the long jump, as season best 7.20m, and is looking good for Club Nationals. In the shot put, Dan Conti tallies 5 more N.E. points, Jeremy Racine pulls in 6 points between the Javelin and the Discus, while Mike Randall is looking sharp once again hitting 52.00m in the javelin. Both Dave Bergeron (61m) and Drew Soltysiak (56.79m) in the javelin both plan to add their arms to the GBTC squad.

Update: a few photos available here
Full results: here

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MAX White Team Leader in Winthrop

Max White led a small contingent of GBTC runners including Jacob Trevino in his club debut at this small race in my town. I think GBTC would have won the team prize but the data entry person did not enter our runners as GBTC so the Lynn AC got the prize. Since we all received invitations to the race director's generous barbecue, burgers and beer, and since Max won $25 and Jacob won a pair a good Red Sox tickets in the lottery, I did not protest.

http://www.coolrunning.com/cgi-bin/res_load/recent_results.cgi
WINTHROP SEASIDE STRIDERS
5K FOOT RACE
Winthrop, MA June 15, 2007 6:30PM


1 JOE O'LEARY Somerville RR 16:26 5:18
5 MAX WHITE 17:31 5:39
6 JACOB TREVINO 18:05 5:50
15 TOM DERDERIAN 20:12 6:30
44 EMILY RAYMOND 22:55 7:23
66 CYNTHIA HASTINGS 25:10 8:06
149 ANGELA PUCKERIN 48:15 15:32
150 RICHARD PUCKERIN 48:16 15:32
152 finishers

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Boston High Performance #3

The GBTC team looks ready for next week's New England Championships from the performances in the 6/9/07 Boston High Performance meet.
The big news of the day may be Gretchen Chick's 20 second personal best in the 3,000 meters or Allison McCabe and Caroline Occean sprinting to the finish of the elite 1500 meters with only eight one-hundredths of a second between them. Or the image of the meet may have been Ted Breen swimming through fatigue in the elite 1500 to a personal best. Although Junyong Pak ran a personal best in the open 3000 and Avi Kramer took a fourth place in the elite 5000 meters maybe David Cahill flinging himself around the track, not his usual once, but twice to run 2:01 in the 800 meters provided the indelible image of the evening.
These athletes combined with those from events not offered at the Bentley meets may well win the New England Championships again at MIT on June 17. The team will go on to the Eastern Regionals on July 7 in Albany and the Club Nationals in New York on July 14-16.

2007 Boston High Performance Series #3 - 6/9/2007
Bentley College
Results
200 meters
Sean Kleeman 23.74
Colin Kleeman 25.68
Pietro Pusceddu 26.39
Sarah Lawson 28.84
Indu Conley 29.66

Women 1500 Meter Run Open
7 Tara Vance 5:10.06
8 Megha Doshi 5:11.86

Men 1500 Meter Run Open
6 Brad Kozel 4:17.25
10 Bill Newsham 4:35.96
11 Max White 4:42.02

Women 800 Meter Run Open
4 Deanna Clark 2:27.62

Men 800 Meter Run Open
Cahill David 2:01.98
Joshua Seeherman 2:02.86
Jim Watts 2:04.28
Sarad Tomlinson 2:05.37
Francis Shen 2:09.48
Pete Warrington 2:08.06
Bruce Davie 2:08.43
Kevin Whelan 2:09.39

Mixed 3000 Meter Run Open
David Bedoya 9:00.46
Junyong Pak 9:01.00
Ryan Aschbrenner 9:08.09
TJ Niles 9:36.74
Gretchen Chick 10:09.69
Brian Hare 10:11.81
Elizabeth Kelly 10:39.52

Men 5000 Meter Run Elite
4 Avi Kramer 15:03.50
6 Kibrom Temelso 15:19.69

Women 1500 Meter Run Elite
7 Allison McCabe 4:38.43
8 Caroline Occean 4:38.51

Men 1500 Meter Run Elite
8 Edward Breen 4:04.39

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GBTC at High Performance II

Allison McCabe prepares to pass Breffini Twohig with 200 to go in the 1500m

Week 2 of the High Performance series saw another good round of performances from GBTC's sprint and distance runners. Sara O'Brien dominated the 400m in 57.38; Caroline Occean won the open women's 1500 in 4:44.7; Josh Seeherman showed that he in on the recovery trail from his torn meniscus with a solid 2:06.47 in the 800; and Brian Hare PRed in the 3k. Full results here, and GBTC results below:

W400
 1 Sara O'Brien       57.38
 2 Dacia Taylor     1:00.74
 4 Deanna Clark     1:07.30

M400
Section 1
 4 David Cahill        51.32
Section 2
 3 Jim Watts           55.76
 5 Michael Servizio  1:02.90

M800
 4 Joshua Seeherman  2:06.47

W1500
 1 Caroline Occean   4:44.70

M1500 
 2 Edward Breen      4:08.23
 4 Bruce Davie       4:21.07

M3000
 1 Ryan Aschbrenner  9:18.43
 6 Brian Hare       10:19.82
 8 Bill Newsham     10:32.59

M800(elite)
 2 Andie Colon       1:57.12

W1500(elite)
 5 Allison McCabe    4:39.52

M3000(elite)
 12 TJ Niles         9:45.77

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