Women Win Again!

Liz Crowley Blazing by a Cornfield in Carlisle
photo by Jim Rhodes

Today in Carlisle, MA on a hot, humid, hilly, rocky, rooty, narrow, serpentine, and crowded course 184 runners raced off a dusty start to jam into a single track. The club's Laura Hayden took a tumble to roll in the dirt but bounced up and back into the race. The club women won beating teams from SISU and Tewksbury. Emily Raymond led the team in her usual getup of elastic tuffed hair and turquoise sunglasses followed by Liz Crowley a recent grad of Colgate who works at Children's Hospital and will soon live in Brookline. Tumbling Laura ran in next followed by new member Elizabeth Eiseman who recently graduated from Wellesley College.

Two new men joined the team for this steamy race, Dan Hall, a grad of Bowdoin and second year med student at BU and Jim Croke who is returning to racing after a long layoff from glorious high school seasons. Ryan Kerrigan led the men with help from Brad Kozel and Mike Panas, but the other teams proved to be much too strong.

So now in the USATFNE Cross Country Grand Prix after two races the GBTC women are tied with SISU for first but the men look to be in fourth place.
Women's team photo and full results as soon as they post.

The next Grand Prix x-c race will be the GBTC hosted Topsfield Cross Country Festival on Sept 30.

Thomas Chamberas XC 5k
Carlisle, MA, August 25, 2007
USATFNE full at http://www.nexcgrandprix.org/Chamberas5Kresults.htm
GBTC only
women’s results:

1 Mariko Holbrook BAA 20:56
3 Emily Raymond GBTC 21:26 1
6 Elizabeth Crowley GBTC 22:15 3
7 Laura Hayden GBTC 23:19 4
9 Elizabeth Eiseman GBTC 24:44 5
18 Wendy Newsham GBTC 29:35 10
19 Cynthia Hastings GBTC 29:41 40+ 11
20 Paula Donovan GBTC 30:04 12
Women’s Open teams
1 GBTC (1,3,4,5,10) 23
2 SISU (2,6,7,8,9) 32
USATFNE only men’s results
1 Ryan Carrara New Balance Bos 18:22
5 Ryan Kerrigan GBTC 18:55 2
17 Brad Kozel GBTC 19:57 11
18 Michael Panas GBTC 20:03 12
27 Dan Hall GBTC 21:42 18
28 Jim Croke GBTC 21:43 19
34 Tom Derderian GBTC 24:16 50+ 23
Men’s Open Teams
1 CMS (4,5,6,8,9) 32
2 SISU (1,3,7,14,25) 50
3 GBTC (2,11,12,18,19) 62
4 GLRR (10,13,17,20,21) 81

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Women win Twice at Lynn Woods

Junyong Pak not only organized the men's teams for the annual Lynn Woods 4x2.5 mile cross-country relay, ran the first leg, then immediately set up his hot grill to cook burgers and dogs for club members. He sliced onions and tomatoes and provided Coca-Cola, mustard, ketchup, and beer. What a wonderful way to go.
The big news in the racing came from the performance of club president Bruce Davie running on the winning men's masters team with the third fastest club time. GBTC's Allison McCabe let the women's GBTC team to victory posting the second fastest women's time of the day. The second or "Red" GBTC women's team ran in second place. The men's open team placed second. Twenty-six club members raced including two on other teams because GBTC did not have multiple of four.
See the Lynn Woods x-c website http://www.lwrun.org/ for full results, legs, splits, divisions.



2007 LYNN WOODS RELAY
AUGUST 22, 2007
69 four-runner teams

Fastest time: 12:18
RYAN KERRIGAN GBTC YOUNG GUNS 13:22
DAVID BEDOYA GBTC YOUNG GUNS 13:29
BRUCE DAVIE GBTC - MASTERS 13:37
JUNYONG PAK GBTC YOUNG GUNS 13:41
BRAD KOZEL GBTC YOUNG GUNS 13:42
BILL NEWSHAM GBTC - MASTERS 14:06
JACOB TREVINO GBTC YOUNG GUNS II 14:14
MIKE PANAS GBTC YOUNG GUNS II 14:19
DYLAN MORRIS GBTC YOUNG GUNS II 14:23
MATT LYONS GBTC CONGLOMERATION 14:30
MAX WHITE GBTC YOUNG GUNS II 14:45
ALLISON McCABE GBTC - WOMEN 14:48
Rodney Hemingway GBTC CONGLOMERATION 14:56
BRIAN HARE GBTC - MASTERS 15:13
GRETCHEN CHICK GBTC - WOMEN 15:34
SLOAN SIEGRIST GBTC - WOMEN 15:46
LAURA HAYDEN GBTC RED 15:56
KATIE FAMOUS GBTC RED 16:14
ELIZABETH KELLY GBTC - WOMEN 16:29
VICTORIA BARNABY GBTC RED 17:06
TOM DERDERIAN GBTC - MASTERS 17:12
SARA O'BRIEN GBTC RED 18:23
CYNTHIA HASTINGS ROAD RUNNERS 20:00
PAULA DONOVAN BEANTOWN TROTTERS 20:49
LAUREN CONOSCENTI GBTC CONGLOMERATION 20:52
CHRISTY LYONS GBTC CONGLOMERATION 21:32
slowest time 37:26

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The Shining Sea

The best road race in the United States
by Katie Famous

Katie Famous heads for the finish at Falmouth

For 5 years in a row, the Falmouth Road Race has been my favorite running event of the year. When I joined the club, Tom Derderian told me that a big part of post-collegiate running is not always about what you do, but who you do it with. The Falmouth Road Race epitomizes this for me. I first found out about the race a little over 4 years ago. Margaret Bradley was my best friend and from the town of Falmouth. To her, this race was the best, most important race in the whole United States. And she made sure everyone knew it. For her, there was no question if I would race or not. It would only be how high of a number she could get me with her local connections.

The weekend soon took on a life of its own. There were many GBTC'ers in the race, as well as those along for the ride. Won over by her enthusiastic and frequent invitations, most of us went straight from the finishing line to the Bradleys' home. For Margaret, family and GBTC were almost synonymous.

As is well-chronicled in other sections of this website, Margaret died shortly before the 2004 Falmouth Road Race. But many parts of the tradition have continued. Margaret's friends and family still get together and make quite the weekend out of it. I truly believe it would make Margaret so happy to know this.

As for the race itself. In my experience, the weather is either hot, humid, or both. This year we lucked out; it was only hot.

Sloan Siegrist led the women. After years of contributing conversation and cheering, she finally was able to procure a number and impress us with her racing skillz. Sloan finished in an excellent 36th place, just behind recent high school grad and mile star Colleen Weatherbee in 44:26. Laura Hayden finished behind her in 43rd place (46:13). I managed 46th place (46:43). Christy Bonstelle was 77th in 49:01, just a bit behind Liz Ortenburger (48:27).

For the men, Kipp Ortenburger led the way, in his last race for GBTC before leaving with Liz for Australia. He finished in 38:43, good for 59th place. Kit Wells managed to get us all to the race on-time and finished 68th (39:39). Brad Kozel was a few steps behind Kit for almost the entire race, finishing 70th (39:47). Our president Bruce Davie had yet another stellar race, finishing in 77th place with a 40:20. Norm Robbie was also spotted at the race and he finished in 54:28. Last, but not least, Rod Hemingway is on the slow but steady trek back to tip-top shape. He finished in 42:26, good for a 4 minute course PR.

The race was fun, but for me the highlights include singing Meatloaf at the top of my lungs, excellent pre- and post-race feasts, and making s'mores while trying to talk quietly. Not sure if our group managed the "quiet" part, but we certainly had another weekend to remember.

And now for the pictures:
Courtesy of Keith Bradley: here
Courtesy of Jim Rhoades: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Courtesy of EliteRunning.com: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

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Beardless in Falmouth

A hirsute Tom Derderian does battle with Bill Rodgers at Falmouth in 1976

The Falmouth Road Race is a venerable New England tradition stretching back over 35 years, and competitors in this year's event were treated to a retrospective that included the above archival photo in the race program. Fortunately, full-facial hair coverage is no longer part of the Falmouth tradition. Our (mostly) clean-shaven team headed down to the Cape for the weekend and hoped for cool, dry weather. Several members of the team, in a thrifty move reminiscent of GBTC's glory days, pitched tents in a Falmouth campground the night before the big race.

Race day dawned sunny and not too humid, but temperatures rose quickly as the 10am race start approached. After spending our warm-up time trying to spot famous runners (Billy Rodgers was there once again, as were Meb Keflezighi and a slew of other elites from all over the world) we lined up right behind them in Woods Hole. After 3 miles of rolling hills with some shade, the course becomes completely exposed to the sun as it follows the shoreline, and at this point the race becomes a battle against the heat. Christy Bonstelle and Rod Hemingway reported that they managed to find 15 seconds of shade as the Hood blimp passed overheard.

Towards the finish we passed a few elite runners who had slowed to a walk, presumably having failed to gauge their effort correctly in the heat. In the end all GBTC's representatives acquitted themselves well, with Kipp Ortenburger leading our men's team in 69th place overall (59th male), while Sloan Siegrist, in a welcome return to racing, was 36th among women and GBTC's first female. Full GBTC results (and 1st place times) below. The race is 7.0 miles, but seems longer.
Complete results here.

Men (overall places)
1. Micah Kogo 00:31:53
69. Kipp Ortenburger 00:38:43
82. Kit Wells 00:39:39
84. Brad Kozel 00:39:47
93. Bruce Davie 00:40:20
134. Rod Hemingway 00:42:26
146. Pete Warrington 00:43:03
937. Norm Robbie 00:54:28


Women (gender places)
1. Catherine Ndereba 00:36:31
36. Sloan Siegrist 00:44:26
43. Laura Hayden 00:46:13
46. Katie Famous 00:46:43
64. Liz Ortenburger 00:48:27
77. Christy Bonstelle 00:49:01

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ICE and Doshi lead GBTC at Newburyport 10

photo by Ted Tyler
Nate Freese, called ICE, by his college coach at Amherst College just joined GBTC and led the team in the hot 10 miler in Newburyport yesterday. Freese, raised on 120 acres in the middle of Vermont, once constructed a cross-country running path on the deer trails behind the family gardens. He will be moving out of the countryside an into a city job at the end of the summer.
Megha Doshi running her last race as a GBTC runner before lifting off for grad school in Berkley, California led the women's team. New GBTC runner Penn grad and French Lit major, Carrie Golden took third on the women's team.
Club president Bruce Davie won prize money for fourth place in the master's race.
full results: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/07/ma/Jul31_Yankee_1_set1.shtml

Yankee Homecoming 10 Miles
Newburyport, MA, July 31, 2007
1   ALENE RETA       25 M   1/43   M2529 50:49  5:05
9   NATHANIEL FREESE 21 M   1/21   M2024 53:49  5:23
19  RYAN ASCHBRENNER 30 M   5/88   M3034 56:06  5:37
28  KIPP ORTENBURGER 34 M   7/88   M3034 57:37  5:46
35  BRUCE DAVIE      43 M   3/136  M4044 58:27  5:51
45  KIT WELLS        31 M   10/88  M3034 59:46  5:59
50  BILL NEWSHAM     42 M   6/136  M4044 1:00:27 6:03
61  BRIAN HARE       43 M   8/136  M4044 1:01:58 6:12
69  MAX WHITE        23 M   9/21   M2024 1:02:42 6:17
89  MEGHA DOSHI      25 F   4/74   F2529 1:05:53 6:36
164 KATHRYN FOBERT   31 F   3/96   F3034 1:10:32 7:04
172 CARRIE GOLDEN    23 F   3/29   F2024 1:10:57 7:06
176 CHRISTY BONSTELLE 35 F  4/112  F3539 1:11:05 7:07
180 TOM DERDERIAN    58 M   5/57   M5559 1:11:15 7:08
293 KENNETH AGABIAN  42 M   42/136 M4044 1:16:36 7:40

1278 finishers

Yankee Homecoming 5K
1   STEPHEN PLOUFFE  22 M   1/33   M2024 15:26  4:59
7   ANDIE COLON      26 M   2/48   M2529 16:36  5:22
53  KATIE FAMOUS     27 F   1/87   F2529 19:43  6:22
69  LIZ ORTENBURGER  31 F   2/96   F3034 20:32  6:38 

1420 finishers           

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Club Nationals, Day 2

Day 2 of the 2007 USATF National Club Track & Field Championships wrought more fierce GBTC performances, solidifying our women's claim to 4th place (out of 24 scoring clubs) with 87 points, while our men moved up into 4th (out of 38 scoring clubs) with 55 points. In the combined division, GBTC scored 4th (out of 47 scoring clubs) with 142 points. Our nearest competitors in the combined scoring, VS Athletics TC (3rd, 155 points) and Nike-CPTC (5th, 139 points), kept the club's athletes motivated through the closing relays. However, all clubs were something apart from this year's two dominant contenders. Shore AC (276 points combined) and 2006 combined club champion Executive TC (267 points combined) forged the closest rivalry yet seen at these club championships.

Highlights of the second day include Jake Razevich's new club record of 4.90m in the pole vault, Andrew Hall's win and season best of 65.40m in the javelin, the onslaught of GBTC women (Clare, Harlow, and Williams) scoring a combined 16 points in the high jump, and our women's 4x100m (Williams, Taylor, Harlow, and Tuakli-Wosornu) narrowly missing their own club record from the 2006 Penn Relays by 0.16 seconds. Full results can be found here, with individual club member's results from Saturday summarized below. Congratulations to all participating GBTC members, to our devoted coaches David Callum and Tom Derderian, and to the 2007 National Club Track & Field Champions, Shore AC.

Results

Event 3  Women Triple Jump
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Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Wind           Points
======================================================================================
4   658 Williams, Sherita      Greater Boston TC       12.54m#  0.7  41-01.75    5

Event 4  Men Pole Vault
=================================================================================
Name                    Year Team                    Finals            Points
=================================================================================
2   675 Radzevich, Jake        Greater Bost,Willin      4.90m   16-00.75    8

Event 8  Women High Jump
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Name                    Year Team                    Finals            Points
=================================================================================
2   643 Clare, Tessa           Greater Bost,Allsto      1.65m    5-05.00    7
2   647 Harlow, Jennifer       Greater Bost,East B      1.65m    5-05.00    7
7   658 Williams, Sherita      Greater Bost,Pawtuc      1.55m    5-01.00    2
--   648 Hawkes, Jennifer       Greater Bost,Chicop         NH  

Event 12  Men Javelin Throw
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Name                    Year Team                    Finals            Points
=================================================================================
1   668 Hall, Andrew           Greater Bost,Roches     65.40m     214-07   10

Event 16  Men 100 Meter Dash
============================================================================
Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Wind Points
============================================================================
Finals
6   682 Walker, Darius         Greater Bost,Hyde P      10.64   3.9    3

Event 19  Women Shot Put
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Name                    Year Team                    Finals            Points
=================================================================================
4   641 Chatterton-Richmon     Greater Bost,Roches     10.37m   34-00.25    5

Event 26  Men Long Jump
======================================================================================
Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Wind           Points
======================================================================================
7   679 Smith III, Raymond     Greater Bost,Provid      7.35m   4.2  24-01.50    2
13   668 Hall, Andrew           Greater Bost,Roches      6.84m   3.1  22-05.25

Event 29  Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase
=======================================================================
Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Points
=======================================================================
7   650 Kim, Miyun             Greater Bost,Cambri   14:59.90     2

Event 30  Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase
=======================================================================
Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Points
=======================================================================
4   669 Hewitt, Jason          Greater Bost,Ludlow   10:19.59     5

Event 35  Women 4x800 Meter Relay
=======================================================================
Team                                                 Finals  Points
=======================================================================
2 Greater Boston Track Club  'A'                      9:14.86     8
1) 652 Lee, Jennifer               2) 654 O'Brien, Sara    
3) 653 Mccabe, Allison             4) 655 Occean, Caroline 

Event 36  Men 4x800 Meter Relay
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Team                                                 Finals  Points
=======================================================================
5 Greater Boston Track Club  'A'                      7:58.58     4
1) 672 Mackinnon, Max              2) 677 Seeherman, Joshua
3) 969 Colon, Erick                4) 665 Colon, Andie     

Event 37  Women 4x100 Meter Relay
==========================================================================
Team                                                 Finals  H# Points
==========================================================================
7 Greater Boston Track Club  'A'                        50.08   2    2
1) 658 Williams, Sherita           2) 656 Taylor, Dacia    
3) 647 Harlow, Jennifer            4) 657 Tuakli-Wosornu, Yetsa

Event 38  Men 4x100 Meter Relay
==========================================================================
Team                                                 Finals  H# Points
==========================================================================
10 Greater Boston Track Club  'A'                        44.56   2
1) 662 Cahill, David               2) 679 Smith III, Raymond
3) 664 Colantuono, Nick            4) 668 Hall, Andrew     

Event 40  Men 1600 Sprint Medley
==========================================================================
Team                                                 Finals  H# Points
==========================================================================
10 Greater Boston Track Club  'A'                      1:42.34   2
1) 664 Colantuono, Nick            2) 666 Conti, Daniel    
3) 955 Spinelli, John              4) 954 Callum, David    

Event 41  Women Distance Medley
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Team                                                 Finals  Points
=======================================================================
2 Greater Boston Track Club  'A'                     12:31.58     8
1) 653 Mccabe, Allison             2) 643 Clare, Tessa     
3) 649 Kelly, Elizabeth            4) 642 Chick, Gretchen  

Event 42  Men Distance Medley
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Team                                                 Finals  Points
=======================================================================
4 Greater Boston Track Club  'A'                     10:38.87     5
1) 665 Colon, Andie                2) 680 Soule, Jason     
3) 672 Mackinnon, Max              4) 670 Kramer, Avi      

Event 43  Women 4x400 Meter Relay
==========================================================================
Team                                                 Finals  H# Points
==========================================================================
4 Greater Boston Track Club  'A'                      3:58.73   1    5
1) 654 O'Brien, Sara               2) 651 Kloiber, Christine
3) 652 Lee, Jennifer               4) 655 Occean, Caroline 

Event 44  Men 4x400 Meter Relay
==========================================================================
Team                                                 Finals  H# Points
==========================================================================
14 Greater Boston Track Club  'A'                      3:30.22   2
1) 662 Cahill, David               2) 679 Smith III, Raymond
3) 668 Hall, Andrew                4) 678 Shen, Francis      

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Club Nationals, Day 1

Day 1 of the 2007 USATF National Club Track & Field Championships came to a close at 10 PM tonight, and GBTC is in the mix of things. Highlights include Dan Olson seizing the club record in the high jump (he previously shared it in a three-way multi-decade tie), Stacey Connor harvesting 10 points among the throws, including breaking her own club record in the discus. Gretchen Chick also established herself as the 4th fastest GBTC women ever in the 5000m. Our women are holding onto 4th place (out of 19) with 36 points, while our men are currently in 6th (out of 22) with 18 points. Full results can be found here, with individual club member's results summarized below. A full slate of events remains for tomorrow's session starting again at 10 AM.

Results

Women 100 Meter Dash
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Name                    Year Team                   Prelims  Wind H#
========================================================================
Preliminaries
10   656 Taylor, Dacia          Greater Bost,Boston      12.22   1.8  4

Women 200 Meter Dash
========================================================================
Name                    Year Team                   Prelims  Wind H#
========================================================================
26   654 O'Brien, Sara          Greater Bost,Boston      26.01   NWI  2

Women 400 Meter Run
==========================================================================
Name                    Year Team                    Finals  H# Points
==========================================================================
10   654 O'Brien, Sara          Greater Bost,Boston      57.63   2
18   651 Kloiber, Christine     Greater Bost,Boston      59.92   1

Women 800 Meter Run
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Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Points
=======================================================================
4   655 Occean, Caroline       Greater Bost,Newton    2:09.92     5
10   653 Mccabe, Allison        Greater Bost,Readin    2:16.83
11   652 Lee, Jennifer          Greater Bost,Cambri    2:18.40

Women 1500 Meter Run
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Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Points
=======================================================================
7   653 Mccabe, Allison        Greater Bost,Readin    4:33.90     2
18   646 Famous, Katie          Greater Bost,Brookl    4:59.72

Women 5000 Meter Run
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Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Points
=======================================================================
5   642 Chick, Gretchen        Greater Bost,Brookl   17:27.18     4
16   649 Kelly, Elizabeth       Greater Bost,Cambri   18:19.37
19   646 Famous, Katie          Greater Bost,Brookl   19:04.36

Women 100 Meter Hurdles
========================================================================
Name                    Year Team                   Prelims  Wind H#
========================================================================
Preliminaries
11   658 Williams, Sherita      Greater Bost,Pawtuc      14.64   0.9  2

Women Long Jump
======================================================================================
Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Wind           Points
======================================================================================
2   658 Williams, Sherita      Greater Bost,Pawtuc      6.13m   1.2  20-01.50    8
5   657 Tuakli-Wosornu, Ye     Greater Bost,Boston      5.97m   1.3  19-07.00    4
9   645 Donoghue, Tessa        Greater Bost,Spring      5.47m   0.9  17-11.50
11   641 Chatterton-Richmon     Greater Bost,Roches      5.09m   1.0  16-08.50

Women Discus Throw
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Name                    Year Team                    Finals            Points
=================================================================================
2   644 Connor, Stacey         Greater Bost,Dedham     40.83m     133-11    8

Women Hammer Throw
=================================================================================
Name                    Year Team                    Finals            Points
=================================================================================
7   644 Connor, Stacey         Greater Bost,Dedham     36.98m     121-04    2

Women Javelin Throw
=================================================================================
Name                    Year Team                    Finals            Points
=================================================================================
6   641 Chatterton-Richmon     Greater Bost,Roches     37.07m     121-07    3

Men 100 Meter Dash
========================================================================
Name                    Year Team                   Prelims  Wind H#
========================================================================
Preliminaries
4   682 Walker, Darius         Greater Bost,Hyde P      10.55Q  3.4  1

Men 200 Meter Dash
========================================================================
Name                    Year Team                   Prelims  Wind H#
========================================================================
5   682 Walker, Darius         Greater Bost,Hyde P      21.42Q  2.0  5
32   664 Colantuono, Nick       Greater Bost,Sudbur      22.88   1.7  2

Men 800 Meter Run
=======================================================================
Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Points
=======================================================================
4   671 Libby, Eric            Greater Bost,Bangor    1:52.81     5
14   665 Colon, Andie           Greater Bost,Methue    1:57.00
19   672 Mackinnon, Max         Greater Bost,Burlin    1:58.31
24   677 Seeherman, Joshua      Greater Bost,Somerv    2:00.31

Men 5000 Meter Run
=======================================================================
Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Points
=======================================================================
6   681 Temelso, Kebrom        Greater Bost,Boston   14:59.18     3
9   670 Kramer, Avi            Greater Bost,Newton   15:11.88
16   661 Breen, Edward          Greater Bost,Medfor   15:28.65
17   659 Bedoya, David          Greater Bost,Somerv   15:31.36
20   674 Pak, Junyong           Greater Bost,Beverl   16:04.33

Men 110 Meter Hurdles
========================================================================
Name                    Year Team                   Prelims  Wind H#
========================================================================
Preliminaries
10   668 Hall, Andrew           Greater Bost,Roches      15.07   1.2  3
14   666 Conti, Daniel          Greater Bost,Somerv      15.58   2.1  1
15   678 Shen, Francis          Greater Bost,St.Lou      15.97   1.0  2

Men High Jump
=================================================================================
Champ. Re.: # 2.14m              Kevin Netzer/Daniel Olson          
Name                    Year Team                    Finals            Points
=================================================================================
2   673 Olson, Dan             Greater Bost,Voorhe      2.15m#   7-00.50    8

Men Triple Jump
======================================================================================
Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Wind           Points
======================================================================================
12   679 Smith III, Raymond     Greater Bost,Provid     13.32m   2.0  43-08.50

Men Shot Put
=================================================================================
Name                    Year Team                    Finals            Points
=================================================================================
7   668 Hall, Andrew           Greater Bost,Roches     14.46m   47-05.25    2

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Eastern Regionals At Albany today

Women 1st, Men 2nd.


Darius Walker PRed in the 100 (10.43) and won both 100
and 200, Christine Kloiber PRed in the 400 (59.75) and
qualified for Club Natls, Sara O'Brien PRed in the
200...Stacey Connor scored in 4 field events, Matt
Chisam scored in everything.
Allison McCabe won the 1500 and Caroline Occean won the 800.

$1100 in team prize money.
($500 in travel, $400 for 1st, $200 for 2nd)

Results: http://www.usatfadir.org/HPLinks/EASTREG07.htm

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GBTC's Chick Races Beans

Gretchen Chick raced her local Fourth of July 10 km in her home state of Maine in a yet another personal best. Clocking 37:25 she placed third behind Olympic Trials marathon qualifier Emily LeVan and ahead of 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist, Joan (Benoit) Samuelson in the L.L. Bean race in Freeport, ME.


L.L.Bean
10K Road Race
July 4, 2007 10 Kilometers (USATF Certified #ME04005RF) Freeport, ME

full: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/07/me/Jul4_LLBean_set1.shtml

22 1/28 F2529 37:25 6:02 Gretchen Chick 26 F 169 W Gardiner ME

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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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Vermont City

19th KeyBank Vermont City Marathon Results
Burlington, VT, May 27, 2007

Individual Marathon
Place Half Nettime Pace Name Age G Bib#
29 1:23:08 2:46:07 6:21 Chris Smith 33 M 3545
216 1:29:26 3:18:00 7:34 John Fialkovich 26 M 3072
397 1:43:23 3:29:19 7:59 Thomas Whitney 55 M 3412
1488 2:04:44 4:14:47 9:44 William Boykin-Morris 27 M 262
2506 finishers

Marathon Relay; Two Person Mixed Relay
Place Half Nettime Pace Team Race#
12 1:51:28 3:16:18 7:30 Wendy/ William Newsham 6259
159 finishers

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Boston High Performance Track series begins

A small but serious contingent of GBTC runners turned out on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend to take part in the first of three meets at Bentley College in the Boston High Performance series. Ted Breen opened his season with a 4:08.98 for 1500m to win the open race. 400m specialist Dave Cahill went for some overdistance work in the 800 and took second in his race in 2:01.93. Allison McCabe ran in the elite 1500m, taking 6th place in 4:39.93, while Andy Colon ran 4:04.21 in the men's elite race.

Full GBTC results:

Women
200
1 christin kloiber    27.41
1500
6 Allison McCabe    4:39.93

Men
3000
2 Bruce Davie       9:32.68
4 Brian Hare       10:33.91
1500
1 Edward Breen      4:08.98
2 TJ Niles          4:21.67
3 Ryan Aschbrenner  4:27.03
800
2 David Cahill      2:01.93
4 Jim Watts         2:04.49
7 Pete Warrington   2:11.63
1500 (elite)
7 Andrew Colon      4:04.21

A few photos can be found here

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GBTC Men win Grand Prix 12 km

photo of Gretchen Chick at Westford by Jim Rhoades

I picked up Kibrom Temelso and teammates TJ Niles and Max White at the emergency room entrance to the Chidren's Hospital in Boston after Kibrom's all night shift. I had committed to getting him to the race on time and other teammates promised to see that he tied his result-transponder chip to his shoe. As coach I had told Kibrom in the Boston Marathon to run with teammates Jeremy Borling and David Bedoya, but a blast of optimism had propelled him to run with the elite chase pack. He never finished. At the Bedford 12km, chastened and perhaps a little sleepy, he stuck like velcro to Jeremy. Avi Kramer, recently of Vassar College, ran hesitantly behind three leading runners. All the GBTC top six men ran in the top twenty. They wanted to beat the Central Mass Striders and the GCS-Triad teams that had beaten them in the 5 km. They knew they were a better, longer distance team than a 5 km team. In the misty rain over the hilly course CMS put three men in the top ten, matching GBTC, but only four in the top twenty. GBTC won.

Andrew Wommack and Dylan Morris ran their first races for the club.

Before the women's race Emily Raymond deftly banded tufts of her hair in colored elastics. Why she does this before every race, no one knows. But there might be some magic to it. Emily outkicked Merrimack Valley Striders' Molly Taber to win the women's open race. But Taber's teammates followed too closely and defeated the GBTC team. Gretchen Chick ran the best road race of her life to take second place for the club with Audrey Giesler following in the three-runner scoring used for the women's race.

Tara Vance ran her first race for the club.


GBTC open men 1st
GBTC open women 2nd
GBTC masters men 10th
full:http://www.coolrunning.com/results/07/nh/May19_33rdBe_set1.shtml
Bedford, NH
2007 USATF-NE 12K Championship
May 19, 2007
GBTC only
3 38:31 Avi Kramer
6 38:51 Kibrom Temelso
7 38:54 Jeremy Borling
14 39:59 Edward Breen
15 40:07 David Bedoya
20 40:19 Tj Niles
26 40:55 Junyong Pak
35 41:34 Andrew Wommack
43 42:30 Sarad Tomlinson
53 42:53 Bruce Davie
62 43:41 Emily Raymond
68 44:09 Dylan Morris
78 45:00 Brian Hare
88 45:36 Max White
101 46:21 Bill Newsham
104 46:41 Gretchen Chick
106 46:51 Audrey Giesler
111 46:58 Megha Doshi
121 47:43 Katie Famous
125 47:56 Bruce Bond
161 49:43 Kathryn Fobert
162 49:45 Tara Vance
211 51:43 Tom Derderian
235 53:02 Christy Bonstelle
253 54:04 Ken Agabian
285 56:29 Allison Curran
343 1:00:18 Norm Robbie
403 1:06:44 Mithu Lahiri
459 finishers

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GBTC's Best Teams of the Modern Era

PHOTO:Audrey Giesler at Westford (by Jim Rhoades)

"These may be the best GBTC teams of the modern era." says GBTC coach Tom Derderian of the teams the club is sending to the New England Grand Prix # 4 in Bedford, NH 12 km road race. Both GBTC teams score second in the seven-race series. The men's team is only a single point behind the Central Mass Striders and tied with the GCS-Triad team out of Southern New Hampshire but the women's team is tied with Whirlaway six points behind the Merrimack Valley Striders.

The GBTC team leader at the Groton 10km on April 29th, Avi Kramer, who finished second in the race will team up with 5 km leader Jeremy Borling who lead the team at 5 km. Kibrom Temelso who has not run a Grand Prix race since the first one at New Bedford in the half marathon will join them. Brennan Bonner, tip top marathon man, David Bedoya, Ted Breen, and Junyong Pak is a 12 km team that has the stuff to win and launch into the summer Grand Prix hiatus in first place.

The GBTC women's team with Emily Raymond back in action since the marathon, Audrey Giesler, Gretchen Chick, Megah Doshi, and Katies Famous and Fobert and possibly Lynn Johnson will run very close to the Merrimack Valley girls. Raymond and Giesler may well take the first two positions in the race.

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GBTC in Aggressive 5km Grand Prix

Today twenty-six GBTC runners raced in the year's third USATFNE Grand Prix road race. Boston University grad student Jeremy Borling from Chicago, racing for the first time since his 2:27 Boston Marathon, led the team to a sixth place finish in perhaps the most hotly contested Grand Prix men's open team race ever. A pack of 30 men ran through the mile together in 4:45 to 5:00. Only one or two seconds per man defined the differences in the order of team placings. The GBTC men had led the GP series points going into the race but came out in a tie for second place a mere point behind the Central Mass Striders. David Bedoya from Spain came back from leading the GBTC team to fourth in the Boston Marathon with his 2:26 to run third for the team seconds behind Junyong Pak a graduate of Tulane.
Elementary school teacher Allison McCabe from University of Connecticut led the GBTC open women's team to second place by taking third overall in the women's race. Boston grad student Laura Hayden, University of Michigan, and Audrey Giesler, University of Indiana, followed McCabe. All the women had a tough time threading their way through the furiously racing herd of men of all ages and shapes. The GBTC women's team is now also tied for second place in the GP point series.
The next GP race is the Bedford, NH 12 km on May 19th.
8th Westford Road Race
Westford, MA, May 6, 2007
http://www.coolrunning.com/results/07/ma/May6_8thWes_set1.shtml



All GBTC Finishers

13 JEREMY BORLING 15:35
26 JUNYONG PAK 15:49
29 DAVID BEDOYA 15:51
34 JOHN TYSON 16:01
38 MIKE PIECK 16:10
45 TJ NILES 16:22
49 RYAN ASCHBRENNER 16:26
71 BRAD KOZEL 17:00
79 BRUCE DAVIE 17:15
102 ALLISON MCCABE 17:51
122 BRIAN HARE 18:20
132 LAURA HAYDEN 18:33
135 BILL NEWSHAM 18:38
146 AUDREY GIESLER 18:48
159 MEGHA DOSHI 19:04
160 DAVID BURGESS 19:05
166 BRUCE BOND 19:10
169 GRETCHEN CHICK 19:12
214 KATIE FOBERT 20:06
227 TOM DERDERIAN 20:19
244 CHRISTY BONSTELLE 20:36
265 HEATHER AUDET 21:02
328 NORM ROBBIE 22:58
340 KENNETH AGABIAN 23:23
360 WENDY NEWSHAM 24:03
435 MITHU LAHIRI 26:17
436 MICHAEL OLIVO 26:19
613 finishers

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Greater Boston Men to Defend Grand Prix Lead

The Greater Boston Track Club men's road race team is now in first place in the New England Grand Prix series after two in the seven race series. The GBTC team is three points ahead of the Central Mass Striders and the newly conglomerated GCS-Triad team going into May 6th's 5 km in Westford, MA. The GBTC team has the addition of two marathoners, Jeremy Borling and Kibrom Temelso who did not run on last week's team at Groton. The men placed 7th last year in the GP 5 km but now have a much stronger team.

The GBTC open women's team is running in third place in the GP, one point behind the Whirlaway Racing Team and five points behind the Merrimak Valley Striders. This 5 km team will be bolstered by the return of marathoner Megha Doshi and Audrey Giesler. The women's team placed second last year in the GP 5km.

The fourth Grand Prix race is May 19th at 12 km in Bedford, NH before a long gap until the next GP race in September.

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GBTC men lead New England Grand Prix

The Greater Boston Track Club men's road racing team today moved into first place in the New England Road Race Grand Prix. A stellar second place finish by Avi Kramer took the team to second place in today's race and up to first in the year's GP point total. The Boston Athletic Association team that had led the scoring in the first grand prix placed only 7th today. The new GSC Triad racing team composed of members from Massachusetts and various towns in New Hampshire won today's race but had placed only 6th in the first GP. In the current scoring GBTC has 43 points to Triad's 40 and BAA's 39. The GBTC women's team today led by Laura Hayden remains in third place in the NE Grand Prix.

The third Grand Prix race of the year is the 5 km in Westford, MA on May 6th.

Groton, MA, April 29, 2007 USAT-NE Grand Prix #2

The men's open team placed 2nd

Women's open placed 5th

Masters men 9th.

All GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB finishers

full results:http://www.coolrunning.com/results/07/ma/Apr29_Groton_set1.shtml

2 AVI KRAMER 31:34
17 BRENNAN BONNER 32:57
20 JOHN TYSON 33:08
21 JUNYONG PAK 33:14
25 EDWARD BREEN 33:32
26 MIKE PIECK 33:38
32 RYAN ASCHBRENNER 33:48
45 SARAD TOMLINSON 34:45
67 BRAD KOZEL 35:54
71 BRUCE DAVIE 36:13
94 MAX WHITE 37:21
106 PETER WARRINGTON 38:00
108 BRIAN HARE 38:06
123 LAURA HAYDEN 38:43
146 BILL NEWSHAM 39:20
148 DAVID BURGESS 39:27
152 ELIZABETH KELLY 39:29
153 BRUCE BOND 39:30
156 KATIE FAMOUS 39:33
225 TOM DERDERIAN 41:41
237 THOMAS WHITNEY 42:00
247 KATHRYN FOBERT 42:15
267 KEN ROSS 42:38
309 CHRISTY BONSTELLE 44:09
310 HEATHER AUDET 44:17
449 KENNETH AGABIAN x 48:28
528 CAROLYN NEWSHAM 50:27
829 MICHAEL OLIVO 1:01:16

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Penn Relays

Down here in Philadelphia, GBTC has completed the 4x100's, with the Shuttle Hurdles and 4x400's still to go.
We had a lightning delay, so the events are a little behind (well, 2 hours behind). Full results of GBTC's action at the Penn Relays will be available at pennrelaysonline.com. Additionally, Anna Willard (representing Michigan) just ran a 4:13 in the 1500 as part of Michigan's collegiate record 4x1500. Anna ran with GBTC last summer at the Club National championships in California.

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