Race Results Current Month Other Months		February 1997 Race of the Month The Great Stew Chase (Lynn) February 1, 1997 A cool (35 degrees), moist (ice storm the night before, misting at the end of the race) day did not dampen the efforts of eleven CRC members. The Great Stew Chase offers an early Boston tuneup with this 15-K over a basically flat course that starts and finishes in the city of Lynn, but runs through Swampscott Harbor and the past the mansions of Marblehead. Bragging rights for top overall club finish goes to Jim Reardon, who beat Marcello Scippa by a full minute. Trophies were bagged by Janice Smaga, 1st Master's Female, and Al Nagel, 3rd Senior Male. Congratulations to all who ran! Name Division Time Overall Div. Place Pace Jim Reardon M029 54:07 13 12 5:49 Marcello Scippa M029 55:07 19 17 5:56 Steve Wukitch M028 58:07 41 33 6:15 Scott Duhaime M3039 1:05:18 109 57 7:01 Al Nagel M5059 1:07:29 130 3 7:15 Dave Quilty M4049 1:08:28 139 27 7:22 Molly Turner F3039 1:10:13 161 16 7:33 Ron Trippett M5059 1:10:31 164 8 7:35 Jeff Phillips M4049 1:12:02 7:45 Janice Smaga F4049 1:13:23 201 1 7:54 Ann Tassinari F4049 1:20:30 268 13 8:39 Ewa Golebiowska F3039 1:27:36 9:21 Other February Results February 9 Bruce Davie set yet another PR at the BU Indoor Track Relays, with a scintillating time of 4:52.5 in the mile event, even though he had to avoid a group of 55m hurdlers at the end. Bruce was last seen chasing down the Energizer Bunny in Stanford, CA, but claims he'll be back soon... February 16 Beth Bouthot writes: I did the Frosty 5K in Newport, RI this past Sunday Feb 16th, in 22:46 (7:21)which was a PR for me. Previously my best time in a 5K was 22:57. So needless to say I'm excited! Missy Mendel writes: CRC had a small but fast team at the Somerville Winter Track Meet on Sunday. Seven of us showed up to race on the small, 1/11 of a mile indoor track at the Somerville High School. Overall, CRC placed third in the team rankings against the Greater Boston Track Club, Somerville Road Runners, the Irish American Track Club and Cambridge Sports Union. Derek did a great job organizing the event for CRC and we had a lot of fun! The results are listed at New England Runner. Here are the highlights: Team Scoring 1. Irish American Track Club, 145; 2. Cambridge Sports Union, 123; 3. Cambridge Running Club, 71; 4. Somerville Road Runners, 49; 5. Greater Boston Track Club, 47; Men's Masters Two Mile 1. Bruce Davie, CRC, 10:37; Men's Senior Two Mile 3. Ronnie Trippett, CRC, 13:00; Men's Clydesdale Two Mile 2. Derrick Mess, CRC, 11:56 (By a very close second!); Men's Masters Mile 1. Bob Gillon, CRC, 5:01; Women's Open 440-Yd Dash 1. Melissa Mendez, CRC, 69.8; (by .3 seconds!) Men's Open 880-Yd 1. Peter Gallimore, CRC, 2:09.5 (by .3 seconds); Men's Masters 880-Yd 2. Ronnie Trippet, CRC, 3:03.3; Men's Clydesdale 880-Yd 1. Derrick Mess, CRC, 2:26.7; Men's Open 300-Yd Dash 3. Todd Tamura, CRC, 44.8; Women's Open 300-Yd Dash 1. Melissa Mendez, CRC, 46.6; Men's Open Distance Medley Relay 1. Cambridge Running Club, 11:35; Mixed Mile Relay 2. Cambridge Running Club, 4:50.4; February 23 4 out of the 408 finishers at the Old Fashioned Ten Miler in Sharon, MA were CRC runners, who finished a combined 21st in the team competition. Leading the pack and fresh off the track with a new 10 mile PR was Bruce Davie, who finished 22nd overall in 1:00:06 (6:01). Bruce is still looking to crack the one hour barrier! Also competing was Scott Duhaime, 102nd in 1:09:23, just under the 7 minute per mile mark at 6:56 (he ran negative splits, though). The other half of this Boston Marathon tandem, Dave Quilty, finished in 1:14:37 (7:28), in 166th place. His sidekick Janice Smaga finished 8th in the Female Master's Division and 260th overall in 1:20:53 (8:05).