Local and
Regional Elite runners often participate in these road races, in part hoping to have the
chance to compete against the National level Open and Masters Elites who travel to these
visible races. This report will include the Chevron Houston Marathon, the
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Half Marathon; the Gasparilla Half Marathon;
the Gate River Run; the United Airlines New York City Half Marathon; and the
Crescent City Classic 10K. The next report will cover April through June. Because this is already quite long, I will include a second separate posting on races from April through June.
The CHEVRON HOUSTON
MARATHON, a fixture in US long distance running since 1972, especially for
the winter months, was held on January
17th this year, along with the Aramco Half Marathon. Both races start at 7 am with the half
marathon group breaking off from the Marathon course between miles 7 and 8. The
course is quite flat but the Marathon (Half Marathon) has a substantial hill
between miles 24 and 25 (11 and 12). The Houston Marathon has hosted the
Olympic Trials and the Aramco Half Marathon has been a frequent stop on the
USATF Running Circuit. The weather on the 17th was colder than usual
with temperatures in the upper 30’s at race time, rising to the lower to mid
40’s by the end of the Marathon. Double-digit winds overnight calmed to
moderate by race time and remained so.
Men. The fastest Masters
time was recorded by Michigan’s Clint Verran, 40, who ran with an
Elite number. His strategy must have been to stick with the 2nd or 3rd
elite pack as long as he could. He hit the first 5K in 16:34 and was 33:12 at
10K. After that torrid 5:20 per mile pace he slowed to 5:34 pace by the 3rd
5K and then 5:40. He settled at 5:45 pace for the second half of the Marathon,
kicking it in at the end to finish in 2:26:43, an overall pace of about 5:36
per mile-phew!
Apart from Verran, the Men’s Marathon was a Southwestern
affair with Jason Butler, 43, coming
down from Oklahoma and Brandon Wingate,
41, coming over from Louisiana to battle Texan Michael DeFee, 41, for the honor of being the first non-Elite Masters*
runner across the line. DeFee took the
early lead, hitting the 5K in 17:57 with Butler and Wingate biding their time
10 to 15 seconds back. It was Butler’s turn to surge next as he took a 20
second lead by the 10K mark over Wingate who had slipped past DeFee into 2nd. By the time they ran past the halfway point,
Butler had 1:08 on Wingate, with DeFee 5 seconds further back. After slowing
slightly after the half, Wingate gradually upped his tempo, dropping below 5:50
per mile as he cut Butler’s lead to 42 seconds by the 30K mark, in turn,
dropping DeFee who was now 40 seconds back, unable to match the acceleration.
Over the next 5K Wingate kicked it up another notch with a 5:37 per mile pace
and that left Butler 18 seconds back. Wingate stretched it out from there, beating
Butler by almost 2 minutes in 2:31:00. Butler never really faded, keeping to a
sub-6 pace per mile (except for the hilly 5K) to finish in 2nd in
2:33:04 with DeFee 2 minutes further back in 2:35:07.
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| Early Morning Start Line of 2016 Chevron Houston Marathon--All We Need Now are a Few Thousand Runners [FB Post-Chevron Houston Marathon] |
In addition to Wells [86.2%], Butler [84.5], Wingate [84.2]
and McFee [82.1], other runners with National Class performances [age grade at
80% or above] included Louisiana’s Michael
Iverson, 49, who won the M45 group in 2:43:03 [83.4], Virginia’s John Hartin, 58, who won M55 in 2:59:10
[82.3], Michigan’s Rich Power, 51,
who took the M50 crown in 2:49:49 [81.5], Texan Steve Chase, 47, who finished 3rd in M45 [81,2], and
California’s Tony Torres, 46, who
took 2nd in M45 [80.6]. The oldest athletes to win age group medals
were Bill Dodson (CA), Jim Braden (TX) and Dan Shuff (TX), all listed as 80, who
took 1st, 2nd and 3rd in that order in M80.
Marathon. Women. Unlike the Men, there were no Masters
Women running with the Open Elite Marathoners. In terms of the Masters field,
it was East Coast versus West Coast, with California’s Caroline Boiler, 41, toeing the line against Pennsylvania’s Brenda Hodge, 44, and Mindy Sawtelle-Zottola, 43. Hodge ran a
fine, well-paced race to take 3rd away from Texas’s Donna Mills-Honarva who set a faster
pace over the first 15 K but ran into trouble a bit before the halfway mark
where Hodge started to close and then chipped away at her lead by 10-15 seconds
per mile, passing her at 30K and never looking back. It is a tribute to
Mills-Honarva’s grit that she kept it going to finish 4th in under 3
hours. Hodge took 3rd in 2:56:22. Sawtelle-Zottola was able to keep
Boiler in sight for the first 15K which Boiler hit in 57:59 with
Sawtelle-Zottola only 15 seconds back. Boiler hit the accelerator to drop her
pace to 6:14 per mile at the same time that Sawtelle-Zottola found she could no
longer maintain a sub 6:20 pace. Boiler
passed the halfway mark in 1:21:36 with a minute gap back to her rival and then
stretched it from there to take the win in 2:44:21. Sawtelle-Zottola ran
her own race over the 2nd half of the race, maintaining a pace well
under 7 minutes per mile to claim silver in 2:52:25.
In addition to the national class performances of Boiler
[85.5], Sawtelle-Zottola [82.8] and Hodge [81.6], Pennsylvania’s Nancy Smith, 59, who took 3rd
in W55 in 3:30:34 [82.4], and Texans Laura
Bennett, 48, who won W45 in 3:03:59 [81.6] and Lynn Malloy, 55, who won W55 in 3:23:57 [80.5] enjoyed national
class race performances. The oldest women to win medals were 72 year old
Texans, Sally Sims and Ute
Eisele who finished the race only 14 seconds apart in 5:08:58 and 5:09:12.
ARAMCO HALF MARATHON.
Men. No serious
competitors ran with Elite numbers in the Men’s Half Marathon. California’s Neville Davey, 40, fresh off a strong
performance at the USATF Club Cross Country Championships in San Francisco the
month before, blasted away from the starting line and left no doubt who was the
fastest Masters Runner in this race.
Texans Luis Armenteros, 43,
and James Jackson, 49, had no answer
when Davey sped past the 5K mark in 15:13 with nearly a 90 second lead. Davey stretched the lead throughout the
race, taking first in 1:07:41. Armenteros went out faster than Jackson,
building his lead to almost a minute by the 10K, crossing the line in 33:19 to
Jackson’s 34:13. Jackson gradually chipped away at the lead, lowering it to 47
seconds by the 15K and only 20 seconds by the 20K. But Armenteros maintained a
good pace over the last kilometer to claim 2nd in 1:12:21 as Jackson
ran out of race course and had to settle for a fine 3rd place finish
in 1:12:36.
Jackson [89.0], Davey [88.7] and Amenteros [81.3] all had National
Class performances; they were joined by Ilinois’s Robert Held, 58, who won M55 in 1:24:31 [82.8] and Texan, Mark Newcomb, 59 who finished 2nd
to Held in 1:27:03 [81.2]. The oldest man to win a medal was 83 year old Texan,
Ray Boytim, whose 2:56:15 netted him
2nd in the M80 age group to
80 year old Pete Alberts.
Women. As with
the Men, the fastest Women’s times were turned in by two who ran with the
Elites, 41 year old Jen Rhines and
51 year old Colleen DeReuck. Rhines
took 19th overall and DeReuck 23rd. Joanne Zeiger, 45,
also ran, but was battling injuries during this time and was clearly off her
norm. DeReuck ran a great race, hitting her 5K marks in 18:21, 36:28,
maintaining a sub 6 minute mile pace the rest of the way, finishing in
1:17:25 for a 5:54/mile overall pace. Rhines, a decade her junior, ran even
faster, hitting her first two splits in 17:01 and 34:07 and racing across the
finish line in 1:14:57 for the fastest masters time of the day.
Apart from Elites, Rhines and DeReuck, it was Perry Shoemaker all the way as she
covered the first 5K in 17:38, creating a 3 minute gap on the field. She
stretched her lead all the way to the finish to defeat all other rivals by over
ten minutes. But Michigan’s Nicole
Derrick and Texas’s Kirsten Stefan
had a dandy race to be the best of the rest. Stefan went out hard, enjoying a
lead of 18 seconds at the 5K and 16 seconds at the 10K with a time of 41:34.
But then she paid the price as Derrick caught her and passed in the 3rd
5K segment. Derrick held the lead to the end, enjoying a 1:28:28 to Steffan’s
1:28:51.
DeReuck turned in a
world class performance at 96.2% as did Rhines [90.6], no surprise there. But Shoemaker
[90.1] also turned in a World Class performance-Impressive to say the least!
National Class performances were turned in by Oklahoma’s Terri Cassel, 54, who took the W50 crown in 1:29:08 [87.4], four
Texans Anne Erickson ,73, who won
W70 in 1:58:51 [86.0], Debbie Clark, 63, who won w60 in 1:46:49 [82.2], Colleen Rademacher , 57, who captured
the W55 title in 1:39:19 [81.5], and Theresa
Pearsall, 63, who finished 2nd to Clark in W60 in 1:47:49
[81.4]. The oldest woman to win a medal
was Texan, Marsha Smith, 80, who took the W80+ crown in 2:59:46.
The KAISER PERMANENTE
SAN FRANCISCO HALF MARATHON is the kickoff long distance running event for
the West Coast, held on February 5th this year, its 33rd
annual running. Although it draws mostly California runners, there are often
some pretty fast times for Masters Runners. It was classic weather with temps
in the upper 40’s to lower 50’s with little wind and no precipitation, almost
perfect for racing.
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| Kaiser Permanente Half Marathon-Start [FB Post by KP San Francisco Half Marathon] |
Men. The overall race was a battle between a
newcomer to the Masters ranks, Brad
Sloan, 40, from Oakland and two veterans, 50 year old Darrin Banks of Berkeley and 51 year old Albert Boyce of San Francisco. Youth had its day as Sloan cranked
out a win in 1:15:48, with Banks 44 seconds back in 1:16:32 and Boyce a minute
and a half further back. But you can bet those two 50 plus runners smoked a lot
of younger runners!
Banks [85.1} and Boyce [84.0] turned in National Class
performances and were joined in that by Menlo Park’s John Hale, 58, the M55
winner in 1:22:41[84.7], San Francisco’s John
Hirschberger, 64, and Doug Steedman,
60, who finished 3rd and 1st respectively in M60 with
times of 1:33:50 [82.5] and 1:27:09 [81.9], Berkeley’s Michael Axinn, 55, who finished 2nd to Hale in 1:22:48
[82.3], San Bruno’s Paul Ghidossi,
50, finishing 3rd to Banks and Boyce in M50 in 1:20:54 [80.5], and Michael
Ward, 61, of San Francisco CA, who took 2nd in M60 in 1:29:57
[80.1]. The oldest medal winner was 83 year old Henry Nebeling of San
Francisco, who won the M80+ group in 2:56:13.
Women. It was
also a battle of young vs. old but this time the older competitor won, with Santa Rosa’s Jacqueline Komrij, 51, taking
the title in 1:24:47, 27 seconds ahead of Stephanie MacKenzie, 40, out of Los Altos Hills. MacKenzie’s
1:25:14 was sufficient to claim 2nd by 18 seconds over another
newcomer to the Master’s Ranks, Liz
Gottlieb, 40, who took 3rd in 1:25:32.
Komrij had the top age grade [88.5] so she certainly had the
best all-around performance. Others with National Class performances included
Larkspur’s Lisbet Sunshine, 52, who took 2nd to Komrij in W50 in
1:27:40 [86.7], Santa Cruz’s Katherine
Beiers, 83, who captured the W80+ crown in 2:33:33 [83.5], San Jose’s Shelly Sumner, 61, who won W60 in
1:44:59 [81.3], Carrie Dion, 62, of Los
Gatos, 2nd to Sumner in 1:46:53 [81.0], and two San Franciscans, Lorna Thompson, 50, 3rd in
W50 in 1:31:51 [80.7], and Genevieve
Segol, 69, who took the W65 title in 1:59:50 [80.0]. The oldest woman to
win a medal, Katherine Beiers, not
only took the W80+ age group medal, she had the 3rd highest Age
Grade score. Wow!
GASPARILLA HALF MARATHON---Tampa FL—Feb 21
2016—Run since Feb 1978, the Half Marathon starts at 6 am just in case the
day should be unseasonably warm. In fact the day was perfect, clear and calm
with temperatures in the upper 50’s for the first 2 hours of the race. But the
high humidity may have affected some runners.
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| 2016 Gasparilla Half Marathon [posted on Facebook--Attributed by the Tamba Bay Run to MarathonFoto] |
Men. Two 46 year
old Floridians, Joshua Rayman and Tom Russell, tried to hold off a northern invader, 51 year old Eric Stuber, from Lansing Michigan. All 3 raced conservatively,
achieving negative splits. At the halfway mark it was Rayman at 38:41, Stuber
nearly a minute back at 39:35, with Russell a further minute back. And that’s the way it stayed to the end
with Rayman bringing it home in 37:52 for a handsome 16:33 win. Stuber’s
39:18 over the last 6.55 miles earned him the silver medal in 1:18:53. Russell
closed a bit on Stuber over the last half of the race but ran out of race
course, finishing 3rd in 1:19:16.
Stuber had the top age graded performance at 84.1 with
Rayman 2nd at 82.1. National Class performances were also turned in
by Tampa’s Jeffrey Lessie who won
the M55 crown in 1:23:25 [81.7], and the M65 winner, Gerald Marsh, 65, of Pittsburgh PA in 1:31:48 [81.6]. The oldest men
to win medals were the 81 year olds who took 1st and 2nd
in M80+, Wayne Hinaman of
Cincinnatti Ohio in 3:04:59 and a local
hero, Charles Walker, of Tampa in
3:18:57.
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| Lined Up for the Start-Gasparilla Half 2016 [FB post-Tampa Bay Run] |
Women. The Overall
Masters winner was Tampa’s own Terri
Rejimbal. Three years ago, at the age of 44, she became the oldest runner
to capture the Open title. Now, at 47, she finished 3rd in the Open
race but captured the Masters title, although pushed by 41 year old Michelle Nunez of Orlando Florida.
Rejimbal is very familiar with the course and tends to go out fast as she knows
the sun can slow runners down once it gets up on a warm day. She ran the first
half in 41:58, opening up a 1:15 lead over Nunez. Nunez ran a good negative
split but was only able to take 45 seconds out of Rejimbal’s lead over the
second half of the race. In the end
Rejimbal had the gold in 1:24:28 with Nunez bagging the silver in 1:25:12. Julie Hannah, 42, of Melbourne FL captured the bronze in
1:30:20.
Rejimbal [84.8] and Nunez [83.6] had the best age-grading
scores. National Class performances were also turned in by the 1-2 finishers of
W60, Amy Yanni, 61 of Ft. Myers FL
in 1:42:49 [83.0] and Jacksonville’s Leslie
Hague, 62, in 1:45:08 [82.3]. Tampa’s Gail
Norman, 57, and Iowa City, Iowa’s Mandi
Kowal, 52 also recorded National Class age grades in winning their
respective divisions in 1:39:33 [81.3] and 1:34:02 [80.8]. The oldest woman to
win a medal was Tampa’s Ellen Stichter,
81, who took the W80+ gold in 3:37:03.
GATE RIVER RUN 15K—Jacksonville FL--39th
Annual—March 12 2016—This Florida race starts at 8:30 am, and runners were
warned it would be another hot one, the second year in a row. It was 68 degrees
at the start of the race, with temperatures rising into the 70’s by the time the
Open Elite runners were hitting the Hart Bridge, seven and a half miles into
the race. The humidity was in the 90’s for the first part of the race with
humidity moderating somewhat as temperatures climb. At least it was overcast
and, to be honest, in 2015 it was several degrees hotter. The course is
relatively flat except for the climb up the Hart Bridge between miles 7 and
8.3; that climb is significant.
Men. The fastest
Masters Men were listed with the Open Elites, not in the Age Group results. Paul Thompson, 50, of Peekskill NY just
aged up to the M50 group but showed he could still run with the best as he
topped two fine M40 runners, Alan Black,
42 of Hillsboro Georgia and the Atlanta Track Club, and Jacksonville’s Marc
Burget, also 42. Thompson covered the first 5K in a scorching 16:30,
leaving Black a half minute back and Burget another half minute back from Black.
Thompson slowed a bit after that first
burst but continued to build his lead throughout, winning in 50:46, with
nearly a 2 minute gap back to Black who took 2nd in 52:33. Burget
closed the gap by a half minute in the last 5K to finish 18 seconds back of
Black in 52:51.
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| Thousands of Runners Stream Down off of the First (Small) Bridge in the Gate River Run 15K [FB Post by Visit Jacksonville] |
Thompson recorded a
World Class time [90.3], and Black [81.6] and Burget [81.2] both recorded National Class
times. They were joined by 66 year old Page
Ramezani, of Jacksonville, who took M65 gold in 1:02:00 [85.7]. Others
achieving the National Class standard included Floridians Robert
Hendrick, 73, of Deerfield Beach who won M70 in 1:07:47 [84.7], Ponte
Vedra Beach’s Brad Smith, 46, who took M46 gold in 54:05 [81.9], Herbert Weber, 65, of Miami Lakes who finished 2nd
in M60 in 1:03:33 [82.7], Fleming
Island’s Jim Metzger, 53, who took silver in M50 in 57:25 [81.9], Melbourne
Beach’s Gary Gates, 51, who captured the M50 gold medal in 56:36 [81.7],
and St. Augustine’s Bill Phillips, 61,
who took the M60 gold in 1:02:18 [81.2], St. Petersburg’s Al Weiringa,
69, 3rd in M65 in 1:07:33 [81.0], Tampa’s Larry Smart,
46, silver in M45 in 55:04 [80.5], and Steve Chin, 47, of Satellite Beach, 3rd in M45 in 55:45 [80.1]. Paul Carlin [your reporter] made a
road trip from Indianapolis IN to take the M70 silver medal in 1:08:30 [80.7]. The
oldest man to win a medal was 86 year old August
Leone of Boca Raton FL who claimed the M80+ silver medal in 2:04:37. That’s
some running at age 86!
The signature landmark of the Gate River Run is the Hart Bridge
looming toward the end of the race. Runners
crest the bridge with about 1600 meters to go and it is all downhill and then
flat to the finish. So they make a special deal out of who goes fastest for the
last mile. This year it broke down this way: Overall Masters Thompson 5:04.4 M40 Patrick Gallagher Gainesville FL 5:44.1
M45 Chin 5:24.8 M50 Gary Gates Melbourne Beach FL 5:25.6 M55
Walter Sieg Palm Harbor FL 5:59.7 M60
Phillips 6:25.6 M65 Ramezani 6:05.6 M70 Carlin
6:44.1 M75 Jim Cave Savannah
GA 9:16.3 M80 August Leone, 86,
Boca Raton FL 25:47.7.
Women. As with the Men, the top Masters Women ran
with Elite numbers and showed they deserved them. Two Floridians, Kim Pawelek-Brantley, 42, St.
Augustine, and Michelle Kruger, 40,
Jacksonville, went up against Christy
Peterson, 41, North Wales PA. At the 5K mark it was Pawelek-Brantley at
19:28 in the lead with Krueger tracking her closely but Peterson hanging back a
few strides, crossing the mat in 19:35. Pawelek-Brantley stretched her lead
considerably over the 2nd 5K, which she hit in 39 flat, opening up a
35 second lead over Krueger, with Peterson now 12 seconds back from Krueger in
39:47. Pawelek-Brantley had it all the
way as she stretched her lead out a little further over the 3rd 5K
to win the race in 58:28. It looked like It might be 1-2 for Florida but
Pennsylvania’s Peterson had a different idea. She surged past Krueger on the
run up the Hart Bridge and kicked into high gear on her way down, turning in
the fastest Masters last mile of the day as she claimed 2nd in
59:34. Krueger toughed it out though, turning in a 1:00:41 for the bronze medal
position.
Pawelek-Brantley [82.4] and Peterson 80.3] both recorded
National Class times. They were joined in that class by Leslie Hague, 62, Jacksonville FL, who won the W60 group in 1:14:15
[82.1], Deanna Medvidofsky, 54, St. Johns FL, who captured the W50
gold medal in 1:07:39 [81.1], and Karen Stelhorn, 49, St. Johns FL, who
took the top prize in W45 with a 1:04:29 [80.0]. Eighty-seven year old Haley
Olson, Jacksonville FL, was the
oldest runner to capture a medal as she
won the 80+ group in 2:14:22, an amazing achievement!
The last mile race for the Masters Women overall went to the
Pennsylvanian, Peterson, 5:37.2. Fastest last milers for Age Groups included: W40
Tracy Dutra Melbourne FL 6:18.2
W45 Stelhorn 6:24.9 W50 Rosa Haslip Fernandina Beach FL 6:42.4 W55 Kathleen Kaye Jacksonville FL 7:25.5 W60
Hague 7:21.7 W65 Hyacinth
Bohlinger Jacksonville FL 8:12.4 W70 Esther Schiegg Ponte Vedra Beach FL 11:08.6 W75 Janet Elliott Jacksonville FL 26:25.1 W80+
Olson 29:10.4
UNITED AIRLINES NEW YORK CITY HALF MARATHON--March
20 2016
The course is entirely in Manhattan, commencing in Central Park
and ending at Wall Street in downtown Manhattan. There is a slight drop in elevation overall,
perhaps 50 feet or so, but there are challenging hills in Central Park. It typically
attracts an impressive field of Open Elite runners. The temperature at the
start of the race was just above freezing with cloudy skies and a brisk wind
which got up into the mid-teens after 8 am, with occasional gusts up to 20 mph.
Men. Clint Wells,
40, dropped down from the Boulder
Colorado altitude to take on New York’s best. Wells took the USATF Masters
marathon Championship last October at the Twin Cities Marathon and showed that
his fitness had wintered well. Hitting the first 5K split in 16:02 (yes, you
read that correctly!), Wells had already put a minute and 40 seconds between
him and his closest pursuers, 40 year old Dan
Gray, New York City, and Brooklyn’s Troy
Squire, 41. Wells built his lead
steadily throughout the race, winning by more than 6 minutes in 1:06:47.
Gay and Squire wisely let Wells go and duked it out for silver and bronze. Gay
tracked about 6 seconds back from Squire who cruised through the first 5K in
17:36 and the 10K in 35:15. Then Gay made his move, throwing in a 17:07 5K
split. Squire lowered his 5K split to 17:20 but it wasn’t enough to match Gay
who took a 6 second lead at the 15K in 52:29. Despite Squire’s best efforts,
Gay was able to build the lead from there, claiming the silver medal in 1:13:23
with Squire nailing the bronze in 1:13:43.
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| UA NYC Half marathon 2016 [FB Posting by UA NYC Half Marathon-credit to @capitalrunnergirl] |
At an 89.9%
age-grade, Wells was within a tick of a World Class performance. Squire
[82.0] and Gay [81.8] also clocked in with National Class times. Other
excellent National Class times were turned in by: John Sullivan, 55, West
Roxbury MA who raced to M55 gold in 1:19:43 [85.4]; Brad
Kelley, 50, Jackson Heights NY, who took first in M50 in 1:16:51 [84.8]; Jim Price 58 Moorestown NJ, who was the
2nd American across the line in M55 in 1:22:36 [84.8]; Daniel Lillyman, 58, Mahomet IL, who
followed Price across the line in 1:23:32 [84.6]; David Atkinson, 46, Grand Blanc MI, who took the M45 crown in
1:16:49 [82.0]; Rob Zand, 46, NY NY,
who was nipped for the gold medal by a mere second by Atkinson in M45, in 1:16:50
[82.0]. The M55 group was loaded this year with 5 more National Class times: Alan Ruben, 59, NY NY, 1:26:46 [81.5]; Frank
Drury, 55, NY NY, 1:24:20 [80.8]; John Hale, 58, Menlo Park CA,
1:26:48 [80.7]; Gary Leaman, 56, Hardwick NJ, 1:25:19 [80.6]; and Donald Favre, 57, NY NY, 1:26:32 [80.2]. And the M45’s and M50’s had another bunch too
who achieved National Class status, along with a couple of M40’s; Timothy Stockert, 49, NY NY, 1:20.0 [80.8];
James Lefrak, 42, NY NY, 1:15:30 [80.7];
Richard Nelson, 45, NY NY, 1:17:32 [80.6];
Alexandre Tilmant, 46, NY NY,
1:17:47 [80.3]; Billy Barone, 51,
New Haven CT, 1:21:58 [80.2]; Guillermo
Pineda Morales, 43, Ridgewood NY, 1:16:37 [80.2]; Tim Bradley, 54, Long Beach NY, 1:24:16 [80.1]; and Jesus Pinero, 49, San Juan PR, 1:20:43 [80.0].
The oldest gentleman to win a medal was 83 year old Joseph Pascarella of Brooklyn NY, who took the silver medal in the
80+ division in 3:22:56.
Women. Janet Collar,
44, of Spokane Washington flew coast to coast to take on two fleet New York
City runners, Carolina Pena, 42, and
Locky Trachsel, 47. Collar went out
fast, hitting the 5K mark in 19:36 and the 10K in 38:54. Trachsel was able to
keep her close for the first 5K, where she trailed by 6 seconds but by the 10K
timing mat, she was 17 seconds behind Collar. From there Collar built the lead
up to a minute at the 15K with a time of 57:28 and then stretched it to 90
seconds within the next 5K. In the end
Collar had a handsome win in 1:20:53, with Trachsel 2nd in
1:22:26. Pena ran well but never really got into the mix, trailing Trachsel by
19 seconds at the 5K, with the gap up to 2nd growing to 46 seconds
at the 10K. and a minute by the 15K where it stayed until the end. Pena’s
bronze medal time was 1:23:26.
Collar’s time was National Class, age-grading at 86.0.
Trochsel, despite her 2nd place finish to Collar actually had a
higher age-grade at 86.9. Pena was not that far back but her relative youth
worked against her as her score was 82.0. Some really excellent age-graded
performances came out of the Age group winners. Erika Campbell, 66, Ridgewood NJ, took W65 gold in 1:42:38,
age-grading close to World Class at 89.3. Sharon Vos, 61, Old Greenwich CT ,
the winner of the W60 group in 1:36:50 was just a tick back in age Grading at
88.2. The other top performance was turned in by Jane Lundy, 55, Yonkers NY, whose
1:29:32 netted her the gold medal in W55 for an 88.1%. Other strong
National Class performances were turned in by Fiona Bayly, 48, NY NY, who finished 4th overall and 2nd
to Trachsel in W45in 1:23:55 [86.3]; and the top 2 runners in W50, Heather Knight Pech, 54, Darien CT, the
gold medalist in 1:30:13 [86.3]; and
Jean Norton, 53, Wurtsboro NY, the
silver medalist in 1:30:15 [85.2]. Further National Class times were turned in
by the W70 winner, Yong Smailes, 70,
Huntington WV in 1:56:33 [83.6]; W40’s Cathrine
Wolden, 44, Pound Ridge NY,
1:25:29 [81.3]; as well as W45’s bronze
medalist, Mary Pardi, 46, Falmouth
ME, 1:28:09 [80.4], and the two women who followed her across the line, in her
division, Julie McElroy, 49, Sleepy Hollow NY, 1:29:12 [82.2] and Liz Herbert, 47, Darien CT, 1:29:25
[80.1]. The W50 contestants who followed Pech and Norton across the line and
achieved National Class status included bronze
medalist Christine Morgenroth, 51,
NY NY, 1:30:52 [82.6] and Laurajean
Molon, 51, Sparta NJ, 1:33:33 [80.2]. National Class performances among W55
Runners included Ellen Bushman, 59,
NY NY, 1:40:15 [82.9]; Dolores Doman, 59,
Dix Hills NY, 1:42:51 [80.8]; and Gloria
Huberman, 58, Fair Lawn NJ ,1:42:29 [80.0]. National Class W60 Runners who
trailed Vos across the line included Leslie
Cohen, 60, Santa Monica CA, 1:40:06 [84.1]; Bette Clark, 60,
Yonkers NY, 1:41:39 [82.9]; Ida Draim, 60, Alexandria VA, 1:41:47 [82.7]. The
oldest woman to win a medal was Ginette
Bedard, 82, of Howard Beach NY who took the W80+ gold medal in 2:39:28.
CRESCENT CITY CLASSIC 10K—New Orleans LA—March
26 2016
The 37th running of the Crescent City Classic was
held, as usual, on the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter with some of the
best weather New Orleans has to offer. Temperatures were in the low 60’s, the
sky was overcast and winds were light to moderate at 5 to 9 mph.
Men. The three
main contenders for the overall win, Kenneth
Cooper, 40, Michael Iverson, 49, and Brandon
Wingate, 41, were all from the
Greater New Orleans area, hailing from
LaPLace, (west of Lake Pontchartrain), Mandeville (north of lake
Pontchartrain), and Metairie (south of Lake Pontchartrain) respectively.
Wingate was the 2nd Masters Runner across the finish line at the
Houston Marathon in January. [See above.]
This race, unlike some of the others was pretty cut and dry.
Wingate covered the first mile in 5:16 with Iverson 20 seconds back and Cooper
another 14 seconds behind. Wingate crossed the 5K mat at 16:13 with Iverson a
minute back and Cooper nearly a half minute behind him. Wingate stretched it
out from there and the gap between Iverson and Cooper grew very slightly. Wingate took gold in 32:34, with
Iverson in 2nd place, 34:58 and Cooper claiming bronze in 35:32.
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Wingate [85.8] and Iverson [85.2] turned in strong National
Class performances but two Age Group winners did them one better and turned in
World Class performances. Ninety-six
year old, Gregory Roderts, of Gretna LA finished 6th in the 80+
division in 1:25:22, which age grades at an amazing 104.57! That was, in
essence, a World’s Best performance or very close to it. Jeffery Dundas, 57, of Conyers GA, the
Atlanta Track Club, and a regular on the USATF Masters Grand Prix circuit,
singed the streets of New Orleans with a 35:27, good for M55 silver and a 90.05
age grade score. In addition to Wingate and Iverson, strong national Class
performances were also turned in by Kerry Barnett, 55, of Keego Harbor MI who
needed it to edge Dundas for the M55 win in
35:03 [89.5]; Phil Jones, 60, Metairie LA, who took the M60 gold in 36:58 [88.7] and Peter Mullin 65, Houston TX, another
mainstay on the USATF Masters Circuit, who captured the M65 gold medal in 39:19
[87.4]. Byron Adams II, 52, New Orleans, finished first in M50 in
37:20 [81.9] and was joined by fellow National Class runners, Leonard
Vergunst, 60, Ocean Springs MS and Chris
Neal, 62 Milton FL, who followed
Phil Jones across the line in M60 in
38:53 [84.4] and 40:07 [83.3] respectively. Paul Giannobile, 56, Minnetonka MN, must have been surprised to run
a very strong 37:31 [84.3] and only finish 3rd in M55, a tribute to
the loaded field in this race. As the reader might have guessed, 96-year old Gregory Roderts was the oldest
finisher. He did not win a medal but to finish 6th out of 18 80+
entrants is no small feat at the age of 96, and is commemorated by his World
Class Age Grading score. The oldest men to win medals were the 3 medal winners
in that age group, all 82: Jerry Prentice Braunfels TX 1:06:09; Ed Dugas, Sr. Lafayette LA 1:14:43; and Phil Bohan Foley AL 1:16:20.
Jen Rhines came down to New Orleans from Boston to prep for
her Spring racing season and have a good tune-up before the Carlsbad 5000. She
was not disappointed, nor were the fans, as she was 3rd overall and
the first American woman across the finish line in 33:21. She hit the first
mile in 5:14 and the 5K in 16:23 on her way to the win—amazing! The other
Masters Runners in contention let Rhines and the other Elite runners go, and
focused on their own race for 2nd across the line and it was a
dandy. Michelle Williams, 43, of
Pensacola Florida went up against Gigi
Vanlangendonk, 42, of Metairie
LA. Williams took it out fast, hitting
the mile mark in 6:45 with Vanlangendonk tracking her 5 seconds back.
Vanlangendonk surged past in the next 2 miles to hit the 5K timing mat in
20:57, two seconds ahead of Williams. But Williams found the strength to come
back and run the 2nd half of the race 7 seconds faster than Vanlangendonk,
to re-establish the 5 second gap. In the end it was Williams 2nd
across the line in 41:56 with Vanlangendonk 3rd in 42:01.
Unlike on the men’s side, which had a number of National
Class performances, the only one on the
Women’s side was turned in by Rhines. Naturally hers was not just National
Class but World Class as her 33:21 age graded at 94.2%.
The oldest woman to finish was 87 year old Carmen Caldas, New Orleans LA, who
finished 5th of seven W80+ entrants in 2:07:06. The oldest woman to
win a medal was 83 year old Rita
Sadowski, Newton KS, who captured the W80+ gold medal in 1:27:38.
Congratulations to both of them for some impressive running!
Congratulations to all of these Masters Runners for an
impressive start to the 2016 Road Racing Season!
RACE SUMMARIES
CHEVRON HOUSTON MARATHON--Houston
TX—Jan 17 2016—Run since 1972
MEN
Overall [U.S.A.] Masters:
Brandon Wingate LA
41 2:31:07 Jason Butler OK 43
2:33:04 Michael DeFee TX 41 2:35:04
Oldest Men to Win a Medal: Bill Dodson
CA 80 4:23:13 Jim Braden TX 80
4:52:50 Dan Shuff TX 80 5:39:50
Top Age Grade Performances:
National Class [AG > 80]: Jason Butler OK
43 2:33:04 84.5 Brandon Wingate LA
41 2:31:07 84.2
Michael Iverson LA
49 2:43:03 83.4 John Hartin VA 58
2:59:10 82.3 Michael DeFee TX 41
2:35:04 82.1 Rich Power MI 51
2:49:49 81.5 Steve Chase TX 47
2:44:46 81.2 Tony Torres CA 46
2:44:32 80.6
5-year Age Group [U.S.A.] Winners: M40 Brandon Wingate LA 2:31:07 M45 Michael Iverson LA 2:43:03 M50 Rich Power MI 2:49:49 M55 John Hartin VA 2:59:10 M60 Jerry Hammervold TX 3:13:37
M65 Larry Lichnovsky TX 3:38:58 M70 Robert Hoekman TX 74 3:46:41 M75 Gunnar Sanden AZ 4:11:50 M80+
Bill Dodson CA 4:23:13
WOMEN
Overall [U.S.A.] Masters: Caroline
Boiler CA 41 2:44:21 Mindy
Sawtelle-Zottola PA 43 2:52:25
Brenda Hodge
PA 44 2:56:22
Oldest Women to Win a Medal: Sally Sims TX 72 5:08:58 Ute
Eisele TX 72 5:09:12
Top Age Grade Performances:
National Class [AG>80]: Caroline
Boiler CA 41 2:44:21 85.5 Mindy
Sawtelle-Zottola PA 43 2:52:25 82.8 Nancy
Smith PA 59 3:30:34 82.4 Laura Bennett TX 48 3:03:59 81.6 Brenda Hodge PA 44 2:56:22 81.6 Lynn Malloy TX 55 3:23:57 80.5
5-year Age Group [U.S.A.] Winners: W40 Caroline Boiler CA 2:44:21 W45 Laura Bennett TX 3:03:59 W50 Caroline Burum TX 3:22:31 W55 Lynn Malloy TX 55 3:23:57 W60 Carole Uttecht TX 3:48:38
W65 Rosswitha
Goosens-Winter TX 4:36:25 W70 Sally
Sims TX 72 5:08:58
ARAMCO HOUSTON
HALF MARATHON--Houston TX—Jan 17 2016
MEN
Overall [U.S.A.] Masters:
Neville Davey
CA 40 1:07:41 Luis Armenteros TX 43
1:12:21 James Jackson TX 49 1:12:36
Oldest Man to Win a Medal: Ray Boytim
TX 83 2:56:15
Top Age Grade Performances:
National Class [AG > 80]: James Jackson
TX 49 1:12:36 89.0 Neville Davey CA
40 1:07:41 88.7 Robert Held IL 58
1:24:31 82.8 Luis Armenteros TX 43
1:12:21 81.3 Mark Newcomb TX 59
1:27:03 81.2
5-year Age Group [U.S.A.] Winners: M40 Neville Davey CA 1:07:41 M45 James Jackson TX 1:12:36 M50 Russell McKay TX 1:24:55 M55 Robert Held IL 1:24:31 M60 Edward Fry TX 1:32:46 M65 Bob
Wischnia TX 1:39:01 M70 James
Grotta TX 1:50:04 M75 Randolph
Hurst TX 1:49:45 M80+ Pete
Alberts TX 2:39:07
WOMEN
Overall [U.S.A.] Masters: Perry
Shoemaker VA 44 1:17:11 Nicole
Derrick MI 44 1:28:28
Kirsten Stefan TX
42 1:28:51
Oldest Woman to Win a Medal: Marsha Smith TX 80 2:59:46
Top Age Grade Performances:
World Class [AG>90]: Perry Shoemaker VA 44 1:17:11 90.1
National Class [AG>80]: Terri Cassel OK
54 1:29:08 87.4 Anne Erickson TX 73
1:58:51 86.0 Debbie Clark TX 63
1:46:49 82.2 Colleen Rademacher TX
57 1:39:19 81.5 Theresa Pearsall TX
63 1:47:49 81.4
5-year Age Group [U.S.A.] Winners: W40 Perry Shoemaker VA 1:17:11 W45 Melanie Bell TX 1:36:27 W50 Terri Cassel OK 1:29:08 W55 Colleen Rademacher TX 1:39:19 W60
Debbie Clark TX 1:46:49
W65 Sally King
TX 2:01:24 W70 Anne Erickson TX
1:58:51 W75 Pamela Willmon TX
2:54:27 W80+ Marsha Smith TX
2:59:46
KAISER PERMANENTE SAN FRANCISCO HALF MARATHON – Feb 5 2016
–33rdAnnual
MEN
Overall Masters:
Brad Sloan Oakland
CA 40 1:15:48 Darrin Banks Berkeley
CA 50 1:16:32
Albert Boyce San
Francisco CA 51 1:18:17
Oldest Man to Win a Medal: Henry Nebeling
San Francisco 83 2:56:13
Top Age Grade Performances:
National Class [AG > 80]: Darrin Banks Berkeley
CA 50 1:16:32 85.1 John Hale Menlo
Park CA 58 1:22:41 84.7 Albert Boyce San
Francisco CA 51 1:18:17 84.0 John
Hirschberger San Francisco 64 1:33:50 82.5 Michael Axinn Berkeley CA 55 1:22:48 82.3 Doug Steedman San Francisco CA 60 1:27:09 81.9
Paul Ghidossi San
Bruno CA 50 1:20:54 80.5 Michael Ward San
Francisco CA 61 1:29:57 80.1
5-year Age Group [American] Winners: M40 Brad Sloan Oakland CA 1:15:48 M45
Andy Chan San Francisco CA
1:21:33 M50 Darrin Banks Berkeley CA 1:16:32 M55 John Hale Menlo Park CA 1:22:41
M60 Doug Steedman San
Francisco CA 1:27:09 M65 Bobby
McKee Watsonville CA 1:34:41
M70 Barry Hotchkies
Oakland CA 1:46:44 M75 Hans
Schmid Greenbrae CA 1: 48:32
M80+ Henry Nebeling San Francisco CA 2:56:13
WOMEN
Overall Masters: Jacqueline Komrij Santa Rosa CA 51
1:24:47 Stephanie MacKenzie Los
Altos Hills CA 40 1:25:14 Liz Gottlieb
San Rafael CA 40 1:25:32
Oldest Woman to Win a Medal: Katherine Beiers Santa Cruz CA 83 2:33:33
Top Age Grade Performances:
National Class [AG>80]: Jacqueline
Komrij Santa Rosa CA 51 1:24:47 88.5 Lisbet
Sunshine Larkspur CA 52 1:27:40 86.7 Katherine
Beiers Santa Cruz CA 83 2:33:33 83.5 Shelly
Sumner San Jose CA 61 1:44:59 81.3 Carrie
Dion Los Gatos CA 62 1:46:53 81.0 Lorna
Thompson San Francisco CA 50 1:31:51 80.7 Genevieve Segol San Francisco CA 69 1:59:50 80.0
5-year Age Group [American] Winners: W40 Stephanie MacKenzie Los Altos Hills CA
1:25:14
W45 Janet McGhee
Burlingame CA 1:31:10 W50
Jacqueline Komrij Santa Rosa CA 1:24:47
W55 Jackie
Morgan San Mateo CA 1:39:05 W60
Shelly Sumner San Jose CA 1:44:59 W65
Genevieve Segol San Francisco CA
1:59:50 W70 Wendy Portnuff San Francisco CA 2:16:36 W75 Carol Pechler Menlo Park CA 2:37:41 W80+
Katherine Beiers Santa Cruz CA
2:33:33
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GASPARILLA HALF MARATHON---Tampa FL—Feb
21 2016
MEN
Overall Masters:
Joshua Rayman Tampa
FL 46 1:16:33 Eric Stuber Lansing
MI 52 1:18:53 Tom Russell Tampa FL 46 1:19:16
Oldest Men to Win a Medal: Wayne Hinaman
Cincinnatti OH 81 3:04:59 Charles Walker
Tampa FL 81 3:18:57
Top Age Grade Performances:
National Class [AG > 80]: Eric Stuber
Lansing MI 52 1:18:53 84.1 Joshua Rayman
Tampa FL 46 1:16:33 82.3 Jeffrey Lessie Tampa FL 55 1:23:25 81.7
Gerald Marsh Pittsburgh PA 65
1:31:48 81.6
5-year Age Group [American] Winners: M40 Jayson Bass Sebring FL 1:22:52 M45 Joshua Rayman Tampa FL 1:16:33 M50 Eric Stuber Lansing MI 1:18:53 M55
Jeffrey Lessie Tampa FL 1:23:25
M60 Paul Keating
Lakeland FL 1:34:22 M65 Gerald
Marsh Pittsburgh PA 1:31:48 M70 Don
Owens Williamston MI 1:48:18 M75 David Lightfoot North Ft. Myers FL 2:29:27 M80+ Dillion Maier New Port Ritchie FL
3:03:54
WOMEN
Overall Masters: Terri Rejimbal Tampa FL 47 1:24:29 Michelle Nunez Orlando FL 41 1:25:12
Julie Hannah Melbourne
FL 42 1:30:20
Oldest Woman to Win a Medal: Ellen Stichter Tampa FL 81 3:37:03
Top Age Grades: Leslie Hague 82.09, Deanna Medvidofsky 81.06, Karen
Stelhorn 80.03
Top Age Grade Performances:
National Class [AG>80]: Terri Rejimbal
Tampa FL 47 1:24:29 84.8 Michelle
Nunez Orlando FL 41 1:25:12 83.6 Amy
Yanni Ft. Myers FL 61 1:42:49 83.0 Leslie Hague Jacksonville FL 62 1:45:08
82.3 Gail Norman Tampa FL 57 1:39:33
AG 81.3 Mandi Kowal Iowa City IA 52
1:34:02 80.8
5-year Age Group [American] Winners: W40 Michelle Nunez Orlando FL 1:25:12 W45
Terri Rejimbal Tampa FL 1:24:29 W50 Mandi Kowal Iowa City IA 1:34:02 W55 Gail Norman Tampa FL 1:39:33
W60 Amy Yanni
Ft. Myers FL 1:42:49 W65 Joan
Nelson Winter Park FL 1:57:50 W70 Becky Brushwood Maitland FL 2:20:08 W75 Uncontested W80+ Ellen
Stichter Tampa FL 3:37:03
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GATE RIVER RUN 15K—Jacksonville FL--39th
Annual—March 12 2016
MEN
Overall Masters: Paul Thompson 50 Peekskill NY
50:46 Alan Black 42 Hillsboro GA 52:33
Marc Burget 42 Jacksonville
FL 52:51
Oldest Man to Win a Medal: August Leone Boca
Raton FL 86 2:04:37
Top Age Grade Performances:
National Class [AG > 80]: Page Ramezani
Jacksonville FL 66 1:02:00 85.7 Robert
Hendrick Deerfield Beach FL 73
1:07:47 84.7 Brad Smith Ponte Vedra
Beach FL 46 54:05 81.9 Herbert Weber Miami
Lakes FL 65 1:03:33 82.7 Jim Metzger Fleming
Island FL 53 57:25 81.9 Gary Gates Melbourne
Beach FL 51 56:36 81.7 Bill Phillips St.
Augustine FL 61 1:02:18 81.2 Al Weiringa St. Petersburg 69 1:07:33
81.0
Paul Carlin Indianapolis
IN 70 1:08:30 80.7 Larry Smart Tampa
FL 46 55:04 80.5 Steve Chin Satellite
Beach FL 47 55:45 80.1
5-year Age Group [American] Winners: M40 Brian Shrout Jacksonville FL 59:03 M45
Brad Smith Ponte Vedra Beach FL
54:05 M50 Gary Gates
Melbourne Beach FL 56:36 M55 David Farraday Jacksonville FL 1:04:35 M60
Bill Phillips St. Augustine FL
1:02:18 M65 Page Ramezani
Jacksonville FL 1:02:00 M70 Robert
Hendrick Deerfield Beach FL 1:07:47 M75 Jim Cave Savannah GA 1:34:47 M80+Wa lly McLean Gainesville FL 1:51:32
WOMEN
Overall Masters: Kim Pawelek-Brantley, St. Augustine FL
42 58:28 Christy Peterson North
Wales PA 41 59:34 Michelle Kruger Jacksonville FL 40
1:00:41
Oldest Woman to Win a Medal: Haley Olson Jacksonville FL 87 2:14:22
Top Age Grades: Leslie Hague 82.09, Deanna Medvidofsky 81.06, Karen
Stelhorn 80.03
Top Age Grade Performances:
National Class [AG>80]: Leslie Hague
Jacksonville FL 62 1:14:15 82.1 Deanna
Medvidofsky St. Johns FL 54 1:07:39 81.1 Karen Stelhorn St. Johns FL 49 1:04:29 AG 80.0
5-year Age Group [American] Winners: W40 Laura Roberts St. Simons Island GA
1:03:43
W45 Karen Stelhorn
St. Johns FL 1:04:29 W50 Deanna
Medvidofsky St. Johns FL 1:07:39
W55 Kathleen
Kaye Jacksonville FL 1:12:42 W55 Kathleen Kaye Jacksonville FL 1:12:42
W60 Leslie Hague
Jacksonville FL 1:14:15 W65 Anjes
Wilson Jacksonville FL 1:27:15 W70 Esther Schiegg Ponte Vedra Beach FL 1:46:33 W75 Janet Elliott Jacksonville FL 2:02:48 W80+ Haley Olson Jacksonville FL 2:14:22
UNITED AIRLINES NEW YORK CITY HALF MARATHON--March 20
2016
MEN
Overall Masters:
Clint Wells 40
Boulder CO 1:06:47 Dan Gay 40 NY NY
1:13:23 Troy Squire 41 Brooklyn NY
1:13:43
Oldest Man to Win a Medal: Joseph
Pascarella 83 Brooklyn NY 3:22:56
Top Age Grade Performances:
World Class [AG>90] Dave Walters 60 Lisle IL 1:17:04 92.6
National Class [AG > 80]: Clint Wells
40 Boulder CO 1:06:47 89.9 John Sullivan 55 West Roxbury MA 1:19:43
85.4 Brad Kelley 50 Jackson Heights
NY 1:16:51 84.8 Jim Price 58
Moorestown NJ 1:22:36 84.8 Daniel
Lillyman 58 Mahomet IL 1:23:32 84.6 David
Atkinson 46 Grand Blanc MI 1:16:49 82.0 Troy Squire 41 Brooklyn NY 1:13:43 82.0 Rob Zand 46 NY NY 1:16:50 82.0 Dan
Gay 40 NY NY 1:13:23 81.8 Alan Ruben
59 NY NY 1:26:46 81.5 Frank Drury 55
NY NY 1:24:20 80.8 Timothy Stockert
49 NY NY 1:20.0 80.8 John Hale 58
Menlo Park CA 1:26:48 80.7 James Lefrak 42
NY NY 1:15:30 80.7 Gary Leaman 56
Hardwick NJ 1:25:19 80.6 Richard Nelson 45
NY NY 1:17:32 80.6 Alexandre Tilmant
46 NY NY 1:17:47 80.3 Billy Barone
51 New Haven CT 1:21:58 80.2 Donald
Favre 57 NY NY 1:26:32 80.2 Guillermo Pineda Morales 43 Ridgewood
NY 1:16:37 80.2 Tim Bradley 54 Long
Beach NY 1:24:16 80.1 Jesus Pinero
49 San Juan PR 1:20:43 80.0
5-year Age Group [American] Winners: M40 Wells
1:06:47 M45 David Atkinson
Grand Blanc MI 1:16:49 M50 Brad
Kelley Jackson Heights NY 1:16:51 M55
John Sullivan West Roxbury MA
1:19:43 M60 Dave Walters Lisle
IL 1:17:04 M65 Juan Villafane Bronx NY 1:38:25 M70
Philip Krajewski Plainfield NY
1:42:22 M75 Larry Freund NY
NY 2:20:41 M80+ Ralph Walter NY
NY 3:04:32
WOMEN
Overall Masters: Janet Collar 44 Spokane WA 1:20:53 Locky Trachsel 47 NY NY 1:22:26 Carolina Pena 42 NY NY 1:23:26
Oldest Woman to Win a Medal: Ginette Bedard 82 Howard Beach NY 2:39:28
Top Age Grade Performances:
National Class [AG>80]: Erika Campbell
66 Ridgewood NJ 1:42:38 89.3 Sharon
Vos 61 Old Greenwich CT 1:36:50 88.2
Jane Lundy 55 Yonkers NY
1:29:32 88.1 Locky Trachsel 47 NY NY
1:22:26 86.9 Fiona Bayly 48 NY NY
1:23:55 86.3 Heather Knight Pech 54
Darien CT 1:30:13 86.3 Janet Collar 44 Spokane WA 1:20:53 86.0
Jean Norton 53 Wurtsboro NY 1:30:15
85.2 Stacy Creamer 56 NY NY 1:34:38
84.4 Leslie Cohen 60 Santa Monica CA
1:40:06 84.1 Yong Smailes 70
Huntington WV 1:56:33 83.6 Ellen Bushman
59 NY NY 1:40:15 82.9 Bette Clark 60
Yonkers NY 1:41:39 82.9 Ida Draim 60
Alexandria VA 1:41:47 82.7 Christine
Morgenroth 51 NY NY 1:30:52 82.6
Julie McElroy 49 Sleepy Hollow NY
1:29:12 82.2 Carolina Pena 42 NY NY
1:23:26 82.0 Cathrine Wolden 44
Pound Ridge NY 1:25:29 81.3 Dolores
Doman 59 Dix Hills NY 1:42:51 80.8 Mary
Pardi 46 Falmouth ME 1:28:09 80.4 Laurajean
Molon 51 Sparta NJ 1:33:33 80.2 Liz
Herbert 47 Darien CT 1:29:25 80.1
Gloria Huberman 58 Fair Lawn NJ 1:42:29 80.0
5-year Age Group [American] Winners: W40 Janet Collar Spokane WA 1:20:53 W45 Locky Trachsel NY NY 1:22:26 W50 Heather Knight Pech 54 Darien CT 1:30:13 W55 Jane
Lundy Yonkers NY 1:29:32
W60 Sharon Vos
Old Greenwich CT 1:36:50 W65 Erika
Campbell Ridgewood NJ 1:42:38
W70 Yong Smailes
Huntington WV 1:56:33 W75 Frances
Breslauer 75 NY NY 2:12:16
W80+ Ginette Bedard 82 Howard Beach NY
2:39:28
CRESCENT CITY CLASSIC 10K—New Orleans
LA—March 26 2016
MEN
Overall [U.S.A.] Masters:
Brandon Wingate
Metairie LA 41 32:34 Michael Iverson Mandeville
LA 49 34:58 Kenneth Cooper LaPlace
LA 40 35:32
Oldest Men to Win a Medal: Jerry Prentice Braunfels TX 82 1:06:09 Ed Dugas, Sr. Lafayette LA 82 1:14:43 Phil Bohan Foley AL 82 1:16:20
Oldest Man to Finish: Gregory Roderts Gretna LA 96 1:25:22 6th of 18 80+
competitors
Top Age Grade Performances:
World Class [AG>90]: Gregory Roderts Gretna LA 96 1:25:22 104.57 Jeffery Dundas Conyers GA 57 35:27 90.05
National Class [AG > 80]: Kerry Barnett
Keego Harbor MI 55 35:03 89.5 Phil Jones
Metairie LA 60 36:58 88.7 Peter
Mullin Houston TX 65 39:19 87.4 Brandon
Wingate Metairie LA 41 32:34 85.8 Michael
Iverson Mandeville LA 49 34:58 85.2 Leonard
Vergunst Ocean Springs MS 60 38:53 84.4 Paul Giannobile Minnetonka MN 56 37:31 84.3 Chris Neal Milton FL 62 40:07 83.3 Byron Adams II New Orleans 52 37:20 81.9
5-year Age Group [U.S.A.] Winners: M40 Brandon Wingate Metairie LA 41 32:34 M45 Michael Iverson Mandeville LA 49
34:58 M50 Byron Adams II New Orleans 52 37:20 M55 Kerry Barnett Keego Harbor MI 55 35:03 M60 Phil Jones Metairie LA 60 36:58 M65 Peter Mullin Houston TX 65 39:19
M70 Larry Schlueter
New Orleans 71 48:50 M75 Craig Sherman Metairie LA 76 59:10 M80+
Jerry Prentice Braunfels TX 82
1:06:09
WOMEN
Overall [U.S.A.] Masters: Jen Rhines
Boston MA 41 33:21 Michelle Williams Pensacola
43 41:56
Gigi Vanlangendonk Metairie LA 42 42:01
Oldest Women to Win a Medal: Rita Sadowski Newton KS 83 1:27:38
Oldest Woman to Finish: Carmen Caldas
New Orleans LA 87 2:07:06 5th of 7.
Top Age Grade Performances:
World Class [AG>90]: Jen Rhines Boston MA 41 33:21 94.2
National Class [AG>80]: None
5-year Age Group [U.S.A.] Winners: W40 Jen Rhines Boston MA 33:21 W45 Hollis Oberlies Greensboro NC 45 44:06 W50 Anne Kaltenbaugh Friendswood TX 50
44:42 W55 Beth Hitt Baton
Rouge LA 56 47:40 W60 Susan Opelka New Orleans 60 51:05 W65
Beverly Boege Pensacola FL 67
1:03:25 W70 Virginia Davis New
Orleans LA 71 59:02 W75 Gwen
McKeon Lacombe LA 76 1:18:31 W80+ Rita Sadowski Newton KS 83 1:27:38
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