Racewalking, indoors and out
One more indoor competition remains on our
early-season calendar - the National Masters
Track and field 3K Championships on Sunday,
March 28, at the Reggie Lewis Center in
Boston. Those who have yet to sign up should
contact the New England Track and field
office at 617-566-7600 or obtain an
application form at www.usatfne.org
Volunteers are needed to help score laps.
If you are available, please contact Bob
Ullman or Wendee Glick at bobullman@comcast.net
After that, we move outdoors.
* Year Six of the popular monthly 5-kilometer
races at Danehy Park in Cambridge, MA, begins
on Sunday, April 11. The
races are judged but no one is disqualified;
the judges offer encouragement and useful
advice. Further details are in our race
calendar.
* Our first outdoor Grand Prix event, the
Clamdigger 5-miler, will be held at 10:45
a.m. on Sunday, April 25, in
Westerly, RI. A race form is available at
www.westerlytrackclub.org . For further
information, contact Joe Light at
401-596-3173.
* Then comes our major event of the year, the
National 15-Kilometer Racewalking
Championship, to be held on Sunday,
June 13, in Lincoln, RI. Steve
Vaitones offers this interim report:
There have been a lot more track and field
events overall this winter, so some projects
are just a bit slow off the starting line.
One of them is the USA 15K National racewalk
on Sunday, June 13, in Lincoln RI. There were
some issues with the facility and at one
point the event was in the position of having
to change locations, but it looks like we're
back on track.
While the one hour and two hour nationals
have been held in the association many times,
those event fields have been small, and the
event is contained quite nicely within a
track. This race will be on the road, and
though it is a closed course, will still
require far more help than the track races.
While the club should be represented in the
competition, please consider lending a hand
with the conduct. With as many as 100 walkers
potentially on the course - and we've had
some responses from some of the country's top
walkers who will use this as a tune-up for
the Olympic Trials - we'll need to put on a
good show.
The plans are for the race to begin at 10:15
or 10:30 a.m. - following the two 5K New
England Championship road runs and using
parts of the same course. It will be an
out-and-back 1 kilometer, which will require
some lap counting help. Justin and Steve will
be going down for final measurement of the
course in the not too distant future. Right
now, we will get most of the race equipment
from the USATF-NE office or from Dave
McGillivrey Sports Management (directors of
the runs). Post-race refreshments will likely
be supplied by the run - but our late
starting time (and finish time) relative to
the run will take some negotiating on the
availability. There will be plenty of toilet
facilities and plenty of parking.
By mid April, an email will go out to all
club members, and information will be posted
on www.usatfne.org
.
Please consider helping out with the event
once competitive teams have been sorted out.
Another call for volunteers
Course marshals are needed for the JP Morgan
Chase Corporate Challenge on Wednesday, June
2. The 3.5-mile race begins at 7:15 PM.
Volunteers will receive a T-shirt, extend
their New England Walkers membership through
2005, and earn some money for the club.
Please contact Justin Kuo at 617-731-9889 or
at kuo@world.std.com
The penultimate snail-mail newsletter
In the interests of timeliness and
efficiency, the New England Walkers will
discontinue mass mailings of the printed
newsletter by summertime and instead rely on
the Internet to keep club members informed.
Many members already read the newsletter
online on our web page at
http://newalkers.tripod.com
or
http://newalkers.com
And members who have subscribed to the
newalkers electronic list receive an e-mail
notification when a new newsletter has been
posted. Most of the New England Walkers are
already subscribed.
To subscribe, users go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newalkers/join
or they may look for the "Subscribe to
newalkers" and Yahoo Groups icon on our home
page.
Wide participation in these electronic
outlets will assure that everyone is
receiving up-to-the-minute information on
racewalking activity in our region.
We will mail a final issue in May and then
switch to an all-electronic format.
We have heard so far from two subscribers who
do not have Internet access and still wish to
receive paper copies of the newsletter. Any
others in this category should inform Charlie
Mansbach, 25 Larkspur Road, Newton, MA 02468.
He will see to it that printouts will come to
you in the mail.
Race results
National indoor championships -- Feb.
28-29, Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic
Center, Boston. A third straight title for
Joanne and a personal best as she prepares
for the big outdoor season.
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Women's 3K
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1
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Joanne Dow
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adidas
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12:36.76
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2
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Michelle Rohl
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Moving Comfort
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13:10.79
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3
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Amber Antonia
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New York
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13:28.38
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4
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Jolene Moore
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Parkside
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13:32.46
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5
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Sam Cohen
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Parkside
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13:40.15
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6
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Deborah Huberty
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New Balance
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13:53.74
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7
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Bobbi Chapman
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unattached
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14:00.89
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8
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Loretta Schuellein
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Walk USA
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14:58.06
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Marcia Gutsche Rutledge
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NEW
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DQ
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Men's 5K
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1
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Tim Seaman
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New York
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19:30.59
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2
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John Nunn
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U.S. Army
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19:35.58
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3
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Kevin Eastler
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U.S. Air Force
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19:50.36
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4
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Curt Clausen
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New York
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20:35.51
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5
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Patrick Collier
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Athletics East
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22:34.12
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Dave McGovern
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New Balance
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DNF
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New England indoor 3K championships --
February 22, Harvard University track. Good
turnout as part of USATF New England Indoor
track and field meet. Joanne set a new meet
standard for the event, while Marcia
qualified for the following week's nationals
and Patrick became the first male race walker
since Mark Fenton nearly 20 years ago to
qualify for the nationals with his
performance in the men's race.
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Women
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1
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Joanne Dow (39)
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adidas
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12:53.95
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2
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Marcia Gutsche Rutledge (42)
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NEW
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14:27.95
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3
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Kate Dickinson (18)
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Maine RW
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14:54.79
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4
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Maryanne Torrellas
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Conn RW
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15:23.07
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5
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Lauren Forgues (15)
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Maine RW
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16:35.48
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6
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Heather Cyr
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Maine RW
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17:52.91
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7
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Joanne Harriman (61)
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NEW
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19:13.32
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8
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Pat Godfrey
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Cambridge Sports
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19:55.74
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Men
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1
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Patrick Collier
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Athletics East
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12:37.61
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2
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Zachary Pollinger (17)
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NJ Striders
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12:44.81
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3
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Troy Clark (17)
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Maine RW
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13:53.14
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4
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Adam Staier (20)
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Maine RW
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13:58.42
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5
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Bob Keating (56)
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NEW
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14:26.72
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6
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Kyle Libby (18)
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Maine RW
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14:47.37
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7
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Padrig Gleason (17)
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Maine RW
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14:54.72
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8
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Mark Dennett
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Sacred Heart U
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16:13.55
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9
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Alexander Price
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Unattached
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17:00.81
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10
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Thomas Knatt (63)
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NEW
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18:22.38
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11
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Stephen McCullough (42)
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Unat.
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18:42.73
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12
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Charles Mansbach (59)
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NEW
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18:46.26
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13
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El-Hassan Kouchaou (46)
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MRW
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19:13.12
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Jack Finan
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NEW
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DQ
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28th annual Kathy & Ken Hayden
Presidents' Day 3.7-ish Mile Racewalk --
D.W. Field Park, Brockton MA, February 16. No
new faces, but a nice turnout of familiar
ones (almost everyone in the field competed
in this race in 1992).
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1
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Bob Ullman (55)
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Nashua NH
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34:08
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2
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Steve Vaitones (48)
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Waltham
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34:38
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3
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Paul Schell (66)
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Malden
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38:12
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4
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Charles Mansbach (59)
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Newton
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38:24
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5
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Justin Kuo (49)
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Brookline
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39:16
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6
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Thomas Knatt (63)
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W Concord
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39:52*
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7
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Joanne Harriman (61)
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Tewksbury
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40:22
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8
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Evelyn Bandlow (50)
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W Bridgewater
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40:34
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9
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Dick Ruquist (66)
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Grafton
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40:55
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Bill Harriman
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Tewksbury
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PSE*
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PSE (Prudently Stopping Early) - Bill
Harriman, to rest his ailing hamstring
*Tom, transfixed by a Public Radio broadcast,
missed his exit and got to the starting line
after the rest of us were out of sight.
Greater Boston Track Club 3K -- Jan.
18. Part of the annual track meet at the
Harvard University track.
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Men
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1.
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Troy Clark
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13:53.35
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2.
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Kyle Libby
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14:48.90
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3.
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Daniel Pendergast
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15:33.42
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4.
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Padraic Gleason
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16:35.80
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5.
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Mark Dennett
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16:51.75
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6.
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Bill Harriman
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16:52.28
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7.
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Matthew Forgues
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17:19.61
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8.
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Tom Knatt
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17:47.87
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Women
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1.
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Laura Feller
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15:26.66
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2.
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Carly Lochala
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15:35.67
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3.
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Lauren Forgues
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15:47.71
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4.
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Kate Dickinson
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16:27.26
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5.
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Joanne Harriman
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19:12.41
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6.
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Marissa Hessert
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19:18.14
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7.
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Heather Cyr
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19:19.39
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Brown Masters mile -- Jan. 11. Our
first event of the year; part of the New
England Masters Indoor Championships at Brown
University in Providence.
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Women
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1.
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Maryanne Torrellas (45)
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7:46.85
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2.
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Joanne Harriman (61)
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9:55.59
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3.
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Mary Alice Stookey (71)
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12:18.38
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Men
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1.
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Brian Savilonis (53)
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8:15.56
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2.
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Joe Light (56)
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8:16.52
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3.
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Bill Harriman (56)
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8:31.81
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4.
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Charlie Mansbach (59)
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9:46.38
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5.
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Bob Beaudet (70)
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10:02.23
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6.
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Spencer Parrish (67)
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10:44.05
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7.
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Jack Finan (72)
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10:44.2
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8.
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Bill McCann (74)
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10:59.32
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Racewalking down memory lane
Steve Vaitones has combed through the
archives for this look at the 1927 New
England Indoor Championship:
There was not a separate meet at the time;
different championship events were added to
the schedules of various big meets of the
season, and may even have had an open
championship held as part of a high school
festival.
Meet uncertain
1 Mile Walk
1. E.G. Wilson, BAA;
2. George Jamieson, Dorchester Club; time 6m
59 1-5s
1927 BAA Games One Mile Walk (Handicap)
1. Mike Pecora, Brooklyn, scratch;
2. Willie Plant, Morningside A.C. (NY),
scratch
3. Harry Hinkel, New York A.C., scratch
Time: 6 min. 34 1-5 secs.
Handicap walks and runs were popular in the
day; there was even an official New England
handicapper. He would determine the time or
distance each competitor would start ahead of
the top ranked individual - the 'scratch man'
or men, who would be the only one covering
the entire race distance or who would start
last. Such handicap races were held in both
road and track events, and prizes were
awarded to the winner and for the fastest
time (which could be far down the results if
the day's handicapping was off)
This race above found all the scratch men
taking the top places.
Another note from days gone by - most track
results reported just the winning time.
2004 race calendar
As always, our listing of racewalking events
is not engraved in stone. Some races are
added during the season, others are changed
or canceled. It's always best to verify the
time, date and location with the race
director before setting out.
March
28 -- USA Masters Indoor Nationals,
Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center,
Boston. Women's 3K, 12:45 p.m. Men's 3K, 1:30
p.m. New England track and field office,
617-566-7600.
April
11- 5K, Danehy Park, Cambridge, MA, 10
a.m. Contact Bill Harriman at 978-640-9676
(before 9:30 p.m.)
25 - Clamdigger 8K, Westerly, RI. Joe
Light, 401-596-3173.
May
9 - 5K, Danehy Park, Cambridge, MA, 10
a.m. Contact Bill Harriman at 978-640-9676
(before 9:30 p.m.)
Wednesday night races at MIT may be making a
comeback, reports Steve Vaitones. The
tentative schedule is for one-mile races at 7
p.m. on May 12, 19, 26. New England track and
field office, 617-566-7600.
June
6 - 5K, Danehy Park, Cambridge, MA, 10
a.m. Contact Bill Harriman at 978-640-9676
(before 9:30 p.m.)
13 -National 15K, Lincoln, RI New
England track and field office, 617-566-7600.
19 - New England Junior Olympics,
Durham NH. 1500m walk age 18 and under
20 - 3K, USATF-NE Outdoor
Championships, Cambridge, MA, 20 minute
limit. Late afternoon start time. New England
track and field office, 617-566-7600.
26 - USATF East Region TF Meet, New
Jersey. 5000 meters
July
4 - Dedham 5-miler, Dedham, MA. An
unjudged walking division as part of the
town's holiday road race.
11 - 5K, Danehy Park, Cambridge, MA,
10 a.m. Contact Bill Harriman at 978-640-9676
(before 9:30 p.m.)
12 - Bay State Games, MIT, Cambridge
MA. 3000 meters, 9:00 a.m.
August
8- 5K, Danehy Park, Cambridge, MA, 10
a.m. Contact Bill Harriman at 978-640-9676
(before 9:30 p.m.)
??? Eastern Masters 5K
championship, Springfield College, MA. New
England track and field office, 617-566-7600.
September
12 - 5K, Danehy Park, Cambridge, MA,
10 a.m. Contact Bill Harriman at 978-640-9676
(before 9:30 p.m.)
October
17 - East Region one-hour, Bentley
College, Waltham MA New England track and
field office, 617-566-7600.
??? - Connecticut Racewalkers 10K
The New England Walkers
Send material to:
Charlie Mansbach
25 Larkspur Road
Newton, MA 02468
E-mail address: mansba@globe.com
For membership information,
contact
Justin Kuo at 617-731-9889