2002 Roxbury Race #36

3.55 miles - up Hemlock

October 26, 2002 

   

 

Keyless, but not Winless

    Keyless Bob Derringer was one of the best Roxbury runners never to win a race.  Persistence finally paid off, and Bob notched his first career victory, with perennial rival JT Schemm as his victim.  Before the race, everyone knew the race would probably be between JT and Bob, with a chance that Ken Merrick would climb in to the mix.  Ken got a slow start, though, and it was JT and Bob for the first half mile.

    As they turned off West Apple Lane on to South Street, JT made the first of his many surges and opened five yard gap on Bob.  More surges over the next mile extended the lead to about 25 yards as they passed the General Store.  By then, though, Bob was beginning to realize that his hopes would be dashed if he let the lead grow any more, and he started answering the surges.  Over the next mile, as they ground their way up the Hemlock Road hill, JT's lead eroded, and Bob passed him as they reached the pavement near the top of the hill.  At almost that same instant, the sun peeked through the clouds for the first time of what was otherwise a rainy morning, giving, it seemed, a celestial blessing to Keyless Bob's imminent victory.

    The leg speed that had made JT Schemm the WCC 800 meter champion when he was a star at Brookfield High School some ten years ago had been left on the hill, and Bob built a nine second lead over the last 3/4 mile.

    The race for third place was somewhat similar, as Ken Merrick waited until the very last moment, as they turned off Rocky Mountain Road on to West Apple Lane, just a hundred meters from the finish, to pass Steve Benoit.

    Pam Quist won for the women, five places and three minutes ahead of Nora Hulton.

    Our top left photo shoes Keyless Bob in his fast shoes as he nears the finish line last week.  On the right is the Fossil, looking not very fast.

    The Roxbury Races are now listed on the Internet on CoolRunning.com and on HiTekRacing.com AND on runningintheusa.com.  All the great sites link to RoxburyRaces.com!

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This week's Roxbury results

 
1 21.33 Bob Derringer 40 ( 6.04 min per mile)
2 21.42 JT Schemm 26 ( 6.07 min per mile)
3 22.16 Ken Merrick 32 ( 6.16 min per mile)
4 22.22 Steve Benoit 50 ( 6.18 min per mile)
5 22.42 Ed Sandifer 50 ( 6.24 min per mile)
6 23.43 Dan Lamb 40 ( 6.41 min per mile)
7 24.38 Al Curtis 39 ( 6.56 min per mile)
8 24.42 Paul Teixeira 43 ( 6.57 min per mile)
9 25.35 Pam Quist 38 ( 7.12 min per mile)
10 26.22 Chris Childs 43 ( 7.26 min per mile)
11 27.46 Carl Hunt 50 ( 7.49 min per mile)
12 27.46 Bruce Goulart 52 ( 7.49 min per mile)
13 28.11 Bob Lewis 37 ( 7.56 min per mile)
14 28.16 Nora Hulton 38 ( 7.58 min per mile)
15 28.26 Scott Benjamin 44 ( 8.01 min per mile)
16 28.42 Gisela Boelhouwer 37 ( 8.05 min per mile)
17 29.27 Bob Satterlee 53 ( 8.18 min per mile)
18 31.38 Chris Powderly 49 ( 8.55 min per mile)
19 33.15 Mo van Moffaert 42 ( 9.22 min per mile)
alt 2.4 miles
20 22.08 Gregg Scribner 29 ( 9.13 min per mile)
21 25.15 Corinne Bellemare 43 ( 10.31 min per mile)

 

Al Curtis looks surprised that he's already at the finish line.

Gregg Scribner is running his first marathon on Sunday.

 

 

Last modified: October 26, 2002 

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