2005 Roxbury Race #19 - Team race

2.4 Miles - Down Chalybes

June 25, 2005

8:30 am. Rapidly getting hot! 

   

Abe Leads Winning Team

    Mike Abraham, coach of the New Milford High School cross country team, led a three person team consisting of himself, rival coach Marty Ogden of Weston High School, and former team member Pete Gillen to win the annual Roxbury Team Race.  The team finished 4th, 7th and 9th overall with a total time of 45:25.  They were about six minutes ahead of the second place team of Ken Merrick, Bob Lewis and Katie Neils.

    In the individual race, Jeff Sheldon and Allison Lind continued their winning ways with their eighth and fourth wins of the season respectively.  

    For the first time in a real long time, four people broke 14 minutes on the 2.4 mile course.  It was an exciting race as it unfolded.  It came down to Jeff Sheldon and Dan Murphy as they got to the last mile on South Street.  Jeff still had some gas left, so he gradually pulled away for a 14-second win.

    Jeff is trying to experiment with going out a little slower so Ken Merrick doesn't sneak up on him from behind and beat him quite so often.  It's hard to tell if it worked, since this race was only 2.4 miles, but at least he's trying.

Rivalries

  The Fossil - Zerbe rivalry is one of bitterest rivalries in all of sport.  Though Mark Zerbe has a comfortable lead in the Prestigeous Roxbury Points Race, the Fossil had been enjoying a substantial lead in the head - to - head matchings.  The usual story is that Mark goes out ahead, often completely out of sight, but the Fossil gets stronger as the race gets longer and comes back late in the race to edge the Zerb by a place or two.  This week, Fossil ran out of race, and Mark won by two places, 8th to 10th.  The Fossil pretended to be gracious, but the rivalry will certainly continue.

Certification

    We do everything we can to measure the Roxbury Road Race courses accurately.  Recently we bought an Oerth Counter, a gizmo that fits on a bicycle and measures how many times the wheel turns, in 15-degree increments.  This can measure a course to within about ten inches, if we can use it accurately.  Before the race this week, we started the process for measuring the Roxbury Marathon.  It isn't until December, but these things take time and Scott plans ahead.  Eventually, this will cause a whole bunch of orange paint marks to appear on our courses, create a pile of paperwork, and make an accurate Marathon course.  Then we'll repeat the process and measure the regular courses to three or four decimal places.  Ask to see the gizmo and we'll tell you all about it.

Safety

    Fossil has three rules of running:

  1. Be safe

  2. Have fun

    Be nice to the drivers.  For the most part, they like us, and they are proud to have us running in Roxbury.  Smile, and, if you wave, be sure you us all five fingers.

Punctuality

    We started almost on time today.  With your continued cooperation, we hope to continue.

Pictures

   These are last week's pictures, they came out so well.

   Up top, we have the guinea pigs assembling to listen to Scott's pre-race instructions.  Then we have the speedy duo of Lou Denaro and Mark Andrejczyk discussing race strategy before the race.   Below that a shot of Andrea Behling, Scott Benjamin and Bob Satterlee handing in their sticks.  That shot is followed up with one of recent Roxbury regular and Warren Street runner Mike "Torpedo" Ruospo chatting it up with race director Bob Lewis.  At right we have Dave DeBoy, Tom McNulty and others watching the earlier runners kick off.

   Along the side of the results, we have Allison Lind along with the Hahns.  Then Christina Clark in a great action shot as she launches off the starting line.  Below that, shots of Diane Hasz and Ron Karl our trusty finish volunteers this week.

   Way down at the bottom, we have the Fossil with his friend the dragon, and three sets of mystery feet.

  The Roxbury Races are now listed on the Internet both on RunningInTheUSA and on HiTekRacing.com

 

   

 

 Team Results

 

1 Mike Abraham 14.33
Pete Gillen 15.16
Marty Ogden 15.36
Team total 45.25
2 Ken Merrick 13.54
Bob Lewis 18.13
Katie Neils 19.51
Team total 51.58
3 Jeff Field 16.43
Andrea Behling 17.04
Sinead Blevio 18.26
Team total 52.13
4 Mark LoSacco 13.59
Mark Zerbe 15.25
Christina Clark 24.34
Team total 53.58
5 Chas Greystone 16.40
Scott Benjamin 18.07
Steve Schoeller 20.08
Team total 54.55
6 Pam Quist 17.20
Lynn Zuback 18.46
Cindy Scannell 18.53
Team total 54.59
7 Mario Hasz 18.05
Ray Giordano 18.20
Sameh Hassan 18.55
Team total 55.20
8 Jeff Tindell 15.50
Lou Denaro 16.24
Prasama Sangkachand 24.50
Team total 57.04
9 Chris Childs 17.48
Harry Ong 20.20
Mo van Moffaert 22.22
Team total 60.30

Individual Results

1 13.29 Jeff Sheldon 25 ( 5.37 min per mile)
2 13.43 Daniel Murphy 35 ( 5.43 min per mile)
3 13.54 Ken Merrick 35 ( 5.48 min per mile)
4 13.59 Mark LoSacco 36 ( 5.5 min per mile)
5 14.33 Mike Abraham 45 ( 6.04 min per mile)
6 14.41 Allison Lind 24 ( 6.07 min per mile)
7 15.16 Pete Gillen 0 ( 6.22 min per mile)
8 15.25 Mark Zerbe 44 ( 6.25 min per mile)
9 15.36 Marty Ogden 36 ( 6.3 min per mile)
10 15.40 Ed Sandifer 53 ( 6.32 min per mile)
11 15.50 Jeff Tindell 55 ( 6.36 min per mile)
12 16.24 Lou Denaro 44 ( 6.5 min per mile)
13 16.40 Chas Greystone 49 ( 6.57 min per mile)
14 16.43 Jeff Field 35 ( 6.58 min per mile)
15 16.57 Jack Zamary 41 ( 7.04 min per mile)
16 17.04 Andrea Behling 26 ( 7.07 min per mile)
17 17.20 Pam Quist 41 ( 7.13 min per mile)
18 17.48 Chris Childs 46 ( 7.25 min per mile)
19 18.05 Mario Hasz 56 ( 7.32 min per mile)
20 18.07 Scott Benjamin 47 ( 7.33 min per mile)
21 18.13 Bob Lewis 40 ( 7.35 min per mile)
22 18.20 Ray Giordano 55 ( 7.38 min per mile)
23 18.23 Paul Butler 47 ( 7.4 min per mile)
24 18.26 Sinead Blevio 32 ( 7.41 min per mile)
25 18.46 Lynn Zuback 39 ( 7.49 min per mile)
26 18.52 Tom McNulty 39 ( 7.52 min per mile)
27 18.53 Cindy Scannell 47 ( 7.52 min per mile)
28 18.55 Sameh Hassan 35 ( 7.53 min per mile)
29 19.51 Katie Neils 12 ( 8.16 min per mile)
30 20.08 Steve Schoeller 50 ( 8.23 min per mile)
31 20.19 Caleb Phillips 2 ( 8.28 min per mile)
32 20.20 Harry Ong 65 ( 8.28 min per mile)
33 20.52 Suzanne Gallup 60 ( 8.42 min per mile)
34 20.58 Dave DeBoy 35 ( 8.44 min per mile)
35 21.30 Walt Schuttler 53 ( 8.58 min per mile)
36 22.22 Mo van Moffaert 45 ( 9.19 min per mile)
37 24.12 Beth Faldo 53 ( 10.05 min per mile)
38 24.34 Christina Clark 35 ( 10.14 min per mile)
39 24.50 Prasama Sangkachand 45 ( 10.21 min per mile)
Alt 3.55 miles
40 38.45 Sharon Gawe 52 ( 10.55 min per mile)

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

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