2007 Roxbury Race #20

5 miles - Squire Road

07/07/2007

8:30 am. 70 degrees, sunny

   

Lucky 7s: Joe Mendes, Sharon Gawe finish 7th

David Hunt, Jenna Hannibal win Bill Burley championship

   

This year's Bill Burley Mid-Summer Championship fell on what some people think will be the luckiest day of the Century, 07/07/07.  If they're right about the Lucky part, then Joe Mendes and Sharon Gawe should go home feeling extra lucky, as they finished 7th in their respective divisions in this week's challenging five-mile race.

    Over-all winners were David Hunt for the men, Jenna Hannibal for the women.  Jenna had a fairly easy time of it, surviving early challenges to win by about four minutes.

    It was tougher for David, who finished only ten seconds ahead of last week's winner, Cornell University runner Andrew Levy.

This week vs last week

Twenty-seven people ran this same course last week, and, on the average, they improved by only seven seconds for the experience.  Most improved was Charlie Euston, over two minutes faster.  Russ Prbanic was most consistent, only four seconds slower this week. He was also closest to the average improvement, just 4 + 7 = 11 seconds off, edging out Nate Mahrer who was 19 seconds faster this week, 12 seconds off. 

    Complete details are after the results, before the current standings, near the bottom of the page.

Hall of Fame

    Two names were added to the Roxbury Road Race Hall of Fame this week, both veterans of the 1980s.

    The Fossil remembers that Bob Bouclier won the first Roxbury Race that the Fossil ever ran in, way back in 1986, and "Bouc" was already an established champion by then. That was on the Squire Road course that we ran on this week, but it was 4.4 miles from the old starting line at Booth Free School. He was a master of the Big Race, easy to beat for many weeks in a row, before suddenly running twenty seconds a mile faster than he had been.  Then he would set a blistering early pace and hold on for a win.

    Casey Gawlick, on the other hand, would do what Joan Benoit used to call "stink up the course" for the first half of a race, just hang around in third or fourth place for two or three miles and not do anything, but then he'd pour it on for the end of the race to win.  We used to say he was using the first half of the race as a training run to get in shape for the second half.  Casey is a teacher and was Director Bob Lewis's PE teacher in high school. 

People

    This week Wallie Jahn (pictured below) made his first appearance of the year and came from behind to clobber the Fossil in the last mile of the race.  Wallie owns the running shop on the Green in New Milford.  The Fossil, on the other hand, beat points-leader Steve Haas for the first time this season.

    Mario Hasz has been missing for a few weeks, and is recovering from some eye ailments.  We wish him a speedy recovery and a swift return to Roxbury.

    Christina Clark has been scarce at the races for a while.  She used to live on River Road in Roxbury, but now she lives in New Milford, and she brought her one-year old daughter Katie.  Katie brought her stroller so that she and Mom could enjoy the race together.  It was tough on all those hills, and Katie faded towards the end and Mom beat her by a couple of seconds.  Prasama Sangkachand stepped in to help Katie the last few yards across the finish line.  It would have made a great picture.

Safety  

    Safety is important to us, as we don't run on closed roads and generally like each other.  

    It is safest if we face traffic as much as possible.  Also, it is safer if we are all on the same side of the road, instead of making traffic drive between runners. 

    Fossil has three rules of running:

  1. Be safe

  2. Have fun

  3. It's more fun if you run well

    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 use all five fingers.

This week's pictures

    Up top we have this week's top finishers, winners of the Bill Burley Mid-Summer Championship five mile race; David Hunt on the left, Jenna Hannibal smiling on the right.

    Then we have this year's new Hall of Fame inductees, Bob Bouclier on the left, Pete "Casey" Gawlick on the right.

    Then there's a colorful picture of Wallie Jahn, proprietor of the running shop on the Green in New Milford.  

    Below that we have a crowd scene from the start, featuring Lou Denaro in the foreground, with a lot of people you might recognize in the background.  

    Along side the results we have Lynnie Zuback and Sinnead Blevio smiling, with Ron Karl behaving himself in the background. Where's Sinnead been this year? Then there's a shot of Mark Zerbe in his red vest.  Then we have brightly colored Brian Vanderheiden and Mark LoSacco.  Near the bottom of the column, a shot of Fast Mario Hasz and his wife Diane, the Belle of the Finish Line.  

    Down at the bottom, we have three women smiling after the race, Fossil meeting a dragon in Germany, and a collection of three sets of feet. 

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

     

 

 
Time

Name

 Age Pace
1 28.44 David Hunt 20 ( 5.45 min per mile)
2 28.54 Andrew Levy 19 ( 5.47 min per mile)
3 29.22 Jeff Sheldon 26 ( 5.52 min per mile)
4 31.54 Adam Levy 22 ( 6.23 min per mile)
5 32.22 Chris Deming 40 ( 6.28 min per mile)
6 33.11 Lou Denaro 41 ( 6.38 min per mile)
7 33.27 Joe Mendes 41 ( 6.41 min per mile)
8 33.55 Scott Holmes 45 ( 6.47 min per mile)
9 34.09 Wallie Jahn 52 ( 6.50 min per mile)
10 34.17 Ed Sandifer 55 ( 6.51 min per mile)
11 34.42 Steve Haas 52 ( 6.56 min per mile)
12 35.23 Jay Wilson 56 ( 7.05 min per mile)
13   35.43   Jenna Hannibal 29   ( 7.09 min per mile)
14 35.53 Chris Norris 38 ( 7.11 min per mile)
15 35.57 Cole Rossiter 14 ( 7.11 min per mile)
16 36.30 Dan Lynch 45 ( 7.18 min per mile)
17 37.16 Jeff Tindell 56 ( 7.27 min per mile)
18 37.23 Ross Levy 56 ( 7.29 min per mile)
19 37.25 Nate Mahrer 35 ( 7.29 min per mile)
20 37.43 Bruce Goulart 57 ( 7.33 min per mile)
21 38.00 Martin Schneider 46 ( 7.36 min per mile)
22 38.02 Russ Pribanic 53 ( 7.36 min per mile)
23 38.17 Mary Schafer 32 ( 7.39 min per mile)
24 38.29 Chris DePalma 41 ( 7.42 min per mile)
25 39.11 Harry Ong 67 ( 7.50 min per mile)
26 39.16 David Mariani 43 ( 7.51 min per mile)
27   39.51   Lynn Zuback 41   ( 7.58 min per mile)
28 40.22 John Kane 55 ( 8.04 min per mile)
29 40.50 Chris Zarzycki 51 ( 8.10 min per mile)
30   41.12   Andrea Szarkowicz 16   ( 8.14 min per mile)
31   41.30   Laura Hermann 18   ( 8.18 min per mile)
32 41.42 Scott Benjamin 49 ( 8.20 min per mile)
33 41.55 Wayne Tiller 52 ( 8.23 min per mile)
34 42.24 Bob Lewis 42 ( 8.29 min per mile)
35 42.33 Paul Butler 49 ( 8.31 min per mile)
36 42.43 Harvey Strauss 66 ( 8.33 min per mile)
37 42.58 Larry Deming 50 ( 8.36 min per mile)
38   43.02   Lauren Dever 15   ( 8.36 min per mile)
39 43.12 Tom Dever 55 ( 8.38 min per mile)
40   44.39   Regina Grebla 26   ( 8.56 min per mile)
41   45.42   Janet Levy 53   ( 9.08 min per mile)
42   45.55   Sharon Gawe 54   ( 9.11 min per mile)
43 46.46 Bob Satterlee 58 ( 9.21 min per mile)
43   47.58   Lidia Ryan 45   ( 9.36 min per mile)
45 48.56 Bob Bouclier 50 ( 9.47 min per mile)
46   50.07   Mo Van Moffaert 47   ( 10.01 min per mile)
47 50.16 Carl Hunt 56 ( 10.03 min per mile)
48 53.41 Sharion Hattfield 43 ( 10.44 min per mile)
49 54.43 Walt Schuttler 55 ( 10.57 min per mile)
50 60.00 Charlie Euston 62 ( 12.00 min per mile)
51   60.20   Jennifer Suarez     ( 12.04 min per mile)
52   62.49   Lee Anne Zarger 53   ( 12.34 min per mile)
53   65.05   Prasama Sangkachand 48   ( 13.01 min per mile)
54   66.23   Kandace Yuen 39   ( 13.17 min per mile)
55   66.25   Christina Clark 37   ( 13.17 min per mile)
56   66.27   Katie Clark 1   ( 13.17 min per mile)

 

Alternate courses

 

Name Age Distance Time
57 Corinne Bellemare 49 4.00 51.31
58 Amanda Deming 9 0.82 8.59
59 Collin Deming 7 0.41 4.30

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week vs last week

 

This Last Improvement
1 Charlie Euston 60.00 62.50 2.50
2 Lou Denaro 33.11 35.36 2.25
3 Janet Levy 45.42 47.48 2.06
4 Laura Hermann 41.30 43.26 1.56
5 Chris Zarzycki 40.50 42.28 1.38
6 Jeff Sheldon 29.22 30.26 1.04
7 Lynn Zuback 39.51 40.52 1.01
8 Andrew Levy 28.54 29.53 0.59
9 Chris Deming 32.22 33.13 0.51
10 David Mariani 39.16 40.05 0.49
11 Ed Sandifer 34.17 35.06 0.49
12 Chris Norris 35.53 36.37 0.44
13 Jenna Hannibal 35.43 36.21 0.38
14 Dan Lynch 36.30 36.56 0.26
15 Joe Mendes 33.27 33.51 0.24
16 Nate Mahrer 37.25 37.44 0.19
17 Russ Pribanic 38.02 37.58 -0.04
18 Steve Haas 34.42 34.37 -0.05
19 Ross Levy 37.23 37.11 -0.12
20 John Kane 40.22 40.02 -0.20
21 Jeff Tindell 37.16 36.34 -0.42
22 Larry Deming 42.58 42.13 -0.45
23 Scott Benjamin 41.42 40.52 -0.50
24 Prasama Sangkachand 65.05 63.47 -1.18
25 Bob Lewis 42.24 41.01 -1.23
26 Adam Levy 31.54 30.23 -1.31
27 Lee Anne Zarger 62.49 54.29 -8.20

 

 

 

Current points standings

 

Over all

Women

Other

 

1 875 Steve Haas
2 854 Chris Deming
3 853 Joe Mendes
4 726 Mike Ruospo
5 656 Ed Sandifer
6 649 Jenna Hannibal
7 613 Jeff Sheldon
8 574 Russ Pribanic
9 558 Lou Denaro
10 543 Dan Lynch

 

 
6 649 Jenna Hannibal
17 450 Lynn Zuback
24 364 Lisa Andrews
26 352 Pam Quist
31 328 Eunice Bussom
34 312 Sharon Gawe
35 301 Nora Hulton
43 217 Cindy Scannell
45 211 Mo van Moffaert
50 180 Prasama Sangkachand

 

 
119 35 Nylabone Hiser
185 5 Shiloh Gawe

 

 

 

 

 

Created July 7, 2007

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