GCS Rules The Rotary 12k
Published May 18, 2009
The 35th annual Bedford 12k was the first (and only) NEGP race in New Hampshire this year and 53 GCS-Triad Racing Team members helped make it a memorable one! Our Womens Seniors, & Womens Vets Teams walked away with First Place trophies. Our Womens Masters Team took home the Second Place prize (a mere 30 seconds from First!). Our Mens Vets team came in 4th. And, our Mens Open, Mens Masters, Mens Seniors & Womens Open each finished in 5th. At the end of a very productive day (that saw us score the second most amount of Team points), GCS sat 3rd overall in Club Scoring (out of 28 teams) and a mere 5 points from second place CMS in the 2009 New England Grand Prix Series. Plus, we had a record 15 GCS-Triad Racing Team members grab an "asterisk" for achieving the USATF age group guideline!
This race was the third of seven New England Grand Prix Races and our Club had its highest turnout and best results yet. Ethan Crain was again our fastest male runner. He finished in a time of 41:07 (5:31 pace) which was good enough for 33rd place overall and first on the Mens Open Team ahead of JP Lewicke (42:18) & Todd Callaghan (42:55). Randy Macneill was the next fastest GCS-Triad runner after Todd finishing in a time of 43:33 which was just enough to hold off Joe Rogers (43:34) & Michael Wade (45:52) for first place on the Mens Masters Team. Steve Tomasi finished first on the Mens Seniors Team with a time of 47:07 outpacing Trevor Ward (48:49) & Richard Galera (49:04) And, John Lewicke led the way for the Mens Veterans Team with a time of 52:27 which was good enough for first on the team just ahead of Denny Leblanc 56:53 & Terry Kenney (1:05:56).
On the womens side, Cathy Merra followed up her phenomenal Boston performance with another stellar run here in Bedford. Cathy finished in a time of 48:05 which was good enough for 1st overall in her 50-59 age group and first on the Womens Seniors Team ahead of Robin Rocha (1:04:50) and Linda Madden (1:06:25). Next behind Cathy was Karen Long who finished first on the Womens Masters Team with a time of 49:17 ahead of Karen Pattelena (49:54) & Tammy Gaffey (51:59). For the Open Women, Peggy Lai lead the way with a 50:42 which was good enough for first in her 13-17 age group and just ahead of Kristen King (51:23) and Callie Hartnett 51:41). Finally, our Womens Vets team had a very strong showing lead by Heidy MacDonald who finished in 1:00:03 which was good enough for 2nd in her 60-69 age group ahead of Aline Kenney (1:03:13) & Jane Levesque (1:12:25).
Complete race results including pictures can be found on the Coolrunning website here. Full GCS-Triad Racing Team results for the Bedford 12k can be found on our website here. With pictures by Steve Wolfe on his site here. And, current standings for the New England Grand Prix Team competition can be found the USATF-NE website here.
Our next New England Grand Prix race is The Rhody 5k on June 7th in Lincoln, NH. Even though it is a bit of a drive, we will have a carpool from the Nashua area. The competition is great, but so are the rewards. Cash prizes here are significant for the most successful teams and individuals.The food is phenomenal and we’ll even have the opportunity to catch a PawSox game that afternoon if people are interested. Currently we are in third place out of 28 New England Teams in this Series and we need to have a good showing here to keep our spot. For additional race information, including a course map and directions to the start please check out the race website.
Any current club member can run any of the seven New England Grand Prix races free of charge regardless of the number Grand Prix races you're able to run. And, the race entry fees will all be pre-paid by the club so that there are no up-front costs for you. Just show up and run! It couldn't be easier! If you would like to join The Team for another great GCS-Triad Racing event please e-mail Michael Wade right away and let him know.
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