Gate City Masters the Moose
Published Aug 26, 2009
A whopping 55 Triad Racing Team members answered the call to defend our home turf at the Moose on the Loose 10 Miler in Mine Falls Park. And, at the fifth race in the 2009 New Hampshire Grand Prix Series defend our turf we most certainly did! With the phenomenal club turnout we managed to turn a 10 point deficit into a 50 point lead in the Series Standings at the end of another very hot and humid day! Preliminary team race results had GCS finishing with 184 points, to Derry’s 126 points, with Granite State a distant third with 82 points.
Rich Smith notched another win by finishing first place overall with a time of 57:20. Of course, Rich also took first on our Mens Open Team ahead of Tyler Brannen (1:05:19) who finished 2nd in his 30-39 age group and Stephen Rouleau (1:17:01). Our next fastest runner after Rich was Randy Macneill who finished in 4th place overall in a time of 1:00:42. Randy was 1st in his 40-49 age group and first on the Mens Masters Team ahead of Steve Wolfe (1:05:24) and Tim Burke (1:05:45). Next across the line was Alex Brown who finished in 9th place overall in a time of 1:02:35. Alex was 1st in his 19-29 age group and first on the Mens Youth Team ahead of Dan Ferreira (1:05:56) and newcomer Corey Hahnl (1:06:06). Corey also finished 1st in his 0-18 age group.
Jeremiah Fitzgibbon finished 4th in his 50-54 age group but first on the Mens Seniors Team in a time of 1:04:44. After Jerry, came Jim Hansen (1:08:44) and Richard Stockdale (1:09:15). Bob Ludwig led the way for the Mens Veterans Team with a time of 1:24:32 ahead of Denny LeBlanc (1:31:50) and Skip Cleaver (1:37:55). And finally, the ever-ageless Jack Kick (who was a team of one) finished in 1:25:58 giving him 1st place in his 70+ age group.
On the womens side, Cathy Merra added to her strong list of performances this year by finishing 22nd overall, third female overall, first in her age group and first on the Womens Seniors team with an impressive 1:06:05. A bit behind Cathy was teammate Deborah Roy who finished in 1:38:54. The next fastest female runner behind Cathy was newcomer Meghan Bowden who finished in 1:09:44 good enough for 2nd in her 20-29 age group and first place on the Womens Youth Team ahead of Peggy Lai (1:14:57) who finished 1st in her 0-18 age group and another newcomer Lauren Eynatian (1:20:00).
Our first Female Open Team runner was Julie Hanover who finished in 1:12:39 in front of Yuki Chorney (1:13:40) and Millie Mugica (1:26:22). Next was Lori Lambert who led the way on our Womens Masters Team in a time of 1:13:01 ahead of Janice Platt (1:17:33) and Laurie Kofstad (1:21:28). Finally, Emily Strong finished in 1:38:16 (despite a nasty fall) and took the first place spot on the Womens Veterans Team while finishing 1st in her 60-69 age group.
Congrats to everyone who came out and helped support the team at this home town race! It was a big win for our club and we couldn’t have done it without you! The preliminary NHGP Team Scoring for the year has us back in first place with 728 points - 48 points ahead of Greater Derry who has 680 and 219 points ahead of Granite State who has 509. GCS-Triad Racing Team Individual Results for the Moose on the Loose 10m can be found here. Full race results can be found on Coolrunning here. And, a great gallery of photos taken at this race by Strider Pup Ethan Platt can be found here.
Our next New Hampshire Grand Prix race is The Alliance Against Cancer 5k on Saturday, Sept 12th in Manchester, NH. This race is on the same day as the Ollie 5m in Boston. So we’ll need everyone to come out and run either one or the other. You can do flat and fast 5m in MA, or a flat and fast 5k a bit closer to home. I guess, no matter where you like to run, Sept 12th will offer something for everyone!
The Alliance Against Cancer 5k is in it’s 2nd year of existence and is run from Millys Tavern on Commercial Street in Manchester. The course runs south along Commercial Street past the Fischer Cats Stadium, to the rail trail and back. In addition to the 5k feature race they also offer a 400m kids race as well! Last year the race was held at the end of August and was won my long-time GCS runner Denis Tranchemontagne in a time of 18:17. The entry fee for this race is $20 per runner (prior to Sept 3rd) or $25.00 Post Entry (see application form in the current newsletter).
For additional information on the Alliance Against Cancer 5k race including a course map, application form and directions to the start please check out the race website here.
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