Note: All race results are posted in reverse chronological order of the race dates, not in the order of receipt. Therefore, some newly arrived information may be inserted in the middle of the page. Furthermore, additional comments and notes are inserted frequently. So browse carefully!

If you know of any unreported race results, please send e-mail.

RUN TO FREEDOM BIATHLON, Liberty State Park, NJ (June 30, 2001)

Monica Bonamego, Run 14:57, Bike 37:47, Run 23:06, Total time 1:15:50, 1st F35-39, 6th overall female

SWIM TO FREEDOM TRIATHLON, Liberty State Park, NJ (June 30, 2001)

Olivier Baillet, Swim 8:24, Bike 32:34, Run 20:07, 3rd M30-34, 7th overall
Jesse Lansner, Swim 13:48, Bike 39:32, Run 22:22, 8th M24-29, 63rd overall

NYRRC SUMMER 10K, Central Park, NYC (June 30, 2001)

PHOTO ALBUM

MEN, 1st place open team

WOMEN

SERPENTINE RUNNING CLUB LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONDAY 5K, London, UK (June 29, 2001)

Paul Stuart-Smith, 17:25, 17th overall

FAIRFIELD 5K, Fairfield, CT (June 24, 2001)

Hank Berkowitz, 16:49 (5:26 min/mile), 6th overall

VCTC CROSS COUNTRY 5K SERIES #3, Van Cortlandt Park, NYC (June 28, 2001)

Eric Aldrich, 18:59, 8th place
Brian Barry, 23:49, 31st place

GBTC RELAYS, Dorchester, MA (June 24, 2001)

Mile, John Scherrer, 4:41.9, 1st place
800m, John Scherrer, 2:10.2, 3rd place
400m, John Scherrer, 61.6, 4th place.

USATF NEW JERSEY MASTERS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Tinton Falls, NJ (June 24, 2001)

M100m, Noah Perlis, 13.1 (2nd NJ)

M200m, Dean Kerr, 24.2
M200m, Alan Bautista, 25.0
M200m, Noah Perlis, 26.7 (2nd NJ)

M400m, Alan Bautista, 56.1
M400m, Alston Brown, 54.5
M400m, Richie Hamner, 57.1
M400m, Jim Aneshansley, 70.6

M800m, Alston Brown, 2:04.3
M800m, Richie Hamner, 2:20.4
M800m Sid Howard, 2:22.0
M800m Jim Aneshansley, 2:45.5
W800m, Devon Sargent, 2:2X
W800m, Kim Mannen, 2:29.5

W1500m, Sonja Ellmann, 4:54.4

GOLD COAST 10K RUN, Southport, Queensland, Australia (June 23, 2001)

Craig Plummer, 39:45

MANHATTAN ISLAND MARATHON SWIM, Manhattan, NY (June 23, 2001)

LESBIAN & GAY PRIDE RUN (5 MILES), Central Park, NYC (June 23, 2001)

PHOTO ALBUM

WOMEN, 2nd place open team

MEN, 3rd place open team

FRNY COMMUNITY RUN (2 MILES), Central Park, NYC (June 23, 2001)

JP MORGAN CHASE CORPORATE CHALLENGE #2 (3.5 MILES), Central Park, NY (June 20, 2001)

• Ramon Bermo, 19:02, 12th place overall ("no bad for an ex-runner")
• Stuart Calderwood, 19:58, ("1st Master despite someone stepping on and removing his shoe 100 yards into the race")
• Steve Sipe, 20:20
• Stacy Creamer, 22:50, 9th overall and 1st master ("90% effort")
• Tyronne Culpepper, 22:57 ("of course I only did it for the t-shirt & the food:-)")
• Chris Salibello, 22:58
• Mark Birkey, 28:02 ("9:00 first mile in big crowd, 7:35's after that")
• ... also spotted:  John Gleason, Adam Newman, Roger Liberman, Yumi Ogita, ...
• Spectator gallery: Alayne Adams, Peter Gambaccini, Harry Morales, Frank Schneiger,Toby Tanser, Mel Washington...

SUMMER SERIES 5K #5, Prospect Park, Brooklyn (June 20, 2001)

Victor Osayi, 17:38, 2nd place overall

SMITH'S CHALLENGE 10K TRAIL RUN, Lancaster, PA (June 17, 2001)

LONG ISLAND GOLD COAST TRIATHLON, Port Washington, NY (June 17, 2001)

Michael Trunkes, 59:49.30, 1st place overall

WABC FIGHT AGAINST PROSTATE CANCER 5K, Central Park, NYC (June 17, 2001)

PHOTO ALBUM

MEN, 2nd place open team

• Technical note:  On this same day, A.S. Roma clinched the Serie A championship ...

WOMEN

HELLGATE 5K, Astoria, NY (June 17, 2001)

On June 16, Mary Messite, Monica Bonamego and Irene Jackson took 3rd Women's Team at the Hellgate 5K, under the Triboro Bridge.  Mary also won a 3rd in her age group and Irene a 1st.  Frank Schneiger WOULD have taken a first in his age group if only he'd lied on the application.

USATF NEW ENGLAND TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Dedham, MA (June 16, 2001)

W800m, Kim Mannen, 2:27.97

W1500m, Devon Sargent, 4:45.40
W1500m, Sonja Ellmann, 4:48.25

M1500m, John Scherrer, 4:17.61
M1500m, Stephen Sipe, 4:19.41

GRANDMA'S MARATHON, Duluth, MN (June 16, 2001)

Carlos Stafford, 4:21:44 (9:59 min/mile), chip time 4:21:17, 2533rd overall, 91st age group, 10K split 46:58, half marathon 1:43:07, 20 mile split 2:54:56

Jan Farnung-Krause, 4:06:13 (9:24 min/mile), chip time 4:01:33, 598rd overall female, 33rd age group, 10K split 52:32, half marathon 1:52:21, 20 mile 3:00:00.

FREDDIE MAC 5K, Central Park, NY (June 14, 2001)

Vincent Trinquesse, 18:59 (6:07 min/mile), 11th overall, 7th M30-39

VCTC CROSS COUNTRY 5K SERIES #2, Van Cortlandt Park, NYC (June 13, 2001)

Brian Barry, 23:45, 41st overall

SUMMER SERIES 5K #4, Clove Lake Park, Staten Island, NY (June 13, 2001)

Victor Osayi, 17:51, 2nd place overall, 1st master

• Technical note:  Victor was in the lead, but went off course twice ...

NANTUCKET IRON TEAMS RELAY, Nantucket, MA (June 10, 2001)

Olivier Baillet, 2:52:40, 3rd place overall

• 2.5 mile run, 13:51
• Paddle board, 16:00
• 3.5 mile beach run, 23:41
• 0.5 mile swim, 20:47
• 19 mile bike, 55:00
• 6.5 mile run, 43:24

RUNNERS TOKYO 10K, Tokyo, Japan (June 10, 2001)

Charles Allard wrote: "Well, I took part in my first 10k race in a very long time. The Runners Tokyo 10k was held in the Showa Kinen Koen (Showa Memorial Park) on Sunday the 10th.  I finished in 37:09 and duly received my popsicle and banana at the finish. An odd combination to be sure, but this is Japan. The weather was good at 24 degrees centigrade (a bit humid) and the course was flat and crowded but not overly so.   So what was my excuse?  Well, I did go out the night before and my right Achilles was a bit tight.  London is a memory at this point so I am not sure if I can use that excuse. On the other hand, I was the first CPTC runner."

ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ, San Francisco, CA (June 10, 2001)

Josh Friedman, 2:34:13, 99th place overall, 11th M25-29, swim 35:26, transition 6:14, bike 55:16, transition 1:14, run 55:23

Lauren Eckhart, 2:47:19, 202nd place overall, 5th F30-34, swim 38:32, transition 5:59, bike 1:01:13, transition 1:20, run 59:51

HEALTH NEIGHBORS 5K RUN, Hoboken, NJ (June 10, 2001)

James Siegel, 17:54 (5:45 min/mile), 8th overall, 2nd M35-39
Monica Bonamego, 21:02 (6:46 min/mile), 2nd overall female, 1st F35-39

• Technical note:  This is a personal best for James Siegel.  Of course, this is not necessarily related to the fact that he has never run a 5K race previously (but he has completed 11 marathons including the last 4 New York's and the last 4 Boston's).

THE MIGHTY MONTAUK TRIATHLON, Montauk, Long Island, NY (June 9, 2001)

Michael Trunkes, 1:57:16.5, 2nd overall, swim (22:51, 21st place), transition (2:03.7, 5th place), bike (53:49, 15th overall), transition (54.7, 20th overall), run (37:38.9, 5th overall)

Stefani Jackenthal, 2:08:08.7, 3rd overall female, swim (28:22, 102nd overall), transition (2:43.7, 35th overall), bike (55:07, 19th overall), transition (1:07.2, 37th overall), run (40:49, 18th overall)

Shelley Farmer, 2:12:29.7, 4th overall female, 1st age group, swim (25:42, 54th overall), transition (2:28.1, 20th overall), bike (1:01:38, 125th overall), transition (18.5, 5th overall), run (42:23.1, 35th overall)

Chris Salibello, 2:21:54.1, 108th overall, 27th age group, bike (59:57, 91st overall), transition (2:30.9, 336th overall), run (46:40, 109th overall)

Darlene Miloski, 2:43:11.6, 14th age group, swim (41:17, 303rd overall), transition (5:59.8, 222nd overall), bike (1:05:43), 215th overall, transition (3:19.4, 424th overall), run (46:53, 118th overall)

BOSTON HIGH PERFORMANCE #4, Waltham, MA (June 9, 2001)

W800m, Kim Mannen, 2:26

W1500m, Devon Sargent, 4:50.56

M800m, Isaya Okwiya, 1:59:03

Men's Mile, Erik Goetze, 4:29.97, second place in Open Men
Men's Mile, Stephen Sipe, 4:35.55, fifth place in Open Men

SHELTER ISLAND 10K, Shelter Island, NY (June 9, 2001)

Adam Newman, 38:16, 33rd overall 7th age group
Charlie Stark, 38:34, 34th overall, 8th age group
Adam Bleifled, 40:59, 59th overall, 21st age group
Brian Barry, 47:05, 188th overall, 49th age group

NEW YORK WOMEN'S MINI MARATHON, Central Park, NYC (June 9, 2001)

PHOTO ALBUM

OPEN TEAM, 3rd place

TDI MUSEUM RUN 5K, Central Park, NYC (June 6, 2001)

Toby Tanser, 16:13, 3rd place overall

SUMMER SERIES #3 5K, Prospect Park, Brooklyn (June 3, 2001)

Kevin Arlyck, 16:52, 2nd place

Also seen in the race: Jim Aneshansley, Brian Barry

GARDEN STATE AC CLASSIC, Randolph High School, New Jersey (June 3, 2001)

M100m, Craig Plummer, 15.36
M100m, Noah Perlis, 13.57

M110m high hurdles, Craig Plummer, 22.69
M110m high hurdles, Noah Perlis, 20.57

M400m, Alston Brown, 55.17
M400m, Richie Hamner, 59.46
M400m, Dan Hamner, 67.26

M800m, Craig Plummer, 2:30.21
M800m, Brian Barry, 2:44.90
W800m, Sonja Ellmann, 2:25.19

Mile, Craig Plummer, 5:26.06

Shot put, Craig Plummer, 27'6"
Javelin, Craig Plummer, 104' 7 1/2"
Long jump, Craig Plummer, 15' 4 1/4"
High jump, Craig Plummer, 4' 9"

BERRY BLAST 5K, Amagansett, Long Island, NY (June 3, 2001)

Gordon Holmes, 18:23, 6th overall, 1st age group

RIVERDALE RAMBLE 10K,  Riverdale, Bronx, NY (June 3, 2001)

Noel Comess, 38:19 (6:11 min/mile), 14th overall, 1st master
Vincent Trinquesse, 39:15 (6:20 min/mile), 17th overall
Derek O'Connor, 42:57 (6:55 min/mile), 38th overall

• Technical note:  The hilliest race in New York City

CAPE MAY TRIATHLON, Cape May, NJ (June 3, 2001)

Zebulon Nelessen, 11th place overall, 5th M25-29

• swim 11:20, 20th place overall
• bike 42:21, 20th place overall
• run 19:05, 24th place overall
• total time 1:12:46

BLACKWATER EAGLEMAN HALF IRONMAN TRIATHLON, Cambridge, MD (June 3, 2001)

THIRD ANNUAL MASSAPEQUA PARK BICYCLING CLUB DUATHLON, Farmingdale, NY (June 3, 2001)

Michael Trunkes, 56:18, 1st place overall

RACE AGAINST TEEN SMOKING 4 MILER, Central Park, NYC (June 3, 2001)

MEN, 1st place open team

WOMAN

CB YMCA 5K, Doylestown, PA (June 2, 2001)

David Bosch, 18:01 (5:48 min/mile), 5th overall, 2nd M30-34

PAWLING TRIATHLON, Pawling, NY (June 2, 2001)

PHOTO ALBUM

Scott Willett, 1:01:49, 2nd overall, 1st M35-39
Josh Friedman, 1:06:01, 10th overall, 1st M25-29
Randy Ehrlich, 1:07:07, 12th overall, 3rd M30-34
Laura Miller, 1:21:29, 11th overall female, 2nd F40-44

Eckhart/Rosenthal/Butle, 1:08:18, 2nd relay team

YAI CENTRAL PARK FAMILY CHALLENGE 5K, Central Park, NY (June 2, 2001)

Sue Krogstad-Hill, 22:26, 3rd place overall

BOSTON HIGH PERFORMANCE #3, Waltham, MA (June 2, 2001)

W1500m, Devon Sargent, 4:53.55

FREIHOFER'S RUN FOR WOMEN 5K, Albany, NY (June 2, 2001)

Mary Rosado, 22:34 (7:17 min/mile), 252nd overall

NORTH COUNTY NEWS 5K, Yorktown, NY (June 2, 2001)

Toby Tanser, 15:54 (5:07 min/mile), 6th overall, 1st age group
Eve Kaplan, 20:56 (6:45 min/mile), 10th overall, 5th age group
Patrick Cowden, 21:02 (6:47 min/mile), 52nd overall, 14th age group
Robin Roberts, 22:04 (7:07 min/mile), 15th overall, 5th age group

VCTC 5K CROSS COUNTRY SERIES #1

Brian Barry, 23:34, 28th overall male 

VCTC CROSS COUNTRY 5K SERIES #1, Van Cortlandt Park, NYC (May 31, 2001)

Brian Barry, 23:34, 28th overall

RIDGEWOOD 10K RUN, Ridgewood, NJ (May 28, 2001)

Toby Tanser, 31:39 (5:06 min/mile), 4th overall, 4th M30-34
John Gleason, 41:28 (6:40 min/mile), 127th overall, 46th M40-44
Theo Spilka, 42:18 (6:48 min/mile), 143rd overall, 20th M35-39
Irene Jackson-Schon, 44:44 (7:12 min/mile), 31st overall, 2nd F50-54
Frank Schneiger, 48:13 (7:46 min/mile), 304th overall, 14th M55-59

MAYOR'S TROPHY 5K RUN, Rahway, NJ (May 28, 2001)

Sid Howard, 19:48 (6:22 min/mile), 27th overall, 1st M60-69

APPLE BLOSSOM 5K, Bethel, CT (May 28, 2001)

Hank Berkowitz, 16:40 (5:23 min/mile), 5th overall, 1st M30-39

BOULDER BOLDER, Boulder, CO (May 28, 2001)

Adam Newman, 41:42

VERMONT CITY MARATHON, Burlington, VT (May 27, 2001)

Jessica Merritt, 3:31:22 (PR) (8:04 min/mile), 31st female overall, 3rd F16-24

SPRING LAKE FIVE MILE RUN, Spring Lake, NJ (May 26, 2001)

Larry King, 30:51, 93rd overall
Tim Grotenhuis, 31:54, 134th overall

POTATO HAMPTON, Bridgehampton, NY (May 26, 2001)

Patrick Cowden, 39:23 (PR) (6:20 min/mile), 19th overall

NORTHEASTERN HUSKY TWILIGHT SERIES #2, Dedham, MA (May 26, 2001)

W800m, Sonja Ellmann, 2:22.46
W1500m, Devon Sargent, 5:02.57
M800m, Isaya Okwiya, 2:00.15
M1500m, Erik Goetze, 4:08.57

SRI CHINMOY MASTERS GAME, Astoria Park, Queens, NY (May 26, 2001)

Men's 800m, Victor Osayi, 2:19.4, 2nd place
Men's 800m, Brian Barry, 2:40, 4th place

Men's mile, Victor Osayi, 5:12, 2nd place

SUMMER SERIES #1 (5K), Prospect Park, Brooklyn (May 23, 2001)

Victor Osayi, 2nd overall

CAREY WALL STREET RAT RACE (4.01K), New York City, NY (May 22, 2001)

Toby Tanser, 13:38, 1st overall
Stacy Creamer, 16:21, 1st overall

• Toby's note: "The first ever time in my life that I get to wear a business suit, and it pours - that is a sign from the gods."  Why the desperate need to wear a business suit?  Toby had finished first last year in an orange prisoner's overalls, but the judges found that neither appropriate nor humorous and disqualified him.  However, history will always remember that Toby finished first but no one will remember who was declared the winner.
• Our technical note:  Stacy was actually third female overall, but the first two were pronounced by the judges as not having proper business attire.  History tells us that no one will ever remember who they were.

SARAH'S STRIDE (5K), Wauwatosa, WI (May 20, 2001)

Stacy Creamer, 19:21 (6:14 min/mile), 4th overall female, 1st F40-44

• Where is in the world is Wauwatosa?  Ask native son Frank Schneiger ...

BAY TO BREAKERS 12K, San Francisco, CA (May 20, 2001)

Graeme Reid, 43:57, 73rd place overall

QUEENS BIATHLON, Queens, NY (May 20, 2001)

Noel Comess, 1:28:47, 5th place overall, 1st M40-44

ASSAULT ON MOUNT MITCHELL, Mount Mitchell, North Carolina (May 20, 2001)

The Global Surveillance System camera at the top of Mount Mitchell spotted the following bike geeks:

Scott Willett, 5:31 (PR), 21st place
Ramon Bermo, 5:40 (PR), 32nd place
G'mo Rojas, 5:40, 35th place
Aubin Sullivan, 5:54, 75th place
Ross Galitsky, 5:55, 76th place

HOME DEPORT  MID MAY CLASSIC 4 MILES, Fairfield, CT (May 20, 2001)

Hank Berkowitz, 21:53 (5:28 min/mile), 24th overall, 9th M30-39

COLUMBIA TRIATHLON, Columbia, MD (May 20, 2001)

PHOTO ALBUM

HOHA CLASSIC 5 MILER, Hoboken, NJ (May 20, 2001)

Peter Homsher, 37:34 (7:31 min/mile), 69th oth overall, 35th M30-39
Jonathan Federman, 37:45 (7:33 min/mile), 70th overall, 36th M30-39

MIDLAND RUN (15K), Far Hills, NJ (May 20, 2001)

Peter Allen, 54:05 (5:48 min/mile), 33rd place overall, 11th M40-44

MIDLAND RUN (5K), Far Hills, NJ (May 20, 2001)

Kelly Karavites, 24:31 (7:53 min/mile), 120th overall male, 12th M40-44

• Kelly's note: "After several years hiatus (7 to be exact, phew) I ran my first race as a Masters. What a long road from my 1994 NYC marathon of 3:09 I ran the Midland Run 5K in Basking Ridge, N.J. this past Sunday.  It was a lot of fun, kind of hilly but very enjoyable. I aim to get back into real shape but am thrilled with my 24:31 after 7 years of not racing. Please feel free to run this on the website and a hearty hello to all my CPTC friends...See you in Central Park!

PINE BARRENS SPRINT TRIATHLON, Atison, NJ (May 19, 2001)

Jesse Lansner

• 0.5 mile swim: 19:02
• 24.1 mile bike: 1:20:25
• 4 mile run: 26:39

IRONMAN CALIFORNIA, Camp Pendleton, CA (May 19, 2001)

Chris Salibello

• 532nd place overall
• 109th place M35-39
• 7th place Clydesdale division
• total time: 11:35:34
• swim, 1:09:05 (1:40 per 100 yds)
• bike, 6:00:05 (average speed 18.7 mph)
• run, 4:15:52 (9:46 min/mile)
• quote: "My first Ironman was a very enlightening experience"

YOU GOTTA HAVE PARK 5M, Prospect Park, Brooklyn (May 19, 2001)

PHOTO ALBUM

MEN, 3rd place open team, 1st place masters team

WOMEN, 1st place open team

BAYVILLE FESTIVAL 5K, Bayville, LI (May 19, 2001)

Bill Schaaf, 18:13.9 (5:53 min/mile), 5th overall, 2nd M20-29

NYC FIREFIGHTERS BURN FOUNDATION 5K, Central Park, NYC (May 16, 2001)

Toby Tanser, 1st place overall (Toby: "... too many races and not enough days ...")

NORWALK MOTHER'S DAY 10K, Norwalk, CT (May 13, 2001)

Hank Berkowitz, 35:07, 2nd place overall

CARL HART DUATHLON, Hecksher Park, Long Island, NY (May 13, 2001)

Michael Trunkes, 48:43, 2nd place overall

PORTLAND SEA DOGS MOTHER'S DAY 5K, Portland, ME (May 13, 2001)

HARBOR FITNESS 5K RUN, Brooklyn, NY (May 13, 2001)

Toby Tanser, 1st place overall

• Technical note:  This race starts at 10am ---  plenty of time for Toby to run the NYRRC 5K in Central Park at 7am first.

RUN FOR FREEDOM 5 MILER, Newark, NJ (May 13, 2001)

Sid Howard, 32:56 (6:35 min/mile), 41st overall, 1st M60-64
Brian Barry, 38:04 (7:37 min/mile), 95th ovreall, 28th M40-44

RUN FOR FREEDOM 1 MILE, Newark, NJ (May 13, 2001)

Brian Barry, 6:28, 36th overall, 5th M40-44

ALLURE MOTHER'S DAY HALF MARATHON, Central Park, NYC (May 13, 2001)

PHOTO ALBUM

Third place open women's team

ALLURE MOTHER'S DAY 5K, Central Park, NYC (May 13, 2001)

PHOTO ALBUM

First place open women's team

MOTHER'S DAY MEN'S 5K, Central Park, NYC (May 13, 2001)

MEN, 2nd place open team

SPRING COUPLES RELAY, Central Park, NYC (May 12, 2001)

PHOTO ALBUM

Jonathan Cane-Margaret Schotte, 2nd place overall, 1:04:38
Stuart Calderwood-Stacy Creamer, 3rd place overall, 1:06:18
Peter Allen-Sarah Gross, 4th place overall, 1st place age 81-90, 1:06:56
Randy Ehrlich-Lisa Quig, 9th place overall, 3rd place age 61-70, 1:10:18

CHATHAM KIWANIS 5K RUN, Chatham, NJ (May 12, 2001)

Jan Farnung-Krause, 22:52 (7:22 min/mile), 14th overall, 3rd F40-49

PRINCETON INVITATIONAL MEET, Princeton, NJ (May 13, 2001)

LARRY ELLIS INVITATIONAL MEN'S MASTERS 1500m

Alston Brown, 4:19.95, 4th place
Tom Hartshorne, 4:30.03, 8th place

BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE 10K RUN, Bronx, NY (May 12, 2001)

Toby Tanser, 35:31, 4th place overall

ST. CROIX HALF IRONMAN TRIATHLON, St. Croix, Virgin Islands (May 6, 2001)

Scott Willett, 4:47:00, 31st overall, 4th M35-39 (Hawaii World Ironman Championships qualifying slot) --- swim (28:41, 37th place), bike (2:42:05, 50th place), run (1:36:14, 35th place)

Olivier Baillet, 4:59:31, 63rd overall, 11th M30-34 --- swim (29:52, 60th place), bike (2:51:29, 107th place), run (1:38:11, 51st place)

Joseph Gravier, 5:21:39, 120th overall, 24th M30-34 --- swim (33:19, 117th place), bike (2:56:17, 141st place), run (1:52:03, 149th place) 

Bob Summers, 5:31:15, 154th overall, 35th M30-34 --- swim (34:55, 155th place), bike (3:02:08, 182nd place), run (1:54:12, 167th place)

Randy Ehrlich, 5:53:48, 243rd overall, 54th M30-34 --- swim (43:11, 433rd place), bike (3:10:20, 234th place), run (2:00:18, 206th place)

CINCO DE MAY 5K, Prospect Park, Brooklyn (May 6, 2001)

Toby Tanser, 15:03, 3rd place overall

GREG TUBBY MEMORIAL 5K, Orchard Beach The Bronx, NY (May 6, 2001)

Larry King, 18:13, 3rd place overall, 1st M40-44

RUBEN RUN 10K, Tenafly, NJ (May 6, 2001)

Alan Kipust, 48:18 (7:47 min/mile), 61st overall, 8th M35-39

RUMSON RUN (A.J. BRUDER MEMORIAL 5 MILER), Rumson, NJ (May 6, 2001)

Bill Schaaf, 29:36.5 (5:55 min/mile), 10th overall 2nd M25-29

LAW DAY 5 MILE RACE, Stroudsburg, PA (May 6, 2001)

Victor Osayi, 30:14, 3rd place overall, 2nd place age group

OUR HOUSE 5 MILER, Summit, NJ (May 6, 2001)

Graeme Reid, 28:40 (5:44 min/mile), 22nd overall, 6th M40-44 

CANON LONG ISLAND MARATHON, Eisenhower Park, LI (May 6, 2001)

Patrick Cowden, 3:09:30 (official), 3:09:23 (chip), 7:14 min/mile, 47:52 at 7 miles, 1:31:44 at half marathon, 40th overall, 12th age group

GOVERNOR'S BAY BRIDGE 10K RUN, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland (May 6, 2001)

Jerome O'Shaughnessy, 41:57, 125th overall

RIKERS ISLAND CHALLENGE RUN 5K, Rikers Island, Queens, NYC (May 5, 2001)

The Global Surveillance System reports: 

I think you should know that Irene Jackson, Frank Schneiger and a couple of Millrose guys ran a 5K on Rikers Island several weeks ago, and one of the inmates yelled to Frank, "I hope you have a heart attack."  Frank, who had been going to sell his number to a local resident, took umbrage and decided not to.

It was not a heavily subscribed race...which was good because it took about an hour to get on the bus and out of there, what with all the checking.  However, the post-race food was remarkable; it consisted of bagels, fruit, hamburgers, hot-dogs, BBQ chicken, jerk chicken (all cooked by guys in orange) and ... frosted layer cake! Best of all, Mr. Frosty came around in his truck and gave out ice cream cones for FREE!

CHASE CORPORATE CHALLENGE, Central Park, NYC (May 1, 2001)

Stacy Creamer, 21:46, 2nd female overall

Other highlights:

• Davis Polk & Wardwell 4 person co-ed team featuring John Scherrer and Bill Komaroff were in 2nd place.
• Also spotted were Craig "Options" Chilton and Charlie Stark.
• Loudest cheerers along the route: Stuart Calderwood, Harry Morales, Stefani Jackenthal and Alayne Adams.

PHOTO:  John Scherrer is the race leader after 10 meters into the race.  P.S.  Of course, John had to nitpick: "Looking at the photo from the Corporate Challenge start, I don't think you can conclude that I'm in the lead. The camera angle may make it appear as such but appearances can be deceptive."  What do you think from instant video replay?

NIKE ANTWERP 10 MILES, Antwerp, Belgium (April 29, 2001)

Roger Liberman, 1:12:42, 600th place (technical note: slowed down by a case of conjunctivitis)

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 5 MILER, Brooklyn, NY (April 29, 2001)

Richie Borrero, 27:27, 3rd place overall

YALE SPRINGTIME INVITATIONAL MEET, New Haven, CT (April 29, 2001)

• Steve Sipe 1500m 4:19.83 (season PR----dropping 8 seconds from Eastern Regionals)
• Devon Sargent 1500m 4:48.10 (2nd place out of 45 women----6 second drop from Columbia Invite)
• Isaya Okwiya 1500m 4:10.22 (training through the meet)
• Erik Goetze 1500m 4:11.81 (coming back from a 2 week layoff)
• Kim Mannen 800m 2:28.74 (first outdoor track meet in 20 years!)

CVS/PHARMACY CLEVLAND MARATHON, Cleveland, OH (April 29, 2001)

David Zand*, 3:24:03, 145th overall, 20th M20-29

CVS/PHARMACY CLEVELAND MARATHON 10K, Cleveland, OH (April 29, 2001)

Rob Zand, 32:45, 25th overall, 8th M30-39

BRONX BIATHLON, The Bronx, NY (April 29, 2001)

Ramon Bermo, 1:18:43, 1st overall
Scott Willett, 1:24:54, 8th overall, 1st M35-39
Stephanie Gould, 1:30:50, 2nd overall female
Jonathan Cane, 1:32:52, 41st overall, 10th M35-59
Margaret Nolan, 2:11:48, 49th overall female, 10th F40-44

LINCOLN TUNNEL CHALLENGE 5K, Lincoln Tunnel, NJ-NY (April 29, 2001)

Vincent Trinquesse, 18:30 (5:57 min/mile) PR, 18th overall, 5th M30-39

NYRRC PAJAMA RUN 5K, Central Park, NYC (April 29, 2001)

MEN, 2nd  place open team

WOMEN, 1st place open team

RACE FOR FREEDOM 5K, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY (April 28, 2001)

Toby Tanser, first place overall

COURIR DU FESTIVAL, Lafayette, Louisana (April 28, 2001)

Kevin Arlyck, 16:58, 3rd place overall

Pre-emptive explanation from Kevin Arlyck:  "Scanning through the race results, I was horrified to realize that the francophones who frequent this site (both members and interlopers) might notice the ungainly name of the race I ran this weekend, and develop an unfavorable impression regarding my grasp of French syntax.  However, the more astute readers will take notice of the location of the race, and put deux et deux together. And a reknowned linguist such as yourself should certainly be able to figure this one out, given that clue..."

COMMENT:  When in Louisiana, you speak as cajuns do ...

MAIN STREET 5K, Sparta, NJ (April 28, 2001)

Peter Allen, 16:57, 25th overall, 4th M40-44

COUNTRY MUSIC MARATHON, Nashville, TN (April 28, 2001)

Harry Morales, 4:05:25, 732nd overall, 155th M35-39

PENN RELAYS, Franklin Field, Philadelphia, PA (April 27-28, 2001)

Masters 50-54 100m, Alston Brown, 12:06, 3rd place

Masters Men 50+ 4x400m, Central Park Track Club (Rich Hamner, Alston Brown, Noah Perlis, Sid Howard), 4:00:41, 3rd place

Masters Women 40+ 4x400m, Central Park Track Club (Sue Krogstad-Hill, Stacy Creamer, Denise Whitaker-Crain, Skipper Clark.), 4:50:08, 1st place

Masters Men 40+ 4x400m, Central Park Track Club (Richie Hamner, Alston Brown, Craig Plummer, Julio Rodriguez), 3:50.56, 7th place

From Noah Perlis (Friday, 9:49pm):

The womens team (in order) was Sue Krogstad-Hill, Stacy Creamer, Denise Whitaker-Crain, Skipper Clark. Despite some noticeable pre-race jitters among some of the newbies to the Penn Relays, all our women ran smoothly, had fun with no injuries, and proudly represented our team in colors of matching sets of planned co-ordinate uniforms.  It is predicted in some quarters that the word will get out among our female distance runners that they can race track in a winning way with grace, flair, and fun (pr's and medals too!).

In the Men's race, the team of Rich Hamner, Alston Brown, Noah Perlis, and Sid Howard showed their strong determination to do their best when Rich Hamner came charging down the last straight-away in close contention for the lead and spiked and fell on top of Alston Brown who hesitated one step too late in starting out for the hand-off.  Despite his bleeding ankle, he got out from under Rich and proceeded to chase down the leaders to catch up with them in a brilliant display of guts, speed and strength.  Sid took the baton from Noah in fourth place out of the field of 11 mens teams, and steadily closed the gap on the runner 10 meters in front of him to pass him by the 200 mark and widen the distance to comfortably finish in 3rd.  Happily, Rich and Alston are well and looking forward to tomorrow's 4 x 400 relay for 40+ with Craig Plummer and Julio Rodriguez.  

RYE DERBY, (5 MILES) Rye, NY (April 22, 2001)

Terri Sonenclar, 35:03 (7:00 min/mile), 8th overall female, 1st F40-44

RUNNERS WORLD HALF MARATHON, Allentown, PA (April 22, 2001)

Ramon Bermo, 1:16:36 (5:51 min/mile), 2nd place overall, 2nd M30-39, $100
Amy Sheeran, 1:30:18 (6:54 min/mile), 3rd place overall, 2nd place F20-29, $75
Maureen Elmaleh, 1:47:21 (8:12 min/mile), 60th place overall, 14th F30-39

LONDON MARATHON, London, UK (April 22, 2001)

PHOTO ALBUM

Margaret Angell, 2:56:58, 43rd overall female
Audrey Kingsley, 3:16:00, 156th female

Charles Allard, 3:05:08m 1284th place
Michael Sheren, 3:40:13, 5279th place
Paul Stuart-Smith, 3:45:47, 6153rd place

SPLITS

NIKE RUN FOR THE PARKS (4 MILES), Central Park, NYC (April 22, 2001)

PHOTO ALBUM

MEN, 3rd place open team

BOSTON MARATHON, Boston, MA (April 16, 2001)

PHOTO ALBUM

• From Rich Hollander: "Not to give you are a hard time but ... Are you out of town?  Are you not well? It's after 5pm and you haven't provided us the CPTC results from Boston yet.  Unless I'm losing my memory, I believe you had them much sooner last year...  Anxiously awaiting, Rich"  Thank you for caring, Rich ...
• Personal bests for Graeme Reid, Bill Komaroff, Shula Sarner, Noel Comess, Patrick Cowden and Jessica Merritt.
• Shula Sarner moved up from the dreaded 69th position to 68th after the time of a certain New York City area runner was invalidated.  She would have moved up a few more positions if chip times counted instead of clock time because she had a 3:19 deduction.  She would have been way, way up on the list for her 5K time of 20:51 (near her 5K PR!) between the 35K and 40K marks.  We can now reveal that the previously unpublished predicted time for her was 3:02, and the only reason that we didn't say 2:59 was because we thought that she would start off too conservatively ...  way to go, Shula!
• Men's Masters Team, first place, Central Park Track Club, total time of first three finishers = 8:03:02

15th MOUNT PENN MUDFEST 15K TRAIL RUN, Reading, PA (4/14/2001)

Ramon Bermo, 1st place overall

Note: His time is unknown, but, for a trail race, who cares!?  His winning consists of a piggie bank loaded with coins, so he is probably still counting what he won because the IRS will want to take their cut.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INVITATIONAL MEET, Baker Field, New York City (4/14/2001)

W800m, Devon Sargent, 2:20:61
M1500m, Isaya Okwiya, 4:12:28
W1500m, Devon Sargent, 4:54:70
M5000m, Rob Zand, 16:32:50

QUEENS HALF MARATHON, College Point, Queens (April 14, 2001)

MEN

SKAGGS-WALSH 5K, College Point, Queens (April 14, 2001)

Stuart Calderwood, 16:56 (5:27 min/mile) 2nd overall, 1st M40-44
Joey Gonzalez*, 20:23 (6:34 min/mile), 20th overall, 3rd M45-49
Francis Byrne*, 20:39 (6:39 min/mile), 25th overall, 1st M60-69
Frank Schneiger*, 22:41 (7:18 min/mile), 38th overall, 2nd M55-59

Stacy Creamer, 19:42 (6:20 min/mile), 1st overall female

URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE 10K, Van Cortlandt Park, NYC (April 8, 2001)

Stuart Calderwood recounts this race:

On Wednesday, April 4, Stacy Creamer slipped on a muddy trail while running in Central Park in the dark.  She strained her left hamstring fairly seriously, had to walk home with a severe limp, and spent the next three days alternately sitting on an ice-pack and trying to find ways to exercise without using her left leg. She and I were both pre-entered in the Van Cortlandt Track Club's "extreme cross-country" race, the Urban Environmental Challenge, for Sunday the 8th, but it seemed obvious that Stacy wouldn't be running at all, let alone racing, for a while. When we got up on Sunday morning and saw that it was raining steadily, I told her that I'd completely understand if she wanted to stay home instead of standing in Van Cortlandt Park for an hour in the rain watching a race that she'd been looking forward to running. She considered it briefly, and then went anyway.

As we walked across the big field toward the start, Stacy took a few little test-jogs--and I knew what was up. I also knew from years of experience that nothing I could say would make any difference, so I just pleaded with her to go easy or stop if she thought her leg was getting worse. (The day before, she'd been limping so badly while "running" at ten minutes a mile that I'd nearly felt the pain myself.)  She nodded her head perfunctorily and lined up for the start.

The race went off, and we soon found that the VCTC had succeeded in its attempt to create "extreme cross country." This was nothing like the usual Van Cortlandt course; it was 6.3 miles of single-track trails (and sometimes no-track), mostly rock-strewn, all leaf-covered (including the lurking rocks), all mud, and all hills. Curtains of bramble-bush delivered a fairly constant thrashing to the competitors, and there were lots of logs to hurdle, two creeks and several outright swamps to splash through, and two waist-high log barriers that could either be vaulted or crawled under, depending on how Environmentally Challenged you were. The course was marked with little flags stuck in the ground, which gave us that extra stab of anxiety every few hundred yards or so when a fork was approaching but no flag was immediately visible. I think it should be a Team Points Race next year.

Tom Phillips and I soon wore out a group of young fast starters and established CPTC Masters supremacy, and went on to finish 1-2. (My excuse of the moment: Tom lives in Bronxville. I knew I was in trouble when, about two miles into the race, he pointed to a gate and said "That's where I come in here to run.") He won in 35:45, and I ran 36:17 to hold off a West Side Runners guy by nine seconds.

After staggering around for a while and scraping some of the mud off my legs, I spent a very anxious few minutes waiting to see what had become of Stacy. At just past 44 minutes on the race clock, she appeared at the edge of the clearing, limping badly--but in the lead. She crossed the line in 44:51, a women's course record by more than a minute in this race's third year.  She had hacked her way through that jungle, jumped all those logs, and held off repeated challenges from two women at various points on the course. She'd averaged seven minutes a mile over some of the hilliest terrain that I've ever raced on, while favoring a leg. Her arms were bleeding from scratches, her shoes were black with mud, and she looked like she'd been through hell; she managed to grimace and smile at the same time.

I'm not telling this story to encourage anyone to race while injured. I told Stacy probably ten times that I didn't think she should run. Even the Japanese gymnast who did his Olympic rings routine--including the dismount--with a broken ankle now often regrets it; his leg is permanently damaged. I'm telling the story because I'm in awe of Stacy. In my thirty years of competing and twenty of coaching, I've seen a few rare races in which an athlete seemed to ignore physical limitations when put under unusual pressure.  This was one of them. I know that such an opinion must seem biased, coming from someone who lives with the athlete who ran the race, but I've seen Stacy run a lot of great races, and I never saw anything like this.

I hope that the great majority of such efforts are made when the athletes who can make them are fit and healthy, because those are the days when all the usual struggling suddenly becomes a beautiful smooth stream and all the training turns out to have been worth it, and the times and placings of a lifetime are achieved.  I also hope that Stacy hasn't really messed up her leg, and that I never have to worry that much again about her hurting herself badly.  But I'd sure like to know how on earth she did what she just did, and then teach it to all the runners I know.  I'd be the greatest coach in the world, and CPTC would beat Kenya at Boston.

And now for the race results:

• Tom Phillips--1st overall, 35:45
• Stuart Calderwood, 2nd overall, 36:17 
• Vincent Trinquesse, 8th, 39:50
• Stacy Creamer, 1st overall, 44:51, course record

EUGENE McCARTHY MEMORIAL 5K, Prospect Park, Brooklyn (April 8, 2001)

• From Kevin Arlyck: "I met Jonathan Cane and Herbie Medina this morning.  Jonathan used the race as an expensive training run. Herbie introduced himself after spotting me and grumbling 'Another Central Parker! I can't get away from you guys!'"
• From Jonathan Cane: "Kevin Arlyck is correct in his assessment of my race this morning -though it wasn't exactly an easy jog for me. For the record, my time was 22:15. While cooling down I bumped into Yvonne Callan-Brito and ran another lap of Prospect Park with her which was almost as fast."

RABBIT RUN 10K, Central Park, NYC (April 8, 2001)

MEN, 1st place open team

• The result for Tyronne Culpepper has been corrected by us, for which he received this e-message: "SHAME ON YOU... for signing up as a 47-year-old in the Rabbit Run 10K in order to collect an award!!!"

RUN 2 FINISH 5K, Boonton, NJ (April 8, 2001)

Jan Farnung-Krause, 23:33 (7:35 min/mile), 16th overall female, 5th F40-49

COLONIA 5K CLASSIC, Colonia, NJ (April 7, 2001)

Jan Farnung-Krause, 22:43 (7:19 min/mile), 10th overall female, 3rd F40-49

CENTRAL PARK TRACK CLUB INTRAMURAL RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS, The Armory, NYC (April 3, 2001)

TEAM ROSTERS

Out of what looked like insurmountable confusion, drill-team-style order emerged. Names were pulled out of a bag! Distances were matched to skills!  David Pullman and Lauren Eckhardt haggled over which would run two laps more than the other! Rosters were stickered to manila folders! Six teams of five runners coalesced within seconds into battle-hardened units, were outfitted with batons ("Oh, this is a baton!"), and took their lane-assignments on the homestretch.

THE GUN--or the explosive shout of "GO!" from Coach Ruiz--and sprinter Alan Bautista jumped out to a lead for Team B, with masters 200-man Noah Perlis of Team C and decathlete Craig Plummer of Team D hanging close. Team A's Shula Sarner found something else that she can improve at to a shocking degree within mere days, and was chased by MAC 50-year-old Female of the Year Mary Rosado, who smoked a 200 in the 35.0 range. 

Alan's pass to Alston Brown was flawless, and Team B looked untouchable as the world-class 400-runner took command in his specialty--but Rich Hamner of Team C, no slouch at 400 meters even in Madison Square Garden, wasn't about to give it away. Denise Crain of Team F, passing off to Blair Boyer (running in his first race of less than 5000 meters, we suspect), collided with her teammate, who started awkwardly and then fell not ONTO the track, but OFF it and down the two-foot drop to the stadium floor. Unaware that he had just fractured his shoulder, Blair leapt up--and was sped along in doing so by Coach Ruiz, who may have levitated a few feet above the track himself via the sheer force of his enthusiasm as he shouted "YOU'VE GOT A TEAM DEPENDING ON YOU!!" 

Incredibly, Blair sprinted the full 400 in a tight duel with Team E's Roger Liberman.  Stephanie Gould ran a near-unnoticed but expert 400 for Team D and handed off in third place to John Kenney, whose veteran's eye deciphered what was unfolding ahead of him in an instant: Carlos Stafford, running on the sheer adrenaline of having been handed a baton by Alston Brown with the lead, had rocketed out to an unwisely fast first lap of his 800, and was being hauled down inexorably by Team C's Mark Gombiner. 

Captain Kenney knew that the sixty-meter gap was surmountable, and by the 600-mark he had moved away from Lauren Eckhart of Team A (who claimed "bike legs") and zeroed in on the leaders. Just as Mark caught and edged past the valiantly struggling Carlos, John flew past them both and took over the lead! Unbeknownst to John, Alayne Adams of the E Team, who has the fastest leg-turnover on the eastern seaboard, was nearly keeping pace with him from behind, her legs whirring like hummingbird's wings.  While John handed off to Wayne Best, Alayne was closing fast on Mark and about to hand off to Craig Chilton.  

Mark got the baton off to Margaret Angell in second place, but Craig soon roared past, with an outside chance of catching the leading Wayne, a California visitor--who then proved to be A-group material with a determined defense at the front.  Perhaps slightly deflated, Craig slowed marginally in the closing strides--and was nearly caught by Margaret's absolutely superb final 200 meters.  Teams B and F were kept in contention by the fine 1200-meter legs run by Sid Howard and Suso Montero; David Pullman's lightninglike first two laps for Team A left him vulnerable to these steadier distancemen.

With a gap of nearly 100 meters on the field for Team D, Wayne passed off to Kevin Arlyck--who set off to run the mile of his life.  Boston-bound James Siegel took the baton in second for E, was caught after 300 meters by Stuart Calderwood of Team C--but then refused to be passed, cleverly holding Stuart wide on the third turn!  Chagrined at having coached his rival in the use of his arms in recent weeks, Stuart redoubled his efforts and managed to slip past James at the 400 and into second place. Behind them, a dogfight of top-notch miling was being waged among Tom Phillips of A, Graeme Reid of B, and Johnny Perez of F, a one-time Puerto Rican Olympic Trials competitor.*  Johnny fought past Tom and caught Graeme--who hung close and then unleashed a wicked kick to re-pass Johnny and wrest the bronze-medal spot back for Team B.

The wall of sound emanating from the anchor-leg runners' exhausted teammates, who staggered around the infield in varying degrees of lactic-acid suffusion, was worthy of a crowd ten times the size. The frontrunning Kevin, who was rumored afterward to have edged under 5:00, held off all challengers and snapped the tape in 12:37.  Following were Stuart for Team C in 12:50, Graeme for B in 13:00, Johnny of F in 13:04, Tom of A in 13:05, and James of E in 13:09.  

Backs were slapped, Gatorade was slopped; no shoulders were slumped--a random drawing of teammates had yielded a six-team race with a mere 32 seconds between the first- and sixth-place teams!  In a race of 21 circuits of the 200-meter oval, no team was lapped!  The depth of talent clearly visible throughout the race was remarkable for a group of 30 runners; no relay team had a single weak spot. The most popular comments after "Nice race!" were (1) "What was your time?" (2) "I have no idea," (3) "Did you see Blair?!" and (4) "Do we really have to do a workout now?"  Coach Ruiz offered this race review: "I really appreciated the team spirit and unity exhibited by everyone involved.  Most of all, I have to give my man Blair the ultimate coach's compliment: You showed the heart of a lion by rising from the dead and giving your teammates a chance to participate."  (And Tony said that BEFORE the X rays.)

*Question:  If Johnny Perez runs a personal record and gets publicity for it, will that be PR for a PR's PR?

TURIN MARATHON, Turin, Italy (April 1, 2001)

Jesse Lansner, 4:01:25.70 (chip 4:00:49.70), split (1:57:05.80)
David Lansner, 4:01:25.80 (chip 4:00:50.70), split (1:57:05.50)

From Jesse: "In the Turin (Italy) Marathon on April 1, I paced my father to a 4:00:50 finish, just missing his goal of breaking four hours."

BACKWARDS MILE, Washington Square Park, NYC (April 1, 2001)

Jonathan Cane, 10:12

OLEKSAK LUMBER SPRING HALF MARATHON, Westfield, MA (April 1, 2001)

Ramon Bermo, 1:15:40 (5:47 min/mile), 4th overall
Ross Galitsky, 1:27:42 (6:41 min/mile), 36th overall

CARLSBAD 5000, Carlsbad, CA (April 1, 2001)

John Prather, 15:58 (5:08 min/mile), 17th overall, 14th M40-44

Note: John Prather is not a Central Park Track Club member (yet).  He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.  Last December, he dropped in on one of our Thursday workouts when he was in town.  Since then, he has been wishing that he could be here.  Not that he would rather swap the dry and warm weather of Arizona for the cold and wet weather here, but he feels that the 'New York humor' suits him better.

If we recall, one of us has some spare airplane tickets.  We could surely import John for the Club Championships this year, right?  After all, we just found out that a certain top local runner has been running for two local clubs, so we would be just doing what others are doing.  ... obviously, you know that we are just kidding ... right?

But the real reason that John's name appears on our result page is that we expect that he would be pleasantly delighted (and we always aim to please, don't we?).  Just last week, his name appeared in our Tuesday workout description and he wrote back: "I MADE THE WEB SITE!! My life is complete."  So his life is now even more complete, if that were possible.

ACHILLES MARATHON RELAY, Prospect Park, Brooklyn (April 1, 2001)

The Flying Pokemons (Toby Tanser, Mike Guastella, Andrey Baranov), 2:20:39, 2nd place ($500)

RUN WITH AIMEE (5K), Montgomery, NJ (April 1, 2001)

Jan Farnung-Krause, 22:57 (7:23 min/mile), 31st overall, 5th F45-49