MARLBORO DUATHLON, New England Championship, Marlboro, MA (Run 3M, Bike, 21.25M, Run 3M) (6/29/97)

Michael Trunkes, 9th overall, 1:30:03

BLUEBERRY FESTIVAL TRIATHLON, HAMMONTON, NJ (6/29/97) (results located by Jud Santos)

Randall Ehrlich (M.D.), 43rd male, 1st 'Med-Male', 1:32:24
Thomas Pennell, 52nd male, 11th M30-34, 1:33:30
Julie Denney, 10th female, 5th F25-29, 1:38:21

ITALIAN-AMERICAN FEDERATION 5K, Astoria, Queens, NYC (6/29/97)

Bill Engeler, 19:20

Bill says, "I had to run it, if you know what I mean (note: what he meant was that this was the proverbial offer that could not be refused). It was hot, and I'm not making excuses, but it was also uphill (by about 50'). The best part was the start by an aging Italian MC, saying 'an-a-one-an-a-two-an-a-three-go.'"

ALCATRAZ XVII TRIATHLON, 1.5 mile swim/ 18 mile bike /10 mile run, San Francisco, California (6/28/97)

Scott Willett, 1st place overall, 2:50.06

LESBIAN & GAY PRIDE 5 MILER, CENTRAL PARK, New York City (6/28/97, as compiled by RS)

Men (3rd Place Open Team)

Women (see e-mail below for team position)

* not listed under CPTC

Dear Gay Pride 5M Race Director:

Thank you very much for staging another great race on Saturday. I and many other members of my own and other teams all agreed that designating the Gay Pride 5-Miler as the NYRRC June Scoring Race for men resulted in probably the most competitive fields (male *and* female) this race has ever had, and certainly one of the largest and most festive. Thanks again.

And I hate to be a pain, but...: The TEAM RESULTS for the 5M weren't listed on the NYRRC site, but the printed results which I saw after the race showed that the NY Flyers won the women's competition, with 40 points total. However, I noticed that Central Park Track Club runner Lucy White (10th woman overall) was not listed as a CPTC member. I spoke to Tom Kelley at the NYRRC, and he agreed that this was indeed a mistake, and it would be corrected. This correction would thus award CPTC with 39 points, thus edging out the Flyers for the win by one point. Being that the 1st place team award was already handed out after the race, can anything still be done about this? Please let me/us know.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks,
Jud Santos
Central Park Track Club

We are glad to report that, thanks to the intercession of Jud Santos, the Central Park Track Club women are officially the winners!

P.S. This race was Jill Gisvold's last hurrah for the Central Park Track Club, as she will be moving back to San Francisco to pursue her nursing studies. We will miss her and we wish her the very best!!!

CORPORATE CHALLENGE 2nd Race, CENTRAL PARK, New York City (6/25/97) (reported by Sarah Gross)

On account of the heat, this was turned into a fun run with no times being recorded. This means that our own Alan Bautista, who won the second group start, will not be listed in the annals of running as such. He said, "Now I know how Jud Santos felt, with no Central Park Track Club teammates --- nor anyone else that I know, for that matter! --- at the finish to witness my coup." (see Famous Sayings # 27 for Jud's story).

Alan arrived late and was modest enough to hide around around twenty rows from the front. Once the race started, the natural thoroughbred quality came through and he moved into the lead without really pushing. Unfortunately, Alan did not keep time for himself. As he crossed the finish line, he began yelling for anyone to given him the time. But nobody bothered to do that, and so he will never know his own winning time.

LITE BEER SUMMER SERIES # 2, SUNKEN MEADOW STATE PARK, LI 10 K RACE (6/23/97, result located by Jud Santos)

SEASIDE HEIGHTS TRIATHLON, NJ (6/22/97, 0.5 mile swim/23 mile bike/5 mile run, results compiled by RS)

Run To Home Plate 5K, Shea Stadium, Queens, New York City (6/22/97)

Audrey Kingsley, 27, 3rd overall, 21:24

MOUNT WASHINGTON RACE, New Hampshire (6/21/97) This race covers the 7.6 miles from base to summit of this 6,288 foot mountain (see live picture) with an average 12% grade. Mount Washington holds the world record for the highest wind velocity recorded (231 miles per hour). The course also holds the distinction that the best runner's time (59+ minutes) is faster than the best cyclist's time (1:00+ hour).

Two Central Park Track Club persons ran this race (under the NYU Tri brand name!). The race started in warm conditions (90+ degrees), but towards the summit, it was very windy (50+ miles per hour) in heavy fog (10 ft visibility), with a wind chill factor below 30 degrees.

Ross Galitsky, 170th male overall, 54th age group, 1:33:34 (12:15 min/mile)
Aubin Sullivan, 54th female overall, 22nd age group, 1:46:56 (14:02 min/mil)

Ross has these comments, "I recommend this event if you want to do something different. It may be difficult to enter (only via lottery) and a bit far from civilization, but what a heck?! George and his "Dignity! Form! Style!" slogan would not be heard above the wind up there and no one would be able to see my running form up there anyway with almost zero visibility."

By the way, the winning time was a blazing 8:15 min/mile pace!

LITE BEER SUMMER SERIES # 1, JONES BEACH 5 MILER Long Island, NY (June 16,1997; results located by Jud Santos)

PRESIDENT'S CUP 5K, New Jersey (6/16/97)

POP DAY'S 5K RUN Island Park LI (June 15, 1997, results located by Jud Santos)

FAMILY FITNESS 4-MILER, Central Park, New York City (6/15/97, as compiled by RS)

Men's Team finished 2nd overall

Men

* Not listed as CPTC

Woman

The biggest winner of the day was Russell Sonenclar, who won his kids' division running away with no one else within sight. Nobody was more excited than super-mom Terri Sonenclar.

SHELTER ISLAND 10 K, LONG ISLAND, NY (6/14/97, as located by Jud Santos)

Men

Women

DOUBLE ARCH TRAIL RUN (6/14/97, as compiled by RS)

Men

TDI MUSEUM RUN

6/11/97- Fresh from her Advil PR-setting race last Saturday, Laura Miller showed up for this midweek 5K run. Perhaps it was a duty call, as she is with the Guggenheimer. Meanwhile, FDNY Captain John Gleason ran the race in 19:37 on the hottest day of the year so far, even though he was not on duty call (to everyone's relief!). Roland Soong covered the race in 19:54 ("No exertion, no pain") for his first race in nine months and the first time this year that he went up Harlem Hill without walking.

THE JOHN BAUMN HIGH SCHOOL LEMONADE 5K RUN Queens, NY (June 8, 1997, as compiled by Jud Santos)

1997 USATF New Jersey Men's & Women's Open Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ - Sat 06/07/1997 to Sun 06/08/1997

400m, Ed Gonera, 45, 52:72
800m, Sal Allah, 37, 1:54.79
800m, Rich Joseph, 34, 2:02.05
800m, Rob Jackson, 47, 2:06.25

GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE SWIM Annapolis MD

6/8/97 - Scott Willet finished 8th overall in this very tough 4.4 mile race in 1:42:32, second in his age group (M35-39). The temperature was a cold 61 degrees in June. A total of 110 competitors had to be retrieved from the water due to hypothermia, with 12 being hospitalized (local television news --- 'Swim turned dangerous for some'). Scott was right with the leaders (including 5-time NCAA champion and US Olympian Jeff Kostoff) through the first half-mile until he had equipment problems and lost contact. But he closed well, and picked off about ten people in the final half mile. His story about how he kept warm in his wet suit will be narrated in some other place, as it is rated as "not suitable for family reading".

Now for the $64,000 question: "What does this have to do with running?" I dunno known. You tell me.

Rejoinder (added 7/14/97): The competitors had to get on their feet and run/walk the last few meters from the shallow waters to the finish line. This is not as simple as it sounds. The competitors had been swimming hard in a horizontal position for a couple of hours and it was difficult to start running again in a vertical position. Therefore, many people were wobbling and staggering.

THE MIGHTY MONTAUK TRIATHLON (6/7/97, as reported by Jud Santos)

3rd place overall, Michael Trunkes, 1:58:08
37th place overall, 3rd woman, Stephanie Gould, 2:11:48
123rd place overall, Randall Ehrlich 2:26:53, (after spending 19+ minutes in the swim-bike transition?)

The self-appointed statistician provides this analysis:- In 1996, our own Anna Coatsworth was first woman in this race with bike/swim/run splits of 20:12/57:30/43:57. In 1997, Michael Trunkes' bike/swim/run splits were 20:31/59:41/37:55. Other things being equal, Anna would be ahead of Michael in both the bike and swim legs! Of course, in triathlons, things (course, wind, current, tide, temperature, etc) are seldom equal from one race to the next.

ADVIL MINI MARATHON, Central Park, New York City (6/7/97, as compiled by RS)

Team Finish: 4th overall (3rd in NYRRC team competition since the winning team is from Atlanta)

Full story will appear in the Newletter! You can check out some race photos!

LINCOLN HALL 5 MILER (6/1/97, as compiled by RS)

Men

Women

Terri Sonenclar has made a career of collecting trophies from obscure, out-of-the-way races. By her reckoning, this race is 45 minutes north of where she lives and should therefore be easy pickings. Imagine her surprise when she saw the mass of elite runners! It was a MAC points race, and what some people would do for a little bit of glory and money!

ROMANISSIMA 10 K , Central Park, New York City ( 6/1/97, as compiled by RS)

Men (our team finished outside of top 3)

* not listed as CPTC runner

Women

Note:
- If Jeff Kisseloff were listed as a CPTC runner, the Men's Team would have finished 2nd. (Jeff weighs in with the following note: "Yo! Hey, Roland. It's all lies. I did list myself as CPTC. The Road Runners must have made a mistake." Well, this is not the first time, nor the last time.)
- If Alan Ruben had decided to jog this race, the Men's Team would have finished 1st.
- If Roane Carey had decided to race this one, the Men's Team would have finished 1st and he might have been able to settle the score with overall winner Jerry Macari (33:33).
- Even if Jud Santos had decided to run this race, the Men's Team would have won.
- If Karel Matousek had decided to run this race, it would not have helped at all.
- If Roland Soong would stop writing this nonsense, then you could be reading something more informative and interesting ...

TRIATHLON RESULTS (as reported by the Ross Galitsky on 6/2/97)

PAWLING TRIATHLON (Dutchess County, New York) (Saturday, 5/31/97)

Scott Willett, #1 overall
Aubin Sullivan, 2nd Female overall
Julie Denney, 1st age group.

LONG ISLAND GOLD COAST TRIATHLON, Great Neck, LI, NY (6/1/97; originally reported by Ross Galitsky)

Michael Trunkes, 1st overall, 1:02:07

Original report on 6/2/97: On Sunday, Michael Trunkes won another triathlon out on Long Island, but I can't recall the name. (Note from the Webmeister: Don't you love these detailed reports from the stringers?)

DAN'S PAPER POTATO HAMPTON 10K (5/27/97, as reported by John Kenney)

John also wrote: "As usual, the highlight was seeing Michael Wallop in front of the Bridgehampton Club with his croquet mallet. Michael had to race to get out of bed to catch the race at 10:00am."

SOUTH SALEM MEMORIAL DAY RACE (result located by that Jud Santos)

5/26/97 - Just when these folks thought they ran a race in quiet serenity, our diligent researcher digs out these results.

4th male finisher, Tim Robinson 17:51
6th male finisher, Michael Robinson 18:37
4th female finisher, Aimee Berg 21:09

VERMONT CITY MARATHON

5/25/97 - The defending champion Central Park Track Club team finished 5th overall (4th Men's Open) at the Relay Marathon in a time of 2:31:16. On the team were Andreas Nolte, Alan Ruben, Jud Santos, Michael Goldstein and Mike Garland. To put this in perspective, the team actually fell short of Alan Ruben's individual PR of 2:30:22 set just a few weeks ago at the London Marathon.

Perhaps realizing that he would not get onto the front page as the winning CPTC teams did over the last two years, our anchor runner Mike Garland collapsed in a heap as soon as he crossed the finish line --- just in time for the photographer from the Free Press to snap this dramatic shot.

So at least he made it into the paper (under the caption, "A member of relay team 5509 falls in exhaustion after finishing Sunday" without his name or CPTC being mentioned, while his arms covered up the CPTC name and logo on his singlet), although perhaps not the way he would have wanted to. By the way, he was just dehydrated and he has recovered nicely. "I gave it my all", he said. Then he added emphatically, "¡NOBODY PASSED ME!"

CPTC team member Jiyon Lee completed the marathon in a PR of 3:27:20, for 11th women in the 16-29 age group.

18th LONG BEACH ANNUAL TROPHY RUN 5K, Long Beach, New York (5/25/97)

Rachel Latessa continues her year of stirring successes with a win in this race at a PR 18:43. At this rate, this page is beginning to look like the Rachel Latessa Fan Club Home Page.

At the same race, Odin Townley, finsihed 93rd overall, 4th age group, in 24:01.

RIDGEWOOD RACES (result located by Sarah Gross)

5/25/97 - Stacy Creamer finished 8th overall in the Women's 10K in a time of 40:48.

ASSAULT ON MOUNT MITCHELL

This bicycle race has the reputation of being one of the toughest. The course winds through 102 miles for a cumulative climb of 11,000 feet, starting from downtown Spartanburg, SC and ending at the top of Mount Mitchell, NC (the highest point east of the Rockies). It is "one of the top 10 toughest single-day bike races in the U.S.", as rated by Bicycling Magazine. Three 'gearheads' from Central Park Track Club finished the 1997 edition of this race.

Scott Willett 5:39:18, tenth overall
Ross Galitsky 5:57:44
Aubin Sullivan 6:54:30

COLOMBIA TRIATHLON, Columbia, MD (May 18th, 1997)

YOU GOTTA HAVE PARK 5 MILER
PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN (May 17th, 1997)

Second women overall, Rachel Latessa, 34, 31:37. (Note: Only the top 3 finishers are recorded)

ADVIL 5K TUNE-UP (Results compiled by RS)

5/11/97-Team Place: First --- Central Park TC 5+22+29 = 56 (only 4 points separated the first three teams!!!)

SIXTH ANNUAL COVERED BRIDGES HALF MARATHON, Woodstock to Quechee, VT

5/11/97 - Terry Sonenclar finished 4th age group in 1:32.23. According to her, this seemingly out-of-the-way race was surprisingly competitive.

GULF COAST TRIATHLON, Panama City, FL (5/10/97), 1.2M swim, 56mile bike, 13.1 mile run

Richard Kixmiller, 329th overall, 4:59:26

CANON LONG ISLAND MARATHON, East Meadow, Long Island, NY (May 4, 1997)

Brian Marchese, 2:53:44.9 (6:38 min/mile), 18th overall, 6th age group
Adebola Awofeso, 3:47:59 (8:42 min/mile), 198th overall, 50th age group

JERSEY SHORE MARATHON, New Jersey, (April 27, 1997)

Harry Morales, 3:09:18.1 (7:13 min/mile), 35th overall, 20th age group (M30-39)

COLLEGE POINT 5.2K (Results compiled by Jud Santos.)

4/20/97 - A downed power line resulted in a last-minute course change, adding approx. 1/8 mile. This was sort of a heartbreaker for Stacy and her fans - she broke 19:00 for the first time, but doesn't have the big "18:xx" to prove it! It was a great day for the team, with fast times all around and age group wins for Yumi and Irene.--JS

Women's Open Team: 2nd place

Men: 6th overall, 4th age group, Anthony Watson 38 18:22 (=17:39 5K) PR

QUEENS HALF-MARATHON (Results compiled by Jud Santo.)
4/20/97 - Several of CPTC's sub-1:16 stable showed up for this scoring race, but with too many claiming to be "out of shape" and running it "only for training," the men's team lacked the punch to really make a killing. (Though Ricardo can be excused - he ran it with a hernia!) With only 3 men breaking 1:20, the Open "A"'s placed only 5th and slipped from 3rd to 5th in the NYRRC points standings. --JS

Women's Open Team: might have been #1, but Jiyon forgot to list her CPTC affiliation...!

Men's Open Team: 6th (5th "A")

101st BOSTON MARATHON (Results compiled from www.bostonmarathon.org by Jud Santos.)

4/21/97 - Luis Peña handed us another stellar performance and a PR, finishing just behind Peter and Hank. Maureen Dooley was our only woman in the race at 3:54. --JS

Women

Men

CHERRY BLOSSOM 10K, New Jersey (4/20/97)

Sid Howard, age 58, time 37:28 minutes (6:02 min/mil pace), 39th place overall

1997 PENN RELAYS: OFFICIAL RESULTS

At the 1997 Penn Relays held in the last weekend of April, two of our master teams won the coveted first-place watches. Click to see the official results.

FIRST PLACE FINISH: Master Men (40+) 4 x 100 relay, CPTC: William Overby, John Brooks, Jesse Norman, Ed Gonera, in 44:30

FIRST PLACE FINISH: Master Men (40+) 4 x 400 relay,CPTC: Errol Lee, Jesse Norman, Tom Hartshone, Ed Gonera, in 3:30:03

THIRD PLACE FINISH: Master Men (50+) 4 x 400 relay, CPTC: Ron Johnson, Les Wright, Rich Hamner, Sid Howard, in 3:55:51.

MINUTEMAN FIVE MILER (Westport, CT)

4/13/97 - Hank Berkowitz finished 2nd overall in 27:13 in this race sponsored by the Westport Young Woman's League.