DE Marathon Course Marshals Needed
DE Marathon is 5/15 and volunteers are needed in several areas. The most critical need is for course marshals to ensure the safety of runners. We need a minimum of 8 and prefer up to 16 for things to run more smoothly. As in the past 2 years, PCVRC is responsible for a section of Bancroft Parkway, including several busy intersections. We start at 7:15am when you will receive your volunteer shirt. Kate Fisher-Shute is coordinating our members, so if you’re not participating in the event, please contact Kate asap at or 215-913-3449 to assist.
Triple Crown Results
The past weekend was a busy one for many club runners, including those who participate in the MA-USATF Grand Prix and Off-Road series. On Saturday the Triple Crown 10K was held at Carpenter Recreation Area of White Clay Creek State Park outside of Newark. The club did well with the team scoring 364.050 points, the most of any of the teams. PCVRC is now in second place in the series.
Triple Crown 10K Time – Age Grade
Josh Loren 0:35:33 75.72 Overall race winner
Tom Steenkamer 0:41:40 74.88 1st 50-59
Fred Shufflebarger 0:45:31 74.65 1st 60-69
Patrick Boettcher 0:37:08 72.49
Bob Kleszics 0:45:36 68.98
Carole Feole 0:53:08 66.31 1st 50-59
Dave McCorquodale 1:02:22 56.50
Richard Szymanski 0:54:23 54.69
Also notable at the Triple Crown races, Ryan German ran the Half-Marathon in 1:46:32 and finished third overall in the Triple Crown (running the half, 10K and 5K). Then he ran the Broad St 10 Miler the next day. Tom Jermyn was second overall in the 5K in 20:26 and ran Broad St. the next day.
Broad St 10 Miler Results
On Sunday in the Broad St 10 Miler the PCVRC team scored 404.930 points. In the Grand Prix series, the club is in fourth place, but since teams will only use their top seven scores out of nine races, a couple of teams which didn’t score in one of the races will still be involved in the competition by the end. In particular, Bryn Mawr Running Club, which missed one race already, scored 433+ points at Broad St. With a score 80 for an individual being considered national class and a score of 90 being considered world class, for five runners to average more than 86.6 points indicates a very high caliber group of runners.
Broad Street Run Ten Miler (age grades listed for those who are USATF members):
TIME – NAME – – – – Age Grade
53:52 Mark Vilardo 84.406 new 35-39 state record
57:01 Enos Benbow 77.843
58:26 Austin Gee 75.956
59:53 Matt Cutrona 77.679
1:00:03 Tom Jermyn 82.542
1:04:57 Epi Camacho, 3rd 55-59 80.985
1:07:02 Ryan German
1:07:42 Lee Kauffman 76.366
1:14:37 Don Ropp
1:17:33 Theresa Kauffman 70.879
1:23:28 Deborah Compton 79.153
1:24:20 Connie Montana 66.466
1:29:10 Frank Cebula
1:38:01 Paul Jermyn
1:41:50 Karin Pszczola 51.080
1:44:11 Bill Funk
1:45:32 Ralph McKinney 55.133
1:54:28 Erin Boettcher
2:20:40 Larry Briggs
2:38:48 Don Monagle, 3rd 80+, 45.204 new 80+ state record
Big Sur Marathon
4:19:40 Claire Neilan
4:58:55 Lori Culnane
Eugene Marathon (Oregon)
3:28:21 Chris James
Gettysburg Marathon
3:27:05 Dirk Sweigart
3:41:41 Kristen Stump, 1st 18-24, Southern Division
Ocean City (Md) Half-Marathon
1:33:08 Kelly Horowitz, 3rd overall female
1:45:10 Jack Horowitz 19th in age group out of 96
Bivalve Sprint Triathlon
1:26:22 Darlise DiMatteo, 2nd 40-44
New Jersey Marathon
6:30:02 John Schultz, 2nd 75-79
Teal Ribbon 5K
17:31 Greg Cauller, Overall Winner
19:19 Lynn Knothe, Female winner
Gettysburg North-South Marathon
Dirk Sweigart’s account of race
If you like “minimalist” marathons, this one is for you. This is pretty much a marathon and that’s it.
On the other hand, Gettysburg is happening! I got there Saturday and found my way immediately blocked by a parade of Civil War soldiers, drums and bugle corps. I checked in at the registration, 3:00 to 5:00. Just a few tables in a tent in a field – no vendors, reps, nothing – a few race garments for sale. So I went to check out Gettysburg – shops, pubs, restaurants and all the Civil War memorabilia you could want. I almost took a “Ghost Tour” but decided I needed the sleep. And the frats at Gettysburg College were partying all over the campus! My daughter is NOT going there!
Race day dawned…or should I say “faded in” – cloudy, overcast and perfect for running. Race went off with a voice start at exactly 7:45. There were NO SPLITS that I saw – anywhere – not even at the turn-around. I mean minimal. In fact, I dropped my Garmin at the start and it froze up seeking so I think this race did not even have any satellites.
The race director had planned to have two separate courses (North and South) but gave it up – too much course marshalling required. So we all ran one course. But everyone was either placed on the South or the North. Delaware runners were on the South team because they needed runners (Delaware was split during the Civil War). Results were reported by team, North or South. That was weird – I did not stay for the awards so I don’t even know if they gave overall places. Kristen Stump (Kelly’s niece) got first in her age group for the South (way to go Kristen!) so she will know how the awards were given out.
There were cars on the course after 2 miles and water/Gatorade every 2 miles too. Gu at the half. This was an up-and-down course…the overall elevation change was never more than 200 feet but we seemed to do that same change over and over especially on the long “front” and ending 4-mile straight-away. There were people at a few at the water stops and also the relay exchanges but for the most part, you were out running through the beautiful scenery with only a few people around.
I’m sure I went out faster than I ran back (course is an out and back, shaped kind of like a fishhook). My goal was to run even splits but there is no way I did that. It’s a nice long ½-mile downhill to the finish and I was glad to see it. True to form, I did not even see a clock at the finish. I ran thought the sensors and then eventually I thought ”I should look for a clock” and I turned around and there it was – the start clock! It was overhead and read 3:27:40 which turned out to be a 3:27:05. That was my first clue as to how fast I ran. I have no idea of any other splits except for a few people I spoke with on the run.
They did not skimp on the medal, it was nicely colored with flags stuck in running shoes. But the hospitality tent was the same – they had bagels, bananas, pretzels and chips – that’s it! Gatorade and water. No cream cheese, chocolate milk, ice cream, coffee, massages or anything. No beer or wine either but I took care of that myself.
I met a lot of nice people including a woman who only runs Civil War marathons – she said this was six. Now that’s different!