Results from the Chestertown (Md.) 10 Miler, held on May 30:
1:08:36 Wes Stafford
1:14:40 Theresa Kauffman 3rd 45-49
1:44:42 Robert Wortz 3rd 70+
1:45:11 Ralph McKinney
Large team at Moorestown, NJ 8K
On Saturday ten Pike Creek Valley Running club members participated in the Moorestown 8K, part of the MAUSATF Grand Prix Series. The top five scoring members totaled 393.433 points, the third highest total among the club. Going into the summer hiatus, the club stands fifth among the twelve teams. While South Jersey Athletic Club has a healthy 20 point lead over second place, PCVRC is only 17 points behind the second place team. Realistically, eight of the teams still have a shot at one of the five spots that will earn a check from MAUSATF. The next race in the series will be the Delaware Distance Classic 15K on October 10.
Name – – – – Time Age Grade
JAMES DAVID NEWARK DE 49 31 21 82.616
CAMACHO EPI WILMINGTON DE 42 31 2 80.720
COMPTON DEBORAH NEWARK DE 258 40 40 77.623
JERMYN THOMAS NEWARK DE 32 30 46 76.923
SIMMONS DANIEL NEWARK DE 123 35 31 75.551
KAUFFMAN THERESA WILMINGTON DE 139 36 5 73.025
GEE AUSTIN PHILADELPHIA PA 14 29 5 72.894
CHRISTENSEN RAYMOND WILMINGTON DE 132 35 52 66.496
DURKIN JAMES ARDMORE PA 458 46 36 63.770
COFFIN DEAN WILMINGTON DE 159 36 52 63.698
Kelly Horowitz was the female winner of St. Anthony’s 5K in 20:51.
Greg Cauller was second overall at the Girls on the Run 5K in 17:29.
The Howard M. Laws Summer Cross Country Series at Bellevue State Park begins Tuesday, June 8 with the first of six races, occurring every other Tuesday through the summer. It’s a great way to get in some speedwork at a cheap price – $25 for the series, inc. shirt or $5 per race. Sign up at the pavilion across the lake from the parking lot and restrooms by 6:30.
Becky Yencharis‘ 94th birthday will be celebrated with a dinner at Casablanca Restaurant, 4010 n. DuPont Hghwy., New Castle (actually just outside the Wilmington city limits) on July 17 at 6:30 p.m. If interested call Ralph McKinney at 652-8323. For those interested in sending a card or calling Becky, her actual birthday is July 20.
Wissahickon 10K Trail Classic race
Below are the results of the Wissahickon 10K Trail Classic race, part of the MAUSATF Off Road Series.
Race coordinator Rich Szymanski did an excellent job juggling the line-ups of this race against the Moorestown 8K, which was occurring at the same time on Saturday. Some runners who would normally be running the trail race did the road race. In spite of that, the club scored 319.55 points to hold on to second place in the series. Josh Loren was the overall race winner.
– Time – Name – – – Age grade
210 1: 03:28 FENCER LORRI F 49 53.466
29 46:56 CRISPIN KEITH M 43 61.193
21 45:03 CUTRONA MATT M 40 70.952
43 49:05 JAMES CHRISTOPHER M 35 55.891
1 38:37 LOREN JOSH M 29 69.572
25 46:14 MUQARIBU MUDLILLUN M 30 58.219
37 48:05 STEENKAMER TOM M 51 64.367
219 1: 04:42 SZYMANSKI RICHARD M 45 45.620
Total points: 319.550
Pike Creek- The Next Generation:
Last summer Dave and Kathy Farren‘s son DJ participated in some of the Howard Laws races – the shorter version usually for junior high school students. Already this year DJ run the Masser’s Five Miler on Memorial Day weekend and at the age of seven was second 0-9 in 49:33.