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Grand Prix Results – Get your Gloucester on edition!

Published on September 23, 2011 in Grand Prix Race and Wicked Grand Prix Series. 0 Comments

By Rich Tabbut

Co-Grand Prix Coordinator

We have now completed 9 out of the 12 races that make up the Wicked Grand Prix Series. The individual, division, and team scores change after each event as we race down to the finish at the Mill City Relay! The club traveled to Gloucester to complete events with distances of 7k, 10k, and 25k that showcase the variety of terrain offered in the series this year.

The Goose 7k and Around the Cape 25k took place in warm weather on challenging courses. Wicked picked up many age group awards at the Goose 7k despite the fact that many members were given wrong directions during the race. The 25k race has 16 hills and was a great prelude to those of us running a fall marathon.

The Lone Gull 10k was held for the last time in cool autumn weather on the most scenic 10k in the area. Our runners signed up as members of Wicked and our teams placed in all the categories available. The Male Open Team finished 4th and our Male Master Team finished 3rd. The Female Open Team finished 3rd and the Female Master Team finished 2nd. Both Female teams beat our local competitors, the North Shore Striders!

The Wicked Team competition is very close and the eventual winner will need to get their teammates to run the remaining races in the series. The Cheetahs lead with 540 points closely trailed by the Jaguars (530) and the Cougars (520). The top spots in the individual series remain the same. Billy Jackson (465 pts) continues to hold off Chris Nolan (454 pts) in the male division. Beverly HS Cross Country Co-Captain Wendi Marciano (295 pts) leads Danvers Cross Country Coach Annie Rose Willis (271 pts) in the female division.

We have several members doing very well in other race series held on the North Shore. The top spots in the North Shore YMCA series are held by Wicked Runners. Erich O’Neil has the Overall Male Lead, and the father/son combination Dave and Joe Long are tied for 3rd place. Leaders in the their age groups include Annie Rose Willis, Donna Greenberg, and Aaron Toleos. The North Shore Trail series male leader is Dave Long. Aaron Toleos and Lynn Woods Organizer Bill Mullen lead their respective divisions.

I would like to give a big thanks to former Grand Prix scoring guru Dan Barrett for coming to my house very early on a Sunday morning to show me how to download Cool Running results into my spreadsheets. As always, thanks to T.R. for coming to support everyone (screaming) as they finish every Grand Prix series race and sending those inspiring e-mails prior to each event.

Please e-mail any corrections to me at welshhammer@gmail.com. The corrections will appear in the next series results. The next race in the series is the Fall Frolic 5K at Lynch Park in Beverly on Sunday, Oct. 16th at 9:30 a.m.  Co-President Shari Hewson is the race director for this event that follows the Beverly Homecoming course and benefits the Beverly Elementary Schools.

For the complete schedule and results of Grand Prix races please visit the Wicked Grand Prix page.

Chase the Goose 7K/Cape Ann 25K + Lone Gull 10k Team Results

Chase the Goose 7K/Cape Ann 25K + Lone Gull 10k Division Results

Chase the Goose 7K/Cape Ann 25K + Lone Gull 10k All Results

Wicked Grand Prix Results Derby Street + Lynn Woods Relay

Published on August 29, 2011 in Grand Prix Race. 0 Comments

By Rich Tabbut

Co-Grand Prix Coordinator

Wicked had a great week between the Derby Street Mile and the Lynn Woods Relay recently! Since the events were so close together, I have combined the results on the documents that have been downloaded to Wicked Grand Prix Series on the website. Tim has updated the picture that appears on the top of the page as well.

We had an amazing 75 Wicked Members come out and support Doug Bollen by participating in the Derby Street Mile! Members picked up lots of medals and many came home with some nice raffle prizes as well. The weather was pretty good for this time of year and it was nice to see entire families run together in this event. The Adams family from Beverly had 6 members run the Family mile and their ages ranged from 4 years to 38 years old.

Kerry Phelan did an outstanding job, with a little help from her friends, organizing 14 teams for the Lynn Woods Relay. I find that relays are the events that club members enjoy the most and this was no exception. It’s even better when every member who ran got the club to pay the entry fee and free dinner afterwards. We doubled the team points to 20 for everyone who ran and 50 points goes towards the individual series for each participant.

I’m happy to announce that about 50% of the entire club has run in the 2011 Grand Prix series, 144 members! I was amazed to see our pregnant club member Caitlyn Gaglione run the entire relay course and she is the leading scorer in the Women’s Open Division in the Grand Prix Series. That’s what makes this club really special, how we support each other every day.

Please e-mail any corrections to me at welshhammer@gmail.com. The corrections will appear in the next series results. The next race in the series is your choice of the Run the Goose 7K or the Around the Cape 25K on Monday, September 5th at 9 am at the O’Maley Middle School in Gloucester, MA. We wanted to give everyone the chance to run as many race distances as possible in this series. Marathoner types can run the challenging beautiful 25K course around Cape Ann. Runners who like a combination road/cross country adventure can run the only 7K event in the local area. The races will be scored exactly the same for the series, so take your choice.

See you at the races!

For the complete schedule of Grand Prix races please visit the Wicked Grand Prix page.

Derby Street + Lynn Woods Relay Team Results

Derby Street + Lynn Woods Relay Division Results

Derby Street + Lynn Woods Relay All Results

Wicked picks up lots of hardware at Lynn Woods Relay!

Published on August 25, 2011 in Grand Prix Race and Lynn Woods Relay. 0 Comments

After entering only 5 teams last year in the Lynn Woods Relay, the Wicked Running Club came back with a vengeance posting a club record 14 teams! A solid effort by everyone from Wicked produced some amazing results. 5 out of the 14 teams came away with division awards including Wicked Old School which took home top honors in the Seniors Men division.

Below are the results from the 2011 Lynn Woods Relay. Congratulations to everyone from Wicked who ran!

Lynn Woods 10 Mile Relay    
 
Team Name Category Division/Overall
Wicked Salty Men’s Open 3/5
Erich O’Neil 14:57 14:57
Dave Long 29:53 14:56
Mike Smith 44:40 14:47
Scott Carrier 1:00:36 15:56
     
Team Name Category Division/Overall
Wicked Witches Women’s Open 3/26
Annie Rose Willis 17:40 17:40
Wendi Marciano 37:50 18:18
Catalina Dominick 54:36 17:17
Annie Rose Willis 1:11:41 18:56
     
Team Name Category Division/Overall
Wicked Wood Nymphs Women’s Open 10/80
Angel Green 24:57 24:57
Susan Keezer 52:54 27:57
Amber Woolfenden 1:22:07 29:13
Domenica Ruta 1:44:29 22:22
     
Team Name Category Division/Overall
Wicked 4-Some Plus 1 Womens Open 12/82
Jen Murack 25:32 25:32
Caitilin Gaglione 57:04 31:32
Steph Hagyard 1:26:40 29:36
Alison Phelan 1:52:12 25:32
     
Team Name Category Division/Overall
Wicked Wild Co-Eds Co-Ed 4/22
Melissa Jaynes 19:39 19:39
Mike Toomey 36:05 16:26
Jules Gouthro 54:47 18:42
Tim Short 1:10:20 15:33
     
Team Name Category Division/Overall
Wicked Woodsy Co-Ed 6/33
Nicole McGuinness 22:20 22:20
John Mahoney 37:10 14:50
Christine Nawn 58:57 21:47
Aaron Toleos 1:16:24 17:27
     
Team Name Category Division/Overall
Wicked Wanderers Co-Ed 7/35
Craig Stone 17:07 17:07
William Jackson 33:09:00 16:02
Cimbria Dominick 55:16:00 22:07
Leanee Nagle 1:17:17 22:00
     
Team Name Category Division/Overall
Wicked Taken for Granite Co-Ed 15/58
Chris Nolin 16:17 16:17
Colin Doherty 36:00 19:43
Marisa Rodriguez 1:01:13 25:13
Mary Bruno 1:25:33 24:20
     
Team Name Category Division/Overall
Wicked Moss Stomping Mixers Co-Ed 17/65
Denise Murphy 20:16 20:16
Michele Campbell 44:53 24:37
Jason Carraro 1:09:27 24:34
Anthony Gaglione 1:28:57 19:30
     
Team Name Category Division/Overall
Wicked Masters of the Woods Masters Men 4/11
Brad Gates 16:03 16:03
Mike Higgins 33:01 16:58
Chip Tuttle 50:29 17:28
John Ayers 1:05:04 14:35
     
Team Name Category Division/Overall
Wicked Warlocks Masters Men 7/44
Louis Chinappi 21:08 21:08
Kenny Hewson 42:47 21:39
Don Galluci 1:02:59 20:12
Tim Clarke 1:22:10 19:11
     
Team Name Category Division/Overall
Wicked Wild Wonders Masters Women 2/62
Alison Phelan 20:09 20:09
Shari Hewson 43:20 23:11
Debbie Shahidi 1:06:11 22:51
Dawn Cobak 1:26:46 20:35
     
Team Category Division/Overall
Wicked Old School Seniors Men 1/25
Rich Tabbut 17:14 17:14
Chris Burbridge 37:50 20:36
Glenn Diamond 54:36 16:46
Rick Marciano 54:36 17:05
     
Team Name Category Division/Overall
Wicked Awesome Seniors Women 2/74
Caron Weiner 25:05 25:05
Dorthy Preston 48:48 23:43
Marie Gesnaldo 1:15:08 26:20
Donna Greenberg 1:37:40 22:32

Grand Prix results updated! Yankee Homecoming Road Races

Published on August 8, 2011 in Grand Prix Race. 0 Comments

By Rich Tabbut

Co-Grand Prix Coordinator

The 54th edition of the Newburyport Yankee Homecoming 10 mile road race saw 43 members of Wicked create our own sea of red for the Tuesday night classic. Dave Long was the first Wicked finisher in 1:03:59 followed by former club president Tim Short at 1:04:40 running on his favorite course. Annie Rose Willis prepared for Sunday’s Providence Rock n Roll Half Marathon by winning the female division in 1:13:27. Brad Gates showed his comeback is on track by finishing the course 1:14:03. T.R. screamed at all of us as we charged up the last hill giving our finishing kicks further inspiration!

We had six new members join the series so our total participants now stand at 119 for the year. Team Cougar continues to lead the team series at 260 points with the Lynx in hot pursuit at 240 points. Billy Jackson’s lead over Chris Nolan has narrowed to 4 points in the male division for the year. Wendi Marciano holds a 42 point lead over Annie Rose Willis in the female competition.

On an administrative note, I would like to ask our members to do the Grand Prix Scoring machine (me) a big favor. Whenever you run a Grand Prix (or any) race for our club, please write down “Wicked Running Club” in the field where it asks for the club name on the race application.  Also, please write down our USATF club number “266” for United States Track and Field events. The reason for this is that I have to look over the entire results for every Grand Prix Series race to make sure I get everyone. In the case of Newburyport, there were 1,255 finishers. I look for “Wicked Running Club” under the “Club” column on Cool Running to identify our finishers in every race.  There is another reason it would have helped our club in this race.  Newburyport had a club team competition at this race. We would have won the Male Masters’ Team Crown if all our members had listed “Wicked Running Club’ on their applications. Thanks in advance for doing this in the future!!

Please e-mail any corrections to me at welshhammer@gmail.com. The corrections will appear in the next series results. The next race in the series is the Derby Street Mile is on Friday, August 19th at 7 pm starting at Fort Ave. (near Salem Willows) in Salem, MA. You don’t get the chance to race the one mile distance very often so I highly recommend the race. The next race in the series following the mile is the famous Lynn Woods Relay on Wednesday, August 24th.  The club pays the entry fee for the relay, so it’s free to all our members. As Kerry Phelan has kindly mentioned on the webpage and thru e-mails, every member will automatically get 50 individual points and 20 team points for running in the race. If that’s not enough, the club will be going out afterwards and all pizza and soft drinks will be paid for by Wicked. Don’t worry, wherever we choose to go will also offer beer as well in bountiful quantities.

See you at the races!

For the complete schedule of Grand Prix races please visit the Wicked Grand Prix page.

51st Annual Yankee Homecoming Road Races

Published on August 3, 2011 in Grand Prix Race and race results. 0 Comments

If there is one race on the North Shore that screams “summer time classic” it has to be the Yankee Homecoming Road Races. Both the 5K and 10M are held on a Tuesday night and one can usually expect the weather to be hazy, hot and very humid.

The 51st edition of this race saw 1,759 runners finish the 5K while the 10 Miler had 1,253 runners cross the finish line. Just over 3,000 runners combine for both races is a decent showing for a race that takes place at 6PM early in the work week. Right before the start of both races there was quick shower,  but it didn’t really cool things off too much.  As runners started it was warm, but not to bad.

Wicked selected the 10 Miler has part of the this year’s club Grand Prix Series and over 40 Wicked Runners made the trip up route 95.  We also had representation in the 5K.

Leading the way for the guys, Dave Long with a very impressive 103:59. Annie Rose Willis ran strong for the ladies, finishing in 1:13: 27.

Below are the results from both races. If you do not see your name and you did run the 5K or 10M,  please send an email to Tim Short and he will update the results. Full Grand Prix results will be coming out in the next few days so check back here real soon!

Yankee Homecoming 5K        
Overall Place Wicked Runner Div. Place Time Pace
113 James Maher 5/70 M5054 22:00 7:05
495 Leeanne Nagle 26/130 F3034 26:35:00 8:34
Yankee Homecoming 10 Miler        
Overall Place Wicked Runner Div. Place Time Pace
52 David Long 4/98 M3539 1:03:59 6:24
62 Tim Short 12/78 M3034 1:04:40 6:28
117 Tim Harris 13/111 M4044 1:08:32 6:52
136 Chris Nolin 15/98 M3539 1:09:33 6:58
139 Billy Jackson 16/37 M2529 1:09:45 6:59
152 Mickel McClish 22/111 M4044 1:10:25 7:03
175 Mike Higgins 12/113 M4549 1:11:28 7:09
216 Craig Stone 25/78 M3034 1:13:17 7:20
221 Dan Barrett 17/113 M4549 1:13:22 7:21
225 Annie Rose Willis 13/101 F3034 1:13:27 7:21
233 Brad Gates 37/111 M4044 1:14:03 7:25
314 Rick Marciano 25/99 M5054 1:16:41 7:41
329 Gail Gordan 10/78 F3539 1:17:24 7:45
355 Aaron Toleos 53/111 M4044 1:18:16 7:50
404 Rich Tabbut 36/99 M5054 1:19:34 7:58
405 Rachel Somogie 12/66 F2529 1:19:42 7:59
418 Tim Clarke 51/113 M4549 1:20:01 8:01
446 Cathy Bozek 26/101 F3034 1:21:03 8:07
451 Mike Toomey 49/98 M3539 1:21:18 8:08
452 Melissa Jaynes 27/101 F3034 1:21:18 8:08
522 Brant Henne 57/98 M3539 1:23:08 8:19
610 Marie Duignan 39/101 F3034 1:25:21 8:33
615 Wendi Marciano 5/9 F1519 1:25:32 8:34
636 Alison Phelan 16/59 F4549 1:25:55 8:36
637 Kerry Phelan 6/9 F1519 1:25:55 8:36
679 Don Gallucci 81/111 M4044 1:27:01 8:43
686 Billy Shea 15/31 M6064 1:27:10 8:43
699 Allison Rourke 36/78 F3539 1:27:27 8:45
860 Christina Nawn 42/78 F3539 1:32:19 9:14
914 Sarah Carrier 48/78 F3539 1:34:03 9:25
1062 Stacy Adams 58/78 F3539 1:39:11 9:56
1076 Angel Green 76/101 F3034 1:39:53 9:56
1093 Jason Carraro 91/98 M3539 1:41:06 10:00
1130 Frank Lanzillo 106/111 M4044 1:43:25 10:21
1155 Darla Johnson 50/59 F4549 1:45:45 10:35
1161 Robin Lermond 99/105 F4044 1:46:17 10:38
1168 Ann Sousa 71/78 F3539 1:46:31 10:40
1189 Mary Bruno 93/101 F3034 1:48:52 10:54
1190 Julie Arrison 94/101 F3034 1:48:54 10:54
1191 Michele Campbell 73/78 F3539 1:48:55 10:54
1124 Marie Gesnaldo 6/6 F6064 1:54:32 11:28
1234 Amber Woolfenden 104/105 F4044 1:57:07 11:43
1245 Caitlyn Gaglione 66/66 F2529 2:01:30 12:09