2008 Roxbury Race #24

5.0 miles - Squire Road reverse

August 16, 2008

8:30 am - 65 degrees, glorious, sunny and mild

   

Firmender and Riebling

two first-time winners

    Running in traffic

    The Fossil was reminded of ten or fifteen years ago when he ran with the Brookfield High School Cross Country team about once a week.  Then Marty Sauer was their coach, and they were a pretty good team, back in the days of the Western Connecticut Conference.  They were a high-spirited group with a lot of talent (and the Fossil was still fast enough to keep up with them) and they liked to joke around while they were running.

    There wasn't much traffic, but what impressed the Fossil was how, whenever there was traffic, those boys from Brookfield would instantly stop the joking and run single file in a safe line at the edge of the road.  Nobody had to call out.  They were all paying attention, despite the joking, and they knew what to do.  All the time.

    What brought back this old memory was a couple of weeks ago when the Fossil was running with another group of high school runners.  There were about ten of us, six high schoolers and four others, spread out across half a lane as we went past Booth Free School.  A car came south from the Monument, and someone called "Car up!" as we do.  The four others lined up in single file, just like we're supposed to do.  And the six high schoolers?  They were already lining up at the call of "Car up!"

    They know the Fossil's  rules of running:  The second one is "Have fun," but the first one is "Be safe."

    We old guys have a thing or two to learn about safety from these kids.

People    

    WebGuy does name changes. If you want to change your name, you can spend a couple of hundred dollars on a probate judge, or you can drop an eMail to the WebGuy and he'll try to fix it where it really matters, on the Roxbury web pages.  He can also change your age or your time, and every once in a while he even does a sex change.

    Dawn Reibling ran her first-ever Roxbury Race this week, but she found that there were a number of people who already knew her.  Mike Abraham was one of her teachers at New Milford High School, and the Fossil  lives across the street from her father.  It turns out that Dawn is pretty fast.  We hope we see her again.

    Roxbury races inspire rivalries.  One of this year's hottest ones is between the points leader the Fossil's and his nearest competition, Jolting Joe Mendes.  On the one hand, the Fossil  has actually beaten Joe three times this season in almost twenty attempts, but when he wins, he wins by a margin.  On the other hand, ten of Joe's wins over the Fossil, including this week's thrashing, have been by just one place.  

    The Bob Lewis - Scott Benjamin rivalry is similar.  Scott beat Bob by only one place, 13 seconds this week, and they both have perfect attendance.  Scott leads the season rivalry by a fairly decisive 18-5, and that's enough for him to build up a margin of almost 100 points in the Prestigious Roxbury Point System.

    Are there any other rivalries you want to tell us about?

Pictures

    Up top, Scott Benjamin gives the safety warning.  Chuck Rocca and Erik Gundel lurk in the background.  Then Al Mletzko and Corinne Bellemare join the Hall of Fame.  All the other pictures already have captions.

     The Roxbury Races are now listed on the Internet both on RunningInTheUSA and on HiTekRacing.com.  For information contact Bob Lewis at ctstaterunner (at) yahoo (dot) com, or at 203 240 0162.

Last week's results (3.95 miles - Jeep tail)       

Next week (when available) (8.2 miles - Judds Bridge Road) 

 

 

This week's results

 
place time

name

 age pace per mile
1 29.52 Drew Firmender 21 5.58
2 30.46 Andrew Levy 21 6.09
3 31.04 Chris Deming 41 6.13
4 31.06 Mark Losacco 39 6.13
5 33.00 James Moen 17 6.36
6 33.00 Taylor Phillips 17 6.36
7 33.00 Paul Malek 16 6.36
8 34.03 Joe Mendes 42 6.49
9 34.28 Ed Sandifer 56 6.54
10 34.50 Mike Abraham 49 6.58
11 35.49 Ray Fico 42 7.10
12 36.19 Andrew Mendelson 16 7.16
13 36.41 Jeff Tindell 58 7.20
14 37.03 Mark Zerbe 48 7.25
15 37.19 Brian Gildea 47 7.28
16 37.38 Connor Lofink 17 7.32
17 38.11 Dawn Riebeling 23 7.38
18 38.37 Ross Levy 57 7.43
19 38.47 Gary Coolbeth Jr 35 7.45
20 39.04 Armand Wilson 19 7.49
21 39.08 Gerry Heyde 56 7.50
22 40.00 Scott Benjamin 50 8.00
23 40.46 Bob Lewis 43 8.09
24 40.49 Cindy Scannell 50 8.10
25 41.26 Rick DeWitt 50 8.17
26 41.30 Chris Zarzycki 52 8.18
27 41.38 Susan DeWitt 42 8.20
28 42.06 Larry Deming 51 8.25
29 42.31 Lynn Zuback 43 8.30
30 42.49 Haley Nagamatsu 14 8.34
31 42.55 Mario Hasz 59 8.35
32 42.59 Nora Hulton 44 8.36
33 43.44 Adam Fox 13 8.45
34 44.21 Paul Butler 50 8.52
35 44.42 Sid Phadnis 16 8.56
36 45.30 Russ Pribanic 54 9.06
37 46.16 Gary Coolbeth Sr 57 9.15
38 46.56 Deborah Coolbeth 54 9.23
39 47.55 Theresa Oria 41 9.35
40 49.30 Sharon Gawe 56 9.54
41 49.37 Paul Courtney 46 9.55
42 50.03 Mo van Moffaert 48 10.01
43 68.38 Ron Karl 67 13.44

 

  Alternate courses

 
place name age distance time
44 Al Mletzko 66 3.52 41.15
45 Janet Levy 54 ? 29.49
46 Amanda Deming 10 0.41 4.10

 

 

 

Deming Brothers, Chris and Larry

 

Four colorful outfits, one far too colorful.

 

Current points standings

 

Week 24

 

    The Fossil won this year's race to a thousand points, though his lead over Jolting Joe Mendes shrunk to 62 points, as Joe edged the Fossil by one place.  Mary Schafer enjoys a 300 point lead over Lynn Zuback.

 

    There was more action in the Top Ten this week.  Chuck Rocca, Lou Denaro and Mary Schafer missed the race and fell one place each. Scott Benjamin was rewarded by a two place boost, and Chris Deming advanced one place.

 

    We welcome nine rookies this week, and Mark LoSacco became the season's 8th Centurion.

 

    In the table below, runners who have not missed a race yet this year are marked with a *.  Rookies, those running their first Roxbury race of the season, are marked with an "R", and people reaching 100-point milestones are marked with a C.  People whose ages were different this week than they were in our data base are marked with a B.  If everything in the data base works perfectly, this means they had a birthday recently, but we know the data base isn't perfect. Other symbols and doodads may be added later in the season. 

 

now last change points

name

 age div races C wins star
1 1 0 1028 Ed Sandifer 56 24 M *
2 2 0 966 Joe Mendes 42 23
3 3 0 858 Dan Lynch 46 21
4 5 1 846 Chris Deming 41 19 C 5
5 4 -1 831 Lou Denaro 48 17
6 6 0 722 Brian Gildea 47 19 C
7 7 0 682 David Mariani 44 20
8 10 2 678 Scott Benjamin 50 24 *
9 8 -1 672 Chuck Rocca 35 18
10 9 -1 662 Mary Schafer 33 F 18   15  
11 11 0 644 Mark Zerbe 49 19
12 13 1 585 Russ Pribanic 54 19
13 12 -1 583 Nate Mahrer 36 17
14 14 0 578 Bob Lewis 43 24 *
15 15 0 565 Larry Deming 51 23
16 16 0 516 Matt Cappiello 43 10
17 17 0 506 Jeff Tindell 58 13 C
18 19 1 465 Paul Butler 50 19
19 18 -1 465 Bruce Goulart 58 12
20 20 0 458 Mario Hasz 59 19
21 21 0 436 Steve Haas 52 9
22 22 0 431 Joe Whelan 43 8 2
23 23 0 395 Jeff Sheldon 28 9 6
24 24 0 392 Bob Satterlee 59 21
25 29 4 371 Ray Fico 42 11
26 31 5 364 Mike Abraham 49 9
27 25 -2 357 Tom Dever 55 11
28 28 0 353 Lynn Zuback 42 F 16   1  
29 26 -3 353 Harry Ong 68 13
30 30 0 336 Paul Courtney 45 22
31 27 -4 335 Brian Vanderheiden 38 9
32 32 0 319 John Whalen 42 7
33 33 0 308 Jon Binzen 51 8
34 34 0 296 Dudley Ong 7 O 11      
35 35 0 293 Dave Harvey 44 6
36 36 0 286 Scott Holmes 47 6
37 40 3 285 Andrew Levy 21 6 3
38 38 0 280 Nora Hulton 44 F 10 1
39 37 -2 274 Theresa Oria 41 F 17      
40 39 -1 250 Chris Childs 49 6
41 41 0 229 John Adomelis 53 5
42 44 2 223 Mo van Moffaert 48 F 15      
43 42 -1 223 Don Smith 64 6
44 49 5 223 Paul Malek 16 5 C
45 43 -2 215 Adam Levy 23 5
46 45 -1 205 Ed Moros 60 9
47 46 -1 203 Mike Taylor 42 4
48 47 -1 198 John Murphy Jr 58 7
49 55 6 196 Cindy Scannell 50 F 8 1
50 48 -2 189 Kurt Thoennessen 29 9
51 52 1 182 Sharon Gawe 55 F 13
52 63 11 176 Ross Levy 57 6
53 50 -3 174 Louis Garguilo 30 3
54 51 -3 172 Pat Moore 46 F 12
55 53 -2 171 Theresa Krebs 38 F 5 2
56 54 -2 169 Charlie Euston 63 17
57 68 11 169 Taylor Phillips 17 4
58 56 -2 166 Tom McNulty 42 6
59 57 -2 157 Bob Moore 50 8
60 58 -2 152 LeeAnne Zarger 54 F 15
61 59 -2 152 Katie Neils 15 F 6
62 60 -2 151 Rosie Morehouse 5 O 3
64 62 -2 148 John Hirsch 33 3 2
63 61 -2 148 Andrew Morehouse 41 3
65 64 -1 141 Alissa Pajer 21 F 3 3
66 65 -1 130 Prasama Sangkachand 49 F 16
67 90 23 130 Mark Losacco 39 3 C
68 66 -2 128 Erik Gundel 21 5
70 69 -1 124 Zach Wortman 17 3
69 67 -2 124 John Porges 40 3
71 70 -1 123 Brittany Ronan 17 5
72 71 -1 120 Brian Solt 35 7
73 72 -1 117 Chris Powderly 56 6
74 73 -1 113 Sean Kerton 17 3
75 74 -1 112 Michael Hicks 39 8
76 75 -1 111 Scott Bussom 29 2
77 76 -1 110 Ron Karl 67 14
78 77 -1 101 Roderic McGahren 39 4
79 78 -1 101 David Dion 17 2
80 79 -1 100 Dan Lamb 46 3
81 80 -1 95 Jim Little 54 10
82 100 18 95 Chris Zarzycki 52 4
83 128 45 94 James Moen 17 2
84 81 -3 94 Kevin Curley 27 2 1
85 87 2 90 Amanda Deming 10 F 15
86 82 -4 90 Wendy Carlson F 5
87 83 -4 89 John Kane 56 3
88 84 -4 88 Dan Decrescenco 17 1 1
89 85 -4 87 Craig Hunt 17 1
90 86 -4 86 Jay McGorty 16 1
91 88 -3 85 Dan Watson 17 1
92 89 -3 84 Zack Krause 16 1
93 132 39 81 Connor Lofink 17 3
94 91 -3 81 Doug Lee 47 2
95 92 -3 76 Eric Myhill 41 3
96 93 -3 76 Evan Wright 15 1
97 94 -3 75 Michele Westervelt 38 F 5
98 95 -3 75 Unknown 3
99 96 -3 75 Connor Greene 16 1
100 97 -3 73 Terri Lee 44 F 2
101 98 -3 72 Steve Benoit 55 2
102 99 -3 71 Neil Walsh 18 1
103 101 -2 70 Mike Piersal 15 1
104 108 4 69 Al Mletzko 66 7
105 102 -3 68 Michael Croft 30 1
106 103 -3 66 Jeanne Bartkus 49 F 5
107 104 -3 66 Heather Whalen 43 F 4
108 160 52 65 Dawn Riebeling 23 F 2 1
109 105 -4 65 Patrick Firmender 15 1
110 106 -4 64 Collin Deming 8 9
111 107 -4 63 Patrick O'Brien 16 1
112 109 -3 61 Sarah Whalen 12 F 3
113 110 -3 61 Kenny Heyne 14 1
114 111 -3 60 Jon Ong 44 2
115 112 -3 60 Alessandro Criollo 16 1
116 113 -3 58 Brittany Moore 16 F 1
117 114 -3 57 Lily Horton 16 F 1
118 115 -3 56 Mark Andrejczyk 35 1
119 116 -3 55 Nina Oria 14 F 3
120 117 -3 54 Kyle Hobbs 16 1
123 120 -3 52 Mike Szerkowicz 18 1
122 119 -3 52 Kelsey Maikay 17 F 1
121 118 -3 52 Glenn van Moffaert 19 1
124 121 -3 51 Garrett Derringer 15 1 1
127 123 -4 50 Pat Hall 52 F 1
126 122 -4 50 Ken Levalle 18 1
125 1 50 Drew Firmender 21 1 R 1
128 124 -4 49 Jack Whalen 10 3
129 125 -4 49 Mia Myhill 5 O 2
130 126 -4 49 Jim Lee 49 1
131 139 8 48 Janet Levy 54 F 6
133 129 -4 48 Nathaniel Kay 16 1
132 127 -5 48 Bob Derringer 46 1
134 130 -4 47 Ken Burke 61 1
135 131 -4 46 Kara Thoennessen 1.5 F 3
137 134 -3 45 Spencer Mannion 15 1
136 133 -3 45 Jason Satterlee 33 1
139 136 -3 44 Wyatt Golding 23 1 1
138 135 -3 44 Alex Ehrenreich 18 1
141 138 -3 43 Jesse Steinmetz 14 1
140 137 -3 43 Chris DePalma 41 1
142 140 -2 42 Doug Langley 20 1
143 141 -2 41 Sheila Anson 51 F 2
144 142 -2 40 Paul Yaunsem 17 1
145 207 62 39 Rick DeWitt 50 2
149 145 -4 39 Shannon Tredennick 38 F 1
148 144 -4 39 Lisa Andrews 25 F 1
147 143 -4 39 Bob Trumbley 47 1
146 12 39 Andrew Mendelson 16 1 R
150 203 53 38 Susan DeWitt 42 F 2
151 146 -5 37 Michelle Courtney 14 F 3
154 149 -5 37 Thomas Scarola 46 1
153 148 -5 37 Pete Gillen 26 1
152 147 -5 37 Colin Lennon 15 1
156 151 -5 36 Tyler Kniery 17 1
155 150 -5 36 Pat Dennen 28 1 1
158 153 -5 35 Richard Hunt 61 1
157 152 -5 35 Ishmael Chesto 37 1
159 196 37 33 Sid Phadnis 16 2
162 156 -6 33 Ryan Phillips 28 1
161 155 -6 33 John Richers 53 1
160 154 -6 33 Jackie Devito 16 F 1
163 157 -6 32 Raymond Pajer 59 2
164 158 -6 32 Chris Peterson 15 1
165 19 32 Gary Coolbeth Jr 35 1 R
167 159 -8 31 Dave Van Moffaert 17 1
166 20 31 Armand Wilson 19 1 R
172 164 -8 30 Tom Brayton 45 1
171 163 -8 30 Mimi Gillen 58 F 1
170 162 -8 30 Gil Rubin 60 1
168 161 -7 30 Chris Morcone 1
169 21 30 Gerry Heyde 56 1 R
173 165 -8 29 Karen Kay 48 F 1
175 167 -8 28 Stephen Yu 46 1
174 166 -8 28 Kevin Peterson 15 1
176 168 -8 27 Lucky Zarger 1 O 3
177 169 -8 27 Stacey Kennedy 38 F 2
178 170 -8 26 Andrea Thoennessen 29 F 1
181 173 -8 25 Ray Pajer 59 1
180 172 -8 25 Jorge Lopez 43 1
179 171 -8 25 Jacob Collette 15 1
183 175 -8 24 Steve Greene 54 1
182 174 -8 24 P.J. Scappatura 14 1
184 176 -8 23 Lola Zarger 1 O 2
185 177 -8 23 Sinead Blevio 35 F 1
186 178 -8 22 Beverly Pajer 55 F 2
190 182 -8 22 Tommy Vanderheiden 3 1
189 181 -8 22 Rebecca Press 36 F 1
188 180 -8 22 Joanne Emanuel 40 F 1
187 179 -8 22 Barbara Kiselak 51 F 1
195 186 -9 21 Rory Goodwin 52 1
194 185 -9 21 Jack Kennedy 9 1
192 184 -8 21 Dave Blauch 29 1
191 183 -8 21 Bill Hoey 1
193 30 21 Haley Nagamatsu 14 1 R
197 188 -9 20 Michelle Norella 42 F 1
196 187 -9 20 Britanny Ronan 17 F 1
198 189 -9 19 Shannon Bartkus 14 F 2
201 192 -9 19 Kristine Dziezynski 38 F 1
200 191 -9 19 Jackie Brown 15 F 1
199 190 -9 19 Charlie Hastey 46 1
204 194 -10 18 Gregg Nolting 54 1
203 193 -10 18 Aimee Reutzel 16 F 1
202 33 18 Adam Fox 13 1 R
205 195 -10 17 Nichole Souza 15 F 1
207 198 -9 16 Ryan McNulty 7 1
206 197 -9 16 Matt Curran 15 1
209 200 -9 15 Rosie Ong 66 F 1
208 199 -9 15 Kevin McNulty 8 1
212 202 -10 14 Jack Fico 9 1
210 201 -9 14 Ally Bierce 15 F 1
211 37 14 Gary Coolbeth Sr 57 1 R
216 206 -10 13 Mary Lou White 52 F 1
215 205 -10 13 Mariah Walsh 15 F 1
213 204 -9 13 Catherine Mendes 9 F 1
214 38 13 Deborah Coolbeth 54 F 1 R
217 208 -9 12 Jennifer Bacleau 34 F 1
222 213 -9 11 Stormy Chamberlain 32 1
221 212 -9 11 Sarah Swanson 15 F 1
220 211 -9 11 Michael Kersten 37 1
219 210 -9 11 Kandace Yuen F 1
218 209 -9 11 Angelica Mendes 14 F 1
223 214 -9 10 Mary Deming 84 F 2
224 215 -9 10 Jordan Butler 14 1
227 218 -9 9 Ian McNulty 4 1
226 217 -9 9 Duncan Engel 17 1
225 216 -9 9 Bonnie Murray 44 F 1
228 219 -9 8 Chelsea Smith 16 F 1
231 222 -9 7 Judy Larson 52 F 1
230 221 -9 7 Erin McNulty 10 mos. F 1
229 220 -9 7 Brittany Orbecker 14 F 1
236 227 -9 6 Pam Quist 44 F 1
235 226 -9 6 Maura McNulty 41 F 1
234 225 -9 6 Kyle Knight 41 F 1
233 224 -9 6 Joan Temple 52 F 1
232 223 -9 6 Ann Schafer 31 F 1
239 230 -9 5 Mary Beth Morrison 51 F 1
238 229 -9 5 Chloe Karl 63 F 1
237 228 -9 5 Alissa Mendes 37 F 1

 

Now and Then (May 17)

 

now 5/17 impr
1 Bob Lewis 32.00 35.29 3.29
2 Charlie Euston 41.47 44.55 3.08
3 Larry Deming 31.20 34.08 2.48
4 Sharon Gawe 41.17 42.34 1.17
5 Mary Schafer 29.14 30.10 0.56
6 Wendy Carlson 37.01 37.50 0.49
7 Ed Sandifer 26.46 27.23 0.37
8 Mark Zerbe 28.13 28.29 0.16
9 Nate Mahrer 29.42 29.41 -0.01
10 Lynn Zuback 33.20 33.17 -0.03
11 Brian Gildea 28.43 28.38 -0.05
12 Joe Mendes 26.23 26.17 -0.06
13 Winner 22.21 21.52 -0.29
14 Mario Hasz 33.35 32.56 -0.39
15 Scott Benjamin 31.47 30.52 -0.55

 

 

 

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