2009 Roxbury Race #8

3.7 miles - Rt 317 to Ranney, back South St

April 11, 2009

8:30 am - 40 degrees, partly cloudy, swirling winds

   

Next Week: 2.4 miles up Chalybes

Deming edges Sheldon.

Schafer romps.

  Please send times.

   It was a fast, windy day in Roxbury.  Chris Deming and last week's winner Jeff Sheldon rocketed out to a wide early lead and had their own little race, mostly out of sight of the 55 or so runners who were chasing them.  In the end, Chris pulled away for a minor upset and opened a narrow five-second victory.

    Among the women, Mary Schafer beat Kirsten Begg by about half a minute and Eunice Bussom was about half a minute behind that.

    About those times.  The printer malfunctioned and the memory banks of the stopwatch were full so the recall function couldn't recover the times.  Our technical experts actually read the instruction manual and have learned exactly how to use the recall function, so this memory failure should happen less often in the future.  However, this week we have only about a quarter of the times.  THEREFORE, if you know your time or the times of others, would you please send them to WebGuy, esandifer (at) earthlink (dot) net.

People

A third Deming brother, Dave Deming, and his daughter Charlotte came from North Carolina for this week's race.  Charlotte helped her cousin Amanda work at the finish line.

Bob Lewis narrowly escaped ambush by fast-finishing Nora Hulton this week.

Former Brookfield HS star John Bucci returned to Roxbury after being away for about 15 years.  He had run with us when JT Schemm and Brian Gagner were in high school. He was back in town celebrating Easter with his parents.

Dudley Ong enjoys spending winters in warmer climates, and returned from South Carolina this week.  His friend Harry came back, too.  Welcome back to both of you.  Dudley returns to find himself second in his division, displaced, for now at least, by Terry, who has run three races in a row now.  We encourage runners whose companions fall into the "Other" category to register them so they can appear in the results.  We know it always gives Terry and Dudley a thrill to see their names on the Internet.

Remember Jenna?  Great season two years ago.  Met a guy.  Missed most of last season? There's a rumor that if the weather warms up just a little bit more, then she might make an appearance and that she might bring her new stroller.  Will Madelyn be looking over her shoulder?

After the race, winner Chris Deming pitched in to help with the stopwatch.  Unfortunately, even his refined technical skills weren't enough to overcome its problems. He and Larry did manage to take steps so it probably won't happen again, but PLEASE send in your times so we can try to fill in the results.

The Unknown runner who finished 10th on March 28 has been identified as Alan Peck.  We fear we scared him off, or maybe offended him, by not getting his name at the finish line. 

 

Sadly, we note the passing of Robert North Deming (1915-2009), father to Larry and Chris, grandfather to Amanda and Collin.  He can be proud of the fine family he left us.  We at Roxbury extend our sympathies.  "He had a good, long run."

Pictures

   Up top, we have a new picture of stroller sensation Madelyn Bussom, along with new papa Scott..

    Then we have a picture of this week's winner, Chris Deming, pitching in with the stopwatch at the finish line after the race.  Then the foggy starting line at a race in August.  Down the side, we have David Mariani, smiling as he sees the finish line, then Mandy Deming, the one who works the stopwatch and gets us accurate times every week.  Below that, Scott Benjamin, who ran the hill hard and then still had half a mile to the finish line.  

    Farther down, Harry Ong (Dudley is around somewhere) beats Cindy Scannell by a couple of seconds. The last one there is a photo by Charlie Euston of a pack in the 7.3 mile race.  You can see Ross Levy's legs in the back, and the corner of Brian Gildea's head behind Jeff Tindell.

A foggy start at the August 23 race of 8.2 miles

     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 

Next week (when available) 

 

 

This week's results

 

Times in blue are estimates.  Please send your time if you know it.

 

place time name age pace per mile
1 21.20 Chris Deming 42 5.46
2 21.25 Jeff Sheldon 28 5.47
3 23:18 Dave Harvey 45
4 Mark LoSacco 40
5 23.43 Matt Cappiello 44 6.25
6 23.46 Chuck Rocca 36 6.25
7 Dan Germain 47
8 23.57 John Bucci 33 6.28
9 24.08 Lou Denaro 48 6.31
10 24.15 Ed Sandifer 57 6.33
11 24.24 Joe Mendes 42 6.36
12 24.30 Steve Haas 53 6.37
13 Mike Abraham 49
14 Bruce Goulart 59
15 26.24 David Mariani 45 7.08
16 26.32 Mary Schafer 24 7.10
17 26.42 Tom Dever 56 7.13
18 Tom McNulty 43
19 27.00 Kirsten Begg 45 7.18
20 Brian Gildea 47
21 Rich Sileo 39
22   Eunice Bussom 25  
23 John Kane 57
24 27.50 Nate Mahrer 37 7.31
25 28.17 Jeanne Bartkus 49 7.39
26 J.R. Ewing 60
27 Russ Pribanic 55
28 28:45? Boo Boo 31
29 29:00? Rob Rogan 28
30 Bob Lewis 44
31   Nora Hulton 45  
32   Madelyn Bussom 7mos.  
33 Scott Bussom 31
34 29.29 Lynn Zuback 43 7.58
35 Chris DiCorpo 54
36 Nate Spada 30
37 Harry Ong 69
38   Dudley Ong 7  
39 Paul Butler 51
40 30.47 Larry Deming 51 8.19
41 Mario Hasz 60
42 31.37 Theresa Oria 42 8.33
43 Darryl Johnson 21
44 Dan Gold 21
45 Scott Benjamin 51
46 Bob Satterlee 60
47   Wendy Carlson    
48   Susan DiCorpo 53  
49   Colleen Dietter 44  
50 Quinn Fusco 32
51   Jen Whitcomb 33  
52   Terry (canine) 8  
53   A. Beyer    
54 40.45 LeeAnne Zarger 55 11.01
55 Charlie Euston 64

Alternate Races

 

place name age distance time
56 Corinne Bellemare 50 2.40 32.51
57 Collin Deming 9 0.41 ?
58 Prasama Sangkachand 49 ? ?

 

 

A happy finisher

 

 

Amanda Deming, Princess of Stopwatch

 

Are you tired when you finish?

 

Current points standings

 

Week 8

 

    It continues to be a tough, tight battle at the top of the table.  Only nine points separate Chuck Rocca in first place from third place Jeff Sheldon.  Indeed, no points separate second from third, as Fossil gets second on the tiebreaker, races run this year, by just one race. 

 

 Jeff Tindell missed the race and tumbled from 7th to 12th, and that let David Mariani back into the top ten.  Mary Schafer continues to lead for the women, 11th overall.

 

    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.  

 

 

now last change points name age div races C wins star
1 1 0 451 Chuck Rocca 36 8 C *
2 2 0 442 Ed Sandifer 57 8 C *
3 3 0 442 Jeff Sheldon 28 7 C 3
4 4 0 427 Steve Haas 53 8 C *
5 5 0 410 Mike Abraham 49 8 C *
6 6 0 394 Joe Mendes 42 7
7 9 2 372 Chris Deming 42 6 1
8 10 2 362 Matt Cappiello 44 6
9 8 -1 357 Brian Gildea 47 8 *
10 11 1 348 David Mariani 45 7
11 12 1 340 Mary Schafer 34 F 7 5
12 7 -5 315 Jeff Tindell 59 6
13 15 2 290 Tom Dever 56 7
14 13 -1 282 Martin Green 40 6
15 14 -1 278 Brian Vanderheiden 39 6
16 17 1 271 Russ Pribanic 54 8 *
17 21 4 271 Lou Denaro 48 5
18 20 2 256 Boo Boo 31 8 *
19 22 3 254 Jeanne Bartkus 49 F 8 *
20 16 -4 254 Scott Benjamin 51 8 *
21 24 3 247 Nate Mahrer 36 6
22 27 5 243 Tom McNulty 43 6 C
23 29 6 243 Bruce Goulart 59 5 C
24 23 -1 240 Nora Hulton 45 F 8 *
25 28 3 235 Eunice Bussom 29 F 6 C 1
26 26 0 234 Bob Lewis 42 8 *
27 18 -9 229 Dan Lynch 46 6
28 25 -3 227 Paul Butler 51 8 *
29 19 -10 222 Peter Tep 40 6
30 32 2 205 Lynn Zuback 43 F 7 C
31 30 -1 193 Teddy Gravel 16 3
32 31 -1 191 Ray Fico 43 4
33 35 2 186 Larry Deming 51 8 *
34 44 10 172 Dan Germain 47 3
35 33 -2 168 Terri Lee 45 F 4
36 34 -2 164 John Murphy Jr 58 4
37 37 0 162 Theresa Oria 42 F 8 *
38 36 -2 156 Bill Euerle 64 4
39 47 8 153 John Kane 57 4
40 42 2 152 Robert Rogan 28 5
41 41 0 147 Bob Satterlee 60 8 *
42 38 -4 141 John Whalen 43 3
43 39 -4 137 Michael Hall 28 2 2
44 40 -4 136 Chris Norris 40 4
45 53 8 133 Scott Bussom 31 6
46 49 3 131 Mario Hasz 60 7
47 43 -4 118 Mark DePalma 40 2 1
48 57 9 114 Madelyn Bussom 6 mos. F 5 C
49 45 -4 114 Cindy Scannell 51 F 3
50 46 -4 114 Max Bertz 2 1
51 76 25 112 Mark LoSacco 40 2 C
52 48 -4 110 Ed Moros 61 6
53 50 -3 108 Jim Lee 50 2
54 51 -3 107 Paul Courtney 46 7
55 52 -3 105 Mike Simaitis 45 3
56 54 -2 100 Don Smith 64 2
57 60 3 90 Colleen Dietter 44 F 6
58 55 -3 90 Hale Rickman 56 4
59 84 25 86 Kirsten Begg 45 F 2
60 56 -4 85 Ben Mattheis 55 2
61 58 -3 83 Brian Ramsey 19 2
62 59 -3 78 Elizabeth DeLeo 32 F 7
63 66 3 78 Quinn Fusco 32 6
64 65 1 75 LeeAnne Zarger 55 F 8 *
65 61 -4 75 Chris Powderly 56 3
66 62 -4 74 Tommy Vanderheiden 4 2
67 63 -4 69 Roderic McGahren 40 2
68 64 -4 67 Gary Bertz 54 5
69 67 -2 63 Robert Klein 14 1
70 3 60 Dave Harvey 45 1 R
71 68 -3 60 Jeanne Theleen 17 F 1 1
72 69 -3 59 Jack Hoey 1
73 70 -3 58 Joe Whelan 44 1
74 71 -3 58 Tom Szarkawicz 15 1
75 80 5 57 Charlie Euston 64 7
76 72 -4 57 Michael Bank 45 2
77 73 -4 56 Scott Holmes 47 1
78 8 55 John Bucci 33 1 R
79 75 -4 54 Alan Peck 1
80 74 -6 54 Tim Neil 40 1
81 89 8 52 Susan DiCorpo 53 F 3
82 77 -5 52 Danielle Fredericks 38 F 2
83 78 -5 51 Pete Gillen 26 1
84 79 -5 51 Rich Rude 48 1
85 81 -4 47 Lindsay Russo 16 F 1 1
86 93 7 46 Jen Whitcomb 33 F 4
87 90 3 46 Terry (Dog) 8 O 4
88 82 -6 45 Theresa Krebs 39 F 1
89 83 -6 43 John Vitti 1
90 85 -5 42 Matt Corso 53 1
91 21 42 Rich Sileo 39 1 R
92 86 -6 41 Sarah Whalen 11 2
93 95 2 39 Corinne Bellemare 50 F 6
94 87 -7 39 John Sudol 16 1
95 88 -7 37 Jim Little 55 3
96 26 37 J.R. Ewing 60 1 R
97 91 -6 35 Greg Waters 51 1
98 92 -6 34 Amanda Deming 11 F 5
99 94 -5 34 Allison McGahren 35 1
100 96 -4 33 Alex Baxter 43 2
101 97 -4 33 Heather Whalen 44 F 2
102 98 -4 32 Marge DeMarais 43 F 1
103 99 -4 29 Patrick Richardson 39 1
104 35 28 Chris DiCorpo 54 1 R
105 36 27 Nate Spada 30 1 R
106 104 -2 26 Prasama Sangkachand 49 F 4
107 37 26 Harry Ong 69 1 R
108 106 -2 25 Collin Deming 9 4
109 100 -9 25 David Bergman 47 1
110 38 25 Dudley Ong 7 1 O
111 101 -10 24 Dave Bergman 47 1
112 102 -10 24 Don Ramsey 55 1
113 103 -10 23 Jack Whalen 11 1
114 105 -9 21 Madelyn Bussom 6 mos. F 1
115 43 20 Darryl Johnson 21 1 R
116 44 19 Dan Gold 21 1 R
117 107 -10 18 Bill Hoey 1
118 108 -10 17 Al Mletzko 67 2
119 109 -10 17 Ron Theleen 51 1
120 47 16 Wendy Carlson F 1 R
121 110 -11 14 Alex Baxter 43 1
122 111 -11 14 Sharon Gawe 56 F 1
123 112 -11 13 Lou Mazzucco 66 1
124 113 -11 12 David Baxter 12 1
125 114 -11 12 Natalie Rickman 22 F 1
126 115 -11 11 Charlotte Adams 24 F 1
127 53 10 A. Beyer F 1 R
128 116 -12 10 Susan Sacco F 1
129 117 -12 9 Ron Karl 67 1
130 118 -12 5 Wendy Bussom F 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harry brightly leads Cindy

 

A pack running the 7.3 mile race along River Road

 

 

 

Created April 12, 2009

 

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