GBTC women break from the line in the National Club Championship. Photo by GreaterSnap
12/13/14-Bethlehem, PA: GBTC teams traveled to the USATF Club Cross-Country championships on the USATF-NE subsidized bus with several other teams from the New England association. Record numbers of runners filled all four races. The women’s team placed 17th out of 36 full teams, men 28th out of 68. Masters men placed 35th out of 40 teams. Our top age graded athlete was masters runner Clare McManus placing 23rd. GBTC had an incomplete masters women’s team of two runners. full results: http://www.usatf.org/Events—Calendar/2014/USATF-National-Club-Cross-Country-Championships/Final-Results.aspx
Scoring for the women in order of finish were: Kerri Leonhardt, Caroline Martin, Liz Ryan, Nellie Triedman, and Caitlin Kasala- Hallinan. Scoring for open men were Jonathan Charlesworth, Andrew Chalmers, Chris Kibler, Manuel Gonzales, and Caleb Evanter. The club also fielded a men’s “B” team.
masters: 35. 953 Greater Boston Track Club (A) ( 41:57 3:29:43 7:34)
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1 123 John Blouin 40 37:44
2 181 Michael Urquiola 47 40:24
3 211 Harris Hardy 51 43:06
4 213 Bill Newsham 49 43:11
5 225 Tom Derderian 65 45:18
Next year the club will travel to San Francisco for the championships in Golden Gate Park.