DEDHAM MA, June 5
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The ever-competive NU Twilight Meet #3 again featured outstanding performances and USATF qualifiers along with meet records in the men's 200, the women's discus and the women's javelin.
Brian Spoonire of the Reebok Enclave won the men's 5000m, leading 11 men under 14 minutes. Amy Rudolph notched her 2nd Twilight Victory, out distancing Asha Gidi of Ethiopia in the women's 5000m.
Miesha Marzell won the women's 800m for the second time in as many weeks.
Erik Nedeau scored a norrow victory in the men's 1500m. Click here for full results.
DEDHAM MA, May 29
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NU Twilight #2 produced 14 USATF Qualifying Performances. Ray Hughes led 3 others to a qualifier in the steeple, Pat McGrath of the NYAC won the hammer competition which also had 4 individuals meet the standard.
Miesha Marzell led wire to wire in the women's 800m, pulling along Jen Toomey of CMS, who ran 2:05.24.
Enclaver Mike Schroer won the men's 800 in 1:47.95, his teammate, John Honnerkamp won a competitive 1500 in 3:41.58. The women's event was won by New Balance's Debbie Marshall in 4:15.51, a time good enough for a trip to Eugene.
Mike Walsh won the discus for the second week in a row.
Click here for full results.
WARWICK, RI, May 29
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Jacob Freeman (SR, Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick, RI) won the
12# hammer throw with a throw of 253'03" at the Hendricken Invitational
on May 29, 1999. This throw breaks Freeman's national high school record
of 249'06" set on May 8, 1999 at the Rick Schomp Memorial Invitational
at South Kingstown Junior High School, Wakefield, RI.
(Series: 253'03" 238'07" 244'09" 250'06" LSF 248'08")
Bill Johnston (SR, Bishop Hendricken) took second with a throw of 221'10"
(Series: 205'11" 213'00" 220'01" 220'01" 215'09" 221'10")
BOSTON, May 19
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This field for this year's Chase Corporate Challenge Road Race, set for
Tuesday, June 26, is filled, according to event manager Conventures,
Inc. New England's largest race, with 12,000 participants, covering
3.5 miles through downtown Boston, filled faster than ever before.
Other New England road running events which have already reached their
entry limit are the June 19 Mount Washington Road Race and the August
15 Falmouth Road Race.
WALNUT CA, April 18 —
Tom Petranof (Cranston RI / MF Athletics) picked up where he left off last year by winning the javelin at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut CA April 18 in a new masters world record. His throw of 76.45 meters (251 feet and 0 inches) - gave him the overall win at the meet, and upped his own existing record by an even foot.
WALNUT CA, April 17
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10,000: 4.Marie McMahon 32:46.04; 6.Kristen Beaney, CMS, 32:55.03; 27.Tara Chaplin, UAz, 34:35.11
5,000: 12.Erica Palmer, Gilsum NH/U.Wisconsin, 16:19.69;
18.Mary Cobb, Pittsfield MA/Stanford 16:29.50; 21.Maribel Sanchez, CMS, 16:34.81; 22.Larissa Kleinmann, Boston U, 16:35.73
Men
5,000: 1.Brian Baker, New Balance, 13:35.84
DEDHAM MA, May 18
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The Northeastern University Twilight Meet series is scheduled for the Saturdays of May 22, May 29, June 5, June 12 and June 19. Click here for a schedule, up to date meet results, and even a brief history of the series.
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June 19 — USATF NE Track & Field Championships, Northeastern U, 3:30 p.m.
Also on June 19 — NE Junior Olympics, Apponequet Regional HS, Lakeville MA 9 a.m., for youth born 1981 and later.
BOSTON, April 19
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Host BAA won the men's team title in the 1999 Boston Marathon
Their time of 7:30:14 beat the West Side Runners Club of New York City who clocked 7:38:07
Greater Lowell Road Runners, led by John Barbour's 7th place in the 40+ individual race, again won the masters team title. Their time of 7:40:03 was good enough to rank 3rd overall when combined with the open.
Forerunners RC took the women's open (8:49:24) over the BAA (9:18:46), while the Atlanta TC Masters Women edged the BAA in that division 9:33:56 to 9:44:34.
| Men's Open |
| 1. |
BAA "A" |
7:30:14 |
| (Tim Harte, Keven O'Neil, Mel Gonsalves) |
| 2. |
West Side RC (NY) |
7:38:07 |
| 3. |
Greater Boston TC |
7:41:54 |
| 4. |
BAA "B" |
7:43:37 |
| 5. |
Boston RC "A" |
7:47:16 |
| 6. |
Whirlaway RT |
7:57:27 |
| 10. |
BAA "C" |
8:15:15 |
| Women's Open |
| 1. |
Forerunners (FL) |
8:49:24 |
| 2. |
BAA "A" |
9:18:46 |
| (Joanne Scianna, Rebecca Ransom-Ferguson, Sara Mulligan) |
| 3. |
Atlanta TC |
9:21:38 |
| 4. |
No.Medford Club |
9:27:57 |
| 5. |
Cambridge Spts Un |
10:00:57 |
| 10. |
CMS |
10:06:40 |
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| Men's Masters |
| 1. |
Greater Lowell RR |
7:40:03 |
| (John Barbour, Jim Miller, Marty Lechleider) |
| 3. |
BAA "A" |
8:28:44 |
| 6. |
Bangor Sub 5 (ME) |
8:51:12 |
| 8. |
Winners Circle RC |
8:56:34 |
| 9. |
Gr. Lowell "B" |
8:57:59 |
| 10. |
HiTek Racing |
8:58:32 |
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| Women's Masters |
| 1. |
Atlanta TC |
9:33:56 |
| 2. |
BAA |
9:44:34 |
| (Edie Dubord, Molly Tyson, Veta Weir) |
| 3. |
HiTek (CT) |
10:26:33 |
| 6. |
Cambridge Spts Un |
10:34:57 |
| 7. |
Liberty AC |
10:45:06 |
RANDOLPH MA, March—
Ralph Lord of Lexington was presented the W.Scott McFetridge Award as the organization's exemplary official for the year
at the Mass. Track & Field Officials Association spring banquet.
Retired as athletic director and past boy's track coach at Lexington HS, Lord has turned his energies to officiating and promoting safety in the Pole Vault.
A former member of the National High School Federation rules committee, he was
instrumental in establishing safety clinics to instruct high school coaches on competently coaching the pole vault.
He now devotes much of his time to working at track meets at all levels. He is a Boston Marathon official and on the organizing committee of the Lexington Battle Green 10K.
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