Summer Sizzler #3 - 8K
April 28, 2004

John Cote and Elizabeth Duquette First Charlie Towse and Mary Ryczek Set Records

      John Cote ran exactly 4 kilometers per hour to notch his third Summer Sizzler crown. The Harrier master clocked an even 30 minutes on the 8K road course while outdistancing 2nd place finisher Jim McCann (31:02) and new teammate Richard Clark (31:24) who edged senior team member Art Roberts (31:51) in the Harriers strongest division.
      The Harrier veterans may soon have something to say about that. Charlie Towse set a record for 66 year old men with superb 34:49 effort, slicing 44 seconds off a Doug Blanchard standard which had stood for 12 years. With both Art Roberts and Bill Lord joining the veterans within a month, team bragging rights appear to be up for grabs.
      Elizabeth ran over a minute and a half faster then her Barney Day trip around the 8K course, striding 35:10 while winning her 42nd lifetime Summer Sizzler. CMSer Mary Ryczek had to settle for second in 36:38 but for her efforts she set a new record for 58 year old women, handily erasing the 38:10 standard established by Harrier Doris Aronson 14 years ago. Bobbi Smith returned to the racing scene with a third place 45:29.

Results 
 1  30:00  John       Cote        41M  GSH
 2  31:02  Jim        McCann      48M  ---
 3  31:24  Richard    Clark       50M  GSH
 4  31:51  Art        Roberts     59M  GSH
 5  32:16  Eric       Brown       25M  GSH
 6  33:25  Bill       Martin      49M  ---
 7  33:37  John       Dent        50M  EORC
 8  33:46  Jason      Hewitt      25M  ---
 9  33:59  Chris      Conz        27M  ---
10  34:23  John       Pashko      52M  GSH
11  34:49  Charlie    Towse       66M  GSH
12  35:02  Bill       Thibault    47M  EORC
13  35:10  Elizabeth  Duquette    49F  GSH
14  36:00  Dan        Clark       51M  EORC
15  36:36  Jim        Liebel      55M  ---
16  36:38  Mary       Ryczek      58F  CMS
17  37:02  Ron        Carbone     57M  ---
18  38:19  Mike       Butler      31M  ---
19  38:20  Bruce      Rockwell    60M  GSH
20  38:34  Winston    Nunes       55M  GSH
21  39:23  Don        Grindle     49M  GSH
22  40:42  Mark       DeGrandpre  35M  ---
23  41:00  Ed         Dwyer       38M  GSH
24  41:56  Patrick    Fyfe        50M  ---
25  45:24  Tony       Lucia       66M  EORC
26  45:29  Bobbi      Smith       54F  GSH