Summer Sizzler #14 - 5K
July 14, 2004

Dan Tuohey Newest Member of Hall of Fame
Nadia Baadj and Elizabeth Duquette Set Age Records

      Dan Tuohey added his name to the long list of 2004 Summer Sizzler winners (12 so far) with a solid 19:21 tour of the Harrier cross country course. The 21 year old also becomes the 119th member, on the men's side, of the Summer Sizzler Hall of Fame. Nineteen year old Mario Franco and GSHer Brent Coon chased Dan up and down the five thousand meters of Forest Park trails with Mario (19:42) outlegging Brent (19:52) to the finish. Doug Cummings was the first men's master in 24:09 while Harrier Patrick Kennedy won both the senior and veteran divisions.
       But it was the women who altered the record books as a trio of speedy Harriers raced each other, the clock and the challenging course. When the dust settled Nadia Baadj had earned her third Summer Sizzler title (joining a rather elite group of others with three lifetime wins: Nancy Conz, Mary Fagan, and Eileen Green). Nadia's time of 20:10 shattered one of the oldest records on the Harrier books, the record for 21 year old women of 22:05 set by GSHer Nicole Hill on June 21, 1983, about a month before Nadia was born. Nine time winner Kelly Heroux settled for second place this week with a quick 21:34. Not to be outdone by the kids, 3rd place finisher Elizabeth Duquette lowered the record for 49 year old women for the 4th time this year (demonstrating the rationale for the "one gift certificate per age record per person per year" rule) with a 23:03 clocking which eclipses the 23:11 standard she set a month ago.