Summer Sizzler #15 - 8K
July 21, 2004

  Carlos Rivera Now Has 49; Christina Langevin Wins 3rd

After a slow start, Carlos Rivera is picking up the pace. The Hall of Fame leader didn’t win his first 2004 Summer Sizzler until the seventh race of the season but has now won three of the last five races, for a total of four wins this year, all on the 8K road course.  The quintessential Harrier now has 49 career victories, a record that won’t be challenged any time soon.  

Despite warm, muggy conditions, Carlos soloed around the outskirts of Forest Park in 28:18, a full three minutes ahead of his nearest challengers, a trio of teenagers, Cory Rintoul (31:28), David Estabrook (32:24), and Victor Gras (33:05).  Harrier Bill Martin again won both the master and senior titles with a 5th place overall 33:19, just ahead of EORC’s John Dent (34:07).  GSHer Art Roberts continued to enjoy his new veteran division with a 34:37 1st place effort.  Art claimed his first USATF-New England road championship as a veteran at the Stowe, Vermont, 8 miler on Sunday, earning 10 hard to get USATF-NE individual Grand Prix points.

One week after Nadia Baadj accomplished the task, Christina Langevin of Wilbraham won her third lifetime Summer Sizzler crown with a steady 35:34 effort.  Kathy Lynch won the women’s master division with a 2nd place 37:29 while Kim Spellacy took 3rd in 40:09.  Thirteen year old Ahinoan Pollack won the junior girl division in 52:00 flat during her inaugural trip around the Harrier 8K course. 

Results 
 1  28:18  Carlos Rivera 	30M GSH
 2  31:28  Cory Rintoul 	17M ---
 3  32:24  David Estabrook 	18M GSH
 4  33:05  Victor Gras 		16M ---
 5  33:19  Bill Martin 		50M GSH
 6  34:07  John Dent 		50M EORC
 7  34:32  Jason Hewitt 	25M ---
 8  34:37  Art Roberts 		60M GSH
 9  34:59  Billy Rowe 		42M ---
10  35:30  Ruben Rios 		36M GSH
11  35:34  Christina Langevin 	20F ---
12  36:43  Brian Goddu 		54M GSH
13  37:20  Brian Conz 		29M ---
14  37:29  Kathy Lynch 		42F GSH
15  38:40  Ron Carbone 		57M ---
16  39:27  Don Grindle 		49M GSH
17  39:42  Gary Wright 		47M ---
18  40:04  Jim Hebert 		49M ---
19  40:08  Ben Davis 		29M ---
20  40:09  Kim Spellacy 	33F ---
21  41:12  Jim Liebel 		55M ---
22  41:50  Russ Denver 		47M ---
23  43:09  Roy Anderson 	57M GSH
24  44:06  Andrew Perry 	33M ---
25  44:14  Patrick Kennedy 	63M GSH
26  44:38  Tony Lucia 		66M EORC
27  52:00  Ahinoan Pollack 	13F ---