Snowstorm Classic #1

Snowstorm Classic #1 - 5K
December 4, 1999

Records Fall Instead Of Snow

Runners took advantage of mild temperatures and clear roads to establish five new age records at the first Snowstorm Classic road race of the season. Burt Prokop led the parade with a solid 16:44 clocking over the 5K Forest Park course, establishing a new record for 39 year old men in the process, taking down Celio Hernandez’s mark of 16:47 set in 1993. Harrier teammate Bob Willis garnered 2^nd in 17:07 and erased the 17:11 standard for 49 year old men set by Roland Cormier in 1990, a rare eclipsing of a Roland record. Jeff Totten placed 3^rd in 17:16 in his inaugural Snowstorm Classic. Frank Rucki brought the record for 50 year old men under the eighteen minute barrier with a 17:56 effort, eliminating the 18:14 standard set by John Hale in 1992. And 12 year old Jesse Regnier of Fast Feet Track Club fame broke one of the oldest records on the board, the 20:07 mark set by Robert Sanderson in 1981. Jesse apparently wasn’t intimidated by a record set eight years before he was born as he knocked nearly a full minute off with a impressive19:10 clocking. Among the women, Sandy Welner notched a Snowstorm Classic win in 21:59, edging Betty Quinn who ran 22:04. However Betty captured her first Snowstorm Classic record, lowering the 22:21 record for 49 year old women set by Mary Ryczek in 1996. Maureen Ashe took 3^rd in 23:23.

Results

 1  16:44  Burt Prokop          39M  GSH
 2  17:07  Bob Willis           49M  GSH
 3  17:16  Jeff Totten          24M  GSH
 4  17:30  Steve O'Neil         48M  CMS
 5  17:51  Celio Hernandez      46M  GSH
 6  17:56  Frank Rucki          50M  CMS
 7  18:45  Dee Brown            25M  GSH
 8  19:00  Bill Romito          46M  GSH
 9  19:10  Jesse Regnier        12M  FFTC
10  19:11  David Gubala         38M  SMAC
11  19:21  John Goda            30M  ---
12  19:23  Seth Roberts         48M  GSH
13  19:50  Tom Regnier          39M  SMAC
14  19:56  Tom Ripke            35M  GSH
15  20:04  John Pashko          48M  GSH
16  20:06  Dario Camacho        17M  GSH
17  20:07  Tom O'Connor         45M  ---
18  20:18  Dan Sexton           40M  ---
19  20:32  David Stevenson      15M  ---
20  20:37  Peter Gagarin        55M  SMAC
21  20:57  Jonathan Tetherly    55M  GSH
22  21:05  Winston Nunes        50M  ---
23  21:15  Dan Delisle          38M  ---
24  21:26  Louis Latourneau     42M  GSH
25  21:28  Dave Livingstone     47M  GSH
26  21:32  John Hunter          48M  ---
27  21:38  Steve Atkinson       16M  ---
28  21:50  Joe DeJesus          45M  ---
29  21:59  Sandy Welner         35F  EORC
30  22:04  Betty Quinn          49F  ---
31  22:17  Mark Lynch           41M  ---
32  23:01  Chris St. George     37M  GSH
33  23:23  Maureen Ashe         14F  ---
34  23:35  Charlie Towse        62M  GSH
35  23:41  Kevin Young          47M  GSH
36  23:46  Erv Landry           60M  GSH
37  23:56  Mary Misiaszek       33F  GSH
38  24:03  Sharon Mikaelian     34F  GSH
39  24:10  Ellen Bellicchi      49F  GSH
40  25:16  Naomi Tetherly       24F  GSH
41  25:59  Hugh Moriarty        58M  GSH
42  26:05  Peter Vangsness      48M  GSH
43  26:48  Ann Franczyk         47F  GSH
44  26:58  Mike Passmore        51M  GSH
45  27:23  Kathy Hunter         46F  ---
46  27:43  Rod Scott            47M  ---
47  28:49  Alethia Demos        17F  ---
48  29:10  Sheila Byrne         33F  ---
49  32:42  Bruce Kurtz          63M  SMAC
50  34:39  Dick Borden          63M  GSH