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NEXT MEETING – WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
18, 2004 8 PM BOHEMIA
RECREATION CENTER, RUZICKA WAY, BOHEMIA
GUEST SPEAKERS
WILL BE CARYL SENN AN JOHN HARBULAK.
THEY ARE MULTI EVENT ATHLETES AND THEY WILL TALK ABOUT TRACK AND FIELD
AND TRAINING AS MASTERS ATHLETES. REFRESHMENTS BY: MICKEY AND MARTY POWERS |
Masters Corner: Dr. Mary Trotto
At our last meeting, BTC gave out a number of awards. Here is the summary of the awards given out at the last meeting:
Grand Prix Team Participation award: The BTC members below scored for the BTC teams: Open, Masters and Seniors during the LITF 2003 Grand Prix
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Alex Finger |
Blaine Lawson |
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Alex Gonzalez |
Bob Mitchell |
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Barbara Galpin |
Charlie Vermelian |
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Betty Horstmann |
Charlie Watts |
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Christene Richter |
Don Gavin |
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Daisy Mendez |
Frank Pelligrino |
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Ellie Gavin |
Fred Blumenour |
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Estella Clasen |
Jay Masten |
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Helen Visgauss |
Jay Satenstein |
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Helma Clavin |
Jay Yzaguirre |
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Joan Ackerman |
Tim DeLeo |
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Joan Cook |
Joe Cordero |
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Judy Carroll |
Joe Lazzaro |
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Kellie Stamm |
John Greene |
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Sue Nesbihal |
Jose’ Mendez |
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Margie Knapp |
Larry Eastman |
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Marie Louise
Michelsohn |
Marty Powers |
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Mary Ann Reilly |
Maury Dean |
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Mary Fraker |
Mike Service |
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Mickey Powers |
Roy Richey |
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Pat Carroll |
Rudy Afanador |
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Therese Bumenauer |
Silas Murray |
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Z Denis |
Dennis Michel |
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Warren Steinert |
Special MVP Awards were given to: Mary Fraker; Joan Ackerman; Mike Service, Tim DeLeo, and Jose Mendez for their willingness to always be available to run for the BTC team in 2003.
Outstanding LDR runner award went to: Marie Louise Michelsohn, Joe Cordero and Silas Murray
For the Ocean to Sound Relays we had 5 BTC teams. For each team the following runners
received the MVP award:
Open Men: John Walsh
Senior Men: Larry
Eastman
Mixed Masters: Betty
Horstmann
Open Women: Z Denis
Senior Women: Joan Cook (our bathing beauty
Queen)
The 2003 BTC ultra runner of the Year: Helma Clavin. Helma was also recognized by the NY Ultra-Running Society for attaining the most Grand Prix Ultra Running Points.
Recognized
for their outstanding achievements this year and the setting of American and
World Records were:
Phoebe Anderson, Lori McKeough, Kellie Stamm and Helen Visgauss for winning the Women’s Masters 4 X 400m at the 2003 Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden.
Phoebe Anderson, Lori McKeough, Kelly Stamm, and Caryl Senn for the setting of the World and American Indoor Record in the 4 X 400m W40 relay in a time of 4:33.14
Caryl Senn awarded BTC Track Athlete of the Year for her American record in the Pentathlon with 3816 points.
Marie Louise Michelsohn was honored for her achievements on the Track and on the Roads for 2003. She ran a W60 American Record in our 8k in a time of 33:08; she was a Triple Crown winner at the World Masters Championships in Puerto Rico in the 1500m in 5:40.95; 5000m in 20:50.23; and 800m in 2:47.51. She was also recognized for her W60 Records in the Indoor 4 x 400m and the outdoor 4 x 800m relays.
Joe Cordero and Mary Trotto were recognized for their steeplechase performances at the World Masters Championships, Joe placed 2nd M65 and Mary 3rd W55.
Grand Prix Winners for the 2003 season were:
For the Women:
W 50 Z Denis 4th;
Joan Cook 6th; Mickey Powers 7th; Pat Carroll 9th;
W55 Betty Horstmann 1st with 800 points; Mary Trotto 4th;
W60 Marie Louise Michelsohn 1st with 800 points; Helma Clavin 3rd;
Joan Ackerman 4th; W65 Mary Ann Reilly and Alex Finger 1st
both with 800 points;
For the men:
M35 Tim DeLeo 6th;
M40 Silas Murray 4th; M55 Larry Eastman 2nd; Dennis
Michel 4th; Marty Powers 5th; Warren Steinert 6th;
M60 Mike Service 1st with 800 points; Jose Mendez 3rd;
Charlie Watts 5th; Blaine Lawson 10th; Maury Dean 11th;
M65 Joe Cordero 1st with 800pts.
In the team
standings BTC did quite well in the 2003 season and will be looking to do even
better in 2004. We can do better just
by communicating better. There were
times last year that the BTC missed out on a scoring opportunity simply because
members who ran did not notify the team captain that they were running the
race. This year, all BTC members are
reminded to check in with the BTC table at all Grand Prix races so that they
can be assigned to the appropriate team for scoring in the grand prix. Remember
you must be a bona fide member of BTC, which means you have paid your dues for
2004 and you must be a member of LITF for 2004. You can sign up on line or at the first LITF Grand Prix race
upcoming in Feb.
In 2003, BTC teams placed as follows: 1st place MEN’s and WOMEN’s Senior Masters; 3rd place Women’s Open; 3rd place Women’s Masters; 3rd place Men’s Masters and 7th place Men’s Open.
Two BTC
teams were also recognized for their performance at the Cross Country Race; The
Rob’s Run:
1st place Women
Masters: Mary T., Sue Ketzner, Lori
McKeough and Helma.
2nd place
Mixed Masters: Betty, Satu, Joe C. and Mike S.
Also acknowledged for their
achievement were the LITF Tournament of Champions; this was a series of races
during 2003 which were scored by age grading the times. Age grading multiplies the times by an age
factor. The purpose of age grading is
to attempt to mathematically equal the times of a 60 year old versus the
performances of the Elite Open performances.
Age grading of 90% or more is considered to be a great time. Betty
Horstmann, Marie Louise Michelsohn and Joe Cordero had very high age graded
performances in 2003; with Marie Louise and Betty being in the high and mid 90%
and Joe age grading in the high 80%.
The Tournament of Champions winners were: Betty Horstmann 2nd; Joe Cordero 4th; Jose Mendez
6th; Warren Steinert 11th. and Joan Ackerman 12th.
Finally there were two special certificates given at the meeting. One went to Sharon Jacka-Moore, for all her years of service “behind the scenes” to the club. She received the BTC VOLUNTEER of the Year Award and Pat Satenstein received the Ambassador of Good Cheer Award. This award was given to Pat for her willingness to help and always supporting BTC events with a cheery smile and good humor.
The final awards given at the end of the meeting were the plagues given for the Most Improved Runner in 2003 and the Hall of Fame award. The Most improved runners for 2003 were:
For the Women: Zoila Denis and Mary Fraker;both of these women had outstanding times this year, they bettered their times in every distance that they ran over last years times. Keep up the good work Z and Mary.
For the Men:Tim Deleo, Tim also had an outstanding year with PR’s in distances from the 5k to the marathon. Tim also tried his hand at the ultra distance, doing quite well in the 6 hour birthday run this past October.
The BTC
inductee into the Hall of Fame was Sue
Nesbihal-Cordero. She was
recognized for her work for BTC over the years. She has served as membership and hospitality Chairs, as well as
vice president of the club, co-manager of the BTC racing team and the major
force behind all of us looking so great at the races ~ our uniform
manager. Most importantly Sue was
honored for her voice: she can be found
at many a mile marker cheering the BTC runners on to a faster time. She
was recognized as our Cheerleader- Extraordinaire!
As you can see, the accomplishments of our members this year were fantastic. From the winning of the Soar Foot Award to the standings in the Grand Prix, our runners are some of the best on the Island. More importantly, we are there for each other. The camaraderie and support one can find at the races makes BTC a very special club. BTC is a club of runners who really enjoy being together, enjoy running and competing and, as our Christmas Party attests, enjoy dancing and having a great time. Speaking of great times, I asked those marathoners who attended the Awards meeting to list their marathons and their finishing times. Here is the list:
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Betty Horstmann |
Mystic Places |
3:50 1ST IN AGE |
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Randy Salomone |
LI Marathon |
3:37 |
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Mystic Place |
3:38 |
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Philadelphia |
3:45 |
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Mary Fraker |
Pittsburgh |
4:10 |
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Marine Corp |
4:19 |
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Alex Gonzalez |
Maine Corp |
5:35 |
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Zoila Denis |
LI |
3rd in age group |
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Marine Corp |
4:35 |
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Kim Spelman |
Tri-State-UT.AR.NE. |
5:19 |
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Barry Lipsky |
NYC |
3:17 |
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Pat Carroll |
Marine Corp |
4:37 |
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Joe Lazzaro |
Disney |
3:38 |
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Boston |
3:48 |
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Anthony Garguilo |
NYC |
4:13 |
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Philadelphia |
4:12 |
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Rudy Afanador |
Boson |
3:06 |
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LI |
2:58 |
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Yonkers |
2:45 |
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Steamtown |
2:53 |
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Albany |
2:45 |
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NYC |
2:43 |
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Philadelphia |
2:52 |
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Jay Masten |
LI |
3:26 |
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Steamtown |
3:19 |
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Ben Skura |
LI |
3:26 |
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Tim DeLeo |
Disney |
3:25 |
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LI |
3:05 |
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Jay Satenstein |
Boston |
4:14 |
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Maui |
3:25 |
I would like to finish up this masters corner with a request from the members to take a few minutes to voice your opposition to the meet directors of the Millrose Games this year. According to the meet directors, Master Events do not fit at the Millrose games because there is not enough interest in these events. With that thinking the meet directors canceled the running of the Men’s and Women’s 4 X 400m master relay and they eliminated the other men’s masters’ event. I have the name of one of the meet directors and his email. I would like as many of you as possible to email this guy and let him know that track and field is truly a lifetime sport and that having the master athlete run at the Millrose is as vital to the sport as having the high school and college relays.
Our voices may make a difference for the next running of the Millrose Games. So please let the meet director know how you feel. Especially for those of you who went to the games last year because our women were running, if you are not planning to go this year then it is important that you let them know that they have lost your money this year. I was originally had planned to boycott the Millrose this year, but instead I will go and put some signs up around the rotunda trying to get support for the master events. I will be asking those attending to voice their concern about the canceling of the running of the master’s 4 x 400m relay. The meet director is Skip Stolley his email is: Skip@prosportsinc.com; see below:
Our
first priority after becoming the new “steward” of the Millrose Games is to
improve the product—the competition on the floor. We have attempted to do
that with every level of competition—high school, collegiate, and
world-class—and it required eliminating some events and adding others. I
know Masters competition is big in New York, but the masters relays have not
sold tickets, attracted new sponsors, or generated any media coverage or
interest from television. To wit, the Garden seats 16,210 for
track. The meet has not been a sell-out since 1994, the upper bowl hasn’t
even been open for the past 4-years, and last year only 8,103 tickets were
sold. Frankly, the Verizon Millrose Games had become a 5-hour track
meet with 90min of elite invitational events surrounded by a 3-1/2 hour
All-Comers meet, that format wasn’t being supported by paying customers,
sponsors, or television. This is not just about finding 10-minutes for 2
masters relays. Its also about broadening the meet’s appeal to a younger
audience and getting our 2004 event schedule down to 3 ½ hours of action,
energy, and entertainment. I know the Masters loved running at the
Garden. But the Millrose Games is not the proper venue to advance that
level of our sport. Thankfully, the NY Armory has a lengthy schedule of
indoor meets to serve that constituency.Skip Stolley, Vice
President, Running EventsPro Sports &
Entertainment, Inc. 10 East Yananoli Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Main: 805.884.9977 ext. 226 Fax:
805.884.1084 Skip@Prosportsinc.com
http://www.prosportsinc.com
I
happen to know that the new director is giving tickets away to schools in the
city and they are also selling tickets for 75% at the armory and at other
venues in order to fill up the garden. The meet director should know that the
master athlete and those who support master running are those who would support
the meet by paying full price for their tickets.
Membership News
We had a great turnout at last month’s meeting thanks to Mary Trotto’s special award presentations. All levels and abilities of runners were recognized for their efforts and for running for the BTC. One of the attributes of the club that I love is that every runner, whether slow or fast, has a place in our club.
This past year the LITF hosted its first tournament of Champions. This consisted of three designated races theat were scored on an age graded basis. Prize money was awarded to the tio 10 men and women on Long Island. Checking the results I saw some of our members names in the winners category. Congratulations to Joe Cordero (4th place), Jose Mendez (6th place), Betty Horstmann (2nd place), and Helma Clavin (9th place). We all know that they worked hard for that money.
Please welcome new members, Randy Salamone and Ben Skura.
ATHLETES FOR LIFE
If you missed the blood drive over the holidays due to illness, like myself, or if you are ready to donate again, God Bless you. Your opportunity will be on Sunday, March 14th at the Long Island Blood Services location at 905 Walt Whitman Rd (Rt 110) in Melville between the hours of 9am and 2:30pm. If you have any questions about donating, call Betty Horstmann at 472-9677 or Marge Smith at 234-7733.
Bohemia Track Club Calendar
Sunday Monday Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Sun, February 22 River Road Long Runs, Smithtown 7:30am
LIRRC 10M, Eisenhower Park 9:30am
LITF Awards Brunch, SUNY Stony Brook
10:30am
Sun, February 29 River Road Long Runs, Smithtown 7:30am
GLIRC 3x2M Trail Relay, Bethpage State Park
10:00am
LIRRC 10K, Eisenhower Park 9:30am
Sat, March 6 Little Cow
Harbor 4 Miler, Greenlawn 9:30am
Sun, March 7 River Road Long Runs, Smithtown 7:30am
Caumsett 50K Trail Run 10:00am
LIRRC 1/2 Marathon, Eisenhower Park 9:00am
Sat, March 13 Go For the
Green 5K, Smithtown 9:15am
Sun, March 14 River Road Long Runs, Smithtown 7:30am
Gary Mintz Pancake 5K, Brentwood 9:00am
LIRRC 4x2M Relay, Eisenhower Park 9:00am
March 17 St.
Patrick’s Day
BTC Meeting, Bohemia Rec. Center 8:00pm
Sun, March 21 River Road Long Runs,
Smithtown 7:30am
Kings Park 15K 9:15am
LIRRC 15K, Eisenhower Park 9:00am
Sat, March 27 Doug Wood
X/C 8K, Crab Meadow Beach, Northport
9:00am
For event information call
Steve O'Shaughnessy at 631-262-0058
Please
Note, the Thursday night BTC
Hill Training meeting at the St. James General Store is on hiatus until
Daylight Savings time in April.