BOHEMIA TRACK CLUB

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FEBRUARY 2005	VOLUME XXVIII No. 2

CLUB OFFICERS:	MAILING ADDRESS
Pres: Joe Cordero	BOHEMIA TRACK CLUB
1st VP: Mary Trotto	PO BOX 384
2nd VP: Susan Nesbihal	BOHEMIA, N. Y. 11716
Secretary: Art Foti
Treasurer: Michael Service	www.btc.org

NEXT MEETING – WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2005 @ 8 PM

BOHEMIA RECREATION CENTER, RUZICKA WAY, BOHEMIA

OUR OWN DR. MARY TROTTO WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE ON STRETCHING, STRENGTH AND NUTRITION - STARTING THE NEW YEAR OFF RIGHT!

REFRESHMENTS BY: PAT CARROLL

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AWARDS NIGHT JANUARY 19^th 2005:

Due to the poor driving conditions and bad weather, many BTC members did not make it to our Annual Awards Night. The list of award recipients is listed below and thank you to Jay Masten for supplying great refreshments for this meeting. Awards will be given out in our February meeting. Here are those BTC members honored in 2004:

Scoring for the BTC Open Men’s Team Awards:

Rudy Afanador, (Rudy received a few awards this year), Ken DeMulder, Joe Lazzaro, Frank Pellegrino, Randy Salamone.

Scoring for the BTC Masters Men’s Team Award: Tom Kenny, Marty Powers, Jay Satenstein, Charlie Vermaelen.

Scoring for the BTC Open and Masters Men’s Team Award: Larry Eastman, Richard Hollmann, Jay Masten, Dennis Michel.

Scoring for the BTC Masters and Senior Master Men’s Team Award: Blaine Lawson, Warren Steinert, Jose Mendez.

Scoring for ALL BTC Men’s Teams and receiving the “Spirit of the Team MVP award: Charlie Watts.

Scoring for the BTC Open and Masters Women’s team Award: Alex Gonzalez, Sue Kretzmer, Sofia Lesser

Scoring for the BTC Masters Women’s team Award: Judy Carroll, Pat Carroll, Joan Cook, Z Denis, Mary Fraker, Stella Michel, Marie Louise Michelsohn

Scoring for the BTC Senior Masters Women’s team Award: Alex Finger, Daisy Mendez.

Receiving MVP awards:

Tim Deleo: BTC Open Men’s Team

Frank Notarstefano: BTC Masters Men’s Team

Joan Ackerman: BTC Open Women’s Team

Sue Nesbihal Cordero: Latino Relays Women’s Master Team

Joan Cook: Ocean to Sound Senior Master’s Relay Team

Phoebe Anderson: Rob’s Cross Country Women Master’s Team

Best performance Awards went to:

Helma Clavin: for her performance (she had the fastest times) on the Senior Masters Team, Helma also scored for the Women’s Masters team

Joe Cordero: for his performance on the Senior Masters Team, Joe also scored for the Men’s Masters team.

Betty Horstmann: for her performance, running the fastest times of all the women masters, on the Women’s Masters Team. Betty also won the FASTEST LEG Award for the Ocean to Sound Relays.

Silas Murray: for his performance, running the fastest times of all men’s masters, on the Men’s Masters Team.

Dr. Mary Trotto: for her performance on the Women’s Open Team.

Very Special Awards went to the following BTC members: (These awards were donated by Jay Satenstein)

Marie Louise Michelsohn: BTC’s Best Track Athlete for 2004

Joe Cordero: BTC’s Steeplechase and Cross Country Athlete of the Year

Pat Delaney: BTC’s Team Spirit Award

Silas Murray; BTC’s Long Distance Runner of the Year

Mike Service; BTC’s “Come Back Kid” Award

Charlie Watts: BTC’s Most Versatile Runner

The ‘Winged Foot” Award went to: Rudy Afanador and Helma Clavin Ultra Runners of the Year.

The Most Improved runner of the Year Awards went to: Sue Kretzmer and Jay Masten

Once again Congratulation to all the BTC members who received awards for their running in 2004!

In addition to these individual awards there was recognition of BTC’s placement in the Grand Prix:

The Team Placement:

1^st place women’s & 2^nd place men’s Senior masters

3^rd place men’s masters

4^th place women’s masters

6^th place women’s and men’s open

It was noted at the meeting that this was the first year the men did better than the women in the master’s division. So there was a call to the women masters to get back the crown in 2005!

The individual placement:

LITF Grand Prix 2004 final standings:

Women Men

1^st Helma Clavin 1^st Joe Cordero

2^nd Alex Finger 2^nd Jose Mendez

2^nd Betty Horstmann 3^rd Charlie Watts

4^th Joan Ackerman 3^rd Silas Murray

5^th Daisy Mendez 4^th Larry Eastman

7^th Pat Delaney 4^th Michael Service

8^th Pat Carroll 5^th Tim DeLeo

8^th Dr. Mary Trotto 5^th Frank Notarstefano

10^th ‘Z’ Denis 5^th Dennis Michel

11^th Joan Cook 9^th Warren Steinert

12^th Alex Gonzalez

The performance for all BTC members who ran marathons this year was also reported. Note the first place finish among all club members of the fast and speedy Rudy Afanador. A reminder to members that the club does have a travel fund for Rudy to help defray the costs of traveling to some of the ultra events and also cover the support crew. Anyone wanting to donate to the fund can give a check to Mike Service, our treasurer.

STEAMTOWN MARATHON LONG ISLAND MARATHON

Rudy Afanador 3^rd 2:43:35 Rudy Afanador 1^st 2:54:39

Helma Clavin 1^st 4:02:48 Rene Marcucci 5^th 3:04:21

Pat Delaney 1^st 4:54:17 Tim DeLeo 1^st 3:11:01

Tim DeLeo 2:59:40 Jay Masten 3:21:04

John Greene 3:16:15 John Greene 3:21:22

Mary Fraker 4:03:12 Randy Salamone 3:29:41

Pat Carroll 4:08:50 Charlie Watts 1^st 4:16:46

‘Z’ Denis 4:21:33

Alex Gonzalez 5:15:28

BOSTON MARATHON 2004 NYC

Rudy Afanador 2:34:26 Rudy Afanador 7^th 2:50:19

Rene Marcucci 3:12:07 Pat Carroll 4:43:46

John Green 3:24:08 Mary Fraker 4:46:19

Tim DeLeo 3:44:00 ‘Z’ Denis 4:46:17

Ben Skura 3:49:00 Sofia Lesser 5:52:40

Jay Masten 5:07:00 Alex Gonzalez 6:01:29

Pat Delaney 5:44:44

In addition to the marathons listed, there was a sign-up sheet for BTC members to list other marathons they had run last year. The list is: Tim DeLeo ran Disney in 3:38, but that was 2005 Disney last week; Randy Salamone ran Philly in 3:20; Ben Skura ran Yonkers in 3:59.

Finally at the Awards Meeting, we recognized those who ran the ultra circuit this year:

6-Hour Birthday Run Caumset 50K

1^st Rudy Afanador 46.99 miles 1^st Rudy Afanador 3:35:33

6^th Frank Pelligrino 36.42 miles 3^rd Tim LeLeo 3:55:24

7^th Jay Satenstein 36.03 miles 6^th Jay Masten 4:10:59

10^th Jay Masten 34.65 miles 9^th Frank Pelligrino 4:18:18

NY Ultra Running Grand Prix Standings:

OVERALL/AGE PLACE NAME

2/1st Rudy Afanador

3/1st Helma Clavin

6/4th Frank Pelligrino

12/8th Jay Masten

12/3rd Pat Delaney

20/4th Tim Deleo

That was the presentation made at our last meeting. At the upcoming meeting, the awards will be on display again and available for pick up.

Now, it is time to start thinking about the new season. I know how difficult that is when the bitter cold and snow keeps you indoors. The grand prix will begin in March with the Little Cow Harbor race. This year there is going to be some major changes in the grand prix. For one thing, the major sponsor VYTRA has bailed out and at the last minute. So LITF is left without a sponsor for 2005. It is a great series and certainly with all the races from Nassau to Eastern Suffolk it would give great exposure to a company or business. The problem is to find a company or business willing to support long distance running and the concept of the grand prix and give the money to LITF. If you know someone who might fit that description, please let me know. LITF has a complete sponsorship package that has been developed. LITF is a not for profit organization and as such has the correct IRS code for donations.

Whether there is a sponsor or not, LITF is committed to keeping the team prize money in tact. Our BTC team did well this past year, but we could do better. There were times that we had 12 men scoring for the masters team and no men scoring for the open in the same race. That is just poor planning. We need 5 men to score for the Open or Masters Team. There are only four women needed for the women’s Open and Masters. If more than five master men (over the age of 40) show up for a race, the five fastest men can run for the masters and the rest can be stepped down to the open category. Who the five fastest men are at any given race needs to be determined. Sometimes a guy will come to a race but he has just gotten over the flu or an injury and does not want to run all out. Fine, that person would be stepped down to the open division. There is also the senior division which is runners over age 60. Senior men who are fast like Joe, Jose, Mike, Warren and Charlie can often step down and score for the open team or the masters team as needed. All that needs to be done is a little organization. For the races I attend, which would be most of the races in the spring and the fall, I need to know who is at the race so I can figure who will run on which team. Last year I dropped out of the Mustang race because I was not feeling well and the only other woman from the club that I saw was Helma. Since we did not have a team, I bailed after the first mile. Had I known that there were other women BTC runners in the race, I would have jogged the race and we would have at least scored a team place.

Since everyone has to pick up his/her running number anyway, all I am asking is that you come over to the LITF table and tell me that you are running the race. For those races when I am not around-from May through August, I have asked for someone to help out. Sue Nesbihal Cordero has done it in the past. Sue could use some help, since she has trouble seeing, she might not see you as you enter the registration area. If I could get two other people to help out with the setting of the teams, one to help me in the spring and fall and one to help sue in the summer, then we should do well at the races. It would be nice if the two other people are from the men’s team. Often the men will be warming up and see other men from the club also warming up and that is helpful. At the Kings Park race, Sue and I will both be away for the USATF Nationals, someone is needed to organize the teams. Another helpful way to get the teams organized is for the members just to call the day before the race and say I am running tomorrow and lever your name and age. Most people should know by the day before a race whether they are going to run. When you call; 979-8445 you can also mention if you plan to run hard or just do the race for fun. Again that helps to determine what team you are on. Thanks in advance for your cooperation. Please plan to run at least 2 races for BTC this year. If everyone did that, we’d have full rosters.

JANUARY RACE RESULTS

Las Vegas Marathon January 30, 2005

Helma Clavin 61 4/18 4:39:44 Pat Delaney 1/1 5:18:36

Las Vegas Half Marathon January 30, 2005

Evelyn Torres 262/270 3:46:29 Marge Smith 16/20 3:47:01

Winter Series at Sunken Meadow January 30, 2005

J. Oliveras 53 15/41 24:34 7:55

Winter Series at Hecksher Park January 16, 2005

W. Steinert 60 1/13 22:18 7:11 C. Watts 66 2/11 24:08 7:46

E. Krummenacker 47 25/76 24:37 7:56 E. Gavin 56 1/4 25:27 8:12

Long Island Blood Service Blood Drive

I know I keep asking you for blood but I get very little response. Maybe now is the time in your life when you will consider a donation. Long Island has a critical need for blood donations. The “Second Chance” Athletes for Life Blood Drive is planned for Sunday, March 20, 200t. The information is as follows:

Date: Sunday, March 20, 2005

Time: 9:00 am to 2:30 pm

Location: Long Island Blood Services, 905 Broadhollow Road (Rte 110 - just north of Northern State Parkway)

Questions: Phone: (516) 933-9860

Directions to Melville Center - Southern State Parkway to exit 32N. Travel north on Rte 110 for approximately 4 miles. The Blood Center is just past Northern State Parkway, in a small strip mall on the left-hand side.

LIE eastbound to Exit 49N. Take Rte 110 north. Proceed approximately 11/2 miles north on Rte 110. The building is just past the Northern State Parkway in a small strip mall on the left-hand side.

LIE westbound to Exit 49N. At first traffic light make a right onto Pinelawn Rd. Proceed to Rte 110, take a right and continue as above.

Northern State Parkway to Exit 40N, Rte 100. Get to the left and make a partial U turn at the first light into the parking lot. The Blood Center is in a small strip mall.

The Bohemia Center WILL NOT be open that day!