Lone Gull 10K, September 15, 2013

Running along and around the Gloucester coast is just a joy.  The Lone Gull 10K starts atop that sucker hill on Nautilus Ave. that begins the Backshore Race, and it’s a treat to know it’s already behind you when you start.  And that you’re running down it to the finish once you scale its backside on the return.  On a cool day, great for running, many, many folks toed the line and gave this USATF race their best effort.  Everyone knew it would draw an elite field, and it certainly did.  The finishing times were crazy – sub 5’s for the men, 5:38’s for the women!  All the age categories were won with outstanding times.  But Striders still made a great showing.  We were able to assemble a number of teams, too, and two won gold.  There were some medals for some stellar individual performance, too.   Here’s Mike’s compilation of the stats:

MENS OPEN

14. NORTH SHORE STRIDERS

46:14   46:38   52:01   52:34   54:45 (  55:31) (1:05:42) (1:49:05)= 4:12:12

Sean A Kay 38, Lanse Stover 60, Tom McMahon 62, Giuseppe Giannone 72,

George Geis 72, Michael Pelletier 71, Armand Claveau 70, Kevin Counihan 52

 

MENS MASTER

10.  NORTH SHORE STRIDERS

46:38   52:01   52:34   54:45   55:31 (1:05:42) (1:49:05) = 4:21:29

Lanse Stover 60, Tom McMahon 62, Giuseppe Giannone 72, George Geis 72,

Michael Pelletier 71, Armand Claveau 70, Kevin Counihan 52

 

MENS SENIOR

7.  NORTH SHORE STRIDERS

46:38   52:01   52:34   54:45   55:31 (1:05:42) (1:49:05) = 4:21:29

Lanse Stover 60, Tom McMahon 62, Giuseppe Giannone 72, George Geis 72,

Michael Pelletier 71, Armand Claveau 70, Kevin Counihan 52

 

MENS VETERAN

5.  NORTH SHORE STRIDERS

46:38   52:01   52:34 (  54:45) (  55:31) (1:05:42) = 2:31:13

Lanse Stover 60, Tom McMahon 62, Giuseppe Giannone 72, George Geis 72,

Michael Pelletier 71, Armand Claveau 70

 

MENS SUPER VETERAN

1.  NORTH SHORE STRIDERS              

52:34   54:45   55:31  (1:05:42) = 2:42:50

Giuseppe Giannone 72, George Geis 72, Michael Pelletier 71, Armand Claveau 70

 

WOMENS VETERAN

1.      NORTH SHORE STRIDERS              

50:08   55:32 1:05:48 = 2:51:28

Linda Fitzpatrick 62, Linda Desjardins 65, Anita Robboy 67

 

WOMENS SENIOR (5th of 8)

5.  NORTH SHORE STRIDERS

50:08   55:32   55:58 (  56:50) (  57:19) (1:05:48) = 2:41:38

Linda Fitzpatrick 62, Linda Desjardins 65, Mariellen Hayward 56, Denise Young 53, Marisol Ficaro 51, Anita Robboy 67

 

WOMENS MASTER (8th of 10)

8.  NORTH SHORE STRIDERS

48:10   50:08   55:32 (  55:58) (  56:50) (  57:01) (  57:19)= 2:33:50

Susan Quimby 40, Linda Fitzpatrick 62, Linda Desjardins 65, Mariellen Hayward 56, Denise Young 53, Eunice Panetta 47, Marisol Ficaro 51

 

WOMENS OPEN (11th of 12)

11.  NORTH SHORE STRIDERS

48:10   48:45   50:08   55:32   55:58 (  56:50) (  57:01) (  57:19)= 4:18:33

Susan Quimby 40, Rachel Stafford 37, Linda Fitzpatrick 62, Linda Desjardins 65, Mariellen Hayward 56, Denise Young 53, Eunice Panetta 47, Marisol Ficaro 51

 

Individual Outstanding Performances:

3rd M1-19    Sean M Kay      Age:11    Melrose, MA            46:14

4th W40      Linda Fitzpatrick   62    Georgetown, MA         50:08

3rd M70+     Giuseppe Giannone   72    N.Reading, MA          52:34

 

Jennifer O’Neil should have been included in the team scoring. I have appealed to USATF/NE to fix this omission.

 

449  914 Jennifer O’Neil     51 F  20/97   F5059 Beverly           MA NORTH SHORE STRIDERS                  50:30  8:08   50:44  8:10

 

541   18 Lee Benton          52 F 33/97   F5059 Beverly           MA    NORTH SHORE STRIDERS                  53:02  8:32   53:41  8:39

 

718  692 Rosa Kyes           42 F  91/157  F4049 Salem             MA    NORTH SHORE STRIDERS                  58:36  9:26   58:47  9:28

 

845   10 Maureen Kelly       48 F 106/157 F4049 Peabody    MA  NORTH SHORE STRIDERS                1:02:41 10:06 1:02:59 10:09

 

Striders will dominate the volunteer ranks on Sunday 29 for another USATF race – OURS!  We’ll join forces to see that the Nahant 30K maintains its reputation as a well-organized, well-run, well-supported race.  See you there.