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A load of micks in-house tonight...a few real lives ones, many 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation types, a couple of wanna bees, one who met Mick Collins #1 nemesis Eamon de Valera in Dublin and even a German-American who just rubbed up against the Irish-American race director post race for a few fleeting seconds and then ran off...the RD's not a rabbitts foot so no special luck came from it..however the RD has been known to pull a rabbit or two out of his race directors cap from time to time..
The men's returnin' champeen from 2001, Finbar Kirwan of Cork joined us again in 2002 with his lovely wife Annabelle...but he forgot to rub up against the RD for luck before the race and this year he took home the 2nd prize in the 2.6 miler behind a speedy Italian-American from Chicago, Illinois named Mike Ciccarelli...the Irish and the Italians have always loved one another...so there was a some post race back slapping between the two...and perhaps Mike will come back next week and give Finbar a rematch at the Harpoon Brewery Charles River Ramble Reggae Run...all the Somerville $$$ action is on Finbar--
A special guest was in-house tonight, visually impaired runner Joe Quintanilla of the Massachusetts Association for the Blind..Joe ran with a guide tonight and then spent the evening rallying the evening attendees about his upcoming road race on the Charles River..the Oct. 5th-Team with a Vision 5Km..a 2002 can't miss event!!
So many stories to tell from the Naked City tonight but I will leave you with the above..see ya next week--our last one of the 2002 summer season:>)
The Lads: 1. Mike Ciccarelli Chicago, Ill 13:36 2. Finbar Kirwan GBTC Cork, Eire 13:41 3. Anders Petersen Jamaica, Plain, MA 14:29 4. Andy Milne CSU Medford, MA 14:42 5. Matt Corcoran SSAC Weymouth, MA 16:13 6. Jim Dolan SRC Lynnfield, MA 16:28 7. Brendan McWilliams KK Kilkenny, Eire 16:55 8. Jim Murphy GSH Somerville, MA 17:02 9. Ken McWilliams KK Kilkenny, Eire 17:05 10. Ben Keritones BBN Newton, MA 18:02 11. Dan Hart HFC Clontikilty, Eire 18:07 12. Jeremy Selwyn Cambridge, MA 18:13 13. Freddie Kirk SSAC Woburn, MA 18:29 14. David Brighouse SSAC Cambridge, MA 18:43 15. Michael Adams Waltham, MA 18:57 16. Eoin McWilliams KK Kilkenny, Eire 19:32 17. Jimmy Whittemore SSAC Leominster, MA 19:34 18. Stephen Koehler Cambridge, MA 20:01 19. Paul Watson Cambridge, MA 20:37 20. Larry Driscoll USACFRF Newton, MA 21:27 21. Eddie Polk Springfield, MA 21:37 22. Paul Shannon Stoneham, MA 23:14 23. Joe Quintanilla TWAV Chelsea, MA 23:21 24. Brian Poli SSAC Lynn, MA 23:29 25. Freddie Bollen SSAC Swampscott, MA 23:51 26. Jim Sweeney SRR Boston, MA 25:24 27. Jack Curtin NMC Cambridge, MA 26:21 The Lasses: 1. Nicole Brighouse SSAC Cambridge, MA 18:21 2. Anna Hackett Jamaica Plain, MA 19:02 3. Michelle McAndrews SSAC Nashua, NH 19:42 4. Sue Driscoll SSAC Newton, MA 21:26 5. Karyn Corcoran SSAC Weymouth, MA 21:29 6. Bettina Dembek Cambridge, MA 22:06 7. Karen Lachmayr Cambridge, MA 22:15 8. Blythe Davis Medford, MA 22:53 9. Daphy Corder Medford, MA 23:07 10. Laura Hunt SSAC Brookline, MA 23:22 11. Maria Gonzales Boston, MA 25:22
The Lads: 1. Patrick Donovan BPRC Wakefield, R.I. 39:17 2. David Morse Cambridge, MA 43:01 The Lasses: 1. Christine Sanleisanio Marblehead, MA 48:31 2. Lauren Flannery Boston, MA 48:32 BPRC= Back of the Pack Running Club-Rhode Island SSAC= Somerville Striders Athletic Club KK=Kilkenny Kats CSU= Cambridge Sports Union USACFRF=USA Clydesdale & Filly Racing Federation NMC=North Medford Club SRR=Somerville Road Runners GBTC=Greater Boston Track Club TWAV=Team with a VIsion GSH=Greater Springfield Harriers BBN=Brown, Buckingham & Nichols HFC=Hurtin' Fer Certain RC "Promoting Sports & A Good Time in Somerville and around the World since 1992"