2000 Roxbury Run #40 2.4M

Roxbury, CT, December 2, 2000

Results courtesy of Ed Sandifer's Roxbury Running Page.

Sandifer, Cole win Finale

In a stunning thriller to end the season, Alyssa Cole came back for the final two races to grab the season championship from Nora Hulton by just two points. In the last race, she edged the indomitable Peg Molina by just nine seconds, and tough Larry Jennings by 31. She needed both of those points to win the season championship. It was only the third time this season that Peg had been beaten, and Alyssa had never beaten her before.

The surprise caused some confusion among the officials, who had been certain that Nora would win the season championship when she had better than a 60 point lead with only three races remaining. She missed the last three races, though, and Alyssa, her fall high school season over, returned with a vengeance. The officials had already put Nora's name on the Champion's Plaque, and the error was only noticed when Web Guy went home to do the official results. Sometimes, there's something to be said for recounts in narrow races.

The two point margin is the narrowest winning margin since Dave Harvey beat Ed Sandifer by the same margin in 1988. That season went down to the last yards of the last race, Sandifer and Harvey going head to head, finishing first and second in the 1.85 mile race, Harvey winning with the three point bonus awarded at the time for setting a course record.

The men's race was exciting, too, though pales in comparison to the drama of the women's race. Ted Dietter led for the first half mile, until being joined by the Old Fossil, Ed Sandifer, as they turned onto South Street. Sandifer hung like a leach, letting Dietter block the wind through the mile mark, before attempting a move just before the hill. Dietter held tough most of the way up the hill, but Sandifer broke away at the crest of the hill, with just under a mile to go, and crawled away to a 21 second win, his 16th of the season.

The Roxbury Races are now listed on the Internet both on CoolRunning.com and on HiTekRacing.com.

This week's Roxbury results

1	14.49	Ed Sandifer	6.10	min per mile
2	15.10	Ted Dietter	6.19	min per mile
3	15.56	Charles Greystone	6.38	min per mile
4	16.16	Mark Chantry	6.47	min per mile
5	16.17	Alyssa Cole	6.47	min per mile
6	16.26	Peg Molina	6.51	min per mile
7	16.49	Larry Jennings	7.00	min per mile
8	17.00	John Murphy Jr	7.05	min per mile
9	17.08	Scott Benjamin	7.08	min per mile
10	17.15	Chris Childs	7.11	min per mile
11	17.33	Lynn Zuback	7.19	min per mile
12	17.38	Wayne Blackman	7.21	min per mile
13	18.00	Chris Powderly	7.30	min per mile
14	18.19	Harry Ong	7.38	min per mile
15	18.34	Kimberly Thompson	7.44	min per mile
16	18.55	Bob Lewis	7.53	min per mile
17	19.14	Al Mletzko	8.01	min per mile
18	19.31	Doug Doerwald	8.08	min per mile
19	19.48	Mo Van Moffaert	8.15	min per mile
20	20.02	Ed Keplinger	8.21	min per mile
21	20.07	Bob Satterlee	8.23	min per mile
22	20.16	Wendy Carlson	8.27	min per mile
23	20.37	Gisella Boelhower	8.35	min per mile
24	20.42	Katie Neils	8.38	min per mile
25	20.56	Terry Lyons	8.43	min per mile
26	21.25	Carolyn Abrams Dyer	8.55	min per mile
27	21.30	Sharon Gawe	8.58	min per mile
28	21.30	Shiloh	8.58	min per mile
29	24.08	Corinne Bellemare	10.03	min per mile
30	37.25	Ken Neils	15.35	min per mile
31	38.45	April Neils	16.09	min per mile

Season Awards

Points			Most Improved	Carl Hunt
Men			Rookie of the Year	Katie Neils
1	Ed Sandifer	1090	Service Award	Bob Lewis
2	Scott Benjamin	954	Bob Lewis Achievement
Women			Award	Carl Myhill
1	Alyssa Cole	548
2	Nora Hulton	546

Last modified: December 7, 2000