2000 Roxbury Run #37 4.3M

Roxbury, CT, November 11, 2000

Results courtesy of Ed Sandifer's Roxbury Running Page.

Dinosaurs Duel

Ed Sandifer, 48, and Tony Benivegna, 52, had a titanic Duel of the Dinosaurs in this week's 4.3 mile Roxbury Road Race. It's hard to know which one to call an Old Fossil. Tony, in only his third Roxbury Road Race, has already figured out what it takes to beat Ed. You have to go out fast enough, either to get a big lead, or to take away his legs so he can't use his characteristic strong last mile.

The duo followed fast starting Kirkland Requejo for the first mile, until they were joined by Mark Chantry at the mile mark. Half a mile later, though, Chantry and Requejo had dropped back, and it was head to head, Benivegna against Sandifer. They were back and forth, about even on the flat spots, Tony a little stronger on the down hills, and Sandifer a little stronger going up.

Eventually, the nature of the course, two miles down, then two miles up, played to Sandifer's strength, and he pulled away with about 3/4 mile to go, for a 16 second win. It is interesting to note that, on the same course in the opposite direction, just two weeks ago (follow the link to see the results), Sandifer prevailed by 31 seconds. Benivegna has cut that gap in half. Watch for this rivalry to heat up.

Meanwhile, Lynn Zuback nabbed her first ever Roxbury win by besting Mo van Moffaert by almost four minutes.

There were lots of people in the alternate races this week, in part because many of them were saving their legs for Sunday's Ocean State Marathon. Best wishes for all.

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

This week's Roxbury results

1	26.21	Ed Sandifer	6.08	min per mile
2	26.37	Tony Benivegna	6.11	min per mile
3	28.24	Don Smith	6.36	min per mile
4	29.05	Mike Matthews	6.46	min per mile
5	30.22	Kirkland Requejo	7.04	min per mile
6	30.23	Mark Chantry	7.04	min per mile
7	32.03	John Murphy Jr	7.27	min per mile
8	33.49	Lynn Zuback	7.52	min per mile
9	34.00	Bob Lewis	7.54	min per mile
10	34.30	Wayne Blackman	8.01	min per mile
11	36.04	Chris Powderly	8.23	min per mile
12	36.16	Walter Schuttler	8.26	min per mile
13	36.28	Carl Hunt	8.29	min per mile
14	37.24	Mo Van Moffaert	8.42	min per mile
15	37.39	Katie Neils	8.45	min per mile
16	38.53	Terry Lyons	9.03	min per mile
17	38.54	Sharon Gawe	9.03	min per mile
17	38.54	Shiloh Gawe	9.03	min per mile
		alternate 2.4
1	19.59	Scott Benjamin	4.39	min per mile
2	38.00	April Neils	8.50	min per mile
		alternate 1.23
1	20.50	Harry Ong	4.51	min per mile
2	20.58	Al Mletzko	4.53	min per mile
		alternate 0.82
1	14.13	Corinne Bellemare	3.18	min per mile