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2001 Roxbury Race #27 - 6.4M
Roxbury, CT, September 1, 2001
Results courtesy of Ed Sandifer's Roxbury Running Page.
Merrick Ends Dave's 2-year Win Streak
Dave Harvey hadn't been beat at
Roxbury for two years. 
True, he hadn't raced all that
often, but he certainly hadn't avoided the competition. He beat strong
runners, Chris Brigham, Dave Dunleavy, Kevin Harrington, and everybody else who
happened to show up the weeks he decided to run. He even beat
Ken Merrick once.
This week's race, though, was one of the most
exciting head-to-head-to-head confrontations we've had for years. Five
people were together at the mile. A quarter of a mile later, that thinned
to three, Dangerous Ken Merrick, the Old Fossil Ed Sandifer, and Dave
Harvey. From there to the six mile mark, it was just back and forth.
A couple of times, it looked like Dangerous Ken was going to get away off the
front. Other times, it looked like he was going to drop off the
back. Other times, it was Dave or Fossil Ed looking good or bad. All
the way up the long hill, it was Dave and Ed, shoulder to shoulder, with Ken
looking like a rag about five yards back.
They turned the last corner together with
half a mile to go. With about a quarter of a mile left, Dangerous Ken
turned on the heat. Ken's young legs prevailed. He began a kick, and
Dave tried to go with him. He went along for about 30 yards, but his legs,
fragile from a series of hamstring and quadriceps injuries, warned him to
slow down. Ed threw his best kick of the season to claim the consolation
prize, seven seconds behind Ken and just two seconds ahead of
Dave.
Pam Quist won for the women for the second week in
a row. This was a rare week when she and Peg Molina both ran. So often we
see only one or the other. People who had never seen them together saw
that, indeed, they aren't really the same person. One looks more like
Princess Diana, and the other rather like Glen Close.
In other rivalries,
Gaylordsville teacher JT Schemm finally nabbed Keyless boB Derringer. This
week, he had a 30 second gap at the two mile mark and held on to vanquish his
rival by 23 seconds. One of our pictures today is JT smiling, stroking
what may eventually become a beard, as Keyless boB finishes in the
background.
Our other pictures show Dave Harvey in his sunglasses, preparing
to cope with his defeat, and a picture from July, Dangerous Ken Merrick giving a
stick to Chris "Critter" Powderly at the finish of the Summer Championship
race.
The Roxbury Races are
now listed on the Internet both on CoolRunning.com and on HiTekRacing.com.
This week's Roxbury
results 
| 1 |
40.03 |
Ken Merrick |
32 |
( |
6.15 |
min per mile) |
| 2 |
40.10 |
Ed Sandifer |
49 |
( |
6.17 |
min per mile) |
| 3 |
40.12 |
Dave Harvey |
37 |
( |
6.17 |
min per mile) |
| 4 |
43.21 |
JT Schemm |
25 |
( |
6.46 |
min per mile) |
| 5 |
43.44 |
Bob Derringer |
39 |
( |
6.50 |
min per mile) |
| 6 |
45.37 |
Andrew Levy |
50 |
( |
7.08 |
min per mile) |
| 7 |
45.55 |
Paul Drost |
39 |
( |
7.10 |
min per mile) |
| 8 |
46.15 |
Jeff Tindell |
51 |
( |
7.14 |
min per mile) |
| 9 |
46.22 |
Pam Quist |
37 |
( |
7.15 |
min per mile) |
| 10 |
47.10 |
Roger Liberman |
41 |
( |
7.22 |
min per mile) |
| 11 |
47.22 |
Paul Teixeira |
42 |
( |
7.24 |
min per mile) |
| 12 |
47.44 |
Peg Molina |
43 |
( |
7.28 |
min per mile) |
| 13 |
48.35 |
Ross Levy |
50 |
( |
7.35 |
min per mile) |
| 14 |
50.46 |
Chris Childs |
42 |
( |
7.56 |
min per mile) |
| 15 |
52.26 |
Bob Lewis |
36 |
( |
8.12 |
min per mile) |
| 16 |
52.54 |
Scott Benjamin |
43 |
( |
8.16 |
min per mile) |
| 17 |
53.28 |
Gregg Scribner |
29 |
( |
8.21 |
min per mile) |
| 18 |
55.05 |
Chris Powderly |
49 |
( |
8.36 |
min per mile) |
| 19 |
56.00 |
Sharon Gawe |
48 |
( |
8.45 |
min per mile) |
| 20 |
56.00 |
Tom McNulty |
35 |
( |
8.45 |
min per mile) |
| 21 |
56.16 |
Gisela
Boelhouwer |
36 |
( |
8.48 |
min per mile) |
| 22 |
56.52 |
Bob Satterlee |
52 |
( |
8.53 |
min per mile) |
| 23 |
56.57 |
Carl Hunt |
49 |
( |
8.54 |
min per mile) |
| 24 |
58.31 |
Mo Van Moffaert |
41 |
( |
9.09 |
min per mile) |
| 25 |
61.25 |
Janet Levy |
47 |
( |
9.36 |
min per mile) |
| 26 |
62.43 |
Betsy Daniels |
40 |
( |
9.48 |
min per mile) |
| 27 |
63.20 |
DeAnne Wyant |
38 |
( |
9.54 |
min per mile) |
| 28 |
68.45 |
Ron Karl |
60 |
( |
10.45 |
min per mile) |
|
|
Alt 4.3 mile |
|
|
|
|
| 29 |
33.55 |
Harry Ong |
61 |
( |
7.53 |
min per mile) |
|
|
Alt 3.55 mile |
|
|
|
|
| 30 |
34.22 |
Al Mletzko |
55 |
( |
9.41 |
min per mile) |
| 31 |
34.27 |
Charlie Euston |
57 |
( |
9.42 |
min per mile) |
| 32 |
35.49 |
Kyle Gancher |
34 |
( |
10.05 |
min per mile) |
| 33 |
37.42 |
Corinne
Bellemare |
42 |
( |
10.37 |
min per mile) |
|
|
Alt 2.4 mile |
|
|
|
|
| 34 |
20.57 |
Katie Neils |
9 |
( |
8.44 |
min per mile) |
| 35 |
29.47 |
Carol Osinski |
|
( |
12.25 |
min per mile) |
| 36 |
40.09 |
April Neils |
48 |
( |
16.44 |
min per mile) |
| 37 |
43.20 |
Liliana Neils |
4 |
( |
18.03 |
min per mile) |
| 38 |
44.59 |
Ken Neils |
|
( |
18.45 |
min per mile) |
Last modified:
September 1, 2001
