Michael Collins "Race For Freedom" 2.6 & 5.2 Milers

Cambridge, MA, August 22, 2002

Results

Hosted by the Somerville Striders Athletic Club

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:>)

2.6 Miler

 
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

5.2 Miler

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 

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