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NORWALK SUMMER SERIES HALF-MARATHON
NORWALK, CT SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 1997
RIVERA AND CHRISTOFF WIN SUMMER SERIES HALF-MARATHON
Fox Run School was the setting for the final race in the Summer Series,
the Half-Marathon. Esteban Rivera was the winner with a time of 1:14:18.
Jim Mas took second place, with a time of 1:18:53. Thomas Jones followed
in third place, with a time of 1:20:40. Sherry Christoff was the first
place woman, with a time of 1:23:00--finishing eighth overall. Susan Gold
was second with a time of 1:28:29, breaking the old course record for the
women's 40-49 age division by more than three minutes. Sharon vos captured
third with a time of 1:29:24.
Wen-Shi Yu, who already holds the female 50-59 record, set a course
record for the 60-69 age category, with a time of 1:58:30. A high total
of 151 runners finished the race on a nice sunny day. Comments about the
temperature being uncomfortable were heard.
Also see Buchanan Takes 7th Title in
8 Years, Hickey Wins First Series
MEN WOMAN
Time Time
OVERALL Rivera, Esteban 1:14:18 Christoff, Sherry 1:23:00
15 - 19 1st Colon, Hildanies 1:46:11
2nd Lowder, Wendy 2:03:12
3rd
4th
5th
20 -29 1st Goldberg, Noah 1:30:59 Bruce, Anne 1:38:09
2nd Fidler, Brian 1:36:01 Alger, Meghan 1:39:15
3rd Smith, Ben 1:46:37 Kissane, Jennifer 1:41:10
4th Wrenn, Drew 1:46:45 Carey, Lisa 1:41:27
5th Chen, Andrew 2:09:14 Cronce, Heather 1:43:36
30 - 39 1st Mas, Jim 1:18:53 Goulet, Michelle 1:34:30
2nd Jones, Thomas 1:20:40 Woods, Lisa 1:38:36
3rd Udiskey, Frank 1:20:56 Vasta, Nancy 1:41:50
4th Olivera, Norberto 1:21:16 Morgan, Karen 1:43:09
5th O'Connor, Dan 1:21:49 Ingram, Felicia 1:43:33
40 - 49 1st Karl, Eric 1:22:15 Gold, Susan 1:28:59
2nd Wertsching, John 1:25:07 Vos, Sharon 1:29:24
3rd Inghilterra, Robert 1:30:26 O'Kane, Marcia 1:45:42
4th Nager, Arthur 1:31:26 Zuckerman, Susan 1:46:29
5th Rousseau, Jeffrey 1:32:14 Johnson, Carol 1:53:48
50 - 59 1st Johnson, Bob 1:28:56 Richardson, Marilyn 1:45:51
2nd Dillon, Edward 1:32:12 Berkeley, Ilse 2:01:04
3rd Oda, Kaz 1:33:48 Melfi, Sunny 2:20:49
4th Kalkut, Paul 1:40:21
5th McLaughlin, Bill 1:41:16
60 - 69 1st Knust, Achim 1:37:10 Yu, Wen-Shi 1:58:30
2nd Riccio, Joe 1:46:58
3rd Montero, Arturo 1:54:31
4th Nordvall, Laurence 2:03:42
5th Handelman, Joe 2:06:02
70 - 79 1st Tom Troy 2:38:11
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Wheelchair Huminski, John 2:44:33
Place Time Sex Name
1 1:14:18 M-29 Rivera, Esteban
2 1:18:53 M-39 Mas, Jim
3 1:20:40 M-33 Jones, Thomas
4 1:20:56 M-38 Udiskey, Frank
5 1:21:16 M-34 Olivera, Norberto
6 1:21:49 M-33 O'Connor, Dan
7 1:22:15 M-40 Karl, Eric
8 1:23:00 F-36 Christoff, Sherry
9 1:24:48 M-39 Ledwick, Tim
10 1:25:00 M-30 Rorick, Mike
11 1:25:07 M-38 Vasta, Don
12 1:25:07 M-45 Wertsching, John
13 1:27:10 M-33 Ukai, Mineo
14 1:27:18 M-33 Ross, John
15 1:27:22 M-32 Falberg, Jeff
16 1:28:56 M-52 Johnson, Bob
17 1:28:59 F-42 Gold, Susan
18 1:29:24 F-42 Vos, Sharon
19 1:30:26 M-40 Inghilterra, Robert
20 1:30:59 M-22 Goldberg, Noah
21 1:31:03 M-39 Lahart, Bill
22 1:31:16 M-36 Regan, Michael
23 1:31:24 M-38 Lahart, Bob
24 1:31:26 M-48 Nager, Arthur
25 1:32:12 M-50 Dillon, Edward
26 1:32:14 M-48 Rousseau, Jeffrey
27 1:32:33 M-47 Widomski, John
28 1:33:48 M-54 Oda, Kaz
29 1:34:17 M-46 Riley, Feaster
30 1:34:17 M-38 Bolinksy, Mark
31 1:34:30 F-37 Goulet, Michelle
32 1:35:28 M-36 Rush, Stephen
33 1:36:01 M-26 Fidler, Brian
34 1:36:10 M-47 Ohlson, Eric
35 1:36:24 M-39 Carella, Joe
36 1:36:57 M-31 Stevens, Michael
37 1:37:10 M-60 Knust, Achim
38 1:38:04 M-47 Fishel, Ed
39 1:38:09 F-23 Bruce, Anne
40 1:38:36 F-34 Woods, Lisa
41 1:39:12 M-34 Sweat, John
42 1:39:15 F-24 Alger, Meghan
43 1:39:48 M-42 Boyle, Joseph
44 1:40:08 M-31 Livingstone, Steve
45 1:40:21 M-54 Kalkut, Paul
46 1:40:29 M-48 Capone, Don
47 1:41:00 M-30 Rist, Michael
48 1:41:03 M-34 Goulet, Eric
49 1:41:10 F-28 Kissane, Jennifer
50 1:41:16 M-59 McLaughlin, Bill
51 1:41:27 F-28 Carey, Lisa
52 1:41:28 M-37 Tobin, Stu
53 1:41:45 M-54 Couzelis, Paul
54 1:41:50 F-39 Vasta, Nancy
55 1:42:25 M-41 Bland, Walter
56 1:42:46 M-51 DeWitt, Anthony
57 1:42:55 M-37 Kress, Bob
58 1:43:09 F-37 Morgan, Karen
59 1:43:33 F-36 Ingram, Felicia
60 1:43:36 F-24 Cronce, Heather
61 1:43:50 M-56 Fogarty, Sean
62 1:44:44 M-51 Wirtenberg, Alfred
63 1:45:42 F-45 O'Kane, Marcia
64 1:45:51 F-55 Richardson, Marilyn
65 1:46:11 F-17 Colon, Hildanies
66 1:46:19 M-55 Appleton, Jeffrey
67 1:46:21 M-38 Aldrich, John
68 1:46:29 F-44 Zuckerman, Susan
69 1:46:37 M-23 Smith, Ben
70 1:46:45 M-24 Wrenn, Drew
71 1:46:49 M-41 Shulten, Robert
72 1:46:56 M-47 Goulart, Bruce
73 1:46:58 M-63 Riccio, Joe
74 1:46:59 F-38 Miller, Maureen
75 1:47:00 F-27 Fagan, Jeannine
76 1:47:37 M-43 Minor, Chris
77 1:47:45 M-50 Carius, Michael
78 1:47:57 F-39 Shields, Mary Sue
79 1:49:44 F-28 Lowance, Margaret
80 1:49:53 M-38 Ioumo, Frank
81 1:50:26 M-55 Smith, Andy
82 1:50:42 M-55 Coady, Michael
83 1:50:50 F-33 Bambace-Salvo, Kathy
84 1:50:50 F-34 Jones, Beth
85 1:51:34 M-48 Connor, Tom
86 1:51:44 M-46 Syrstad, Tom
87 1:52:01 M-50 Iantorno, Fabio
88 1:52:13 M-38 Jalbert, Phil
89 1:52:21 M-52 Funke, Rudy
90 1:52:29 M-34 Newman, Jim
91 1:52:44 F-29 Asaro, Christine
92 1:53:05 M-50 McMahon, Mark
93 1:53:24 F-29 Jimenez, Camille
94 1:53:29 F-24 Salmon, Maureen
95 1:53:34 F-33 Kelly, Vasso
96 1:53:40 F-35 Hager, Jennifer
97 1:53:42 M-38 Levin, John
98 1:53:48 F-48 Johnson, Carol
99 1:54:31 M-62 Montero, Arturo
100 1:55:11 M-41 Carretta, Salvatore Jr
101 1:55:41 M-55 Hartch, Tom
102 1:55:48 F-38 Valencia, Ruby
103 1:55:49 M-46 Avnayim, Lee
104 1:56:10 F-37 Laughlin, Sarah
105 1:56:23 M-39 Lanzano, Christopher
106 1:56:25 F-34 Jurman, LuAnn
107 1:56:30 M-51 Fetcho, Joseph
108 1:56:32 F-25 Witmer, Heidi
109 1:56:35 F-22 Ciaranello, Andrea
110 1:56:48 F-32 Lombillo, Vivian
111 1:57:47 M-41 Cooke, Carl
112 1:58:09 M-37 DiMattio, Christopher
113 1:58:30 F-62 Yu, Wen-Shi
114 1:59:47 M-47 McCormack, Don
115 1:59:56 M-52 Elkady, Mohamed
116 2:00:06 F-33 Romano, Denise
117 2:00:09 M-56 Sinha, Vinod
118 2:00:54 M-47 Strachman, Joel
119 2:01:04 F-54 Berkeley, Ilse
120 2:02:17 F-49 Katz, Ginger
121 2:02:17 M-57 Katz, Larry
122 2:02:32 M-50 Malvasio, Paul J.
123 2:02:52 M-42 Maciesezyk, Ty
124 2:02:59 F-28 Lowry, Kelly
125 2:03:00 M-55 D'Agostin, Joe
126 2:03:12 F-19 Lowder, Wendy
127 2:03:40 M-46 Wheeler, James
128 2:03:42 M-60 Nordvall, Laurence
129 2:04:02 M-39 Cussen, Tom
130 2:04:55 M-53 Saranich, Robert
131 2:06:02 M-67 Handelman, Joe
132 2:06:06 F-42 Roy, LuAnne
133 2:06:10 F-30 Rafael, Andrea
134 2:07:13 F-26 Cironi, Jennifer
135 2:07:59 M-48 Dane, Allan
136 2:09:14 M-20 Chen, Andrew
137 2:09:15 M-25 Chen, Alan
138 2:10:26 M-65 Stevens, Jim
139 2:11:50 F-44 Strain, Cathy
140 2:13:34 F-35 Rush, Jenny
141 2:15:18 F-25 Sieh, Elaine
142 2:15:19 F-31 D'Agostin, Christina
143 2:17:16 M-39 Flood, Kevin
144 2:18:20 M-36 Regan, John
145 2:20:41 F-48 Lanterna, Marie
146 2:20:49 F-57 Melfi, Sunny
147 2:21:00 M-44 Ross, James
148 2:38:11 M-71 Troy, Tom
149 2:38:51 M-47 Vahacore, Anthony
150 2:43:36 F-37 Beetham, Bonny
151 2:44:33 M-45 Huminski, John
George Buchanan Takes 7th Title in 8 Years
Meg Hickey Wins Her First Series
Saturday, September 13......Stamford's George Buchanan
today continued his domination of road racing in lower Fairfield County,
winning his seventh Norwalk Summer Series in the past eight years. Occasionally
a faster runner shows up to challenge and defeat Buchanan in a single race,
but he has fashioned the incredible record of 44 first-place finishes and
7 second-place finishes in the 52 races he has run in the Summer Series
(he has missed just two races).
On the women's side, Greenwich's Meg Hickey easily won her first
Summer Series title.
An average of 106 runners finished each of the six races in this year's
series.
In the Series scoring, Purdy Points are awarded for each race:
the points reflect the runner's pace per minute, weighted for the number
of miles in that race. Then, the runner's worst race of the six is dropped
from the total. Buchanan amassed 3,276 points, while Hickey's
winning total of 2,063 points placed her 14th over-all.
In 1989, at the age of 31, George Buchanan first entered the Norwalk
Summer Series. The series consists of six races, run from June to September,
and progressing in length from 3 miles to a 13.1 half-marathon. Buchanan
ran five of the six races in that 1989 series, finished 4th, 4th, 4th,
2nd and 4th, and ended up as the second-best runner in the entire series.
In the eight years since then, Buchanan (a Stamford resident) has:
. Run 52 of the 54 races
. Set and still holds the course record for Roton's 7-Miler
. Set and still holds the men's age 30-39 course record for Calf Pasture's
9-miler
. Won seven of the eight Summer Series in this stretch
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....................................AGE GROUP WINNERS............................
Age Points .....Men..... Points ......Women.....
0 - 14 -none- -none-
15 - 19 -none- 1,684 Colon, Hildanies
20 - 29 2,266 Goldberg, Noah 1,796 Alger, Meghan
30 - 39 2,785 Rorick, Michael 1,602 Vasta, Nancy
40 - 49 3,119 Karl, Eric 1,394 O'Kane, Marcia
50 - 59 2,379 Johnson, Robert 1,541 Richardson, Marilyn
60 - 69 786 Handelman, Joe -none-
70 - 79 511 Fisher, Cole -none-
Wheelchr 1,305 Nirenstein, Al -none-
