Boston!

21 April 2003
26 Miles 385 Yards

The following club members ran in the 2003 edition of the Boston marathon.  The 3 fastest team members count towards the team scoring.  Congratulations to all 2003 finishers!

Individuals

Robert Cheruiyot

2:10:11

Svetlana Zakharova

2:25:20

Ernst Van Dyk 1:28:32 Christina Ripp 1:54:47

Name

Bib Number

Official Time

Chip Time

Overall Place

Division Place

Daniel Baker 4306 3:07:08 3:05:02 1019 675
Don Bates 6999 DNS      
Franco Bonfini 20394 DNS      
Jema Brebbia 17844 4:58:52 4:41:53 15108 3366
Mary Campbell 18108 4:48:32 4:29:34 14456 3190
William J. Campbell 18107 4:15:09 3:56:35 11242 3059
Gerald Carey 17991 4:11:05 3:54:06 10677 2974
Gene Cormier 6519 3:35:35 3:33:12 4478 341
Joanne Creel 18368 6:17:54 5:58:39 17032 487
Jeremy Dodds 20393 DNS      
Timothy Downes 4317 DNS      
Lucy Duffy 17547 DNS      
Marcia Duggan 17843 4:58:36 4:41:56 15099 1655
Bob Eckerson 8912 3:50:22 3:44:50 7051 715
Paul Fendler 1791 2:58:22 2:57:59 498 119
Kelly Fernandes 17549 5:10:35 4:51:32 15716 3515
Kathleen Field 18352 4:42:34 4:25:11 14020 282
Don Foss 6547 3:09:18 3:05:12 1200 787
Jack Fraser 17982 5:55:33 5:38:44 16840 492
Tom Furey 21040 DNS      
Patty Germani 20186 3:41:34 3:34:11 5459 681
Mike Herlihy 19614 4:40:06 4:19:14 13821 3517
Clay Gilmore 17838 5:53:27 5:37:16 16812 3924
George Graeber 18840 DNS      
Elisabeth Haskell 18747 4:49:29 4:30:30 14525 1583
Denise Holzman 18259 4:48:24 4:30:25 14447 1569
Richard Houston 7735 3:20:41 3:17:12 2357 667
Theresa Kanupp 18222 4:21:27 4:14:36 11980 1137
James Karukas 4173 3:16:19 3:14:13 1870 514
Janet Kelly 15416 4:15:12 4:03:47 11251 102
Steve Loesch 18523 DNS      
Bill Lord 5497 3:32:20 3:29:45 3986 283
Maryellen Loucks 14463 4:50:59 4:40:37 14625 3240
Jane Lovelette 18025 4:53:25 4:35:12 14787 1615
Leisa Marks 15089 4:40:28 4:28:44 13847 1470
Kurt Martin 17842 4:39:52 4:23:10 13793 3507
Bill Masterson 13465 DNS      
Mike McKenna 20384 4:03:46 3:42:55 9518 2897
Cindy Mesmer 20382 4:52:19 4:27:40 14713 1606
Dennis Monahan 20367 4:47:49 4:26:57 14408 3561
Mike Naughton 4109 DNS      
Joe Navas 4849 DNS      
Gerry Panuczak 6081 3:40:17 3:36:36 5246 1718
Margaret Pendergast 13453 DNS      
Harry Perrin 4062 3:28:18 3:26:16 3380 1037
Janice Perrin 18772 5:15:48 4:57:20 15929 3568
Vic Petkauskos 20182 DNS      
Kevin Petrovek 4516 3:32:52 3:30:46 4075 294
Adam Polakowski 1814 2:54:26 2:54:14 337 238
Janet Radziewicz 18363 5:06:23 4:48:08 15504 1700
Bill Riley 5274 3:22:44 3:21:02 2616 7
Harold Robinson 12788 4:27:08 4:18:17 12601 1555
Christopher Ryan 11109 4:04:49 3:56:57 9699 1126
Judy Scott 17981 DNS      
Natalie Shea 18598 4:01:09 3:57:02 9016 1753
Vincent Smith 19022 4:17:06 3:57:46 11478 3102
Thomas Warren 17956 4:06:55 3:49:21 10040 2884
Karen Zunti 7970 3:24:18 3:20:11 2812 184

Teams

4 CCAC TEAMS SCORE AT BOSTON MARATHON on 4-21-2003
based on official (gross) time.

9:10:52 OPEN MEN, 27 of 51

Adam Polakowski 2:54:26 Daniel Baker 3:07:08* Donald Foss 3:09:18*

9:47:01 MASTERS MEN, 31 of 56

Paul Fendler 2:58:22 Jim Karukas 3:16:19 Bill Lord 3:32:20

11:07:01 OPEN WOMEN, 21 of 35

Karen Zunti 3:24:18 Patty Germani 3:41:34* Natalie Shea 4:01:09

13:17:07 MASTERS WOMEN, ?

Janet Kelly 4:15:12 Tess Kanupp 4:21:27 Leisa Marks 4:40:28

*denotes lifetime PERSONAL BEST marathon of 26.21875 miles

All four teams were hampered by temperatures in the low 70's during the first 13 miles, and temps in the 60's during the second half of the race, with an increasing headwind as the race wore on. In spite of conditions that were too warm, the 8 runners above who finished under 3:45 qualified for the 2004 Boston Marathon.

What made the difference over last year's Boston team performances? New people in scoring positions made most of the difference. The Open Men improved by 36 minutes, despite the heat, helped by 2 new players. Adam was the only hold-over, and he was only 5 seconds slower and one year older than last year. The Masters Men finished 87 seconds slower than last year, with 3 new players. They were clearly slowed with Mike Naughton missing from the lineup due to injury. The Open Women improved by 166 minutes, helped by 2 new players. Natalie Shea was the only holdover. The Masters Women, with the same team as last year, were slowed considerably by the heat. Query? Did the fact that two of them got married during the past year have any bearing on the results?