My good friend and sometimes training partner Mike Beeman will be running his 34th consecutive Boston on Monday. Good luck to him and everyone else running.
The Quarter Century Club was formed by Ronald Kmiec in 2001 to honor the achievements of John A. Kelly, the one person who most embodied the spirit of the quintessential Boston Marathoner, and to identify all those runners who had completed at least 24 consecutive Bostons, which was the most Johnny had completed. Sixteen were identified at that time, and the BAA began listing those with active streaks in its press releases and Results Books. The QCC became an official USATF Club, and has evolved into an association of those who have finished 25 or more Boston Marathons as official, numbered runners. The BAA currently lists only those with active streaks, but the QCC continues to recognize all those with current or retired streaks plus cumulative finishes of 25 or more. QCC members meet only once each year, during Marathon weekend in Boston and along the course on Marathon day, and many communicate with each other throughout the year. A few statistics: the 75 members of the QCC have a total of 2,393 Boston finishes among them, and come from 22 states and Canada, with MA (18), PA (9), and NY (8) having the most. Currently, 2 women are members of the QCC: Andrea Hatch (33 consecutive) and Nona Cerveny (25 consecutive).
42 Active streak Runners (1,364 Finishes)
(Rank/Age) No. of Consecutive Finishes
01-64 Neil Weygandt Upper Darby PA 44
02-61 Bennett Beach Bethesda, MD 43
03-66 Timothy Lepore Nantucket, MA 42
04-61 Mark Bauman Flushing MI 41
05-56 Dave McGillivray N. Andover, MA 38
6t-59 Russell Gill Hilliard, OH 37
6t-68 Ronald Kmiec Carlisle, MA 37
6t-68 Doug White Hockessin, DE 37
9t-62 Thomas Homeyer Tully, NY 36 (41 cumulative)
9t-60 Kevin Petrovek Hyannis MA 36
11t-65 Ludovit S. Cap Hilton Head Island, SC 35
11t-59 Daniel Larson Queensbury, NY 35 (40 cumulative)
13t-61 Thomas Licciardello North Andover, MA 34
13t-74 Stanley Vancelette Amherst, NH 34
15t-54 Michael Beeman Tifton, GA 33
15t-63 Steven D. Coffman Alexandria VA 33
15t-66 Hal W. Goforth, Jr. El Cajon, CA 33 (35 cumulative)
15t-67 Andrea Hatch Castine, ME 33
3 comments:
I have run 2 and this will be my 3rd (3rd cumulative too). Can you figure out where I am on the list and if I'm tied with anyone? ;)
I see that Kmiec guy all the time in Carlisle where I work (& run). He carries a long wooden stick with him as he runs. Not sure why.
Tom Licciardello was my 8th grade English teacher and I ran many miles with him during the late 70's and early 80's. In fact, I recall him training for his first BAA marathon with my oldest brother, Bob.
Johnny the Elder with 61 BAA's is still mind boggling.
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