Sunday, March 15, 2020

35 & 30 years ago


35 Years ago – March 1985: Just one race during this month but it was a big one. This was my junior year at U-Lowell and I flew to beautiful Fargo ND for the NCAA indoor track National championships. I didn’t have a particularly good day running a lackluster 14:27.8 for 5,000 meters. It was however good enough for 5th place which got me “All-America” status (top 6 were so designated). We flew directly from Fargo to Florida for Spring break!



30 Years ago – March 1990: Not much in this month but again I made it worthwhile. I set a personal best for ½ marathon at New Bedford in the New England (NEAC) championships. I ended up in 18th place in a field of 1798 but was pleased with both my 10 mile split (49:35) and finishing time 65:27. The winner of the race (Brian Sherriff 1:02) took home $5000 or nearly $10,200 in 2020 dolla

Results via Hockomock Swamp Rat
1 Brian Sherrif (Zimb) 62:25
2 Mark Curp (MO) 62:28
3 Mike O'Reilly (IRE) 62:36
4 Mark Donahue (RI) 63:12
5 Geoff Smith (MA) 63:32
6 Jose Rocha (MA) 63:38
7 Ivan Huff (CA) 63:45
8 Dan Dillon (MA) 63:45
9 Michael Keohane (IRE) 64:04
10 Dennis Simonaitis (MA) 64:25
11 Brent Barnhill (NJ) 64:30
12 Thomas O'Gara (IRE) 64:37
13 Paul Gompers (MA) 64:38
14 Tm Ratcliffe (MA) 64:46
15 Richard Kaitany (IL) 64:52

Women 
1 Jan Klecker (MN) 70:41
2 Diane Brewer (FL) 71:48
3 Lisa Vaill (NY) 73:02

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