Team RRR News

We had a great time at the Team RRR party on January 28. Thanks to the 30+ who came, and congratulations again to the incentive award winners. We had some really nice singlets, vests, and jackets to give out to the teammates who ran in 5 or more races in 2009.

Recapping our 2009 performance in the NYRR team points championship series:

• We had 30-44 participants in just about every NYRR race
• RRR had two NYRR "runner of the year" nominees in their age groups - Marie Killeen and Josephine Patten.
• The Men's 60+ (Swifty Sixties) team won the 2nd place trophy for the year
• The W60+ team were 4th
• The M and W 50+ teams improved two places over 2008
• The M40+ team improved 8 places to #8 of 77 teams
• The W40+ and W Open teams were 14th of 91 teams
• The M Open B team moved up 5 places to #8 of 92 teams
• 12 people from RRR won individual age group trophies (top 3) during the year, including 8 people who were #1. Note: I counted about 36 trophies in total, including 13 for Josephine!

We are looking forward to more success in 2010. The 2010 NYRR teams points racing schedule is now official. The first team points race is the Coogan's 5K in Washington Heights on March 7.

The first Rockland Road Runners sponsored race of the year will be the George Wodicka Hook Mountain Half Marathon and Hope 5K on April 18. Register early to prove that you can handle the Hook one more time.

We will also defend our Interclub Challenge championship title on April 25 up in Sullivan county. Please mark your calendars for this day. We had a huge turnout last year on our home turf, but now we need to show we can win on the road. Details to follow.

NYRR Manhattan Half Marathon, January 24, 2010

We had an excellent turnout with 26 runners on a beautiful day for a race. Fantastic showing with multiple age group trophy winners and 5 runners under 1:30.

Name AgeGroup Place AGPlace Time Pace AgeGrade
NOONAN, THOMAS M36 89 16 1:21:18 6:12 73.7 %
LAUSIN, GARY M30 182 38 1:25:07 6:29 69.5 %
SCOTT, LOGAN M48 205 14 1:25:54 6:33 76.6 %
CIESZKOWSKI, WOJCIECH M40 330 39 1:28:47 6:46 69.4 %
JOSEPH, STEVEN M48 383 33 1:29:54 6:51 73.2 %
GUZINSKI, CAROL F43 599 8 1:34:22 7:12 74.7 %
PATTEN, JOSEPHINE F54 788 3 1:36:44 7:23 83.4 %
PATTEN, BERNARD M55 813 19 1:37:01 7:24 72.0 %
NUSBLAT, MICHAEL M57 866 22 1:37:46 7:27 72.8 %
ARON, NARCIS M60 895 3 1:38:02 7:29 74.6 %
BROWN, EDWARD M48 1195 114 1:41:13 7:43 65.0 %
CARPENTER, WILLIAM R M51 1273 61 1:42:13 7:48 66.0 %
LAUSIN, ALLISON F27 1368 96 1:43:07 7:52 63.8 %
OTTENHEIMER, KATIE F39 1640 112 1:45:45 8:04 64.4 %
OZUNER, GOKHAN M49 1803 176 1:47:19 8:11 61.8 %
KIM, BENNY M67 1983 1 1:48:48 8:18 71.9 %
BURSTEIN, GERALD F M70 2015 1 1:49:06 8:19 74.0 %
SHREM, RAFAEL M54 2346 104 1:51:50 8:32 61.9 %
KARP, MATTHEW M46 2380 212 1:52:06 8:33 57.7 %
SIMCOE, DEAN M46 2951 253 1:56:41 8:54 55.4 %
PAER, ANDREW B M55 3532 101 2:01:49 9:17 57.4 %
PARIETTI, PATRICK E M49 3772 306 2:04:35 9:30 53.2 %
PAER, BARBARA F55 3828 14 2:05:07 9:33 65.4 %
FRANKEL, ETTA F64 4587 9 2:15:11 10:19 68.9 %
KANDUS, PETRA F43 4648 176 2:16:23 10:24 51.6 %
PASSERO, PATRICK J M68 5099 35 2:28:25 11:19 53.2 %

Award List:
KIM, BENNY - 1st M65-69
BURSTEIN, GERALD - 1st M70-74
PATTEN, JOSEPHINE - 3rd F50-54
ARON, NARCIS - 3rd M60-64
GUZINSKI, CAROL - 8th F40-44

Congratulations to our NYRR "Runner of the Year" nominees!

Rockland Road Runner's Marie "Grandma" Killeen and Josephine Patten were announced by New York Road Runners as nominees for the "Runner of the Year" award in their age groups. Given all the intense competition in the NY metro area, that is a fantastic accomplishment! The award winners will be announced at the NYRR Club Night dinner on March 4.

Congratulations!

NYRR Thursday Night at the Races, January 7, 2010

The first NYRR indoor track meet at the Armory was held on January 7. We had a couple of participants experience the banked, mondo surfaced track.

Mile:
SCOTT, LOGAN 5:06
CIESZKOWSKI, WOJCIECH 5:24

800:
CIESZKOWSKI, WOJCIECH 2:39

For full results, click here.

The remaining meets are on 1/21, 2/11, and 2/25.

ORC Winter Series 5K #1, January 10, 2010

FALCON JOSEPH M49 24:36 7:55 19/33

NYRR Fred Lebow 5 miler, January 9, 2010

Congratulations to Gerald on his 2nd place age group finish.

Name AgeGroup AGPlace Time Pace AgeGrade
BURSTEIN, SUSANNE F31 39 39:45 7:57 60.9 %
BURSTEIN, GERALD F M70 2 39:46 7:57 73.2 %
PAER, ANDREW B M55 31 40:39 8:07 62.5 %
SIMCOE, DEAN M46 125 42:16 8:27 55.9 %
KANDUS, PETRA F43 54 46:32 9:18 55.1 %
REILLY-WOHL, NANCY F61 15 56:03 11:12 57.2 %
SOTTILE, HARRIET P F63 23 1:02:06 12:25 53.1 %
SOSTRE, EUGENE M48 205 1:03:54 12:46 37.5 %
RADAKOVICH, ROZANNA F62 26 1:16:43 15:20 42.4 %

2010 NYRR Team Points Schedule

Here is the schedule. Start making your race plans! We are looking forward to another fantastic year.

Coogan's Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks Run (5K) / Washington Heights / March 7

Homecoming Scotland Run (10K) / Central Park / April 3

Healthy Kidney (10K) / Central Park /May 15

NYRR Mini (10k) / JUNE 12 (WOMEN ONLY)

NYRR’s Annual Father’s Day Race Against Prostate Cancer (5M) / Central Park /JUNE 20 (MEN ONLY)

CPC Run for Central Park (4M) / Central Park /July 17

NYRR Championships (5M) / Central Park /AUGUST 7

Fitness Magazine Mind, Body Spirit Games (4M) / Central Park /September 11 (Separate Starts for M and W)

Norwegian Festival Grete's Great Gallop (13.1M) / Central Pk / October 2

ING New York City Marathon (26.2) / November 7

NYRR Joe Kleinerman (10K) / Central Park / December 5

Team RRR Dinner

Happy New Year and hope everyone had a great holiday season.

Rockland Road Runners started an incentive program in 2009 to motivate more members to join Team RRR and take part in the NYRR'S team races. As a result, we had a large turnout! In 2009 we had 31 members qualify for an incentive!

On January 28, we will be having a Team RRR dinner at Pasta Cucina in New City to give out the incentives.

This dinner is open to all members - if you are already on the team or want more information about the 2010 team or just want to join us for dinner!

Hopefully, we will have the 2010 team points schedule to give out. We will also have new racing singlets for sale. Please contact TEAMRRR@ROCKLANDROADRUNNERS.ORG for additional information

Pasta Cucina - 253 So Little Tor Road, New City - 7pm

Menu

• Italian Brick Oven Breads with Brushetta
• Family Style Pasta Samplings
• Individual Mixed Green Salad

Entree Choice of:

• Chicken Francese
• Salmon Cucina
• Penne Ala Vodka
• Stuffed Eggplant Rollantini
• Veal Saltimbocca, parmigiana

Dessert

• Family Style Tartufo Supreme & Fresh Cannolis

Coffee & Tea - Unlimited soft drinks

The cost of the dinner is $25 per person and that includes gratuity

Please RSVP to TEAMRRR@ROCKLANDROADRUNNERS.ORG so we can put you on our list.

Mail your checks to :
RRR
Box 132
Congers, NY 10920

The following members ran at least 4 team races plus the Team Championship Run in August and qualify for an incentive. Congratulations to:
Logan Scott
Jerry Sun
Steve Joseph
Bernie Patten
Josephine Patten
Mike Nusblatt
JC Santa Teresa
Ricardo Hernandez
Gerardo Hernandez
Rafi Shrem
Shelly Shrem
Ed Brown
Joe Falcon
Eugene Sostre
Julie Napolitano
Tony Napolitano
Ann Singer
Rozanna Radakovich
Isabel Hernandez
Harriet Sottile
Alexandra Finger
Marie Killeen
John Singer
Frank Nieves, Jr.
Domingo Stern
Ron Muhlfelder
Patrick Passero
Bob Dittemer
Larry Wolf
Narcis Aron
William Chandler

*if you cannot make the dinner - please notify your team captain to pick up your item*