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AUGUST 1984

M a n h a t t a nT oMahopac

"50M Relay A Smash"— Eddie Coyle, Daily News

''One of the greatest concepts inroad rac ing- - the road re lay. "

— Frank Giannino, Middletown Record

" D a n C a f f r e y a n d Ta c o n i c h a v ecome up wi th another winner. "

— Skip Pearlman, North County News

" M o r e p r o o f t h a t W e s t c h e s t e ra n d P u t n a m h a v e b e c o m e t h e'hub' of road racing In the East."

— Ron Melancon, Patent Trader

S M A S H I N GT I M E S

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Ta c o n i c R u n n i n g L i f e i st h e o f fi c i a l p u b l i c a t i o no f T a c o n i c R o a d R u n n e r s

C l u b , I n c . P u b l i c a t i o n i sb i m o n t h l y a n d i s i n t e n d e df o r d i s t r i b u t i o n t o c l u bmembers a t no charge.

P r e s i d e n t : D a n i e l C a f f r e y

E d i t o r : H a r r y N e e s o n

M e m b e r s h i p : J e r r y Ta u b

A d v e r t i s i n g : To m E d g e t t e

P u b l i c i t y : J u d i t h P i c k e r t

T r e a s u r e r : L a r r y L e n a h a n

Secre ta ry : Mary Lenahan

C o n t r i b u t i n g w r i t e r s :

M e l a n i e M u l v i h i l l ; G a r yS t e i n e l ; J o h n H o l l a n d ;Owen J. Mc Crudden; BobBergin; Anthony Galfano

^̂SIDENT'S O R N E R

June 24, 1984, will surely be remembered asa s p e c i a l d a y f o r t h e Ta c o n i c R o a d R u n n e r s C l u b .Harry Neeson's dream became a reality. And whata s m a s h i t w a s .

F e e d b a c k f r o m a l l w h o p a r t i c i p a t e d , e i t h e ra s r u n n e r s o r o f fi c i a l s , h a s b e e n s p e c t a c u l a r .The post race atmosphere equal led that of the'76New York City marathon.(The first year the marathon toured the five boroughs. )

T h e w o n d e r f u l g r o u p o f v o l u n t e e r s H a r r y c oo r d i n a t e d o v e r 5 1 . 7 m i l e s h a s t o b e p r o u d o ft h e m s e l v e s .

I k n o w i t w a s a g r e a t d a y f o r a p e r s o n t ob e i d e n t i fi e d a s P r e s i d e n t o f T a c o n i c R u n n e r sC l u b . D . C .

W e ' d l i k e t ohear from you

T h e n e w s l e t t e r i s y o u r n e w s l e t t e r .Do you have something to say? Somethingwrong? Someth ing r igh t? Le t ' s hear i tf rom you.

Send your le t ter to , "The Edi tor, "Taconic Running Life, PO Box 99,BaldwinPlace, New York, 10505.

O N T H E I N S I D E :

Manha t tan t o Mahopac :

L e g b y l e g d e s c r i p t i o n 7I n d i v i d u a l t i m e s a n d p l a c i n g s 8 , 1 0

T a c o n i c t e a m s 9 , 1 1A L S O :

F a t h e r M o o n e y 1 2J a n P e e k 1 3

P e r s o n a l i t y P r o fi l e 1 5" S p e c i a l " O l y m p i c R e p o r t 1 7M i l e S e r i e s 1 8R a c i n g i n S c o t l a n d 1 9Y o n k e r s m a r a t h o n ; L i n c o l n H a l l 2 0N o r t h C o u n t y N e w s l O K 2 1

VENI . V ID I . V IC I

REST AND RELAXATION.Contestants relaxafter race by sampling sponsor's brew.op to bot to in:Athlet ic At t ic ;Mi l l rose;

Ta c o n i c " B " : l a c o n i c " A " . L e f t : N a n c yL a u n - P e r e z c h e c k s i n t o r s e c o n d p l a c e .

-̂ |(Relay photos by Skip Pearlman.)

A T T I C A T T A C K A N D M I L L R O S E M A G I C

P R O V E T O O M U C H F O R R E L AY F O E S

I n a m a n n e r b e fi t t i n g J u l i u sC a e s a r ' s i n v a s i o n o f B r i t a i n , as p i r i t e d A t h l e t i c A t t i c c l a i m e dt h e n a t i o n a l R R C A r o a d r e l a yc h a m p i o n s h i p a s d i d M i l l r o s e A Ai n t h e w o m e n ' s r a c e .

Bo th teams came, saw and d idindeed conquer, tu rn ing in courser e c o r d s w i t h A t t i c l a y i n g c l a i mt o i n d i v i d u a l t i m e s i n s e v e n o ft h e e i g h t l e g s . O n l y J a c kCulken of NYFD in the second legp r e v e n t e d a c l e a n s w e e p f o r To mK a t ' s i m p r e s s i v e o c t e t .

The Guinness sponsored relaydrew the al lot ted twenty male &fi v e f e m a l e t e a m s a n d w a s o f f a tn i n e s h a r p f r o m N Y R R c l u b h e a dq u a r t e r s o n E a s t 8 9 t h S t r e e t . J o eKle inerman, coach of Mi l l rose AA,w a s t h e h o n o r a r y s t a r t e r .

On ly a s l igh t humid i ty d rewf rom idea l runn ing cond i t i ons .F r o m t h e o u t s e t t h e r e w a s m u c he x c i t e m e n t a s t h e r u n n e r s b r o k ef r o m t h e s t a r t a n d h e a d e d n o r t ho n M a d i s o n . A t s t a k e w a s n o to n l y t h e n a t i o n a l t i t l e s , b u tt h e r a c e w i t h i n t h e r a c e : t ofi n i s h i n t h e t o p t e n p o s i t i o n sthus gua ran tee ing an i nv i t a t i ont o n e x t y e a r ' s e v e n t .

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ROAD RELAY: WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.

"I want to thank you for the greatest day in my running life. You guys dida fantastic job and that comes from the whole team. Tell Dan and all the

folks there just what a grand job we think they did."J o e L u c c i a n o , P e l h a m .

"We enjoyed ourselves immensely. You put on a great race and hope you willkeep us in mind for next year." Diane Townsend, Washington Square.

"Had to let you know what a wonderful time we had. You guys did a wonderfuljob and we're looking forward to next year." Bill Mitzian, General Foods."The fire guys never stopped raving about it all night. And these are guyswho have seen it all. Personally, I think this is the greatest thing we'vee v e r d o n e . " D a n C a f f r e y .

"A magnificent job. We want to let you know we are behind you one hundredpercent. I think you've started a new trend in this country. Our own guysare already talking about peaking for next year after our unexpected (tenthp l a c e ) fi n i s h . H a r v e y L a u e r , S c a r s d a l e A n t i q u e s .

MANHATTAN TO MAHOPAC ROAD RELAY (51.7 MILES), SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 1984.

O F F I C I A L O R D E R O F F I N I S H :

1 . A t h l e t i c A t t i c 4 : 3 8 : 0 52 . Orange Road Runners 4 : 4 8 : 0 03 . N Y F D " A " 4 : 5 2 : 1 5

4 . M i l l r o s e A . A . 4 : 5 6 : 2 25 . Ta c o n i c R o a d R u n n e r s A 4 : 5 7 : 0 36 . F a r r e l l R a c i n g Te a m 5 : 1 0 : 0 27 . G e n e r a l F o o d s 5 : 1 3 : 4 08 . T a c o n i c R o a d R u n n e r s B 5 : 1 7 : 2 99 . N Y F D " B " 5 : 2 7 : 4 31 0 . S c a r s d a l e A n t i q u e s 5 : 3 0 : 0 7

1 1 . Wa s h i n g t o n S q u a r e 5 : 3 2 : 0 11 2 . M a r i n e P a r k A . C . 5 : 3 4 : 3 81 3 . P e l h a m A . C . 5 : 4 2 : 0 41 4 . N Y P D 5 : 4 3 : 1 91 5 . C o l l e g e P o i n t A . C . 5 : 5 5 : 3 21 6 . M i l l r o s e M a s t e r s 5 : 5 9 : 5 21 7 . P l a i n v i e w - O l d B e t h p a i g e 6 : 0 5 : 1 9

1 8 . T u r t l e T r o t t e r s 6 : 0 8 : 0 2

1 9 . Good Shepherd Boy's C l u b 6 : 1 1 : 5 82 0 . J . C . P e n n y 6 : 2 7 : 2 1

L a d i e s D i v i s o n :

1 . M i l l r o s e A . A . 5 : 4 9 : 5 82 . T a c o n i c R o a d R u n n e r s 6 : 1 5 : 4 33 . C o l l e g e P o i n t 6 : 2 3 : 0 64 . P e l h a m A . C . 6 : 5 2 : 5 95 . W a s h i n g t o n S q u a r e 6 : 5 5 : 1 4

I n d i v i d u a l F a s t e s t T i m e s :

L e g # 1 : J o h n M c N u l t y 4 3 : 0 7S u e K e a r n s 5 5 : 1 8

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L e g # 2 : J a c k C u l k i n 3 0 : 3 5L i z F l a h a v a n 4 0 : 2 0

L e g / / 3 : T o n y S p a k 3 1 : 1 0M a r y D r i v e r 3 7 : 2 8

L e g # 4 : S t e v e H a l l 2 8 : 3 1L i n d a O ' K a n e 3 7 : 5 1

L e g # 5 J i m G a r c i a 3 8 : 5 8D i a n e H a w k i n s 4 7 : 2 4

L e g # 6 B l a i r B a r t a c c i n i 3 0 : 1 7J u d y P i c k e r t 3 6 : 5 8

L e g / / 7 L u i s A m a r a l 2 7 : 5 2L o r i J o r g e n s e n 3 3 : 3 1

L e g / / 8 N e i l W o o d 4 2 : 4 2K a t h y M c I n t y r e 5 1 : 4 4

A l l t imes pos ted a re records int h e i r r e s p e c t i v e c a t e g o r i e s .

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Road Relay (Cont'd) .

The Danbury crew lost no time in establishing who was boss as John McNulty blazed to a one minute lead in the first leg. Disaster almost threwthe proverbial wrench into the well oiled Connecticut machine as their second runner pulled a hamstring. Relays being what they are, Pedro Corbosgritted his teeth and saw it through and while Attic went on to record thefastest individual times in seven of the eight legs, it may just be Corbosleg was the most inspirational. Certainly it was the most crucial.

Attic's overall time of 4 hours, 38 minutes, 5 seconds was ten minutessuperior to that of Middletown's Orange Road Runner, a surprising (thoughperhaps its shouldn't have been) second place winner over New York FireDepartment who may have fared better had they been more organized.Millrosetook fourth just over two minutes behind NYFD,. and while coach Joe Klein-erman was visibly upset at the alleged pacing of NYFD during the final leg.To Millrose credit no protest was lodged. (Bring the big guys next year.)Millrose did receive the award for meritorious performance.

The Millrose women needed no pacing chalking up a 5:49:58 winning time.College Point made an early run at them, but a combination of Millrose latestrenghth and Point's weaknesses in the same stages saw CP drop back to thethird slot. Of course there was joy in Mudville as Melanie Mulvihill's setcame through for runnerup laure ls .

A word of commendation has to go to our two male teams. Off hand I canthink of six members who could have made that first team. Reasons aside itwas not the strongest possible we could have sent. In addition the latescratch of our number one runner on the team resulted in having to recruitan alternate to the B team. (The proper procedure would have been to havethat alternate moved to the B team and a member from the B moved to A, butthe lateness of obtaining a replacement and the ensuining complications dictated going the way team managers decided upon.)

Jeff Gold ran one hell of a race as our alternate and I take nothingaway from Jeff when I say that with one of our club's top runners TRRC wouldhave challenged for third spot. As late as the seventh leg Joe Porcaro hadus in fourth and for a non competitive club I think we have underestimatedour strength. The performance was super solid. So, too, was that of our Bsquad headed up by Tony Galfano. Again complemented by a couple of alternaterunners, the B was really a keep-your-fingers-crossed-we-get-tenth. Theireighth place finish was a solid eight place finish (ten minutes ahead of theninth place team). Similarly, they had us excited being sixth after the 7thleg. Congratulaions to Tony and John Holland and their respective crews. Ifor one of the majority (doubtful if there are any detractors) applaud them.

The post race awards dinner was the icing on the cake (or should I saythe Guinness in the beer?).Mayor Koch's letter to Dave Bruen, Putnam CountyExec, was read; Max Popper at 81 the oldest contestant was greeted most enthusiastically; the winning teams received their awards and applause in the

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R o a d R e l a y ( C o n t ' d )

most of sporting gestures; Guinness received a plaque of the cast of medalsstruck for the event along with a framed competitor's number - number one,of course; Joe Albanese acknowledged the the efforts of a Scarsdale walkerwho set at five o'clock the morning of the race and walked the entire route;the buffet dinner was nothing short of exceptional;the Guinness flowed;Scotand Pete provided some delightful music; and one race director was humbled,somewhat embarrassed, but, nevertheless, sincerely appreciative of the flatter ing gesture given by a wonderful audience.

All in all it was, to put it mildly, quite a day.

H E R E A N D T H E R E : M e m b e r s s c o r e dwell in NC News without gett ingl o s t . G a l f a n o a n d D a v e W e b b r a n

1 - 3 , N a n c y P e r e z s e c o n d . D a v i d sW e l l a r d a n d F a r q u h a r 1 - 2 i n 4 0 sa n d B o b R o g a n , M a r k R o e l e f f s i ntop two among 60 p lus . G lenn McC a r t h y, J e a n M a r i e C a n a v a n , J o eA l b a n e s e , N i l s E k l u n d , a n d K e n t aTa k a m o r i a l l s e c o n d p l a c e s . B e aP u r d y t o p p e d 5 0 - 5 9 , B a r b a r a M e is e l a n d J a n e C a h n 2 - 3 i n 4 0 - 4 9 ,S u s a n T h e n , J a n e K a r t s c h , & M a r yB a r r e t s w e p t 3 0 - 3 9 d i v i s i o n . . . .Though he didn' t gr ipe at overs i g h t ( y o u r e v e r e l e r t e d i t o rfi n a l l y w o k e u p ) , w e m i s s e d r ec o g n i z i n g M a r t i n B u n k e ' s w i n a tC a r m e l 5 m i l e r i n h i s g r o u p -F a c t a n o n v e r b a , e h , M a r t i n ? . . . .To m B a r c l a y 2 : 5 5 i n M o t h e r w e l l ,S c o t l a n d , m a r a t h o n .

" A n d n o w, a n i n t e r v i e w w i t h t h ew i n n e r o f t o d a y ' s m a r a t h o n . "

A N N O U N C I N G

W H O : F o r c l u b m e m b e r s o n l y. *

WHAT: 1984 Track Championships

WHERE: Yorktown High School

WHEN: Wednesday, Augus t 1 (5 ,000 meters )

Wednesday, Augus t 8 (400 meters )T h u r s d a y, A u g u s t 9 ( 8 0 0 m e t e r s )

Wednesday, Augus t 15 (1 m i l e )T h u r s d a y, A u g u s t 1 6 ( 1 0 0 , 2 0 0 m t s )

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Fourth Leg. Hartsdale-Elmsford (5,6 miles)

M a n h a t t a n t o

Mahopac Relay

Attic reassert things with two minutelead as Steve Hall runs 28:31. Gary Stein-el puts TRRC within striking distance offourth with 30:39 and Bud Von Hein edgesB team another notch. Orange and NYFD 1—2as Millrose men move into fourth. LindaO'Kane's 37:51 brings College Point closerbut Mil lrose Ladies sti l l hold. So doesVe r o n i c a K u c k f o r u s .

Road warriors

First Leg, Manhattan-Bronx (8.5 miles).

Mc Nulty took command early and racedto a 64 second lead setting up what seemedto be the pattern for the day. Sue Kearnstrailed early but came through in latterhalf of leg to put Millrose up front. MikeCosset brought us in seventhwith Tony Gal-fano and the "B squad twelfth. MelanieMulvihill placed women fourth.

Second Leg. Bronx-Yonkers (5.5 miles).

Hamstring pull was the story.AthleticAt t i c runner Pedro Cobos incur red in ju ryshortly after start of leg, lost lead plusanother five minutes, but has to be recognized for a gallant effort in hanging in.Jack Culkin's fastest time (30:35) broughtNYFD into second behind surprising Orange.College Point moved ahead of Millrose inwomen, but Liz Flahavan (40:20) runningfor Plainview-Old Bethpaige turned faster.Chris Hillery moved up two spots as didNils Ecklund for the B. Jane Karsch held.

Fifth Leg. Elmsford-Briarcliff (7.3 miles).

Field needs another hamstring as Attic*sJim Garcia pulls away with fastest 38:58. TheOrange solid in second, but Ed Burns (39:11)pulls Millrose into third. Barclay Mac Kinnonand Tim Sturmer solidify fifth and seventh asSusan Then gains time. College Point move upinto first as Diana Hawkins runs 47:24

Sixth Leg. Briarcliff-Yorktown (5.9 miles).

Blair Bertsccini opens it up more as heruns 30:17. NYFD regain second thanks to KevinMalley. John Holland and Mike Wagner hold thespots for TRRC. Judy Pickert destroys women'srace with sparkling 36:58. Linda Geppert hasTRRC women on the move moving to within foura n d h a l f m i n u t e s o f C . P .

Seventh Leg, Yorktown-Amawalk (5.3 miles).

Tough hills don't both Luis Amaral(27:57).At t ic lead now so l id n ine minutes. Joe Porca—ro's 29:21 gives TRRC surprising fourth placeand Mario Zuliano pulls into sixth. What isgoing on here? Down the line almost unnoticedEd Kehoe tu rns in 28 :20. Lor i Jorgensen pu l lsMi l l rose fu r ther ahead b reak ing her own markof last year by 16 seconds with a 33:31.GaelenCanning brings TRRC women into second with her3 6 : 5 5 .

Third Leg, Yonkers-Hartsdale (5.6 miles). I Eight Leg. Amawalk-Mahopac (8 miles).Attic moved back into contention with

31:10 by Tony Spak - only runner to break33 minutes! Second team alternate JeffGold turned in commendable 34:23 as lastminute replacement for A team's number 1runner. Jeff even moved up a place. DaveWellard also moved up B team to eighth byrecording thrid fastest time. Millroseback in first with Mary Driver's 37:29 asbest time. TRRC women up into third as ar e s u l t o f a 4 0 : 5 7 b y C a t h i e W y c h u n a s .

N e i l W o o d fl i e s t h r o u g h t a p e r u n n i n g fi n e42:42. Orange and NYFD hold and Mil lrose overc o m e s P e t e C o r s i n o ' s fi n e e f f o r t f o r f o u r t h . As u p e r fi l l - i n b y a l t e r n a t e P a u l Wa r r e n a s s u r e sT R R C o f t w o t e a m s n e x t y e a r a s h e c r o s s e s t h el i ne e igh th . Fa r re l l , Genera l Foods , NYFD B ,and Scarsdale round out next year 's reps. KathyM c I n t y r e i s i n a c l a s s b y h e r s e l f a s M i l l r o s ew i n s . N a n c y L a u n - P e r e z h a s o u r p e r s o n n e l i n af r e n z y w i t h t h e l a d i e s s e c o n d p l a c e fi n i s h .

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1st Leg -Manhattan-Bronx (7.8 ml.)ATHLETIC ATTIC (J. MCNULTY) 43:07O R A N G E R R ( 6 . S H O RT E R ) 4 4 : 11F A R R E L L S ( B . O ' D O W D ) 4 5 : 0 9N Y F D " f t " ( J . H C C O R H I C K ) 4 5 : 4 9H I L L R O S E ( B . A D L E R ) 4 6 : 2 3 'WASHINGTON SQUARE (R. STEACY) 47:36T R R C " A " t H - G Q S S E T ) 4 8 : 0 4GENERAL FOODS (W. HITZIAN) 48:30M Y F D " B " I S . B Y R N E ) 4 8 : 4 4

. HARINE PARK RICHARDSON) 49:03

. PLAINVIEW - OLD BETHPAIGE (D. CANNER) 49:08T R R C " B " B A L F A N Q ) 4 9 : 3 9

i . S C A R S D A L E H U R P H Y ) 5 0 : 4 3H Y P O ( E - R E I I - L Y I 5 2 : 1 4

i. HILLROSE HASTERS U. BURNS) 52:40TURTLE TROTTERS 10. GOLDSHITH) 54:08PELHAH A. C. IF. HENNESSEY) 54:54

i. COLLEGE POINT IP. FfiLLON) 56:09?. GOOD SHEPHERD BOYS CLUE (J. CONNORS) 59:37) . J . C . PENNY 10 . DOORISH) 59 :37

3 r d L e g - Yo n k e r s - H a r t s d a l e ( 5 . 6 m i . )

ORANGE RRNYFD "A"ATHLETIC ATTICTRRC "A"HILLROSEFARRELLS

NYFD "B"TRRC "B"GENERAL FOODSWASHINGTON SQUARESCARSDALEPLAINVIEW - OLD B

HARINE PARKNYPDPELHAH A.C.COLLEGE POINTJ.C. PENNYGOOD SHEPHERDTURTLE TROTTERSHILLROSE HASTERS

- OLD BETHPAIGE

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(J. GOLD)(J. STEPANCHK)(S. O-DOHD){J. NEUBAUER)(D. WELLARD)(H. DURDOVIC)(W. OBR)(L. GOLDSTEIN)(A. END)

(T. DENVER)

(C. DIXON)(P. VALLE)(W. HATTO)(H. BLANK)(J. CONWAY)IK. NINNIS)(H. POPPER)

1. HILLROSE

2. COLLEGE POINT3. WASHINGTON SQUARE4 . T R R C5. PELHAH A. C.

(S. KEARNS)(H. SABQGAL)(N. SKLUTH)(H. HULVIHILL)(C. QUINONES)

1. HILLROSE2. COLLEGE POINT3 . T R R C4. WASHINGTON SQUARE

5. PELHAH A. C.

(H. DRIVER)(H. HALLOZZI)(C. WYCHUNAS)

(L. CRAIG)(N. KUGLER)

4 th Leg-Har tsda le-E lmsford (5 .6 mi . )

2 n d L e g - B r o n x - Yo n k e r s ( 5 . 7 m i l e s ) 1. ATHLETIC ATTIC (S. HALL) 28:311. ORANGE RR I T. O'HARA) 30:50 2. ORANGE RR ( F. 6IANNIN0) 32 :05

0 NYFD "A" ( J . CULKIN) 30:35 3. NYFD "A" (H. FITZGERALD) 34 :353. ATHLETIC ATTIC ( P. COHOS) 35:23 4. HILLROSE (G. HYERS) 30:014. HILLROSE (J. O'CONNELL) 34:52 5. TRRC "A" ( J . GOLD) 34 :235. TRRC "A" (C. HILLERY) 32:27 6. NYFD "B« ( J . RAFFERTY) 36 :186. FARRELLS (B. NOONAN) 35:32 7. TRRC "B" (B. VON HEIH) 34 :30T/ * NYFD "B" ( J . BROSNAN) 35:32 8. FARRELLS (J. DALEY) 38:018. WASHINGTON SQUARE (D. WEINSTEIN) 34:42 9 . GENERAL FOODS (N. SCHROEDER) 34 :259. GENERAL FOODS ( J . FIORITI) 35:45 10. SCARSDALE (A. GRIHES) 35:3110. TRRC "B" (N. ECKLUND) 36:02 11 . HARINE PARK (J. ALTHAN) 34:3111. SCARSDALE (H. LAUER) 35 :52 12. PLAINVIEW - OLD BETHPAIGE (M. DAVIDSON) 38:3112. HARINE PARK ( P. VALLON) 39 :38 13. PELHAH A.C. { J . FIGUEROA) 38 :3713. PLAINVIEW - OLD BETHPAIGE (L . FLAHAVAN) 40:20 14. NYPD (W. HANSLER) 42:2514. COLLEGE POINT (8. HOWARD) 33 :26 15. COLLEGE POINT (L . NICHOLAS) 39 :3815. NYPD (C. ROLDAN) 38:21 16. WASHINGTON SQUARE {J. DEVINE) 50:1616. PELHAH A. C. (C. PRIRSUERA) 36:25 17. J. C. PENNY (D. ABDULLAH) 39 :1617. HILLROSE HASTERS (A. KURLAND) 45:13 18. GOOD SHEPHERD BOYS CLUB (D. 0'SULLIVAN) 39 :0218. J. C. PENNY- (A. SEWARD) 39:34 19. TURTLE TROTTERS (6. 0'HASAN) 37 :4319. TURTLE TROTTERS (D. CERANTE) 46:95 20 HILLROSE HASTERS (R. GALLANTLY) 38:1920. GOOD SHEPHERD BOYS CLUB (F. HUCD0RRI6) 41:31

1. COLLEGE POINT2 . H ILLROSE3. WASHINGTON SQUARE

4 . T R R C5. PELHAH A.C.

( J . K R E B S ) 4 0 : 4 2(K. KNIGHT-PERRY) 45:08( N . S I G N O L E ) 4 6 : 4 3( J . K A R S C H ) 4 6 : 0 6I B . V E L E Z ) 5 1 : 3 1

1. HILLROSE2. COLLEGE POINT3 . T R R C4. WASHINGTON SQUARE5. PELHAH A. C.

I N . R O G E R S ) 3 8 : 0 6I L . O ' K A N E ) 3 7 : 5 1( V . K U C K ) 4 1 : 1 4

( E . G O O D H E A R T ) 4 6 : 0 3( E . I H P ) 4 4 : 4 4

VKiatatoimb y To n y G a l f a n e

I t e l l y o u w e f e l t l i k e t h e L e a g u e o fN a t i o n s . We h a d N i l s E k l u n d ( S w e d e n ) , D a v eWe l l a r d ( E n g l a n d ) , M a r i o Z u l i a n o ( I t a l y ) ,a n d g u y s w i t h n a m e s l i k e C a l f a n o , Wa g n e r,Von Heyn , S tu rmer and War ren . We were i nd e e d a l a n g u a g e o f a d v e n t u r e , b u t i n r u n -

. n i n g w e o v e r c a m e t h e a c c e n t s a n d h a d ac l e a r u n d e r s t a n d i n g .

b y J o h n H o l l a n d

On the final leg Pete Corsino managedto put us 25 meters ahead of Mil lrose:wew e r e f o u r t h , o n P e t e ' s h o m e t u r f a n d h ewas looking good. Joe Porcaro had pulledo u t a l l t h e s t e p s o n t h e w i c k e d s e v e n t h ,t o s e t u s e v e n w i t h M i l l r o s e w h o m w e h a db a t t l e d f o r o v e r 4 0 m i l e s a n d f o u r h o u r s

M i k e G o s s e t a n d C h r i s H i l l e r y p u t u si n t o c o n t e n t i o n w i t h fi n e r u n s . L e g 3 w a st o b e o u r c h a l l e n g e : o u r n u m b e r o n e m a nh a d p u l l e d o u t t w e l v e h o u r s e a r l i e r . T h ed e c i s i o n w a s m a d e t o p l a c e t h e a l t e r n a t et o t h e s e c o n d t e a m i n h i s p l a c e r a t h e rt h a n d i s t u r b t h e h a r m o n y . I t m a y n o t b et h e O l y m p i c T r i a l s , b u t w e t r e a t e d i t a ssuch and may be as c lose as any o f usm igh t come .

J e f f G o l d w a s t h e p o o r g u y t h r o w n i na t t h e l a s t m o m e n t . H e o b l i g e d , g a v e i th i s b e s t a n d r a n a t r e m e n d o u s e f f o r t . I n

sequence came Gary Steinel (who ran upa g a i n s t a M i l l r o s e b u z z s a w a s t i m e s l a ter showed), Barclay Mac Kinnon, and mys e l f s e t t i n g i t u p f o r J o e a n d P e t e .

B a c k a t t h e L a n t e r n o u r t e a m a n x i o u s

l y a w a i t e d t h e o u t c o m e o f t h e Ta c o n i c &M i l l r o s e b a t t l e . I t w a s M i l l r o s e w h o

appeared with a clear lead (25 seconds)w i t h a q u a r t e r o f a m i l e t o g o . T h a tw a s t h e fi n a l m a r g i n , h a l f a m i n u t eo v e r 5 2 m i l e s . B u t i t w a s a t r u e t e a m

e f f o r t o n e , w h i c h I f e e l w a s a w o r t h yc o n t r i b u t i o n , a n d o n e w h i c h w a s r u n o na day we ' l l never fo rge t .

J o h n H o l l a n d a n d P e t e C o r s i n o w e r ethe only two runners to qualify as competitors for TRRC "A" team.

We w o r e t h e b l u e o f N o r t h C o u n t y N e w sa n d e n l i s t e d t h e h e l p o f A l a n M a r m o r a sd r i v e r . A l a n e x p r e s s e d i t f o r a l l o f u s ,r e p e a t i n g , " T h i s i s r e a l l y s o m e t h i n g . "D a v e W e l l a r d e n l i s t e d h i s f a m i l y , t o o , a n dM r s . W. w a s c a u g h t u p i n t h e a c t i o n j u s ta s m u c h a s t h e r e s t o f u s . B y t h e t i m ew e g o t t o t h e l a s t l e g w e w e r e a t t h efi n i s h a c t i n g l i k e e x p e c t i n g f a t h e r s :w o r r i e d , p a c i n g , t h i n k i n g , " D o n ' t l e t a n ything happen now."

N o t h i n g d i d , e x c e p t w e w e r e p r o u d o w ne r s o f a n e i g h t h p l a c e fi n i s h . W e c o n g r at u l a t e d o u r s e l v e s , p l e a s e d w e h a d m a d e agood showing. Mario seemed to be the hit .At the awards ceremony Farre l l 's rac ingteam had a chant,"Mario, Mario." Seems heput a scare in to them on Moseman. They ins i s ted on a p ic tu re o f h im w i th the i r 7 thl e g r u n n e r . A c o n v e r s a t i o n p i e c e , u n d o u b te d l y, w h i l e s i t t i n g a r o u n d F a r r e l l ' s B a r .

Although the B Team had not known eacho t h e r v e r y w e l l p r i o r t o t h e r e l a y, b y t h ee n d o f t h e r a c e t h e r e w a s a l i t t l e t o u c hof disappointment at breaking up. Bud VonHeyn even suggested we enter ourselves asa team next year. (Are you l is tening,HN?)I t shows how we a l l fe l t : we jus t cou ldn ' tg e t e n o u g h o f i t .

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5th Leg-Elmsford-Briarcl i ff (7.3 ml.) 7 t h L e g - Yo r k t o w n - A m a w a l k ( 5 . 3 m i . )ATHLETIC ATTICORANGE RRMILLROSE

NYFD "A"TRRC "A"FARRELLSTRRC "B"GENERAL FOODSNYFD "B»

SCARSDALEMARINE PARKWASHINGTON SQUARE

PELHAM A. C.J. C. PENNYNYPDPLAINVIEW - OLD BETHPAIGECOLLEGE POINTGOOD SHEPHERDMILLROSE MASTERSTURTLE TROTTERS

(J. GARCIA)(J. JAMES)(E. BURNS)

(T. MCAULEY)(B. MCKINNON)(J. KELLY)(T. STURMER)(D. SOTTILE)(C. SPRAUER)

(P. RICHE)(M. CASTELLANI)(Y. TERANZO)(B. SCHEPIS)

(H. HAYDEN)(F. TORRES)

(A. MULRAIN)(R. KHORIGAN)(A. BURNS)(S. SHERWIN)(T. GIBBONS)

1. ATHLETIC ATTIC (L. AMARAL) 27 :57

2 . ORANGE RR (J. DUQUETTE) 29 :05

3 . NYFD "A" (P. HYLAND) 30:28

4. TRRC "A" IJ . PDRCARO) 29:21

5 . MILLROSE ( I . FLETCHER) 30:45

6 . TRRC "B" IM. ZULIANQ) 33:14

7 . FARRELLS (R. SMITH) 34:09

8 . GENERAL FOODS (J. MDELLER) 32:08

9. SCARSDALE (G. STASSA) 35:20

10. NYFD -B" (R. R06AN) 36:42

11. WASHINGTON SQUARE ( P. SOLOW) 31:21

12. MARINE PARK (N. DESETTO) 35 :05

13. NYPD IE. KEHOE) 28 :20

14. PELHAM A. C. (R. HAYES) 33:40

15. COLLEGE POINT (T. CONNELLY) 29:27

16. MILLROSE MASTERS IR. PERRY) 35:50

17. PLAINVIEW - OLD BETHPAIGE IN. ACKLEY) 40:56

18. TURTLE TROTTERS (J. O'HAGAN) 38:10

19. GOOD SHEPHERD BOYS CLUB (G. SCHWEDDER) 45:38

20. J. C. PENNY (W. KRUSE) 48:15

WOMEN

1 . C O L L E G E P O I N T ( J . E R K M A N ) 4 7 ; 2 42 . M I L L R O S E < 0 . H A W K I N S ) 5 2 : 1 53 . T R R C < S . T H E N ) 5 0 : 3 64. WASHINGTON SQUARE (D. TOWNSEND) 62:425 . P E L H A M A . C . ( E . H U N D O ) 5 5 : 4 06 t h L e g - B r i a r c l i f f - Yo r k t o w n ( 5 . 9 m i . )

1. ATHLETIC ATTIC IB. BERTACCINI) 30 :17

2. ORANGE RR (M. CRUMBLISH) 31 :45

3. NYFD "A" (K. HALLEY) 31 :48

4. MILLROSE (S. ZIRINSKY) 33 :12

5. TRRC "A" ( J . HOLLAND) 32:19

6. FARRELLS IB. MCMAHON) 35:04

7. TRRC 'B" (H. WAGNER) 35:18

8. GENERAL FOODS ( P. MASON) 34 :56

9. NYFD "B" IB. SHEEHY) 34:06

10. SCARSDALE (M. ROSSINI) 33:38

11 . MARINE PARK (R. NASSI) 35 :12

12. WASHINGTON SQUARE (E. WEIXELBAUM) 37:20

13. PELHAM A. C. I F. BQNILLA) 42 :53

14. NYPD ( T. KENNEDY) 36 :32

15. PLAINVIEW - OLD BETHPAIGE IB. JABLON) 39 :17

16. COLLEGE POINT I F. ULLOHA) 39:08

17. TURTLE TROTTERS IJ. BOND) 38:21

18. MILLROSE MASTERS I J . RYAN) 40:11

19. GOOD SHEPHERD IW. MCLOUGHLIN) 44:54

20. J. C. PENNY (C. MONTEIRO) 51:41

WOKEN•

1. MILLROSE I L . JORGENSEN) 33:31

2. TRRC IC. CANNING) 36 :55

3. COLLAGE POINT ( J . MARCY) 44 :35

4 . PELHAM A. C. IM. HACKED 45:25

5 . WASHINGTON SQUARE (E. GRAYSON) 44 :36

8 th Leg-Amawalk -Mahopac (8 . 0 m i . )1 . ATHLETIC ATTIC IN. WOOD) 42 :42

2. ORANGE RR IR. MCDONALD) 45 :45

3. NYFD "A" (J. MORGAN) 45 :25

4. MILLROSE IK. MAHER) 48 :15

5. TRRC "A" IP. CORSINO) 49:08

6. FARRELLS IT. CUFFE) 45:40

7 . GENERAL FOODS IR. RILEY 47:39

B. TRRC "B" IP. WARREN 53:22

9 . NYFD "B" 10. MCCRUDDEN) 53:15

10. SCARSDALE IR. HANNA) 56:06

11. WASHINGTON SQUARE I P. BREWSTER) 50 :04

12. MARINE PARK IJ . COSTA) 51 :15

13. PELHAM A.C. IF. O'HEARN) 49:16

14. NYPD IC. KENNEDY) 50:47

15. COLLEGE POINT IJ . HOULIHAN) 65:32

16. MILLROSE MASTERS IJ. GARLEPP) 50:34

17. PLAINVIEW - OLD BETHPAIGE I P. MULRAIN) 55:05

18. TURTLE TROTTERS lA . HAUER) 57:12

19. GOOD SHEPHERD IW. KAYE) 50:41

20. J. C. PENNY I J . SORLIE) 60 :40

WOMENWOMEN

1 . M I L L R O S E ( K . H C I N T Y R E ) 5 1 : 4 41 . M I L L R O S E ( J . P I C K E R T ) 3 6 : 5 8 2 . T R R C ( N . L A U N - P E R E Z ) 5 5 : 5 42 . C O L L E G E P O I N T ( K . F L Y N N ) 5 2 : 0 2 3 . C O L L A G E P O I N T ( A . K I E L L Y ) 6 0 : 0 13 . T R R C ( L . G E P P A R T ) 4 2 : 0 1 4 . P E L H A M A . C . I D . P E R R I N O ) 5 9 : 2 14 . P E L H A M A . C . ( R . R A D A K O V I C H ) 4 2 : 4 3 5 . W A S H I N G T O N S Q U A R E ( M . K O O N Z 5 2 : 3 55 . WASHINGTON SQUARE (N . BARNES) 57 :33

TOAST OF THE TOWN!b y M e l a n i e M u l v i h i l l

Until the relay I thought the greatest runners high occurred at the finish oft h e m a r a t h o n . B u t n o w t h e m a r a t h o n c a n m o v e o v e r , b e c a u s e t h e M a n h a t t a n t oMahopac relay has taken its place. Our first uplifting sight came at The International Running Center where a large number of TRRC members appeared.Theydid not just remain there, either, but seemed to be stationed everywhere along the course. We never seemed to run very far without sight of a familiarf a c e .

Normal prerace tension was mul t ip l iedmany t imes over: a too fast start;a DNF;a t w i s t e d a n k l e ; a l l w o u l d c o m p l e t e l yruin the day for the entire team. We hads u r m i s e d w e w o u l d fi n i s h l a s t , b u t a g r e e di t ? ^ w a s m o r e i m p o r t a n t t o fi n i s h , b e i n gthe host c lub 's only women's team. Withg rea t t r ep ida t i on , t hen , we wa tched t hee n t i r e fi e l d t a k e o f f .

My own contr ibut ion was fourth place,w h i c h J a n e K a r t s c h h e l d . J a n e w a s s t i l la n o t h e r o f t h o s e l a s t m i n u t e r e p l a c e m e n tr u n n e r s w h o a n s w e r e d t h e c a l l o f d u t y i nfi n e f a s h i o n . ( S h e d i d n ' t s e e m t o m i n dt h e f a c t s h e h a d t o c a n c e l a t r i p t o V e rmont at the last minute.) Cathy Wychunasmoved us into third despite a fogged cont a c t l e n s w h i c h h a d t o b e r e p l a c e d .

G a e l e n h e r s e l f h a d b e e n p l a g u e dby dreams of Moseman's Mountain ands a w h e r n i g h t m a r e s c o m e t r u e a s s h et a c k l e d t h e h i l l f o r r e a l . T h e n i g h tm a r e s t u r n e d t o s w e e t d r e a m s , t h o u g h ,a s s h e o v e r t o o k o n e o f t h e w o m e n a n do n e o f t h e m a l e c o n t e s t a n t s a s w e l l .

W i th Nancy on the anchor we wereb e s i d e s o u r s e l v e s v i s i o n i n g o u r s e cond place finish. Nancy went from an e r v o u s w r e c k t o e x h u b e r a n c e i n t o as ta te o f awe when she saw the youngf a c e s l a t e d t o g i v e h e r a r u n o v e rt h e fi n a l l e g .

"Don't worry," we encouraged her." S h e ' s t o o y o u n g , t o o i n e x p e r i e n c e d .S h e ' l l b u r n h e r s e l f o u t . " N a n c y j u s tv i e w e d u s w i t h s k e p t i c i s m .

t h e h o t t e s t s t a g e o f c h i l d i s h e x -all - 120 degrees At least that s what ^^erance as we awaited her finish.Ashe estimated. She,Susan Then and Linda expecting a last placGeppert reduced the time gap between 3rd youngest member was 32, withplace. A woman's work is never done,they ^ loo^tng atsay. Su re . Susan had to ge t he r hubbyo f f o n a b u s i n e s s t r i p t h a t m o r n i n g b e -f o r e g e t t i n g o n w i t h h e r o w n t a s k . ^ h a n d l e r , J e r r y

„ ^ ^ C a n a v a n . H e a n d C a t h y i n t e r r u p t e dSteve Arnett, yelling encouragement ^ Virginia to come backf r o m t h e B r o r a : o n u p , e n c o u r a g e d u s t o t i r e l e s s l ydo some yelling of our own on Moseman.I dilegently, even blaring an in-thought he figured Gaelen Canning might 3 "Chariots of Fire" out„jeed at, but it was more from seeing That^s, Jerry,t h e g a p t o s e c o n d p l a c e n a r r o w i n g .

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FISHER* JORGENSEN CAPTUREPR. JOHN P. MOONEY MEMORIAL

Independence Day ce lebra tes jus t that : a v ic tory over Great Br i ta inand a r ight to s tand on our own two feet . Af ter a l l , in th is day and age theU n i t e d K i n g d o m c o n n o t e s s o c i a l i z e d m e d i c i n e , g o o d r u n n e r s , d r i n k e r s a n d f o n dness for a wee wager or two. After the Father Mooney 8 miler we know (?) wedon't have social ized medicine, although a Brit isher and a member of the Comm o n w e a l t h s c o r e d o n e f o r t h e g o o d r u n n e r s c a t e g o r y.

D a n F i s h e r , B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a , m a d e h i s v i s i t t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s q u i t em e m o r a b l e a s h e r a n t o v i c t o r y i n o u r t w e l f t h a n n u a l F o u r t h o f J u l y C l a s s i c .H i s t i m e o f 4 1 : 2 5 w a s a m e r e 1 0 s e c o n d s o f f t h e c o u r s e r e c o r d . F i s h e r b e s t e dBob Murdock of Old Greenwich and Irv ington's Fred Herl i tz af ter a great race.M u r d o c k w a s t i m e d i n 4 1 : 2 9 w i t h H e r l i t z i n a t 4 2 : 1 3 .

"Oor Laurie" did it again romping to the women's title ever so handily in50:20. Bette Dzamba, Hast ings, ra ised the quest ion of , "Who she?" wi th a surprising second place finish (53:3l)with yet another TRRC stalwart, Nancy Laun-P e r e z t a k i n g t h i r d .

Domin ick De Laur ia d idn ' t run a l l tha t fas t to p lace in h is 50-59 brackett h o u g h h e d i d r u n a r o u n d a l l d a y a c c u s i n g D a n C a f f r e y o f d i s h i n g o u t a p p e a rance money. Well he might: Tommy Barclay showed up. I t was TGB's first raceo n A m e r i c a n s o i l t h i s y e a r . R i g h t t h e r e t o c o n t e s t t h e m i d - c e n t u r y d i v i s i o nw a s B i l l M c C a f f r e y a n d D o n D i x o n , t o o . W h a t c h a n c e d o e s a g u y h a v e ? D o m i n i c kw a s s e e n f r a n t i c a l l y t r y i n g t o p l a c e l a s t m i n u t e p h o n e c a l l s t o g e t P e t e M cArdle to make a last minute appearance. In the end Barclay ran a 48:24 to win,Mc Caffrey turned a 48:49 and Dixon a 49:08. Dominick 's t ime (not to be published) would have been better except for too much time spent on the phone: itit seems he couldn't get information and Mike Rogers^ Jerry Canavan and CathyWychunas refused to give him the area code for New Jersey.

With Barc lay scor ing one for the U.K. i t was lef t to Dan Kehoe to registerone for the Free State. After coming under a barrage of abuse because of thecartoon in last issue's newsletter, the Kilkenny exile (his choice, he says)w a s b e l i t t l e d t o n o e n d w h e n i n f o r m e d h e c o u l d n ' t r u n c l o s e r t h a n f o u r m i n u t e sbehind one Carmelo Roldan. Mr. K. argued to the contrary and he held out. Hefinally struck a bet when he got it down to a minute and a half. (True story.This is no ethnic joke.) Despite the fact he had hit the big FIVE-0 and hadnot raced in two years, the I r ishman went in to a ten day t ra in ing per iod.

The bottom line was Carmelo running a P.R. of 52:57 only to see the happygo lucky I r ishman gr inning f rom ear to ear n ineteen seconds behind h im. Thisbet was not without consequence, though. Dan Caffrey has had offers to negot i a t e w i t h A l b a n y f o r a n H B O f r a n c h i s e w i t h i n t h e c l u b - w h i c h h e i s c o n s i d e ring - and he has instructed the editor to refrain from pulishing wage-racingu n t i l a p r o p e r c o m m i s s i o n h a s b e e n e s t a b l i s h e d .

Last , but not least , Happy Bir thday to Melanie M. Melanie h i t the b ig FOUR-0 and celebrated with a second place finish in the masters. (Results page 23.)

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Jan Peek 10-K: A Ce lebra t ionYou have to be impressed with the Jan Peek. lOK- It s not every race

that draws a U.S. Senator (especially a non-running one). Senator MaryGoodhue gave the Peekskill race such a distinction, and together with theappearance of four-time gold medalist A1 Oerter and over 1,000 entries(in-cluding 854 finishers), it was a day for Red Devil country to reach to thestars in form of a nat ional ranking by Runner 's Wor ld.

Spurning approaches by two runners for monetary consideration, plusadditional sponsorship and "assistance" from coattail riders,Dom Bertoliniand his crew have moved to keep the race at the grass roots leve. Por thatw e r u n n e r s c a n b e g r a t e f u l .

Typical hot, humid weather greeted the hordeof runners.Dan Rechner,Warwick,and Grahamsvi l le 'sMissy Latauro, two Ol5mipic qual ifiers, proved besto f t h e fi e l d w i t h r e l a t i v e l y c o m f o r t a b l e w i n s .

Rechner's 31:58 provided a 31 second marginover our own Kev in Wynne, who has shown t remendousi m p r o v e m e n t u n d e r t h e c a r e o f M i k e B a r n o w. A n d J o h nS p i t t a l , fi f t h o v e r a l l a n d fi r s t i n t h e 1 5 - 1 8 a g eb r a c k e t , a l s o t u r n e d i n a fi n e p e r f o r m a n c e : 3 4 : 4 8 .

Susan Marks (15-18); Wendy Shile (50-59):TomBarclay (50-59); and Bob Rogan (60 plus) were alsoc l u b m e m b e r s t a k i n g fi r s t s i n t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e a g ec a t e g o r i e s .

A n d a w o r d f o r M r . O e r t e r . A g e n t l e m a n o ft h e h i g h e s t o r d e r i s t h e O l y m p i a n l e g e n d . H e b e g g e doff present ing the awards so as not to d isappointt h e h u g e c r o w d l i n e d a r o u n d t h e a u t o g r a p h t a b l e . I tt o o k h i m a l l o f t w o h o u r s t o c o m p l e t e h i s c h o r e , atask wh ich le f t h im flex ing h is fingers and thumbsto shake the writer 's cramp. There was nary a comp l a i n t . B i g A 1 c o u l d g i v e l e s s o n s t o a l o t o f b i gl e a g u e b a l l p l a y e r s t h a t c o m e t o m i n d . S c o r e o n ef o r t r a c k a n d fi e l d , c o u r t e s y o f A 1 O e r t e r .

Jan Peek W-KNOBODY DOES IT BETTER

" I s a i d m e d i t a t i o n , n o tm e d i c a t i o n . "

D e a r H a r r y ;

On behalf of myself andBarren's Racing Team, Iw o u l d l i k e t o t h a n k y o ufor a wonderful time anda great race. Everythingwas really great!

T h e c o u r s e w a s v e r y s c enic - and may I add hilly-and the post race partycou ldn ' t have been finer.Thank you for acceptingour entry and I hope wec a n d o i t a g a i n n e x t y e a r .

S i n c e r e l y ,

Jimmy Kelly

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COMMENT: The running boom - continued.

Wi th the invas ion o f Frank Shor ter in to l iv ing rooms throughout thecountry in 1972, the running boom took off. Experts predicted it wouldwane in the late seventies or early eighties, but they were wrong.So farit has held a steady course and the economy has received a boost creating firms and jobs hereto fore un imaginab le .

Despite the boycott of *80, the boom persevered. Live TV broadcastswere no t ava i lab le to us and a cer ta in impetus was, in a l l p robab i l i t y,lost. However, the Olympics are with us once more. It will not be atall surprising to see yet another thrust forward as spectators catch theac t ion . Those who have fa l l en o f f s l i gh t l y w i l l no doub t be ca tch ing ani t c h ; n e w c o m e r s c a t c h i n g t h e d e s i r e .

We are in for one great post Olympic show,also. Athletes have beenly ing low in an t i c ipa t ion o f the Games. September and October w i l l seethe b ig payoffs take p lace. The effect w i l l be dramat ic and contag ious.

D e a r E d i t o r :

E n c l o s e d p l e a s e fi n d t w oc h e c k s . O n e a $ 2 5 c o n t r ib u t i o n t o h e l p d e f r a y t h ec o s t s o f m o n e y l o s i n g e ve n t s s u c h a s t h e p e n t a t hl o n . T h e r e w e r e m o r e t h a nh a l f t h e n u m b e r o f p a r t ic i p a n t s a c t i n g a s v o l u nt e e r s . M a n y t h a n k s t o a l lw h o d i d .

Two, the $20 check repr e s e n t s m y i n i t i a l i n s t a ll m e n t o f a $ 1 0 0 t o w a r dthe Bui ld ing Fund, spreado v e r 5 y e a r s , a s o u t l i n e di n a w i n t e r n e w s l e t t e r .

I f such a fund is mere lya fi g m e n t o f M r . N e e s o n * sv i v i d i m a g i n a t i o n , j u s tp a s s i t a l o n g t o H o w i e B .as a down payment on thep e n t a t h l o n a w a r d s .

G a r y S t e i n e l(Ed: No imagination,Gary.Building Fund has beenc r e a t e d . M a r c O x m a n i nf o r m s w e w i l l h a v e m o r et o r e p o r t o n b y O c t o b e ri s s u e . Y o u r d o n a t i o n s a r em u c h a p p r e c i a t e d . )

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A phys-ed teacher in Mahopac since 1965, Judy has been giving of herselft o y o u n g s t e r s f o r m a n y y e a r s . S h e h a s y e a r s o f e x p e r i e n c e a n d , i n f a c t , i st h e f o u n d e r o f t h e c r o s s c o u n t r y a n d t r a c k p r o g r a m f o r g i r l s a t M a h o p a c H i g h .

H e r i n t e r e s t b e g a n e a r l y . F a s c i n a t e d w i t h p h y s i c a l a c t i v i t i e s , i n H u nt i ng ton she began he r a th le t i c " ca ree r " o f so r t s en joy ing fie ld hockey, socc e r , S o f t b a l l , t u m b l i n g , b a s k e t b a l l , v o l l e y b a l l a n d g y m n a s t i c s , t o t h e e x t e n ts h e w a s d e c l a r e d " C l a s s A t h l e t e , " u p o n g r a d u a t i o n 1 9 6 1 .

A t S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , B r o c k p o r t , s h es t u d e n t c o o r d i n a t o r o f a c t i v i t i e s : a

f o u n d e r o f t h e g y m n a s t i c t e a m . U p o n1965, Judy was the recipient of Thes t a n d i n g P h y s i c a l E d u c a t o r ,can ' t teach youngsters the impor-you set an example," a theory she

R e c e n t l y t u r n e d A O , J u d yfor master 's , taken second in5 K . S h e w a s fi r s t w o m a n o v e rtook master's age group winst h e G e o r g e Wa s h i n g t o n B r i d g er e c o r d b r e a k i n g l e g a s a m e mM i l l r o s e t e a m i n M a n h a t t a n -i s a l s o a m e m b e r o f M i l l r o s eN i k e .

J u d y i s m o s t p r o u d o fs p e a k s g l o w i n g l y o f h e r r e -y e a r - o l d d a u g h t e r J e s s i c a ,l e a v e s h e r s t r u g g l i n g f o r a nn o n e t h e l e s s , s h e s t i l l l i k e sp l a y i n g g u i t a r , r e a d i n g , a n dt h e r e a r e s o c i a l i z i n g a n dg o i n g o u t t o a n i c e c a n d l e -

w a s a g a i n t o t a l l y i n v o l v e d . S h e w a sm e m b e r o f t h e s k i c l u b a n d

g r a d u a t i n g w i t h h o n o r s i nP r e s i d e n t ' s A w a r d f o r O u t -

Acco rd i ng t o Judy, "Yout a n c e o f b e i n g fi t u n l e s s

f o l l o w s e x c e p t i o n a l l y .

h a s w o n t h e n a t i o n a l 1 5 Kt h e i r l O K a n d f o u r t h a ta l l a t L i n c o l n H a l l , a n di n P e e k s i l l ' s M i l e a n dI D K , p l u s t u r n i n g i n ab e r o f t h e v i c t o r i o u s

Mahopac road relay.(Shew h o s p o n s o r h e r t h r o u g h

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l a t i o n s h i p w i t h h e r 1 2H e r e v e r s o b u s y s c h e d u l eo r d e r o f p r i o r i t i e s , b u tt o m a k e t i m e f o r m u s i c ,h o r s e b a c k r i d i n g . P l u se a t i n g o u t , " E s p e c i a l l yl i t d i n n e r . "

Regard ing her teaching career, she rea l ly be l ieves in what she is do ing." I 'm commi t ted to teach ing k ids abou t fi tness . " To th i s end she i s cons tan tly t ry ing to improve herse l f and her sk i l l s , even tak ing courses dur ing summ e r i n v o l v i n g a n e n t i r e g r o u p ' s c o o p e r a t i o n t o f u l fi l l a t a s k . " P e o p l e a r ecapable of doing so much more than they think," she adds.

Judging by her accompl ishments, combined with her present act iv i ty andfuture goals, i t is more than evident Taconic Road Runners Club has wi th inits membership a woman who more than practices what she teaches.

O LY M P I C T R I V I A - E D U C AT E D I S I N F O R M E D

PIECE OF CAKE. We a l l know the symbolo f t h e O l y m p i c fl a g i s fi v e i n t e r l o c k i n gc i r c les . Bu t wha t do they rep resen t?

CUP OF TEA. Wha t a re the co lo rs o f t hec i rc les, and what do the co lors represent?

S N A P. D i s r e g a r d i n g t h e u n o f fi c i a l g ames of 1906, on ly two c i t ies have he ld theg a m e s t w i c e . N a m e t h e m .

c r a c k l e . W h i c h O l y m p i a d h a d t h e m o s tn u m b e r o f n a t i o n s c o m p e t i n g ?

P O P. ( " A " Te a m T i m e . ) T h e g a m e s o f1 9 4 0 w e r e c a n c e l l e d b e c a u s e o f t h e w a r , b u th a d b e e n a w a r d e d t o a c i t y . W h i c h c i t y ?

A n s w e r s t o l a s t i s s u e ' s q u i z .

1 . A b e b e B i k i l a w o n t h e ' 6 0 m a r a t h o n w i t hno shoes on, but wore them in his '64 win.

2 . T h e o n l y g o l d m e d a l w o n b y U . S . w o m e ni n d i s t a n c e s o v e r 2 0 0 m w a s w o n i n 1 9 6 8 b yM a d e l i n e M a n n i n g a t 8 0 0 m e t e r s .

3 . W h a t d o K . S o n , J a p a n ; A . S t e n r o o s , F i nl a n d ; a n d A . B . E l Q u a fi , F r a n c e h a v e i nc o m m o n ? T h e y a l l w o n t h e m a r a t h o n .

4 . A l b e r t o J a u n t o r e n a , C u b a , w a s t h e o n l yperson to double in the 400 and 800 meters.

5 . L e e C a l h o u n a n d G l e n n D a v i s w e r e t h efi r s t ( a n d o n l y ) h u r d l e r s t o d e f e n d t h e i rt i t l e s s u c c e s s f u l l y .

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L I V E O LY M P I C S P E C I A L R E P O R T(WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO GARY STEINEL)

S ince las t repor t ing I ' ve endured more than a few sn ickers , t i t te rs andbarbs regard ing my in i t ia l O lympic repor t . Apparen t l y the un in fo rmed have ,somewhat presumptiously,assumed I was in the U.S.S.R. just because my datelinewas Moscow, Little did they know I was actually ensconsed in downtown Moscow,I d a h o

Now I'm sure many of you are nodding your heads knowingly and thinking,"What a sage choice - avoiding the traffic congestion and smog of downtown LA.But won' t i t be a bi t of a hike to get back and forth to the Col iseum?" Obv i o u s l y i f t h i s i s y o u r q u e r y , t h e r e a l r e a s o n f o r s t a t i o n i n g m y s e l f i n M o s c o w ,I d a h o , i s s t i l l u n c l e a r , s o I s h a l l p r o v i d e i t f o r e w i t h .

Fo l lowing the eastern b loc boycot t , the ever c ra f ty Peter Ueber ro th he lda secre t nego t ia t ing sess ion w i th the Russ ians . H is sugges t ion? Ho ld the 01-y p m i c s i n M o s c o w. . T h e R u s s i a n s r e a d i l y a g r e e d , t a k e n i n b y t h e s a m e r u s e a sy o u r e a d e r s , a n d q u i c k l y s i g n e d t h e p a p e r s b e f o r e r e a l i z i n g t h e s n e a k y P e t em e a n t M o s c o w, I d a h o , n o t M o s c o w, R u s s i a .

N e v e r t h e l e s s , t h e y fi g u r e d t h i s s e t t i n gw a s s u p e r i o r t h a n t h e g l i t t e r o f L o s A n g e l e s B I T S A N D P I E C E S . L o n g I s l a n d m a r a -and a lso more secure. They were favorab ly thon run by S id Bar ish (3 :21) andimpressed as Ueberroth unvei led other deta i l Mike Podeshen (3:34). . .Kenta Tak-i n s t r u c t i o n s c o n c e r n i n g h i s p l a n . P e o p l e a m a r i . B i l l M c C a f f r e y , B a r b a r aw o u l d a t t e n d t h e L A O l y m p i c s a s u s u a l . A m i d s t M e i s e l , D o n n a M a r t i n e l l i w i n n e r sthe smog they would use Hollywood stand-ins: in White Plains 1OK,Abbe Chase 2d,nobody wou ld know the d i f fe rence . The rea l Co l in Smi th 3 rd . . .Don E t t i nger i nOlympics would take place in Idaho remaining 3:32, Bob Manthe, 3:57, Frank Sab-s e c r e t a n d t h u s f r e e o f t e r r o r i s m . i t o , 2 : 5 5 a n d D o n V i l l e n e u v e , 3 : 5 7 ,

b e h i n d H a r t - M o s e n t h a i i n Y o n k e r s .

How then, you might ask, did I come to . . .Joe Porcaro, Barbara Meisel &know of th is? (Then again, you might not.) Joe Albanese tops in Run for HELP,I found out in the same manner any member of with Ray Gregory, Mike Cosset 2ndTRRC can - and I might add there are choice . in age groups. Mike and Joe Pt i c k e t s s t i l l a v a i l a b l e - b y c o n t a c t i n g T h e 5 t h a n d 7 t h o v e r a l l . . . P e g M i m n oSandy Mac Tavish Travel Agency, 8 Wee Bairn tops in Carmel Fitness & Racquet5P a t h , G l a s g o w , S c o t l a n d m i l e r , L i n d a G e p p e r t 3 r d . S u z z a n e

D e t t m e r t o o k 6 0 p l u s . N i l s E k l u n dNext report: The Olympic Trials (Live!)and Bob Bergin 1-3 in 30-39,ditto

J o e A a n d D i c k M u r p h y i n 5 0 - 5 9 . AHow can runners not have a love affair with clean sweep in masters: Kate Mull-Jan Peek lOK? Monies derived from that race aney, Helena Stave & Anna Korff &are poured back into the sport. Latest move Wellard, HMN and Irwin Korff.in that development occurred this summer. john Mulligan 3rd overall, Bobby

A r o n s 3 r d i n 1 4 & u n d e r ; a l s o 3 r dFoundation Board met back in May and approv- 30-39) was Besty Feuer.e d a l l o c a t i o n o f f u n d s t o s e n d f o u r o f t h el o c a l h i g h s c h o o l e r s t o G r e e n M o u n t a i n R u n ning Camp in Vermont. One athlete from each of the surrounding high schools -Peekski l l , Franciscan, Hendrick Hudson and Walter Panas was selected by theirrespec t i ve t rack coaches . Way to go , Peeksk i l l .

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SPITTAL SCORES IN MILE SERIES RACESby John Holland

Our inaugural mi le ser ies drewover s ix ty runners who competed inthe three race ser ies June 8,13,&20at Yorktown High School.

T h e s e r i e s w a s e s t a b l i s h e d t opromote an often neglected area ofrac i ng : t r ack compe t i t i on . Yo rk townh a s t h e fi n e s t f a c i l i t i e s a r o u n d a st h o s e w h o u s e i t c a n r e a d i l y a t t e s t .Despite hot and humid condit ions ona l l t h ree even ings , s t rong pe r fo rma n c e s w e r e t u r n e d i n b y m e m b e r s .

To m N e e s o n w a s d o m i n a n t a m o n gou r j un io r s w inn ing a l l t h ree racesh e e n t e r e d . I n t h e M a s t e r s w e s a wa r e e n a c t m e n t o f t h e B a t t l e o f B r it a in w i th Har ry Neeson ge t t i ng thenod over David Smith. Harry grabbedtwo races (5:04 and 5:05) with Davetaking the opener in 5:08.

"Let 's say I 'm training for ret i rement."

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and Suzanne Kennedy scored a singlevictory apiece in the women's races.But the real story was John Spittal.

J o h n w a s m o s tc o n s i s t e n t , H ew o n a l l t h r e er a c e s a n d w a s

i n v o l v e d i n at h r i l l e r w i t hJimmy Kennedyi n r a c e t w o .

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T h e J o c k sThe club's contingent of firefighters including Jack Culken, Joe Keller,

and yours truly, under the aegis of Dan Caffrey, left for Scotland in May forthe annual firefighter's lOK run and road relay championship. I'm happy toreport the group did well taking second place in each race. But I'm gettinga h e a d o f m y s e l f .

Back in April your club's prexy or- town was jumping, with pubs filled toganized a 5 miler for NYFD. The results capacity. That evening we were fetedwould determine who would go to Scotland.by the local fire bripde and SundayWe felt we had a strong team, strong en- was spent in preparation for Monday'sough to even carry D.C. and myself - the relay, with some sightseeing thrown in.A c h i l l e s " h e a l " o f t h e g r o u p . M a y 1 5 ahappy group of eleven, eight runners,one Monday broke with a light rain,butcoach and two wives, departed La Guardia it didn't dampen our enthusiasm for thefor the six hour flight to London. Edinburgh to Glasgow relay, a distance

of some 45 mi les . A l though road re laysThere we were met by two firemen of are virtually unheard of in our country

Rugby, England, with our rented van and the Scottish classic is an old and es-w e t o o k a t w o h o u r t r i p n o r t h t o t h e i r t a b l i s h e d e v e n t ,home town where we spent the night.Aftersome sightseeing around England we head- We felt confident and ready leadinged out and arrived in Glasgow. Thursday off with our strongest runner, John Mcevening. That night we had dinner in, of Cormick, a past Sybil winner. John gaveall places, a French restaurant which, us a lead which we held until halfway.Bymemorable an occasion though it was, is the time the eighth and last leg came weanother story in i tsel f . were only th i r ty seconds off the winning

pace. Now we had our fastest runner,JimSaturday we ran the lOK. Teams were Morgan, capable of holding a five minute

invited from Britain and the continent, pace for five miles. So what's thirtyThe weather throughout our stay was typ- seconds?ically British, kind of "permacast," butthis day was downright hot.We were happy How were we to know team Holland hadto see Tom Barclay who was there to run someone equally as fast'. We lost by justin a marathon. Tom showed up to root us twenty eight seconds. Those of us who ranon. (Sorry, Tom, we couldn't return the in our own relay can appreciate the thrillfavor. You know how it is when you're and excitement which is unique to this kindi n a s t r a n g e c o u n t r y . ) o f e v e n t .

Anyway, our best was a second place Then it was off to the showers and afinish to team Holland by a single point.gala reception at a hotel where the teamsWe shrugged it off figuring we would get were honored by the presentation of medalsthem Monday at the relay. So we thought.by the Mayor of Glasgow (who inquired asThe same weekend was the soccer final in to Harry's well being). It was all fun,aGlasgow. At stake was the Scottish cham-lot of laughs, Scottish jokes and magic ̂pionship. The game was contested by two tricks by Mr. Culkin. And while we didn tteams from the cities of Aberdeen and get to see the Loch Ness monster,it was inGlasgow, and the contest was something a-all, an exciting week for everyone, one inkin to having the Superbowl and St.Patr- which fond memories are made,ick's day combined. Needless to say the Lang may yer lum reek.

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ON THE DRAWING BOARD H A R T T O P S M O S E N T H A L I N Y O N K E R S T O U G H I E

With the road relay behind usw e c a n n o w t u r n o u r a t t e n t i o n t o afew other events which have yet tobe t r ied w i th in our c lub .There a rea few on the drawing board.

These include the possibilityof an indoor track meet in winter,possibly December, at the CarmelTennis and Racquet Club. Also ona t e n t a t i v e b a s i s i s a c r o s s c o u nt r y r e l a y. A f t e r t h e M / M s u c h a ne v e n t t a k e s o n a d i f f e r e n t l o o k . Alate November Sunday is penciled.

And there is a definite poss-]ibility of a road racing GrandPrixtype system for 1985. Plans formulated include six major summerraces with the best four performa n c e s c o u n t i n g t o w a r d t h e o v e r a l lt i t l e s .

S t a y t u n e d .

Uncoto NaHRMdRaMRMiitts. . .

O V E R A L L M A L E : O d i sSanders. 25:14: KevinWynne, 25:52; John Sftlllal.26:38; Thomas Fusco,27:32; Michael Adier. 27:34.OVERALL FEMALE: JudyPickett. 30:54; NancyP e r e z - L a u n . 3 2 : 2 8 ; L i s aAieila, 34:08; Susan Then,3 4 : 1 6 .M A L E 1 2 4 I N D E R : C h r i sKozak, 33:18; Doug Bisio,35:23; John Scrocca, 38:27.FEMALE 12.UNDER: AbtwyC h a s e , 4 4 : 4 4 ; C l a u d i aParcesepe. 52:25; LisanneLewis, 56:01.MALE 13-15: Tbm Neeson,31:04; Martin Dunn. 31:40;Darryl Kittle, 32:51.FEMALE 13-15: El izat)ethPleva, 39:24; Alicia Power.4 2 : 4 3 ; C h r i s t i n e N o r u m ,4 3 : 3 8 .MALE 16-19: Tom Rothwell,27:48; Frank Rothwell ,29:06; Gunther Sih ler,2 9 : 3 5F E M A L E 1 6 - 1 9 : K i mLaregiha, 35:42; AlUsonRader, 38:26; Wen^

Brewer, 38:32.MALE 20-29: Chris HHtery,28:01; James Medeii^,28:04; Michael - Gosset-,2 8 : 0 aFEMALE 20-29: KathySpain, 34:31; Sue Hilfe'ry,34:48; Ellen Boulanger;3 6 : 0 0 .MALE 3049: Morr is Whi ting, 27:35; Larry Scheid.27:43; Gary Steinei. 27:50.

'FEMALE 30-39: KathyLoychunas. 36:04; JeanneFores te r. 36 :18 ; BarbaraCarami. 36:27.

MALE 4049: Harry Neeson,29:30, Dave Wellard, 29:53,Frank Sabito. 30:07.F E M A L E 4 0 4 9 : G a e l e nCann ing , 34 :44 ; Me tan ieMulvhIII, 35:44; Linda Gep-pert, 38:15.MALE 50-59: Ray Gregory,31:37; Joe Albanese, 32:28;ConstarUino Lago, 32:54.M A L E 6 0 - O V E R : B o bR 0 g a n32:34; Sab Koide. 47:50.Bernard Poritzky, 39:»5. ^

I don ' t care i f they d id have the Olympic Tr ia lstwo weeks later. They wouldn't have showed up in Yon-k e r s f o r o n e r e a s o n o r a n o t h e r . E v e r y o n e k n o w s w h e nthe going gets tough, the tough get going, and thosew h o a r e n ' t m a k e o n e e x c u s e o r a n o t h e r a n d g o i n a f a rd i f f e r e n t d i r e c t i o n .

So let's make no hollow victory out of Bill Harta n d S c o t t M o s e n t h a l ' s o n e - t w o fi n i s h i n w h a t i s s t i l lo n e o f t h e c o u n t r i e s t o u g h e s t m a r a t h o n s . I t w a s t h e r efor al l to run, always has been, and as usual we sawv e r y l i t t l e t a k e r s .

S c o t t m a d e m o s t o f t h e r u n n i n g , a n d j u s t w h e n i tseemed he m igh t do a John Mc Nu l t y and w in i n h i s ownb a c k y a r d , u p p o p p e d t h e h i l l s o f Ta r r y t o w n , H a s t i n g s ,a n d Y o n k e r s . W i t h t h e e n d i n s i g h t - t h a t i s i f o n ec a n s e e f o r t w o a n d a h a l f m i l e s - B a t t l i n ' B i l l c a m echarging on to catch a struggling Scotty. Bill wast i m e d i n 2 : 3 9 : 4 4 w i t h S c o t t i n a t 2 : 4 1 : 2 3 .

Frank Sabi to (2 :55) , Don Et t inger (3 :32) , BobManthe and Don Vil lenueve (both 3:57) were other clubmembers fin ish ing the course.

( T h e r e i s n o t r u t h t o t h e r u m o r t h a t B i l l & S c o t twill receive free memberships for their respective perf o r m a n c e s . B i l l i s a p s y c h i a t r i c s o c i a l h e a l t h t e c hnician and even called in sick on the day of the race.Scott was one of four members who responded to ourspecial membership offering last month $8 for one, twofor $20, remember? Facta non verba.)

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Knowing where you'regoing never hurts...

You have to feel for the eight frontrunners whostrayed off course and ran themselves right out ofcon ten t i on i n t he Nor th Coun ty News lOK .

B u t a l s o c o n s i d e r t h e u n u s u a l c i r c u m s t a n c e swhich resulted in an unlikely competitor - namelyTony Galfano - running away with the victory simplybecause he knew the race course. 1 can only imaginethe thoughts that must have been running throughGcilfano's head at the moment he realized what wash a p p e n i n g .

He had to be thinking this is just to good to betrue", when he was told by Tommy Neeson at the fivemi le mark tha t nb one was i n f r on t o f h im .

1 can almost picture the smirk on his face whenhe realized he was about to become the beneliciary ola rare gift. He was going to win the race. Like thet o r t o i s e w h o u s e d h i s b r a i n s a n d d e t e r m i n a t i o n t obeat the swifter hare. Galfano made use of hisknowledge of the course to beat out his swiftercompet i ton.It is regrettable that the incident occurred at all.and it s also a shame we never got to see the battlethat might have resulted had the eight not gonea s t r a y.

But for those eight there will many otherchances. For Galfano, .the opportunities will be morescarce. You won't see a time of 36:57 winning manyl O K r a c e s .

Galfano is one of those runners who is normallytrailing the lead pack by a considerable margin. Theones who are always a minute or two off [he pace.

bny Galtano accepEsw i n n i n g t r o p h y f r o m M a r cO x m a n , N C N r a c e d i r e c t o r.

These are the guys inai prooaoly most often cireajii ofthat day when they can somehow snatch a win Ironithe fleeter of foot.

For Galfano. his knowledge of the course provedt o b e t h e c r u c i a l f a c t o r.

Many of those in the running circle say thatfrontrunners - those who feel thev have a ^oi atwinning - should always know their race course. Butthe race officials also have a responsibility in thisarea The point of who the responsibility lies with canbe easily debated.

Either way. Galfano had his victoiy. and rightiul-ly. had no regrets about it.

Anyone who runs consistently behind the leadersin most races can find satisfaction in Galfenospredicament.

H o w G a l f a n o w i l l d e a l w i t h h i s c o n t r o v e r s yremains to be seen. On one hand it's great that therace opened itself up for such an unlikely winner toenjoy. Galfano had his moment in the sun. and it maybe some t ime before he sees another.

But at the same time he may end up feeling likehe won something he didn't deserve. Maybe hissimple knowledge of the course is exactly what dide n t i t l e h i m t o t h i s v i c t o r y.

T o t h e E d i t o r ^ .The 7th Annual North County News race had a

surprise ending this year. I had the good luck to bethe surprise winner when eight of my fellow runners,who were in a lead pack, missed a turn on the course.I feel concern for them because they didn't get thechance to perform as they wanted. After talking withone of my friends who was one of the eight, he wasfeeling upset about what had happened. And I'm surethe others who missed the turn may be feeling thes a m e w a y .

For myself. I want to say that 1 would rather nothave something like this happen because it can causehard feelings and destroy some of the good things werunners £dl work towards.

I was pleased with my own performance becauseI ran the race 1 wanted to. 1 met up to my own

expectations and even lowered my time Irom theprevious year. As for the fact of coming in first. I mstill in shock-1 had a chance to do what most of myfellow runners never do and that's get in the winnerscircle. I will teU you all that it was very "exciting.'' Mywinning was more luck than skill, but my feelingsabout it will always be memorable. It was like a"Walter Mitty" dream come true. My running hasalready paid me back many times over, this was onlyan extra that I accept graciously.

To the fel lows who missed the opportunity toshow their t^ents. it's unfortunate -- we all want tosee a good race. As for me I'm happy that 1 was able torun up to my own expectations -- and for the rest whodream about being in the winners circle - keepDlugfiing away, you never know!

Anthony Gal fano

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Very much in evidence at the Father Mooney race onJuly A was the new club racing uniform. Snazzy green &white with the name "TACONIC" emblazoned on the stripedband encirc l ing the chest, the new colors were indeedt h e t o p i c o f c o n v e r s a t i o n .

Jer ry Taub repor ts they were we l l rece ived to theextent surplus ordered was snatched up immediate ly.J.T.informs a new order wil l be placed August 31 and wil l ,i n a l l l i k e l i h o o d , b e t h e l a s t s h i p m e n t t o b e r e c e i v e dt h i s y e a r .

Members wishing to purchase any merchandise shouldd o s o p o s t h a s t e .

Singlet and racing shorts...$17.50^L o n g s l e e v e r u n n i n g t o p 1 0 . 0 0All purpose running suit 45.00*

*These items will have the authentic JoanHayes laconic mul t i -colored emblem.

P r i c e s l i s t e d i n c l u d e s t a t e s a l e s t a x , a n dc o m e i n s i z e s X S , S , M , L , a n d X L . S p e c i f ys i z e a n d m a l e o r f e m a l e f o r e a c h i t e m o r d e r e d ;the s ing le t and shor ts can be d i f fe ren t s i zes

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Long Island's gain is our loss.Yes, indeed, Sid Barish's promotion to principal in Wantaghschooldistrict leaves us with a sense ofambivilance: we're happy for Sid's ̂career, but sad because we have tolose a fine man and constant running companion.

To Sid, Annette, and family ourbest wishes for everything in lifethat's good. The pleasure has beenou rs . Keep i n t ouch .

ROAD RELAY TO GO INTERNATIONAL?

Correspondence has been rece i ved i nd i ca t i ng Sco t t i sh C rossCountry Union very much taken onby our road re lay. Ind ica t ionsare request for entry into theirrelay would be favorably taken.

F e e l e r a l s o e x t e n d e d a s t o o u ri n t e r e s t i n h a v i n g a S c o t t i s hc lub compe te i n ou rs . I n te res t i ngdevelopment, eh? Further detailsi n O c t o b e r .

D e a r M e m b e r s :

On behal f of the students and staffa t L inco ln Ha l l we wou ld l i ke to thankyou who assisted with our annual 5 mi lerun.The proceeds from the race go to bene fi t t h e b o y ' s r e c r e a t i o n f u n d a n d w i l lbe used towards spec ia l events for thec o m i n g y e a r.

As my firs t t ime around for coord inating the race, I really had my eyesopened to the amount of work and detailst h a t n e e d t o b e w o r k e d o u t t o m a k e t h ee v e n t p o s s i b l e ! Yo u r c l u b m e m b e r s w e r eall extremely heloful before, during &a f t e r. W i t h o u t h e l p t h i s e v e n t w o u l dn o t b e p o s s i b l e f o r L i n c o l n H a l l t o c o nt i n u e e a c h y e a r .

Thank you for your continued supporta n d h e l p i n g t o m a k e t h e S e v e n t h A n n u a lL i n c o l n H a l l F i v e M i l e R u n a s u c c e s s .

R e b e c c a M i l e s .

FATHER MOONEY, 4 Ju ly 1984, Dis tance 8 mi les .

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O V E R A L L : 1 , D . F i s h e r 4 1 : 2 5 ; 2 . R o b e r t M u r d o c k ,4 1 : 4 9 ; 3 . F . H e r l i t z , 4 2 : 1 3

1 9 - 2 9 : 1 . T. D i s c i p i o , 4 3 : 5 3 ; 2 . To m N u g e n t ,44:27; 3 . M. Scku lsk i , 44:29

3 0 - 3 9 : 1 , K . P f a f f , 4 4 : 4 6 ; 2 . D . B e a u d r y, 4 5 : 1 83 . ( t i e ) J . W i l l i a m s , H . Va r c a s , 4 5 : 2 6 .

4 0 - 4 9 : 1 . J . S a l e r n o , 4 6 : 3 1 ; 2 . R . C l e r k , 4 7 : 0 4 ;3. K. Byung, 46:36

5 0 - 5 9 : 1 . T. B a r c l a y, 4 8 : 2 4 ; 2 . B . M c C a f f r e y,48:49; 3. D. Dixon, 49:08

60 p lus : 1 . Agnes Rogan* , 54 :12 ;2 .F.No ls t ,5 9 : 11 ; 3 . L . K a r m i n , 5 9 : 4 0

1 5 - 1 8 : I . L . R e y e s , 4 4 : 2 7 ; 2 . J . S p i t t a l , 4 5 : 4 0 ;3 . To m R o t h w e l l , 4 6 : 0 8

Under 15: 1. D. Ginsburg, 54;21;2.K,Takamor i ,3 . M . D u n n , 5 7 : 0 9

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D e a r E d i t o r :

I would like to take just a momentto thank everyone involved in the TRRC,from our diehard president right on downto the newest of club members, for making our club the finest around.

The ideals of our c lub should be astandard for all to follow for years tocome. Keep up the good work!

J i m W a l s h

N e w W i n d s o r

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O V E R A L L : 1 . L . J o r g e n s e n , 5 0 : 2 0 ; 2 . B . D z a m b a ,53:31; 3. N. Laun-Perez, 53:57

1 9 - 2 9 : l . P. O ' H a g a n , 5 4 : 1 3 ; 2 . E . B o u l a n g e r ,5 7 : 2 5 ; 3 . M . K l i n g e r , 5 8 : 4 6 .

3 0 - 3 9 : 1 . B . H a n r a h a n , 5 9 : 1 7 ; 2 . M . L u c 5 9 : 2 8 ;3 . C . Wy c h u n a s , 6 0 : 5 3

4 0 - 4 9 : 1 , Y. W e n - S h i , 5 7 : 2 0 ; 2 . M e l a n i e M .60 :21 ; 3 . L . Geppe r t , 61 :56 .

5 0 - 5 9 : I . A . B r a n d t , 7 7 : 1 2 ; 2 . A . W e i n e r , 8 3 : 4 7 ;3 . D . B a r k m a n .

1 5 - 1 8 : I . J . B u c k l e y , 5 6 ; 5 8 ; 2 . B . F r a s e r , 6 1 : 4 6 ;3 . J . M a r k s , 6 5 : 5 8

under 15: I .S.Marks, 66:09; 2 . M.Mat tson66:33;3 . P. M c A d a m s , 7 1 : 1 0

* I mean, don't you get fed up reading, "BobRogan, Bob Rogan, Bob Rogan." I know someg u y s i n h i s a g e g r o u p a r e f e d u p r u n n i n gwi th h im. I 'm sure Agnes won' t mind i f wep r i n t h e r n a m e f o r a c h a n g e .

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During summer months club meetingsare scheduled for second Wednesdayof month at Downing Park, Yorktowna n d h e l d a t c o n c l u s i o n o f w o r k o u t .

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