2016 Team Racing Schedule & Banquet Awards!!!

THE WEEKLY EMAIL A little snow never hurt nobody   2016 aGSTC SPRING RACING SCHEDULE  ANNOUNCED!!!! For five years, we have followed a road racing schedule designed by members of other clubs.    In 2016, this is changing.  By a vote of 20-2, the Leadership Team voted to create our own schedule, create our own intra-team Grand Prix, and create our own opportunities all over New Jersey.  After all, we are New Jersey's club: so let's explore the many great events within the Garden State! Is it a change?  Yes!  Is change good?  Yes!  Google keeps changing and adapting, and look where they are now.  Blockbuster Video refused to change, and...well, yeah.  Indeed, we are a team of nearly one thousand members, and finding ways to serve and support them all will always be our top priority.   Over the past month, a Spring Race Committee consisting of Katie Castro, Karen Auteri, Tim Seeley, Kyle Price, Prudence Jones, and Chuck Schneekloth have been emailing furiously to put together a fun, diverse schedule that fits the needs of all runners: from our 4:05 milers to our 10:05 milers.   ***That said, the masters teams have voted to continue with the USATF-NJ Grand Prix.*** 2016 aGSTC Open Men/Women Racing Schedule 3/13:  Road Relays   (Central Enclave) 3/16:  Adrenaline 5k  (South Enclave) 4/16:  Asbury Park Half Marathon, 5k, & Relay  (Beach Enclave) 5/1:   Broad Street 10 Miler (South Enclave) 5/14: Newport 10,000 (Jersey City Enclave) 6/4: College Ave Mile (Central Enclave) 6/13:  President's Cup (North Enclave) The Garden State Grand Prix, a scoring platform for these races, will be announced in the next weekly email.  Meanwhile, get your partner and register for the Road Relays! Track and Field Schedule 1/22- Gotham Cup (Ocean Breeze)  2/6- Frank Colden Invite (Ursinus)  2/13- Valentine Invite (Boston)  2/20- Millrose Games (Armory)  2/27- Fast Track Last Chance (Ocean Breeze)  3/18- USATF Championships (Portland, OR) Spring Schedule TBA 6/25: Club Nationals Track and Field Championships 2015 Award Banquet TRACK AND FIELD AWARDS Excellence in the Mile: Kevin D'Emic, Josh Neyhart, Kyle Price, Jarret Kunze, Lindsay Prettyman, Anselm Lebourne, Steve Ellwood   Warm Up Most Likely to Turn into an Episode of "So You Think You Can Dance" Award: Josh Chavanne, Ish Robbins, Andrew Flores, Julius Samuel Leadership Award: Pierre Checo, Jack Lewis, Greg Pease, Domingo Grullon, Felix Aidala Mr. Consistency in the 400 Group: Josh Chavanne, Ish Robbins, Andrew Flores, Julius Samuel   The Future of the 400 Group Award: Pierre Checo, Jack Lewis, Greg Pease, Domingo Grullon, Felix Aidala Most Likely to Train with the Sprinters and End Up in a Gorilla 5k: Josh Chavanne, Ayanna Kellar, Ish Robbins, Andrew Flores, Julius Samuel   Most Likely to Leave the 400 Group for the Scarves of the Middle Distance Group:  Pierre Checo, Jack Lewis, Greg Pease, Domingo Grullon, Felix Aidala   Best Beard in the 400 Group:  Kevin Persson   Field Performance of the Year: Christina Epps, Jessie Gaines, Tim Van Liew, Herman Kirkland, Montez Blair Track Performance of the Year: Carmen Graves, Logan Sharpe, Lindsay Prettyman, Dylan Lowry, Anselm Lebourne, Tyrone Ross   MASTERS AWARDS Male Rookie of the Year: Louis Cinquino, Kevin Dollard, Robert Liberto, Will Parker, Karl Leitz, Steve Warren Female Rookie of the Year: Scarlett Geunes, Cherylann Dorsey, Ellen Patterson, Lucinda Warren Everlast Award: Kenny Huryk, Don Weise, Lee Mooney, Peter Auteri, Fran Beideman, Brian Harris Class and Consistency Award: Karl Leitz, Brian Harris, Jeremy Stratton, Wes Cole, Don Weise, John Bergacs   Class and Consistency Award: Sarah Hersey, Pat Butcher, Sue Lawlor, Erin Varga, Stephanie Edwards, Jenny Poherence   Steady and Steady Wins the Race Award: Melissa Wright, Deb Olson, Aparna Das, Ann Wahba So Happy You're FINALLY 40 Award: Anne Belfour   Performance of the Year, Men:  Nick Van Langen, John Montgomery, Matt Baker, Chris Sallade, Kevin Dollard   Performance of the Year, Women:  Sarah Hersey, Scarlett Geunes-Boyer, Lucinda Warren, Sandi Kaspszyk   Energizer Bunny of the Year Award: Pat Butcher   Masters Marathon of the Year: Will Parker RUTGERS AWARDS Rutgers Most Likely to Be at Practice: Karl Mulligan, Brian Colella, Jack Lewis, Felix Aidala The Future of the RRC Award: Mike Nitzsche, Greg Pease, Nick De Maio, Andrew Flores The Future of the RRC Award: Kelly Thow, Carly Kenselaar, Erin Lacosta Track and Field Award: Domingo Grullon, Jack Lewis, Felix Aidala, Andrew Flores Leadership Award: Erin Lacosta, Ryan Degregario, Jack Lewis   Rutgers Most Improved Runner: Brian Colella, Nick De Maio, John Lin, Domingo Grullon   Rutgers Athlete of the Year: Matt Eder, Mike Nitzsche, Carly Kenselaar, David Fett ANIS AWARDS Least Likely to Solve the Peter's Puzzler: Zak Martins, Jaris Rousseau, Zak Martins, Mike Anis, Zak Martins, Norbert Kuter Most Likely to Solve the Peter's Puzzler: Dr. Adrienne Viola, Dr. Prudence Jones, Dr. Scarlett Geunes, Dr. Ellen Patterson, Dr. Leah Roberts Most Likely to be Posting Videos of Himself on Facebook Instead of Running Award: Jaris Rousseau Mike Anis Excellence in Facial Hair Award: Sean Stetler, Matt Eder, Tony Harris, Wismith Francois, Brendon Conway, Jarrett Kunze Carmine DeNicola Nicest Hair Cut Award: Ezra Chefitz, Sean Donohue, Bri Teichmann, Pierre Checo, Matt Terentino, Will Alston, Tony Harris Jeff Perrella Excellence in Injury Award: Miggy Jones, Heather Ingraham, Brad Livingston, Mike Loenser, Mark Domradsky, Lisa Jones, Steven Jackson, Robyn Evangelist Most Likely to Run into a Street Sign Award: Edsel Flores, Sean Donohue, Miggy Jones, Adin Mickle Totally Misunderstood Award: Steve Mennitt, Peter Bolgert, Tony Harris, Zak Martins, Mike Anis, Tim Morgan COMMUNITY OUTREACH AWARDS Leadership Team Member of the Year: Katie Castro, Nicole Salge, Erin Varga, Brian Weitz, Peter Bolgert Enclave Captain of the Year: Kyle Price, Katie Castro, Karen Auteri, Adin Mickle Recruiter of the Year: Erika Meling, Karen Auteri, Josh Neyhart, Mark Parisen, Tim Seeley, Carl Blickle Team Captain of the Year: Peter Bolgert, Mike Fonder, Brian Weitz, Nicole Salge, Erika Meling, Erin Varga, Prudence Jones, Matt Baker Team Player Award: Brian Harris, Ricky Garcia, Carl Blickle, Ken Goglas, Cherylann Dorsey, Sandi Kaspsyzk, Joe Jacobs, Diana Angi, Ted Doyle   Social Media Leadership Award:  Karen Auteri, Erika Meling, Peter Bolgert, Nicole Salge PERFORMANCE AWARDS Cross Country Rookie of the Year, Female: Crystal Burnick, Liz Sweeney, Jenn Cronin, Corinne Fitzgerald, Adrienne Viola   Roads Rookie of the Year, Female: Crystal Jessica Reddan, Liz Sweeney, Adrienne Viola, Jenn Cronin, Corinne Fitzgerald,   Cross Country Rookie of the Year, Male: Dylan Hallahan, Jon Sewnig, Sean Stetler, Ethan Rissell, Tim Seeley, Nick Crits   Roads Rookie of the Year, Men:  Stephen Rathbun, Stephen Wallis, Matt Tarentino, Joe Singleton, Kyle Brogan Male Performance of the Year, Roads: Matt Gillette, Ethan Rissell, Youssef Rochdi, Kyle Price, Alfredo Santana Female Performance of the Year, Roads: Crystal Burnick, Corinne Fitzgerald, Maxine Mcinulty, Sarah Schillaci, Chelsea Callan Male Performance of the Year, Cross Country: Matt Gillette, Rob Nihen, Alfredo Santana, Ken Goglas, Will Appman Female Performance of the Year, Cross Country: Alyssa Douma, Liz Sweeney, Aimee Chegwidden, Carmen Graves, Crystal Burnick PERFORMANCE AWARDS 2016, His Breakout Year: Kyle Clonan, Kyle Brogan, Frederic Boivin, Steve Morgan, Conor Kruger, Tyler Melius, Matt Storms, Matt Tarentino 2016, Her Breakout Year: Cara Notarinni, Laura Norton, Jessica Moore, Molly Mickle, Robin England, Shannon McKenna, Lauren Jackson Most Improved Runner: Woody Kongsamut, Bri Teichmann, Ezra Chefitz, Diana Angi, Will Alston, aGSTC Couple of the Year: Kevin Persson and Micah Leonard, Aya and Karl Leitz, Bri Teichmann and Josh Neyhart, Ken and Cheyenne Ogletree, Jaris Rousseau and Facebook, Carmen Graves and Sean Stetler Excellence in Marathoning: Woody Kongsamut, Sean Donohue, Emi Perry, Nicola Hallenborg, Will Appman, Brendon Conway, Steve Morgan Teenage Excellence: Josiah Park, Hope Tiboni, Gabe Suarez, Ethan Bull, Mikayla Sasson, Tiger Li Steady Strider Award: Megan Cafferty, Rachel Wiegers, Ana Caro, Amanda Hudak, Kristina Petillo, Sara Hetzel   Excellence in the Triathlon: Jessica Reddan, Matt Bach, Charlie Groll, Corinne Fitzgerald, Meghan Bruce, Cherylann Dorsey, Leah Roberts   ENCLAVE AWARDS Jersey City Enclave Award: Aya Leitz, Karl Leitz, Dan Teichmann, Allison Malecki, Pat Casey   North Enclave Award: Joe Singleton, Courtney Schoenfield, Katie Castro, Brendon Conway, Matt Storms   Wild West Enclave Award: Ellen Patterson, John Montgomery, Will Parker, Billy the Kid Duran   Morristown Enclave Award: Sarah Hersey, Mark Minervini, Anne Belfour, Stephanie Edwards Westfield Enclave Award: Merit O'Hare, Kristen Prazenica, Diana Angi Central Enclave Award: Stephen Rathbun, Jackie Lemme, Jessica Reddan, Bri Teichmann, Christina Chafos, Ayanna Kellar South Enclave Award: Kyle Clonan, Adin Mickle, Liz Sweeney, Carl Blickle, Jenn Cronin, Tim Seeley, Robin England, Lisa Jones, Robyn Evangelist Beach Enclave Award: James Rivers, Josh Gonzalez, Will Alston, Eddie Carvante, Amanda Tripodi Princeton Enclave Awesome Award: Ashwin Anantharaman, Meghan Bruce, Erika Meling, Mike Fonder, Rob Liberto, Jonathan Sewnig Florham Park Enclave Award: Maxine Mcinulty, Kyle Brogan, Cheryanne Dorsey, Nicola Hallenborg MOST VALUABLE PERFORMER AWARDS   Most Valuable Performer, Male: Kyle Price, Ken Goglas, Matt Gillette, Alfredo Santana Most Valuable Performer, Female: Alyssa Douma, Corinne Fitzgerald, Carmen Graves, Aimee Chegwidden Most Valuable Track & Field Athlete, Female: Jessie Gaines, Christina Epps, Carmen Graves, Lindsay Prettyman, Antoinette Padilla, Rocky Vassell Most Valuable Track and Field Athlete, Male: Herman Kirkland, Tyrone Ross, Tim Van Liew, Dylan Lowry, Logan Sharpe, Cyrus Wesley, Montez Blair Most Valuable Performer- Masters Men: John Montgomery, Nick VanLangen, Matt Baker, Chris Sallade Most Valuable Performer- Masters Women: Sarah Hersey, Cherylann Dorsey, Sandi Kaspsyzk, Martha Grinnell   Most Valuable Performer- Masters Women Cross Country: Sarah Hersey, Cherylann Dorsey, Sandi Kaspsyzk, Martha Grinnell   Most Valuable Performer, Female Cross Country: Alyssa Douma, Corinne Fitzgerald, Carmen Graves, Aimee Chegwidden   Most Valuable Performer, Male Cross Country: Kyle Price, Ken Goglas, Matt Gillette, Alfredo Santana     HALL OF FAME                                                Cheyenne Goglas, Cohort 2 BEST DRESSED Men:  Tyrone Ross Women: Bri Teichmann CLUB APPRECIATION AWARDS Club Nationals Ironman Award 2011-2015:  Mike Anis 2011-2016: Club Commitment Award:  Tyrone Ross, Mark Parisen, Edsel Flores, Ricky Garcia, Ashwin Anantharaman, Prudence Jones, Jaris Rousseau, Tony Harris, Wismith Francois, Norbert Kuter, Mike Anis, Tim Morgan, Dan Teichmann   Performance, Service, Leadership:  Golden G, Female: Diana Angi, Prudence Jones, Nicole Salge, Erika Meling, Erin Varga   Performance, Service, Leadership: Golden G, Male: Brian Weitz, Ken Goglas, Josh Neyhart, Kyle Price, David Fett, Matt Baker SUNDAY TEAM RUNS Start Time  9:00am Yes_ the Sunday team runs are always this fun_ Jan. 3 Duke Farms Jan.10 Morristown Jan. 17 Turning Basin / Princeton Towpath  Jan. 24 Liberty State Park / Hoboken OAB/park loops Brianne Jan. 31 Buccleuch Towpath  Feb. 7 Sussex Branch Trail  Feb. 14 Rosedale  Feb. 21 Fairmont Park  Feb. 28 Manasquan Mar. 6 River Road  Mar. 13 ROAD RELAYS!  Mar. 20 Ridgewood Duck Pond  Peter's Puzzler Peter Bolgert is an esteemed member of the club who was on the DMR that won the club national title in 2013 for the aGSTC.  A former Marquette standout in the steeplechase, he is now halfway through a PhD program in the plasma physics department at Princeton University.  In hopes to raise the intellectual rigor to the club's weekly email, he designs weekly puzzlers to sharpen the wit, acumen, and intellect of the club...while wearing this onesey. This puzzle is a true classic.   Three GSTC members check into a hotel.  They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room.  The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is $25 and gives $5 to the bellboy to return to the guests. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1.  So they paid $9 each, totaling $27. The bellboy has $2, totaling $29. Where is the missing $1? The Anis Angle I bought my last shirt for $1.   Answer: Be careful of what you add together!  Originally, they paid $30, they each received back $1, they now have only paid $27.  Of this $27, $25 went to the manager for the room and $2 went to the bellboy. Kyle's Korner If you hear the name Gillette and immediately think of things like harden steel, sharpness, a comfortable grip, well ironically you wouldn't be too far off of descriptions for Matt Gillette. He's got a workout ethic of hardened steel, trains his body to a competitive level of such sharpness that he was eligible for the Olympic Trials, and he does it all with a calm comfortable and humble demeanor that all but sneaks up on you. Even when it comes time to "disposing" of a current goal, a decision much harder then a toss in the nearest bin mind you, he has a "replacement" already waiting and sets his sights on the next achievement. I don't think this sharp guy is going dull anytime soon. MATT GILLETTE   Kyle: Hello Matt and thank you for joining us! Mr. Gillette: No problem. Kyle: Can you start us off with a little history of your introduction to running? Mr. Gillette: I first started running in 7th grade. I did football the previous year and I knew that wasn't going to last long. My friends mom from baseball told my mom that I should do cross-country, I knew I was decent so I figured why not. Kyle: Very early start! How did your high school career carry out? Mr. Gillette: Made it to states all four years in XC, medaled with a 19th place my senior year and capped it off with a PR of 15:40. In track I didn't break out until my junior year where I medaled at states in the 3200 with a 6th place finish in 9:26. Came back my senior year and placed 4th with a time of 9:19. I qualified for states in the 1600 with a time of 4:20 but chose to focus on the 3200. Kyle: I hope you got your Mom's friend a nice gift before leaving for college. Speaking of college, how did you decide on Shippensburg? Mr. Gillette: Haha I've looked back and was thankful they had that conversation. There were couple reasons why I chose Shippensburg. One being my coach Steve Spence. Once I saw his credentials and knew what he had done, that really peaked my interest. I also saw the program was up and coming and I wanted to be part of something great. Lastly, ship has a great business program and with me in marketing it was a perfect fit all around. Kyle: I take it you meshed well with the team just based on your post collegiate contact with guys on GSTC that are Ship alumni? Mr. Gillette: Yep absolutely. Right away I felt included and knew that it was the place for me. Kyle: What were some of your favorite moments during your time there? Mr. Gillette: My first would be when we won our first conference title in XC in 2010. We went 2,3,4,5,10 to take it. I was 4th, Neyhart was 5th. We'd end up with a seventh place finish at nationals. We won the DMR at nationals twice, in 2011 and in 2013. I led off with the 1200 (3:02) in 2011 and anchored with the 1600 (4:03) in 2013. The first one is more special because we came in as the 8th seed just trying to get top 8. We shocked pretty much everyone and ourselves with the win. Kyle: Did all this success lead you to post collegiate running? Mr. Gillette: Yep. I knew there was more to come once I graduated and I wanted to see what my potential was. Kyle: When did you start getting into the longer distances? Mr. Gillette: After college. I was mainly mid distance in college. Mile/1500 was my focus. I decided that the longer distances were fitting me better. I was having more success in the longer distance so I started training and focusing on those more. Kyle: When and why did you make the pledge to the black and gold army? Mr. Gillette: This past spring/summer. Josh peaked my interest in GSTC during track and got me in contact with Chuck at a meet at Princeton. Kyle: You've had quite a bit of success while donning a GSTC uniform. Mr. Gillette: Thanks yeah, it's been awesome. Being a part of the team at club XC was an amazing experience. Kyle: How did that race play out for you? Mr. Gillette: Plan was for me and Alfredo to work together getting out hard and establishing position. I felt great through 7k, started falling off a bit, but had enough to close hard with a 24th place finish. Surprised myself in a field that had a lot of good names. Kyle: You were also riding high off a recent Olympic qualifying performance correct? Mr. Gillette: Yep. From Philly rock n roll half and the run for the diamonds on thanksgiving. My fall season of racing was definitely the best I have ever had. Kyle: Brag a little bit. Tell our readers one of those +20 mile workouts Josh has shown me on Strava. Mr. Gillette: Those were tough ones. One was 15 min warm up, 2x2mile @ 10:00, 8 miles easy, 2x2mile @ 10:00, 15 min cool down. The other was 8 miles easy, 8 miles marathon pace, 1 mile easy, 4 miles marathon pace, 1 mile easy, 1 mile marathon pace. The second one was one of the hardest workouts I've done. Kyle: Let's talk about what I'm going to assume is one of the hardest choices you've made with your running. When did you realize you had to call off the marathon training and step down from the Trials? Mr. Gillette: The beginning of last week is when we made the choice. I had been dealing with pain in my knee (IT Band) for 3 weeks. I ran through one week of it, and then it got to the point where I had to take time off. I tried all the measures to get healthy again, but my body wasn't responding quickly enough. It was a very tough decision, but the right one. Nothing good would have come out of running through the pain and potentially being injured even longer. Kyle: What's your plan now? And will you be taking a shot at the Olympic Trials again in the future? Mr. Gillette: Plan is to hopefully do some track and road races. We'll see how it goes. As for another shot at the trials we'll see. I'd rather try and qualify for track than the marathon. Kyle: I take it you're a 10k guy? Mr. Gillette: Yeah that would probably be the event I would have to beat shot at. Or maybe the steeplechase, Kyle: OOO STEEPLE! Sorry I get excited easily. Let's get a little personal. With the last name Price I was subject to some Fisher Price's and childish money teasing. Did you get any flack with the last name Gillette or were you alpha dog on the playground? Mr. Gillette: Kind of. I got a lot of the little jokes like "Mach fusion", or "razor". Kyle: Those aren't bad nicknames actually. Mr. Gillette: Yeah it was nothing bad. I can't think of any bad nicknames. Kyle: Well unfortunately I can't think of anymore bad questions at the moment so I guess that's all the time we have for this week. Thank you for speaking with us! Mr. Gillette: Thanks for having me! Kyle: Tune in next week to see who we interview! 2015 aGSTC HIGHLIGHT VIDEO Not up for an Emmy or Grammy, but check it out here.  Complete with Star Wars intro and everything! MOZIA LEADS WORLD IN SHOT PUT And not only is he from New Jersey...he is a member of the GSTC. Read the article here, with the club's shout out far below. FROM OUR  COACHING STAFF If you've paid your yearly club dues, you thus gain to access to our awesome spring training plan put together by our team coaches, Ken Goglas and Mike Fonder.  If you haven't received it, and would like to, please email ken_goglas@hotmail.com. INTERESTED IN TRACK WORKOUTS? We have organized team track workouts every Monday and wednesday night at Highland Park HS from 5:30-7:30.   Come out and have some fun with us, regardless of your age, pace, or workout.  The more energy out there the better! Follow us on  social media! Twitter Facebook YouTube Blogger (every weekly email since 2011) STAY CONNECTED