Club Race Results
ASHENFELTER RESULTS: USATF-NJ'S GRAND FINALE
Leskow Leads GSTC Charge as Mens' Teams Go 1-2-3-4 | | | L to R: Mo, Aaron, and Steve rolling sub-5:00 pace at the 3.5 mile mark |
The GSTC men threw down hard at the Ashenfelter 8k on Thanksgiving morning, putting their top five in the top ten and ten in the top twenty as their teams went 1-2-3-4 in the team standings.
Their top five of Aaron Leskow (24:58), Kyle Price (25:11), Steve Rathbun (25:12/PR), newcomer Moath Alkhawaldeh (25:14), and Sean Donohue (25:44) averaged an amazing 25:16--the fastest scoring team in Ashenfelter history. Will Appman (26:00) was just a few steps behind, as were Brad Kilheeny (26:10), Jonathan Frieder (26:29), Matt Eder (26:38), and Brendan Conway (26:39/PR).
Out of the top thirty finishers, twenty of them wore the black and gold, one of the club's best showings in this classic USATF-NJ grand finale.
All that said, the club's three fastest runners (Addison Monroe, Nicholo Fillippazzo, Matt Gillette) didn't compete.
WOMEN AVERAGE 29:07!!! Fastest Team in A8K History Lead by Goose, Mateescu The GSTC ladies totally crushed Ashenfelter on Thanksgiving morning, churning out a sizzling 29:07 average which is, by far, the fastest team average in the event. It also is arguably the strongest performance by a women's team in the history of the USATF-NJ.
Shelby Goose was the team's top finisher, running the GSTC's #2 8k time of 27:26 and winning the overall race. Nike Mateescu came in as the #2 finisher with the club's #3 all-time of 28:09. Tracksters Emily Rosario (30:02) and Nicole Burlingson (30:11) were the 3-4 runners, and Erika Meling's PR of 30:16 closed out the top five.
The top five girls were all in the top eight.
The B Team finished 2nd overall, and the C team was fourth. Shannon Mckenna's PR of 31:48 was tops on the B team, followed by Amy Williams (32:40), Leah Roberts (32:42), Danielle Shannon (32:55), and Aya Leitz (34:21).
M40s Put on a Show in Nationals Tune-Up Frieder Wins Crown while Squad Averages 27:06; Teams Go 1-3-4 | | | 48 year old Jonathan Frieder crushes the masters field with a 26:29 |
The M40s team put an exclamation to the end of the 2018 USATF-NJ season with both a dominant win and a third and fourth place showing for the B and C teams. While it's surely all speculative and subjective, the top five's 27:06 average could also be the single greatest masters team effort in the history of the NJ association.
The Frieder twins finished 1-3 for the squad, as Jonathan (26:29) and Elliott (27:05) had very strong races while Sam Teigen (26:55), coming off a 2:37 Chicago Marathon, was the #2 man. Thom Knowles continued to make his glorious comeback from a year of hip injuries as the #4 finisher (27:18), and Shawn Williams (27:45), who has run every single team race this year, was the #5 man.
Rich Osifchin and Dave Boonstra were the 1-2 finishers on the third place team, while Steve Segaloff was the top man for the fourth place team.
The M50s team finished second behind Osifchin, Gary Leaman, David Lacouture, Brian Harris, and Karl Leitz. The M60s were 7th overall.
Boys 11-12 Win Region 2 Title, then Win Northeast Footlocker Team Title Next Weekend After winning the USATF Region 2 and Northeast Footlocker team titles, the boys 11-12 XC squad is having a banner year with one more big one on the horizon: the USATF national championships.
At Footlocker, Max Huang broke the course record while teammates Matt Califano (2nd), Alex Pelov (7th), and Alex Califano (9th) all earned All-Northeast honors with prestigious top ten finishes.
Three other GSTC'ers earned this status: Will Van Etten (2nd/ 9-10), Cameron Sontz (6th/9-10), and Ines Lemee (9th/11-12). Redden Still Trying to Open Can of Juice 
Great Performances at NYC Kunda, McKenna Record Big PRs The New York City was a big day for GSTC'ers, as many ran big PRs. Shannon McKenna (3:16:27), Diana Angi (4:12:24), and Jotjit Kunda (3:03:56) had big breakthroughs, while Travis Chewning-Kulick (2:39:15) and Jamie Hartop (2:44:40) were the club's two top finishers. And, of course, what's a NYC Marathon without Aya (3:22:16) and Karl (3:50:05) Leitz!? Two weeks later, Anthony Bocchine (3:46:24), Brian Weitz (1:23:05), Julie Williamson (1:32:03), and Sam Tooley (1:16:28) crushed it in Philly. Kim Criscaden, meanwhile, ran 3:45 at the Raleigh Marathon. Teichmann Crushes First Marathon
One of the first GSTC members in club history, Dan Teichmann ran his first marathon, the Marine Corps Marathon, and totally crushed it in 2:51:15. His teammates Melissa Farley (3:34:44/BQ) and Kim DiFranco (4:15:09) ran quite well, also. Laura Cummings ran a very speedy 78:55 to win the Suffolk Half Marathon, but we won't have any pictures, and it's really getting late, and we just want to send this email out.
It's twenty degrees outside, but soon
we'll be sunbathing again like this hunk
FRIEDER TWINS NOT IMPRESSED WITH YOUR STRAVA POST "BUT WHAT WAS THE DEWPOINT? THE REAL FEEL? DOW JONES REPORT? WHAT SHOES DID YOU WEAR? WEAK. OUR GRANDMOTHER RECORDS HER WORKOUTS MORE ACCURATELY THAN YOU DO."
USATF-NJ 8k XC is a Slopfest  A good time was had by everyone. That is all. I mean, we scored a lot of points. And Garrett was crushing it the first 100 meters while Will keeps wearing those awkward German shorts. Ah, can't forget about the seriously cool-looking guy behind Will. S-T-U-D. And what is Eric Davis wearing on his head, and why is Mike so damned happy on the far left? Jason thinks he's super slick with those sunglasses.
GSTC's $14,000 Charity Check Bounces
JUST KIDDING! Just wanted to make sure you're still reading.
PRICE BREAKS WORLD RECORD FOR HM IN SUIT After decades of running, Kyle Price finally found his calling: running in a business suit.
The thirty-year old die-hard GSTC'er ran the Syracuse Half Marathon weeks ago in 72:37, about 5:30/mile, with Sean Donohue (pictured above) helping with the pacing duties. If you don't believe us, go ahead and read the article here.
This was good enough for 12th overall and first in his age group. Donohue was 11th in 72:30.
Meanwhile, Stephen Rathbun busted a huge PR, running 69:45 for 7th place. However, he dressed like a normal human would, so he didn't get an article in Syracuse.com.
Minervini Finishes 4th with Turkey on His Head Mark Minervini set a pending 5k club record with a turkey on one's head, as the young man ran 17:45 at the Sparta Turkey Trot 5k to finish 4th out of 1,187....and first Turkey Head Finisher.
Aya Wins Race, Wins Turkey, and Takes First Picture Ever Without Husband Karl
Old Guys on Masters Team Can't Figure Out Timer Function on iPhone
GSTC'ers Race Westfield Turkey Trot Days After Ashenfelter Look at this beautiful collection of speedy men and women. They ate so much turkey on Thursday....they came back on Friday and turkey trotted one more time in the Westfield five miler. Aaron Leskow won the race in 25:56, thus clinching the USATF-NJ Grand Prix. Kyle Price jogged a 26:27 for third to clinch second in the overall GP. Mike Zanfardino (28:55) and Gary Leaman (29:52) also broke the 30 minute barrier. Amy Williams (32:20), Karl Leitz (33:30), Aya Leitz (34:31), Mike Terruso (34:51), Peter Auteri (36:35/ 1st AG), and John Bergacs (1:08:40) also trotted like the turkeys that they are.
XC Season is Ending... ....and Track Season is Beginning!
Meling Wins, PRs at Princeton HM Erika Meling won the Princeton Half Marathon in a personal best of 1:24:52, and her teammate, Mo Alkawaldeh, won the men's race in 73:23. Both times broke the event records over the hilly 13.1 course.
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Practices are in full swing!
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