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Aggie Masters - 2001 Year in Review
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Cal 10 Opener
Some decent running opened the new year for the Aggie Old Dogs. We saw SLO SLug Steve Boaz emerge as the first man for the new year with a fine fifth place finish.
Results:
5. Boaz 55:57
5. Cushman 56:37 (45+)
12. Lawson 60:27 (45+)
27. Palladino 62:08
36. Davis 65:42
38. Hashim 69:26
28. Ahn 70:00 (45+)
Check Here for Summaries of Road, Track and XC
Wednesday, December 5
Roads
Grand Prix
With the addition of Dennis Rinde and Greg Mislick to the Club we were able to compete all the way through the long stuff in the end and we ended up 2nd in the team championships, our best finish yet. Dennis and Greg both made it to the top ten in the individual standings and in doing so get complementary entry into all next year’s Grand Prix events.
Helping out along the way was our intrepid leader of the Roads, David Ahn. He not only did all the logistics for getting out teams organized and scores submitted, he even sacrificed his body on several occasions to make sure we had that third or fifth guy, whatever it took, to get the points.
As a team we won 4 of 12 the PA races, including Compaq, Paso Robles, the Cap Mile, and Zippy. That should bring in over $1000 to the club in PA prize money courtesy of the old dogs.
Individually we had winners with Minor at Comaq, Huff at Paso, Haase at Cap Mile, and Rinde at Cal 10, Clarksberg and Humboldt.
Other Great Performances on the Roads included Mando’s Masters win at Mercury News. Then on our annual trip south to Catalina Island Minor won the 10K outright and Fabris won the 5K outright. At Wharf-to-Wharf, Minor was top Master. At Devil Mountain, Yeo took it.
Long Stuff
Looking at the roads based on Long vs. Short, were it not for Dennis and Greg, Ahn and Hashim, Ed Klotz and Steve Palladino, Lawson and Boaz, we might not have scored much. These guys were the long warriors. Dennis scored victories at Cal 10, Humboldt, and Clarksberg. Mislick lead the team at Houlihans.
Short Stuff
Speedsters like Haase and Fabris helped us at the 5K and below races, with Haase winning the mile and Fabris getting 2nd in both 5Ks. Rios was a nice addition to the mid season, as first man at 8K and second man in the Zippy 5K and Paso 10K. Consistently Steedman and Davis were there complimenting and rounding out the top five.
Next Week - Bay to Breakers, Tahoe, and Hood to Coast
Sunday, April 22
Haase set new 800m Record
Steve lowered the club record to 2:00.37 this weekend at a meet at Sac State. He said he went out in 58 and hung on.
Sunday, April 22
Compaq 10K - Looks Like a Squeeker over Hoys
Hank Lawson was the first Aggie to the finish line who's last name didn't start with an "M". Minor, Mislick, and ...
Sunday, April 1
Lopez, Mislick Quick at Carlsbad - Click for Story
Adolfo Lopez and Greg Mislick popped off a fast times at the Masters 5k Road Championship at Carlsbad.
Saturday, March 24
Houlihan's - Click for Story
Saturday, March 17
Fab, Minor Win Outright at Catalina
Ron Swart Wins 10K 50+
Mando and Huff Make World Masters Road Rankings for 2000
Based on performances on USATF Certified Road Courses, the Aggies had two members make the http://www.runningusa.org/media/rank_mast_wld.shtml for 2000.
Ivan Huff was ranked 15th in the US, ahead of such studs as Steve Scott, based on his Millennium Half Marathon and Zippy 5K runs.
Armando Siqueiros was ranked 21st in the US based on his Cal 10, Big Sur 5K and Mercury News 10K
The rankings normalize all performances to “equivalent 10K” times, and the Ivan’s best times equated to 31:16 while Mando was close behind at 31:35.
Monday, March 19
Masters Mercury Romp
Mando turns the tables on Minor in a tight one.
In a nice bit of asphalt drama, Mando opened up a gap on Minor through 5k that he built to a pretty good size. But somewhere around 5.5 miles he started coming back. At six miles Minor was moving in a high closure rate. But Mando never looked back and they finished fifth and sixth overall! SLO Boy Lopez gets fourth in Masters. New Master Mislick runs a 34 minute one. Our other good doctor, SteveP, holds off Daddy Ri in a tight 35 min battle.
1. Mando SLO Slug 31:55
2. Minor Cap 31:57
4. Lopez SLO Slug 33:02
Mislick -- New Agg from Monterey - 34:++
8. Steve Palladino Bomber 35:39
9. Rios Bomber 35:42
Palladino Gets Published In Barn
Aggie Master Dr. Steve Palladino has a story running in this edition of Bay Area Running News entitled Staying Healthy.
Check out what the good doctor has to say.
Feb 17 - Aggies Win Winter Cross Nationals
Minor Takes The Title
(Vancouver, WA) Putting four in the top ten, five in the top 15 and seven in the top 21, the Aggie Masters added the USATF Winter Cross Country title to their national championship list.
Click here for Photos
Minor lead the race from the gun. He separated himself from Mando and a Club Northwest runner on the second 2K loop of the 5 loop course. The layout featured a 400 gradual downhill into a series of turns and small hills, with the loop concluding up a 200 meter rise to the start/finish.
Mando pushed on the third loop to also drop the CNW runner. There was a cold wind coming into the face of the runners as they covered the first half of each loop. Temperatures where in the low 40's and overcast.
An Aggie pack of Odion, Magalanes, Fabris, Lawson and Cushman ran together for the first loop, coming through the first lap in about 7:03. By the third loop they started to string and the order went to Magalanes, Fabris, Cushman, Lawson and Odion and stayed that way through the finish.
1.Minor 32:28
2.Mando 32:59
9.Magallanes 35:11
10.Fabris 35:15
13.Cushman 35:33
17.Lawson 36:04
21.Odion 36:45
48.Hashim B. 44:36
Complete Results here.
Team Time
1. Aggies 2:51:26
2. Club Northwest +5 Minutes
3. Boulder Road Runners + 10 Minutes
In the post race hotel room with the Bathtub Full o' Beverages, the Hotel Dick came to inform us of the Party Policy, which included no alcohol for Minors. Of course Tim was instantly busted for being a "Minor in Possesion". Hank was also busted for sleeping with a Minor, as the two had to share a bed the night before. We hope to have Hank free by Track Nationals.
At the local bar, Husongs and Larrys, the party kicked into overdrive. The wait staff started kicking in with the brothers, guitars came out, and it became a concert. They roasted Tim as the Champion and Jamey sprayed the table with high quality Hamms beer.
2/4 Boaz Briefly Holds Marathon Record at Vegas
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| (Las Vegas) - Aggie Master Steve Boaz lowered the club masters record in the marathon to 2:41:03 last weekend. The SLO Slug took down the mark of fellow Slug Adolpho Lopez who recently ran 2:42:16 at CIM. But then Cushman wrote to tell the Rag that he ran a 2:38:34 back when he was 41. So he gets the record.
Boaz placed 18th overall in the field of just under 2000 males. He was fourth in the Masters Division. Nice running for a Slug.
7 MARKUS GERBER SUI 1 2:29:20 5:42
8 HANSPETER GERBER SUI 2 2:30:43 5:46
12 MICHAEL CARLSON BOISE 3 2:34:43 5:55
18 STEVE BOAZ LOS OSOS 4 2:41:03 6:09
25 TOM CARMINATI BOULDER 5 2:44:00 6:16
Sunday, April 29
Big Sur Results - Tight Third - Click for Story
Big Sur Photos
Saturday, April 28
Nitrate functions well in Eugene........
Emil traveled to the Oregon Invite in Eugene this past weekend and ran 16:14.04 in the 5k to move to the third spot on the all time list. Conditions were windy and cool.
Friday, April 27
Aggies Come Up Short in 4x1600m
At the Logan Top 8 Meet the Aggie Masters attempted to break the World and American Masters record for the 4 x ...
Sunday, April 29
Lawson Wins ILP 5K
(Shoreline) Hank took down the entire field in this 5k, not only winning the Masters title, but the whole enchalada in 18:24.
"I knew the course was long, so I went back and measured it the next day to find that it was 275 yards over," stated the exacting Mr. Lawson.
Hank beat the next runner by a margin of over sixty seconds. Feeling bad that he wasn't with the brothers at Big Sur, he took it all in stride. "They didn't need me and I didn't want to be sprinting against Joe and Mislick that early in the morning."
Saturday, May 19
Mando Lowers 1500m Record at Fila
Mando ventured down to SoCal the night before the Breakers where he ran in a collegiate/open meet 1500. He dropped ...
Sunday, May 20
Breakers Pede - It's A Car Wash! - Click for Full Story
The Aggie Masters, the only 100%-Pure-Dove-Soap-All-Aggie Centipede entered in the Breakers, captured the first ...
Sunday, May 13
Palladino Takes Masters Title at Human Race
(Santa Rosa, CA) Steve Palladino, making a nice return to running, picked up the masters title at the Human Race ...
Sunday, May 6
Yeo Wins Devil Masters
(Alamo, CA) Matt Yee (not is real name) lead the Masters field at the Devil Mt. 10k in 34:07 for about sixth place overall.
Joining him in the Blue and Orange were 680 Corridor neighbors Kevin Searls (36:09 - 4th)and Mike Davis (38:32, ~12th).
The day before, Masters Friend Rob Nast who recently helped the team in its 4x1600 attempt, won the Angel Island race in 28:01.
Monday, May 28
Zippy 5K -- Daddy's Home
Fabris does the Dippy at Zippy.
Sunday, June 3
Daddy on the Track - Berkeley Masters Meet
5K on the Track
1st 15:55, Lloyd Stevenson
2nd 16:11, Daddy Rios (#4 on the all time list)
3rd 18:28, Greg Brooks
1st (w) 18:46, Jessica Baldwin, jr.
Small field (maybe 11 runner's including the women) in the race. Rios went out with Lloyd for the first mile (5:03) than got tired - 10:15 - 15:34 - 36 closer.
Tuesday, June 5
PA Standings - Men Sitting 3rd on the Roads
The PA has updated the standings through Big Sur, and the Masters team sits in 3rd place behind Hoy's and WVJS, but ahead of EBS.
Saturday, June 9
Los Gatos Masters Track Meet - Click
Ostenberg, Davis, Fabris, and Lucas set foot on the track at Los Gatos for Masters Glory.
Sunday, June 10
Lawson "Black Shirts", Rios Smells Victory
At the 91st Dipsea, Master Ag Hank Lawson takes 23rd overall and gets a coveted Black Shirt (top 35). Finishing ...
Saturday, June 9
Tahoe Relays Updated - The Hoods roll.....Coasters Coast
The Hoods rolled to a big win in the Masters category, breaking the old masters course record in the process, and nearly stealing the entire race.
Aggie Tahoe History by Ron Richardson
The Hoods lead the race by as much as seven minutes at one point, and still finished a mere two minutes behind the eventual winners, an all-star team of young bucks from the San Joaquin Valley (we had at least 100 years on those guys). The Hoods time of 7:13:40 was a new masters course record, breaking the record set by another group of Aggie old farts several years ago. Here are the distances and splits for each brother:
Leg 1 - 9.6 Steve Haase 57:40 57:40
Leg 2 - 8.2 Matt Yeo 50:45 1:48:45
Leg 3 - 10.3 Jeff Townsend 59:11 2:47:36
Leg 4 - 12.3 Tim Minor 69:04 3:56:40
Leg 5 - 10.6 Kevin Searls 67:27 5:04:07
Leg 6 - 10.5 Terence Boynton 65:04 6:09:11
Leg 7 - 10.5 Steve Boaz 64:39 7:13:40
The Coasters pulled in 7th place overall and fourth masters, depsite giving up Searls to the Hoods to replace Mando. Between them and the Hoods were an all star team from Oregon and the Golden Valley Harriers. Bad Junior and DOH stepped in to fill the gaps (Ruggle had to pull out with a back injury).
Strangio - 64:25
Steedman - 57:50
Lenting - 69:40
Richardson - 80:47 -
O'Halloran - 71:14
Cushman - 68:30
Johnson - 72:43
8:05:15
Post race festivities began at the finish line as we viewed the rest of the
teams finishing and tossed insults at the winners. "We woulda won the race
but we'd be embarassed to be associated with such a slow winning time." Later, Larry Guinee's evil twin came with his girl friend in their 60's micro bus (bought from Bud) to invite us for free beer and food. Turns out
they were humping some new brew which was marginal. Next stop was Tres Hombres Cantina for post race refreshments. Scarfed some food, sloshed some liquid and watched in awe as Leo "The Director" Lenting had the locals hanging on his every word.
I included the youngsters on this email because there are a number of high
school/early college teams at the race thinkin' they're hot stuff. Let's
show them what the younger Ags can do. Also be cool to get a women's and open team up there. Ron is beginning an early campaign to run in a new category for next year, mixed over 40 - no joke.
Particular thanks to Toni Ruggle who hung even though his back was wasted, Noreen Searls, the Haase family and Christina.
by Tim Minor, Matt Yeo, and AGN J
Saturday, June 23
Blue Jean Masters Mile - Four Under Four Thirty
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| Joe Fabris lead Kevin Ostenberg, Tim Minor an Mando Siqueiros across the line at the US Championship Masters Mile. The brothers places 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th, with medals to the top six.
Eugene Photos
The large Aggie cheering section made an impact on the milers. "I tell you what," said Joe, "Coming by section Q, where the Aggies were sitting, was a kick in the pants!"
Local PA runner Leonard Sperandeo won the race in 4:21. Fabris moved from fifth to third on the last lap, knocking Kevin back one spot. Minor and Mando held their sixth and seventh places for the second half of the race.
The race moved Fabris up the all-time Masters Records mile time, with Kevin improving on his time from last year and Minor and Mando entering the top five. Mando was competing with an injured calf that kept him from his form earlier in the month when he set the club record for 1500m.
1. Leonard 4:21 (4:04 1500 en route)
3. Fabris 4:23.77 4:07.08
5. Ostenberg 4:26.58 4:07.54
6. Minor 4:27.92 4:10.41
7. Siqueiros 4:30.52 4:11
Saturday, June 16
Ostenberg 4:09 at PA Champs
Kevin dropped his master PR to 4:09 and #2 on the all time list while winning the masters division at the PA Champs.
Dave Lucas won the 800 in 2:06.
Sunday, June 17
Fit and Healthy Palladino Takes Pleasanton 5K
Steve Palladino, Aggie Master, 44yrs-363 days old plugged a 16:50 for 3rd overall (1st
Saturday, June 23
Shriners 8K - Rios Leads the Aggies
Carmelo Rios crossed the line in 18th place overall and 4th Master to pace the Aggies at the Shriners 8k Champs. Rios ran 26:12.
Following Rios were Steve Haase as 9th Master, Purples Hase Hashim, Brooks Geiken, David Ahn.
4 (18)Rios 26:12
~11 (36)Haase 27:05
~35 (112)Hashim 30:53
~40 (139) Brooks Geiken 32:17
~50 (170) David Ahn 33:22
Sunday, July 1
Haase Triumphant, Minor Magical at Sac Mile
Steve Haase once again showed his speed by outkicking a wave of Aggies and local rival Leonard Sperandeo to win the Cap Mile by half a second in 4:28.
Tim Minor showed Fabris and Ostenberg his back, trading places with them from last week while he snuck in with a great finish for third. Fabris and KO were 4th and 5th.
Doug Steedman had a hot one with a road PR of 4:45. Brand New Aggie Dennis Rinde ran 4:43.
Daddy Rios, not content with his 4:37, came back unoffically in the open middle heat and ran 4:41. Nice Double Daddy.
Hank Lawson and Mike Davis pushed at the front of the first masters heat, with Hank holding on for the win by the bucksin of his teeth.
On the team side, it looks as if we were able, with our ten solid masters including Dave Lucas, to put together two teams ahead of the third place team, WVJS, and fourth place Hoys. Note: WVTC and EBS have merged their masters programs and won't score for a few more weeks.
Heat 9
1 Haase Aggie 4:28.0
2 Sperandeo wveb 4:28.5
3 Minor Aggie 4:29.7
4 Fabris Aggie 4:30.2
5 Kevin Ostenberg Aggie 4:30.7
6 hoy 4:36.7
7 Tibaduiza ss 4:37.0
8 Rios Aggie 4:37.7
9 Pickens wvjs 4:38.1
10 Stephenson hoy 4:41.6
12 Rinde Aggie 4:43.2
13 Lighty wvjs 4:43.5
14 Lesley wveb 4:44.4
15 Steadman Aggie 4:45.4
24 Lucas Aggie 5:00.6
Heat 8
1. Hank Lawson 5:00.3
4. Mike Davis 5:03
Aggie Teams
Blue (2,3,6,7,10th Aggies) - 1st
Minor 4:29
Fabris 4:30
Rinde 4:43
Steadman 4:45
Davis 5:03
Black (1,4,5,8,9th Aggies) 2nd
Haase 4:28
ko 4:30
Rios 4:37
Lawson 5:00
Lucas 5:00
Score: (Unoffical)
Aggie Blue 23:31
Aggie Black 23:37
WVJS 24:02
Hoys 24:51
Alternative Score -
Aggie 1-5 22:36
Aggie 6-10 24:32
Thursday, June 28
All Comers - KO 2 Mile Record
Kevin Ostenberg lowered the club Masters 2 mile record by about 4 seconds with a 9:52.6, taking the top spot away from Rios. KO won the race outright, besting new Aggie Jr. Lenin Zapata, 10:05.
The 800m was hot. David Lucas ran 2:07 and Doug Steedman set a masters PR in 2:11.8. Hank Lawson did the two lapper as well in 2:15.
Sunday, July 1
Huff Hot at Pozo
Ivan Huff, Scott Steinmaus, Bud and Frank Hutchinson ran the Rubio Pozo fest for the Aggie Masters. Ivan blazed a 15:15 for third overall and first Master. Scot ran 16:26 for 10th overall and 2nd master. Bud, in a rare actual display of running, ran 21:30. What a Bud Stud. French was 23:37 running with his 10 year old.
Thursday, July 5
Run Minor Snake at Truckee Downhill Mile
Those Jean Claude Killee aces of downhill racing went to Truckee to post at the Mile.
Minor sets new mile PR of 4:16. Check these splits out:60, 2:02, 3:09, 4:16. He got caught in the last 100m by some 19 year old punk from Alaska who was in town for a running camp and ended second overall.
Ron Richardson had a great race, running 4:37, Boaz tested out his achilles in 4:47.
Hood to Coast Black and Blue Teams Named!!
The moment many of you have been waiting for has arrived, here is the Black and Blue Rosters as of July 13 for Hood to Coast. King Rubio and Master Boaz have come up with the following:
Black Team: Tyrone Minor, Mando Siquieros,One man Boynton, KO, Daddy Rios, Townsend, Yeo, Cushman, Fabris, Shaver, Searls, and Boaz.
Blue team: Richardson, Haase, Steedman, Lawson, Lenting, Odion, Ruggle, Howard, Swart, Hurley, Green, and Johnson.
We have 2 Black team alternates waiting in the wings: Mislick and Steinmaus.
For More Aggie H2C news check Hood to Coast Updates.
There is a possibility of a couple of shifts from team to team. As we get closer to race day keep us informed as to your fitness and desired legs (uphill/downhill), so that we can make the best (2) teams possible. Official starts times will be mailed out August 3, but the HTC race committee has informed me that the Black team has a projected time well ahead of the next 3 masters teams (one of those 3 is our Blue team) and has asked me if we want to start with the elite teams at 7:30 PM or with the top masters teams at 7:00 or 7:15 PM. More info to follow...snake
Wednesday, July 11
KO & Rios Battle for 2 Mile Record
First Rios held the record. Then KO lowered it early July. On the 11th the two met to settle the record....for now.
The two went through the mile together in 4:56. KO took the point and pressed. Into the last lap they were side by side, with Daddy thinking he was gonna take that boy. But KO pulled a 64 out of the bag, 32/32, to Daddy's 32/35 for the 3 second victory.
KO 9:38
Daddy 9:41
Mike Davis doubled the 800/400 in 2:13 and 57.1, each mark an improvement on his club marks.
Doug Steedman did a near spot on rendition of his previous week's 800 in 2:11, while Hank chugged to a 2:16.
It was 20 Years Ago...
Using that dang digital technology I put the picture of me from 1982 (got it from Peanut at the Burning Peanut) onto the Eugene shot. Thinner, fitter, faster!
And with More Hair :)
Sunday, July 22
Wharf to Wharf - Snake 101st for First Handshake
Juniors up front. Masters in the middle. Brett Gotcher scored a hat trick with his top junior, top local, and top Aggie performance at the 29th Wharf to Wharf Six Mile. And Brett was the doctor of dip with his 29:58 time.
First Master was Master Minor in 19th with his version of the anti-dip in 31:03. Fabris, 31:56, had a great day as the "hometown" master finishing on the same minute as Minor for the first time in a road race since they were in College together.
Dr. Palladino put out suberb effort and was named the "Master of the Meet" with his terrific improvement and 32:50 time.
Other Masters in the top 100 and getting exclusive W2W sweatshirts were Jeff Townsend, Greg Mislick, and Scott Steinmaus.
Just outside the Money, but Close Enough to talk their way into sweatshirts were the Snake in 101 and Doug Steedman in 103. But the Snake said, "Nah, I'd rather keep the finishing card with 101 on it for inspiration." Completing the field was the returning Joe Green.
Wharf to Wharf Top 100
19 Minor 31:03
34 Fabris, J 31:56
59 Palladino, S 32:50
68 Steinmaus 33:10
70 Mislik 33:17
90 Townsend 34:10
101 Boaz 34:25
103 Steedman 34:27
Green 35:15
Juniors were in big positions. Check www.eteamz.com/reebokaggies/ for thier scores. In a Age vs. Treachery Contest, the young punks took down the Treacherous Ones by a few minutes. Team Times:
Masters
Minor 31:03
Fabris 31:56
Palladino 32:50
Steinmaus 33:10
Mislick 33:17
Time 2:42:16
Gotcher 29:58
Alaniz 31:20
Chaves,E 31:55
McConville 32:26
Chaves, D 33:02
Time 2:38:41
Thursday, August 2
Chasing the Mercury - Steedman's All Comer Odyssey
Doug Steedman, the master of the Master PR, has been hot in the 800 & Mile this month. But getting his name listed in the results posted by the Mercury News has been illusive. Check this Homerian Tale:
week 1: ran 800, would have won mile
week 2: ran mile, probably would have won 800
week 3: won 800, results didn't make the paper
week 4: couldn't go, would have won 800
week 5: won 800, results didn't make the paper - 2:10.6
Week 6: Lowered PR to 2:10.3, waiting for the paper...
At least his moved his PR down and his standings in the All Time List Up. Check the Records
At this last All Comer Meet, Hank also did a nice bit of 800 running with a 2:12. He started the mile for a double, but stepped off at 100 meters and said "Why wreck a great 800 with a slow mile?"
Saturday, July 28
Kevin Ostenberg Wins National 1500M Champs
(Baton Rouge, LA) Forty year old Kevin Ostenberg turned back the heat & humidity and the competition to win the 2001 Masters National 40+ 1500m title in 4:11.
Kevin won handily by seven seconds and had the fastest 1500m of the day across all age groups.
Times listed include Age-Graded % against World Age Group Record
1 Ostenberg, Kevin M40 CA 4:11.52 87.12%
2 Lindsay, Jeff M42 Tulsa 4:18.91 85.87%
3 *Smirnoff, Yuri M40 CA 4:19.34 84.49%
4 Cleary, Mark M42 CA 4:21.20 85.12%
Thursday, August 2
Aggie 4 x Mile World Record!
The Aggies broke the world record in the 4 x Mile by 7 seconds, taking the mark away from Great Britain.
The Aggies ran the 4 x Mile in 18:01.88. The existing mark was 18:08.5, set in 1997. The mark also betters the American Record of 18:22.6.
Running on the team and in order were Joe Fabris (4:32.1), Tim Minor (4:32.6), Kevin Ostenberg (4:27.6) and Steve Haase (4:29.2).
"The crowd really made a difference," said recent National Champ Kevin Ostenberg. About a hundred well wishers came to check out the action under the lights at the Los Gatos All Comer Meet. They fanned out around the track shouting encouragement the entire race.
"What's cool is that other teams knew we were going for the record and were willing to let us have center stage," commented Joe Fabris. Hoy's and other Aggies joined in on the effort to give the crew competition.
"People at work think I'm crazy to drive down from Reno to run a mile, but what's cooler to say than 'I set a world record last night' around the water cooler come Friday?" added Minor.
"We were shooting to run 4:32 pace and hope to turn up the volume at the close of each leg," noted anchor Haase. "Kevin really gave me the baton in a nice position."
Results
1. Aggie Masters 18:01.88
2. Hoy's 18:27.49
3. Aggie Jrs. 18:30.08
4. Aggie Mix 18:49.80
Team Members
Aggie Open.Masters Mix
Jamey Harris, Kenrick Sealey, Terence Boynton, Doug Steedman
Aggie Jr.
Chris O'Neal, Eddie Alaniz, Giliat Ghebray, Brown
Hoys
Chris Lundstrom, Peter Vicencio, Keane, Rhodes.
Master Team
Joe Fabris (43) 1/30/58 2115239138
Tim Minor (43)03/10/58 2108336138
Kevin Ostenberg (40)8/30/60 2137260138
Steve Haase (42) 8/13/58 2117353138
Monday, August 6
Steinmaus Second at Alameda Run for the Parks
Scott Steimaus was a close master's second to Thom Trimble at the Alameda Run for the Parks last Sunday. Scott tripped up from SLO to run the race in his old backyard. His time was 34:32 for the 10K. Rick Riordan ran his Aggie Masters Debut in 17th with a 41:00.
Aggie Record Makes the Papers & Web
The World Record was covered by a few papers and web sites, and Kevin and Tim got extra ink in their hometowns.
Covereing the Story
San Jose Mercury News
Reno Gazette Journal
Los Gatos Weekly
Half Moon Bay Review
BARN
PA Site
Runner's World OnLine.
Thursday, August 9
All Comer Recap Davis and KO
Mike Davis ran 2:12.4 in the 800 for second and 26.75 in the 200 for 3rd to continue his quest to sub 2:10.
Kevin Ostenberg won the two mile in a solo 9:48.
Next week is the final All Comer meet of the season. There will be a special 5000m instead of two mile and 1500m instead of mile.
Saturday, August 25
First and Fourth at Hood to Coast
There are 24 different stories to be told (Click to Read Tyrone "Waterbug" Minor's Story in BARN), but the highlights are that the Aggies got 1st and 4th in the race. The Black team broke the course record and in the process became the first masters team to dip under 18 hours. Overall, the Black team was 7th and the Blue team 27th. Outstanding legs by all. The Blue team had some misfortune with missed handoffs that set them back by about 20 minutes. We split our bet with Hoy's, with the Blacks besting their Submasters team and Blues dropping to their Mixed team.
There were also a couple close battles between Black and Blue runners. There was a bet that any Blue team runner with a faster overall split than their Black team counterpart would get his beer bill covered by the latter. Searls held off Richardson by 25 seconds and Yeo held off Haase by 24 seconds.
Blue Team Summary
1 Ron Richardson 14.5 Miles in 1:26:46 @ 5:59 pace with 45 road kills
2 Hank Lawson 18.0 1:44:12 5:47 70
3 Ron Swart 15.15 1:45:31 6:58 55
4 Leo Lenting 16.95 1:48:02 6:22 60
5 Steve Boaz 16.7 1:39:01 5:56 82
6 Dennis Odion 16.75 1:37:12 5:48 71
7 Steve Haase 16.1 1:30:33 5:37 73
8 Toni Ruggle 14.25 1:33:10 6:32 39
9 Joe Green 18.4 1:58:07 6:25 23
10 Keith Stone 15.5 1:43:38 6:41 76
11 Gil Guzman 17.0 1:46:08 6:15 89
12 Doug Steedman 15.75 1:31:47 5:50 91
195.05 20:04:07 6:10 774 (adjusted to remove the 20+ minutes lost to the legendary "Screw Up")
Click Here for Blue Team Details
Black Team Summary
1 Searls ran 14.5 miles in 1:26:21 @ 5:57 pace with 19 road kills
2 Townsend 18.0 1:40:34 5:35 39
3 Shaver 15.2 1:24:10 5:33 71
4 Fabris 17.0 1:35:19 5:37 90
5 Rinde 16.7 1:33:18 5:35 69
6 Boynton 16.8 1:30:27 5:24 101
7 Yeo 16.1 1:30:19 5:37 69
8 Ostenberg 14.3 1:16:54 5:24 77
9 Siqueiros 18.41:37:58 5:20 92
10 Rios 15.5 1:26:54 5:36 41
11 Cushman 17.01:33:19 5:29 19
12 Minor 15.8 1:21:37 5:11 39
195.05 miles in 17:57:10 @ 5:31 726
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1. Bucknell Alumni Distance Team Newton, CT 16:47:19 5:10
2. Atlanta Track Club Open Men, GA 16:51:09 5:11
3. Princeton Running Co, NJ 16:51:31 5:12
4. Team Allegra, NJ 17:05:47 5:16
5. Pace Setter Elite, OR 17:25:50 5:22
6. Lactic Acid Droppers, OH 68 17:41:41 5:27
7. Reebok Road Kill Cafe, CA 17:57:05 5:32
8. Ncic-All Stars, OR 18:33:20 5:43
9. Hoys Santini Extra Virgins, C 18:40:10 5:45
10. Class Act, WA 18:44:21 5:46
27. Reebok Aggie Old Farts, 20:21:24 6:16
Drivers Ellen Rinde, Noreen Searls, Joe Rubio, Monica Townsend
Pre-Meet Photo Spread Team Photo
Saturday, August 25
Cross Country: Santa Cruz!
Even with 24 of our Masters runners up in Oregon for Hood to Coast, we still put up a full team for the first XC ...
Monday, September 3
Rinde 2nd at Empire XC
Dennis Rinde, with hardly a breath between Hood to Coast and Empire XC, scored an impressive 2nd at the Santa Rosa ...
Saturday, September 8
Golden Gate XC - It's All Terence
A solid masters team put their hands together on the line of the Great American Cross Country Festival and performed ...
Saturday, September 15
Crystal Cushman In the Middle
The team grouped up for our cheer at the start of the Crystal race and instead of the normal chant, the just held ...
Sunday, September 16
KO 2nd, Minor 4th at Champions Mile
Cold! Windy! Wet track. Rain stopped before start. Field was smaller than usual because of travel problems this ...
Saturday, September 22
Yeo Leads Masters to 3rd at Davis
Running on his home college course, Matt Yee (not his real name) was apparently second Master and first Aggie in 27:01 and 50th place.
Sunday, September 30
Huff Hot at Home: 31:04
Like a peacock showing his feathers, Huff lit up his home course with a 10th overall and convincing Master win ...
Saturday, October 6
Presidio CC: Terence Takes Another
Going straight to the front and opening a 10 second lead in the first mile, Terence was only hounded by the cheers of the crowd for second placer Carmelo Rios. T-Bone ran the exact same time at last year to get this year's victory.
But Daddy knows everybody, so the fans wouldn't stop with the "Go get'em Carmelo"'s. Which is cool, but somewhat of a hindrance when you are stalking a dude. "I always knew where you were," said Terence to Rios after the race.
For the first run up the hill, defending champ Chris Willis was on T's shoulder, pressing the pace. But in his first race in about a year, the peace officer from Albany had to back off. He eventually ran with Fabris and the two came down the final hill in 6th and 8th, with Fab long-legging the downhill for the advantage. "Nothing like getting the snot kicked out of you to motivate your training," noted Chris.
Steedman dutifully took up the fifth man's chore of trying to stay in it and keep the first four honest. He blasted down the homestretch to take down a GV Harrier for a precious point. And we needed it. The score was tight between EBS/WVTC and us, 37 to 41 for a four pointer.
1 Boynton 20:18 (5:43) 100.00%
2 Rios 20:30 (5:46) 100.99%
6 Fabris 21:12 (5:58) 104.43%
8 Willis 21:22 (6:01) 105.25%
20 Steedman 22:26 (6:19)110.51%
59 Purple
Team Time / Points
1:45:48 / 37
Average Time 21:10
5 Spread 2:08
Aggies 37
EBS/WVTC 41
Boynton
Rios
Hans of Hoys
Trimble EBS
Maia EBS
Fab
Lesley EBS
Willis
Saturday, October 13
Rocklin and Rowlin
Large pack of 8 Aggies plus River City Rebel Frank Thomas followed Purple Haze through a quick first 1/2 mile. After Hashim slammed on the breaks, Minor took the lead as the field started to thin out. When spectator Harris yelled at Minor that he was freaking jogging, Gray Matter took off and left all behind for a 22 second victory. KO led Carmelo and Shaver through 3 miles when the racing began. Daddy kicked fastest, with Shaver kicking to third and KO finishing a very tired fourth. Ancients Yee and Cushman
sandwiched a sick OMD followed by miler Haase and Hans of Hoys. (by Shavermoto)
1. Minor 21:40 Ag 100%
2. Rios 22:02 Ag 101.7%
3. Shaver 22:05 Ag 102.0%
4. Ostenberg 22:10 Ag 102.3%
5. Thomas 22:19 River City
6. Yee 22:25 Ag 1st 45-49 103.5%
7. Boynton 22:32 Ag 104.0%
8. Cushman 22:34 Ag 2nd 45-49 104.2%
9. Haase 22:44 Ag 104.9%
10. Gouwens 23:16 Hoys
18. Mislick 23:52 Ag 110.2%
21. Magallanes24:00 Ag 110.8%
31. Searls 25:13 Ag 116.4%
32. Denis O' 25:30 Ag 117.7%
37. Ruggle 25:33 Ag 117.9%
38. Peanut 25:35 Ag 3rd 50+ 118.1%
57. Klotz 27:36 Ag 127.4%
69. Hashim 28:31 Ag Most negative road kills
71. Wood 28:36 Ag 50+ 132.0%
Also, we fielded our first master womens team. Margaret Lang was about 9th place overall and she was joined by Richardson and Haase. See realted story by Margaret.
Monday, October 22
Rinde Wins Humboldt Half!
BIG Congratulations go to Dennis Rinde for winning the masters at the Humboldt Half yesterday.
Thanks to Greg Mislick for a good solid effort.
Special thanks to Steve Palladino for running the half 2 weeks after the Chicago marathon. Steve's gastrocnemius (or calf, as some of us know it) flared up and this may jeopardize his plan on running CIM.
Also Big thanks go to Ed Klotz for making the long drive over to be our fifth man.
(by Ahn Solo)
1 Rinde 1:12:57
8 Mislick 1:17:10
~28 Palladino1:29:03
Ahn 1:32:35
Klotz 1:38:08
Saturday, October 27
Wholly K-Oh at Shoreline
The Johnny Cash of Cool, the old man in black, Kevin Ostenberg, won the Shoreline Open with new course record and managed to best Grand Prix leader Ty Strange in the process.
New! - Shoreline Photos
Daddy Rios, who was "vacationing" in Hawaii, contracted with Jeff "Hit Man" Shaver to do a Nancy Carrigan on Rigid Man Cushman and take him out at the knee caps. Shaver did as ordered, taking down Cushman. Suffering collateral damage was Kevin Searls. Shaver made the bold assualt in the first 100 meters. "I was running behind Rigid CushMan when I sees this guy Shaver hit the dirt," said Joe Fabris. "I calls out 'Man Down' and the next thing I know Cushman is rolled up in a ball crying "Why me? Why me?'" Searls followed Cushman to the ground. They all got up - no Mary Decker-itis on these boys, and finished a bloody mess.
Jeff Shaver went on to get fourth, Cushman eighth, and Searls hung in there for twenty-fifth. It was the second race in a row where Searls shed blood.
Full Shoreline Results
1 Ostenberg 22:53 (CR) (5:04) 100.0%
4 Shaver 23:39 (5:15) 103.4%
5 Boynton 23:42 (5:15) 103.6%
6 Yeo 23:51 (5:17) 104.2%
8 Cushman 24:08 (5:21) 105.5%
9 Fabris 24:22 (5:24) 106.5%
17 Steedman 25:58 (5:45) 113.5%
21 Hartig 26:34 (5:53) 116.1%
25 Searls 27:14 (6:02) 119.0%
26 Ruggle 27:16 (6:03) 119.2%
37 Klotz 29:33 (6:33) 129.1%
14 50+ Wood 31:17 (6:56) 136.7%
44 Martin 32:30 (7:12) 142.0%
Team Time 1:58:13
Points A Team: 24 B Team 97
Average Time 23:39 (5:15)
5 Spread 1:15
Masters Women
9 Lang 19:23 (5:28) 101.84%
19 Richardson 20:10 (5:41) 105.95%
66 Haase 23:52 (6:43) 125.39%
Women Masters News
A full Aggie women's Masters team debuted at the Sierra Invite. Joan Haase, Margaret Lang and Barb Richardson showed up and gave it a go on this true XC course. Margaret was second master and 9th overall in 19:23, Barb was 6th master and 19th overall in 20:10 and Joan started her Aggie racing career (first race??) on a tough course at 23:52. Unfortunately, the open women needed some help so Margaret and Barb ended up scoring for the open team. Either way we scored our runners, open versus masters, the Impalas won the race so we kept the open team's chances alive.
At Shoreline, we didn't have a Masters team but Margaret showed up and took top honors for the Masters Women running 18:15 for 8th overall. If the PA site is correct, this is a new Masters course record by over a minute (previous record is listed as 19:46).
Saturday, November 3
Rios Gets His "V" at Tamalpa - Click for Story
Carmelo Rios ...
Monday, November 12
Rinde Again! Jose Debuts at Clarksburg
Dennis Rinde made another great stride towards the Masters Road Grand Prix title with his win at the Clarksburg 30K.
Dennis defeated Tim O'Rourke as the two were 12th and 13th overall in the race.
Jose Aispuro made his masters debut with a third place, and Greg Mislick made it a top 15 day with his eleventh.
Estimating the results, it looks like the men may have taken second.
1. Dennis Rinde 1:48:39
2. O'Rourke 1:49:01
3. Aispuro 1:49:47
4. Lloyd Stephens
5. Thom Trimble
6. Jesus Garcia
7. Tim Keenan
8. Brian Davis
9. Robert Pickens
10. Maricio Maia
11. Greg Mislick 1:54:57
~60 Purple Haze 2:35
Rinde 1:48:34 (5:50) 100.00%
Aispuro 1:49:47 (5:54) 101.12%
Mislick 1:54:57 (6:11) 105.88%
Purple Haze 2:35:31 (8:22) 143.25%
Team Time 5:33:18
Average Time 1:51:06
Sunday, November 18
Margaret, Minor, & Masters Men Mop-Up at PA
Margaret Lang and Tim Minor were both crowned Masters' Victors at the PA Final race today at Golden Gate Park. In addition, the masters men swept 1-6 and 9 of the top 11 spots on the challenging 6.05 mile version of the GGP course.
New! Photos From BARN at PA
Going straight to the front and opening a large lead was Minor. That left a pack of Boynton, Rios, Aispuro and Shaver to duke it out for second. That pack held until the final loop, when Shaver fell back, leaving three. Rios made a move with half mile to go, up into the eucalyptus grove, that sealed second, with Terence, then Jose, following.
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Farther back in the pack Cushman, Yeo, and Tom Trimble of EBS ran together with a small gap over the remainder of the top 20 regulars Haase and Fabris of the Aggies, then Ross, Maia and McGuire of EBS, and Gouwens of Hoy's.
Cushman managed another top ten finish, making that 8 straight top tens since turning pro, a PA record.
Emil had to deal with his spasming back, Ron his lack of racing. Steedman was good thru 3, held it together, and had his usual great finish. And Kevin his BROKEN RIBS from his fall at Shoreline to keep him under control.
Galligan and Ruggle ran for clydsedale pride and David once again proved he was the utility man, always there and ready for action.
The Bay Bombers reversed their lose of last season and crushed the Sac Capitols 20 to 35.
Margaret was very strong in her win and Barb's fourth place finish was so fast it made everybody take notice. Hillary Fong was lead the wrong way on the course.
Full Results
1 Minor 33:18 Caps (5:20) 100.00%
2 Rios 33:58 bombers (5:37) 102.0%
3 Boynton 34:02 bombers (5:38)102.2%
4 Aispuro 34:08 bombers (5:39)102.5%
5 Shaver 34:31 bombers (5:42) 103.7%
6 Fabris 34:37 bombers (5:43) 104.0%
7 Timble EBS/WVTC
8 Yeo 35:02 caps (5:47) 105.2%
9 Cushman 35:08 caps (5:48) 105.5%
10 McGuire EBS/WVTC
11 Haase 35:20 caps (5:50) 106.1%
19 Magallanes 36:24 caps (6:01) 109.3%
28 Richardson 37:30 caps (6:12) 112.6%
32 Steedman 37:46 bombers (6:15) 113.4%
40 Searls 38:20 bombers (6:20)115.2%
46 Ruggle 38:53 caps (6:26) 116.7%
48 Galligan 38:54 caps (6:26) 116.7%
87 Ahn 44:30 Bombers (7:21) 133.6%
Women
1 Margaret Lang 25:04
4 Barbara Richardson 25:58
Hillary Fong NT
In realted Racing, the Open Men and Open Women were both second to strong Farm Team efforts, but ahead of the more consistant teams of the PA. It may have been enough for the men to snake the Grand Prix.
Monday, November 19
Grand Prix Results for XC
The Aggies have put five runners in the top ten of the grand prix and nine in the top fifteen. Carmelo Rios made ...
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| Masters At Mobile: Photo by BARN |
| Saturday, December 1
Master Win Number 4 at Mobeeel
All the work over the fall came down to the command “Runners Set" and that darn gun. I was shooting for an Aggie top-five and an overall top-ten.
But last week I was out with a cold, and boy howdy if I can’t do crap following illness. Within the first two hundred meters I knew I was out. Heavy duty oxygen debt. And I thought I’d paid that debt to society. I slowed to try and get something back but it didn't click until I was at six minute pace. Oh well. Kevin Searls with his broken rib and I hooked up and ran together.
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The course was basically a big grass field 300 meters on end. They threw a little dog-leg 180 on each lap and got 2 kilometers. There were hay bales through the dog leg to add a bit more spice. At the end of each lap, the tail-enders did get to see the race ahead of us, so Kevin and I looked forward to that.
And we saw an Aggie victory. Minor and KO at the front in third and fourth. Rios and Jeff Shaver were in about seventh and eighth. With an injured OMD just outside the top ten. Emil and Tom Cushman were in the twenties, battling for over 45 honors.
But expectations were high. Minor and KO both wanted that win. Tim closed to second and Kevin held forth in fourth. Daddy spent most of the day before telling us how he was going to wear his jewels and rubies on that crown, but the jester was where the jester was. Terence has had better days this season and didn’t want to be out of the top ten. The course may have been flat, but that grass-sand mix took it out of you. Everyone was wobbly legg’d and tired at the end. So we made ourselves happy with the win and look forward to Vancouver in February.
Margaret was in the hunt, in the front through two laps when her knee gave out and she had to come into the pits. She had to park it in the garage. Just one of them racin' deals.
AGN Joe
Full Nationals Results
2 Minor 19:15 (5:10) 100.26%
4 Ostenberg 19:40 (5:17) 102.43%
8 Rios 19:56 (5:22) 103.82%
9 Shaver 20:07 (5:24) 104.77%
14 Boynton 20:19 (5:28) 105.82%
~25 (5th)Magallanes 20:42 (5:34) 107.81%
~30 (6th)Cushman 20:53 (5:37) 108.77%
~39 Searls 22:18 (6:00) 116.15%
~40 Fabris 22:19 (6:00) 116.23%
Team Time 1:39:19 Points 37
5 Spread 1:27
1 Reebok Aggie 1:39:19.11
2 Greater Lowell 1:40:16.90
3 Genesse Valley Harriers 1:47:49.56
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| Margaret Sitting in Second. Photo by BARN |
Sunday, December 2
CIM: Call it Rinde-Town.
Dennis Rinde cements the PA Grand Prix with a PA win at CIM.
Race Report from Greg Mislick:
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When the gun went off, it was absolutely pouring, sheets of rain, and it kept up throughout the first 20 miles with brutal winds. Ran 7:10's the first few miles in a daze, wondering why the hell I was out there in this downpour when I could have been partying my ass off in New Orleans!!! After the shock wore off, I threw in a few 6:20's to catch Don Paul, and we then settled into 6:40's until about 15 when he dropped off for the porta-john. I wore a freakin' poncho for 15 miles until it started turning into a sail, then had to ditch it! Ran the rest solo -- no muss, no fuss, nothing heroic -- as Al Davis would say, "Just finish, baby!" But if people try to tell you other-wise, it wasn't fun...
True story: I've only attempted to run CIM one other time, and it was in 1987. Ron remembers the weather that day too -- is it ever nice there?!!
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Boy oh boy, thanks to Hashim Bashiruddin for taking a bullet for the team and running a race he really didn't have a plan to run. Estimates are that we were fifth.
But what about that Barb? Setting up the club record in the marathon!
Full CIM Results
Master
3. Rinde 2:39:50
13. Mislick 2:57:21
Hashim 4:42.57
4. Barbara Richardson 3:19:31
Grand Prix Road Update
1. Rinde 402.5 (46 at CIM)
2. Stephenson 367.5 (34)
3. O'Rourke 329 (44)
4. Lesley 278 (30)
5. Trimble 252.5 (40)
6. Mislick 187 (20)
7. Davis 181.5
8. Pickens 166.5
9. Teeters 162
10. Keenan 156.5 (42)
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