NYRR Thursday Night at the Races 2008 - January 10, January 24, February 14, February 28 / Registration: 6:15-7:00 p.m. / Meet: 7:00-10:00 p.m. / New Balance Track and Field Center at the Armory / Washington Heights, Manhattan


Thursday Night At The Races… February 28, 2008

It was a cold night, outside that is, but the heat was on in the Armory. Two age group world records were established and the 10,000m relay attracted a record 20 teams!

1500m - Women

Heat 1 of 4

Heat 1

1 Zofia Wieciorkowska 4:40.4 Polish and World Record for 45-49, previous record 4:41.7
2 Noel Brock 4:41.7
3 Sue Huelster 4:50.1
4 Elizabeth Marvin 4:50.7
5 Dana Walsh 4:52.8
6 Allie Fiott 4:58.7
7 Rachel O'Driscoll 4:59.6
8 Morgan Clark 5:00.0
9 Virginia Connor 5:12.8

Heat 2 of 4

1 Gretchen Grindle 4:56.0
2 Laura DiMarino 5:01.9
3 Lucia Muntean 5:03.3
4 Daisy Hill 5:04.0
5 Maria Pavkovitch 5:06.3
6 Cara Roberts 5:08.4
7 Kathy Martin 5:16.4
8 Kasey ? 5:17.0
9 Gabby Dello 5:17.7
10 Jana Trenk 5:31.2
11 Susanne Hansen 5:32.9

Heat 3

1 Jill Vollweiler 5:00.5
2 Sarah Skield-Hanlin 5:11.3
3 Shebna Olsen 5:12.8
4 Safiya Lintey 5:17.3
5 Shanna Beairsto 5:37.4
6 Katie Engwall 5:39.1
7 Bridget Kissinger 5:40.2
8 Chelsea Bertrand 5:50.1
9 Marie-Louise Michelson 5:52.1 New World Record for 65-69
10 Jeanine Encizo 6:18.5

Heat 4

1 Eileen Burns 5:40.5
2 Margot Sheehan 5:52.0
3 Janice Jabido 5:53.3
4 Lucy Cooke 5:53.9
5 Elyse Patrella 6:02.6
6 Katie Williams 6:11.1
7 Rachel Gleason 6:15.3
8 Kate Ram 6:15.6
9 Yoko Yasuda 6:20.3
10 Mary Fromm 6:30.2
11 Joan Cusack 6:34.8
12 Rie Yamaji 7:34.4

We welcomed two guests from Japan, Yoko Yasuda and Rie Yamaji.

Men's 1500m

Heat 1 of 8

1 Jon Clemens 3:58.0
2 ? 4:00.0
3 Isaac Gavzon 4:01.4
4 Terence Lee 4:01.8
5 Aidan Walsh 4:02.8
6 Lance Roller II 4:03.0
7 William Grogan 4:04.8
8 Eric Stermer 4:10.0
9 Pete Martin 4:18.1
10 Conor O'Driscoll 4:18.3

Fine running from Jon Clemens despite a nasty spoke wound sustained early in the race.

Heat 2 of 8

1 Brendan Ceriello 4:08.0
2 Tom Kelly 4:11.2
3 Anselm Lebourne 4:11.5
4 Justin Kopunek 4:12.2
5 Tim Hutchinson 4:12.5
6 Brandon Abasolo 4:12.9
7 Casey Barrett 4:14.4
8 Harold Lamont 4:15.6
9 Garth DeBlasio 4:15.9
10 Hamadi Price 4:16.4
11 G. Casanova Alig 4:18.9
12 Adam Wasler 4:20.1

Heat 3 of 8

1 Andrew Spanes 4:10.3
2 Evan Bloomberg 4:10.5
3 Chris Mason 4:12.7
4 Elmer Eckert 4:13.0
5 Andrew Gorman 4:16.8
6 Carlos David Roa 4:17.9
7 Erik Lawrence 4:19.9
8 Tom Papain 4:24.7
9 Steve Desmond 4:25.6
10 John Korevec 4:27.1
11 Alex Wright 4:29.4
12 Matt Hart 4:32.0
13 Jeff Dufel 4:35.3

Heat 4 of 8

1 Frank De Stefano 4:20.7
2 David Dorsey 4:21.7
3 Carl Corney 4:22.0
4 Huan Tran 4:23.2
5 Mike Trunkes 4:24.8
6 Gerard Pearlberg 4:27.9
7 Glen Carnes 4:28.2
8 Greg Dillon 4:28.7
9 Tim Flynn 4:29.2
10 Matt Dillon 4:39.9
11 Cartwright Brown 4:41.6
12 Oscar Zambrano 4:43.6

Heat 5 of 8

1 Einar Brissins 4:23.1
2 Brad Schepise 4:24.7
3 Rosin Fitzgerald-Green 4:33.7
4 Owen Graham 4:34.4
5 Martin Suresh 4:36.9
6 Patrick D'Ambrosio 4:38.1
7 David Bosch 4:40.4
8 Tom Fitzpatrick 4:40.9
9 Ildegardo Guevora 4:41.2
10 Steve Schallenkamp 4:41.4
11 Ken Bohen 4:42.7
12 Covey McCurren 4:43.9
13 Jim Juliano 4:44.8
14 John Ring 4:46.7
15 Angelo Harasti 4:50.9

Heat 6 of 8

1 Stuart Calderwood 4:40.1
2 Kieran Newcomb 4:45.3
3 Tom Ballatd 4:45.8
4 Arthur Dobelis 4:46.3
5 Chris Grannui 4:46.5
6 Brett Bogovich 4:47.3
7 Frank Prial 4:48.5
8 Blair Cullen 4:48.7
9 no tag 4:50.7
10 John Hvicay? 4:55.1
11 Louis Green 5:03.0
12 Bill Seaman 5:04.9
13 Dave Austin 5:09.6
14 Sean Harbison 5:10.3

Heat 7 of 8

1 Randy Miller 5:01.1
2 Roxy Stuart 5:03.3
3 Charles Castiglioni 5:04.5
4 George Bullis 5:06.5
5 Michael Trenk 5:08.0
6 Paul Reale 5:09.5
7 Jameson Allen 5:11.5
8 Jerry Sun 5:14.4
9 Dave Heistand 5:14.9
10 Jacob Figuero 5:19.8
11 Don Charlton 5:22.6
12 ? 5:27.8
13 Bill Schneider 5:34.4

Heat 8 of 8

1 Mark Yellin 5:18.3
2 Sam Polan 5:20.7
3 Kyle Weckesser 5:23.9
4 Julio Aguirre 5:25.7
5 David Pitches 5:28.3
6 Kris Karnauskas 5:30.9
7 Chad Allred 5:31.7
8 Mark Rubenstein 5:42.8
9 Jim Huber 5:44.5
10 Leo Murillo 5:54.0
11 John Gleason 5:54.7
12 Steve Bonime 6:08.8
13 Arnold Gore 6:34.0
14 Warren Bush 6:43.5

8 x 200m Relay

1 Samuel Gompers 3:24.6
2 Fordham 3:28.5
3 St. Josephs 3:31.4
4 Rockland Road Runners 3:46.7
5 Masters 4:00.7
6 Has-beens 4:02.2
7 New York Flyers 4:57.4

This is such a fun event.

800m - Women

Heat 1 of 4

1 Mel Murphy 2:22.4
2 Zofia Wieciorkowska 2:23.3
3 Caroline Kwateng 2:23.8
4 Eric Roller 2:25.4
5 Jessica Berry 2:26.7
6 Kerry Kwclwesser 2:27.2
7 ? 2:28.9
8 Dene Mitchell 2:41.9

Heat 2 of 4

1 Gretchen Grindle 2:27.4
2 Charlotte Rizzo 2:29.3
3 Alice Walsh 2:30.5
4 Catcline Hellock 2:34.9
5 Dawn Littlejohn 2:35.9
6 Sarah Skiold-Hanlin 2:36.1
7 Gabby Dello 2:39.4
8 Therese Caffrey 2:56.5
9 Gina Dermigny no time

Heat 3 of 4

1 Jill Vollweiler 2:33.6
2 Eileen Burns 2:45.9
3 Shanna Bearirsto 2:47.9
4 Janice Jabido 2:48.3
5 Lisa Urnaitis 2:49.4
6 Kaitlyn Minehan 2:51.5
7 Lisamarie Bensman 2:52.5
8 Amanda Szorentini 2:58.5
9 Maureen Zivac 3:04.0

Heat 4 of 4

1 Chelsea Bertrand 2:52.5
2 Hannah Backus 2:53.0
3 Janet Garver 2:53.4
4 Jeanine Encizo 3:02.6
5 Mary Fromm 3:06.2
6 Kate Ram 3:11.3
7 Rachel Gleason 3:12.8
8 Maureen Laverts 3:14.7
9 Joan Cusack 3:18.7

800m - Men

Heat 1 of 9

1 Moise Joseph 1:51.5
2 Akinto Boone 1:55.2
3 Josh Schultheis 1:59.9
4 Neil Fitzgerald 2:00.4
5 Kouri Falconer 2:00.6
6 Gladstone Jones 2:02.4
7 Lance Fleming 2:03.0
8 Alavic Best 2:06.5
9 Ervin Cooper 2:13.3
10 James Waite 2:21.1

A fine run from Moise Joseph as he prepares to represent Haiti in the World Indoor Championships in Valencia.

Heat 2 of 9

1 Josh Delisle 2:01.1
2 Stephen D'Ambrosio 2:02.5
3 Eric Stermer 2:02.9
4 Brandon Kiewer 2:03.7
5 James ? 2:05.4
6 Jarrett Anistrenski 2:05.8
7 Paul Szczepanick 2:09.1
8 Rich Esposito 2:09.5
9 Elijah Warren 2:16.3
10 Corey Miller 2:26.2

Heat 3 of 9

1 Colin Anderson 2:04.4
2 Augustus Gleason 2:06.1
3 D.J.Ronde 2:06.3
4 Ackim Miwasser 2:08.1
5 Austin McClain-Duer 2:10.7
6 Chris Avery 2:11.0
7 Earle Corney 2:11.7
8 Corey Munroe 2:13.6
9 Trent Hampton 2:15.0
10 Antonio Verga 2:27.7

Heat 4 of 9

1 Einar Brissing 2:08.8
2 Armando Oliveira 2:09.2
3 Rawle Delisle 2:11.0
4 Anthony Modofferi 2:11.2
5 Tim Flynn 2:12.4
6 Chris Mason 2:12.6
7 Bobbie Wright 2:14.5
8 Owen Graham 2:16.1
9 Eric Tremblay 2:19.3
10 Covey McCarren 2:22.9

Heat 5 of 9

1 Cartwright Brown 2:09.6
2 Conor O'Driscoll 2:13.0
3 Mike Walsh 2:13.4
4 Melvyn Stafford 2:13.9
5 Martin McElhiney 2:14.5
6 Kieran Newcomb 2:17.3
7 David Bosch 2:18.5
8 Ildegardo Guevara 2:19.0
9 Sivon Coleman 2:21.3
10 Jason Corley 2:39.8

Heat 6 of 9

1 Matthew Hart 2:17.3
2 Moody McCarthy 2:17.7
3 Odel Noraleg 2:19.6
4 Arthur Dobelis 2:21.4
5 Chris Granucci 2:22.0
6 Angelo Harasts 2:29.5
7 Dan Aiken 2:30.6
8 John Hricay 2:32.7

Heat 7 of 9

1 Alvaro Cruz 2:24.4
2 Bob Polchinski 2:27.0
3 Frank Prial 2:27.6
4 Alan Brandstaedter 2:28.1
5 Mark Dean 2:30.7
6 Matt Hughes 2:31.5
7 Doug Bogert 2:34.7
8 Dave Heistand 2:35.1
9 Bill Schneider 2:40.9
10 Steve Bonime 2:56.6

Heat 8 of 9

1 Robert Albanese 2:39.5
2 Jerry Sun 2:44.7
3 David Pitches 2:48.5
4 Leo Murillo 2:58.2
5 Tyquan Raymond 2:58.5
6 John Gleason 2:59.1
7 David Edwards 2:59.9
8 John Saarmann 3:02.4
9 Kemar Barrette 3:07.8

Heat 9 of 9

1 Sebastian Sackey 2:30.4
2 Artocabo ? Figueiro 2:40.6
3 John Whitfield 2:49.2
4 Allen Smith 2:58.7
5 Richard Braunstein 3:00.9

10,000m relay

Heat 1 of 3

1 Le Mans 28:00.0
2 Millrose AA 25:16.2
3 The Horse 25:46.1
4 Underdogs 10:00.0
5 Westchester TC 24:00.0
6 Whippets 58:00.0

Heat 2 of 3

1 St. Josephs 25:41.3
2 FRNY and Friends 44:00.0
3 Super Runners 28:16.7
4 Columbia Dental 55:00.0
5 BWAC 27:00.0
6 Greyhounds 12:00.0

Heat 3 of 3

1 Spider Monkees 24:11.3
2 Emerging Elite 24:19.2
3 Breaking Wind 41:00.0
4 Team Larry 57:00.0
5 Citibank C 31:00.0
6 Citibank B 25:00.0
7 Citibank D 27:00.0
8 Citibank A 43:00.0

The meet closed at 11:10pm

Schedule of Events

January 10
Mile
800m
2-Mile


January 24
3000m
800m
1500m


February 14
Mile
800m
2-Mile


February 28
1500m
8 X 200m relay
800m
10,000m relay*


* 10-person relay, 200m legs only; each athlete runs five 200s