ROSEMONT RUNNING CLUB

Here are the individual results from Saturday’s Delaware XC meet:

Gerry Burke          23:23 22nd  40-49m            60.157

Morty Caster        17:38  4th overall open m      73.157

Steve Clarke         26:26 38th 40-49 m            55.359

Mike Dolan           17:24  1st overall masters m 79.023

Mike Dolan           17:50  7th overall open m      77.103

Gene Dykes           22:59 1st 60+ m                   69.761

Tim Hetrich          19:45  10th overall master m 74.093

Don Hurford         22:19  19th 40-49 m            65.049

Spencer Latran     20:52  2nd 17&U m              66.693

Barb Mongiovi       25:48  7th 18-39 f              57.623

Jeff Painter          20:28  14th 40-49 m           71.498

Derek Schultz       19:48   15th overall open m  65.320

Daryl Weaver        17:22   3rd overall open m    75.912

Bruce Wietlisbach 25:54  13th 50-59 m           56.950

This race was also the USATF mid Atlantic Cross Country Championship race. In addition to having the top masters and  open men’s teams, Rosemont had several individuals in the top ten of their USATF age divisions. Barb Mongiovi finished 2nd  among open females; Daryl Weaver 2nd, Morty Caster 3rd, Derek Schultz 4th and Spencer Latran 6th among open males; Mike Dolan 1st, Tim Hetrich 7th, and Jeff Painter 8th among Masters males; and Gene Dykes 1st among Senior males. A great day and a great season for Rosemont! Final Off Road team standings are listed on the right. We are the team champions for the second time in three years.

            We also had several runners place individually in the Off Road Grand Prix series, over the total of 7 races:

Mike Dolan         1st place Masters male

Bonnie Stoeckl   8th place Masters female

Daryl Weaver     1st place Open male

Morty Caster     Tie 8th place Open male

Steve Templin    Tie 8th place Open male

Hilary Dykes       3rd place Open female

Barb Mongiovi     5th place Open female

Larry Boyer        1st place Senior male

Gene Dykes         3rd place Senior male

Full Results                                       USATF Results

Rosemont RC had a great day at the Delaware Open Cross Country Championships at Brandywine Creek State Park on Saturday, winning the DE Open, USATF Masters and Open Team Championships, and the Off Road Grand Prix all on the same day; the best single day performance in club history. Daryl Weaver (Men’s Open) and Mike Dolan (Men’s Masters) also wrapped up individual Grand Prix Championships at Brandywine; with Mike setting a new course record for the Master's race. Mike not only won the Masters race in course record time, but, within 5 minutes of finishing that race, started, ran and finished the Open race in 7th place, only 26 seconds slower than his first race. This was a truly a spectacular day for Mike and, without a doubt, the most impressive individual performance in club history. Thanks to all 15 Rosemont Runners who participated. More to come as race results become available.

Seven Rosemont runners ran on the last day of the USATF Road Grand Prix Series (Philadelphia Marathon, ½ Marathon, and Rothmann 8k), helping the club score its highest total in club history, 2903.557 points. While we finished in the same place as in 2007 (6th), we scored almost 1,200 more points than last year. We also had 3 runners in the top 20 overall in the individual Grand Prix competitions, Gene Dykes (8th overall male, 5th 55-59) Hilary Dykes (11th overall female, 1st 15-19), and Derek Schultz (15th overall male, 1st 25-29). In addition, our young runners did very well. Katie Schneider was 55th overall female and 1st in the 10-14 group, Spencer Latran was 127th overall male and 1st in the 10-14 group, while Owen Phelan was 131st overall male and 2nd in the 10-14 group. Congratulations and thanks to all who participated; we?re looking forward to an even better season in 2009!

Gene Dykes (8k)             33:52   72nd       77.805

Morty Caster (8k)           27:21    19th        77.514

Vanessa Andes (1/2)     1:25:27   52nd       77.043

Brian Sullivan (1/2)       1:29:16    91st       73.749

Derek Schultz (Mar)    2:52:43   108th       72.325

Hilary Dykes (Mar)       3:38:26  1507th     62.040

Steve Clarke (8k)            40:41    236th      59.115

Full Results                                         USATF Results

Vanessa Andes was the first female finisher in the October 25 Stoudt?s Distance Classic 12k. Vanessa?s time of 49:33 placed her 12th overall.

Results

Daryl Weaver continues to rack up awards this fall. At the November 1 Fall Into Fitness 5k, Daryl finished 2nd overall with a time of 15:18. On November 9 at the Trimax Blue Marsh Creek Trail Race, Daryl finished 2nd to Jamaican national 5,000 and 10,000 meter champion Floyd Mayne. Daryl?s time was 42:16. Larry Boyer finished 22nd overall and first in the 60-64 age group in 57:18.

Marsh Creek Results

Fall Into Fitness Results

Seth Kampf placed 67th among male runners in this past weekend?s New York Marathon, running the distance in 2:34:26. Seth also proposed to Christine Mantis on live TV at the race (she accepted). Congratulations to Seth and Christine!

Video

Rosemont had a full scoring team at this past weekend?s Ben Franklin Bridge 10k run, but times were slowed and scores lowered by poor race management. At least three of our top runners were in the lead pack of 30-50 that went off course by at least ½ mile due to a lack of markings or race officials at the turnaround point. Despite the loss of 25-30 points due to the screw up, Rosemont still scored over 351 points in the race. Josh Emory, Jeff Painter, Derek Schultz, Gene Dykes, and Hilary Dykes were the scorers for Rosemont. Letters of protest have been sent to the USATF, as this snafu affected us more than other clubs (we had more runners in the lead pack than other clubs). Despite this setback, our road racing team has scored far more points in the Grand Prix Series than we ever had in club history, with only Philadelphia Marathon day (we can score ten runners through any combination of the three races that day) left on the Grand Prix schedule.

USATF Results

Steve Clarke set three new pumpkin carving world records last week. On Wednesday at Harrah?s Casino Resort in Atlantic City, Clarke set a new standard by carving 1 ton of pumpkins in 3 hours 33 minutes and 49 seconds breaking the old record of 4 hours 17 minutes and 26 seconds. He then continued on to carve 100 pumpkins in 3:44:50, setting another new World Record. On Friday at Times Square in New York City, Clarke set his third record of the week by carving 50 pumpkins in 1 hour.

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