Bob Cottrell headed out to the Hayward Classic Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon in early May and took first-place finishes in the M60 category for the 800m: 2:26.97, 200m: 28.39 and 400m: 1:03.78,
Dash & Dine 5k Run Series – May
We saw a few familiar BRR faces regularly attending the 4 races out at the Boulder Reservoir this spring. Flavio De Simone at the top of the podium those weeks. Other BRR members attending; Charles Garabedian, Marcey Cote, Mike Wien, Kate De Simone, Ellen and Paul Moeller
Charles, Marcey, and Flavio getting ready for some fun at the Dash and Dine 5k run series.
BOLDERBoulder 10k, May 29
Many BRR members won their age at the iconic hometown race, and several also made the All-Time Top 20 record books. Dan Spale, 67, set a new record for his age, clocking 40:38. Check out all of the results.
 Chris Grauch and Flavio De Simone |
 John Borthwick and Roger Sayre |
 Connie Harmon |
 Marcey Cote and Dan Spale |
Ironman 70.3 Boulder, CO – June 10
Flavio De Simone had a good ride, and a strong run to capture 3rd in the 50-54 AG. Kevin Konczak, just off of another 1st place AG finish at Ironman in Utah, grabbed another 1st place AG finish for Men 50-54.
Highlights from the M60 Team
Submitted by Roger Sayre
USATF Masters Grand Prix
USATF Masters 10 mile, Sacramento, April 2: In addition to taking 2nd in the team race, in the age grading Roger Sayre was 3rd male overall in age grading with a 92.24%, and Jack Pottle ran an age-graded PR at 86.34%, placing 16th, and Adam Feerst scored an 82.1%.
John Blaser takes 2nd place in the Mens 65-69 age group at the USATF Masters 1/2 Marathon in Syracuse NY.
USATF Masters ½ marathon, Syracuse, NY, April 16: Only two from the team made the trip but made the best of it. Roger Sayre was 1st in the 65-69 age group with a 1:24:46 (age grade 88.3%, 3rd overall) and new team member John Blaser took 2nd in the age group with 1:34:36.
USATF Masters 10K, Dedham, MA April 30: Blaser was the lone BRR representative in the 60-69 division and he nabbed another podium finish with a 42:03. Blaser is now ranked 5th overall in the 65-69 age group, after only running three of five races on the USATF Masters Grand Prix circuit!
At this juncture, the BRR men’s team has competed as a full team in just three of the races and have scored 225 points to rank 5th place. All of the teams ahead have run four or five races so far. If BRR can field full teams for the remaining races the team will move up in the standings.
Hughes Runs at the World Masters Indoor (‘non-stadia’) Championships
Paul Hughes spent much of the winter in South Africa centered his training on the World Masters Athletics (WMA) indoor championships in Torun, Poland. Unfortunately, he came down with a respiratory virus while traveling to Poland, and had to scratch from the indoor 3000 and 8K cross country (the latter a ‘non-stadia’ event). By the end of the week Paul had recovered enough to run the half marathon, where he ran 1:25:38, which was 4th place for the men’s 65-69 age group.
May Road Races
Hughes bounced back over the month of April and indicated that he had some good training weeks. On May 7 he ran the Colorado Marathon in 2:58:43. He would have (officially) won his age division, but exceeded that by placing 2nd overall in the Grand Masters (50+) category. Hughes’ time also eclipsed the Colorado 65-69 age group record (set by BRR’s Heath Hibbard in 2018) by 20 minutes.
At the Colfax Marathon on May 21, Jack Pottle ran 3:25:32 to win the 60-69 age group by 9 minutes. At age 68! Jay Survil nabbed a 2nd age group place in the half marathon with a 1:36:21.
New American Record
Roger Sayre traveled to Grand Rapids Michigan on May 13 for the Amway Riverbank Run 25K and ran 1:40:41, 58 seconds under the existing American 65-69 age group record set by Alex Ratelle in 1991.
Leadville Trail Heavy Half
Congratulations to Ellen Moeller who took on the very Heavy Half in Leadville on June 17 where the top of Mosquito Pass was cut short due to snow pack, and brought on buckets of snow during the race.
 Kelly Crowl and Ellen Moeller the day before the Heavy Half in Leadville |
 Photo from up near the turnaround below Mosquito Pass for illustration purposes. Ellen Moeller not pictured here. |
USATF Masters 1 Mile Championships
BRR took to the streets of Indianapolis, IN for this year’s 1-Mile Road Champs. Todd Straka lead the Men’s 50+ team to a 2nd-place finish with John Borthwick and Adam Feerst who came down from the 60s team. The 60s team took 3rd place, led by Roger Sayre, Dan Spale, and Bob Cottrell. Doug Bell, Doug Chesnut, and Richard Katz took the 70+ team top spot!
West End Mile
A great showing with strong performances by BRR teammates Flavio De Simone, Charles Trujillo, Charles Garabedian, Rich Castro, Lesia Atkinson, Nancy Antos, and Lynn Hermanson, A few photos can be found on our FB photos or at lane1photos.com
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