Greater Philadelphia Track Club – Club Member of the USATF Mid Atlantic Association

Dawn 2 Dusk 2 Dawn Track Ultra – Sharon Hill, PA

May 13, 2023

12 HOUR Run – Gene Dykes, 2^nd 62.43 miles, ^{NEW CLUB RECORD}

UAGTCA meet – Northeast HS, Philadelphia

May 13, 2023

Craig MacDonald – Javelin – 131’11”

BROAD STREET RUN 10M – Philadelphia

April 30, 2023

USATF-MA Club scores: Philadelphia Runner 438.315, GPTC 433.725, Pike Creek 404.817, Liberty TC 399.367, South Jersey AC 368.814, Pineland 363.102

Brock Butler 53:02, 1^st M45, 88.781%

John Becker 54:15, 86.083%

John Gagliardi 54:55, 84.340%

Tim Harte 56:56, 2^nd M55, 90.135%

Reza Manavi 1:00:00, 78.472%

Chris Naimoli 1:02:22, 74.265%

Paul Montini 1:03:58, 80.224%

Patty Heppelmann 1:06:06 1^st W50, 83.964%

Scott Armstrong 1:06:59, 80.219%

Bob Reynolds 1:07:55 1^st M65 84.05%

Amy Gannon 1:08:50 2^nd W50, 80.630%

Kim Dietrick 1:09:35, 78.850%

Mark Wenger 1:10:20, 74.313%

Jackie Dunn 1:10:24

Mike Bodary 1:11:43, 76.389%

Julie Pangburn 1:12:29, 84.387%

Sean Harbison 1:12:55, 75.131%

Siobhan McHugh 1:14:35, 75.285%

Anabelle Broadbent 1:15:37, 77.915%

Lauren Siegel 1:17:39, 84.160%

Dave Broadbent 1:23:10 3^rd M70, 73.968%

Tom Jennings 1:28:12 1^st M75 72.15%

Mary Pat McFarland 1:30:53, 68.164%

Steve Sawyer 1:31:51, 66.104%

Vince Aloyo 1:34:51, 67.932%

Sandra Folzer 2:01:56 2^nd W80, 76.736%

Eric Hernandez 1:24:22, 54.010%

USATF Masters 10K Road Championship – Dedham, MA

April 30, 2023

Abby Dean is W55 Champion – 38:15

Mary Swan – 45:45 2nd W60

Matt DiPretore – 34:59

PENN RELAYS – Franklin Field

April 29, 2023

GPTC W60 4×400 squad of Lorraine Jasper, Cheryl Bellaire, Julie Hayden and Kathy Haubrich set a pending American Club Record of 5:13.98

GPTC Relays win 4 Wheels and 4 Silver Medals

Claudia Simpson wins W65 100m

Masters 4×100 results

M50

Unite4 – 47.04
Southwest Sprinters – 47.36
GPTC – 48.38 (Jacques Lucien, Ross O’Neill, Delvin Dinkins, Dan Esposito) BRONZE
Penn Alumni – 1:00.70

M60

GPTC – 52.40 (Bruce Rash, Daryl Johnson, Wally Hernandez, Bill Yelverton) GOLD
Houston Elite – 55.67
Pony Express – 56.31
Mass Veolcity M65 – 57.83
GPTC-B – 1:00.74 (Paul Brock, Glen Allen, Dan Fannon, Carl Stocking)
Delaware RC – 1:08.61

W60

GPTC – 1:14.68 (Deb DeHaven, Sue Faller, Cathy Popovitch, Claudia Simpson) GOLD

100 meters

M50 – Dan Esposito 12.78, Ross O’Neill 13.27

M55 – Jacques Lucien 12.61 BRONZE

M60 – Bill Yelverton 13.19 BRONZE

M70 – Glen Allen 15.76

W65 – Claudia Simpson 16.55 GOLD

Masters 4×400 results

W40

Central Park – 4:24.11
GPTC – 4:41.47 (Deia Goff, Karen Dunn, Kristie Nunez, Alison Schwalm) SILVER – NEW MASTERS CLUB RECORD
Bell N Motion – 4:49.07

W50

GPTC – 5:03.46 (Patty Heppelman, Abby Dean, Doreen McCoubrie, Michelle Rohl) GOLD
Phila. Masters – 7:10.42

W60

GPTC – 5:13.98 (Lorraine Jasper, Cheryl Bellaire, Julie Hayden, Kathy Haubrich) GOLD
Central Park – 6:20.47
GPTC-B – 6:40.91 (Deb DeHaven, Lauren Siegel, Isabel Bentz, Cathy Popovitch) BRONZE

M60

Global Sprinters – 4:08.94
GPTC – 4:16.62 (Bill Yelverton, Wally Hernandez, Daryl Johnson, Bruce Rash) SILVER
Mass Velocity 4:23.21
Shore AC 4:29.98
GPTC-B 4:50.81 (Bob Reynolds, Carl Stocking, Anthony Pugliese, Glen Allen)
Houston Elite 4:56.06
Shore AC M65 5:27.73

M50

Southwest Sprinters – 3:53.37
GPTC – 3:54.51 (John Curtis, Nick Damalas, Jacques Lucien, Delvin Dinkins) SILVER
Garmin Runners – 3:57.92
Penn Alumni – 4:08.67
GPTC-B – 4:15.22 (Andrew Albright, Chuck Kruelle, Leroy Miles, Scott Landis)
Shore AC – 4:36.16
Penn Alumni-B – 4:58.47
Phila. Masters – 5:05.22

M40

Shadow Project – 3:47.41
GPTC – 3:52.79 (Scott Burns, Brock Butler, John Becker, Chris Foutz) SILVER
Garmin Runners – 3:54.65
Mass Velocity M45 – 4:05.20
DC Capitol – 4:05.75
Shore AC – 4:09.76
Central Park – 4:16.78
Arkansas Alumni – 4:56.44

OPEN CLUB RELAYS

4×100 – GPTC – 48.12 (Mitch Schlegel, Jesse Jones, Ross O’Neill, Nolan Green)

4×400 – GPTC – 3:41.90 (Mitch Schlegel, Jesse Jones, Jerome Holder, Nolan Green)

Maroon & Gold Invitational, Bloomsburg University

April 29, 2023

Michelle Rohl – 5000 – 18:36.92

Pennypack Trail 5K – Huntingdon Valley

April 23, 2023

Keith Davies 21:49

St Luke’s 5K – Allentown, PA

April 23, 2023

Anabelle Broadbent – 21:20 WINNER

Dave Broadbent – 22:54 1^st M70

127th Boston Marathon

April 17, 2023

Derek Reinhold 2:57:43

Kara Rubinich 3:24:09

Theresa Gagliardi 3:26:07

Amy Gannon 3:29:48

Mary Swan 3:44:42

USATF Masters Half Marathon Championship – Syracuse, NY

April 16, 2023

GPTC wins W50 National HM Title

Abby Dean 1:28:20 1st W50

Doreen McCoubrie 1:34:49 2nd W60

Anabelle Broadbent 1:45:33

1. 4:48:44 GREATER PHILADELPHIA TC (1:36:15)

1 1:28:20 Abby Dean 51 Wilmington DE

2 1:34:49 Doreen McCoubrie 61 West Chester PA

3 1:45:35 Anabelle Broadbent 55 Perkasie PA

2. 5:18:24 GENESEE VALLEY HARRIERS (1:46:08)

1 1:37:26 Jacalyn Lembo 57 Penfield NY

2 1:50:25 Brenda Osovski 56 Candor NY

3 1:50:33 Caroline Bucci 50 Rochester NY

4 (1:50:35) Cassandra Crane 53 Chittenango NY

Revolutionary Run 5 Mile – Valley Forge

April 16, 2023

Club scores: GPTC 409.323, Phila. Runner 395.081, Pineland 345.634

John Becker 27:25 1st M40, 82.675%
Jason Holroyd 27:26 1st M45, 83.961%
Brock Butler 28:05 2nd M45, 81.306%
John Gagliardi 28:18 2nd M40, 79.446%
Reza Manavi 30:50 3rd M45, 74.054%
Larry Rechtin 32:43 1st M60, 80.031%
Patty Heppelmann 33:04 2nd Overall, 81.351%
Scott Armstrong 33:59 2nd M60, 76.312%
Erika Holroyd 34:45 1st W45, 73.621%
Kim Dietrick 35:28 2nd W45, 75.047%
Fernando Moura 36:36 1st M70, 79.827%
Stan Hatch 36:45 3rd M60, 71.247%
Julie Pangburn 37:49 1st W55, 78.096%
Lauren Siegel 40:22 1st W60, 77.952%
Jim Bell 51:33 3rd M75, 61.267%

TCNJ Invitational, Ewing, NJ

April 8, 2023

Craig MacDonald SP 6K – 42’9”

Osprey Open – Stockton University, Galloway, NJ

April 8, 2023

Wally Hernandez – 100, 14.54

Cherry Blosson 10 Mile, Wash, DC

April 2, 2023

Brock Butler 54:00 1^st M45

Jason Holroyd 54:04 2^nd M45

Abby Dean, 1:04:02, 5th Master

Bob Reynolds, 1:09:12, 2nd M65

Tyler Arboretum Trail 10K – Media, PA

April 1, 2023

Rachel Wise Wins Tyler 10K and leads GPTC to team win!

Race scores: GPTC 318.744, Pike Creek 307.664, Pineland 281.595

Series scores: Pike Creek 605.875, GPTC 594.882, Pineland 558.812

Stan Hatch 49:40, 65.940%, 2^nd M60

Don Morrison 56:22, 65.671%, 1^st M70

Scott Armstrong 49:36, 65.423%, 1^st M60

Mike Flanagan 48:46, 63.602%

Rachel Wise 52:19, 58.108%, WINNER

Christine Kelley 1:10:35, 55.183%

Sheila Regan 1:05:36, 52.541%, 1^st W50

World Masters Track & Field Championship – Torun, Poland

April 1, 2023

Michelle Rohl

3000 – 10:27.11 GOLD W55 – ^{pending American Record}

1500 – 4:53.07 GOLD W55 – ^{pending American Record}

800 – 2:25.12 F, 2:29.07 P, SILVER

Betsy Stewart

3000 – 13:53.98

800 – 3:16.08

1500 – 6:17.21

Bill Yelverton

400 – 58.96 P, 58.93 S

200 – 26.10 P, 26.11 S, 26.66 F

M60 4×200 1:45.08 SILVER
X60 4×200 1:53.30 GOLD

Lorraine Jasper

400 – 1:15.46 S, 1:11.11 F

800 – 2:56.11 S, 2:39.72 F BRONZE

1500 – 5:40.28 SILVER

Mary Swan 10K Road 44:41

Gary Haga HM 1:32.18 BRONZE M65 Team USA

Tim Conheady HM 1:29.15 BRONZE M65 Team USA

Wale Aka-Bashorun Pentathlon 3482 points ^{New Club Indoor Pent Record}

60HH – 9.48 (823 pts), LJ 17’8.25” (725), HJ 5’0.5” (627), SP 33’2.5” (587), 1000 3:15.82 (720)

Kutztown Fools Run 10M

April 1, 2023

Anabelle Broadbent 1:22.48 1^st W55

Dave Broadbent 1:25.28 1^st M70

Front Runners Meet – Armory, NYC

March 26, 2023

Jacques Lucien – 60, 8.13 – 200, 25.93

Ross O’Neill – 60, 8.22 – 200, 26.16 – LJ, 14’11.25”

Delvin Dinkins – 60, 8.21 – 200, 26.07

Leroy Miles – 600, 8.65 – 200, 28.53 – LJ, 15’7.75”

Love Run Half Marathon – Philadelphia, PA

March 26, 2023

Siobhan McHugh 1:39.52 1^st W50

Kim Dietrick 1:41.12

Linda Boyer 1:52.49 3^rd W65

Garden Spot Half Marathon – New Holland, PA

March 25, 2023

Anabelle Broadbent 1:44.30 2^nd Masters

Traci Tempone 1:34.21 2^nd W30

Bella Mile – Red Bank, NJ

March 25, 2023

Alison Schwalm 5:52.2 1st Masters

Adrenaline 5K – Haddonfield, NJ

March 18, 2023

Large GPTC contingent excels in Race #2 of Mid Atlantic Grand Prix

Club scores: GPTC 451.641, Phila. Runner 434.464, Pike Creek 410.567, Pineland 380.156, South Jersey 362.817, Phila. Masters 293.182

Overall scores: GPTC 881.327, Phila. Runner 858.449, Pike Creek 814.759, Pineland 757.487, Phila. Masters 649.555

Scott Armstrong 19:32, 2^nd M60, 81.229%

John Becker 16:00, 1^st M40, 87.188%

Jim Bell 29:34, 3^rd M75, 66.496%

Linda Boyer 23:56, 1^st W65, 82.312%

Anabelle Broadbent 22:22, 3^rd W55, 77.943%

Dave Broadbent 23:55, 3^rd M70, 75.889%

Scott Burns 15:47, 1^st Masters M40+, 87.012%

Brock Butler 15:51, 3^rd Masters M40+, 88.644%

Matt Cutrona 18:48, 3^rd Masters M50+, 78.898%

Keith Davies 19:45, 3^rd M60, 82.532%

Abby Dean 18:51, 1^st W50, 88.417%

Karen Dunn 19:20, 1^st W45

Gene Dykes 21:21, 1^st M70, 86.137%

Sandra Folzer 34:16, 2^nd W75+, 77.127%

John Gagliardi 17:11, 80.504%

Tim Harte 16:25, 1^st Masters M50+, 91.878%

Patty Heppelmann 19:45, 2^nd W50, 83.460%

Eric Hernandez 21:44, 62.730%

Erika Holroyd 19:47, 2^nd W45, 79.275%

Jason Holroyd 15:51, 2^nd Masters M40+, 89.274%

Ken Kapner 21:15, 77.333%

Doreen McCoubrie 20:02, 1^st W60, 93.428%

Siobhan McHugh 21:38, 1^st W50, 77.042%

Don Morrison 22:11, 2^nd M70, 80.691%

Julie Pangburn 22:30, 80.222%

Larry Rechtin 19:05, 1^st M60, 83.930%

Bob Reynolds 20:08, 1^st M65

Steve Sawyer 25:22, 69.580%

Lauren Siegel 23:39, 2^nd W60, 81.184%

Run for the Buds 5M – Newark, DE

March 18, 2023

Andy Shearer 36:08 1^st M50

USATF Masters Indoor Nationals – Louisville, KY

March 12, 2023

GPTC flexes muscle with top showings all around

Michelle Rohl sets a new American Record in W55 1500!!

Lorraine Jasper and Julie Hayden ran on a World Record W60 4×800 and an American Record W60 4×400!!

OVERALL TEAM SCORES MEN WOMEN

SOCAL TC 511.5 1) SOCAL TC 313.5 1) SOCAL TC 198
Potomac Valley 90 2) Potomac Valley 302 2) Potomac Valley 188
Atlanta TC 325 3) CHT Elite 204 3) TNT International 181
GREATER PHILA. 282.5 4) Atlanta TC 173 4) Atlanta TC 152
TNT International 240 5) Philadelphia Masters 158 5) GREATER PHILA. 145
(tie)Phila Masters 240 6) GREATER PHILA. 137.5 6) Central Park TC 145
CHT Elite 204 7) Shore AC 92 7) SC Striders TC 119
SC Striders TC 159 8) Houston Elite 82 8) Philadelphia Masters 82
Central Park TC 155 9) Genesee Valley H 76 9) Southwest Sprinters 75
Southwest Sprinters 138 10) Southwest Sprinters 63 10) Sprintcity 70

RELAYS

W60 4×800 Non Club – 11:39.79 – WORLD RECORD – Julie Hayden and Lorraine Jasper

W60 4×400 Non-Club – 5:05.77 – AMERICAN RECORD – Julie Hayden and Lorraine Jasper

W55 4×800 – 14:08.06 – GOLD – Michelle Rohl – Cathy Popovitch – Lauren Siegel – Cheryl Bellaire

M50 4×800 – 12:13.91 – BRONZE – Jayson Ness – Gary Haga – Brian Gallagher – Tim Conheady

W60 4×200 – 2:48.09 – GOLD – Cheryl Bellaire – Cathy Popovitch – Lauren Siegel – Claudia Simpson

M55 4×200 – 1:54.57 – GOLD – John Curtis – Bruce Rash – Wally Hernandez – Paul Brock

M50 4×400 – 4:10.58 – BRONZE – John Curtis – Bruce Rash – Chuck Kruelle – Jayson Ness

M60 4×400 – 4:46.48 – GOLD – Gary Haga – Wally Hernandez – Paul Brock – Tim Conheady

PENTATHLON

W45 – Deia Goff – 2399 pts. – BRONZE ^{CLUB RECORD} – 60HH, 11.43 – HJ, 3’10.5” – SP, 27’2.75”– LJ, 12’5.25” ^{CLUB MASTERS RECORD} – 800, 3:13.84

W65 – Claudia Simpson – 2194 pts. – SILVER – 60HH, 13.47 – HJ, 3’9.75” – SP, 21’5” – LJ, 7’9” – 800, 4:30.80

M50 – Wale Aka-Bashorun – 3464 pts. – GOLD – ^{CLUB RECORD} – 60HH, 9.36 ^{CLUB MASTERS RECORD} – LJ, 17’0” – SP, 36’2.75” – HJ, 5’0.25” – 1000, 3:20.59

M50 – Jayson Ness – 2126 pts. – 60HH, 13.20 – LJ, 13’5.5” – SP, 32’10.5”-HJ, 4’4” – 1000, 3:39.74

M55 – Chuck Kruelle – 3309 pts. – SILVER – 60HH, 10.40 – LJ, 15’5.75” – SP, 30’9.25”-HJ, 4’7.5” – 1000, 3:12.83

FIELD

M50 SP – Jayson Ness 32’4.5”

M55 SP – Russell Willitt 45’3” GOLD

M55 SP – Craig MacDonald 43’9.5” BRONZE

M50 HJ – Jayson Ness 4’3.25”

M55 HJ – Chuck Kruelle 4’7”

M65 HJ – Glenn Irion 4’11” BRONZE

W60 WT – Cathy Popovitch 23’7”

W45 PV – Deia Goff 7’5.25” GOLD ^{CLUB RECORD}

W65 PV – Claudia Simpson 5’7” SILVER

W65 HJ – Claudia Simpson 3’1.5” GOLD

M65 LJ – Glenn Irion 15’0.75” SILVER

M55 WT – Craig MacDonald 47’2” SILVER

W60 SP – Cathy Popovitch 16’2.25”

M50 PV – Jayson Ness 8’6.25”

M55 PV – Chuck Kruelle 9’6.25” BRONZE

M55 SWT – Craig MacDonald 24’1” SILVER ^{CLUB RECORD 56LB}

M65 TJ – Glenn Irion 32’1.5” GOLD

W45 SP – Deia Goff 29’2.75” GOLD ^{CLUB MASTERS RECORD 4KG}

SPRINTS / HURDLES

Deia Goff W45 60HH, 11.27 BRONZE – 60F, 9.08

Lorraine Jasper W60 400, 1:10.21 GOLD

Cathy Popovitch W60 400, 1:34.82 – 60, 12.30 – 200, 41.03

Terri Rath W55 400, 1:11.06 – 60P, 9.38 – 60F, 9.40

Bill Yelverton M60 400, 59.84 GOLD

Bruce Rash M60 400, 1:01.38 SILVER – 60, 8.54 – 200P, 28.29 – 200F, 28.06

Wally Hernandez M60 400, 1:06.15

John Curtis M55 400, 57.33 SILVER – 60P, 7.92 – 60F, 7.93

Paul Brock M65 60, 9.52

Claudia Simpson W65 60F 9.91 SILVER – 200P, 36.34 – 200F, 35.85

DISTANCE

Cheryl Bellaire W60 3000, 13:56.34 SILVER – 1500, 6:25.58 – 800, 3:13.23

Lauren Siegel W60 3000, 14:03.09 – 1500, 6:42.05 – 800, 3:33.45

Michelle Rohl W55 3000, 10:30.50 GOLD – 1500, 4:55.47 ^{AMERICAN RECORD W55} – 800, 2:28.29 GOLD

Tim Conheady M65 3000, 11:05.92 SILVER – 1500, 5:07.23 BRONZE – 800, 2:34.86 BRONZE

Gary Haga M65 3000, 11:32.72 – 1500, 5:28.67 – 800, 2:41.68

Lorraine Jasper W60 1500, 5:42.90 BRONZE – 800, 2:47.08 GOLD

Julie Hayden W60 1500, 5:51.33 – 800, 2:49.09 SILVER

Brian Gallagher M60 1500, 6:12.49

Terri Rath W55 800, 2:45.63

J&J 50M Trail – Rocksprings TX

March 11, 2023

Gene Dykes 14:36:05

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President: Craig Strimel

1st V. President: Tom Jennings

2nd V.President: Rachel Wise

Treasurer: Chuck Shields