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

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

Looney Leprechaun 10K Trail Race – Richboro, PA

March 11, 2023

GPTC places 3^rd in Off Road Season opener

Pike Creek 298.211, Pineland 277.217, GPTC 276.138

Scott Armstrong 54:04, 60.018%

Don Morrison 1:01:15, 59.673%

Linda Boyer 1:09:33, 58.279%

Sheila Regan 1:09:27, 49.628%

Reza Manavi 58:43, 48.538%

Tom Wise 1:16:07, 48.018%

Naked Bavarian Trail Races – Leesport, PA

March 4, 2023

40M – Gene Dykes 9:00:02

20M – Sheila Regan 3:57:50

Publix Atlanta Marathon

February 26, 2023

Gene Dykes 3:38:17, 1^st M70

USATF East Region Indoor Championship – Landover, MD

February 26, 2023

Bruce Rash – 60Pre, 8.50 – 60F, 8.64 – 200, 28.33 – 400, 1:02.43 – 800, 2:40.45

Leroy Miles – 60Pre, 8.52 – 60F, 8.82 – 200, 29.66 – LJ, 15’1.25” – TJ, 27’0.75”

Terri Rath – 60, 9.56 – 800, 2:46.82

Claudia Simpson – 60, 10.18 – PV, 5’7” ^{Club record}

Catherine Popovitch – 60, 11.90 – 200, 41.50 – 400, 1:35.80 – SP, 18’2.25” – SWT, 15’6.25” – WT, 24’10”

Nolan Green – 60, 7.46 – 200, 24.11 – 400, 52.59 – LJ, 17’9.75”

Walé Aka-Bashorun – 60HH, 9.84 – 800, 2:29.76 – HJ, 4’11” – LJ, 16’8.75” – SP, 35’7.75”

Deb DeHaven – 60HH, 15.17 – TJ, 20’8”^{Club masters record} – LJ, 9’2.75” ^{Club Masters record}

Claudia Simpson – 60HH, 13.51 – 200, 36.41

John Curtis – 200, 25.78 – 400, 58.45

Glen Allen – 200, 32.58 – 400, 1:13.46

Duncan Smith – 200, 30.48 – 400, 1:09.03 – 800, 2:52.69

Lorraine Jasper – 400, 1:12.46 – 800, 2:45.86 – 1500, 5:43.84

Julie Pangburn – 800, 3:05.46 – 1500, 6:09.08

Julie Hayden – 800, 2:52.50 – 1500, 5:55.58

Betsy Stewart – 800, 3:24.48 – 3000, 14:02.04

Lauren Siegel – 1500, 7:10.04 – 3000, 14:39.17

Sue Faller – HJ, 3’1.25” – LJ, 8’6.5” – SP, 24’5” ^{Club masters record} – SWT, 22’6.25” ^{Club record} – WT, 29’10.25” ^{Club record}

Vince Liott – SP, 30’10.25”

Russell Willitt – SP, 44’8”

Craig MacDonald – SWT, 19’4.25” – WT, 41’8.5”

Greg Cheney – WT, 43’8”

W 4×200 relay – 3:16.34 – DeHaven, Siegel, Faller, Popovitch

M 4×200 relay – 1:53.06 – Curtis, Green, Miles, Smith

W 4×400 relay – 7:48.26 – DeHaven, Siegel, Simpson, Popovitch

USATF Masters 5K Road Championship – Atlanta, GA

February 25, 2023

GPTC Women win another National title!

USATF Masters 5K Championship Club Scores W50

58:50 Greater Philadelphia TC (Rohl 18:57, Dean 19:22, McCoubrie 20:31 scorers, Heppelmann 20:37, Broadbent 23:02
1:00:43 Sirius Athletics
1:02:30 Garden State TC
1:05:31 Atlanta TC
1:07:20 Impala Racing

Michelle Rohl 18:55, 2^nd W55

Abby Dean 19:20, 1^st W50

Doreen McCoubrie 20:25, 3^rd W60

Patty Heppelmann 20:33

Anabelle Broadbent 22:56

Mary Pat McFarland 26:24

Matt DiPretore 17:29

Matt Cutrona 19:51

Gene Dykes 21:22

Trials of Miles – Armory, NYC

February 25, 2023

Larry Rechtin – Mile, 5:21.13

USATF NJ/NJ Indoor Track Championship – Staten Island, NY

February 25, 2023

Kieran Boland – 60HH, 8.69 – HJ, 5’10.7.5”

Daryl Johnson – 60HH, 11.49 – 200, 28.57 – LJ, 14’3.75”

Anthony Pugliese – 60HH, 12.93 – SP, 36’1.5” – HJ, 4’3.25” – LJ, 12’5.5”

Kevin Collins – 60, 8.13 – 200, 27.04

Delvin Dinkins – 60, 8.30 – 400, 58.75

Andrew Albright – 60, 8.90 – 400, 1:03.27

Jacques Lucien – 60, 8.17 – 400, 1:00.12 – 200, 26.16

Paul Brock – 60, 9.56 – 200, 32.18

Eric Hernandez – 1500, 5:34.26 – 3000, 13:13.64 – 800, 2:53.29

Dan Fannon – 400, 1:20.04 – 200, 34.64

Wally Hernandez – 400, 1:06.42 – 200, 30.93

Fireside Frostbite 5 Miler – Ambler

February 18, 2023

Defending Champion GPTC jumps to early lead in kick-off of 2023 Grand Prix Series

Greater Philadelphia 429.686
Philadelphia Runner 421.101
Pike Creek Valley 404.192
Pineland Striders 376.820
Philadelphia Masters 354.863

John Becker 27:27, 2^nd M40, 82.574%

Derek Reinhold 27:31, 3^rd M40, 81.708%

Tim Harte 27:39, 1^st M50, 89.077%,

John Gagliardi 27:58, 80.393%

Dan Mazo 31:13, 1^st M55, 82.328%

Abby Dean 32:18, 1^st W50, 84.211%

Paul Montini 32:33, 3^rd M55, 76.242%

Patty Heppelmann 32:50, 2^nd W50, 81.929%

Kara Rubinich 33:04, 2^nd W40, 76.714%

Doreen McCoubrie 33:31, 1^st W60, 91.497%

Scott Heigl-Yates 33:39, 62.605%

Amy Gannon 33:53, 2^nd W45, 78.554%

Mike Bodary 34:33, 76.459%

Mark Wenger 34:38, 72.907%

Theresa Gagliardi 34:58, 70.162%

Dave Rieman 35:18, 76.251%

Stan Hatch 35:35, 73.583%

Kim Dietrick 35:37, 3^rd W45, 74.731%

Ken Kapner 36:31, 73.711%

Julie Pangburn 36:42, 2^nd W55, 80.472%

Linda Boyer 39:27, 2^nd W65, 81.876%

Sheila Regan 39:43, 2^nd W50, 69.282%

Lauren Siegel 40:18, 2^nd W60, 78.081%

Steve Sawyer 42:39, 2^nd M70, 67.644%

Tom Wise 46:24, 3^rd M70, 62.967%

Vince Aloyo 47:29, 65.321%

Sandy Folzer 58:48, 74.943%

Princeton Indoor Invitational

February 18, 2023

Ross O’Neill – 60, 8.18

Craig MacDonald – SP, 38’5.5” – WT, 35’4”

Monmouth Univ. Indoor Showcase Meet #3, W. Long Branch, NJ

February 16, 2023

Kieran Boland- 55m hurdles, 8.15, high jump 5’10”

Daryl Johnson- 55m hurdles 11.19

Anthony Pugliese- 55m hurdles 12.48, high jump 4’2″, shot put 37’0″ ^{club record 5K shot}

10K – Stan Hatch 44:58, 1^st M60

Solemate 10K – Anabelle Broadbent 23:14, Dave Broadbent 25:07

USATF Southeast Region – Hampton, VA

February 11, 2023

Russell Willits – SP 46’4” ^{CLUB RECORD}

Walé Aka-Bashorun – 60HH, 9.61 – 800, 2:35.31 – SP 36’5” – LJ 17’10.75 – HJ, 5’1”

Chuck Kruelle – 60HH, 11.24 – 800, 2:31.83 – SP, 27’10.25” – LJ, 14’11.25” – HJ, 4’9”, PV, 9’5.75

USATF Midwest Champs – Romeoville, IL

February 11, 2023

Brian Gallagher – 800, 3:06.20 – 1500, 6:22.71

Gary Haga – 800, 2:50.41 – 1500, 5:38.41 – 3000, 11:43.99

Tim Conheady – 800, 2:43.85 – 1500, 5:31.77 – 3000, 11:23.13

MILLROSE GAMES – Armory, NYC

February 11, 2023

^{4×400 – M50 GPTC repeat as Champions while W60 debut with Gold}

M50

3:53.54 – Greater Philadelphia – John Curtis, Jacques Lucien, Nick Damalas, Delvin Dinkins
4:00.08 – Central Park TC
4:09.71 – Garden State TC
4:15.13 – Shore AC
4:32.67 – Garmin Runners
4:46.75 – Elitefeats

W60

6:36.62 – Greater Philadelphia – Deb DeHaven, Claudia Simpson, Lauren Siegel, Cathy Popovich

M60

4:24.00 – Shore AC
4:24.85 – Greater Philadelphia – Daryl Johnson, Wally Hernandez, Duncan Smith, Bruce Rash
4:31.68 – Elitefeats
4:44.11 – Mass Velocity

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President: Craig Strimel

1st V. President: Tom Jennings

2nd V.President: Rachel Wise

Treasurer: Chuck Shields