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President: Craig Strimel
1st V. President: Tom Jennings
2nd V.President: Rachel Wise
Treasurer: Chuck Shields

Feb 18: Fireside Frostbite 5 Mile √

March 18: Haddonfield Adrenaline Run 5K

Apr 16: Valley Forge Revolutionary 5 Mile

April 30: Blue Cross Broad Street 10 Mile

May 29: Memorial Main Street Mile Yardley
Jun 3: Scott Coffee Moorestown 8K
Sep 10: Main Line Run 5K, Wayne
Sep 17: Philadelphia Distance Run 13.1
Oct 7: Delaware Distance Classic 15K
Nov 5: Run the Bridge 10K
Nov 18: Phila 1/2 Marathon & Rothman 8K
Nov 19: Philadelphia Marathon

2022 Series Champions!

2021 Series Champions

2019 Series Runners-Up
2018 Series Champions
2017 Series Champions

Road Team Captain: Lauren Siegel

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Mar 11: Looney Leprechaun 10K, Richboro

Apr 1: Tyler Arboretum 10K, Media

May 21:  Coventry Woods 10K, Pottstown

Jun 25: Run for the Ages 10K, Reading
Jul 30:  Triple Trouble 15K, Elverson

Aug 20: Chobot Challenge 15K
Oct 7: Camp Innabah 5 Mile, Spring City
Oct 22:  Evansburg Challenge 10 Mile, Collegeville
Nov 25:  Delaware Open XC 5K, Wilmington

2022 Series Champions!

2021 Series Champions

2019 Series Runners-Up
2018 Series Champions

Off Road Team Captain: Lorraine Jasper

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BROAD STREET RUN 10M – Philadelphia

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, 1st M45, 88.781%

John Becker 54:15, 86.083%

John Gagliardi 54:55, 84.340%

Tim Harte 56:56, 2nd 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  1st W50, 83.964%

Scott Armstrong 1:06:59, 80.219%

Bob Reynolds 1:07:55  1st M65 84.05%

Amy Gannon 1:08:50 2nd 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  3rd M70, 73.968%

Tom Jennings 1:28:12  1st 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  2nd W80, 76.736%

Eric Hernandez 1:24:22, 54.010%

PENN RELAYS – Franklin Field

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

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

M60

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

W60

  1. 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

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

W50

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

W60

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

M60

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

M50

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

M40

  1. Shadow Project – 3:47.41
  2. GPTC – 3:52.79 (Scott Burns, Brock Butler, John Becker, Chris Foutz) SILVER
  3. Garmin Runners – 3:54.65
  4. Mass Velocity M45 – 4:05.20
  5. DC Capitol – 4:05.75
  6. Shore AC – 4:09.76
  7. Central Park – 4:16.78
  8. 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)

127th Boston Marathon

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

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

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%

Tyler Arboretum Trail 10K – Media, PA

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%, 2nd M60

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

Scott Armstrong 49:36, 65.423%, 1st 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%, 1st W50

World Masters Track & Field Championship – Torun, Poland

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)

Front Runners Meet – Armory, NYC

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”

Adrenaline 5K – Haddonfield, NJ

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, 2nd M60, 81.229%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Karen Dunn 19:20, 1st W45

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

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

John Gagliardi 17:11, 80.504%

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

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

Eric Hernandez 21:44, 62.730%

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

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

Ken Kapner 21:15, 77.333%

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

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

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

Julie Pangburn 22:30, 80.222%

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

Bob Reynolds 20:08, 1st M65

Steve Sawyer 25:22, 69.580%

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

USATF Masters Indoor Nationals – Louisville, KY

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

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

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