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THE SOUTHINGTON NEWS - Wed., Jan. 7, 1970 - Pago 9
Has New Hero In New Britainite
won
Road Race
' ~ , seconds
Of Freeport,
P'a.\~
' '~ &lWIered by
1M' ,!If, MiddlelOWQ , .
seconds behind
Uj~~:rrace~'
~ ~b
':1' Amby
record
Burfoot
to beat
with a time of 21 :08,
. ~~~~~: failed to appear Sunday
general reaction among
~ , ~nnel'll wa, thai Bw:toot's
a~nce "nade the race more
, compeOtive.
JackueeWicz, a gPOll loolting
former PulllSki High star long·
distance runner, said after the
race he 1iked the course but,
-"TI!ere were a few slippery
spb!s."
,The weather was a nippy 25
de~ and in spite of sunshine,
runners found mild dlfficul ty in
!teeplng'1}!eIr footing 'On Carter
Lane and Old Turnpike Rd. One
runner slipped during the final
lap while rounding ' Columbus
Ave. near Main Sl
A race official admitted that
numerous runners bad complalned
that the course WlIS too
lilfott and would have preferred It
to be at least triple !he distance
Jac:kucewicz led at the end of
the fust lap>and rec;~v~ his only
threat from Bessel' who Is 20
year,; older, in >1969, Bessel
finisbecl,' a ' ~trobg third behind
Burfoot imli !II~ ;_Bribiin 's Jim
'Wdnlt' participate
Keefe ,-"wiler.
Sunday. B~I'a 1969 time was
'22:1l3, 3;nei:lIiidlibell~'-' tliih JUs
performance ~UDday.
Bessel WlIS' cloc:ked at 22:38
wblle Beardslee flnlshed at 22:51
wit,h Jose Ve1asq~ of New York
City a close"-sec:ald beblnd In
fourth padUQD:
G_ponztdl
As for soatblDgton runners, Bill
GagnOD, a teacher at Kennedy
Junlcr' 'Higb School, wbo was
busy up' until rac:e,time assillting
wUb post-entrles and coordIJlatlrJll
the ra~, was the fust
local iuJlner.to finish.
took 2$th with lillie
Last:~t Gagnoilfook OI4iI:D!:W~IP,"':
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DOIIDNGO GOMEZ (lett) of Sonlhtngtdn was about even with MIke
McDonnell of PlatnYllle wben pboto was taken but Gome, wal
beaten by McDonnell wbo took 55th with II Umo of 21:Z8. Gome.
f~ and f1DIIbed at %1;38, lIc:conitug to the officiat Umelleeper,
Jones, a loc:at resident lor 11
years,.1s SS years old aJKI owns a
c:Io1h1ngstcre In New Britain. He
Is presbtly training with Bob
Gardne1' of New Britain lor the
B09ton.-t.larathm.
Tbe ,first hi&!! sc:bool runner
from loWn WllS !\tark DudDlt, 3J:
15, who took 38th at 26:14. Du
Is CD-Cl!ptaiD of next year's hlgb
scbool c:ross-counl!:Y team.
Othe!" fOc:a:f i-iinners and their
times were Domingo Gomez, a ROGER bolds
juniOl" at the high scbool wbo took
56th at 27:38. Jim Mlramont, also
a scboolboy entry. took 58th at
tropby aW/lrcled to him for bl.
first place ilnllb Suuday ta the
second annual Elks Road Rac:e.
TI:56.,co-captain elect of the Blue JaJ>luc:ewtcz I. lJom New
Knight HliloIien, Steve Jardine, - -8fitaln.
came in 61th WiIh a time of 28:16,
AfteJ4 ,Jones in 70th place, was
DOD Paradis, age 33, .who took
82nd at:29:-46. HI) was foUowed in
88th pos.itlon by young Vincent
Nolan h . at 30:26. John Whalen
took 93,rd, Chester Balint 98th.
Dick Cayer 99th, BIU Bunton
100nd,\,Jobn SplneUo lOOth, Don
Liden In 197th and JE, Paradis in
100tb posi tion.
The Elks recelved 140 entries,
32 more than last year. In 1968, 85
runnel'!l started the race and
Sunday's total of 114 starters
impressed many of the veteran
partlcl~nts who declared the
Southington race "a real thrill."
A smaller crowd of spec:lators
WBlt on hand and this was attributed
to the NFL title' football
game clD television and the extreme
cold weather,
A couple of the runners took off
their shirts wnm, many were
dressed In bulky sweatshirts and
thel1l1Bl, underwear,
Ed GanowlU again made his
appearance and the 5&-year-old
Brooklyn, N.Y. man again kept
his record of never finishing last
intact. ~ranowilz was 105th.
beating out six runnen. some of
whom were 30 years younger,
. _'.' ~~~q!!-@.,Bet..te..!' ,
Granowl U's Ume was 35:05. :r7
seconds better than his 1969 lime
til 35:42, At the awards ceremony
be received 8 trophy from Lefty's
Package Store,
The Chamber oC Commerce
award went to Dudzik Cor his
performance and Jackucewicz
received the first place Sanitary
Laundry trophy. Eleven trophies,
donated by downtown merchants,
were presented to runners who
finishett . in order beblnd
"ackucewic:z and Evergreen
Nursery, which supplied small
medal., presepted them to nearly
50 lither rinlsliers. '
Serving as general chairman
fnr lite race was John J , Fontana,
MARK DUDZIK of Southington
High won the spectal tropby for
being the first local bigb ac:l}ool
runner to finish. Dudzik took 36th
position.
Rll.t;(;jU;NtINc,roaulthe finllh
line In Z9th poslUon. the flnlloc:al
runner lD finish.
D~PITE his
young Charlie Cross of
WUllmantic was applauded by
spectators for finishing the race.
Charlie Is 1 Z old.
to
run topless despite the nippy
weather. Pictured bere II S~ve
Arnold of Meriden who. In .pl~ of
hi. lac" of clothing, finlsbed 65th.
Race orrlc:iall ta~r said removal
of .hlrt WIIS Illegal but decided 10
allow Arnold an official finlah,
It wa.n't thll ..... wded at the IInllb Une
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Order Of Elks Road Race Finish
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PLACE NAME TOWN TIME
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:.:. I Roger Jackucewlcz New Bntam 22 15
.:.: 2 Joe Bessel Freeport. NY 2236
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3 Bob Beardslee Middletown 22 51
4 Jose Velasquez New York City 22 52
5 Fred Flaherty Freeport NY 23m
ti . Charles Dyson Stom< 23 14
7 Pat Basllck Melrose, NY 23 16
H Auguslln Calle New York City 2320
9 Ed WalkowlU ~" Hadley, Mass 2340
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.:' 10 Joe Martino Jr Greenfteld, Mass 23 52
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11 Wayne Lucas Newtown 2400
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12 Bill Link Jeney Ctly NJ 2403
13 Joe Jones Staten Island 2411
14 Bertta(d Wnght Staten Island 24 19
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15 Carl Westberg Hamden 2423
::. 16 Bob McCusker Unionville 2430
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17 Al Meehan Stamford 2432
18 Bob Smith Simsbury 2405
IU Gary Murrone Bnstol ' 24:51
20 Charles Keallng Melrose. Mass 2:1:02
21 Paul Wllhams ,...,--- Hamdeh 25 :m
22 Eugene Reems ) , Slalen Island 25 ' 44
.!:l Bob Caplin Bndgeport 25 :45
24 Tom Connelly Sr Fairfield 25 ,46
l5 Hell Arnold Meriden 25 49
:16 Gil Clock Bridgeporl 25 ' 49
T/ Mike ROSSI Meriden 25 52
:/8 James Smith Burlington Vt 25M
l!! Bill Gagnon Soutblngton 2505
:JO Tom Hollander Hamden 2556
31 Fred s~ert Bethany :16 '00
:12 Charles erne New Bntaln 26 :04
J3 Bill McNulty N Kensington R I 2606
.14 Dick Connell Bethal 26 ,09
35, Scott Graham Br~dgeport 26 14
36 Mark DuIWk Southington 26 :14
'S1 Dlclc Hennebery Poughkeepsie NY 26 :15
26:11
38, D.~t ,BE
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41 Baron Littlefield
42, Keith Leavitt
43 Ed Mazzochl
~ Tony Tribou
-15 Vin CIuTy
46 CltCf Daly
47 John Dolan
48 Lee Chisholm
49 Vin Fandetll
50 DOlI Munson
51 SheJd'on Klein
52 Stan Klemczak
53 Bill Tribou
54 George Brown
05 Mike McDonnell
56 Dommgo Gomez
57 Dr Jack Foster
';8 Jim Mlramant
59 Herb Cross
tiO Ralph Waite J r
61 Paul Gosselin
62 Brad Smith
63 Steve ClISoilno
64 Clayton Bnstol
65 Steve Arnold
66 Richard Scott
&7 Steve Jardine
68 Jack Koehler
6\! Pete LaWlt
70 Bill Jones
71 Bob Hlntermlster
72 John Conant
73 Bob Gardner
74 KeVin Lyman
75 David Bauver
7& Allan Estes
n Pete Pelkey
78 Nara Schneider
79 Pete Littlefield
00 Mike Corrush
81 Ray Hartley J r
BrJtol 26 ' 23
Freeport NY 26 ,24
Staten Island 26'25
Simsbury 26 ' 45
Menden 26'46
Irvinglon NY 26 :52
Irvington NY 26 52
Farmington T/ ,03
Harllord TlO4
E Hampton Mass T/m
Bridgeport T/ 17
Meriden Tl20
Simsbury TI ' 21
W Harllord TI 21
PlalnvlUe Tl28
' Southington TI ,38
Cheshire Tl50
l>outlUngton Tl56
Wliltmantic T/56
Fairfield 2800
Meriden 28 ' 05
Mahopac NY 28 :06
Hamden 2806
Bethal 2809
Meriden 28 10
Williamsburg. Mass 2811
Southington 28 16
New Harllord
IrVington NY
2834
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Southington 2836
Simsbury
Short Beach
28 41
:/8 43
New Brttaln 28 43
Hebron 2850
Haydensville Mass 28 51
Haydensville Mass 2920
BrtSlol 29 24
IrVington NY 29 42
Brlslol 29 43
Hebron 2944
Farmlnglon 29 45
82 Donald ParadIS :;,oulhlngton 2946
83 Preston Hare Cranston, R I 29 52
84 James Taylor Mansfteld Center 2956
85 Btll Werth Hamden 29 59
86 Thomas Small New Bntaln 30 01
l!7 Martin Devhn Hamden 3020
88 Vincent Nolan Jr Southington 3026
8!1 Bernte Laufga& New York Clly 30 47
!JO Thomas Gavaghan Walhngford 3048
UI Bob Stefanik Holyoke. Mass 30 52
!r.l Steve Clark Williamsburg. Mass 31 17
!l:I John Whalen Southlnglon 31 21
!14 Victor DIRamla Glastonbury 31 33
!IS Frank Carter Bnstol 31 52
Y6 DaVId Field Easlon 31 54
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88 Richard Cayer Soulhington 32 30
!I!I John Martin Uncasville 32 45
tOO Walter Kowalski New Bntaln 3252
tOt Donald ZelniCk Bristol 33 t5
102 Bill Bunton Southington 3400
103 Ken Goodell Irvington. NY 34 4t
104 Kurt Steiner Brooklyn. NY 34 ' 58
lOS Ed GranowiU Brooklyn, NY 3505
tOO John Spinello SIJ.II"II"!!\qJI - 3&:JlO
tm Donald Liden SouthlnglDn 36 ,30
lOS Gilbert Demarest Plainville 38 '3t
109 JE, Paradis Southington 36 ' 32
110 Leo Pelkey Bristol 3836
lit Tom Connelly Jr Fairfield 41 54
112 Charles Cross Wllllmanllc 42 fTI
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5&-year old Ed GnIIIOWltl receives tropby from Jobn FonlaDa
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Tropby .... donated by Lefty'. Package SlOre,
BIll JODes ....... Fran', TV Award presented by Bill MaJ preseAts Beuel with award
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