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QUALIFYING GANSETT MARATHON: April 14, 2012, 8:00am, Narragansett RI www.GansettMarathon.com The Gansett Marathon is a qualifiers-only marathon. To qualify, you must run a marathon in a time equal to or faster than your age-graded standard. Your age-graded standard is based on the table below. Your age category is determined by your age on race day: April 14, 2012. There is a two-year qualifying window. In other words, your qualifying race must be run on or after April 14, 2010. Your qualifying race must be run on a properly measured course. Trail marathons and triathlon legs are generally not acceptable. The qualifying standards and procedures are adhered to strictly. No exceptions. RACE INFORMATION Awards for top three male and female overall. Awards for top male and female in the following age categories: 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55- 59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80+. Top three overall are not eligible for age-group awards. Fast, scenic, spectator-friendly, USATF-certified course. Miles and half-miles are marked clearly and accurately. Water and Gatorade approximately every 2.4 miles. Short-sleeved quality technical shirts for all runners. Male and female styles available. No advertisements on the shirts—only the Gansett logo. Men and women run with a separate, differentlycolored number sequence. Bib numbers are ordered by qualifying time, with top male and female qualifiers wearing bib #1. Every finisher receives an embroidered finisher’s patch. No medals. Professional photography by George Ross: www.digitalphotoconcept.com 28
New Balance Grand Prix New Balance Grand Prix Reggie Lewis Center, Boston, 2.5.2012 by Joe Navas All photos by Joe Navas/Organic Photography Who says track & field isn’t a contact sport? For that matter, who says it’s predictable? At this year’s edition of the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, on both counts the assertion was shown to be just plain wrong. There was a Men’s Mile that saw the current 5000 meter world champ throw the whole thing into chaos with a stumble and tumble 25 seconds in and still recover to PR in 3:57 (for 4 th place)…We witnessed 6 feet of female fierceness soar higher than all but one other has (and past all who hail from this land)…How about two women from the same country, one the current 5000 world record holder, the other a 5-time World Cross Country Champion running in two different races of a very, very similar distance at the same meet? They both won, by a whole heck of a lot. You couldn’t make this stuff up. The night began with a race youngsters bemoan as circus sideshow and locals look forward to like it’s a legend’s game: The Master’s Mile. Charlie Kern, who made mincemeat of a fairly talented field at last year’s Games with his meet record 4:19, returned to defend his title and ran a machinelike 4:22. The event saw regional track maven Jason Cakouros drop out h alf-way through the second lap when his upper thigh injury, which had already made his decision to participate a very last minute one, went pop! Cakouros said afterwards that he knew it wasn’t in the cards for him, but it was just too great an opportunity to pass up. Fellow area speedster Titus Mutinda, who the announcer mistakenly proclaimed had recently turned 50, led the early charge with a blistering 31 second first lap, as if to say, “Jeez, man, I’m only 46!” However, he dropped off the pace quickly and after 2 laps, Kern was running around in circles alone as the battle for 2 nd on down raged behind. The Girl’s Junior Mile ran next. Featuring one of the faster fields in the meet’s history, it was won in tactical fashion by Delaware high school runner Haley Piece in 4:48, followed less than three seconds back by Cayla Hatton of Farmington, Connecticut. The top seven girls broke five minutes with the top four all going 4:52 or better. The Boys Junior Mile followed the girls and while there was no one here who would threaten anything close to 4:00 territory, the field was in no way weak. North Carolina’s Craig Engels took the title over Marshfield High runner and Massachusetts State 1000 meter champ Joel Hubbard in an ever-changing, incredibly close contest. Engels may have won with a very respectable 4:13.70, but it was all he had to edge out Hubbard, who led through 800 meters and finished with a 4:14.35, as he was practically hugged by the rest of the field with less than a second separating 2-6 and last place (10 th ) coming in at 4:21. The rhythm of the evening was building perfectly and the static was cranked up just right for the Women’s 800 meter run, the first pro event of the evening. Maggie Vessey was looking (along with the rest of the field) to go sub 2:00, and the night seemed like it could be leading to that, what with a fast track and the packed house of nearly 5,000 already buzzing. But a 29
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