The final
race in the 2003-04 Indoor Mile Series had some great racing on a
number of different fronts. The afternoon's running started with a
bonus for the Nittany Valley Running Club: the chance to participate in
a non-scored running of the 3000 meter race with some of the assembled
collegiate athletes. Three members took up the challenge. Chris Ritter
finished first among NVRC runners in 9:49. Ken Davis was second in
9:58, despite suffering from the
tail end of a nasty cold. Erin Wyble gave herself a real challenge by
running the 3000 in 11:40, well under her goal time of 12:00, and then
following that by running the second heat of the mile just 10 minutes
later!.
In the first
heat of the mile, it was no contest this time as Brian McNally lapped
the field, finishing in 4:37. Brian won the closely contested Indoor
Mile #2 two weeks ago, but showed that he could run a great race
without the push he got from Rod Stahl in that earlier race. Matthew
Newcomb was second in 5:09 with Dan Mayer finishing only six-hundredths
of a second behind him! Peter Flemings ran his first timed mile in some
time in a respectable sub-5:30 time. He was pushed all along by Beth
Parker. Beth had moved up from winning heat 2 in the first two series
races. She has improved her time in each of the series races.
Heat 2 was
won by Morgan Windram, a top-notch ultramarathoner who wants to show
she can run the shorter races as well. Morgan learned a bit about
pacing her first time out two weeks ago and put it to good use in the
race #3. She led from lap 2 on and improved on her first race by 6
seconds, winning in 5:47. Marty Klanchar also showed great improvement
by coming in second place in 5:49, 6 seconds better than race #2 and 18
seconds better than race #1. Dave Jenkins was third in 5:56. Marty
Mazur finally got his sub-6 time and in the process won the "Predicted
Time Contest" by coming within half a second of his predicted time of
5:59, showing that if you can't run fast, you can at least run smart.
Erin Wyble was a little gassed from her 3000 meter run, but still
turned in a respectable 6:07.
This year's
Indoor Mile Series was the biggest and best ever. Full series
results
for those runners who ran at least two races can be seen here.
Results of the predicted
time contest can be found here.
3000 Meter Results
Place
Name
Affiliation
Time
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1. Tyler Devalt
Unattached
8:31.92
2. Ben
Lukowski
Unattached
8:34.94
3. Chris
Walsh
Unattached
8:39.49
4. Casey Batey
Unattached
8:39.67
5. Josh Simpson
Unattached
8:47.59
6. Zach Sabatino
Unattached
9:23.49
7. Rebecca Stallwood
Unattached
9:24.24
8. Kim McGreevy
Unattached
9:40.58
9. Chris Ritter Nittany Valley Running Club 9:49.01
10. Ken
Davis
Nittany Valley Running Club 9:58.77
11. Erin Wyble Nittany Valley Running Club 11:40.45
Mile Results
Heat 1
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Place
Name
Time
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1.
Brian McNally 4:37.46
2. Matthew
Newcomb 5:09.63
3. Dan
Mayer
5:09.69
4. Lance
Bland 5:13.20
5. Peter
Flemings 5:27.95
6. Beth
Parker 5:29.16
7. Tim
Brenza 5:31.72
8. Dan
Guss
5:53.92
Heat 2
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Place
Name
Time
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1. Morgan
Windram 5:47.47
2. Marty
Klanchar 5:49.38
3. Dave
Jenkins 5:56.67
4. Marty
Mazur 5:59.43
5. Jonathan Witcoski 6:04.81
6. Erin
Wyble
6:07.59
7. John
Lacombe 6:21.26
8. Karl
Leitzel 6:52.54