2007 Indoor Mile #4 / 3000m
2007 Nittany Valley Running Club Indoor Mile #4 and 3000m Race
Saturday, February 9, 2007
by Marty Mazur
The final Indoor Mile Series Races capped the best Indoor season the NVRC has had to date. A record field of 40 entrants competed, 32 in two heats of the mile and 8 in a heat of the 3000 meter run. In order to accommodate runners who wanted to run both the Mile and the 3000, the slow heat of the mile was run first. Runners who wanted to do both got to run in the slow mile heat and rest during the fast heat.
The "slow heat" ended up not so slow, with Steve Williams battling Tomas Persson to finish in 5:19.85 and 5:20.46, respectively. Meira Minard, the Series second placed woman, was third in 5:34.72. Persson and Minard later ran the 3000. Marty Klanchar was the top Masters finisher, setting a personal season best of 5:50.76.
The fast heat was very fast. Matt Groves made his Indoor Mile debut and took the heat in 4:34.30 while chased by Sean Clark (4:34.49) and overall Series winner Matt Manfred (4:37.93). Manfred ran very consistently throughout the series, beating his previous series time by 0.01 seconds! Dave Felice took the Masters crown by capping his 4:49 performance of two meets ago by finishing fourth in 4:46.58. Louise Miltich battled Bethany Gunther for the fastest women's time. Gunther was first in 5:29.65, but Miltich's time of 5:31.05 earned her the overall female Series crown.
The 3000 meter run featured Dave Moore striding easily to victory in 9:04.75. Marc Paulhamus also broke 10 minutes, finishing second in 9:58.65. And Bill Maloney was third in 10:19.45. The next five finishers had all just finished Heat 1 of the mile, yet all still managed to record fine 3000 meter times, with Tomas Persson nearly taking Maloney in 10:20.65.
Mile Results
Heat 1
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Place Name                 Time
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 1.   Steve Williams          5:19.85
 2.   Tomas Persson           5:20.46
 3.   Meira Minard            5:34.72
 4.   Marty Klanchar          5:50.76 (M)
 5.   Shaun Wood              5:55.55
 6.   Erin Wyble              5:57.07
 7.   Dave DeGroote           6:02.36 (M)
 8.   Cheryl Capone           6:03.40
 9.   John Lacombe            6:08.62 (M)
10.   Marty Mazur             6:08.74 (M)
11.   Tara Murray             6:15.73
12.   Pam Scott               6:32.29 (M)
13.   Christine Rice          6:58.66
14.   Vicki Summers           7:00.43
15.   Jerry Steffy            7:04.38 (M)
Heat 2
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Place Name                     Time
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 1.   Matt Groves             4:34.30
 2.   Sean Clark              4:34.49
 3.   Matt Manfred            4:37.93
 4.   Dave Felice             4:46.58 (M)
 5.   Kyle Gheres             4:50.42
 6.   Tim Aydin               4:53.51
 7.   Andy Cunningham         4:55.07
 8.   Judd Michael            5:03.62 (M)
 9.   Pat Singletary          5:03.71 (M)
10.   Matt Fisher             5:08.12
11.   Lance Bland             5:08.72 (M)
12.   Duane Serpentine        5:12.31
13.   Greg Luna               5:14.18 (M)
14.   Andy Mazur              5:18.34
15.   Bethany Gunther         5:29.65
16.   Louise Miltich          5:31.05
17.   Eric Mortenson         6:15.07
 (M) - Designates Masters (over 40) runners.
3000 Meter Results
Place Name                Time
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 1.   Dave Moore              9:04.75
 2.   Marc Paulhamus          9:58.65
 3.   Bill Maloney           10:19.45
 4.   Tomas Persson          10:20.65
 5.   Meira Minard           10:45.41
 6.   Erin Wyble             12:42.51
 7.   Jerry Steffy           12:59.80 (M)
 8.   Pam Scott              13:22.62 (M)
 Bill Dixon, Official Starter |  The start of the first heat. Dig those colors! |
 Matt Groves leads Matt Manfred (l) and Sean Clark (r) in the fast heat. |  The masters trio of Judd Michael, Lance Bland and Pat Singletary were well matched |
 Dave Felice took the overall Masters Series title. |  Greg Luna is just ahead of the fast heat women's winner Bethany Gunther |
 Women's Series winner Louise Miltich was a very close second to Gunther in the fast heat. |  Dave Moore strides out in the 3000 meter run. |
 NVRC President "Coach" Jerry Steffy ran all the races: all four miles and the 3000! |  Pam Scott, women's Series Masters winner also ran the 3000. |