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Due to some pressing business demands, Iam res ign ing as Pres ident o f Taconic RoadR u n n e r s C l u b . T h e t e n y e a r s I h a v e s e r v e di n t h i s p o s i t i o n h a v e b e e n a l i t t l e l o n g e rt h a n t h e i n t e r i m p r e s i d e n c y I a g r e e d t o a tou r fi rs t mee t ing . However, I have en joyedbe ing pa r t o f t he deve lopmen t o f ou r ve ryfi n e c l u b .

T h e T R R C h a s d e v e l o p e d a r e p u t a t i o n f o rprovid ing a very wide range of wel l organized even ts , l i t e ra l l y some th ing fo r eve ryo n e . ( A t a r e a s o n a b l e c o s t . ) W e h a v e r es p e c t a b i l i t y n o t o n l y a m o n g a r e a r u n n e r s ,b u t a l s o t h e m u n i c i p a l i t i e s & o r g a n i z a t i o n sw e h a v e w o r k e d w i t h .

I t has been very rewarding and enrichingt o h a v e m e t a n d w o r k e d w i t h s o m a n y , m a n yfi n e p e o p l e .

The diverse personal i t ies I have encountered have been especia l ly noteworthy,Without being a name dropper, our membershipr o l l s h a v e r u n t h e g a m u t f r o m e x - c o n v i c t st o j u d g e s t o p o l i c e c h i e f s ; f r o m m i l l i o n a ir e s t o w e l f a r e r e c i p i e n t s , I ^ v e h a d s o m ev e r y i n t e r e s t i n g r u n s .

A s w i t h m o s t v o l u n t e e r o r g a n i z a t i o n s ,c e r t a i n i n d i v i d u a l s s e e m t o a l w a y s e n d u pdoing more than the i r fa i r share, but overa l l o u r c l u b v o l u n t e e r s s e e m t o m a n a g e t op u l l o f f t h e e v e n t .

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Douglas Miller-. Brewster,a n d S u s a n T h e n . Yo r k t o w n .were crowned c lub champions o f t he Tacon lc Road Runn e r s C l u b t r a c k s e r i e s l a s tFriday when the six-race ser i e s w a s c o n c l u d e d a t Yo r k -town High School.

Miller, the defending champion. took victories In the4 0 0 . 8 0 0 , 5 , 0 0 0 m e t e r s a n dt h e m i l e e n r o u t e t o a n a c c umulated 3.790 point total, an e w c l u b r e c o r d . P - ^ e k s k i l l ' sGary Ducady finished secondwi th 3 .580 po in ts and RonH e r r e l d . L a k e C a r m e l , w a st h i r d w i t h 3 , 3 5 0 .

T h e n w o n t h e w o m e n ' s t itle with 1,450 points to beatout Cathie Hillery, Mahopac,and Betsy Feuer. Peekski l l .Hiller>- totaled 710 points to6 0 0 f o r F e u e r .

I n t h e M a s t e r s d i v i s i o n s ,C a r m e l o R o l d a n , Y o r k t o w n ,a n d B a r b r o T h e l e m a r c k , S al e m , w o n t h e 4 0 t o 4 9 . w h i l ethe 50 p lus c rown went toL a r r y T h o r p o f Yo r k t o w n .Roldau amassed an Impressive 3,030 points to best JackB r e n n a n o f S o u t h S a l e m

(2,720) and Mario Zuliano ofAmawalk (2,350).

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by besting Peekskill's CaroleC o l e b r o o k a n d S h a r o n C h a s e ,Yorktown. Thorp took first inthe newly created track series division finishing aheado f J e r r y T a u b , G o l d e n sBridge, and Owen McCrud-d e n . S h r u b O a k .

1 9 8 6 T r a c k S e r i e s r e s u l t s :

Open Male - Douglas Miller,5 , 0 0 0 - 1 6 : 0 8 , 1 m l . - 4 : 3 2 ,8 0 0 - 2 : 0 4 , 4 0 0 - 5 5 s e c . , 2 0 0 -2 6 . 5 s e c . . 1 0 0 - 1 2 . 8 , t o t a lpo ints 3,790. Gary Ducady.5 , 0 0 0 - 1 8 . 2 5 , 1 m i . - 5 : 0 2 ,8 0 0 - 2 : 1 0 , 4 0 0 - 5 5 , 2 0 0 - 2 4 . 9 ,100-12.2, total points 3.580.

R o n H e r r e l d , 5 . 0 0 0 - 1 7 : 5 9 , 1m i . - 4 : 4 6 , 8 0 0 - 2 : 1 3 , 4 0 0 - 5 9 ,200-26, 100-13, total points3 . 3 5 0 .

Open Female - Susan Then,5 , 0 0 0 - 1 8 : 4 2 , 1 m l . - 5 : 4 7 ,8 0 0 - 3 : 0 2 , 4 0 0 - 7 4 . 2 0 0 - 3 5 ,100-16. to ta l po in ts 1 ,450.Cathy Hillery, 800-2:46, 200-31, 100-15, total points 710.Betsy Feuer, 5,000-25:30, 1m i . - 7 : 0 5 , 8 0 0 - 3 : 1 7 , 4 0 0 - 8 3 ,200-36, 100-17, total points6 0 0 .

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R o l d o n , 5 , 0 0 0 - 1 8 : 3 1 . 1 m i . ,5 : 1 6 . 8 0 0 - 2 : 1 6 , 4 0 0 - 6 0 . 1 3 .2 0 0 - 2 7 . 3 , 1 0 0 - 1 2 . 8 , t o t a lp o i n t s 3 . 0 3 0 . J a c k B r e n n a n ,5 , 0 0 0 - 1 8 : 1 1 , 1 m l . - 5 : 1 4 .8 0 0 - 2 : 2 3 , 4 0 0 - 6 3 . 4 0 , 2 0 0 -28.8, 100-13.7, to ta l points2 , 7 2 0 . M a r i o Z u l i a n o , 5 , 0 0 0 - '1 7 : 5 8 . 1 m l . - 5 : 1 9 , 8 0 0 - 2 : 3 1 .4 0 0 - 6 7 , 2 0 0 - 3 0 . 2 , 1 0 0 - 1 4 . 9 .t o t a l p o i n t s 2 . 3 5 0 .F e m a l e M a s t e r sB a r b r o T h e l e m a r c k , 5 . 0 0 0 -

2 1 : 1 5 , 1 m i . - 6 : 1 6 , 4 0 0 - 7 7 . 6 .total points 850. Karole Cole-b r o o k , 8 0 0 - 3 : 1 6 , 4 0 0 - 8 2 . 4 9 .2 0 0 - 3 4 . 0 1 , 1 0 0 - 1 6 . 1 , t o t a l■f)olnts 440. Sharon Chase. 1

Jerry taub leads Larry Thorpe in 200 (50 +)

mi.-7:26, total points 140.Male 50 -I- - Larry Thorp

5 , 0 0 0 - 2 0 : 4 1 , 1 m l . - 6 : 0 78 0 0 - 2 ; 3 0 . 4 0 0 - 6 9 . 1 , 2 0 029.8 , 100-15.1 . to ta l po in t

1.920. Jerry Taub, 5.0002 0 : 0 5 , 1 m l . . 5 : 5 1 , 4 0 0 - 6 6 . 52 0 0 - 2 9 . 3 , 1 0 0 - 1 4 . 3 , t o t ap o i n t s 1 . 8 1 0 . O w e n M c C r u dd e n , 5 , 0 0 0 - 1 8 : 0 0 , 1 m l . -

2 0 0 - 3 3 . 3 , 1 0 0 - 1 6 . 8 ,

points 1,190.Gary Ducady.

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shape. Only the Fall Festival 5 Mile Classic remains (September 21).Though all runners have been scored to date, only club members will berecogn ized i n t he fina l compu ta t i on . Runners coun t t he i r five bes t pe rf o r m a n c e s . T h r e e r a c e s a r e n e c e s s a r y f o r a w a r d e l i g i b i l i t y .L e a d e r s :O v e r a l l :

Doug las Mi l le r (4 ) 7 0 Linda Geppert (5) 6 7

J o e P o r c a r o ( 4 ) 5 2 Diane Wagner (3) 5 0

P a u l F e n d l e r ( 3 ) 4 9 Suzy Rock (3) 4 8

Gary Ste ine l (4 ) 4 5 H e l e n G o r d o n ( 3 ) 4 1

Bob Hermesch (3) 4 4 Lor i Jorgensen (2) 4 0

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Doug las M i l l e r (4 )N i l o L a u z ( 3 )R o n H e r r e i d ( 3 )J o h n G e i r ( 2 )S c o t t M e n d e l o w i t z ( 4 )C h r i s H i l l e r y ( 4 )

7 85 1

3 93 83 65 1

Sha ron Pea r lman (4 )Judi Offenberg (3)Diane Wagner (3)P a t F e l d m a n ( 3 )L o r i J o r g e n s e n ( 2 )

6 35 4

5 3474 0

3 0 - 3 9

Tony Galfano (5) 6 8 He len Gordon (4 ) 7 3

J o e P o r c a r o ( 4 ) 67 J a n e K a r t s c h ( 5 ) 6 3

Gary Ste inel (4) 6 4 Toby Re i f f (5 ) 6 1

P a u l F e n d l e r ( 3 ) 5 3 C h r i s Wa l s h ( 4 ) 6 0

Bob Hermesch (3) 5 1 Suzy Rock (3) 5 7

S t e v e C a l i d o n n a ( 2 ) 3 9 J e a n n i e A r n e t t ( 4 ) 5 7

4 0 - 4 9M a r i o Z u l i a n o ( 5 ) 8 0 Linad Geppert (5) 9 8

Harry Neeson (4) 7 1 Sharon Chase (5 ) 8 8

Richard Fennel ly (5) 6 2 H a l i n a S t a v e ( 4 ) 6 5

Marc Oxman (4) 5 0 M e l a n i e M u l v i h i l l ( 2 ) 3 9

J a c k B r e n n a n ( 3 )5 0 - 5 9

4 2 K a t h e r i n e M u l l a n e y ( 2 ) 3 0

Owen Mc Crudden (5)Mike Rogers (5)

8 78 2

Bea Purdy (2) 3 5

D o m D i L a u r i a ( 5 ) 7 7

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6 0 P l u sP i e r c e B r e n n a n ( 6 )Bob Rogan (4)J i m H a m i l t o n ( 5 )J o h n B u r n s ( 4 )Charles Heming (4)

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w h i c h p o i n t s w e r e s c o r e d . T h en u m b e r m a y b e l e s s t h a n t h en u m b e r o f r a c e s r u n . T h e d i sc r e p a n c y c o m e s f r o m e i t h e rf a i l i n g t o s c o r e a p o i n t i na r a c e , o r a l o w e r s c o r e b ei n g d i s c a r d e d .

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F a l l F e s t i v a l 5 m i l e r s O c t 11 . M a s t e r s C h a l l e n g e , S U N YF D R P a r k , 9 : 0 0 a . m . P u r c h a s e , 9 : 0 0 a . m .

G a r r i s o n 2 0 m i l e P e t e O c t 1 2 . G u i d i n g E y e s l O KM e i s l e r T r a i n i n g R u n . F D R P a r k , Y o r k t o w n

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r a c e d i r e c t o r J a c k B u r n s , t h e J a n P e e k l O Kw a s a n o t h e r g r e a t s h o w . F o r t h e fi r s tt i m e i n y e a r s , t h e w e a t h e r b r o k e f a v o r a b l yf o r r u n n e r s r a t h e r t h a n s p e c t a t o r s . T h ed r i z z l i n g r a i n w a s m o s t w e l c o m e .

N o s l i g h t i n t e n d e d o n r u n n e r u p Te dS i n c l a i r o r o u r o w n K e v i n W y n n e w h ofi n i s h e d t h i r d , A n t h o n y S m i t h s t o l e t h es h o w w i t h a 3 1 : 1 7 o v e r a c o u r s e w e a l lk n o w I S f a r f r o m fi a t . T o n y w a s o n h i so w n e a r l y i n t h e r a c e , a n d w e w o u l d h a v et o t h i n k t h a t h e d h a v e h a d a c o u r s er e c o r d i f h e h a d b e e n c h a l l e n g e d m o r e .( H i s t i m e t i e d t h e r e c o r d h e c o - o w n s w i t hO d i S S a n d e r s . )

C l u b m e m b e r s f a r e d w e l l , w i t h K e v i nl ead ing the way i n 32 :26 . Bob Hermesch andB i l l M i t z i a n , fi f t h 8 - s e v e n t h o v e r a l l ,t o o k t o p h o n o r s i n t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e 3 0 - 3 9a n d 4 0 - 4 9 a g e g r o u p s . B o b b e a t o u t J o eP o r c a r o . a n d O w e n M c C r u d d e n d i d l i k e w i s et o F r a n k S a b i t o f o r t h e 5 0 - 5 9 c r o w n . P i e r c eB r e n n a n t o p p e d t h e 6 0 - P l u s c a t e g o r y .

L i n d a G e p p e r t f o l l o w e d u p h e r F r .M o o n e y g o l d w i t h a n o t h e r h e r e i n t h em a s t e r s , w h i l e W e n - S h i Y u , o n e o f o u rn e w e r m e m b e r s , t o o k t h e 5 0 - 5 9 w i t h as p a r k l i n g 4 3 : 5 6 . ( W e n - S h i . i n c i d e n t a l l yw o n h e r a g e g r o u p a t t h i s y e a r ' s B o s t o n . )L o r e e n N o s i e u x k e p t u p h e r t o p n o t c hp e r f o r m a n c e s , t a k i n g t h e 1 5 - 1 8 .

W i t h o v e r 6 0 0 p r e - e n t r i e s . J a n P e e kw a s w e l l o n i t s w a y t o a 9 0 0 p l u s fi e l db e f o r e t h e i n c l e m e n t w e a t h e r s e t i n .

A l t h o u g h i t w a s f a v o r a b l e f o r r u n n i n g , i tn o d o u b t h a d a n a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n p o s treg iS t ra t 1 on . Never the less . 770 s igned up .

T h e r a c e w e n t w e l l , a n d a b i g r o u n do t a p p l a u s e a n d r e c o g n i t i o n d e s e r v e d l yg o e s t o M r . B u r n s . D o m B e r t o i i n e . a n d t h eC o f C . l e d b y G i n n y A n z o v i n i .

by Skip PearlmanIt may have looked like a

good day for a race, overcastand not terribly hot. but oncethe gun sounded at the Ta-c o n i c R o a d R u n n e r s C l u b ' sannual running of the DebbieS c h r a m m M e m o r i a l l O K r o a drace Saturday morning atM a h o p a c H i g h , r u n n e r sfound out the meaning of thew o r d h u m i d .

Club President Dan Caffreys o u n d e d t h e c a n o n a t a b o u t9:08 and the field of 285 galloped off into the thick, heavym o r n i n g a i r . T h e c o u r s es t a r t e d i n f r o n t o f t h e M a h opac Elementary School andproceeded through town and

, around Lake Mahopac. Manyr u n n e r s w e n t o u t t o o f a s t o nwhat seemed like a good day.b u t b y t h e t i m e t h e fi e l dreached some of the toughh i l l s t o b e f o u n d o n t h e b a c kside of the lake, many had already used up all their gasand had to struggle home.This reporter included.

A couple of out-of-townerscame out on top. with Pleas-antvll le's Randy Brophy winning the overall crown In ac r e d i t a b l e t i m e o f 3 4 : 1 5 w h i l eM i l l b r o o k ' s M a r t h a P e r k i n s

paced the women, clocking afi n e 3 7 : 2 8 o v e r t h e 6 . 2 m i l et r e k .

I n f a c t , t h e fi r s t t h r e e m e nwere separated by a marginof Just 20 seconds, as Brewster ' s Doug Mi l le r fo l lowedBrophy home at 34:32. barelyedging New "Vork City's JoseF e r n a n d e z , w h o r a n 3 4 : 3 5f o r t h i r d p l a c e .

P e r k i n s h a d a n e a s i e r t i m e .Alessandro Lynch of PoundRidge was the closest woman,near ly th ree minu tes back ,and copped second place witha 4 0 : 3 3 . M o u n t K i s c o ' s D i a n e

W a g n e r t o o k t h i r d i n 4 1 : 2 4 .

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O u r l a c o n i c " K i l l e r B s " c o n s i s r e a o ls e v e r a l m e m b e r s w h o h a a n e v e r r u n i n t h ee v e n : , w e h o p e t h a t t h e y n a v e o e e n t u r n e no n t o o n e o f t h e m o s t e x c i t i n g t e a m r a c i n ge v e n t s i n o u r a i e a .

T h i s y e a r s p e r f o r m a n c e w a sc o n s i s t e n t , a n d e a c h m e m b e r r a n w i t h i t h i so w n c a p a o i I i t 1 e s . W e g a v e t n e o e s t w e n a oa n a c a m e a w a y w i t h a n e i g h t h p i a c e fi n . s h

Linda Geppertf1:3A) was good for3 r d p l a c e i n 3 0 - 3 9 d i v i s i o n a tH i s p a n i c H a l f - m a r a t h o n ,

t n e c l u D d i v i s i o n . A t t h e o a c k 1 1 t h ep a c e a t t h e s t a r t , w e e v e n t u a l l y p i c k e d u ps e v e r a l t e a m s , s h o w i n g w h a t a fi n e s t e a d ye f f o r t p r o v i d e s . W e w e r e c a l m e r a n d w e l lo r g a n i z e d t h i s y e a r , a n d t h a t m a y h a v eb e e n d u e t o s o m e o f t h e e x p e r i e n c e t h a t w en o w h a v e i n r u n n i n g t h e r e l a y . F o re x a m p l e , w e h a d r u n n e r s i n t h e r i g h tp laces a t the r igh t t imes. Th is may soundS i m p l e , t i u t i n a r a c e s u c h a s t h i s , i t i sn o e a s y m a t t e r . W e a r e e v e n p l d i i n i n g t oc o m m e m o r c t e t h j s y e a r b y p u t t i n g t o g e t h e r; • ' e a r n o c o k l e t a ? o ^ e e p s a ^ e a n cr e m e i T i o r a r c e o f t h i s s p e C i a i a a y .

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deceivingly difficult hills ont h e b a c k s i d e o f t h a t l a k e .

The weather is traditionallyh o t a n d h u m i d f o r t h i s a f f a i r ,b u t t h i s y e a r r u n n e r s g o tsomewhat of a break, as the 9a.m. start and some good timing kept runners out of thebrutal heat that moved in justa day or two later. Race cond i t i o n s w e r e n o t a t a l l b a d ,with temperatures in the low80's and there was plenty ofwater along the way.

Dan Dwyer of Centerville,Ohio, led the charges andwon unchallenged, coppingtop honors among the men ina fine t ime o f 41 :54 , and wasfo l lowed by Peekski l l 's KenP f a f f , w h o c r o s s e d t h e fi n i s hline - on the high school track- over a minute and a half beh i n d t h e w i n n e r w i t h a t i m eo f 43 :32 . Hector Vargas o fBrooklyn was third in 44:04.

Mahopac's Lor i Jorgensenled the women, c i rc l ing thecourse in 49 :00 and eas i lyo u t d i s t a n c i n g t h e c o m p e t it i o n . S u s a n M a r k s o f H a wt h o r n e w a s s e c o n d i n 5 3 : 0 8and Diane Wagner took thirdi n 5 5 : 4 3 .

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k i l l , 5 7 : 3 12. Bob Rogan, Shrub Oak,6 0 : 3 2 : 3 . L e o K a r m i n , K e n t ,6 4 : 0 8 . 1 5 - 1 8 - 1 . D a v i dM a r k s , H a w t h o r n e , 4 5 : 0 1 : 2 .C a r l o s H u l l , N Y C , 4 9 : 1 7 ; 3 .A d a m B e r g e r , M t . K i s c o ,52 :37 . 14 and unde r - 1 . Je f fC a s c o n e , C a r m e l , 5 5 : 4 5 ; 2 .D a i o t Ta k a m o r i , M a h o p a c ,60:48; 3. Craig Vanderhoef,M t . K i s c o , 6 0 ; 5 3 .

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