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Updated: USATF-NE RW Grand Prix Standings

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The 2016 USATF New England Race Walk Grand Prix standings have been updated to include last weekend’s USATF East Region and New England Championships.

The next Grand Prix event will be the USATF New England Indoor Open Championships at Harvard University on Sunday, February 21st. More information can be found at http://www.usatfne.org/track/2015-indoors.html

The current standings after three races:

Men
Ed O’Rourke               162.65
Spencer Dunn            156.16
Stephen Peckiconis     146.56
Bob Keating                 86.11
Brian Savilonis              73.22
Nolan Allen                  69.96
Charlie Mansbach         69.90
Larry Epstein                68.66

Women
Kayla Allen                159.46
Maegan Allen            153.09
Sydney Sirois            146.96
Siana Emery              144.26
Moira Burgess           132.92
Holly Lindoe                72.10
Hayley Bickford           68.41
Alessia Caira               66.88
Holly Wenninger          65.51

Results: USATF East Region & New England Master’s Meet

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Providence Career & Technical High School
Providence, RI
Sunday, January 31, 2016

Mixed 3000m Race Walk
1. Dave Talcott       M55 Shore AC               14:15.88 
2. Maegan Allen       W17 New England Walkers    15:26.97
3. Edward O'Rourke    M54 unattached             15:42.94
4. Robert Keating     M68 New England Walkers    16:40.38
5. Stephen Peckiconis M56 Cambridge Sports Union 17:32.73
6. Larry Epstein      M57 New England Walkers    18:39.41
7. Brian Savilonis    M65 New England Walkers    18:58.03
8. Holly Wenninger    W51 unattached             20:05.54
9. Charles Mansbach   M71 New England Walkers    21:18.50
-- Pat Yingling       W71 unattached             DNF

Judges: Tom Knatt, Rich McElvery, Steve Vaitones, Ron Boemker
Dave Talcott, Ed O'Rourke, Maegan Allen

Dave Talcott, Ed O’Rourke, Maegan Allen

Results: GBTC Invitational Track Club Meet

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Gordon Track, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Sunday, January 24, 2016

Mixed 3000 Meter Race Walk
 1. Dunn, Spencer       M17  Unattached      14:26.86
 2. Allen, Kayla        W16  LA Racewalkers  14:37.40
 3. Allen, Maegan       W17  New England     15:09.57
 4. Allen, Nolan        M15  New England     16:01.78
 5. Lindoe, Holly       W20  Franklin Pierce 16:03.48
 6. Sirois, Sydney      W16  LA Racewalkers  16:40.61
 7. Emery, Siana        W17  LA Racewalkers  16:54.13
 8. Peckiconis, Stephen M56  CSU             17:06.68
 9. Caira, Alessia      W14  Waltham Track   17:57.40
10. Burgess, Moira      W15  LA Racewalkers  18:13.17

Results: 47th Dartmouth Relays, 1 Mile Race Walk

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Leverone Field House, Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Sunday, January 10, 2016
(Source: Lancer Timing Services)

Women 1 Mile Race Walk
1. Podlaski, Meaghan       Unattached                7:31.53
2. Allen, Kayla                 LA Racewalkers          7:40.22
3. Sirois, Sydney              LA Racewalkers          7:56.52
4. Emery, Siana               Maine Racewalkers      8:07.87
5. Scott, Chloé                 Club Gatineau             8:43.23
6. Guénard, Danika          Club Gatineau             8:47.66
7. Bickford, Hayley           Gorham High TC          8:54.02
8. Folster, Sarah               Lancaster RW              9:02.52
9. Fahey, Angélie              Club Gatineau             9:19.87
10. Burgess, Moira            LA Racewalkers           9:20.69
11. Staskiewicz, Morgan    Lancaster RW            10:07.81
12. Petit, Lexi                   Lancaster RW            10:33.58

Men 1 Mile Race Walk
1. Adamowicz, Marek         Rive-Sud                     6:17.06
2. Dunn, Spencer               Unattached                 7:07.42
3. Turcotte, Jean-Sébastien Club Gatineau             7:53.65
4. O’Rourke, Ed                  New England Walkers  7:53.76
5. Côté, Donald                  Club Gatineau             8:01.63

Judges: Todd Bickford, Tom Menendez, Steve Vaitones, Rich McElvery

Results: 2nd Annual Tom Knatt NE Indoor 1 Mile Championship

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M.I.T. Cambridge MA
Saturday, December 12, 2015
200m, flat, Mondo surface

1 Mile Walk
1. Meagan Allen        17 NEWalkers      7:56.09
2. Ed O’Rourke          54 NEWalkers      7:57.25
3. Nolan Allen            15 NEWalkers      8:24.34
4. Stephen Peckiconis 56 Cambridge SU 8:53.60
5. Hayley Bickford      15 Gorham ME     8:59.85
6. Val Vaitones           19 NEWalkers      9:11.63
7. Maryanne Daniel     57 CT RW           9:25.60
8. Grace West            15 Kennebunk ME 9:37.35
9. Holly Wenninger     51 Unat             10:07.10
10. Charles Mansbach  71 NEWalkers    10:48.39
11. Pat Yingling           71 Liberty AC    12:43.70

Judges: Ron Daniel, Rich McElvery, Ed Vaitones, Todd Bickford

Start of the 2nd Annual Knatt 1 Mile Indoor Championship

Start of the 2nd Annual Tom Knatt 1 Mile Indoor Championship

2015 Knatt 1 Mile Champions, Maegan Allen and Ed O'Rourke

2015 Tom Knatt 1 Mile Champions, Maegan Allen and Ed O’Rourke

Final Results: 2015 USA Track & Field New England Race Walk Grand Prix

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Congratulations to the 2015 USATF-NE Race Walk Grand Prix winners, Bob Keating and Maegan Allen. Special recognition goes to our friends from Maine, Kayla Allen and Sydney Sirois, who were the top points leaders in the Women’s division.

In all, five men and five women completed the four events, with 29 athletes participating in at least one of our 11 Grand Prix races. Scores are based on a walker’s race time in relation to the international age-graded tables.

Men
1. Bob Keating 339.34 (1st USATF-NE)
2. Ed O’Rourke 320.05
3. Stephen Peckiconis 293.13
4. Charlie Mansbach 288.38
5. Nolan Allen 282.54

Women
1. Kayla Allen 320.55
2. Sydney Sirois 310.88
3. Maegan Allen 302.82 (1st USATF-NE)
4. Siana Emery 270.86
5. Val Vaitones 268.99

The complete 2015 USA Track & Field New England Race Walk Grand Prix standings are posted below.

Results: 2015 CT Association 10,000m Championship

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Peter’s Recreational Complex, Clinton, CT.
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Weather: Cool, overcast, 53 degrees

From Maryanne Daniel:

Our numbers are tiny but we managed to have athletes from MA, NY and NH. Nice to see the young girls, Lucy and Val continue on in the sport and it was very impressive to see Lauren (who came to do the 1 mile fun walk and was talked into going 6x farther) finish strong prevailing over Ginger who was dealing with an injury.

In an effort to bring more judges into the fold, we trained three judges who had not seen RW before. Ron did an excellent job leading a learn by doing clinic where they observed an entire 10,000m.

We appreciate our judges – Debbie (Chief) and Shawn Frederick, who came from NY, Jean Tenan and Ron Daniel.

Thanks to our lap counters, John Palmer, Ed Vaitones, Barbra Gill-Vayo and Adam Raimondi, and Geoff Bye for registration. Thank you Bob Gemske for bringing the clock, even though our number are few, it helps feel official.

Men:

1. Ed O’Rourke (54), New England Walkers, Groton MA 57:26.1 (1st Open/Masters)
2. Bill Vayo (51), Park Walkers, White Plains NY 59:51.3 (2nd Open/Masters)
3. Charlie Mansbach (71), New England Walkers, Waban MA 1:12:24.7 (3rd Open/Masters)

Women:

1. Valentina Vaitones (19), New England Walkers, Derry NH 1:12:27.4 (1st Jr/Open)
2. Lucy Vayo (14), Park Walkers, White Plains NY 1:13:32.3 (2nd Jr/Open)
3. Lauren Gemske (30), CTRW, Milford CT 1:15:22.8 (1st CT Champ, 3rd Open)
4. Ginger Armstrong Palmer (53), CTRW, Canterbury CT 1:16:42.5 (1st Masters, 2nd CT, 4th Open)
DQ Denise Hambrick

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2015 CT Association 10,000m Championship start

USATF-CT 10000m medalists: (Front) Val Vaitones, Lauren Gemske, Ginger Armstrong Palmer, Lucy Vayo (Back) Charlie Mansbach, Ed O'Rourke, Bill Vayo

USATF-CT 10000m medalists: (Front) Val Vaitones, Lauren Gemske, Ginger Armstrong Palmer, Lucy Vayo (Back) Charlie Mansbach, Ed O’Rourke, Bill Vayo

New England Walkers Annual Meeting Minutes, Sunday, October 25th

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The New England Walkers considered ways of building interest in racewalking, discussed a bid for a 2016 national championship, and affirmed a deadline for club dues at the group’s annual meeting Oct. 25 in Groton, MA.

Resuming a conversation that has wound through many club meetings over the years, members talked of the value of reaching young athletes. Ed Vaitones described the planning needed to get race walkers included in youth track meets in New Hampshire. He and Ed O’Rourke cited the advantages of conducting race walking clinics year-round. Ed O’Rourke raised the possibility of joining forces with the recreational group WalkBoston. He and Bill Harriman proposed conducting more events — group walks and get-togethers — for the members we already have.

Club leaders will make certain that there is a sufficient supply of New England Walkers shirts available to give to new members.

Ed O’Rourke asked what national championship we could try to host for 2016, given that the event we have conducted many times, the one-hour championship, has already been awarded for next year. Ed and Rich McElvery will discuss the possibilities with Maryanne and Ron Daniel following the 10K race in Connecticut on Nov. 1. Members noted that we would need to furnish more volunteers for a national championship than we managed to do at the one-hour race this year in Gloucester, MA.

Members set Dec. 1 as the deadline to pay club dues. The annual cost is $10 for an individual and $15 for a family. Payments should be sent to Justin Kuo, 39 Oakland Road, Brookline, MA 02445-6700

Members reelected Ed O’Rourke, president, Rich McElvery, club vice president, Ed Vaitones, member-at-large, Justin Kuo, treasurer, and Charlie Mansbach, secretary.

Attending the meeting were hosts Ed and Deborah O’Rourke, Tom Knatt, Annie Montgomery, Joanne and Bill Harriman, Anne Neuburg, Brian Savilonis, Hilary and Bob Keating, Rich McElvery, Ed and Valia Vaitones, and Charlie Mansbach.