Updated: USATF-NE RW Grand Prix Standings

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Rich McElvery

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

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Rich McElvery

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

Results: GBTC Invitational Track Club Meet

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Rich McElvery

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

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Rich McElvery

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

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

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Rich McElvery

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.

2015 USA Track & Field New England Race Walk Grand Prix

Posted on November 9, 2015 by jkuo

Results: 2015 CT Association 10,000m Championship

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Rich McElvery

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

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

Results: Pepperell Rail Trail 4K/8K

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Rich McElvery

Pepperell Rail Trail 4K/8K

Pepperell, MA

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Weather: clear, cool 50 degrees, no wind

1. Annie Montgomery 30:36

2. Pat Yingling 34:30

1. Ed O’Rourke 47:44

2. Nolan Allen 48:22

3. Maegan Allen 49:05

4. Val Vaitones 52:19

5. Brian Savilonis 53:22

6. Holly Wenninger 54:18

7. Valeria Graffeo 56:47

8. Charles Mansbach 57:31

9. Tom Knatt 1:02:33

Judges: Bill and Joanne Harriman, Ed Vaitones, Rich McElvery

Special thanks to Ann Neuberg for timing, and Bill and Joanne Harriman for hosting the race and post-race pot luck lunch.

2015 Pepperell Rail Trail 4K/8K

USATF-CT 10000m Racewalk Championship

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Rich McElvery

The final USATF-NE Race Walk Grand Prix Race will be the USATF-CT 10000m RW Championship on Sunday, November 1st in Clinton, CT, at the Peters Recreational Complex Track.

The 10000m Open/Youth/Masters (all Associations welcome) will start at 10:00am. Prior to the main event at 9:30 a.m. there will be a 1 Mile Fun Walk, open to any level of experience in racewalking.

Attached is the entry form with more details (including directions).

CTRW 10k _15 entry

Pepperell Rail 8K/4K Race, Sunday, Sep. 27th

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Rich McElvery

Pepperell Rail 8K/4K Race, Pepperell, MA—The race starts at 10am, rain or shine, behind the Pepperell Braiding Company on Lowell Street.

It’s a relatively flat, out-and-back course (once for the non-judged 4K race, twice for the 8K GP race), with no street intersections.

Parking is available at the Pepperell Braiding Company at 22 Lowell Street, facing the building. Sign up will be at the Harriman’s condo across the street, at 38 Tarbell Street (Unit 3D) by the garage with the orange Honda Element.

No entry fee, but bring something for the pot luck afterwards!

Also, we need a few volunteers at the start/finish line to help record times.