Champions Again: The B.A.A. Men's Open Team Is Victorious at the Mayors Cup Cross Country Championship
10/28/2007
In 2006, seven points were the difference between defending their 2005 Mayor's Cup title and watching another team go home with the prize. This year, the B.A.A. men's open team was determined to be back on the winners podium. Led by Dylan Wykes in 4th place and the 2005 Mayor's Cup Champion, Jarrod Shoemaker in 9th, the men had a strong group up front that ensured that no other team would come close this year. David Bridgewater was the third B.A.A. runner to cross the line in 13th place and Mark Miller and Michael Chettle rounded out the scoring for the B.A.A placing 25th and 26th respectively. The five combined for a convincing 46 point margin of victory. The 2007 title is the sixth Mayor's Cup victory for the men's open team and the fifth in the last seven seasons.
With a number of women preparing for the Olympic Trials Marathon in April 2008, the B.A.A. did not have a complete team for the Mayor's Cup. Mariko Holbrook had a strong race to finish 17th overall and was followed closely by Mary Proulx in 24th place and two-time Heptagonal Cross Country Champion, Sara Tindall-Woodman in 28th place. The Mayor's Cup was a stop along the way to the Philadelphia Marathon where Tindall-Woodman will be competing on November 18th. The only other B.A.A. woman competing, Stephanie Westcott, finished 42nd.
The Mayor’s Cup marks the beginning of the cross country championship season for the B.A.A.. In three weeks on November 18th, the men’s and women’s teams will return to Franklin Park for the New England Cross Country Championships where the women will be looking to claim their 6th consecutive title and the men will trying to make it two in a row; The men have also won the race in 2001, 2002 and 2004.
MEN’S RESULTS
4. Dylan Wykes 23:41 9. Jarrod Shoemaker 24:25 13. David Bridgewater 24:36 24. Mark Miller 24:58 26. Michael Chettle 25:02 30. Ben Schmeckpepper 25:21 33. Matthew Carter 25:25 36. Wilson Perez 25:30 38. Josh Ferenc 25:37 50. Matthew Ely 25:53 59. Aaron Price 26:03 72. Nick O'Malley 26:22 102. John Noland 26:51 112. Joshua Gordon 27:07 138. Jonathan Fortescue 27:42 148 Ken Leinbach 27:58 156. Andy Macdonald 28:25 165. Mark Bell 29:27 177. Dave Menard 33:52
MEN’S TEAM RESULTS 1. B.A.A. 34 points Dylan Wykes, Jarrod Shoemaker, David Bridgewater, Ramon Laboy, Mark Miller, Michael Chettle, Ben Schmeckpepper 2. GENESEE VALLEY HARRIERS 90 points 3. WESTCHESTER TC 100 points
WOMEN’S RESULTS
17. Mariko Holbrook 17:56 24 Mary Proulx 18:10 28. Sara Tindall-Woodman 18:18 42. Stephanie Westcott 18:54
FRANKLIN PARK 5K RESULTS 13. Matthew Gallagher 16:45 23. Steve Bishop 17:23 63. James McGrew 18:57 73. Patrick Stumbras 19:22 105. John Podobinski 20:38 132 Barbara Bell 21:42 214. Tom Wright 27:48
FRANKLIN PARK 5K TEAM RESULTS 1. Boston College = 6 points 2. EASY TEN = 27 points 3. GBTC = 53 POINTS 4. B.A.A. = 55 points Matthew Gallagher, Steve Bishop, James McGrew, Patrick Stumbras, John Podobinski, Tom Wright
