PRTC Bi-Bi Weekly 5/25/2023: Broad Recap, Mayor's Club Pep Rally!
Mayor's Cup Pep Rally - 5/31
Mayor's Cup is coming back and the Pep Rally is right around the corner. This Wednesday (5/31) at 5:30pm the Pep Rally will be held at Craft Hall at 901 N Delaware Ave.
The pep rally is a chance to hang with some other clubs, register for the race ($5 discount!), and the first 50 registrants will claim a free beer.
For those unfamiliar with the Mayor's Cup, it's a great competition between clubs in the city held at the Belmont Plateau and serves as the unofficial kick off to the fall racing season. There is a cross-county 5k, road 5 mile, trail 10k, road 10 mile, and trail half marathon. The top finisher from each club for men and women scores in each event, so it's important to have a representative in each event. You can let everyone know which event you intend to enter hereand we can fill in any gaps as needed.
The race will be held August 12th this year.
Also, less important (or maybe more idk), we're having a club hang at Other Half this Saturday at 7pm. Come out and enjoy the nice weather if you're in town!
Race Results
Penn Relays
It was a wet and wild one at the Penn Relays. Friday night was probably the worst weather we had all year, full stop, but that didn't stop a strong contingent of the club from hammering out corporate DMR legs and soggy 5ks.
In the corporate DMR, Vicente Iglesias wrapped up his fantastic spring season with an anchor leg of the SIG DMR that took 5th overall, Pat Taggart led off the Globus Medical team that took 9th overall, and Frank Dougherty anchored the 11th place All4 team.
The women's 5k was up next and Alyssa Condell brought the highest club finish of the night with a huge sub 17 5k, coming in 3rd overall with a 16:49 effort in the less-than-deal conditions. Maria Seykora also had a fantastic effort, running 17:01 for 12th.
Liam Galligan highlighted the men's race with a 7th overall finish in 14:36. A trio men battled it out together, as David Dorsey came in 18th with a 15:09, Connor Harriman finished one spot back in 15:13, and Declan Walkush fought through to a 21st finish in 15:24. Club Alum, Aidan Konhaus made his return to Philly with a 15:53 finish.
Resultshere.
Broad Street 10 Mile
This one is too big for much commentary, but let's do a handful of highlights:
Highest Finish Women and extremely close honorable mention: Kayla Lampe in 10th (56:17) and Ellen Feringa in 11th (56:19)
Highest Finish Men: Paul Matuszak in 15th (15th)
Top Philadelphian: Joe Maguire in 50:21 (24th)
2nd Masters (behind a 62 half guy): Steve Gourley in 52:39 (46th overall)
It's a tough one to dive much deeper into with so many finishers, so many PRs, and so many strong races all around. Broad Street Sunday is one of the best days of the year and it's amazing seeing the club turnout for this one in droves.
An attempted complete results list below:
15. Paul Matuszak 49:10
24. Joe Maguire 50:21
30. Connor Harriman 51:00
34. David Watt 51:33
35. Nick Cardamone 51:44
No place, but video verified: Peter Buckley 51:52
46. Steve Gourley 52:39
50. Tim Seeley 52:45
52. Simon Voorhees 52:47
55. Matt Kane 52:51
56: Kris Lizins 52:59
59: Luke Myers 53:04
60. Ben Nieto 53:04
63: Seth Kampf 53:33
66. David Choi 53:45
72. Cody Amengual 54:03
74. Ethan Rissell 54:21
83. Chris Mateer 54:52
98. Travis Leadbetter 55:27
99. Matt Ferry 55:34
107. Harsha Thirumurthy 56:03
122. Stuart Crawford 56:43
123. Ethan Hermann 56:44
126. Kevin Brandon 56:50
158. Jack Denison 57:53
162. Bill Besash 58:02
170. Matt Bruner 58:19
172. Nawaaz Khalfan 58:20
202. Sergio Salgado 59:08
205. Matt Stopkey 59:10
209. Chris Watson 59:18
222. Kevin Dugan 59:40
224: Evan Skalski 59:43
244. Roni Teich 60:10
248. Pat McLaughlin 60:13
260. Andy Potocek 60:32
265. Bill Angelina 60:36
271. Erik Reitinger 60:46
276. Colin Bodels 60:58
363. Doug Edwards 62:46
403. Adam Moffitt 63:48
448. Will Vedder 64:21
455. Pat Taggart 64:28
575. Scott Heigl-Yates 66:08
647. Geoff McGovern 66:56
843: Jack McClurkin 68:37
792. Adam Kates 68:18
10. Kayla Lampe 56:17
11. Ellen Feringa 56:19
18. Rosie Mascoli 57:24
23. Jessica Smith 57:43
26. Stephanie Benko 58:10
29. Lauren Kelly 58:43
33. Stephanie Ng 59:13
39. Elaine Estes 59:38
46. Sarah Heins 60:42
52. Cassidy Nagle 61:18
53. Alex DiDonato 61:23
58. Liz Coda 61:38
65. Katie Rodger 62:07
66. Caroline Dorey-Stein 62:08
67. Rebecca Nichols 62:21
68. Sophia Dahab 62:24
72. Christy Cohick 63:01
78. Emily Molitoris 63:26
81. Emily Dooley 63:36
83. Emily Smith 63:44
84. Cindy George 63:55
90. Claire Kendell 64:14
97. Laura Antinucci 64:36
109. Griffin Kaulbach 65:17
120. Julie Platt 65:40
140, Kate Courtin 66:35
141. Rachael Wittmer 66:36
145. Beth Morgan 66:42
152. Emily Lawson 67:02
210. Elizabeth Campbell 69:17
214. Cynthia Cuiule 69:24
221. Sarah Moxham 69:31
268. Kimberly Jackson 70:57
350. Emma Loniewski 72:47
1467. Lydia Koh 83:12
12260, Sarah Tampio 2:05:16 (with Students Run!)
Eugene Marathon
Zach Sibson headed to the capital of Track & Field in the US to race the Eugene Marathon and walked away with a 3:23:25 finishing time.
Resultshere.
Baker's Dozen Half
Chris Campagnola headed north to the Hudson Valley to race the hilly Baker's Dozen Half and walked away with a 2nd overall finish and final time of 86:55.
Resultshere.
Spartan Race Fayetteville
Eric Anderson took his first Spartan Race age group win, grabbing first in his age group and 3rd overall. He finished in 2:09:45.
Resultshere.
26x1
PRTCshowed no mercy at the low key and fun 26x1 hosted by the West Philly Runners, as they took first and set a 22 minute course record, running 2:21:30 for a marathon relay over the undulating Woodlands loop. The team was comprises of Ben Nieto, Travis Leadbetter, Adam Moffitt, Steph Benko, Matt Ferry, Cindy George, Nick Cardamone, Julie Platt, and Chris Mateer.
Nick ran the fast legs for the men, putting down 3 4:41's in a row, as Steph Benko set the pace for the women, running her fastest leg in 5:27.
There are no results.
Pittsburgh Half Marathon
Ryan Mahalsky took 11th overall in a remarkably deep field at the Pittsburgh Half Marathon, running 67:31. He finished 2 seconds back from US Olympian Jared Ward in the process. Pretty good.
Resultshere.
Widener Last Chance
For college kids, they call it a last chance because it's the last chance to qualify for nationals. For us, it's the last chance because we're all getting old.
Well maybe not if you're Paul Matuszak, who at the age of 36 and on his 3rd kid, smashed his 5k PR with a 14:21, good enough for 7th overall.PRTCwas also represented by Cody Amengual and David Choi, who finished in 15:29 and 15:38, respectively.
Speaking of dads, Mike Tait set a season best in the 800m with a 2:01.22. Running his first of two events for the day was Ben Nieto in 2:03.81.
In the 1500m, Calvin Schneck led the way with a 3:56.18, improving on his 4:57 from the Bucknell Invite earlier in the season. Frank Livosi tuned up for his pending ultramarathon with a 4:013.14. Ben Nieto came back with a 4:12.12 for his 2nd event of the day.
In the steeple, Declan Walkush ran to a 6th place finish with a 9:38 final time.
In the women's 1500m, Alyssa Condell came off her fantastic race at the Penn Relays to take 8th overall in 4:40.83.
Resultshere.
Henderson Invite 2023
Zoe Matherne and Maria Seykora took care of business at the Henderson Invite, going 1-2 in the 1500m, running 4:27 and 4:30 each. Both ran impressive negative splits, closing the back half in a 2:21 800m.
Resultshere.
Track Night NYC
When heading to NYC for a race, it's usually not the competition or weather that'll get you. It's the traffic.
Overcoming hours in the car and short warm ups, Zoe Matherne, Maria Seykora, and Liam Galligan headed north for deep fields.
Zoe Matherne highlighted the night with her 5th overall finish in the 1500m, as she ran a new PR of 4:25.13. Maria finished in 13th with a 4:44.99 finishing time.
Liam took 13th overall in the men's field with a 3:55.12.
Resultshere.
Santiago Marathon
Bringing the only international result of this newsletter was Sergio Salgado, who ran 3:02:11 at the Santiago Marathon. The race has a 600 foot climb over the first 17 miles and was held in temps as high as 77 degrees F...so make of that time what you will because that sounds like a HELL of a race.
Brooklyn Half
Bridget is BACK baby. Running her fastest half since 2014, club women's director, Bridget Gottlieb ran 1:23:24 for the hilly and humid race in Brooklyn.
Ryan Ritter continued knocking off impressive longer races with a 76:32 effort for the race.
Resultshere.
Lilac 10k
Speaking of "back", Dylan's back. He won the Lilac 10k in the greatest city in the world (Rochester, NY) by a minute, beating 2 2:13 marathoners in the process, running 30:17.
Resultshere.
Dirty German
From the 800m to ultras,PRTCput the results up this month.
Emily Dooley took the win in the 50k at Pennypack Park in 4:28:22...winning by almost an hour.
In the 25k, Cassidy Nagle also took home the famous first place prize of a cuckoo clock, running 2:02:15 to "only" win by 6 minutes.
In the 50 Miler, club friend John Li won the men's division and took 2nd overall in his 50 mile debut, running 8:04:08.
Resultshere.
Philadelphia Bar Association 5k
Julie Platt took the win at the Philadelphia Bar Association 5k, running 19:05 for the 5k. Meanwhile, Megan Feehan took the coveted top Bar Association Member with a 20:44.
On the men's side, Matt Ferry ran an 18:23 while on pacing duties, while Adam Raven ran 19:49 for 2nd overall master's finisher.
Resultshere.
University City 5k
Ethan Hermann ran 13:29 for the win at the University City "5k" so either bartending is great cross training or the course may have been a little short. But as they say, a win is a win...welcome back!
Resultshere.
Cleveland Marathon & 5k
Harsha Thirumurthy took 2nd in the 45-49 age group and 13th overall at the Cleveland Marathon off a subpar build and an unhinged course with a 2:42:10 finishing time.
Britt Tschaen took 7th overall and 2nd in her age group with a lifetime PR on a less unhinged but questionably long course, running 22:26.
Resultshere.
Omissions from last edition:
Despite extensive googling and Strava creeping, I miss sometimes! Here's a few tidbits from last week that were missed.
Nick Crits ran a great marathon at the Jersey City Marathon, running 2:34:32 for 19th overall in the deep field.
Tim Flynn ran 3:02:29 at the Boston Marathon!
Sorry guys! And if I missed you in this newsletter...let me know! I'll get ya next time.