Sports
By Don Lyons - August 10, 2006
Marisa Clapp of West Hartford set a new women's race record, demolishing the former record by a minute and a half. She finished right behind Matt Harris, who was fourth overall.
A hat trick for Kevin; a new record for Marisa
Kevin Gray, the 28-year-old distance runner from Falmouth, who won the 2005 OB Columbus Day 5K in 15.52 and the Murdick's Fudge 5-miler in 25.57, ran off with the 14th Vineyard Scoops 5K Tour of Edgartown in 15:46, Saturday, one minute and four seconds faster than Matthew Hyde, 29, of Vineyard Haven, who was second.
The rest of the top ten male finishers were: (3) Jake Quagliaroli, Indianapolis, 17:04 (4) Matt Harrris, 30, El Segundo, Calif., 17:47 (5) Scott Bosworth, 41, Hingham, 18:15 (6) Gabe Jiran, 35, West Hartford, Conn., 18:16 (7) Alex Kahan, 47, Norwich, Vt., 18:29 (8) Chris George, 24, Needham, 6:02 (9) Josh Black, 37, Wellesley, 18:45 (10) Jackson Banges, 17, Upper Montclair, N.J., 19:13.
Marisa Clapp, 24, of West Hartford was the first woman to complete the run in the race record-smashing time of 17:48. (The previous record was 19:06 set last year by Dana Parrot of Tampa, Fla.) Marisa was fifth overall, one second behind Matt Harris.
The next nine female finishers were: (2) Nnenna Lynch, 35, New York City, 19:03 (3) Sarah Harris, 31, El Segundo, Calif., 19:31 (4) Carey Baldwin, 18, West Hartford, Conn., 20:51 (5) Megan Baldwin, 22, West Hartford, Conn., 20:51 (6) Cressida Buonmagurito, 42, Duxbury, 21:19 (7) Joanne Tucker, 58, Edgartown, 21:50 (8) Amanda Glazier, 22, Oak Bluffs, 21:58 (9) Erica Normandeau, 15, Hopkinton, 22:07 (10) Olivia Reed, 15, Sudbury, 22:08
Fun runners really had fun.
Leaders in the gender,
age categories
Female 9 & under: Kayla Goldman, 8, Wellington, Fla., 43:38 (2) Alexis Cohan, 8, Royal Palm Beach, Fla., 44:44 (3) Rose Shelley, 9, Silver Springs, Md., 46:09 (4) Bry Rechan, 9, Clayton, Mo., 52:54 (5) Abby Sheetz, 9, Bedford, N.H., 1:05:09.
Male 9 & under: (1) Emmet Coyle, 9. Greenwich, Conn. (2) Simon Vadas, 8, Huntin Valley, Ohio, 36:32 (3) Charlie Culbert, 9, Evanston, Ill., 36:33 (4) Jackson Montuoro, 5, Morristown, N.J., 38:16 (5) Taylor Walshe, 7, Edgartown, 44:19.
Female 10-14: (1) Monica Adler, 14, Manchester, 22:55 (2) Grace Dixon, 13, Edgartown, 29:53 (3) Abby Gardner, 14, Medina, Ohio, 30:45 (4) Taylor Culbert, 14, Evanston, Ill., 30:59 (5) Olivia Gross,13, Vineyard Haven, 31:32.
Male 10-14: (1) Emmet Shipway, 12, Avon, Conn., 23:50 (2) Patrick Shelley, 13, Silver Springs, Md., 23:52 (3) Max Baumrann, 14, Pennington, N.J. 24:16 (4) Chris Knoth, 14, Shaker Heights, Ohio, 24:22 (5) Casey Bangs, 13, Upper Montclair, N.J., 25:28.
Female 15-19: Carey Baldwin, 18, West Hartford, Conn., 20:51 (2) Erica Normandeau, 15, Hopkinton, 22:07 (3) Olivia Reed, 15, Sudbury, 22:08 (4) Nicole Roczniak, 15, East Haddam, Conn., (5) Emily Diamond, 17, Vineyard Haven, 25:31.
Male 15-19: Jackson Bangs, 17, Upper Montclair, N.J., 19:13 (2) Jackson Holahan, 19, East Haddam, Conn., 19:46 (3) Reade Fizzonia, 15, Medfield, 19:56 (4) Ike Tucker, 16, Edgartown, 20:06 (5) Sam Storey, 15, Morristown, N.J., 20:27.
Female 20-24: (1) Marissa Clapp, 24, West Hartford, Conn., 17:48 (2) Megan Baldwin, 22, West Hartford, Conn., 20:51 (3) Amanda Glazier, 22, Oak Bluffs, 21:58 (4) Casey Smith, 20, Raleigh, N.C., 23:53 (5) Ashley Peterson, 23, Brighton, 24:28.
Male 20-24: (1) Chris George, 24, Needham, 18:44 (2) John DeWitt, 20, Clinton, N.Y., 19:29 (3) Tim Tyrrell, 20, Albany, N.Y., 20:29 (4) Brett McNeill, 20, Needham, 20:45 (5) Peter Chaffee, 20, Edgartown, 20:50.
Female 25-30: (1) Adrianne Wenisch, 27, Charlestown, 22:52 (2) Kimberly Bellavance, 25, Wayland, 23:30 (3) Bridget Meigs, 28, Tisbury, 25:35 (4) Kristelle
Ridenour, Brookline, 25:39, (5) Meg Haley, 25, Edgartown, 27:27.
Male 25-29: (1) Kevin Gray, 28, Falmouth, 15:45 (2) Matthew Hyde, 29, Tisbury, 16:50 (3) Jake Quagliaroli, 28, Indianopolis, Ind., 17:04 (4) Chris George, 34, Needham, 18:44, (5) Jeb Blatt, 29, Boston, 20:48 (2) Ward Meehan, 26, Ridgefield, Conn., 23:46 (3) Chris Belain, 27, Aquinnah, 24:36, (4) Nicholas Blatt, Macungie, Penn., 25:48 (5) Dave Kovalchuk, 27, Chestnut Hill, 29:25.
Female 30-34: (1) Nnenna Lynch, 31, New York City, 19:31 (2) Sarah Harris, 31, El Segundo, Calif., 19:31 (3) Tara Naylor, 30, Boston, 20:48 (2) Amanda Carbone, 31, Harleysville, Penn., 26:18 (3) Bonny Pecci, 31, Bethlehem, Conn., 26:24 (4) Kaitlyn Cafferey, 30, Boston, 30:00 (5) Hadley Creech, 32, Boston, 30:33.
Male 30-34: (1) Matt Harris, 30, El Segundo, Calif, 17:47 (2) Aaron Groen, 30, Brookline, 20:34 (3) Dan Cooper, 33, Salem, 21:21 (4) Neill Barger, 32, Tisbury, 24:10 (5) Chris Kyle, 32, Los Angeles, Calif., 24:23.
Female 35-39: (1) Nnenna Lynch, 35, New York City, 19:03 (2) Jennifer Jesanis, 36, Glen Ellhyn, Ill. 22:35 (3) Faryl Saunder, 38, Wayland, 24:40 (4) Noel Dinane, 39, Mamaroneck, N.Y., 26:47 (5) Dodie Powers, 38, Edgartown, 27:28.
Male 35-30: (1) Gabe Jiran, 35, West Hartford, Conn., 18:15 (2) Josh Black, 37, Wellesley, 18:45 (3) Scott Molinari, 39, Waltham, 20:57 (4) Jason Kramer, 36, Watertown, 21:02 (5) David May, 35, Wallingford, Conn., 21:43.
Female 40-44: (1) Cressida Buongurito, 42, Duxbury, 21:19 (2) Teresa Prego, 43, Medfield, 23:19 (3) Hope Rich, 43, Lansing, N.Y., 25:02 (4) Susan Adamo, 42, Oak Bluffs, 25:25 (5) Anne Williamson, 41, Edgartown.
Male 40-44: (1) Scott Bosworth, 41, Hingham, 18:15 (2) Patrick Reilly, 41, Yardley, Penn., 19:29 (3) Paul Vertefeuille, 42, Oak Bluffs, 19:59 (4) Mark Vann, 41, Sautee, Ga., 21:20 (5) Adyler Depaula, 43, Tisbury, 21:40.
Female 45-49: (1) Dawn Mickee, 45, Methuen, 23:36 (2) Susan Kahan, 47, Norwich, Vt., 24:13 (3) Holly Bacon, 46, Bonita Springs, Fla., 26:09 (4) Jessica Roddy, 45, Chilmark, 26:10 (5) Alice Bonner, 49, Westborough, 26:13.
Male 45-49 (1) Alex Kahan, 47, Norwich, Vt., 18:29 (2) Gregg Rubin, 48, Mamaronreck, N.Y., 21:01 (3) Steve Hoyt, 47, Ithaca, N.Y., 21:34 (4) Pat Parker, 45, Tisbury, 23:14 (5) Paul D'Ambrosio, 47, Utica, N.Y., 23:25.
Female 50-54: (1) Marcia Stephens, 53, Brookline, 23:25 (2) Debbie Frio, 50, Andover, 24:52 (3) Patricia Pitchko, 53, Southampton, 27:25 (4) Beth Lynch, 50, Edgartown, 31:06 (5) Caroline Delguercio, Easton, 31:24.
Male 50-54: (1) Walter Ricciardi, 52, Chilmark, 20:43 (2) Timn Maxwell, 51, Chester Springs, Penn., 22:31 (3) Dick Lehr, 52, Belmont, 22:33 (4) Gregg Bangs, 51, Upper Montclair, N.J. (5) Henry Shelley, 51, Silver Springs, Md., 31:24.
Female 55-59: (1) Joanne Tucker, 58, Edgartown, 21:50 (2) Brenda Geerosa-Beal, 44, Hingham, 29:26 (3) Rande Brown, 56, Edgartown, 49:42 (4) Judy Rena, 58, Matchelville, Md., 49:50 (5) Carolyn Clark, 57, Barrington, R.I., 55:41.
Male 55-59: (1) Michael Amster, 55, Concord, 22:17 (2) Gary Mead, 59, New Fairfield, Conn., 24:43 (3) Bob Jampol, 55, Waban, 24:59 (4) Tom Clark, 59, Barrington, R.I., 26:06 (5) David Holahan, 56, East Haddam, Conn., 27:03.
Female 60-64: (1) Kathy Lichester, 62, Edgartown, 36:53 (2) Betty Belcastro, 62, Littleton, 39:49 (3) Debbie Kyle, 60, Andover, 40:37 (4) Linda Sweet, 60, Amherst, 41:54 (5) Barbara Murphy, 60, Chilmark, 49:48.
Male 60-64: (1) Jim Austin, 63, Tisbury, 21:48 (2) John Flannery, 60, Edgartown, 23:31 (3) Morgan Shipway, 64, Avon, Conn., 24:34 (4) Jim Tiffany, 61, Leesburg, Va., 28:19 (5) David Linton, 62, Edgartown. 49:48.
Female 65-69: (1) Joan Kearney, 69, Needham, 54:50 (2) Edith Radley, 67, Edgartown, 57:01
Male 65-69: (1) Steven Abcon, 65, Edgartown, 37:23.
Female 70 & over: (1) Cynthia Peterson, 73, Middle Haddam, Conn. 38:27.
Male 70 & over: (1) David Egger, 70, Princeton, N.J., 40:37 (2) David Luening, 71, Edgartown, 41:36 (3) Gerald Jeffers, 73, Edgartown, 46:03 (4) Russell Sawmiller, 79, Tisbury, 54:42 (5) Bill Buchly, 72, Gainesville, 55:38.
Tony shows The Times his "score card" for the final 18 holes at Canton.
The form of a champion
Tony Grillo is a champion. He is the Massachusetts Junior Golf Champion, a title he won at the Blue Hill Country Club, Canton, in a three-day tournament last week, posting three sub-par rounds and beating the field by 10 strokes. He earned the title with elan.
Tony came into The Times office, Tuesday, as we asked him to and talked of his win as well as other things.
Gratified as he must be with his win at Canton, he seemed more pleased with his third-place finish in a national field of junior golfers at the American Junior Golf Assn. tournament on Tom's Run Golf Course in Blairsville, Penn., just outside of Pittsburgh, July 10-14, and his 11th place finish in the Optimist International Junior Golf Championship tourney at the PGA National Resort in Palm Beach, Fla., July 26-30.
Tony drives off the tee....
Why the preference? Greater challenge - stronger competition.
In a quiet way, bordering on self-effacement, Tony seems to thrive on competition.
He was asked if there were any holes that gave him trouble at Blue Hill. At first he demurred, "no, not really."
Then a broad smile broke on his face and he said that there were two holes on the course, back to back, and that he bogeyed one and birdied the other each day of the tournament.
Then he added, "There was one occasion when I had some trouble."
Times: "Trouble! What kind of trouble? Water? Sand? Rough?
Tony: (with that big smile again) "No, ...tree."
One gets the impression that Tony is the kind of young man who stays out of trouble but when trouble comes along he deals with it effectively.
We asked him, "Who's your favorite golfer?"
Answer: "I think we all root for Tiger, don't you?"
What's next on the agenda? Beginning Sunday, Tony will join six other junior golfers representing Massachusetts at the Cohasset Country Club in the three-day New England Golf Assn. tourney to crown a New England Junior Golf Champion.
Tony is a straight A student at MVRHS, his father, Joe, told us, and when he thinks of post high school education he focuses on academic strengths, not athletic ones.
Tony is an entirely likeable 16-year-old young man who begins his junior year at Martha's Vineyard Regional in a few weeks. Golf is a fall sport here and Tony will pace the MVRHS team in his quiet, unassuming but highly competitive manner.
