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5K for K.J.
Saturday was cold, in the thirties early on, and the wind that always blows across the high school campus added to the discomfort of friends and relatives and sports writers come to cheer and greet the runners finishing the 5K for K.J. course in a chute not far from the new Martha's Vineyard Regional High School baseball field.
One hundred sixty-four persons registered, their $20 entrance fee going to the Kevin Johnson Cross Country Scholarship Fund. One hundred forty-five runners/walkers completed the course.
The weather may have kept some at home. Last year 208 showed up to make the run.
First to finish this year was Lucas Smith-Horn, 18, from Ellington, Conn. His time was 17:58:38. Max Conley, 15, of West Tisbury was second about one minute back at 18:56:47.
The rest of the top ten were: (3) Chris Fischer, 25, of Chilmark, 18:57; (4) Mason Fischer, 19, West Tisbury, 18:58; (5) Paul Vertefeuille, 43, Oak Bluffs, 19:11; (6) Dana Gaines, 50, Edgartown, 19:42; (7) Willie Nevin, 14, Oak Bluffs, 20:46; (8) Emily Carter, 17, Oak Bluffs, 21:34 (the first female); (9) Patrick Parker, 46, Vineyard Haven, 21:35; and (10) Wayne Guyther, 51, Oak Bluffs, 21:41.
Leaders in their several age groups were:
Females 10 and under (1) Melissa Hubertus, 10, Carmel, N.Y., 55:30; (2) Kyra Whalen, 9, Tisbury, 1:05:45..
Males 10 and under: (1) Nate D'Angelo, 10, West Tisbury, 25:11; (2) Otto Osmers, 7. Tisbury, 55:01; (3) Charles Whalen, 7, Tisbury, 55:14; (4) Ian Hubertus, 9, Carmel, N.Y., 56:21.
Females 11-14: (1) Lauren Lucas, 14, Tisbury, 22:52; (2) Nicole Parkhurst, 12, Chilmark, 23:03; (3) Carter D'Angelo, 12, West Tisbury, 30:07; (4) Maya Harcourt, 13, Tisbury, 45:22; (5) Maggie Riseborough, 12, Chilmark, 48:24.
Males 11-14: (1) Willie Nevin, 14, Oak Bluffs, 20:46; (2) Mike Schroeder, 13, West Tisbury, 22:01; (3) Jack Hewitt, 11, Tisbury, 23:47; (4) Toby Riseborough, 14, Chilmark, 37:30; (5) Bella Bennett, 13, West Tisbury, 46:23.
Females 15-19: Emily Carter, 17, Oak Bluffs, 21:34; (2) Kate Mahoney, 17, Tisbury, 24:10; (3) Emily Smith, 17, Oak Bluffs, 26:19; (4) Emma Conley, 19, West Tisbury, 30:44; (5) Tiffany Smalley, 18, Aquinnah, 31:58.
Males 15-19: (1) Logan Russell, 18, West Tisbury, 25:43; (2) Chris Edwards, 18, Edgartown, 33:15; (3) Matthew Seklecki, 19, Tisbury, 45:01; (4) Adam Herman, 18, Oak Bluffs, 46:02; (5) Mike Baird, 18, Oak Bluffs, 54:58.
Female 20-29: (1) Hilldee Lewis, 26, Oak Bluffs, 23:38; (2) Robin Zaragozen, 28, South Boston, 26:53; (3) Rachel Hehre, 26, Tisbury, 27:09; (4) Victoria Hehre, 21, Tisbury, 46:05; (5) Kara Rosenthal, 20, West Tisbury, 1:01:09.
Male 20-29: (1) Chris Fischer, 25. Chilmark, 18:57; (2) Rory Henderson, 27, Westerly, R.I., 24:20; (3) Jesse Burton, 22, Tisbury, 36:07; (4) Matthew Parker, 20, Oak Bluffs, 40:13; (5) Jimmy Baird, 20, Oak Bluffs, 1:13:67.
Female 30-39: (1) Ruth Rowe, 31, Sandy Hook, Conn., 23:47; (2) Julie Hatt, 37, Edgartown, 25:28; (3) Belinda Booker, 36, Aquinnah, 27:40; (4) Cathleen, Vincent, 31, Tisbury, 34:53; (5) Noelle Geremia, 36, Bradford, Conn., 37:36.
Male 30-39: (1) Todd Cleland, 38, Oak Bluffs, 22:39; (2) Aaron Godwell, 39, Boston, 24:24; (3) Matthew Regan, 38, Providence, R.I., 33:05; (4) Ken Vincent, 30, Tisbury, 36:29.73 (5) James Gerimia, 33, Meriden, Conn., 37:29.
Female 40-49: (1) Robin Breen, 44, Edgartown, 22:46; (2) Beverley Skaar, 42, New York, N.Y., 25:11; (3) Kathryn Harcourt, 43, Tisbury, 25:12; (4) Margaret D'Angelo, 42, West Tisbury, 25:19; (5) Cara Hubertus, 43, Carmel, N.Y., 25:2.
Male 40-49: (1) Paul Vertefeuille, 43, Oak Bluffs, 19:11; (2) Patrick Parker, 46, Tisbury, 21:35; (3) Mark Culliton, 43, Dorchester, 23:16;(4) Richard Hewitt, 48, Tisbury, 23:49; (5) Jack Koeppe, 42, Newfoundland, N.J., 25:28.
Female 50-59: (1) Rachel Shanor, 50, Milton, 25:13; (2) Victoria Phillips, 50, West Tisbury, 41:20; (3) Liz Fox, 53, Edgartown, 43:06; (4) Rae Carter, 53, Oak Bluffs, 43:56; (5) Teri Mello, 50, West Tisbury, 46:49.
Male 50-59: (1) Dana Gaines, 50, Edgartown, 19:42; (2) Wayne Guyther, 61, Oak Bluffs, 21:44; (3) John Schilling, 52, Tisbury, 21:59; (4) Bill Brown, 54, Tisbury, 23:59; (5) Chris Gross, 51, Tisbury, 25:40.
Female 60 + (1) Ann Marie Voss, 71, Yorktown, Ind., 46:57.
Male 60 + John Kelly, 60, Oak Bluffs, 30:02.
Bill Brown, marathon man
The tall, genial, guy who looks more like an English Lit professor than a long distance runner, but who shows up at every 5K or longer race on the Vineyard and a whole lot more off Island, is Bill Brown, 54, of Vineyard Haven.
Recently, Bill (and Marylee Schroeder) ran the Marshall Marathon at Marshall University, Huntington, West Vriginia, home of "The Thundering Herd."
Bill also ran the annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot, in Oak Bluffs on Thursday, and joined the throng in Saturday's 5K for K.J. at the high school.
Bill is shooting for membership in the 50 States Club, which is made up of runners who have run marathons in each of the 50 United States. He has 46 states under his belt and has plans for the remaining four. Bill is scheduled to run a marathon on Oahu, Hawaii, December 6. In April he is due to run at Dearborn, Michigan. Minnesota is reserved for May and June should find Bill among the marathoners at Anchorage, Alaska, which will complete his 50-state circuit.
To date, Bill has run 93 marathons including five Bostons.
Bill credits Steve Trieschman for turning him on to the fulfilling joys of long distance running.
She beat all
Amory Salem, 35, of Cambridge swooped into the finish chute like a swan coming in for a landing on Chilmark Pond, 13 seconds ahead of 27-year-old Chris Fischer of Chilmark to claim this year's Turkey Trot title in 18:48.
She was the first female overall winner of a 5K in this interested observer's memory and certainly the first to win the Thanksgiving Day race.
Thursday morning was bright and clear and mild enough to make one think more of dawning spring than looming winter.
A happy throng of 104 runners, almost twice last year's number of rain-soaked racers, convened at the Oak Bluffs police station - aka the old town hall - for the annual Turkey Trot road race.
Race impressario Roger Wey got things under way after explaining a change in the course to begin on Kennebunk instead of Circuit Ave because of potholes in the latter.
A third of the turkey trotters finished in less than 26 minutes.
(1) Amory Salem, 35, Cambridge, 18:48; (2) Chris Fischer, 27, Chilmark, 19:01; (3) Peter Birney, 23, Santa Monica, Cal., 19:30; (4) Dana Gaines, 50, Edgartown, 19:44; (5) Paul Vertifueille, 43, Oak Bluffs, 19:44; (6) David Salem, 51, Cambridge, 19:58; (7) Jeremy Alley-Tarter, 11, Oak Bluffs, 20:41; (8) Jack Breen, 46, Edgartown, 21:04; (9) Wayne Guyther, 50, Oak Bluffs, 21:13; (10) Patty Thompson, 38, Scituate, 21:31.
(11) Patrick Parker, 46, Oak Bluffs, 21:48; (12) Eric Taitz, 19, Washington, D.C., 22:05; (13) Cheryl Bush, 38, Hanover, N.H., 22:17; (14) Peter Rodegast, 51, West Tisbury, 22:18; (15) Chris Belain, Aquinnah, 22:23.
(16) Jeff Goldman, 30, Portland, Me., 22:25; (17) Jaime Leon, 55, Oak Bluffs, 22:42; (18) Todd Cleland, 38, Oak Bluffs, 23:04; (19) Kevin McDougan, Conn., 23:07; (20) Keith Laskowski, 24, New Haven, Conn., 23:07.
(21) Michael Klein, 48, Edgartown, 23:29; (22) Samuel McGrath, 12, Norwood, 24:13; (23) David McGrath, 50, Norwood, 24:16; (24) Zack Mahoney, 21, Tisbury, 24:30; (25) Bill Brown, 54, Tisbury, 24:37.
(26) Kim Haney, 41, Fairfield, Conn., 24:49; (27) Katelyn Mahoney, 17, Tisbury, 25:02; (28) Joe Bonaccorsi, 43, West Tisbury, 25:06; (29) Karl Laskowski, 26, Wilmington, Del., 25:09; (30) Aimee Kelleher, 17, Marion, 25:20.
(31) Abigail Greene Goldman, 30, Portland, Me., 25:40; (32) Margaret Greene, 32, Cambridge, 25:41.
Income from the race was designated for the fuel assistance program in Oak Bluffs.
Trail a-winding
Sixteen riders on as many mounts convened at the weigh-in station off Barnes Road for a trail ride through the state forest on Sunday morn.
The idea of a trail ride on Thanksgiving Day occurred first to Linda DeWitt, an Edgartown trail warden and horsewoman.
It made sense. The shotgun hunting season would begin the day after and common sense would keep all but imprudent riders out of the state forest for at least two weeks. Robert Green and William Bassett of the Edgartown Byways Committee were supportive and Barbara Paciello and Susannah Sturgis helped with the organizing.
The trail headed ESE along old Dr. Fisher Road, formerly the main east-west mid-Island route. The recent nor-easter had left its mark along the well-used trail, but volunteers had cleared a way wide enough for the riders.
The trail turned north at the north-south fire lane eventually emerging on Tar Kiln Road, the only stretch of pavement on the ride.
Three-Cornered Rock Road led riders behind the Vineyard Golf Club though a heavily wooded area and eventually back to the starting point via Dr. Fisher Road where refreshments for horses and riders - apples, carrots, cookies, bottled water - were gratefully enjoyed.
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