On Saturday, the Brookline TC (don't get me started) won the Nike Team Nationals - Northeast Regional Qualifying meet by a single point (86-87) over the NE Region's top-ranked team, Danbury TC.
Robert Gibson won the race outright in 16:01, and Brookline's quiet man (AKA, the second-best runner in the state), David Wilson, finished 3rd overall in 16:16.
It is ironic to think that the likely EMass runner-of-the-year, Gibson, who has not lost a race this year, is not a Bay State League All-Star. The irony only grows when you consider that the likely EMass coach-of-the-year, Mike Glennon, is not the Bay State League coach of the year.
But these are inconsequential things. Of much greater importance is that the Brookline TC is headed to Portland, OR to run for the national title on December 1st. We wish them the best of luck!
Early in the 2007 season, Brookline ran in the Bowdoin Park Classic, run on the same course as the regional meet. Of the five Brookline runners who competed in both races, here's a comparison of their times from the two races:
Bowdoin Classic - 9/22/07.....NTN NE Regionals - 11/24/07
Gibson.....16:13.0............Gibson.....16:00.9
Wilson.....16:36.0............Wilson.....16:16.0
Burnstein..16:48.0............Burnstein..16:30.7
Grove......17:20.0............Grove......17:34.4
Hardiman...17:35.0............Hardiman...18:16.8
In the latter race, Brookline also had Elliot Lehane (16:42.2) and Chris Mercurio (17:44.5).
To watch a recap of the regional meets, click the following link:
NTN Regionals - Web recap
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2 comments:
Hope you had a good Thanksgiving. It's Danbury not Glastonbury for the CT. team BTW. Hope we can have the whole team put together a good race for Saturday. Hope to see you indoors.
Mike
Thanks for the correction, Mike. Obviously my brain isn't back from vacation yet.
Good luck to the club on Saturday.
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