Thomas Proctor Leads Locals at Hamilton's Around The Bay 30K

Three Local Men Crack The 2-Hour "Barrier"

HAMILTON, Ontario Canada (March 24, 2002) - The 108th Annual Around The Bay 30K road race drew nearly 3,000 runners. Among the finishers were 100 runners from the Buffalo area. 30 kilometers is about 18.6 miles. Niagara Fall's Thomas Proctor ran superbly over the lengthy course and claimed 6th place overall to emerge as the top local finisher in this year's event. Tom's time was an outstanding 1:42:27 - a 5:29 pace for 18 consecutive miles.

Also breaking two hours in the race were local runners Barry Dunstan and and Jason McGrath. Dunstan was 31st overall in 1:54:04 and McGrath was 57th in 1:59:03. Jason McGrath's performance was quite remarkable in that on March 3rd he clocked 1:27 in a tune-up run at the Grimsby Half Marathon while today in Hamilton over a much further distance he ran almost 20 seconds per mile faster to join the elite sub 2-hour 30K finishers. Congratulations is extended to these outstanding local runners!

The top local women 30K finishers were Cathy Levine, 29th in 2:14:26;   Amy Fakterowitz, 83rd in 2:25:35;   and Pamela London, 133rd in 2:30:07.

Also distinguishing themselves by placing well in their respective age-groups were local runners: Richard Sullivan, 1st place in the mens 70-74 group in 3:20:13;   Carl Pegels, 2nd in the mens 65-69 age group with his 2:30:21 clocking;   and Sandi Ludwa who claimed 3rd place in the womens 55-59 age-group with a time of 2:33:55.

The Around The Bay 30K race is a long time favorite among local distance runners. The race event is unique in that it is one of the very few events in the world that have been held continuously every year for over 100 years. Local runners use it as a tune up for the Buffalo Marathon which will bel held on Sunday May 26, 2002.

Congratulations to all Buffalo area runners who successfully completed this challenging long distance event!


 

Buffalo Area Runner Results
at the Around The Bay 30K 2002 

   Place  Name                Chip Time
   ------------------------------------
       6 Proctor, Thomas      1:42:27.8
      31 Dunstan, Barry       1:54:04.3
      57 McGrath, Jason       1:59:03.6
      78 Occhino, Patrick T.  2:01:19.6
     103 Cappelletti, John    2:03:39.9
     133 Moran, Thomas        2:07:38.0
     191 Keenan, Timothy      2:10:49.7
     228 Clark, Richard J     2:12:34.3
     229 Hoadley, Stephen     2:12:34.2
     248 Luzier, Jack         2:12:44.1
     255 Appenheimer Sr, Tom  2:13:08.0
     281 Alessi, Mark         2:12:21.9
     301 Levine, Cathy        2:14:26.6
     332 Lew, Fred            2:14:42.4
     383 May, John            2:17:59.1
     411 Sardo, David         2:19:06.5
     412 Lukacko, David       2:18:42.5
     427 Donnelly, Bill       2:19:02.5
     432 Sikorski, Marcus     2:19:42.9
     456 Salvador, John       2:20:29.1
     475 Mangel, Harold       2:21:22.4
     494 Szafran, David       2:21:51.3
     558 Roach, Patrick       2:23:02.7
     560 Peck, Alan           2:23:36.9
     595 O'Lay, Robert        2:24:13.6
     605 D'arcy, Daniel       2:22:53.3
     609 Lavigne, William     2:24:46.3
     626 Fakterowitz, Amy     2:25:35.3
     628 Lavis, Greg          2:24:02.0
     642 Neal, Samuel         2:24:23.4
     646 Pullyblank, Marcia   2:24:55.3
     659 Rakestraw, Mark      2:26:10.4
     702 Tracy, Jeffrey       2:26:35.8
     727 Dwyer, Dennis        2:26:10.9
     735 Gluc, Michael        2:27:38.8
     748 Morrissey, James     2:28:12.0
     750 Garrow, Anthony      2:28:08.1
     752 Enck, Bob            2:27:23.8
     814 Chungbin, Anthony    2:29:31.3
     833 Pegels, Carl         2:30:04.8
     843 Coppola, Shawn       2:29:56.1
     850 London, Pamela       2:30:07.6
     857 Babel, Randy         2:30:24.2
     861 Wygant, Glenn T.     2:29:55.0
     898 Robbins, Terry       2:31:21.0
     966 Somerville, Thomas W.2:32:52.7
     967 Ludwa, Sandi         2:33:15.6
     980 Corgel, Carolyn      2:33:18.0
     986 McGuire, Diane       2:33:29.4
    1044 White, Marie         2:35:22.7
    1055 Wiltrout, Kathleen   2:35:44.2
    1076 Tyler, Daniel        2:36:19.7
    1098 Nicotera, Anthony    2:36:54.0
    1119 Hanna, Thomas        2:36:39.8
    1202 Gerlach, Kristen     2:38:53.6
    1226 Kehoe, Deb           2:39:38.2
    1243 Czekalski, Lenny     2:40:50.8
    1293 Mulcahy, Pamela      2:41:07.8
    1332 Daudelin, Daniel     2:42:41.2
    1337 Outler, Sharon       2:42:43.0
    1381 Brach, John          2:42:33.9
    1421 Brach, Darya         2:43:29.9
    1453 Dore, Ed             2:44:31.8
    1481 Jacob, Joseph        2:44:29.5
    1508 Bernstein, Jonathan  2:46:09.9
    1512 Thomas, Joan         2:44:24.2
    1538 Grillo, Linda        2:46:08.7
    1570 McKinley-Butkowsk, Ma2:46:10.0
    1657 Simon, Peter         2:48:33.4
    1667 Hardy, Barbara       2:48:33.2
    1687 Pagliaroli, Jim      2:49:02.8
    1745 Stiller, Douglas     2:48:37.9
    1757 Radzidkowski, John   2:50:16.4
    1765 Whitehead, Merle     2:50:59.3
    1794 Jacob, Loretta       2:51:21.2
    1799 Maher, James         2:50:26.3
    1848 Butkowski, Tony      2:52:30.6
    1861 Potapczyk, Les       2:53:24.9
    1897 Dunstan, Brian       2:54:47.6
    1929 Steffan, Tom         2:55:25.0
    1984 McKernan, Mike       2:55:18.6
    2008 Sheehan, Gary        2:56:54.1
    2086 Kiddell, Dawn        2:58:56.9
    2171 Hvilivitzky, Joe     3:00:24.6
    2218 O'Polka, Kurt        3:01:41.7
    2247 Mancuso, Steve       3:02:45.2
    2308 Nowak, Anthony       3:03:38.4
    2362 Strenkoski, Gary     3:07:21.4
    2428 Curry, Mike          3:09:27.3
    2440 Rabenold, Mark       3:09:30.0
    2502 Occhino, Julie A.    3:14:13.7
    2578 Zelasko, Timothy     3:16:27.4
    2620 Barrette, Bruno      3:18:06.4
    2627 Sullivan, Richard    3:20:13.9
    2640 Sharpe, Meredith     3:21:16.9
    2659 Nowak, Michael       3:21:23.1
    2678 Gallagher, Toni      3:24:09.5
    2683 Gorski, John         3:23:46.5
    2697 Pettit, Brian        3:25:08.2
    2807 Beck, Robert         3:37:00.6
    2870 Fowlston, Rebecca    3:50:30.7
    2878 Meier, Debra         3:53:29.4
    2883 Freedman, Bernard B. 4:00:06.1
    2898 Wolniewicz, Michelle 4:07:27.5

For complete race results visit Canada's SportsStats
http://www.sportstats.ca/res2002/march2002.htm




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