PACERS-NB RACING TEAM
(From right to left, men:
Matthew Barresi,
Jeff Brannigan,
Chris Kwiatkowski, Edmund Burke,
Tripp Southerland,
Frank DeVar, Derik Thomas... Women: Erin Taylor, Barbara Fallon Wallace, Kristi Markowicz,
Kelly Devine,
Kerri Gallagher)
November 11th, 2012
Weather - Ideal
Competition - There
Excuses - Unavailable
The Men's Race:
Chris Kwiatkowski took the race out hard. He strung along fellow teammates Jeff Brannigan and Frank DeVar as well as two Africans, two Georgetown Running Company guys, and recent UNC-Greensboro graduate Joey Thompson. Close behind Tripp Southerland led a tight chase pack of 6 or 7 guys through the mile in 4:53. The two packs stay fairly intact for the first 5k out along Hains Point. The real race was run in the final 5 kilometers....
Chris K is the first to make a move just after the turn around. He maintained his lead all the way to the line. Winning in 29:47.
Not ten seconds behind Chris, Joey Thompson and Frank DeVar were battling it out for the second spot. While the two both broke 30 minutes, 29:56 and 29:58, Thompson was rewarded the runner-up spot.
Jeff Brannigan had fallen another 30 seconds back and finished 4th, in 30:26. A well-deserved personal best.
Matt Barresi and Tripp Southerland, worked together for the majority of the race, taking the 6th and 7th spots in 31:36 and 31:41, respectively.
Quick PacersNB Recap:
Chris K - 1st, 29:47 (Road PR, 5-6 seconds off track PB)
Frank D - 3rd, 29:59 (PB, first time under 30)
Jeff B - 4th, 30:26 (Big PB)
Matt B - 6th, 31:36 (Solid first race of the season, #comeback)
Tripp S - 7th, 31:41 (Big PB)
Edmund Burke - 20th, 33:00 (1st Male Masters Runner)
Derik Thomas - 32nd, 34:25 (Big PB)
The other local elite team, Georgetown Running Club, was in attendance and took second place in the team standings. PacersNB was able to put 5 men in front of GRC's first.
The Women's Race:
Kerri Gallagher - 2nd, 35:16
Barbara Fallon Wallace - 5th, 36:21
Erin Taylor - 13th, 38:14
Kristi Markowicz - 16th, 39:02 (1st Female Masters Runner)
Kelly Devine - 23rd, 41:22
Carmen Hussar from Birmingham, AL, ran a very impressive 33:45 for first overall female. Kerri Gallagher, from PacersNB, led our women's team to a second place finish, running just off her personal best. Carmen extinguished Kerri's "on fire" status, but at the same time lit a fire under Kerri.
Barbara Fallon Wallace ran a very impressive race, averaging 5:51 pace.
Erin Taylor ran a great personal best.
Kristi Markowicz continues a successful comeback taking the first masters position in 39:02.
Kelly Devine knows one gear; 6:40 pace. Marathon or a 10k two weeks later, she's running 6:40s.
A very successful day all around for the Pacers-New Balance racing team.
"If you can't run fast on a day like today, you'll never run fast."
