Results 10/7 - 10/13/2019

Fellow Runners,

Blair Howard managed to take sixth place overall at the Ruth Anderson 50K in San Francisco on Saturday.

In Folsom at the Willow Hills cross country meet, the GVH women were represented by Tara Rogers-Soeder and Lilly Hayden.  David Gerner and Jim Farrar led the masters men, and Ben Godfrey and Steve Andrews represented the open men.

Nearby in Granite Bay, several club members raced the Granite Head Trails and Ales race.  Marrie Argentine-Chen took third place overall on the short course, followed by Ben Sacks, David Haake, Brigette Haddock, Susan Gentry, and two Steves.  David managed to win his age group.  Jim Samartino led GVH in the Long Course, followed by Roman and Melissa Huff.

Three GVH runners made the trip to Chicago for the annual marathon.  Eric Fang, Ed Ballerini, and Jamie Henson all finished with strong times, with Jamie earning a five-minute marathon PR.

Coming up:

MAT YEO AGGIES XC OPEN (Martinez, CA 10/19)

https://www.pausatf.org/2019-pa-cross-country-schedule/

ROCKTOBREWFEST (Davis, CA 10/19)

http://changeofpace.com/event/oktobrewfest-2/

GOONIES (Vacaville, CA 10/19)

https://brazenracing.com/brazengoonies/

OAKLAND HILLS (Oakland, CA 10/19)

http://insidetrail.com/calendar/oakland-hills-trail-run/

FOLSOM BLUES BREAKOUT (Folsom, CA 10/20)

https://www.folsomblueshalf.org/

Please let me know if I missed you!  Send your PR's and other race results to me (Scott) at gvhraceresults@gmail.com

RUTH ANDERSON 50K (San Francisco, CA 10/12)

Overall Place/ Name/ Overall Time/ 

6/ BLAIR HOWARD/ 4:15:04/ => Sixth Place Overall

WILLOW HILLS XC OPEN (Folsom, CA 10/12)

Women

Overall Place/ Name/ Overall Time/ 

22/ ALLISON OROFINO/ 22:41/ => racing for Buffalo Chips

27/ TARA ROGERS-SOEDER/ 23:32/

36/ LILLY HAYDEN/ 24:36/

Masters Men

Overall Place/ Name/ Overall Time/ 

19/ DAVID GERNER/ 19:38/

29/ JIM FARRAR/ 21:09/

38/ CRAIGHTON CHIN/ 22:19/

46/ BOB ROWDEN/ 23:28/

57/ JOACHIM SCHNIER/ 26:08/

62/ DON HAGEN/ 28:15/ => racing for Buffalo Chips

Open Men

Overall Place/ Name/ Overall Time/ 

11/ BEN GODFREY/ 17:30/

15/ STEPHEN ANDREWS/ 18:32/

GRANITE HEAD (Granite Bay, CA 10/12)

Short Course (6.6 miles)

Overall Place/ Name/ Age Group Place/ Overall Time/ Pace

3/ MARRIE ARGENTINE CHEN/ 1/ 50:09/ 7:35/M => Third Place Overall

33/ BEN SACKS/ 6/ 1:00:13/ 9:06/M

36/ DAVID HAAKE/ 1/ 1:01:02/ 9:13/M => Age Group Winner

41/ BRIGETTE HADDOCK/ 6/ 1:02:26/ 9:26/M

56/ SUSAN GENTRY/ 8/ 1:03:49/ 9:38/M

109/ STEVEN LYNCH/ 5/ 1:11:57/ 10:52/M

165/ STEVEN SHAFFER/ 25/ 1:19:16/ 11:58/M

Long Course (11.2 miles)

Overall Place/ Name/ Age Group Place/ Overall Time/ Pace

75/ JAMES SAMARTINO/ 10/ 1:42:32/ 9:08/M

104/ ROMAN HUFF/ 24/ 1:49:31/ 9:46/M

111/ MELISSA HUFF/ 8/ 1:50:07/ 9:49/M

CHICAGO MARATHON (Chicago, IL 10/13)

Overall Place/ Name/ Age Group Place/ Overall Time/ 

8293/ BINGBIAO FANG/ 629/ 3:34:10/ 

9965/ EDWARD BALLERINI/ 303/ 3:40:37/

11237/ JAMIE HENSON/ 559/ 3:45:01/ => PR