D.A.V. (Disabled American Veterans
Club)
616
Broadway off Ball Square
Somerville, Massachusetts 02145
Hosted by the "New" Somerville Striders Athletic Club
John Barry was able to stroll into the "Ville" tonight for an easy
run with his soon to be SSAC bride Michelle McAndrew-the winningest women in
Somerville Road Racing history and just take it easy after a grueling fall
X-Country season as coach of the MIAA Division I State Cross Country Champions
- Brockton High School X-Country Team better known as "Da Boxahs"
in muddy cross country circles are the country and Stillman's Gym in the
ole Navy Yard section of Brooklyn !!
John predicted back in January 2005 to me at a bar in Hyannis,
Massachusetts that this was the year and it was...so big congrats to JB
who by all accounts has had a great year and 2006 will only be better!!
I know that tonight was a race in Somerville but I am gonna babble on a wee bit
more about Brockton...cause I think it matters...and if I think somethin'
matters..I, well rabble & babble on..thats the charm of "The Big
Fella"!!
I met another coach of "Da Boxah's" at a wedding in Connecticut back
in 2003 or 2004..who can remember such things and he told me the team was good
and was on the way up but the coaches needed some bread (for new peeps to
Somerville..that means $$$$)..so they could get the kid's some nice
jackets and other sorts of swag to keep em' goin' and pumped--City of Brockton
budget cuts killed em'!! So I said, "would the kid's come up to toney
Boston by the Charles, to volunteer at the New Charles River Run, and if so
I'll drop a grand in the bucket"...well they did and since then they have
volunteered at many more events for the Somerville Striders A.C. and
more coin has been dropped in "Da Boxah's" bucket as well
as Mizuno jumping in to help-Thanks Ryan, the Colonial Road Runners pitchin' in
as well as the Brockton Rox AND maybe you after you read this American Success Story....and I
do an mean an American Success Story as "Da Boxah's" as they like to be called has a biggah
mix of nationalities on the team than anything Ellis Island ever had!!!
Anyway, big time on the town tonight--our biggest crowd of runners and hangers
on...some call em' groupies and this was nice as I think the SSAC is startin'
to settle back in to its fall, winter & spring digs at the Disabled
American Veterans Club ...so come on down and settle in with us in 2006!!
Happy New Year from the Somerville Striders A.C. & "Da Big Fella"
D.A.V. Somerville 5.15Km every Thursday
night in "The Ville"
Women:
1. Michelle McAndrew
Somerville, MA
26:08 SSAC
2. Sue
Leo-Johnson
Worcester, MA 28:10
CHPR
3. Tricia
Mitchell
Somerville, MA
29:02 SSAC
4. Susan
Boches
Somerville, MA
29:03 SSAC
5. Elena Jacubiak
Arlington, MA
30:48 SSAC
6. Tess
Shipley
Seneca Falls, NY 30:49 SSAC
7. Rebekah
Coble
Somerville,
MA 30:50 SSAC
8. Kathleen
Kieran
Ann Arbor,
MI 38:42
Men:
1. Cameron
Manning Somerville,
MA 19:24 SSAC
2. Matt
Corcoran
Weymouth, MA 20:32 SSAC
3. Todd
Hutchinson
Arlington, MA
20:42 SSAC
4. Pat
Moore
Cambridge, MA 20:53
5. Tod
Rasmussen
Somerville, MA 20:57
6. Traves
Thompson
Worcester, MA 21:07 NTC
7. Neil
Cullen
Cambridge, MA 22:29 SSAC
8. Jeremy
Selwyn
Cambridge, MA 23:34 SSAC
9. Tony
LaRosa
Wilmington, MA 24:11 SSAC
10. Larry
Davey
Somerville, MA 24:33 SDT
11. Jerry
Shine
Somerville, MA 25:42 SDT
12. John
Barry
Easton,
MA
26:09 BHSXC
13. Charlie
LaRosa
Revere,
MA
27:44 SSAC
14. Chris
O'Leary
Quincy,
MA
28:11
15. Big Sammy
Voolich Somerville,
MA 29:48 SSAC
16. Dave
Morse
Cambridge, MA 30:11
USACFRF
17. Greg "Phat Ernie"
Ernst Weymouth, MA 38:19 CCAC
18. Ray
Myers-Kieran Somerville,
MA 38:42
Short Course:
1. Beverly
Zaluk
Somerville, MA
32:26 SSAC
CCAC = Cape Cod Athletic Club
BHS = Brocton High School X-Country
SDT = Somerville Diving Team
CHPR = Castle Hill Park Runner
SSAC = Somerville Striders Athletic Club
NTC = Nordica Track Club
USACFRF = USA Clydesdale & Filly Racing Federation
