96/97 Rosati/Nothnagle Polarcats Race #4

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It'll be a cold day in…um, Webster, when Dan Rohnke doesn't win a Polarcats race. Well it was a cold day and Jim Oberst decided it was time to go fast. After a duel that lasted most of the 4.3 mile race, he overcame Keith Cona for the win. Together they relegated usual Polarcats victor Dan Rohnke to third. Since Keith and Jim aren't entered in the series, however, Dan remains the favorite for the overall win at the end of the season.

In the women's race, word of Patty Cooke's speed scared Renee Rombaut into hiding in Florida. Patty ran away to the win, followed by Diedre O'Reilly and Christine Bathgate.

What about that race distance, then? 4.3 miles? The usual course consists of two laps around a 2.2 mile loop but, although the roads were almost entirely clear, the driveway on which we usually start was too icy for 88 runners starting a race. After moving the starting line out into the street Bill Kehoe started the pack off around the rolling course.

With the rapidly growing success of the Polarcats series, 88 runners might seem like a small field. We know that the cold weather wouldn't put off any the hardy individuals who usually participate in these events, but we did hear rumors of some other sporting event taking place the same day that might have drawn a few people away as spectators. (Spectators?! Perish the thought!)

Place Name Sex/Age Time ---------------------------------------------------- 1 Jim Oberst M 33 23:13 2 Keith Cona M 22 23:20 3 Dan Rohnke M 31 23:59 4 Gabor Bethlendy M 29 24:19 5 Mark Roberts M 35 24:52 6 Eric Smith M 25 25:19 7 John Robson M 38 25:23 8 Mark Madigan M 36 25:28 9 Mark Harrison M 41 25:49 10 Rory Melenkivitz M 20 25:56 11 Alan Tarr M 39 26:02 12 Len Fetterly M 31 26:21 13 Keith Eisenman M 17 26:56 14 Tom Gabruk M 42 27:20 15 Guy Robson M 38 27:26 16 Mark Herks M 37 27:34 17 Howard Ochman M 42 27:47 18 Dave Gross M 51 28:09 19 Terry Robbins M 28 28:12 20 Tom Gaborski M 16 28:26 21 Patty Cooke F 30 28:27 22 David Young M 51 28:35 23 Doug Ralph M 41 28:47 24 Deidre O'Reilly F 27 28:53 25 Rick VanAlmkerk M 50 29:03 26 Matt Degma M 42 29:06 27 Chris Bathgate F 23 29:35 28 Richard Detwiler M 47 29:37 29 Rick Iovine M 42 29:39 30 Amy Cook F 31 29:52 31 Bob Goodman M 40 29:54 32 Dean Brownhill M 45 29:57 33 Jim Rolleri M 44 30:07 34 Bernie Fetterly M 59 30:08 35 Joseph McMahon M 27 30:11 36 Mark Heberger M 41 30:24 37 Joseph Hessney M 39 30:27 38 Susan Fiacco F 31 30:35 39 Dick Jarrett M 60 30:40 40 Mike Fayette M 42 30:46 41 Kevin Shaw M 45 30:49 42 Sally Ferguson F 37 30:53 43 Bruce Lavner M 43 30:59 44 Kimberly Trawitz-Gallin F 27 31:00 45 Michelle Courtright F 24 31:28 46 Rodney Shaw M 59 31:52 47 Bill Broomfield M 50 31:53 48 Carolyn Kriesen F 53 32:20 49 Al Smith M 58 32:22 50 Pat Hyde M 40 32:26 51 Marie White F 36 32:36 52 Tom Brannon M 63 32:49 53 Anita Shaw F 53 33:00 54 Victor Beherns M 33 33:29 55 Earl Cliffel M 57 33:51 56 Marty Cox M 37 33:52 57 Eileen Griffin F 35 33:53 58 Susie Wuest F 42 33:58 59 Patricia Digiorgio F 37 34:05 60 Tom LaMartina M 45 34:18 61 Mike Smith M 36 34:48 62 Tom Smith M 44 34:48 63 Michelle Gross F 25 35:01 64 Mike Seager M 31 35:02 65 Kathy Brown F 48 35:23 66 James Carlevatti M 40 35:27 67 David Ely M 38 35:36 68 Robert Ealy M 68 35:37 69 Taryn Hagan F 37 35:41 70 Beth Jenne F 32 35:48 71 Art Jones M 43 35:54 72 Tom Gallagher M 42 36:28 73 Barb Ketchum F 33 36:47 74 Donald Pullyblank M 59 36:56 75 Grace Iovine F 42 37:02 76 Pat Scheiber F 59 37:10 77 Kathy Griffin F 35 37:10 78 Glenn Wert M 37 38:42 79 Janet Courtright F 45 38:43 80 Lynn Siverd F 34 39:03 81 Mary Ellen Melecca F 35 40:09 82 Peter Haggerty M 51 40:30 83 Dorothy Sordoni F 31 41:33 84 Gloria Ralph F 36 42:53 85 Roberta Johnson F 33 43:26 86 Marsha Tillson F 75 47:06 87 George Tillson M 68 51:04