December 2008 NOTC Board of Directors 2008-2009 is the newsletter of the New Orleans Track Officers Club. It is published 11 times a year online. President Editor Aaron Boudreaux Mary Stadler Vice-President Co-Editor Kenny Mire Dudley Stadler, III Treasurer Photographer Tony Stoltz George Waguespack Secretary For Advertising and Information, contact the Betsy Boudreaux Editor: [email protected] 504.467.8626 Ex-officio Mo Emory Advertising Rates Members-at-Large (per issue/camera ready) Registration Geoff Rose Footprints Editor- in Chief Mary Stadler T-shirt Distribution Liz Lotz Full page $125.00 Results Joy Cohen Half-page $ 75.00 Race Course Louis Schultz Quarter page $ 50.00 Grand Prix Bryan Lewis Business card $ 20.00 By-Laws/Public Relations Doug Holmes Appointed Positions Merchandise Faye Gomez Articles, photographs, race information, race Racewalkers Steve Attaya reviews, letters, comments or any other items of Volunteers Martha George general interest to the Club are welcome and Finish Line Namon Huddleston should be mailed to: Photographer George Waguespack Footprints Race Site/Safety Duke Wolverton Footprints Asst Editor Dudley Stadler, III c/o Editor Race Course Lou Moyer P.O. 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Membership Processing Lynn Wilderman Race Director: New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon Mike Cambre Contents Departments Footprints Staff……………………………..2 NOTC Board of Directors…………………2 NOTC Administration……………………...3 From the Editor’s Desk ……………………4 Features Race Directors Report…………………….5 Racing Ahead….………………..………….7 Presidents Report………………………….7 Spotlight on Running………………………8 RRCA Rep Monthly Report………..…..….9 80 and Over ………………………………..9 26.2 Miles and More…………………..…10 Thanks Volunteers……………………….11 RRCA Program ……………………….…12 New Members……………………………13 At the Races Run Through History…………………….……….14 Ole Man River ………………………….……… 18 Turkey Day Race…………………………………23 Race photos by George Waguespack & Dudley Stadler, III Race reports compiled by Chuck George From the Editors’ The following places are designated Pre-Registration Desk… locations for NOTC races. These businesses support us by giving discounts on purchases to all NOTC club members. 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We look forward to the New Year, New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon, WEST JEFFERSON FITNESS CENTER Half Marathon and 5K. 1121 MEDICAL CENTER BLVD., MARRERO Our prayer for the NOTC and its members is that VARSITY SPORTS all our wishes and dreams will come true. 2055 PERKINS RD, BATON ROUGE Mary and Dudley Stadler VARSITY SPORTS 2021 CLAIBORNE ST.,MANDEVILLE PRE-REGISTRATION BY FAX: 504.469.9268 Credit card entries only; by pre-registration deadline. Fax deadline is noted on the race entry form. Please fax sign- up section only, not the entire form. Do not reduce registration form size. PRE-REGISTRATION ONLINE: Visit www.runNOTC.org for details. was taken by ambulance to the local hospital ER, staying Executive Director’s Report: there for @ 4-5 hours. Upon release he insisted that his This report is a recap of the race events this past year with mother drop him off at the same location as where he many highlights. collapsed hours before. A very good year for NOTC members and our events. And Mr. Landis finished his marathon that he started. That in my opinion is the best story to come out of this year's Let's begin with the 2007 Larry Fuselier 25K RRCA State marathon. Congratulations Mr. Landis.! Championship Race where Brendan Minihan, Jr. takes the Also congratulations to Race Director Mike Cambre and all overall title on a very hot day for the 6th time out of the past of the hundreds of volunteers and committee members that 7 years. The accompanying 10K race saw high school made the event happen. running sensation Malia Cali lead both the 25K and 10K Moving into March, the Run on the Bayou had a distance field thru the 3.1 mile turn point to win the 10K overall at change from a 10K to a 5 Miler due to continued 38:10. Who knows what may have been the results if she construction inside Bayou Segnette State Park. Most all had tried the 25K ? liked the 5 mile distance, which other than the Turkey Day Then on to the 101st Jackson Day Race in January. A race is not often available. Junyong Pak and Michelle stunning performance was turned in again by 15 year old Hymel were our 5 mile winners at 26:40 and 30:08. Malia Cali from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Junyong a former resident of New Orleans was visiting from Hammond. She became the youngest winner of the Boston where he now resides. women's division of the Jackson Day Race ever with a time The April events included a superb fast field in the United of 35:01. Matthew Guy a new runner to the area from Way Mississippi Bridge 5K run. Evance Kipchumba was the Mobile was the men's overall winner at 30:26. The BCS mens winner at 14:51 and Hellen Rotich the womens Championship game had the post race festivities relocated winner at 17:59. back at the Spanish Fort. You may want to see the current The Run Forrest Run 5K benefiting Children's Hospital had schedule as the Jackson Day Race is now later into a record turnout of near 1300 and plenty of out of town January to prevent the same logistical problem. runners for the Jazz Festival enjoying a French Quarter 5K. The WALL 30K RRCA State race later that month saw Jacob Simmons and Kate Accardo both beat Forrest Gump Brendan Minihan, Jr. run a PR of 1:44:54 on a cold and by a few feet at 15:55 and 19:08. windy day. Must have been a good tailwind from turnaround Let's break in for some Crescent City Classic 10K local to finish I heard. Kerstin Dea was the women's winner at results. That youngster Malia Cali after telling me at the 2:23:08 Chip pickup that she was going to use the 10K as a training st In February, the 22nd Annual Elmwood Classic saw rainy run blasts the field to take 1 Louisiana female finisher title skies throughout. Sammy Kiplagat took a run at the course at 36:26 (she's still only 15) th rd record just coming up short with a time of 30:17. Katie 11 overall female in the race and finishing 53 overall.! Cannizarro was the womens 10K winner at 41:15. Among those local male runners she toasts on course finishing just behind her are Doug, Ronnie, Byron, Don, One of our feature annual events the 44th Annual New Ross, Tyler, Cory (yes you know who you are?) Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon saw a spectacular new Hands down the most talented female high school runner course that was well received by the record turnout of that I have ever had the opportunity to witness. th participants. The course took runners into the French The May races included the 44 Annual Al Briede Gold Cup Quarter via Bourbon Street and Royal Street, then out and 3 miler with Sean Allerton and Tiffany Kitto overall winners back on St. Charles Avenue to Audubon Park. The 2nd at 16:21 and 20:54. section of the marathon course took the runners on a loop The Greek Festival 5K had a huge turnout and great of City Park and then back to the finish at the Superdome. weather. Kyle Lewis one of the leading runners from Meyer Friedman won in a 2:25:52, one of the fastest top Mississippi took the overall 5K title at 15:10, in the women's time in years. Autumn Ray was the women's overall winner 5K a very close race between Margot Hare, Katie at 2:58:42 Canizzarro and Kate Accardo with times of 18:52, 18:59 The half-marathon saw a battle in the men's division with and 19:01 . In the feature 1 mile City Championship, Kevin Castille answering a late charge by Zac Freudenberg Andrew Huston ran 4:30 and Kate Accardo was the those times being 1:08:08 and 1:08:19. The top three women's 1 miler at 5:09. women's half-marathon finishers made it a very close race. In June the Back to the Beach 2 mile had Fritz Metzinger at Coming in at 1:27:09, 1:27:23 and 1:27:38 from Claudia 10:37 and Megan Broussard at 11:42. Kasen, Lindsey Grewe, Katie Cannizzarro. The Father's Day Race at LaSalle Park will long be Former world class runner Jon Sinclair took the 5K overall remembered for a record turnout of team division entrants title (at age 50) with a time of 17:02, Sophie Chaze was the and the terrible weather that saw the race events cancelled women's 5K winner at 19:12.