The Bobby Doyle Summer Classic field had two guys under 24:00 and 16 under 25:00. That’s deep…but how deep is it compared the days of yore? Got this little nugget from Jim Dandeneau regarding the depth of the field from Sunday’s USATF-NE 5 mile road championship race.

I did a little research….On the men’s side, I believe Sunday was the first time 15 guys ran 25:00 or faster in a 5 mile Grand Prix event since 1998. (It was the Ro-Jack’s 5 mile in Attleboro). Some serious foreign competition when this race was around (due to the $2000 first place check)   Places 9-23 are USATF-NE guys.

1   22:20  4:28    1 18-39    1 M     4 Simon Rono

2   22:23  4:29    2 18-39    2 M     5 Joshua Chelanga

3   22:35  4:31    3 18-39    3 M    12 John Kariuki

4   22:52  4:34    4 18-39    4 M     7 Stephen Kiogora

5   23:05  4:37    5 18-39    5 M     8 Isaiah Kuresha

6   23:06  4:37    6 18-39    6 M    10 Daniel Kihara

7   23:19  4:40    7 18-39    7 M     6 Joseph Kariuki

8   24:00  4:48    8 18-39    8 M    41 Rachid Tbahi                Sleepy Hollow,NY

9   24:13  4:51    9 18-39    9 M    40 Mike O’Brien                 Durham,NH

10   24:16  4:51   10 18-39   10 M    27 Jim Dandeneau               Taunton,MA           Boston Athletic Association

11   24:21  4:52   11 18-39   11 M   278 Jack Dwyer                  Walpole,MA           Central Mass Striders

12   24:24  4:53   12 18-39   12 M  1017 Donal Osullivan             N Y,NY

13   24:26  4:53   13 18-39   13 M    31 Chris Magill                Cumberlnd,RI         Boston Athletic Associatio

14   24:29  4:54   14 18-39   14 M    35 Darin Shearer               Somerville,MA        Central Mass Striders

15   24:32  4:54    1 40-49   15 M    29 Craig Fram                  Plaistow,NH          Central Mass Striders

16   24:42  4:56   15 18-39   16 M    33 Eric Morse                  Montpelier,VT        Central Mass Striders

17   24:48  4:58   16 18-39   17 M   565 Mark Mayall                 Acton,MA             Central Mass Striders

18   24:52  4:58   17 18-39   18 M    28 Dave Dunham                 Bradford,MA          Central Mass Striders

19   24:55  4:59   18 18-39   19 M  1016 Keven O’Neil                 N Kingstown,RI       Boston Athletic Associatio

20   24:56  4:59   19 18-39   20 M   972 Richard Bolt                Pepperell,MA         Central Mass Striders

21   24:58  5:00   20 18-39   21 M   413 Mark Junkermann             Marlboro,MA          Central Mass Striders

22   24:58  5:00   21 18-39   22 M  1038 Todd Coggin                 Freeport,ME          Whirlaway Racing Team

23   24:59  5:00   22 18-39   23 M   863 Kevin Way                   Waterboro,ME         Greater Lowell Road Runner

24   25:00  5:00   23 18-39   24 M   970 Byrne Decker                Yarmouth,ME          Central Mass Striders

Wow. That’s deep. Four guys under 23:00, and then another three guys under 24:00. The first 7 guys were under the winning time from Sunday. In the original post, I had mistakenly said that Dave Dunham matched Dan Lowry’s second place time, followed by ‘Because of course. We can’t mention results from yesteryear without Dave Dunham popping up. He’s like some kind of distance running Wolverine…ageless, with some type of rapid-healing gift.’ Instead of deleting it all and posting there was correction, I decided to leave it while explaining it. Because of course. Anyway, you can find full results for each race here:

Ro-Jacks Run 8K
8th Annual Bobby Doyle 5 Mile USATF-NE Grand Prix
5 Mile