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2007 Penn Relays Race Walking Photo Story

Under heightened security and a dense fog, these years Penn Relays’ race walks went off without a hitch. In recent years the weather has been cold, rainy, and down right miserable. Fortunately, this year the weather was pleasant, albeit quiet foggy. Still the dense fog created a surreal atmosphere as the men’s 10K race walk prepared to start. The event, like in recent years, was three races in one: an open event, junior event, and masters event.

Men's 10K Race Walk
Right from the start, two-time Penn Relays winner and recent Pan Am Cup competitor Matt Boyles took the lead and never allowed anyone to question whether or not he would earn his third gold Penn Relays watch.While 1st place was pretty much in the bag from lap one, the race for second proved to be the most exciting. For a while it was a pack, lead by Theron Kissinger and Chris Tegtmeier, but also in the mix was Richard Luettchau. It was absolutely great to see two college walkers up in the thick of things. Tegtmeier, who has only been walking four months, is from Concordia University where his coach Steve Hoger is a former race walker. Luettchau is from Stocken State University in NJ where Coach Bill Preston has been very supportive of race walking.

While Luettchau could not stay with Kissinger and Tegtmeier till the end both Kissinger and Tegtmeier battled to within 800 meters of the end of the race. Tegtmeier, young, inexperienced and very strong, muscled his way to a second place finish at the relays.

Meanwhile, a little more quietly, in the middle of the pack of walkers our division leaders walked well. Trevor Barron representing South Park Track Club won the junior division in a time of 50:25 while our masters winner Doug Johnson represented the Kentucky Racers with a time of 51:58.

Matthew Boyles - Three Time Penn Relays 10K Race Walk Champion

Chris Tegtmeier and Theron Kissinger	Trevor Barron	Doug Johnson

Complete Results - 10K Men's Race Walk

Place	Bib #	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	8	Matt Boyles	Miami Vall TC	42:22.51
2	2	Chris Tegtmeier	Concordia	46:25.89
3	5	Theron Kissinger	Unattached	46:30.96
4	4	Richard Luettchau	Richard Stockton	47:09.70
5	3	Michael Kazmierczak	Rhode Island	48:23.26
6	43	Trevor Barron	South Park TC	50:25.99
7	21	Douglass Johnson	Kentucky Racers	51:58.76
8	1	Michael Batholomew	Walk USA	52:32.77
9	42	Matthew Forgues	Maine RW	52:33.40
10	40	Evan Crowdus	Kentucky RW	53:07.78
11	41	Tyler Campbell	Maine RW	57:40.05

Please note, open competitors have #'s from 1-10, Masters competitors have #'s from 20-30 and Junior Competitors have #'s from 40-50.

After the race, Matt Boyles was interviewed by the Philadelphia NBC affiliate as well as by the Philadelphia Daily News. While neither had coverage of Matt's interview, sources say that the event was actually show on TV as the introduced the coverage of the Penn Relays. All in all, I was incredibly impressed with the respect the race walk was given. With heightened security the Relays staff took extra effort to ensure the race walkers needs were met. Kudos to them and all the volunteers that made a very chaotic day a bit more managable.

 

 

 

 

Women's 5K Race Walk
The women’s race, often overcrowded in recent years, saw tougher entry standards leading to a smaller, more manageable field. It’s a wonderful problem to have, and a rare one in race walking, to have too many walkers. However, the Penn Relays are a track meet and we are striving to have no more that 24 competitors. This year we hit that number of finishers in a well contested event.

From the gun it looked like we were going to have a battle on our hands with Maria Michta and Solomiya Login taking the lead from the gun. Close behind were Laura Feller and Susan Randall. After a few short laps, Michta, like Boyles, took command and never relinquished it. She is also like Boyles in that she competed in the Pan Am Race Walking Cup last week. It was Michta’s first victory at Penn and like Boyles, she hopes to win it more than once.

As there are very few longer races for high school and junior girls, the Penn Relays’ Race Walk has always focused on the younger competitors. With a slightly reduced, but more competitive field, Diana Raldo not only dominated the other juniors by over a minute, but she finished 4 th overall.

In the masters race, there were four very qualified competitors, but none more so than the 2007 Penn Relays champion, Maryann Daniel, who has an impressive list of accomplishments that include many national records and international teams.

Complete Results - 5K Women's Race Walk

Place	Bid #	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	8	Maria Michta	CW Post	23:35.89
2	2	Laura Feller	unattached	25:04.53
3	4	Solomiya Login	unattached	25:12.32
4	49	Diana Rado	unattached	26:09.24
5	5	Lorraine Horgan	Walk USA	26:34.00
6	1	Susan Randall	Miami Valley	26:36.82
7	7	Po-Man Lo	Virginia Intermont	26:38.99
8	21	Maryanne Daniel	CT Walkers	26:52.07
9	50	Pamela Alva	unattached	27:09.02
10	40	Amanda Johnson	Wilson	27:15.37
11	53	Chelsea Conway	East Ridge	27:55.19
12	54	Dana Vered	unattached	28:56.45
13	46	Christie Bernier	Auburn RC	29:16.74
14	6	Theresa Amerman	Indiana RW	29:24.98
15	44	Arame Mbodj	New Rochelle	29:25.57
16	23	Rebecca Garson	unattached	29:40.65
17	48	Nina Ang	Stuyvesant	30:09.37
18	45	Morgan Giles	New Rochelle	30:18.96
19	22	Ginger Armstrong	CT Walkers	30:49.25
20	47	Natasha Potkin	unattached	30:53.24
21	51	Nina Pasquarelli	Watonville	30:59.91
22	20	Panseluta Geer	Shore AC	31:17.33
23	41	Sara Adams	Maine RW	31:35.48
24	52	Kelsey Burglund	Walk USA	32:00.79

Please note, open competitors have #'s from 1-19, Masters competitors have #'s from 20-30 and Junior Competitors have #'s from 40-60.

Lead Pack	Maria Michta and Solomiya Login	Laura Feller

Maria Michta	Solomiya Login	Susan Randall

Diana Rado	Maryanne Daniel