23rd Annual Colonie Recreation Dept’s
Dynamic Duo 3-Mile Road Race

Colonie Town Park

Saturday, August 4, 2001


                   -36                                            46-54                                  
 1 Jared Paul            16:05                    1 Birger Ohlsson      14:50
   Alyssa Lotmore        18:05 (34:10)              Jen Kramer          18:43 (33:33)

 2 Justin Corelli        15:29                    2 Ben Maynard         17:15
   Nicole Soblosky       20:29 (35:58)              Vikki Casey         23:38 (40:53)

 3 Doug DeMarco          17:12                    3 Mike Trimarchi      21:28
   Leah Folmsbee         18:47 (35:59)              Carrie Trimarchi    20:44 (42:12)

 4 Kyle Barrett          17:30                    4 Jim Giglio          20:31
   Eryka Perreault       19:25 (36:55)              Samantha Giglio     30:53 (51:24)

 5 Scott Mindel          16:32                                    55-63
   Ashleigh Bordwell     20:44 (37:16)            1 Dave Twarog         15:31
                                                    Katie Twarog        18:56 (34:27)
 6 Donnie Schmidt        17:55
   Michelle Jones        20:06 (38:01)            2 Jamie Rodriguez     14:53
                                                    Nancy Taormina      20:23 (35:16) 
 7 Kevin Schwenzfeier    18:14
   Chrissie Snyder       20:00 (38:14)            3 Tom Faughnan        18:34
                                                    Ashley Couch        19:31 (38:05)
 8 Marty O'Brien         18:36
   Carly Paige           20:24 (39:00)            4 Bob Irwin           16:17
                                                    Kim Irwin           22:14 (38:31)
 9 Chris Breslin         17:56
   Sarah Mollard         21:09 (39:05)            5 Matt McQueeney      17:43
                                                    Vicki McQuenney     21:26 (39:09)
10 Joel Frosh-Tift       20:31
   Andrea Hollinger      22:32 (43:03)            6 David Ochse         21:50
                                                    Emma Pace           21:44 (43:32)
11 Matt Klass            20:16
   Meghan Bailey         22:53 (43:09)            7 Ernie Casile        20:50
                                                    Susan Burns         22:44 (43:34)
12 Matt Wolfe            20:54
   Stacy Kramer          22:15 (43:09)                            64-72
                                                  1 Paul Steciuk        18:39
13 Mike Seebald          23:18                      Dawn Steciuk        28:31 (47:10)
   Bridget Seebald       22:29 (45:47)
                                                                  73-81
14 Matt Casile           22:21                    1 Philip Borgese      18:21
   Katie Wolfe           27:47 (50:08)              Jodi Plantz         20:16 (38:37)

15 Ian Hannon            30:33                    2 Chris Dunn          18:44
   Paige Steciuk         30:13 (60:46)              Mary Ann Johnson    20:48 (39:32)

16 Alex Steciuk          26:24                    3 Mark Mindel         19:47
   Julia Steciuk         35:38 (62:02)              Lynn Prehn          19:50 (39:37)

                  37-45                           4 Mark Devenpeck      19:20
 1 Chris Kram            17:16                      Mary Lasch          25:10 (44:30)
   Tara Sheedy           20:13 (37:29)
                                                  5 Frank Steciuk       18:28
 2 Chris Buno            17:17                      Cindy Steciuk       26:07 (44:35)
   Bonnie Brisnehan      21:08 (38:25)             
                                                  6 Brian McGraw        24:59
 3 John Lynch            16:06                      Patty Chambers      22:05 (47:04)
   Lauren Beaver         23:51 (39:57)
                                                  
              73-81 Con't                                       100+ Con't
 7 Bill Lysogorski      26:33                     8 Stu Hoffman        24:32
   Jen Gierka           21:27 (48:00)               Kathy Hoffman      25:08 (49:40)

 8 Anthony Audi         25:18                     9 Ken Skinner        22:49
   Julia Osterhout      24:33 (49:51)               Debbie Beach       27:47 (50:36)
         
                 82-90                           10 Bob McFarland      26:00
 1 Gary Czupil          18:29                       Carol Tromley      26:54 (52:54)
   Nancy Nicholson      20:03 (38:32)
                                                 11 Joe Hein           26:14
 2 Ted Todorov          18:31                       Gail Hein          28:42 (54:56)
   Laurie Todorov       21:50 (40:21)
                                                 12 Ken Klemp          18:28
 3 Michael Powers       19:00                       B. J. Sotile       37:14 (55:42)
   Doreen Alexander     22:22 (41:22)
                                                  
 4 Dale Broomhead       18:38                            TOP 15 INDIVIDUALS
   Mary Beth Steffen    23:14 (41:52)              
                                                               Men               
 5 Tom Tift             22:13                     1 Birger Ohlsson     14:50 
   Mary Beth Hollinger  20:48 (43:01)             2 Jamie Rodriguez    14:53
                                                  3 Justin Corelli     15:29
 6 Jim Thomas           19:45                     4 Dave Twarog        15:31
   Kate Harmon          24:40 (44:25)             5 Jarod Paul         16:05
                                                  6 John Lynch         16:06
 7 Bob Knouse           24:39                     7 Bob Irwin          16:17
   Jessica Knouse       23:07 (47:46)             8 Scott Mindel       16:32
                                                  9 Doug DeMarco       17:12
                 91-99                           10 Ben Maynard        17:15
 1 Ed Powers            19:05                    11 Chris Kram         17:16
   Mary Ann Serien      21:24 (40:29)            12 Chris Buno         17:17
                                                 13 Kyle Barrett       17:30
 2 Jim Cochran          23:56                    14 Matt McQueeney     17:43
   Fran Pilato          24:08 (48:04)            15 Donnie Schmidt     17:55

 3 Dave Barlow          23:09                                 Women
   JoAnn Barlow         25:08 (48:17)             1 Alyssa Lotmore     18:05
                                                  2 Jen Kramer         18:43
 4 Al Maikels           24:45                     3 Leah Folmsbee      18:47
   Susie Bacon          23:49 (48:34)             4 Kate Twarog        18:56
                                                  5 Eryka Perreault    19:25
                 100+                             6 Ashley Couch       19:31
 1 Paul Bennett         17:56                     7 Lynn Prehn         19:50
   Martha DeGrazia      20:59 (38:55)             8 Chrissie Snyder    20:00
                                                  9 Nancy Nicholson    20:03
 2 Jeff Lutzker         19:18                    10 Michelle Jones     20:06
   Elaine Lutzker       21:44 (41:02)            11 Tara Sheedy        20:13
                                                 12 Jodi Plantz        20:16
 3 Tom Swasey           21:02                    13 Nancy Taormina     20:23
   Judy Swasey          23:04 (44:06)            14 Carly Paige        20:24
                                                 15 Nicole Soblosky    20:29
 4 Dick Adler           22:46
   Teresa Wuerdeman     22:22 (45:08)

 5 Paul Murray          21:54
   Jayne Zinke          23:34 (45:28)

 6 Wade Stockman        22:39
   Anny Stockman        25:14 (47:53)

 7 Allan Gaige          22:46
   Ginny Pezulla        25:51 (48:37)

POWERFUL PERFORMANCE BY OHLSSON HIGHLIGHTS "DUO" 2001

By Desert Rose

Transplanted Swedish middle distance star Birger Ohlsson didn't know what the Dynamic Duo was. Mary Beth Steffen, Tuesday Nite Track Meet's assistant meet director, explained to Birger the importance of this classic pursuit race in the scheme of area distance running. Mary Beth, who speaks fluent Swedish, quickly found a partner for Ohlsson at a Tuesday meet in the person of Jen Kramer. Birger never heard of Jen but because he thought she was cute, he agreed to be her partner.

The result, as they say, is history. Birger toured the first mile in 4:47 and towed Jamie Rodriguez (4:50), Dave Twarog (4:59) and Justin Corelli (4:59) along with him. Jamie is the Penn Relays 10,000 meter champion; Dave is a former national junior college cross country champion; and Justin was the New York State champion in the 3,000 meter steeplechase two years ago. But the credentials of those three champions didn't deter Birger as he "sort of" set a new course record. The marshall in the pace car briefly pointed the men off course on to the grass instead of on Schermerhorn Road and Birger's official time of 14:50 was raised to a record-tying 14:53. Kevin Williams and J. R. Gaige share the record. Ohlsson and Kramer won the 46-54 age group as well as the overall title.

Shaker grad Jared Paul teamed with summer sensation and Bishop Magin junior Alyssa Lotmore to win the under 36 age group. Alyssa turned in the fastest time of the day for a female, 18:05. The aforementioned age group had 16 teams compete for awards that went eight deep.

Chris Kram and Empire Games 10,000 silver medalist Tara Sheedy joined together in the 37-45 age group and the Dave Twarog-Kate Twarog combination won their second Duo in the 55-63 category. Kate had a fine race and is poised to compete for a varsity spot on the talented Providence College cross country roster this fall.

Paul and Dawn Steciuk won the first-place shirts in the 64-72 age group. The Steciuk family should have won another award--there were seven Steciuks who finished the race.

The 73-81 category is always a very competitive one and 2001 proved to be no exception. Phil Borgese and Jodi Plantz won a hotly contested dual with Colonie coaches Chris Dunn and Maryann Reilly-Johnson and Averill Park coach Mark Mindel and Galway conditioner Lynn Prehn. Mindel and Prehn were foiled in their bid for a second straight Duo crown.

Gary Czupil owes buddy Dale Broomhead. Last Saturday in Saratoga, Dale teamed Gary up with perennial Duo champion Nancy Nicholson. The results were predictable-- Nancy's team won again; this time in the 82-90 division. Nancy has won nine Duos with seven different men.

Ed Powers also usually finds a way to win. Ed has been victorious with Inga Aiken (twice) and this year with Mary Ann Serien. Ed and Mary Ann won the 91-99 division.

Martha DeGrazia was heard commenting, "The Colonie Town Pool is such a nice pool. And it's such a lovely day for swimming." A nice day for swimming it was but it wasn't such a nice day for running. Heat and humidity not withstanding, Martha's partner, summer running star Paul Bennett combined with Martha to win the "loaded" 100+ category. Prior winning tandems like the Lutzkers, the Swaseys, Paul Murray and Jayne Zinke, 9-time champions the Stockmans, as well as the Hoffmans had to be bested to bring home the coveted first place shirt and they were bested. 12 teams competed in this "dinosaur" division.

Always trying to be innovative, the meet directors have come up with a new award structure for next year. We will order 144 shirts of all colors and styles. We will not put any place on the back. We will give out shirts as prizes (the winners get first choice, etc.) until all the shirts are gone. That way 72 teams will get awards. Last year we had 50 teams and this year 62 so it looks like everybody will get a shirt as an award. Also, after Mary Beth and Dale get their shirts in 2002, they can bring them to their favorite screenprinter and have 1st place put on the back.

As always, the Colonie Recreation Department wants to thank our volunteers for donating their time. Karl Steffen, Ann Marie McMillan, Lynne Ogren, Sharon Boehlke, Colleen Sheedy, Bob Oates, Mark Mindel, Nancy Nisiewicz and Don Myers, make the race run smoothly and efficiently year after year and we hope everone comes back for "Dynamic Duo" 2002 when the women run first.