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Simmons wins age group in tough CR field

17 Sunday Mar 2013

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photo of Dan SimmonsCR race logoCRR Dan Simmons, fresh off a recent vacation in Australia, won the 65-69 age group in the 50th running of the Caesar Rodney Half Marathon today.  His 1:40:53 was a bit off his state record of 1:36:43 (set last year), but a good time nevertheless.  He finished a competitive 319th out of the of 1,423 finishers.  Congratulations!

photo of Paul Amer after Caesar RodneyA noteworthy postscript…

A proud CRR Paul Amer is shown here with the finishers’ medal around his neck after having completed the race in just under 2 hours and 4 minutes. Upon being told that Amer didn’t quite make the goal of two hours toward which self-proclaimed Creek Road Runners CEO CRR Matt Robinson had been coaching him, Robinson promptly decided to give up coaching runners and stick to what he does best—administration and global schmoozing.  Good decision, Matt.

Well done to all CRRs who braved yesterday’s half marathon.

Simmons ices the Icicle

16 Wednesday Jan 2013

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It was fairly warm and humid for the running of the 37th annual Icicle Ten Miler in Wilmington on January 13.  Same tough finishing climb up the Adams Street hill, though.  Of the 590 finishers, four Creek Road Runners stood out.

photo of Dan SimmonsCRR Dan Simmons didn’t come close enough in his quest to snatch another state age-group record, but he did win the 65-69 age group in 1:16:46. Coming in third in that same category was CRR Bruce Hubbard (1:27:53).

Among the female runners, CRR Theresa Kauffman and CRR Holly Scott came in third and fourth, respectively, in the 50-54 age group. Kauffman’s time was 1:20:13, and Scott finished in 1:25:53.

Simmons smashes state record

10 Monday Dec 2012

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CRR Dan Simmons posing for post-race photo

CRR Dan Simmons began chipping away at CRR Bob Taggart’s stranglehold on the men’s list of Creek Road Runner state record holders by blowing by Taggart’s five-year-old half-marathon record of 1:37:52 in the 65-69 age group with a 1:36:43* in Saturday’s Rehoboth Beach Half Marathon. In winning his age group, Simmons came in 53rd overall out of 857 finishers. In breaking this record, he also virtually broke the state record for the 20km distance, also previously held by Taggart. Simmons is a biology professor at the University of Delaware and is also a member of the Pike Creek Valley Running Club.

Congratulations, Dan!

*tag time, which was the official time listed

Several standouts on Turkey weekend

30 Friday Nov 2012

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Several Creek Road Runners mitigated any potential weight gain over the Thanksgiving holiday this year by running fast. Notables are the age-group awardees in the MS 10K and 5K races on Thanksgiving day and the Delaware Open XC Championships two days later.

photo of Dan SimmonsridgeOnce again CRR Dan Simmons doubled his pleasure, this time by blitzing his age group (65-69) in both the 10K and 5K races in the PNC Bank Run for MS. Simmons posted a 44:05 in the 10K. He led a Creek Road Runner trifecta in the 5K (22:27), as fellow 65-69s CRR Doug Ridge (23:55) and CRR Bruce photo of Bruce HubbardHubbard (24:30) finished second and third, respectively.

One can easily make the case that the fastest old men in the state are Creek Road Runners, particularly if you add 70-and-overs CRR Bob Bennett and multiple state-record holder CRR Bob Taggart.

photo of Theresa Kauffmanphoto of Ann JornlinOn the distaff side, CRR Theresa Kauffman once again ran both races and took seconds in each among the 50-54s, with 48:01 and 24:44, respectively. Not to be outdone, CRR Ann Jornlin won the 60-64 age group in 25:50.

Delaware Open XC Championships graphicIn the men’s masters race at the Delaware Open XC Championships, CRR Dan Simmons placed third among the 60-and-overs with a strong 24:31, coming in 41st overall out of 83 competitors.

Congratulations to all.

Simmons doubles, Kukich breaks record in Turkey Trot races

18 Sunday Nov 2012

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Dan Simmons strides out on Valley Road in the 10K.

CRR Dan Simmons won the 65-69 age group in Newark’s Turkey Trot 10K and then did the same in the subsequent 5K. His 10K time was 44:01, and he came back with a 22:23 5K. Congratulations!

photo of Theresa KauffmanCRR Theresa Kauffman nearly equaled that feat, winning the 50-54 group in the 10K with a 48:00 and taking an age-group second in the 5K with a 24:58. It is worth noting that CRR Tripp Shenton’s 10K finishing time was also 48:00, but he had a faster chip time while placing third in the 50-54s among the men. CRR Bruce Hubbard placed third in both races in the 65-69 age group with a 52:00 and 25:27, respectively.

In the 5K, CRR Diane Kukich, reveling this year in her new age group, broke the course record for women 60-64 in 24:28. Way to go!

Other 5K age-group awardees included CRR Mark Deshon, who took third among the 55-59s in 21:07, and CRR Bob Taggart and CRR Bob Bennett, who placed second (24:56) and third (26:42), respectively, among the over-70 set.

This was the 39th Annual Turkey Trot, which is the second oldest road race in the state.