DCRRC Fort Hunt 10K
March 8, 2020
Several AE runners enjoyed a nice Sunday morning race at Fort Hunt, Virginia.
10K
Eddie Chen, 36:32 (5th overall, 2nd M35-39)
Scott Harmon, 37:43 (11th overall, 2nd M50-54)
Chris Johnston, 46:33 (39th overall, 3rd M55-59)
2020 USATF Virginia Open & Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships
March 8, 2020
James Coates was in Hampton, VA for the USATF Virginia Masters indoor meet. James competed in the 800m, finishing1st in a time of 2:19.
Ty Brown Invitational Track Meet
February 29, 2020
Athletics East was on the track at Episcopal HS in Alexandria, VA for the Ty Brown Invitational Track Meet. All results for this event were age-graded.
Results:
2000m
1st - Hasan Hobbs (6:29.71) age graded to 5:54.60 (79.86%)
3rd - Jim Garster (6:58.51) age graded to 6:06.16 (77.34%)
4th - Scott Harmon (6:58.63) age graded to 6:06.18 (77.34%)
7th - Bruce Becker (7:52.47) age graded to 6:36.64 (71.40%)
8th - Chris Johnston (8:09.37) age graded to 6:50.83 (68.93%)
500m
17th - Bruce Becker (1:37.06) age graded to 1:21.62 (70.65%)
1000m
4th - Hasan Hobbs (2:57.38) age graded to 2:42.24 (80.44%)
11th - Bruce Becker (4:01.08) age graded to 3:21.64 (64.72%)
300m
35th - Bruce Becker (54.83) age graded to 45.95 (65.29%)
RRCA Club Challenge 10 Miler
February 23, 2020
Several of our AE runners compete in road races for various RRCA clubs. A number of them ran in the RRCA Club Challenge 10-miler sponsored by the Howard County Striders.
Running for MCRR - Montgomery County Road Runners:
Hasan Hobbs - 59:54.81 (82nd overall)
Jeff Duyn - 1:00:24.17 (87th overall)
Mark Neff - 1:02:28.63 (121st overall)
Peter Bandettini - 1:06:11.97 (188th overall)
Running for DCRRC - D.C. Road Runners:
Justin Runac - 1:02:20.78 (119th overall)
Team Results:
Hasan was the #4 runner for the winning Male Masters team from MCRR
Justin was the #2 runner for the 3rd place Male Masters team from DCRRC
Jeff and Mark paced the MCRR team to 1st place in the Male Grand Masters division as the #1 and #2 runners for MCRR
2020 USATF Lake Erie Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships
February 23, 2020
Steve Crelli was in action at the 2020
USATF Lake Erie Open and Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Mount Union. Steve finished 3rd in the M60 1 Mile Run (5:40.97) and 2nd in the M60 800m Run (2:40.82).
Breast Cancer Awareness Track & Field Meet, PG Sportsplex
February 8, 2020
A few AE runners were in action on the PG County Sportsplex indoor track over the weekend.
Mile
Bruce Becker (6:14.70) 5th overall
Chris Johnston (6:22.39) 7th overall
400m
Bruce Becker (1:12.59) 6th overall
800m
Paul Ryan (3:08.01) 6th overall
3000m
Chris Johnston (12:39.60) 6th overall
2020 USATF East Region and Potomac Valley Association Masters Indoor Championships
January 19, 2020
Very successful showing for Athletics East at the East Region indoor meet. Fourteen team members competed in eight different age groups. The 4x800m relay team (Mark Neff, Jeff Duyn, Bruce Becker and David Sullivan) started the morning off on a high note by breaking the M55-59 Club American record with a time of 10:37.05. Check out photos and video of the action on the gallery page.
Other team results:
3000m
Eddie Chen, 10:07.48 (1st M35-39)
Kostyantyn Grabovskyy (aka KG), 10:09.86 (2nd M40-44)
Scott Harmon, 10:46.15 (1st M50-54)
Robert (Steve) Martin, 11:09.67 (1st M55-59)
1500m
James Coates, 4:41.07 (2nd M40-44)
Hasan Hobbs, 4:34.18 (1st M45-49)
Peter Bandettini, 4:58.21 (1st M50-54)
James Garster, 5:09.22 (2nd M50-54)
Scott Harmon, 5:21.22 (3rd M50-54)
Steve Crelli, 5:22.65 (1st M60-64)
Paul Ryan, 5:52.58 (2nd M65-69)
200m
KG, 31.93 (3rd M40-44)
David Sullivan, 31.27 (4th M55-59)
800m
James Coates, 2:15.48 (3rd M40-44)
Hasan Hobbs, 2:18.43 (1st M45-49)
Peter Bandettini, 2:24.56 (1st M50-54)
James Garster, 2:32.16 (2nd M50-54)
Steve Crelli, 2:41.44 (1st M60-64)
Paul Ryan, 2:57.27 (4th M65-69)
4x200m Relay
Bandettini, Becker, Sullivan, Coates (2:02.18)
4x400m Relay
Chen, KG, Harmon, Hobbs (4:32.44)
Long Jump
David Sullivan (3.04m), 4th M55-59
ROCK 'N' ROLL
ARIZONA 10K
January 19, 2020
Chris Johnston was out west this weekend and ran the Rock n Roll Arizona 10K, finishing in 46:31 (4th M55-59 and 66th overall)
https://www.runrocknroll.com/Events/Arizona/The-Races/10K/2020-Results
NYRR Night at the Races Meet 2
January 9, 2020
Three AE runners (David Sullivan, James Coates and Harris Hardy) traveled to New York to kick off their indoor track season at the Armory. Results:
1000m - James Coates (2:59.01), 29th overall, 3rd M40-44
600m - David Sullivan (1:50.26), 39th overall, 3rd M55-59
https://www.armorytrack.com/gprofile.php?do=view_event&event_id=5319&mgroup_id=45586&year=2020
2020 New Year New Day 5K
January 1, 2020
Eddie Chen and Athletics East newcomer Scott Harmon started 2020 on a strong note. Eddie was the overall winner of the New Year New Day 5K in Ashburn VA, finishing in 17:07. Scott was fourth overall and 2nd M50-59 in 18:25.