Regional News

Thanks to those who braved the chilly conditions in West Yarmouth on Saturday, May 9th for the Irish Village 5 Miler. Below are the runners who have completed the first 3 events. Runners with a (*) by their names are not showing active NER subscriptions. To be eligible to receive …

Perfect Publicans – Men’s Standings  – Women’s Standings – Schedule & info – For all things Pub Series click promotions on top of homepage (Comments at bottom of this page). No washouts with the weather and no wipepouts in the Series following the Irish Village 5M, although there was definitely …

(2,018 pre-entrants). Held on Sunday, May 10, the 9th annual Portland Sea Dogs Mother’s Day 5K set attendance records in its previous eight engagements. Finishing on the third base side of Hadlock Stadium (home of the Sea Dogs), the immensely popular race now has a double header with the launch …

CSU’s Terry McNatt ran 2:58:29 to finish right behind Lee Danforth at Boston. How could we have missed our hero?  We also don’t have any photos of Terry from Boston which is almost impossible as he shows up in photos at every race we cover. We have amended the article …

NOTE: Full listings of all New England/New York finishers from the Boston Marathon are listed in the May/June issue of New England Runner FEATURES 10    Spotlight On: Syracuse’s Kyle Heath: A Brighter Shade of Orange by Nate Getman Boston 113 35    Hall Hauls, Merga Stays the Course In his Boston …

(Page 1 of 3 Interval pages in the current issue of NER) Vintage World XC Stamp Thanks to NER loyalist Bill Dixon for passing on the image of a commemorative stamp celebrating the 7th IAAF World Cross Country Championships held on March 25, 1979 in Limerick, Ireland. Ireland’s John Treacy …

Hall Hauls, Merga Stays the Course by Bob Fitzgerald If just a half hour earlier the elite women had reacted to the start of Boston like wary pedestrians during rush hour in Times Square, then Ryan Hall was the guy bouncing in the cockpit of a drag racer waiting for …

Calling All Champions: If you’ve won a race of over 100 people (outright in the male or female division) in 2008 or 2009 (fun runs excluded) race honcho JJ Larner will gladly comp your entry fee. Send the name of the race and the date along with your mailing address …

Felix, Stuczynski, Powell & Fraser added to 2009 Reebok Grand Prix Lineup   Two-time Olympic Games women’s 200m silver medalist Allyson Felix, 2008 Olympic women’s pole vault silver medalist Jenn Stuczynski, along with Jamaican sprint stars Asafa Powell and Shelly-Ann Fraser, will compete May 30 at the 2009 Reebok Grand …

Deriba Merga, Salina Kosgei Win Boston Marathon to Move into Top Three in World Marathon Majors 2008-09 Leaderboard BOSTON, April 20, 2009 ‰ÛÓ Deriba Merga of Ethiopia and Salina Kosgei of Kenya both notched breakthrough victories at the 113th running of the Boston Marathon today to vault into contention in …