Summer Sizzler #11 - 5K
June 23rd, 2010

Carol L’Esperance and Elaine Dill Set Age Records

             Spencer Beaver Returns to the Winners Circle

         On a warm and humid Summer Sizzler evening two Harriers managed to set age records while EORC’s Spencer Beaver won his third cross country race this season.  

   Long time club member Carol L’Esperance lowered the record for 60 year old women for the fourth time, clipping 14 seconds off her time of two weeks ago to finish in 26:36.  In the process she swept all the women’s divisions, open, masters, seniors and veterans, while gaining her 21^st lifetime Summer Sizzler victory.  The talented speedster is ranked 7^th in the Summer Sizzler Hall of Fame and continues to hold the course record of 19:26 she set in 1981.  New club member Elaine Dill also set an age record, erasing the 33:23 standard for 61 year old women set by Penelope Chatterton of the Sugarloaf Mountain Athletic Club on August 1, 2001. Elaine added her name to the GSH record books by striding over the hills and valleys of the 5K Forest Park course in 32:15.  She was third among the women in the race with Jillian Desrosiers placing second in 28:16.

   Spencer needed his fastest time of the season to garner his win, zipping over the five thousand challenging meters in 21:13 to hold off a pair of quick fifteen year old high school students.  He now has five lifetime Summer Sizzler crowns and is moving up the Hall of Fame rankings.  Jacob Mueller was a close second in 21:20 while Cameron Cook was 3^rd in 21:34.  Harrier Doug Bielefeld took home master and senior honors in 24:56.