Jack Mortland Race Walks
Sunday, May 7th, 2006
Eastwood Lake Park
Dayton, Ohio


    Twenty five walkers gathered together from three states for this morning's Jack Mortland Race Walks.  The annual race is held in honor of Ohio's 1964 Olympic Race Walker Jack Mortland.  Jack is also editor and publisher of the Ohio Walker Magazine.  The featured 20 kilometer event also served as the USATF North Region Championships and a qualifying race for the USA Nationals in downtown Indianapolis in June.

    Twenty two year old Mike Tarantino, a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Parkside program, was the men's winner in the near perfect weather on the 1.25 kilometer course along the beautiful shores of Eastwood Lake in Dayton.  Tarantino's winning time of 1:33:34 for the 12.4 mile long race qualified him for June's USATF National T&F Championships in Indianapolis and selection to the USA's collegiate all-star T&F squad that will be competing in the North American, Central American & Caribbean Islands Championships in July.

     Susan Randall, of the host Miami Valley Track Club (MVTC), was the women's winner in 1:55:45.   The 31 year old Beavercreek, Ohio, resident has been competitive race walking for less than 12 months.   Brad Sinick, a junior at Malone College in Canton, Ohio, was second overall for the men.  This was his initial effort at the Olympic distance.  As a college walker he is used to the 3k and 5k distances.  Defending champ Max Walker of the Indiana Racewalkers was third.   Debbie Topman of Michigan's Pegasus Track Club was second for the women. 

     The winner's of the 20k races received prize money awards of $100 each.

     In the ten kilometer race Miami Valley Teammates Ed Fitch (Mechanicsburg,) and Tina Peters (Yellow Springs) were the victors.   Peters had won the 800m walk at her high school's T&F meet in 3:28 on Friday night, then had prom on Saturday night before walking on Sunday morning.

     In the 5k race USA National Team member Matt Boyles, of the Miami Valley Track Club, was the easy winner.  Boyles, 23, from Xenia, walked the 3.1 mile distance in 21:44.  An All-American in the 5,000 meter run in college Boyles will be taking his walking skills to Spain on Tuesday for this coming Saturday's IAAF World Cup Championships in La Coruna, Spain.   Boyles, who has a best of 1:31:01 


20 KM (16 laps of 1.25k course - 5k splits listed)
1) Mike Tarantino (22M)   unattached       1:33:34   (23:37, 47:07, 1:10:31)
2) Brad Sinick (21M)      unattached       1:50:44   (27:16, 54:40, 1:22:22)
3) Max Walker (59M)       Indiana RWers    1:54:00   (27:36, 55:50, 1:24:30)
4) Susan Randall (31F)    MVTC             1:55:45   (28:29, 57:37, 1:27:00)
5) Jim Robinson (25M)     MVTC             2:01:14   (27:07, 54:33, 1:25:41)
6) Debbie Topham (53F)    Pegasus          2:04:14   (29:58, 1:00:50, 1:32:52)
7) Don Knight (60M)       GLOW             2:10:10   (30:13, 1:01:30, 1:35:18)
8) Jerry Muskal (48M)     MVTC             2:21:45   (33:55, 1:08:25, 1:44:15)


10KM
1) Ed Fitch (46M)         MVTC               56:33   (28:17)
2) Tina Peters (18F)      MVTC               57:30   (28:21)
3) Lynette Heinlein (49F) Pegasus          1:02:06   (31:29)
4) Marshall Sanders (65m) GLOW             1:04:17   (32:18)
5) Donna Graham (56F)     Buckeye Striders 1:08:14   (33:49)
-- Gayle Johnson (57F)    unattached            DQ   (30:18)
-- Elizabeth Gerhardt (57F) unattached          DQ  (35:58)


5KM
1) Matt Boyles (23M)      MVTC               21:44
2) Bill Reed (53M)        Pegasus            27:37
3) Theresa Amerman (23F)  Indiana RWers      30:02
4) Allison Berry (13F)    MVTC               32:04
5) Janet Higbie (64F)     Indiana RWers      33:19
6) Eric Smith (23M)       MVTC               36:31
7) Jack Shuter (76M)      Buckeye Striders   37:11
8) Pat Walker (58F)       Indiana RWers      39:42
9) Bob Stewart (73M)      Indiana RWers      41:53
10) Barbara Hensley (62F) MVTC               43:13

Youth Walk 1.25 KM  (1 lap)

1. David Muskal 9:47

 

judges: Cheryl Sunman, Phil Dant, Al Rice, Mike Randall, Vince Peters


Team results:

 

1st. MVTC – Men:  3:19:31

    20KM - Jim Robinson - 2:01:14

    10KM - Ed Fitch     - 56:33

     5KM - Matt Boyles - 21:44

                   

2nd. MVTC – Women:  3:25:19

    20KM - Susan Randall - 1:55:45

    10KM - Tina Peters   - 57:30

     5KM - Allison Berry - 32:04

                   

3rd. Pegasus  3:33:57

    20KM - Deb Topham       - 2:04:14

    10KM - Lynette Heinlein - 1:02:06

     5KM - Bill Reed        - 27:37

 

Incomplete Teams: Buckeye Striders, Indiana Walkers, GLOW

 
Winning Team:



(Left to Right): Ed Fitch (10k), Jim Robinson (20k), Matt Boyles (5k) and Vince Peters (Coach).  Front Row: Susan Randall (20k), Tina Peters (10k) Allie Berry (5k).



Jack Mortland - Olympian - gets thank-you award from race director Vince Peters