Salsa, Blues & Shamrocks 5k
March 7, 2010
Washington Heights
| 1st Place | Derese Deniboba | 14:34 |
| 2nd Place | Abiyot Endale | 14:37 |
| Kassahun Kabiso | 16:17 | |
| Yonas Woldesellassie | 17:00 | |
| 3rd M15-19 | Brendan Wortner | 17:01 |
| 1st F35-39 | Shebna Olsen | 20:14 |
| Maureen Carson | 22:45 | |
| 4th F55-59 | Joyce Vastola | 25:01 |
| Joseph Cox | 25:16 | |
| Paul Alimena | 25:47 | |
| John Martin | 26:27 | |
| Michael Rubinfeld | 28:11 | |
| Alan Willig | 33:07 | |
| Michael Stolzar | 38:33 |
WMA World Indoor Championships
Kamloops, Canada
March 1 – 6, 2010
Men’s 8000 Meter Cross Country Run
| 1st Place | Elarbi Khattabi | 24:09.00 |
Men’s 3000 Meter Run
| 1st Place | Elarbi Khattabi | 9:01.47 |
Men’s 1500 Meter Run
| 2nd Place | Elarbi Khattabi | 4:15.41 |
Elarbi has been a long time member of the Westchester Track Club. Elarbi first became acquainted with the Westchester Track Club after the 1992 World Cross Country Championships, which were held at Franklin Park in Boston. A member of Morocco’s National Team, Elarbi and four other Moroccan athletes decided to stay in the United States for the Spring track season. Coach Mike had been coaching Abidi Bouazza, also a former Moroccan National Team member, who moved to New Paltz two years earlier.
1992 was an Olympic year, and Coach Mike trained Elarbi for the steeplechase event. In May, Coach Mike and Elarbi went to Princeton University for its annual open invitational, and Elarbi opened his Spring season with an 8:27 to break the meet and stadium record, and qualify for the Barcelona Olympics. Off of that performance, he was named as Morocco’s only steeplechase entry in Barcelona. Over the next eight years, Elarbi was ranked in the top 10 worldwide several times and again made Morocco’s Olympic team in 2000.
Elarbi and his family moved back to the United States several years ago and he has been back with the Westchester Track Club for the last 5 years. He is a very loyal WTC member and recently has been working closely with Coach Mike to bring four very high level Moroccan distance runners to the United States, two of whom are former Olympians. These runners will be part of our elite group.
NYRR Club Night
Hard Rock Café, Times Square
March 4, 2010
Kassahun Kabiso (Photo Courtesy of Courtenay Morgan Redis)
Men's age 20-24 Runner of the Year award, Abiyot Endale with NYRR CEO Mary Wittenberg
(Photo Courtesy of NYRR)
Men's age 25-29 Runner of the Year award winner, Stephen Chemlany
(Photo Courtesy of NYRR)
Publix Carnaval Miami 8k
Miami, FL
February 26, 2010
| 1st F45-49 | Stella Medina | 35:13 |
| Rob Grubin | 39:43 |
NYC Fasttrack Invite 2010
Armory, NYC
February 26, 2010
Abiyot, Paul and Derese at NYU Fasttrack InviteMen’s 1 Mile
| 2nd place | Harbert Okuti | 4:07.25 |
Men’s 3000 Meter Run
| 1st place | Abiyot Endale | 8:19.31 |
| 3rd place | Derese Deniboba | 8:22.69 |
| 7th place | Teklu Deneke | 8:39.24 |
| 10th place | Paul Rupprecht | 8:47.48 |
House of Hope Run Around the Pines 5K
Winter Park, Florida
February 20, 2010
| 1st 45-49 | Sue Menz Snyder | 20:39 |
Embry Riddle University “Last Chance” meet
Daytona Beach, FL
February 20, 2010
Women’s Mile
| Stella Medina | 6:04:24 |
Run for Haiti 4M
Central Park
February 20, 2010
| 1st M45-49 | Conor O’Driscoll | 22:33 |
| 8th M45-49 | Rachid Tbahi | 26:16 |
| Mary Ann Boustead | 38:13 |
BU Valentine Invitational
Boston University
February 12-13, 2010
Men’s 800m
| John Byrne | 1:55.21 |
Women’s 3000m
| Emily Mallick | 11:13.57 |
Men’s 3000m
| Paul Rupprecht | 8:44.37 |
Despite the severe weather conditions we've been experiencing, a lot has been going on and there's much news to share.
We have a WTC club banner!
Details: 3'x5' weatherproof vinyl coated with grommets for hanging.
To borrow the banner for your event, contact Andy at the Westchester Road Runner store at 914.682.0637.
On June 6th, Long Distance by Moritz Siebert and starring WTC athlete, ABIYOT ENDALE, debuted at the XII Brooklyn International Film Festival.