Results from 2017
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2017 Gobbler's Grind
November 12, 2017 Overland Park, Kansas
5000 meter Racewalk- Sunday AM
| Place in Age Grp |
Walker |
Time |
Age Group |
Age-graded |
| 1 |
Julie Haller |
50:37 |
75-79 |
64.83% |
| 4 |
John Anderson |
40:10 |
75-79 |
66.56% |
| 3 |
BJ Thornburg |
40:56 |
70-74 |
72.11% |
| 10 |
Sunday Cavallaro |
38:41 |
60-65 |
63.89% |
Huntsman World Senior Games
October 16-18, 2017 - St. George, Utah
3000 meter Racewalk- Monday am
| Place |
Walker |
Time |
Age Group |
Age-graded |
| Gold |
Martha McCarter |
21:48 |
55-59 |
64.43% |
1500 meter Racewalk - Tuesday am
| Place |
Walker |
Time |
Age Group |
Age-graded |
| Gold |
Martha McCarter |
10:10 |
55-59 |
62.08% |
5000 meter Racewalk - Wednesday am
| Place |
Walker |
Time |
Age Group |
Age-graded |
| Gold |
Martha McCarter |
35:51 |
55-59 |
64.67% |
1500 meter Power Walk - Tuesday am
| Place |
Walker |
Time |
Age Group |
Age-graded |
| Gold |
Martha McCarter |
10:02 |
55-59 |
Not Avail |
Note: Martha was the only HRW member at the Hunstman Games this year, and came away with 4 Gold Medals. What a way to represent Heartland Racewalkers!
Kansas Senior Games
September 17, 2017 - Topeka, Kansas
1500 meter walk- Sunday am first
| Place |
Walker |
Time |
Age Group |
Age-graded |
| Gold |
Fred Adams |
11:28 |
80-84 |
76.74% |
| Gold |
Julie Haller |
14:08 |
80-84 |
63.92% |
| Gold |
John Anderson |
11:30 |
75-79 |
67.83% |
| Gold |
BJ Thornburg |
11:38 |
70-74 |
69.63% |
| Gold |
Karen Swisher |
9:10 |
65-69 |
79.82% |
| Silver |
Maggie McCoy |
11:26 |
65-69 |
64.72% |
| Gold |
Sunday Cavallaro |
10:51 |
60-65 |
63.90% |
5000 meter walk - Sunday am second
| Place |
Walker |
Time |
Age Group |
Age-graded |
| Silver |
John Anderson |
42:03 |
75-79 |
64.49% |
| Gold |
BJ Thornburg |
42:28 |
70-74 |
69.51% |
| Gold |
Karen Swisher |
32:26 |
65-69 |
81.04% |
| Silver |
Maggie McCoy |
42:11 |
65-69 |
63.14% |
| Gold |
Sunday Cavallaro |
40:03 |
60-65 |
61.71% |
HRW represented half of the racewalkers in the 1500, and all but one (James McFadden) in the 5K. It was a cold, windy day, and doing back to back race walks was challenging!
Be-A-Walker 3K Predicted-time Walk
October 7, 2017 - Roe Park, Overland Park, Kansas (puddles & mud on the trail)
| *Name |
Prediction |
|
PRE |
Actual |
Actual |
TOTAL |
difference |
|
Pace |
|
Min |
Sec |
Sec |
Min |
Sec |
Sec |
Sec |
Finish |
min/mile |
| Swisher |
19 |
31 |
1171 |
19 |
27 |
1167 |
-4 |
Gold |
10:26 |
| Anderson |
24 |
30 |
1470 |
24 |
10 |
1450 |
-20 |
Silver |
12:58 |
| Cavalaro |
23 |
30 |
1410 |
23 |
59 |
1439 |
29 |
Bronze |
12:52 |
| McCarter |
21 |
31 |
1291 |
20 |
57 |
1257 |
-34 |
|
11:14 |
| McCoy |
25 |
40 |
1540 |
26 |
23 |
1583 |
43 |
|
14:09 |
| Debault |
25 |
0 |
1500 |
26 |
5 |
1565 |
65 |
|
13:59 |
| Thornburg |
25 |
17 |
1517 |
26 |
23 |
1583 |
66 |
|
14:09 |
| Haller |
29 |
0 |
1740 |
30 |
40 |
1840 |
100 |
|
16:27 |
| Felton |
26 |
11 |
1571 |
30 |
26 |
1826 |
255 |
|
16:19 |
| Oakes |
29 |
45 |
1785 |
34 |
5 |
2045 |
260 |
|
18:17 |
| Delon-Floyd |
|
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40+ |
|
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| Delon-Martie |
|
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2 laps |
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| Poisner-S |
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2 laps |
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Thanks to all who participated in the 2017 edition of our club predicted-time walk. You were not deterred by the water, mud or potential predators on the trail. The results are shown below and we offer our congratulations to our top predictors: Karen, John and Sunday. The differences from predictions are shown along with the final pace (min:sec/mile). Special thanks to those who helped sweep the trail before the race: Fred, John, Maggie, BJ, Karen (and any others I may have missed). Thanks also for those who brought the great eats and helped clean up. We also are duly impressed with seeing Pat (minus her scooter and boot). Her resilience continues to amaze us all. Thanks to Fred for helping keep track of the time. We also wish Fred 'bon voyage' on his upcoming trip to Venice and ports beyond. It was also a pleasure to see Floyd and Martie back in their old territory; and we also got to see Phil (as we infrequently do during softball season). We look forward to resuming this great tradition next year, but maybe with a little less wet stuff from Mother Nature.
- Alan
USATF Hershey National Junior Olympics
July 24, 2017 - Lawrence, Kansas
1500 meter walk
| Place |
Walker |
Time |
Age Group |
Age-graded |
| 10 |
Maggie Boley |
8:46 |
11-12 |
70.72% |
Note: Very hot, humid afternoon competing against some extremely fast walkers from across the country.
Sunflower State Games
July 15, 2017 - Topeka, Kansas
1500 meter walk- Saturday
| Place |
Walker |
Time |
Age Group |
Age-graded |
| Gold |
BJ Thornburg |
11:38 |
70-74 |
68.60% |
| Gold |
Sunday Cavallaro |
11:04 |
60-64 |
62.65% |
Note: BJ and Sunday represented HRW well with each taking 1st in their age groups.
Missouri State Senior Games
June 16-17, 2017 - Columbia, Missouri
1500 meter walk- Friday Evening
| Place |
Walker |
Time |
Age Group |
Age-graded |
| Gold |
Fred Adams |
11:14 |
80-84 |
78.30% |
3000 meter walk - Saturday morning
| Place |
Walker |
Time |
Age Group |
Age-graded |
| Gold |
Fred Adams |
39:06 |
80-84 |
78.50% |
Note: Fred was the only HRW member at the Missouri State Senior Games and came away with two Gold medals just a week after doing to the National Senior Games in Birmingham.
National State Games of America
Grand Rapids, Michigan - August 6, 2017
1500 meters
| Walker |
Place |
Divison |
Time |
Age-Graded |
| Alan Poisner |
1 |
M 80-84 |
9:55.7 |
85.7 |
Oldest walker of 12; beat 9/11 other walkers.
USATF National Masters Outdoor Championships
July 14-16, 2017 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
5000 meter walk July 14 - hot and humid
| Place |
Name |
Time |
Age Group |
Age Graded |
| Gold |
Karen Swisher |
30:28.6 |
65-69 |
86.2% |
| Gold |
Alan Poisner |
36:48.7 |
80-84 |
80.7% |
10K walk July 16 - hotter and more humid
| Place |
Name |
Time |
Age Group |
Age Graded |
| Gold |
Karen Swisher |
1:06:54 |
65-69 |
82.7% |
| Gold |
Alan Poisner |
1:18:19 |
80-84 |
78.4% |
In the 5000 meters on the track, Karen beat all of the women except one younger one and set a personal best with an outstanding age-graded value. Alan was the oldest walker of 19 and beat 6 younger men.
In the10K on the road, Karen was the top woman of all of the 9 women who chose to race in the brutal conditions. Alan managed to survive and beat 2 younger men; 5 men who did the 5,000 meters chose not to try the 10K.
Father’s Day Run 5K
June 18, 2017, Overland Park, Kansas
| Walker |
Walking Division |
Time |
Age Division |
Running Gender Place |
Age Graded |
| Martha McCarter |
1 |
37:10 |
50-59 |
8 |
62.4% |
| Carol Smith |
2 |
40:58 |
70+ |
2 |
73.3% |
| Sunday Cavallart |
3 |
42:09 |
60-69 |
9 |
58.6% |
| Maggie McCoy |
4 |
42:23 |
60-69 |
10 |
63.7% |
| BJ Thornburg |
5 |
46:59 |
70+ |
4 |
61.9% |
| Pamela Felton |
6 |
53:41 |
70+ |
5 |
58.9% |
| Julie Haller |
7 |
53:53 |
70+ |
6 |
60.9% |
| Walker |
Running Division |
Time |
Age Division |
Running Gender Place |
Age Graded |
| Karen Swisher |
|
30:41 |
60-69 |
2 |
84.6% |
| Alan Poisner |
|
36:27 |
70++ |
2 |
81.5% |
National Senior Games
June 6-8, 2017 – Birmingham, Alabama
5K June 6 – raining hard with lots of puddles
| Place |
Name |
Time |
Age Group |
Age Graded |
| Gold |
Karen Swisher |
31:46 |
65-69 |
81.7% |
| 4 |
Pat Durkin |
38:48 |
70-74 |
74.9% |
| 7 |
BJ Thornburg |
41:13 |
70-74 |
71.6% |
| Gold |
Alan Poisner |
38:33 |
80-84 |
77.0% |
| 4 |
Fred Adams |
40:48 |
80-84 |
73.3% |
Ribbons 4-8
Fred had to stop 4 times to retie shoe laces.
1500 meters June 8 – not raining
| Place |
Name |
Time |
Age Group |
Age Graded |
| Gold |
Karen Swisher |
8:41 |
65-69 |
83.2% |
| 4 |
Pat Durkin |
10:32 |
70-74 |
75.7% |
| 9 |
BJ Thornburg |
11:30 |
70-74 |
70.4% |
| Gold |
Alan Poisner |
10:16 |
80-84 |
82.9% |
| Silver |
Fred Adams |
11:08 |
80-84 |
77.6% |
In the 1500 meters, Karen’s time now ranks as 4th best in last 30 years in her age group. Alans’s time ranks 6th while his time in 2015 still ranks 1st in the 80-84 group. His earlier times in the 75-79 group rank 4th & 5th.
In the 5K, Karen also moved into 4th place all-time. Alan ranks and 2nd all-time in the 80-84 (2015) and 1st in the 75-79 group (2011).
Hospital Hill 5K
June 2, 2017 - Kansas City, Missouri
| Walker |
Place |
Divison |
Time |
Age-Graded |
| Alan Poisner |
1/4 |
M 80-99 |
38:17 |
77.6% |
80° very hilly no racewalking division
same finishing position as last year
World Masters Games*
April 25-26, 2017, Auckland, New Zealand
1500 meters – Tuesday evening
| Division |
Place |
Walker |
Time |
Age-graded |
| 80-84 M |
1 |
Alan Poisner |
9:53.8 |
86.1% |
3000 meter walk – Wednesday morning
| Division |
Place |
Walker |
Time |
Age-graded |
| 80-84 M |
1 |
Alan Poisner |
21:15 |
83.3% |
*(held every four years)
Note: Alan’s time in the 3000-meter race also beat all three medal winners in the 75-79.
USATF National Masters Indoor Championships
February 17-18, 2017 - Albuquerque, New Mexico
1 mile walk - Friday afternoon
| Division |
Place |
Walker |
Time |
Age-graded |
| 65-69 F |
1 |
Karen Swisher |
9:49 |
80.1% |
| 80-84 M |
1 |
Alan Poisner |
11:07 |
82.4% |
3000 meter walk - Saturday morning
| Division |
Place |
Walker |
Time |
Age-graded |
| 65-69 F |
2 |
Karen Swisher |
19:06 |
79.8% |
| 80-84 M |
1 |
Alan Poisner |
21:15 |
82.0% |
Note: Karen Swisher and Alan Poisner set new records in the 1-mile race in their Age groups. Karen beat the 2016 racewalker of the year in the 1-mile race by 0.5 seconds!