Millrose men’s masters relay: deja vu all over again
When the announcer introduces the men’s masters 4×4 relay at the 100th Millrose Games on February 2, the names of the clubs will be familiar. All but one team in this year’s top six entrants ran last year. According to organizer Jim Reilly’s list of men’s teams accepted for the Millrose, the top five teams from 2006 will be entered (including a team captained by Reilly himself). However, Jim was apologetic. He wrote the team captains: “The meet management would not budge past the 1/16 (entry) date, so we will have to go with this attached list which is sent (to) Mary Rosado. For the six fastest teams who will run in the 100th Millrose Games . . . congratulations.”
Jim also wrote:
“This year we only had three weeks to put a race together because . . . the new meet management did not say that the masters race was a go until 12/27. We used the same parameters that we used last year and we tried to be fair to all with the limited time frame we had to work with. All the teams and times were checked.”
Teams entered for the 2007 Millrose masters men’s 4×4:
Team Time Club USATF# Rankings Event of time Captain or Coach
Southwest Sprinters 3.27.46 26-0102 1x Penn 2006 David F. Jones
Synergy TC 3.33.37 06-1034 2x Penn 2006 Howard Lindsay
2nd Wind TC 3.35.45 59-0116 3x Penn 2006 Jim Reilly
Shore AC 3.39.54 07-0101 4x Penn 2006 Tony Plaster
Mass Velocity Track Club 3.41.79 02-0273 5x Boston University 12/30 Larry Libow
Nike Central Park TC 3.42.23 06-0262 6x Millrose 2006 Sid Howard
Alternate
Phila. Athletic Charities TC 3.47.5 08-0081 7x NJ Championship Chuck Shields
The Running Company 3.57.66 07-0302 8x Millrose 2006 Tom Metz
Greater Long Island Running Club 4.12.5 59-0024 9x LITF 12/29/2007 Joe Picini
Sneaker Factory Road Runners Tom Pinzino
Last year’s results in men’s 4×4 at Millrose:
1 Synergy Track Club 3:40.68
2 Central Park Track Club 3:42.23
3 Southwest Sprinters 3:44.08
4 2nd Wind Track Club 3:47.26
5 Shore Athletic Club 3:51.30
6 The Running Company 3:57.66
I’m waiting for Mary Rosado to share info on the women’s masters 4×4 teams.
One Response
Ken: For those unfamiliar with last years teams, the only team running this year that wasn’t at Millrose last year is Mass Velocity Track Club. Also keep mind that most of this years seed times are from Penn and that it’s not likely that those outdoor times will be run at the Garden’s 160m oval. Last years winning time was 3:40.68.
MVTC is very excited to be going to Millrose considering that our club is only about two years old. Keep an eye on Mass Velocity, not just at Millrose but at the Indoor and Outdoor Masters Nationals.
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