Gene Burinskiy is flanked by Lynbrook alums Luca Signore and a Lady Vike in the 2008 Banana Chase.
The 9th Annual, 1st unofficial, Marshall Clark 4 Miler was held under blue skies with about 30
competitors toeing the line to keep this run alive. Three time winner Hari Iyer ('03, '05, '07)
and 2009 winner Kevin Liao (who broke the string of Iyer's odd year wins) were both on the line
with Iyer wanting to get back to his winning ways in the odd years. Fresh off a 2:28 Boston
Marathon time this past spring, Iyer was ready to roll (although he almost missed the start of the
race). Liao was looking slim and trim but there was no "smack talking" going around so I had
to do the honors for both of them. Karen Wai (2009 winner) was also back on the ladies side as
well as some other young hopefulls. After a moment of silence, the runners were off.
Liao, Iyer and Lynbrook alum Gene Burinskiy seperated themselves from the chase pack during the first
lap and a half on the track before heading out on the roads. The first mile, with a slight downhill,
made the pace seem comfortable for the leaders as they seemed to talk the entire way. Kristine Johnson
(a senior at Saratoga this year) joined Wai as they too established themselves as the ones to beat
for the ladies crown.
The positions didn't change much through the second downhill mile but once the race turned off of Cox
and started to head back uphill to campus, the chase back went after the leaders. An un-marked course
and talkative runners will always spell disaster. Just before three miles the leaders missed a turn
and by the time they all realized their misfortune and doubled back, the lead pack was now five and
not three. A slight push by the ladies up the last hill brought the lead pack to seven and it was
obvious that all concerned decided to let the race unfold on the track for the last 300 meters, where such things really should
be decided. As the lead changed many times over the last 200 meters, it was Burinskiy who grabbed
the inside lane with Liao in lane two, making a perfect box for Iyer that he was unable to get out
of. As arms were pumping and legs were moving it was really anyones race but the smooth form of
the former Viking 800m runner prevailed. Gene Burinskiy became your 2011 Marshall Clark winner,
with Evergreen alum Kevin Liao grabbing second, with a winning time of 28:38 for this four mile course.
In all of the excitement of the men's race were the ladies who were no more then steps behind their
counterparts and I believe Wai prevailed over Johnston but I could be mistaken since this reporter was
trying to finish the first of his MC4 race after timing all of the other previous versions.
Unofficial results for the Unofficial MC 4 Miler are: 1 Gene Burinskiy M 28:38 2 Kevin Liao M 28:38 3 Hari Iyer M 28:39 4 saratoga runner M 28:39 5 saratoga runner M 28:40 6 Karen Wai F 28:41 7 Kristine Johnston F 28:41 8 Brent Woodcock M 29:46 9 Hank Lawson M 29:47 10 saratoga runner F 30:00 Note: Please send me your name and time and I will add you to the results. Send to: HANKLAW@IX.NETCOM.COM Plans are to try and bring this event back, officially, in 2012.MARSHALL CLARK (4MI) COURSE RECORDS WOMEN 28 SPEEDY. AMANDA (12) 00-12 0:29:47.0 2004 13 PASCALE. HAYLEY (14) 13-15 0:24:04.4 2006 18 Bergman. Jennifer (16) 16-18 0:23:47.8 2008 12 FOLLMAR. ALICIA (21) 19-29 0:23:08.8 2008 12 PARK. CHRISTINA (36) 30-39 0:23:51.5 2006 17 NAST. LIZ (42) 40-49 0:27:21.0 2004 36 FOLLMAR. DEBBIE (52) 50-59 0:28:16.8 2006 67 Barmeier. Carol (60) 60+ 0:36:16.9 2010 MEN 9 Sokol. Alexander (11) 00-12 0:25:07.6 2010 2 Wolfsmith. Lance (15) 13-15 0:21:10.9 2007 1 Rowe. Garrett (18) 16-18 0:20:39.8 2010 1 IYER. HARI (19) 19-29 0:20:30.7 2007 3 SEALY. KENRICK (39) 30-39 0:20:54.3 2006 1 SHAVER. JEFF 40-49 0:21:35.0 2004 12 Bordoni. Jim (54) 50-59 0:25:01.5 2007 68 Rostege. Tim 60+ 0:31:00.6 2009 PREVIOUS WINNERS 1 BURINSKIY. GENE 19-29 0:28:38.0 2011 6 WAI. KAREN 19-29 0:28:41.0 2011 1 ROWE. GARRETT 16-18 0:20:39.8 2010 17 HUANG. CINDY 16-18 0:26:04.6 2010 1 LIAO. KEVIN 16-18 0:21:15.7 2009 37 WAI. KAREN 16-18 0:27:06.9 2009 1 WOLFSMITH. LANCE 16-18 0:21:10.0 2008 12 FOLLMAR. ALICIA 19-29 0:23:08.8 2008 1 IYER. HARI 19-29 0:20:30.7 2007 6 FOLLMAR. ALICIA 19-29 0:23:31.4 2007 1 SILLER. HARREL JR 19-29 0:20:37.0 2006 10 FOLLMAR. ALICIA 19-29 0:23:12.0 2006 1 IYER. HARI 13-18 0:21:41.0 2005 8 FOLLMAR. ALICIA 13-18 0:24:08.0 2005 1 SHAVER. JEFF 40-49 0:21:35.0 2004 8 FOLLMAR. ALICIA 13-18 0:24:20.0 2004 1 SUBRAMANIAM. HARI 13-18 0:22:42.0 2003 4 KRIEGE. BECKI 30-39 0:24:40.0 2003
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