Gaughan sets course record at 10 Mile Championship

USATF-NE 10 Mile Championship
at AutoFair NH 10 Miler, August 26, Auburn NH

A new women's course record highlighted the AutoFair New Hampshire 10 Miler serving as the USATF-NE championship.  Though humidity was high, temperatures at race time were lower than have welcomed runners in past years and full sun was minimal, leading to quality times over the traditional hilly course. 
Jackie Gaughan (Craftsbury Green Racing Project/Exeter NH) toured the single loop around Lake Massabesic in 56:47, nearly 3 minutes ahead of teammate and NE 5 mile champion Katie Kellner (59:32) and Tammy Hsieh (Tracksmith Boston Hares, 59:37). 
Ben Drezek (Tracksmith) moved up to the top spot on the podium after a championshp silver 2 weeks ago, running 51:14, comfortably in front of the B.A.A. duo of Erik Linden (51:48) and Thomas Toth (52:01); Linden's second place keeps him at the top the men's GP scoring totals.

Though Hartbeat New England was the first club to record 5 men's finishers, the B.A.A.'s faster front runners in 2-3-4 gave them the faster men's team time and the win,  Battle Road TC won the women's team title by just 47 seconds over Whirlaway Racing Team. Jenn Lutz (Battle Road, W40), Rebecca Trachsel (Whirlaway, W45) and Karolyn Bowley (B.A.A., W50) still have perfect scores through five championshps.

Millennium Running hosted another championship quality event for members. Overall and USATF results are found at www.millenniumrunning.com/results_nh10_2023/48215
Indivduals and Team series standings will be updated by the end of the week. 

Two championships remain in the 2023 Raod Race Grand Prix, the Lone Gull 10K in Gloucester MA on September 24, and the Cape Cod Marathon on October 8. Details will be found at the Grand Prix page.