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Wanderers Open Season at Fighting Irish
5K
Wanderers opened up the new running
season in impressive fashion at the Fighting Irish 5K in
Chestnut Hill on March
13. The race was an early test of strength
for some Wanderer runners, a Boston Marathon tune-up for others, and in one
case a return to action after a two-year hiatus.
 Not bothered by the blustery and
cool conditions, Jeff Hayes smoked to a fifth place finish
out of field of more than 550 runners in a time of 17:20. Fred Kenney again
excelled finishing 29th in 19:42. A flurry of Wanderers came in less than two
minutes later. Mike Branca posted a very strong
time of 21:21 to come in
63rd. In a rare racing appearance, Jennifer Rezeli (in photo
above), a Notre Dame alumna, converted all her excellent training runs into
a 73rd place
finish
in 21:42. Chris
Sanchirico showed that he is rounding into form finishing 82nd in
21:55. Paul
Hines tuned
up for the Boston Marathon in a time of 21:58 as did Martha Lamb who
finished in 24:52. Susan Hurrey produced her usual impressive
performance finishing 118th in a time of 23:12. Leslie Turchetti has
also been getting down to business this
spring and finished in 35:10.
 Hilary Alger, after a two
year layoff, finished in 33:12 pushing her one-year-old daughter
Amelia in a stroller.
Father Chris Sanchirico noted that "Amelia
must have been first in her age group."
Pulling police duty for the race
were Matt Palombaro, Megan Boyle, Chris Moore, Randy Clever, and Rock
Steady.
They supervised traffic at several intersections
out on the course.
The Notre Dame Running Club of Philadelphia
did a great job organizing the event, which is rapidly becoming
a fixture in the Philadelphia
racing scene.
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