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Wanderers Bury Peak Performance at Broad
Street Run
 The Wissahickon Wanderers entered as a team
for the first time and held off a strong team from the Peak
Performance
Runners
at the Broad Street Run on May 2. The
Wanderers posted a composite time of 3:33:48 over the 10-mile course to nip Peak
Performance in 3:38:26.
The Wanderers actually came fourth in the mixed
open competition with South Jersey Athletic Club stomping
to victory
in 3:10:27 followed by the Haddonfield Running
Club in 3:13:28 and the Philadelphia Running Charities in 3:15:49.
The Wanderers team was comprised of Boston Marathon hero Matt Palombaro, Chris
Moore, Susan Hurrey, Sonic Sanchirico and Randy
Clever. The top two male times
and top female time were taken to produce the team time.
The Wanderers times
were as follows:
Matt 1:01:30
Chris 1:08:50
Randy 1:09:45
Sonic 1:12:21
Susan 1:20:32
Wanderers also sparkled in the individual
competition. Barbara Gorka was superb
completing the race in 1:11:21
to finish
809th overall and 111th in the womens
division. Bob Alig continued to impress with a time of 1:13:17
to finish 1048th out of a field of more than 12,000 runners. Martha
Lamb showed her strong Boston
Marathon outing was no fluke by finishing in 1:13:32 to come in 164th in the
women’s division.
Other solid performers were Rock Steady in
1:25:15; Scott Quitel in 1:26:34; Space
Ghost in 1:27:36;
Janet Siegel in 1:28:12; Dennis
Crowne in 1:31:07;
Snake Bite in 1:32:43; Megan Boyle in 1:34:57;
and Leslie
Turchetti in 2:10.
The Wanderers joined in with The Fairmount
Running Club and Northeast Road Runners for a tailgate party
after the race which
was very enjoyable.
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