Who is the best "MASTER"S RUNNER" in your STATE?...Male and Female!

MA: Wayne Levy 32:25 10K, 15:00 5K

Mimi Corcoran 36:33 10K, 16:59

ME: Mike Payson 32:00 10K, 68:00 20K

Joan Samuelson 'nuf said

VA

Chuck Moser has dominated his age group for years in the DC, VA, MD area. I think Chuck is over 50 now but looks 40. I haven't seen him since I left the VA area several years ago but in 2004 he ran the Army 10 miler in 55 high or 56 and he was in his 50s as I recall.

VA wrote:

Alan Webb. He's going bald, so I count that as the mark of being a master.

Hey! That's uncalled for. I'm 34 and would love to have a beautiful head of hair like Alan.

barry alvarez wrote:

VA 40-44 male: Ted Poulos

He's won like 1000 races...gotta be good, right?

He races all the time and wins a lot of small races. There are many guys in his age group in the NOVA area who are faster. Jim Hage immediately comes to mind.

Is Peter Sherry 40 yet?

Rather than list all of the top masters in MN, I'll just direct you here:

http://www.raceberryjam.com/malerunnersofyear.html

and here:

http://www.raceberryjam.com/femalerunnersofyear.html

Thanks to Jack Moran of the MN Running Data Center for keeping track.

PA Female

Doreen McCoubrie age 43

Philly Marathon 2004 2:47:31

Freihofers 2005 17:46 4th masters

Twin Cities 2005 2:50:05 3rd masters female

With extreme bias (knowing these folk), I'll add these entries from the state of Colorado:

Patty Murray (just 40) just ran 34:53@Tufts 10k, which makes her probably #2 behind the impossibly good Colleen DeRuek. Masters career looks very promising.

Steve Gallegos (50) ran an indoors world record 1:59.9 for 800m, and regularly runs in the 4:10's for 1500. Performed consistently at a world class level for the last 4 years or so in middle distances.

Mass:

Victoria Crisp Bill Hart

Mac Allen

Paul Hammon

You need to change these, Victoria Crisp is from TN. Don't know who Bill Allen or Mac Allen are but they are not from MA.

for 40's women in MA i think Simonetta Piergentili needs to be considered, 1/2 marathon in 1:20, marathon in 2:49

50's men in MA-John Barbour is the guy. 1:16 1/2 marathon and 16:49 5K (on a hot day-and not the fastest course), both at NE USATF Championship races.

NC: Joan Nesbit Mabe

sorry, i was agreeing with you. another poster listed all of the master men from excelsior . . . some of the guys you referred to as needing to come off the list. the only guy from california on the excelsior team who should be on the list is dan nelson.

i guess we are looking for current runners so i'd have to object to one in particular who was listed for california: wes ashford, i believe, is no longer running. take him off...

my pics for cal...based on win/loss records, most recent major wins and consistency.

top three...in order

road: danny martinez, pete magill, and james sheremeta

xc: danny martinez, pete magill, and brian spangenberg

track: pete magill, david olds, and rich burns

overall...danny martinez, #1 in cal.

In the state of Texas, without a doubt (since Sean Wade is still 39) William Moore of Dallas is the king. Check this out in 2005: 800 meters: 2:02, Marathon 2:33 and you can assume everything else between is awesome as well. Dr. Moore is about 42-43.

Updated list for the Letsrun.com Honor Role for Masters

You dont stop running because you get old!

You get old because because you stop running!

Nevada:

Larry Barnum

Illinois:

Mike Engle

Jenny Spangler

Amy Thomas-Elder

Sam Cortes

VA:

Ted Poulos

Chuck Moser

Jim Hage

NH:

Craig Fram

TX:

Sean Wade

William Moore

Terri Garrett

Joe Melanson

Carmen Trancoso

Keith Dowland

Paul Zimmerman

Joe Flores

Utah:

Dennis Simonaitis

NC:

Joan Nesbit Mabe

John Hinton

MA:

Wayne Levy

Mike Payson

Joan Samuelson

Simonetta Piergentili

John Barbour

Mac Allen

Paul Hammond

Bill Hart

PA:

Doreen McCoubie

Terry Delph Coopersburg

Steve Spence

Colo:

Patty Murry

Steve Gallego's

Doug Bell

Peter Fleming

Mark Plaatjes

Andy Ames

Jon Sinclair

Sam Ngatia

Collen De Renuck

Tn:

Victorea Cisp

Gordon Terwillinger

Walt Rider

Canada (51st state)

Ed Whitlock

Ky:

Don Coffman

NJ:

Anselm Lebourne's

Richard Myers

NY:

Kathryn Martin

Sue Munson

Marisa Hanson

Tom Dalton

Sarah Stiner

Calf:

Rich Burns

David Olds

Danny Martinez

Pete Magill

Brian Spangerburg

James Sheremeta

Heidi Swan

Nolan Shaneed

Dan Nelson

Fred Arapmaybe

Lisbet Sunshine

Tom Sherwood

Wes Ashford

Rick Hanna

Arz:

Susan Loken

Oregon:

Danny Gonzalez

Chuck Coats

GA:

Philippa "Phil" Rashker

Eric Putman

John Tuttle

Mich:

Laurie Decker

Paul Oftenburg

Laura Murphy

Laurel Park

Mike Scannell

Nancy Grayson

Doug Goodhue

Paul Aufdemburge

Monica Joyce

Paul A. Joyce

Mississippi:

Brian Pope

Missouri:

Matt Wegenka

Mark Curp

Indiana:

Mike Smith

Tim Mylin

Gary Roemesser

Hal Higdon

Washingtion:

Regina Joyce

Tony Young

Ohio:

Rick Wilson

Terry McCluskey

Debbie Kilpatrick-Monis

NJ - Joe McVeigh or Brian Harshman

Brian Harshman's a good fit but get me outta there -- I've never beaten Brian head-to-head at any distance at any time, going back to high school. And Anselm Lebourne is better than either of us right now.

Hey now, wait a minute... While yes, there are a number of Excelsior runners on my previous list, I put them there because they're dang good.

Tim O'Rourke (American Age Group Recordholder 50K and dang, he just ran a 1:48:57 30K at 47 for 7th overall)

Jim Gorman (2003-2004, 55-59) and Don Paul (2000, 2002, 2003) have both been multiple year honorable mentions in Running Times Masters of the Year. (Compaq 10K -- Don Paul, 50, San Francisco, CA 34:21 (he also holds an unvalidated 50K road record from 1982 - 2:50:55)

Lloyd Stephenson was USATF's 2002 Age Group Master of the Year and ranked #1 45-49 in Running Times 2000 and 2002

Shirley Matson (not Excelsior) holds pretty much every American age group record.

I'm shocked and outraged that you don't believe me!

Nebraska

Men: Craig Christains

Women: Ann Ringlein

South Dakota

Men: Scott Walschlager

relax, dude. this is a thread about "the best", not "dang good". while those guys are respectable, they're not the best.

MA

Jason Cakouros

NE runner Brew series champ!!