2002 Results January February March April May June July August September October November December 01 August -- Maikels and McLean Tag-Team Hour Run Team Utopia's masters stars Mike McLean and Al Maikels brought a hellacious 1-2 combination to the HMRRC Hour Run at Shaker HS this Thursday. Both were trying to relive their glory years of wooden grandstands and cinder tracks but decided that the all-weather surface made their stride look smooth nonetheless. No spectator comments were available. Team Utopia Results Mike McLean 7.46 miles Al Maikels 6.46 Miles 03 August -- Bowles Lives up to Media Hype at Race the Train Jim Bowles finished in lucky 13th place at the Race the Train 8.4 miler this weekend. Joining Jim on the point to point rolling course were Nancy Taormina, Tina Willson and Sue Mochrie as participants rode a train from the finish to the start in hopes of beating the train back. Team Utopia Results Jim Bowles 57:54 Nancy Taormina 60:54 Tine Willson 74:23 Sue Mochrie 90:32 03 August -- Chris's Excel at Dynamic Duo Chris Kvam and Chris Dunne teamed with two of the areas finest women competitors at the Dynamic Duo couples race this weekend to take lead honors for Team Utopia entries. All entries received t-shirts at this years event held at the Colonie Town Park. Team Utopia Member Teams (women then men, 3 miles each) Tara Sheedy/Chris Kvam 38:13 Maryann Johnson/Chris Dunne 38:47 Vikki Casey/Ben Maynard 42:22 Cameron McLean/Mike McLean 45:49 Kathleen Daugherty/Al Maikels 47:18 05 August -- Terry and Soto 1-2 at Monday's Tuesday Run Chuck Terry and Adrian Soto opened a lead from the beginning and never relinquished it at the Tuesday in the Park 5k this Monday. The team is excited to see Adrian Soto return to the standings after a few weeks of solo training. Team Utopia Results Chuck Terry 16:45 Adrian Soto 17:23 08 August -- Taormina breaks masters record at HMRRC Pentathlon The annual HMRRC Running Pentathlon was well attended this Thursday as runners tried their hand at 5k, 800m, 3200m, 400m, and 1600m on the track. Congratulations to Nancy Taormina for breaking the masters record for the event! Team Utopia Results Jamie Rodriguez 4797 Chuck Terry 4546 Adrian Soto 3957 Jim Bowles 2819 Nancy Taormina 2779 Karen Dolge 2590 Parker Race 1955 Tina Willson 1514 10 August -- Rodriguez 3rd at Star-Studded Bridge of Flowers 10k Jamie Rodriguez navigated the hilly course in excellent time this Saturday to take 3rd at the Bridge of Flowers 10k in Shelburne Falls, MA. Jamie was also joined by Team coach Jim Bowles at the 6.2 mile race. Team Utopia Results Jamie Rodriguez 32:33 Jim Bowles 41:32 19 August -- Large Team turnout for XC 5k 14 Team members came out for this HMRRC Grand Prix event, making a large presence of gold at the Bethlehem XC 5k this Monday evening. Jamie Rodriguez motored to a new course record of 16:00 as the runners conquered grass, gravel, asphalt, hill and dale en route to the eventual finish. Team Utopia Results Jamie Rodriguez 16:00 Chuck Terry 17:08 Ken Plowman 17:53 Adrian Soto 18:10 David Hettrich 18:26 Chris Dunne 19:14 Russ Lauer 19:40 John Parisella 19:50 Jim Bowles 20:30 Paul Turner 21:53 Nancy Taormina 22:10 Parker Race 22:47 Tina Willson 25:10 Al Maikels 27:32 24 August -- Phil Carducci's Altamont 5k brings out the best in the Team Nancy Taormina ran an excellent time and the rest of the team followed suit at the Altamont 5k this weekend. Thanks to Phil Carducci for hosting this event and inviting the Team to this top-notch local race. Team Utopia Results Jamie Rodriguez 15:16 Ken Plowman 16:26 Adrian Soto 17:16 Russ Lauer 17:58 John Parisella 18:24 Jim Bowles 19:31 Nancy Taormina 19:49 Kim DeRocco 20:42 Parker Race 20:55 Tina Willson 22:37 Charles Terry 23:43 26 August -- John and Jamie Three-Peat at Bethlehem XC 5k John Parisella and Jamie Rodriguez showed their love for cross country, running all three of the summer XC 5k series races in Bethlehem. Full results are available at hmrrc.com. Team Utopia Results John Parisella 22:13 Jamie Rodriguez 22:14