"Taper schmaper."

Just six days after completing the Clarence DeMar Marathon in a time of 4:14:28, Patricia Clark drove up to the Maine Marathon to try for a faster finish. And she nailed it: Pat ran the course in 3:42:40, a personal best by 16 minutes.

With this performance Pat has earned her first Boston qualifier. Congratulations!

PLACE NAME                 NO.   PLC/TOT DIV   TOWN        ST GUNTIME  PACE  NETTIME
===== ==================== ===== ======= ===== =========== == =======  ===== =======
    1 CASEY CARROLL          282   1/49  M3034 DOVER       NH 2:39:18*  6:05 2:39:16*
    2 ROBERT ASHBY             2   1/57  M3539 BRUNSWICK   ME 2:41:29*  6:10 2:41:27*
    3 VINCENT CONNELLY       265   1/57  M4044 BROOKLINE   MA 2:44:09*  6:16 2:44:08*
    4 BENJAMIN LEWIS         687   1/35  M2029 IOWA CITY   IA 2:45:48*  6:20 2:45:45*
    5 ANDREW KESTLER         630   2/49  M3034 DENVER      CO 2:48:04*  6:25 2:48:03*
   21 ALISON WADE            397   1/81  F2029 NORTHAMPTON MA 3:09:49*  7:15 3:09:45*
  201 PATRICIA CLARK         333   8/38  F4044 WORCESTER   MA 3:43:55*  8:33 3:42:40*
  219 BRIAN CARROLL          623  27/57  M4044 WORCESTER   MA 3:46:49   8:40 3:45:15


* CONGRATULATIONS!! Boston Marathon qualifying time.