Dan Verrington won the Gold Medal at the masters national track championships in the 5K, winning by 14 seconds.  This was Dan's first EVER outdoor track race.  Dan also took home the silver medal in the 10,000 meters.

Dan also competed in the 800, placing 6th in his prelim and not advancing. Dan also ran a 4:36 1500.

 

Race conditions: 90 degrees, dew point 67, and 10 mph winds.

 

 M45 5000 Meter Run
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    Meet: # 15:30.45
    Name                     Age Team                    Finals  Points
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  1 Verrington, Daniel       M45 Bradford, MA          16:16.43    8
  2 Trunkes, Michael         M45 New Paltz, NY         16:30.85    6
  3 Poulos, Ted              M45 McLean, VA            17:13.54    4
  4 Conradt, Robert          M47 Portland, OR          17:41.61    3
  5 Pineo, Stuart            M46 Columbia, MD          17:50.25    2
  6 Lauff, Ken               M45 Sterling, IL          18:16.26    1
  7 Cleary, Mark             M48 Rancho Santa Margar   18:48.64
  8 Mendez, Richard          M45 Austin, TX            19:26.80
  9 Moyer, Steve             M49 Reston, VA            20:43.67
 10 *Beaudoin, Marc          M49 Dieppe, NB, CO        22:40.05

 

M45 800 Meter Run ================================================================ USATF: * 1:54.18 Meet: # 1:58.70 1994 Name Age Team Prelims ================================================================ Heat 1 Preliminaries 1 Paulk, Kevin M47 Portland, OR 2:05.49Q 2 Watts, Jim M45 Beverly, MA 2:05.91Q 3 Dolan, Patrick M45 Sewell, NJ 2:06.39Q 4 DeSantis, Bobby M47 Clearwater, FL 2:07.73q 5 Lucas, David M48 Santa Jose, CA 2:08.15q 6 Fussell, Michael M49 Cumming, GA 2:12.25 Heat 2 Preliminaries 1 Allah, Saladin M47 Piscataway, NJ 2:05.72Q 2 Nearman, Steven M47 Alexandria, VA 2:06.33Q 3 Shields, Charles M48 Abington, PA 2:06.46Q 4 Bynoe, David M45 Williamstown, NJ 2:15.76 5 Halsmer, Dominic M45 Jenks, OK 2:16.01 6 Verrington, Daniel M45 Bradford, MA 2:20.65 7 DiStefano, John M48 Chesterfield, MO 2:21.31 ================================================================ M45 1500 Meter Run =============================================================== USATF: * 4:00.53 Meet: # 4:02.40 1992 Name Age Team Finals =============================================================== 1 Kevin Paulk M47 Portland, OR 4:22.63 2 Rodney Zook M45 Hutchinson, KS 4:23.89 3 Charles Shields M48 Abington, PA 4:24.29 4 Patrick Dolan M45 Sewell, NJ 4:26.06 5 Stuart Pineo M46 Columbia, MD 4:29.93 6 Richard Mendez M45 Austin, TX 4:31.75 7 Bobby DeSantis M47 Clearwater, FL 4:32.70 8 Jeffrey Cullinane M48 Hampton, NH 4:35.61 9 Daniel Verrington M45 Bradford, MA 4:36.92 10 David Lucas M48 Santa Jose, CA 4:39.98 11 Steven Kollars M48 Sacramento, CA 4:45.16 Event 620 M45 10000 Meter Run =============================================================== 45 USATF: * 31:48.0h Ray Hatton 45 Meet: # 32:07.89 Name Age Team Finals =============================================================== 1 Mark Stickley M45 Winchester, VA 33:11.65 2 Daniel Verrington M45 Bradford, MA 34:03.61 3 Ted Poulos M45 McLean, VA 35:07.93 4 Robert Conradt M47 Portland, OR 36:21.34 5 Richard Mendez M45 Austin, TX 37:25.03 6 Mark Cleary M48 Rancho Santa Margar 39:30.47