2011 Results – the Biggest Field (and Longest Course) Yet!

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RUN/WALK FOR TARA

2011 Results and Recap

November 11, 2011

EASTHAMPTON, GALBRAITH FIELD:  Approximately 280 people participated in the tenth annual Run/Walk for Tara to benefit eating disorder programs on Friday, November 11, the birthday of Tara Sheehan, a Southampton resident and runner who died of anorexia in 2002. Walkers and runners enjoyed the cross country 3.5 mile course on a windy 48 degree day. This was the largest field of participants ever.

Officials from the Williston-Northampton School, the city of Easthampton and the Run for Tara had to make some changes in the course, due to damage caused by the October snow storm.  The result was a 3.5 mile course, rather than the traditional 5K (3.1 miles), but all of the participants were up for the extra challenge.

Members of the Sheehan family welcomed the runners and walkers, thanking them for coming out to celebrate Tara’s birthday and to raise funds to support eating disorder programs.   The Southampton Community Chorus, under the direction of Kathy Marks, entertained everyone with rousing folk songs.

Donald Pacher ran a strong race from start to finish, completing the course in 20:31 – 25 seconds ahead of runner-up Roger Furr. Maura McDonald and Elizabeth Cullen came in 1-2 in the women’s race, finishing in 24:12 and 24:44 respectively.

The 10^th annual Run for Tara also added a new event this year. Eighteen children between the ages of 3 and 8 participated in the first quarter mile race, competing for ice cream cones from Mt.Tom’s Homemade Ice Cream. Kimberly won the 7-8 division with the best overall time, a blazing 1:36 — a faster pace than all but three of the adults! Maddison won the 5-6 division with a 2:13, while Teddy led the packed (10 runners) 3-4 division with a 2:33. Brady, Sadie, and Thomas were runners-up in the 7-8, 5-6, and 3-4 divisions respectively.  Most importantly, all of the kids had a fun time, feasted on pretzels after the race, and now have a personal time to try to beat on November 11, 2012.

This year, THE TARA FUND is giving a grant to MEDA, the Multi-Service Eating Disorder Association, to do educational workshops in the high schools and colleges in western Massachusetts.

Last year, the TARA FUND gave a $5000 grant to the Walden Behavioral Center, in Northampton, to set up a scholarship in Tara’s name, to assist people who don’t have insurance or whose insurance doesn’t cover the cost of the program.

More than 10 million people suffer from eating disorders in the U.S.

Nancy Conz again served as this year’s race coordinator, working with Johanna Korpita, Janet Brown, Virginia Ahart and their team of 60 volunteers.

In addition to the volunteers, the Sheehan family would like to thank the host – the Williston Northampton School– for making the event possible and its sponsors for raising so much money for eating disorder awareness and treatment. Major sponsors include: Alterrnate Generator, Florence Savings Bank, Goggins Real Estate, David Sullivan, D.A., Easthampton Savings Bank, Finck & Perras Insurance, and murraycharitymall.com.  In addition, Bashista Orchards, Gorrilla Bars, and the Manhan Café provided food and fuel for runners and volunteers.  Finally, more than 75 local individuals and businesses donated prizes for the annual raffle that follows the race.  A list of all co-sponsors will be posted to the website this week.

If you would like to contribute to this year’s effort, please send a check to THE TARA FUND, c/o John and Maureen Sheehan, 127 Pomeroy Meadow Rd., Southampton, MA 01073.

In order of finish, runners are listed below. Results from the children’s quarter mile are then listed alphabetically by age group.

Run for Tara 2011 3.5 miles 11/11/11
Overall	First name	Last name	Time	Male Finish	Female Finish
1	Donald	Pacher	20:31	1
2	Roger	Furr	20:56	2
3	Jason	Collins	21:44	3
4	Jason	Beaver	22:49	4
5	Barry	Auskein	23:07	5
6	Craig	Stokowski	23:18	6
7	Eric	Nazar	23:24	7
8	Scott	Johnson-Yasufuhu	23:37	8
9	Cooper	Valinski	23:47	9
10	Dan	Korpita	23:56	10
11	Maura	McDonald	24:12		1
12	Donald	Payson	24:14	11
13	Elizabeth	Cullen	24:44		2
14	Devin	Durand	25:02	12
15	Patrick	Pezzati	25:03	13
16	Tanya	Rapinchuk	25:15		3
17	Ed	Buckley	25:22	14
18	Emma	Gonzalez	25:44		4
19	Cassidy	Valinski	25:51		5
20	Alex	Bakr	25:51	15
21	Caroline	Norton	26:00		6
22	Tyler	Valinski	26:32	16
23	Kathleen	Fownes	26:36		7
24	Shanna	Burke	26:36		8
25	Cornelia	Sullivan	26:45		9
26	Alison	Mehlman	26:47		10
27	Caroline	Angel Burke	26:49		11
28	Brian	Lagueux	26:52	17
29	Clara	Dahill-Baue	26:54		12
30	Scott	Sanderson	26:56	18
31	Leeann	Cerpovicz	27:17		13
32	Kimberly	Collins	27:27		14
33	Steven	Gagne	27:27	19
34	Karen	Hendry	27:27		15
35	Michelle	Thompson	27:33		16
36	Amanda	Rodriguez	27:36		17
37	Ryan	Zygarowski	27:37	20
38	Sara	Vadeen	27:40		18
39	Frank	Ansanitis	27:46	21
40	Jennifer	Surgen	27:50		19
41	Jason	Grimard	27:55	22
42	Anonymous		27:58
43	Jeffrey	Guiel	28:00	23
44	Jackie	Gaw	28:02		20
45	Steve	Nickoski	28:08	24
46	Allen	Martin	28:21	25
47	Leah	Alper	28:29		21
48	Kevin	Collins	28:43	26
49	Aimee	Kroll-Desrosiers	28:47		22
50	Heidi	Besse	28:51		23
51	Ryder	Valinski	28:55	27
52	Tucker	Valinski	29:08	28
53	Connor	Touhey	29:28	29
54	Dan	Touhey	29:33	30
55	Leah	Hantman	29:47		24
56	Patrick	Connor	29:50	31
57	Alicia	Wendolowski	29:51		25
58	Steven	Silverman	30:05	32
59	Meredith	Mase	30:13		26
60	Jen	Tabor	30:15		27
61	Ann	Yereniuk	30:22		28
62	Eric	Jones	30:27	33
63	Peter	Valinski	30:30	34
64	Bob	Massard	30:33	35
65	Ray	Gottlieb	30:47	36
66	Anonymous		30:48
67	Dennis	Beaver	31:10	37
68	Madeline	Silverman	31:13		29
69	Amanda	Kemberling	31:19		30
70	Matthew	Lavoi	31:19	38
71	Lauren	Smith	31:20		31
72	Cassandra	Bigelow	31:22		32
73	Nathalie	Ritz	31:42		33
74	Sarah	Wright	31:56		34
75	Debra	Ansanitis	32:01		35
76	Jennifer	Szafir	32:06		36
77	Brendon	Weir	32:07	39
78	Ms	Mapinchuk-Souccar	32:10		37
79	PB	Brown	32:11	40
80	Mary	Hart	32:17		38
81	Richard	L’Heurauxw/ 1st dog Nike	32:31	41
82	Chris	Hagar	32:32	42
83	Michael	Korpita	32:46	43
84	John	Audet	32:54	44
85	Shiela	Heyer	32:55		39
86	Kelly	Ferriter	32:55		40
87	Brenda	Marchelti	33:06		41
88	Michael	Rood	33:12	45
89	Dave	Mendoza	33:35	46
90	Bill	Butman	33:35	47
91	Jennafer	Valinski	33:43		42
92	Ray	Miller	33:44	48
93	Sydney	Henthorn	33:55	49
94	Libby	Baldwin	33:59		43
95	Shannon	Massey	34:06		44
96	Kimberly	Bourque	34:06		45
97	Jane	O’Riordan	34:11		46
98	Amy	Paquette	34:11		47
99	Jackson	Silverman	34:24	50
100	Brigid	O’Riordan	34:46		48
101	Mark	Ames	35:10	51
102	Nina	Allen	35:10		49
103	Debi	Pinsky	35:17		50
104	Nick	Eline	35:21	52
105	Cara	DelTatto	35:44		51
106	Anne	Porter	35:58		52
107	Nancy	Tabor	36:01		53
108	Joanine	Carey	36:30		54
109	Colleen	Ligenza	36:37		55
110	Isabel	Fortier	36:38		56
111	Lori	Ingraham	37:16		57
112	Pat	Monska	37:26		58
113	Sarah	Buckley	37:27		59
114	Steven	Hardy	37:38	53
115	Joy	Spear	38:23		60
116	Karen	Hardy	38:24		61
117	Jennifer	Pise	38:33		62
118	Madie	Kane	38:36		63
119	Beth	Ouellette	38:36		64
120	Tadgh	Buckley	38:36	54
121	Rebecca	Sanders	38:47		65
122	Lori	Pukakoski	38:52		66
123	Shelby	Marowitz	39:21		67
124	Daniel	Dodson	39:27	55
125	Alayna	Miller	41:44		68
126	Gary	Baldwin	42:06	56
127	Ohare	Buckley	42:09		69
128	Roger	Farnsworth	42:42	57
129	Susan	McNamara	43:52		70
130	Marc	Jillson	44:56	58
131	Mary Kate	Carey	44:56		71

1st Annual Kids Quarter Mile
Division			Winners and Runners-Up
		3-4	Teddy, Thomas
		5-6	Maddison, Sadie
		7-8	Kimberly, Brady
All Runners in Kids Quarter Mile
	Name		Time	Age Group
	Alyssa		2:44	3-4
	Billy		4:28	3-4
	Charlie		3:41	3-4
	Charlotte		4:40	3-4
	Dane		2:52	3-4
	Elizabeth		4:04	3-4
	Milo		2:58	3-4
	Piper		3:28	3-4
	Teddy		2:33	3-4
	Thomas		2:36	3-4
	Clare		2:27	5-6
	Fiona		2:20	5-6
	Maddison		2:13	5-6
	Sadie		2:15	5-6
	Summer		2:51	5-6
	Brady		1:55	7-8
	Kimberly		1:36	7-8
	Mabel		2:16	7-8