Cambridge Harriers Running Club

Jacob Zerko had another impressive result for the second week in a row. At the annual Brooks Spring Run Off in Toronto's High Park on Saturday, he competed in the 5K event and beat all the other 4,000 competitors to the finish line, crossing the line at the top of a very big hill in 16 minutes and 27 seconds.. Second place was 30 seconds behind and Jacob was interviewed by a television crew after the race (pictured).  ​

The annual Around the Bay Race is in the books now. Several Harriers competed, all but one were in the 30K event, and Jacob Zerko ran the 5K where he finished 4th in 16:16. Unfortunately, the leader of the 5K who was headed for a sure win in a fast time, followed the lead vehicle off course, taking a few other top runners with him. Those guys ran close to 5.8K. Jacob, however, stayed on course. The attached photo shows the start of the race with Ryan Tyrrell #10376 (the off-course guy) at the left and Jacob #10011 a bit farther back.
 In the 30K, Mike Hammond was our top finisher in 308th with a 2:16:07 clocking. Doug Rivera and Margaux Yvernogeau finished together in 2:32:42, and Heather Chan crossed the finish line in 3:43:51. Rob Brouillette finished 17th with a time of 1:50:30. 
 Blair Morgan was the men's winner, running the entire race on his own at the the front of the field of nearly 3500 runners and finishing in 1:37:46. The female winner, Sasha Gollish placed 8th overall and set a female masters record of 1:48:03. She was ahead of the first male master (over 40) as well. Former Harrier, Wayne Gagne, ran the 30K in 3:16:54. 

Some good fast racing went on in Burlington as the Robbie Burns 8K Road Race returned to the calendar. The top male and female finishers posted near-record times on the bare and dry course. Max Turek won in 23:13 and Rachel Hannah was the top female in 28:05.
  The Cambridge contingent was small but fast as well with Jacob Zerko placing 9th in the field of 500 in 26:34, and Rob Brouillette was 10th in 26:50. Rob was 2nd in the 30-39 age category. 

​Not everyone was sitting around recovering from the 25th this morning. A couple of our members were among the 450 runners competing in the annual Boxing Day Road Races in Hamilton today. Jacob Zerko made a late move to capture second place in the 4 mile event, finishing in 21 minutes and 30 seconds. Kingston's Miles Brackenbury won in 20:38.
  In the main event 10 miler, D'Arcy McKinley ran 1:30:47 to place 165th out of 300 runners. Cambridge's Carmen Douma-Hussar placed 8th overall and was first female in 58 minutes and 49 seconds.

​The Remember Run 5K was held in Riverside Park on Saturday. Brendan McFarlane was the overall winner in 17:52 and his father Tom was 9th overall in 20:41. Mike Hammond was the M50 category winner, finishing 9th overall in 20:16, while Gary Cassel ran 21:38 to place 14th overall and 2nd in the M50's.
 Katherine Willis won the W60 category with a 27:40 and Brenda Cassel won the W70 category in 45:25. Heather Chan placed 61st overall, running 29:03.
  At the Road2Hope race weekend in Hamilton, Margaux Yvernogeau set a pb by running the 10K in 42:53 and was the third female overall. In the Canadian Masters 10K championship category, Wayne Gagne ran 48:32 to win the M65 title. Sevanne Ghazarian ran in the elite 5k and had a time of 17:03 in 9th place.
 Last month, Mike Hammond was among the tens of thousands in the London (England) Marathon and posted a time of 3:02. Turns out he had covid at the time as well, hence the walking breaks he had to take.

  Steve Mota ran a 1:42 half marathon in the Victoria Half out on the west coast a couple of weeks ago. The scenic route was run in perfect warm and sunny weather.
  At the Waterloo Fall Classic 5K this past Sunday, Jacob Zerko ran another fast one, finishing 4th overall in 15:49. Rob Brouillette was 13th in 17:03 and Sevanne Ghazarian was the 4th place female with a time of 17:24. 250 runners were competing.

Congratulations to several Harriers who raced recently with  varying degrees of success!
   Heather Chan ran and finished her first marathon last weekend, running 5:18:18 in Toronto. Douglas Rivera also ran in Toronto, finishing in 3:42:40. In the accompanying 5KM event, Jacob Zerko finished tenth overall with  PB OF 15:46. 
 And Margaux Yvernogau's recent marathon was missed. She ran 3:25:08 in Montreal.

​Last weekend was the Summer Night 5K Road Race in London and we had two Harriers competing. Jacob Zerko placed 4th overall in 16:23 and Dave Johnson ran 27:15. Both were age category winners.