Paced by Debbie Lee‘s second-place finish in the W50 bracket of the Masters 5K, So Cal Track Club runners aquitted themselves well in one of the club’s primary off-season races, the Dana Point Turkey Trot on Thanskgiving.
Lee, less than a year from exiting the W50-54 bracket, covered the 5K course in 21:21, bested only by a new 50-year-old.
Lee’s Turkey Trot feat followed on her victory in the W50-and-up division of the Southern California USATF Cross Country Grand Prix series.
In the 10K, Barry Givens battled to second place in the M35 division and 28th overall, clocking 33:59. Teammate Jon Coletti was next in the M35 bracket, clocking 36:20.
Moving back to the Masters 5K, Mark Hulme grabbed sixth in the M45 division with his 17:15 effort. Darren Cox (17:41) won third-place honors in the M40 bracket. Matt Armbruster was ninth among the M45s at 18:01. Mark Cleary was fourth among the M50s, clocking 19:07.
Siri Kristjansson grabbed third among the 35-39 women, clocking 20:05.
Full results are at http://www.turkeytrot.com/raceresults.shtml