Highland City Striders

PRESS RELEASE

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The "Bev and Ed Whitney Memorial" 5k road race was held at the Horseshoe Pub, Hudson, this past Saturday (2/28). The 5K race had over 40 participants despite the bitter cold and harsh winds. There were nine members of of the local running club, the Highland City Striders, running in the race. Two placed in the top 5 (Ken Hutton 3rd and Greg Lafond 4th both from Marlborough). Notable was Sandee Fillios (Marlborough) who ran the 5K as the closing "sprint" to her 18 mile workout for the day as she prepares for the upcoming Boston Marathon. After the race, the runners gathered in the top floor of the Horseshoe Pub for the awards ceremony and some well-earned food and camaraderie.

The Highland City Striders is comprised of local runners from Hudson and Marlborough.

BREAKING NEWS

BREAKING NEWS

The Marlborough Enterprise and Hudson Sun
recently did a feature article on the STRIDERS - Check it out!

http://www.wickedlocal.com/marlborough/news/x1222995377/Running-club-offers-camaraderie

The Highland City Striders (HCS) have recently purchased their own domain name....save it to your favorites:

www.highlandcitystriders.org

Also, each year the HCS hosts a series of races in Marlborough to help the community. This year's race schedule is as follows:

September 1st - The Marlborough Laborous Labor Day 10 Mile Fun Run
Marlborough, MA 8:00AM Ghiloni Park, Concord Road (Beautiful, tough course on backroads of Marlboro. 10 can good entry for local food pantries.)

October 5th - The Marlborough Main Street Mile
Marlborough, MA 9:45AM Prospector east Saloon,, 520 Lincoln Street (A fast, down grade mile ending at city hall and the Marlboro Heritage Fair.)

November 30th - The Tough Ten Mile Turkey Trot
Marlborough, MA 9:00AM Ghiloni Park, Concord Road (Tough, beautiful course backroads of Marlboro - Entry 10 can goods for local food pantries.)

Striders Marathon Events

Date	Strider	Event	Location	Time	Place/Field	Note
23 Aug	John Tanner	Reykjavik	Iceland	3:01:47	19/567F	New
05 Oct	Gary Cattarin	Wineglass	Corning NY	2:54:15	13/547F	1st 45-49
11 Oct	Liz Masterjohn	Hartford	Hartford CT	4:00:30	837/194R
11 Oct	Todd Kitterman	Hartford	Hartford CT	4:00:35	838/194R
12 Oct	Dan Milton	Chicago	Chicago IL	3:39:21	3727/34000E
12 Oct	Sandee Fillios	Chicago	Chicago IL	4:41:18	15042/34000E	1st marathon
19 Oct	Dom Naples	Bay State	Lowell MA	3:24:33	280/1192F	1st marathon
19 Oct	Ken Hutton	Bay State	Lowell MA	3:37:12	461/1192F
19 Oct	kevin Fondas	Mt DesrtIs	BarHarbor ME	4:11:41	259/700F	Very hilly
02 Nov	John Tanner	New York	NYC NY	3:09:13	1651/4000E
02 Nov	Jeff Downin	Manchester	Manchester NH	4:00:28	211/434F

Records Set at Marlborough’ Main Street Mile

The expected sunny weather never made it to the start of the Marlborough Main Street Mile, but 73 competitors did, and fast times were reached by many. With cloudy skies and temperatures slightly over 50 degrees, Adam Parslow from West Boylston and Christopher Simpson from Arlington sprinted the entire downhill course and Parslow won with an amazing 4.21, just one second ahead of Simpson. The winning time tied a course record held by Rich Dorian, which was set in 2005.

On the women’s side, youngster, and Marlboro High standout Ally Oram smashed the course record running an amazing time of 4.55. The previous course record was held by Rebecca Connolly from Wilmington who placed second overall in a time of 5.09. Connolly’s old course record was 5.12.

Marlboro High’s cross country captain Mike Bryant (3rd overall) was the first male finisher from Marlboro in a time of 4.31. Ms. Oram was also the first female finisher from Marlboro.

The first parent-child team was John (5th) and Peter Kirk (15th) from Ashland in a combined time of 10.23 setting a new event record. The first parent-child team from Marlboro was David (10th) and Gwen Hogan (11th) in a combined time of 10.59.

The race was sponsored by the Marlboro Heritage Fair, Marlboro Recreation Department, Marlboro Police Department, Marlboro Wellness Committee and the Highland City Striders.

(See Results Page for this years race results.)

Striders Shine at Wayside 5k

Eight members of the Highland City Striders medaled at the Wayside 5k on Wednesday, June 25th at the Wayside Racquet Club in Marlborough. Fifteen total members participated in this popular, local event and many completed this tough (and long?) course with their best times! Great job Striders!

Ken Hutton Wins Worcester's 5k Jolly Jaunt

Members of the Highland City Striders from the greater Marlborough area traveled to Worcester on December 1st to compete in the Special Olympics' Jolly Jaunt 5k. The proceeds of this race go to support the Special Olympics of Massachusetts.

At the 9:30 AM start, 76 joyous runners began the race up Shrewsbury Street despite the chilling 25 degrees and 25 mph wind gusts. The Highland City Striders are famous for their on-going commitment to the community, and this race seemed like a perfect opportunity to "make a difference" in a child's life, and compete with local running teams.

Kenneth Hutton from Marlboro paced himself well for the first two miles, and strided down the last stretch to out-kick his nearest competitor by only three seconds in winning the overall race. Ken's time was an amazing 19.26 considering the strong head-wind the last mile.

Other medalist for the Striders include:

Elizabeth Mastejohn from Hudson winning the (17-29) female age group in a time of 22.04,
Lynne Hanko from Marlboro winning the (30-42) female age group in a time of 22.13,
Chuck Hanko from Marlboro winning the (40-34) male age group in a time of 22.06,
and Mark Vital from Marlboro placing 3rd in the (40-34) male age group in a time of 24.33.

Another Strider Sandra Fillios from Marlboro set a personal best in a time of 27.44.

Striders having FUN!

The Strider Clydesdales Win Hyannis Marathon Relay (Feb. 08)

The Striders Running at the Clinton Dam (Mother's Day 08')

Striders Making Big Difference in the Community Turkey Trot 2007

Who are the members of the Highland City Striders?

We are runners who live in the greater Marlborough area, who meet weekly to run various distances for fun and to keep in shape! We run, sweat and laugh together. Our club has been in existence since April 2004. All of our members are 14 years old and older, some of us are significantly older.

Striders at Police Chase (9/07)

Striders at the Clinton Dam (5/07)

What does it mean to be a Strider?

The Highland City Striders is a small group of runners who love to run together, play together and EAT together. We run weekly workouts and participate in local road races. In addition, we coordinate and run a number of low key races that support the local community. For example, last Thanksgiving we organized a road race that helped to raise over 800 can goods for the local food pantry.