Two BAOC members won gold medals at the US Long and Short Course Championships in New York. Gary Carpenter demolished the M50A field in the Long-O with a time of 78:52 (the second-place finisher was almost 12 minutes behind). Rick Oliver won the gold in the Short Course the following day in M35A. Below are the BAOC results (and some winning times).
Photo op: Wyatt Riley and Syd Reader (10th & 9th in the Long-O Champs) discuss routes after the race. (Photo by Angelica Riley.)
Left column: US Champ/Overall US Long Course Championships BLUE M21A -/1 Doug Mahoney 115:38 1/3 Mikell Platt 116:00 6/13 Rick Oliver 140:20 9/17 Syd Reader 143:54 10/18 Wyatt Riley 145:03 RED Y F21A 1/1 Sandy Teteau 89:01 6/9 Angelica Riley 122:08 RED X M40A 1/1 Ernst Linder 96:01 5/5 Tom Strat 118:29 GREEN M50A 1/1 Gary Carpenter 78:52 US Short Course Championships BLUE M21A -/1 Mike Waddington 24:57 1/2 Joe Brautigam 26:28 14/21 Syd Reader 33:15 16/24 Wyatt Riley 35:05 RED X M35A -/1 Granhold 25:48 1/2 Rick Oliver 25:55 M40A 3/3 Tom Strat 29:26 RED Y F21A 7/14 Angleica Riley 43:42 GREEN M50A 1/1 Steve Wilman 32:34 6/6 Gary Carpenter 38:40 F50A 1/1 Gail Gagarin 36:12 5/8 Marsha Jacobs 73:49