Terry Hershey parkrun #50 Notes

These are some notes that I compiled from the results of the parkrun at Terry Hershey Park on Saturday, December 21, 2019:

+  Saturday, December 21, 2019 was Terry Hershey parkrun's 50th race.  Of the 28 USA parkruns who have had 50 races, the 75 finishers was the fifth highest ever.  (In case, you're wondering, 93 is the mark, set by College Park two years ago, when they hosted their 51st race.)

+  The 15 volunteers Saturday were the most ever, surpassing the 14 the race had the week before.  (Only Jamaica Pond and Kensington had more volunteers for their 50th race, 23 and 17, respectively.)

+  First finisher Peter Lawrence ran his first parkrun ever, finishing in 16:56, just eight seconds off of Andrew Johnston's event record of 16:48.  Johnston, who has won 30 Terry Hershey parkruns, was second in 17:01.

+  First female finisher Alison Matthews won her fourth race - in four tries - at Terry Hershey with a personal best time of 20:14.  Two of those four wins, she was the first finisher for the entire race.

+  Third place finisher Edward Katz joined us on Saturday after running the Jamaica Pond parkrun in Boston six times since 11/2/19.

+  John Yoder, who finished fourth overall, is one finish shy of his 25th Terry Hershey parkrun.

+  Charles Tremlett, sixth in 20:41, completed his 15th parkrun for 2019, including 13 at Cornwall, NZ and the other at Taupo, NZ.

+  Darren Oxspring completed his 25th career parkrun - all this year, with 24 coming at Terry Hershey and the other finish was at Torquay, Australia.

+  Oxspring and Francis Ogbonna, who finished immediately behind him, both earned a new personal best for their second consecutive race.

+  Peter Haasz, 14th overall, like Katz, joined us after running six Parkville, Australia parkruns since 10/26/19.

+  Andrea Williams, who ran her 20th Terry Hershey parkrun on Saturday, is just four away from 50 career parkruns.

+  Six consecutive runners - in places 22 through 27 -- ran new personal bests -- Isaac and Jesse Harvey, Mark Coleman, Barry Tyther, Clint Hutchinson and James Barry.