Athena Track Club

Nationwide Club for Women Master Runners

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January 29, '10 Millrose Games, Madison Square Garden, New York

Athena won their fourth Millrose Games title in a row. The team of Kathleen Shook, Maryline Roux, Lorraine Jasper and Charmaine Roberts set a new record time of 4:20.03. 

Run Washington Report

January 30, '09 Millrose Games, Madison Square Garden, New York

Running in the famed Millrose Games meet at Madison Square Garden in New York, the Athena team of Jane Brooker, Maryline Roux, Julie Hayden and Joan Hunter won the 4x400m Masters Women relay in a new record time of 4:23.73. Full report featured on Run Washington here.

October 13, '08 USA Masters 10k Championship, Boston, MA

A week after winning the Masters 5k Championship, Patty Murray won the masters division of the Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women, which was also the USA Women's 10K Championship, on October 13 in Boston, MA. Patty ran an amazing 35:46 ahead of Joan Benoit-Samuelson. 
 

October 5, '08 USA Masters 5k Championship, Syracuse NY

Patty Murray was the overall winner of the USA Masters 5K Championships in Syracuse NY on Sunday, October 5 in 17:20. Marisa Hanson was second overall and first (45-49) in 17.41. Lorraine Jasper was suffering from the flu, but finished 5th in the 45-49 division in 19.35. 

Athena Track Club won the team award in the 40+ age division. 

2008 USA Masters 5 km Championships

Women 40-44
1 4 Patty Murray     43   17:20  Boulder       CO 

Women 45-49
1 6 Marisa Hanson    45   17:41  Pleasant Vly   NY
5 27 Lorraine Jasper 46   19:35  Birchrunville  PA 

Age Graded

4  Patty Murray      43 Boulder       CO   90.54  17:20  
5  Marisa Hanson     45 Pleasant Vly  NY   90.33  17:41
16 Lorraine Jasper   46 Birchrunville PA   82.43  19:35 

USATF NATIONAL MASTERS WOMEN'S 40+ TEAM RESULTS

February 1, '08 101st Millrose Games, New York, NY

Athena won its second consecutive Millrose Games 4x400 W40-49 relay title at Madison Square Gardens on Friday February 1, 2008. The team of Julie Hayden, Marissa Hanson, Terri Rath and Lorraine Jasper finished in 4:36.27. A report on Washington Running Report is here.  
 

August 2 - 5, '07 USA Masters Outdoor Championships, Orono, ME

Athena set a pending World Record in the W40-49 4x800m relay at the USA National Masters Outdoor Championships held at the University of Maine, Orono, ME from August 2 - 5, 2007. The 4x400m W40-49 team also won gold. Athena athletes won a total of eighteen gold, silver or bronze medals in individual events. Pictures are here.
 

April 27, '07 Penn Relays, Philadelphia, PA

Athena's 4x400m team of Joan Hunter, Terri Rath, Lorraine Jasper and Charmaine Roberts broke Athena's own USA 40-49 Outdoor 4x400m record at the Penn Relays in a new time of 4:12.64. Athena also won the 40-49 4x100m with a team of Julie Hayden, Terri Rath, Lorraine Jasper and Charmaine Roberts. 

The performance was featured in Washington Running Report, with picture here.
 

March 23-25, '07 USA Masters Indoor Championships Boston, MA

At the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Athena set a pending world record in the 4x400 W40-49 relay, lowering their own time from last year's championships. Athena also set a pending American record in the W30-39 4x800 relay and a pending American Club record in the 30-39 4x400m relay. 

Other highlights were Joan Hunter's two gold medals in the W40-44 400m and 800m, narrowly beating teammate Carrie Sherburne in both events. In the W45-49 800m Athena took the first three places with Terri Cassel first, Lorraine Jasper second and Julie Hayden third. In the W45-49 mile Lorraine took gold with Julie Hayden coming in third for the bronze medal. 

Team newcomer Charmaine Roberts placed second in the W35-39 800m and third in the 400m. Rounding out the medal haul were Terri Rath's bronze in the W40-44 200m and Caren Ware's silver medals in the W40-44 Pentathlon, 60m Hurdles and Long Jump. Results of all performances by Athena athletes are in the Results section.
 

February 25, '07 US Indoor Championships Boston, MA

Lorraine Jasper and Julie Hayden again represented Athena in a Masters Invitational race held during the USATF National Indoor Championships held at Reggie Lewis Arena in Boston MA. Pictures are available here.

 
February 2, '07 Millrose Games, New York

Running in the 100th Millrose Games at Madison Square Gardens, New York, the team of Caren Ware, Lorraine Jasper, Terri Rath and Joan Hunter comfortably won the Masters Women 40 - 49 4x400 Relay in a meet record of 4:27.28. The race was part of the USATF Masters Invitational Program. A report by Julie Hayden was featured on the Run Washington website. Pictures are available here.

The March 2007 issue of National Masters News reported on the event "In the masters' 4x400 relay the Athena Track Club came through on its vow to take down the meet record. The team of multi-event athlete Caren Ware and runners Lorraine Jasper, Terri Rath and Joan Hunter broke the old mark of 4:38.59 by running 4:27.28."

January 21, '07 Hartshorne Mile, Ithaca, NY

Lorraine Jasper and Julie Hayden represented Athena in the Masters Invitational Elite Mile at the running of the Hartsthorne Mile at Cornell University indoor track on January 21, 2007. Pictures are available here.

 
January 14, '07, Prince Georges Sports Complex, Landover MD.
Running at the PGC Sports Complex Indoor meet, Athena's team of Julie Hayden, Joan Hunter, Charmaine Roberts, and Terri Rath ran 4:26.9 for the 4x400m , faster than the existing American F35-39 record.
 

The New York Road Runners Thursday Night at the Armory, January 11, '07.
As reported in the march issue of National Masters News " Lorraine Jasper, 45, of the Athena track Club ran a fine triple with a 5:26.7 for the mile, 2:27.1 for the 800 and 12:17.1 for the two miles."
 

August 3-6, '06 USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships

At the USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships held in Charlotte, NC from August 3-6, 2006, Athena cemented their reputation as the best female masters relay team in the nation with comfortable wins in the 4x800m, and the 4x400m where they set a new W40-49 Masters record.

In the individual events Julie Hayden won the W45 1500M gold in a time of 5:06.64, a Master's PR. Teammate Stephanie Tubbs placed second in 5:11.68. In the W40 1500M Mary Grene took bronze with Lorraine Jasper finishing fifth.

Three athletes, Joan Hunter, Lorraine Jasper and Teri Rath qualified for a very competitive W40 400m Final finishing 5th, 7th and 8th respectively. Joan Hunter and Terri Rath both set PRs in the meet. In the W40 800m Athena again had three finalists with Lorriane Jasper placing second, Terri Rath fifth and Joan Hunter sixth. Julie Hayden took silver in the W45 800m.
 

June 24, '06 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships

Lorraine Jasper represented Athena Track Club at the USA National  Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis, IN competing in the Women 400 Meter Dash Masters. Lorraine placed third in a time of 1:03.51.
 

April 28, '06 - Athena at Penn Relays

Running in front of tens of thousands of spectators at Penn Relays in Philadelphia, PA, Athena Track Club setting a pending American Club Record in the Outdoor 4x400m for Women 40-49. The team of Miki Smith, Terri Rath, Julie Hayden and Lorraine Jasper won their event in a time of 4:23.48.
 

March 26, '06 - Highlights from USA Indoor Masters Championships, Boston MA

Running in their first meet as a team at the 2006 USA Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston MA, Athena Track Club made a big impression. Athena won the 4x400m Women's 40-49 relay setting a  new world record of 4:20.88. In the 4x800m relay for Women 40-49 Athena set a new American record of 9:55.86.  The team members for both relays were Miki Smith, Mary Grene, Terri Cassel and Lorraine Jasper. These records are pending ratification.

In individual events Athena also shone, with Mary Grene winning the W40-44 mile, Terri Cassell placing second in the W40-44 3000m, and Julie Hayden placing second in the W45-49 800m. Results of all performances by Athena athletes are in the Results section.