(Photo Credit: Ted Norton)The NETT men's team won its third straight title at the Andover Country Club Cross Country Race, while the women's team finished third overall, thanks in great part to a last minute addition (more on that later) and a couple very strong runs by our top Ponyettes.
The men's team was without its top two runners but still managed to hold off six other teams to win. All five scoring members of NETT were in the top 20 of the race.
Men were led by Dave H finishing 8th overall, with Young John Kinnee just a couple spots behind in 10th.
Paul Y ran a PR on the course to score as our third man (fourth master in the race), while Toledo Joe also turned in a strong PR in the fourth NETT spot. And Frank KJ definitely didn't leave anything on the course in his first trip to Andover, finishing up the NETT scoring running very hard (I mean he looked like he was ready to explode at the finish--he knew there were points on the line for us!).
In a new twist, it was the first time NETT has fielded a women's team at Andover after having a men's team compete for five straight years now. The women's team was led by Adrienne Cyrulik, running for the first time at Andover, followed closely (as the photo will indicate) by Tina Wang with another strong performance. But the REAL Thanks of the day go to Toledo Joe's better half Kim for entering her FIRST EVER race to complete the NETT women's team and give them a third-place finish. 
As usual, the post-race fare was beyond compare and the beer flowed foamy but frequent and free. We even met some new folks at the race. ("You guys are the fastest table we've ever sat at," they said after we all went up and got our awards!
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And yes, Jerry was missed this year, but he was the victim of a "ponybashing" incident where several GBTC guys jumped him and split his head open! Tough luck, tick man, but we'll be there for your next time.
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