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RTK Mizuno was founded by 4 alumni from Bentley College. 8 of the current 9 man roster are Bentley College graduates with the 9th member coming from Bryant College. The goal of the club is to be a competitive club without the "big-club" feel. All members have NCAA Division II National Championship experience. RTK has presently wrapped up its Fall Racing season, and will now shift its focus to the Boston Marathon in April 2006. Meet the members of RTK...
| John Brinegar | |||
| 5000m | 15:45 | Founding Member/Business Mgr of RTK Mizuno | |
| 10000m | 33:06 | 2x 2nd Team All-Conference - Northeast 10 | |
| BS in Management '02 | |||
| Boston will be John's marathon debut. His favorite event was 5k and 10k on the track. In recent years, his focus has shifted to half-marathons and marathons. | |||
| Mike Killam | |||
| 1500m | 4:03 | BS in Management '04 | |
| 3000m | 8:30 | MBA Candidate '06 | |
| 5000m | 15:05 | ||
| 8000m | 25:21 | ||
| 10000m | 32:02 | ||
| ½ Marathon | 1:12 | ||
| Boston will also be the Marathon debut for Mike Killam. His 1:12 at the New Bedford Half last year has Mike working for a 2:40 debut. Before choosing to step-up to the Marathon, Mike preferred 5k's on the track and 5-mile races on the road. | |||
| Billy Muse | |||
| 800m | 1:54 | BS in Management '02 | |
| 1500m | 4:03 | ||
| 8000m | 26:40 | ||
| Billy was an 800m specialist at Bentley. Through the urging of RTK Billy has developed into one of the solid contributors on the road in 5k's and 5-mile races. Billy took a shot at a Half-Marathon to help the team and ran an impressive 1:20 off of limited training. | |||
| Eric Narcisi | |||
| 5000m | 15:17 | BS in Accounting '01 | |
| 8000m | 26:05 | ||
| 10000m | 32:21 | ||
| Eric is the lone member of RTK that is not a Bentley Alumni. Eric is the former 5k record holder at Bryant College and one of the few alumni to qualify as an individual to the NCAA XC Division II National meet. Eric is working back into form and hopes to make his Marathon debut in fall 2006. | |||
| Lou Raffetto | |||
| 1500m | 3:53 | Founding Member/Secretary of RTK Mizuno | |
| Mile | 4:11 | BS in Finance '03 | |
| 3000m | 8:42 | ||
| 5000m | 15:15 | ||
| 8000m | 25:28 | ||
| 10000m | 32:22 | ||
| ½ Marathon | 1:13 | ||
| Marathon | 2:43 | ||
| Lou is the current Bentley College school record holder in the mile. He also holds the fastest marathon PR of RTK with his 2:43 debut at Philadelphia in 2004. Lou looks to take his first shot at Boston this April. | |||
| Ryan Spinney | |||
| 5000m | 15:42 | BS in Management '04 | |
| 8000m | 26:40 | ||
| 10000m | 32:54 | ||
| ½ Marathon | 1:15 | ||
| Marathon | 2:47 | ||
| Ryan is the workhorse of RTK. Having currently run 3 marathons in the last 11 months, Ryan has already begun his training for Boston. With one Boston Marathon under his belt Ryan looks to improve his marathon PR to sub 2:45 this April. | |||
| Martin Van Buren | |||
| 5000m | 15:44 | BS in Management '04 | |
| 8000m | 26:40 | MBA Candidate '06 | |
| 10000m | 32:54 | ||
| Marathon | 2:55 | ||
| Martin has run 5 previous marathons and has the most experience at the distance for RTK. He plans to go after the sub 2:45 barrier this April with hopes of one day running sub 2:35 on the Boston course. | |||
| Derek Watulak | |||
| 1500m | 4:02 | Founding Member/President of RTK Mizuno | |
| 3000m | 8:50 | BS in Economics/Finance '02 | |
| 5000m | 15:17 | 1st Team All-Region in XC - East Region | |
| 8000m | 25:25 | MA International Eco/FI '04 | |
| 10000m | 32:04 | 1 st Team All-Conference in XC - Northeast 10 | |
| 10 Miles | 56:09 | 2x 2 nd Team All-Conference - Northeast 10 | |
| ½ Marathon | 1:13 | ||
| Derek will be making his marathon debut at Boston this April. Current race results and training have Derek looking for a 2:40 debut. Prior to the decision to move up to the Marathon, Derek found success on the roads in 5-mile and 10k races. Most notably was Derek improving his 8000m time to 25:25 after a previous mark of 26min. | |||
| Daniel Yifru | |||
| Mile | 4:14 | Founding Member/Vice President of RTK Mizuno | |
| 3000m | 8:29 | BS in Finance '02 | |
| 5000m | 15:01 | Conference Champion in XC - Northeast 10 | |
| 8000m | 24:57 | 1st Team All-Region in XC - Northeast Region | |
| 10000m | 32:40 | 2x 1st Team All-Conference - Northeast 10 | |
| 10 Miles | 55:10 | 2nd Team All-Conference - Northeast 10 | |
| ½ Marathon | 1:12 | ||
| Daniel is also looking for a 2:40 marathon debut in Boston. With the best range of all the members of RTK, Daniel is currently considering a return to the track this winter to get in a different type of speed work before shifting to Marathon training. The former Bentley College record holder in the mile hopes to improve upon his collegiate 3k PR of 8:29. | |||