CERN Relay

18 May 2009


On the winners' platform


May 14th had a gloomy start, as ominous looking clouds rolled around the sky with intent, and the sun struggled to show its face. But a bit of weather was not enough to put off the runners in the CERN relay race. Oh no. At stake were pride, honour, and several surprisingly shiny trophies.

Teams of six ran the Meyrin-site course in stretches of 1000m, 800m, 800m, 500m, 500m, and 300m. Participation level was at a record high, with a total of 88 teams taking part. Much appreciated by all participants, Director General Rolf Heuer himself came to distribute the trophies at the award ceremony, and musical entertainment was provided by the Canettes Blues Band and the Santa Luis Band.

A total of eight teams from ATLAS took part. The ATLAS Delay Team came 9th overall, with a time of 12m18.2s; SLAC were 34th, completing the course in 13m4.9s; next were the Dead Pixels – 48th with a time of 13m36.6s; the Tile Jets ran in 13m41.6s, making them 51st overall; How to Run… the SCT finished in 61st place with 14m0.4s; in 68th were The Last Straw, running in 14m19.1s; the all-female Running Athenas ranked 77th with 15m4.4s; and finally the ATLAS Turtles finished 84th in a time of 17m0.9s. All impressive times considering the two big hills on the 3.9km circuit.

ATLAS was represented on the podium by the Running Athenas, who came second out of six all-female teams. It’s the fourth consecutive year that they’ve lost out to the CMS team, The CMS Sparks, this time by just 8 seconds. If you believe in karma you’d take this as a sign that ATLAS will definitely be first to find the Higgs…

Full ATLAS team listings are given below, and take a look at this week’s Photo Gallery for more fun images from the day.

 

ATLAS Delay Team; 9th; 12m18.2s

Andreas Salzburger

1000m

Niels van Eldik

800m

Johanna Fleckner

800m

Manuel Kayl

500m

Edward Moyse

500m

Andreas Wildauer

300m

 

SLAC team; 34th; 13m4.9s

Per Hansson

1000m

Philippe Grenier

800m

Paul Jackson

800m

Bart Butler

500m

Claus Horn

500m

David Miller

300m

 

Dead Pixels; 48th; 13m36.6s

Markus Keil

1000m

Andrew Nelson

800m

Kristof Schmieden

800m

Heather Gray 

500m

Robindra Prabhu 

500m

Anna Henrichs

300m

 

Tile Jets Tilecal team; 51st; 13m41.6s

Denis Santos

1000m

Lukas Prybl 

800m

Valerio Rossetti 

800m

Fábio Vinagre  

500m

Natanael Junior

500m

Rodrigo Pereira  

300m

 

How to run... the SCT team; 61st; 14m0.4s

Alison Lister

1000m

Per Johansson

800m

Ingo Torchiana 

800m

Nick Barlow

500m

Jose Garcia Navarro

500m

Saverio D'Auria

300m

 

The Last Straw team; 68th; 14m19.1s

Andrea Bocci

1000m

Marc Goulette

800m

Kirill Prokofiev

800m

Peter Cwetanski 

500m

James Degenhardt 

500m

Andrey Loginov 

300m

 

The Running ATHENAS; 77th; 15m4.4s

Helenka Przysiezniak Frey

1000m

Monica Dunford

800m

Jessica Leveque 

800m

Pauline Gagnon

500m

Shulamit Moed  

500m

Diana Scannicchio  

300m

 

ATLAS Turtles; 84th; 17m0.9

Florbela Viegas

1000m

Elisabeth Vinek

800m

Petya Lilova 

800m

Claire Gibon

500m

Kate Richardson

500m

Alexia Leyval 

300m

 

 

 

 

Ceri Perkins

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