Gallery

The 2018 team (Ann, Jurek, Meagan, Forrest, BPE) with our secret 6th runner in front of Liam Maguire's in Falmouth, MA

The 2017 team (Jurek, Meagan, not Anthony, Bernhard and Ann), with Anthony missing

WHOI Becquerels

Since 1996, the centennial of Henri-Antoine Becquerel's discovery of radioactive decay, the WHOI Becquerels have been running the Cape Cod Marathon as a 5-person relay team.  Core members of the team are Jerzy Blusztajn and Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, and Stan Hart before he moved South.  Stace Beaulieu, Michelle Bennett, Crystal Breier, Peter Clift, Ann Dunlea, Roger Francois, Valier Galy, Rocky Geyer, Meagan Gonneea, Maura Hanning, Andy Heard, Forrest Horton, Matt Jackson, Peter Kelly, Anthony Kirincich, Pete Landry, Ben Linhoff, Kim Mayfield, Jill McDermott, Jerry McManus, Sune Nielsen, Sarah Rosengard, Ken Sims, Rob Spencer, Hubert Staudigel, Gretchen Swarr, Ann Tarrant and Chris Waters have been completing our team in past marathon relays.  While we'd like to finish the race in less than three hours and thirty minutes (sub-8 minute miles), what really motivates us is the post-race beer and grazing at Liam Maguire's Irish pub (or the Quarterdeck) near the finish line.

WHOI Becquerels' Results:

Year ---- Time  ---- Pace --- Relay runners (legs 1 to 5)

before 1996 --- we missed the first three marathon relay races in 1993, 1994 and 1995.

1996 --- 3:42:22 --- 8:29 --- Peter Clift-BPE-Jurek-Roger-Stan.

1997 --- 3:30:38 --- 8:03 --- Jerry-BPE-Jurek-Roger-Stan.

1998 --- 3:35:11  --- 8:13 --- Rocky-BPE-Jurek-Ken-Stan.

1999 --- 3:34:01 --- 8:10 --- BPE- ?  -Jurek- ?  -Stan.

2000 --- 3:46:19 --- 8:38 --- BPE- ?  -Jurek- ? -Stan.

2001 --- 3:37:23 --- 8:18 --- BPE-Rocky-Jurek-Hubert-Stan.

2002 --- 3:46:12 --- 8:38 --- BPE-Stace-Jurek-Ken-Stan.

2003 --- 3:35:46 --- 8:14 --- BPE-Stace-Jurek-Peter Kelly-Stan.

2004 --- 3:43:33 --- 8:32 --- BPE-Matt-Jurek-Maura-Stan.

2005 --- 3:24:24 --- 7:49 --- BPE-Matt-Jurek-Ken-Stace.

2006 --- 3:50:44 --- 8:48 --- BPE-Matt-Jurek-Maura-Stan.

2007 --- 3:40:14  --- 8:24 --- BPE-Stace-Jurek-Maura-Stan.

2008 --- 3:46:46 --- 8:39 --- Valier-Stace-Jurek-Pete-Stan.

2009 --- 3:36:11  --- 8:15 --- BPE-Stace-Jurek-Pete-Chris (Winner: mixed large business).

2010 --- 3:30:27  --- 8:02 --- BPE-Ben Linhoff-Jurek-Jill McDermott-Valier.

2011 --- 3:46:46  --- 8:39 --- BPE-Ben-Jurek-Rob Spencer-Sune Nielsen.

2012 --- 3:32:49  --- 8:07 --- Stace-Meagan-Jurek-Rachel-Ann T.

2013 --- 4:21:19   --- 9:59 --- BPE-Michelle-Jurek-Sune-Ann T.

2014 --- 3:50:57  --- 8:49 --- BPE-Meagan-Jurek-Ann T.-Crystal.

2015 --- 3:55:20  --- 8:59 --- BPE-Kim-Jurek-Ann T.-Sarah.

2016 --- 3:44:18  --- 8:34 --- BPE-Sarah-Jurek-Ann D.-Meagan.

2017 --- 3:58:50  --- 9:07 --- BPE-Meagan-Jurek-Anthony K.-Ann D.

2018 --- 3:49:16  --- 8:45 --- BPE-Meagan-Jurek-Forrest-Ann D. (last time on the old race course).

2019 --- 4:03:07  --- 9:27 --- BPE-Kim-Jurek-Ann D.-Forrest (on the new race course in raw weather).

2020 --- Canceled - COVID Pandemic

2021 --- Canceled - Storm

2022 --- 3:35:56 --- 8:15 --- BPE-Andy-Jurek-Anthony-Gretchen (our 25th race anniversary).

2023 --- 3:36:13 --- 8:15 --- Gretchen-Andy-Jurek-Anthony-BPE (10th out of 61 mixed teams).

2024 ---

Forrest, Jurek, Ann, Kim and Bernhard at our favorite post-race watering hole.

The 2012 WHOI Becquerel team with Jurek as team captain

The 2015 team - Our 20th Relay Anniversary (Sarah, Ann, Bernhard, Kim, Jurek)

What we do best... (Bascia)

Maura and Stace, 2007 (BPE)

The 2006 team, finishing leg 6! (Bascia)

Matt, 2006 - having left the competition in the dust...

Stace and Matt, our 2005 EBs

Jurek - after the leg.

Go, Stace, go!

Ken, wiped out after the race. (BPE)

Ken, finishing the fourth relay leg. (BPE)

Yeap - that's a tough leg!

Stan at the start of the final leg. (BPE)

Stan and Bernhard at the last relay exchange point. (Jeff Standish)

The 2005 team that broke the PR! Thanks, Stace!