Vax to Flax 2007

Vax to Flax 2007

May 5, 2007 Best Finishers (time) Male Faculty/Staff – Chris Gobler (35:05) Female Faculty/Staff – Lindsay Moore (38:09) Male Student – Aaron Beck (34:15) Female Student – Sheryl Bell (41:00) photos by ‘Ruth Coffey’, ‘Nuria...
Vax to Flax 2007

Vax to Flax 2006

May 6, 2006 photos by ‘Teresa Mathews & Patrice Argant’, ‘Ann Zulkosky’ Available on Google Photos.

MSRC Students/Faculty Flex Muscles

This spring – in addition to the usual final exams, finishing theses, and graduation – many MSRC students, faculty and staff tested their mettle in a variety of sporting events around campus. The 16th Annual Roth Pond Regatta, held on April 29, was the...
Vax to Flax 2007

Vax to Flax 2005

May 14, 2005 photos by ‘Ann Zulkosky’, ‘Yi Zheng’ Photos on Google Photos.

VAX to Flax 2004

May 8, 2004 Best Times Male Faculty Pete Strutton (32:26)Female Faculty Zanna Chase (33:46) Male Student Aaron Beck (30:44)Female Student Megan Dantzler (37:11)As for the Student vs. Faculty competition, the Faculty won yet again. Thanks again everybody for making the...

Vax to Flax 2003

May 4, 2003 Murphy’s Law says if you move an event due to rain it will be a beautiful day, and if we had kept it as scheduled the rain would have come with a vengeance. Luckily both days were nice and the event was asuccess. Thank you to everyone who...

Vax to Flax 2002

This year’s annual Vax to Flax race took place on Saturday, May 4.  This annual tradition is a 4.6 mile (7.5 km) race from Endeavor (Vax) to Flax Pond. Participants can run, walk, or bike. People traveling to Flax on foot are considered part of a team (students...

Vax to Flax 2001

The students won this year, but only because the faculty/staff team was disqualified due to lack of female participants. Technically, the average time for faculty/staff was faster. What is the Vax to Flax? Vax to Flax is the annual walk/run from MSRC, (Vax, the name...
1996 VAX To FLAX Official Results

1996 VAX To FLAX Official Results

The first official Vax to Flax was a success! The weather was cool and sunny. Bloody Mary’s and bagels at the end kept the runner’s motivated. The reverse course seemed to please most people-less hills and scenic Flax Pond. Student’s won, but it was...

Vax to Flax 1994

RacersMSRC students compete with faculty and staff in the annual five-mile Flax (Pond Laboratory) to VAX (computer facility at South Campus) race. The faculty and staff won this year’s race. PicnicThe post-race picnic this spring was combined with the annual...

Students Take Fourth Flax to Vax Challenge

Stony Brook, New York, April 27, 1992 Student runners were victorious for the first time in the fourth annual running of the Flax to Vax Challenge on a cool but sunny morning, Sunday. With an average time of 33 ’00”, the fastest-ten students outpaced the...