2009 Merrimack River Trail Race

18th Annual

MERRIMACK RIVER TRAIL RACE

April 11, 2009 - 9:00 AM
Back parking lot of the Wyndham Hotel –
Old River Road, Andover, Ma.

Download and Print Race Application

Water will be located at the start/finish, the turn-around (5 miles) and an unmanned stop at 2.5/7.5m.

Portable Bathroom Facilities will be supplied, please do not use the Hotel’s facilities, the continuation of the race may depend on your consideration.

Snow and ice may affect trail conditions, call to ensure race status. 

Registration and Parking: Ample parking located in the back parking lot of the Wyndam Hotel - Old River Road, Andover, MA.

Distance: 10 miles (out/back course)

Entry Fee:$ 10.00 pre / $15.00 post – Add $5 for Technical t-shirt (only 100 shirts).

Make checks payable to: Stephen Peterson, mail to:  134 Robin Hill Rd., Chelmsford, MA 01824

Water Stations:  Unmanned at 2.5 and 7.5 miles, manned at 5 miles.

Prizes: Home baked “Dunham” treats to male and female winners

Homemade “Barbara” banana bread to male and female (40 to 49) winners, Fresh baked cookies to 50+ winners

Refreshments: bagels, drinks, and snacks will be available following the race. 

Large Post-race raffle & Awards @ 10:45 AM

Google Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=old+river+rd,+Andover+MA&iwloc=A&iwstate2=savedloc%3A1&hl=en

Course map and profile: http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=16028

Questions? Call Steve (508-628-8943 days, voice mail 24 hrs) or E-mail at stephen.peterson@ca.com

Video from 2008's race courtesy of Tim VanOrden

Weekend results

WINNERS CIRCLE RUNNING CLUB 4 MILER
APRIL FOOLS SALISBURY MA MARCH 28, 2009
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1 MATT ELY 19:28
2 DAN VASSALO 19:32
3 BEN SCHMECKPEPER 19:44
4 Patrick Rich 20:37 CMS
5 CHRIS HAMEL 21:43
6 CHRIS KEALEY 21:51
7 GREG ENGLEHART 21:59
8 THOMAS JARVELA 22:15
9 BEN STRAIN 22:31 CMS
10 Alex Brown 22:35

11th Annual Gilmanton Road Race
March 28, 2009 5 Kilometers(USATF Cert. NH09003RF)
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1 16:08 5:12 Justin Fyffe CMS
2 16:14 5:14 Job Christiansen
3 16:16 5:14 Justin Freeman
4 16:21 5:16 Wilson Perez
5 16:24 5:17 Chris Mahoney
6 16:31 5:19 Eric Morse CMS 40+
7 16:44 5:23 Brandon Newbould
8 16:56 5:28 Mark Miller
9 17:05 5:30 Christian Muetner
10 17:06 5:31 Dan Verrington CMS 40+

12 17:13 5:33 David Quintal CMS 40+

Run for the Border 20 Miler
1 1:45:40 5:17 Casey Moulton
2 1:50:54 5:33 Shaun Evans
3 1:52:11 5:37 Junyong Park
4 1:52:25 5:37 Ryan Aschbrenner
5 1:55:31 5:47 Matthias Schlipf
6 1:56:31 5:50 Jim Johnson CMS
7 1:58:20 5:55 Jon Chesto
8 1:58:24 5:55 Tomoaki Uchiki
9 2:03:18 6:10 Hunter Bennett-Daggett
10 2:04:34 6:14 Todd Archambault

2009 Mt Washington

Results of the Mt Washington lottery are in. I've listed the CMS members who got into the race and below that our team results from last year (when it was the National Championship).

Open team
CLARK MATTHEW M 26
FYFFE JUSTIN M 29
JOHNSON JIM M 32
LOW PAUL M 35
NEPHEW BEN M 33
TILTON KEVIN M 27

40+ team
BURDETT FRANCIS M 44
COLEMAN EDWARD M 46
DUNHAM DAVE M 45
KUKLINSKI WALTER M 60
LAPIERRE DAVID M 45
MORSE ERIC M 44
PETERSON STEPHEN M 43
QUINTAL DAVID M 46
VERRINGTON DANIEL M 46
WOODMAN MICHAEL M 43
WALSH JOHN M 42

Women
MCMANUS BARBARA F 41
SHAKAR JACQUELINE F 49
RYAN ANNIE F 52

MALE OPEN TEAMS-
1. BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOC
1:00:39 1:06:19 1:06:40 1:06:53 1:08:39 (1:13:22) (1:14:17) = 5:29:10
Eric Blake, Mark Larosa, Ben Schmeckpeper, Matthew Ely, Sean
Livingston, Matthew Carter, Andy MacDonald
2. CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
1:06:31 1:06:56 1:07:50 1:08:05 1:09:08 (1:10:40) (1:13:09) = 5:38:30
Kevin Tilton, Eric Morse, Ben Nephew, Matthew Clark, Dave Dunham,
Daniel Verrington, Jeremy Huckins

MALE MASTERS TEAM RESULTS
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1. CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
1:06:56 1:09:08 1:10:40 1:13:05 1:15:28 (1:19:22) (1:21:21) = 5:55:17
Eric Morse, Dave Dunham, Daniel Verrington, Francis Burdett, David
Quintal, Stephen Peterson, Michael Woodman

Grand Prix scoring

After 2 of 7 races
Open
Patrick Tarpy RUN 20
Michael Chettle BAA 13
Casey Moulton RUN 11
Brendan Callahan BAA 11
Matthew Ely BAA 9
Patrick Moulton BAA 9
Mark Miller BAA 8
Frank Corrigan Unatt 6
Justin Fyffe CMS 6
Curtis Wheeler GTD 5
David Bedoya GBTC 3
Matthew Kerr BAA 3
Nicholas Wheeler GTC 2
Ryan Carrara NBB 2
Nate Freese GBTC 1
Andrew Hill BAA 1

Masters
Titus Mutinda RUN 20
Joe Shairs CMS 18
Jonathan Fortescue BAA 12
Dan Verrington CMS 11
Wayne Levy BAA 11
Glen Guillemette RH 8
Henry Scollard CRC 7
Mike Platt WRT 7
Mike Cooney WRT 7
Chris Teague HFC 5
David Quintal CMS 2
Joe O'Leary SRR 1
Jason Cakouros HFC 1

Open Teams
BAA 40
GBTC 37
CMS 36
WRT 32

40+ Teams
WRT 35
CMS 32
BAA 29
GSH 27
GLRR 27

Results this weekend (so far)

34th Holyoke St Patrick's 10K
Holyoke, MA, March 21, 2009
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1 3243 PATRICK TARPY 1/943 MOPEN PROVIDENCE RI 29:18 4:43
2 15 ABIXOT ENDALE 2/943 MOPEN BRONX NY 29:43 4:47
3 13 DERESE DENIBOBA 3/943 MOPEN BRONX NY 29:51 4:49
4 3339 JOSEPH KOECH 1/485 M4049 MELROSE MA 30:07 4:51
5 5 TEKLU TENEKE 4/943 MOPEN BRONX NY 30:12 4:52

20 2666 ANDY MCCARRON 17/943 MOPEN KEENE NH 32:59 5:19 CMS
29 2354 TIM MAHONEY 2/137 ML-IA HOLYOKE MA 35:04 5:39 CMS

Catamount 5km snowshoe race
Egremont, MA, March 21, 2009
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Place Name Age Time Points
1 Dave Dunham 44 0:22:44 100 CMS
2 Tim Van Orden 40 0:23:16 96.77 CMS
3 James Boeding 16 0:25:36 93.55
4 Richard Teal 31 0:28:32 90.32
5 Bob Dion 53 0:28:55 87.1
Late afternoon skiers at Catamount
7th Annual 5K Cross Country Run
Sunday March 22, 2009 9:00 AM
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1 281 Todd Swenson 1/27 M1829 29 M WINDHAM NH 17:53 5:46
2 288 Mike Quintal 1/46 M3039 31 M N.Andover MA 18:13 5:53 CMS
3 190 Doug Chick 2/27 M1829 29 M Lynn MA 18:57 6:07
4 17 David Long 2/46 M3039 35 M Beverly MA 19:08 6:11
5 357 Mike DiMauro 1/53 M4049 41 M Woburn MA 19:41 6:21

USATF-New England Half Marathon Championship - New Bedford, MA 3/15/09

Place Name Age Town Club Finish Pace
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1 PAT TARPY 26 PROVIDENCE RI RUN 1:03:27# 4:51
30 KEVIN TILTON 27 NORTH CONWAY NH CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 1:11:01 5:25
36 ANDY MCCARRON 26 KEENE NH CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 1:11:33 5:28
37 JOE SHAIRS 40 PEABODY MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 1:11:34* 5:28
49 MATT CLARK 26 AMHERST MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 1:12:21 5:32
55 DAN VERRRINGTON 46 M HAVERHILL MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 1:12:42* 5:33
58 JUSTIN FYFFE 28 M PUTNEY VT CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 1:12:55 5:34
62 JIM PAWLICKI 34 BEVERLY MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 1:13:11 5:35
63 BEN STRAIN 30 BEVERLY MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 1:13:11 5:35
78 GREG HAMMETT 31 CHESTERFIELD NH CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 1:14:35 5:42
89 DAVID QUINTAL 45 SALEM NH CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 1:15:57* 5:48
107 LARRY SAYERS 49 BELLOWS FALLS VT CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 1:17:03* 5:53
108 DAVE DUNHAM 44 HAVERHILL MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 1:17:11 5:54
199 MIKE QUINTAL 31 N. ANDOVER MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 1:22:18 6:17
279 JEREMY HUCKINS LOUDON NH CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 1 :25:55 6:34

CMS is the 2009 US 50k Road Champions!

On Sunday, the Central Mass Striders won the 2009 USA 50K Road Championships at Caumsett Park, Lloyd Neck, Long Island, NY.

For the team event, the top 3 score as Justin Fyffe (28), Ben Nephew (33), and Dan Verrington (46) finished 2,3,5 respectively and like last year, Dan Verrington is the 45-49 US 50K Road National Champion (in 2001, Dan was overall US Champion).

Results (CMS in blue):

Place	Name	City/ST	Time	Pace
1	Michael Wardian	Arlington, VA	2:56:36	5:42
2	Justin Fyffe	E. Dummerston, VT	3:06:49	6:01
3	Ben Nephew	Mansfield, MA	3:21:04	6:29
4	Mark Godale	Aurora, OH	3:21:37	6:30
5	Daniel Verrington	Bradford, MA	3:25:22	6:37
6	Philip McCarthy	New York, NY	3:25:52	6:38
7	Kami Semick	Bend, OR	3:29:20	6:45
8	Mark Abramiuk	Richfield, OH	3:30:56	6:48
9	Bill Cuthbert	West Point, NY	3:32:57	6:52
10	Dave James	Trumbull, CT	3:34:45	6:55