Bedford 12K

CMS Takes Team Title in USATF-NE GPS Event #3

Fyffe Kills It; Wiles Not Too Shabby 

The CMS Polar Bears brought their A-game to Bedford, NH on Saturday morning for the 36th Annual Bedford 12k.  Up front, Justin Fyffe ran an incredible race to notch his first GP victory.  He did so in convincing fashion.  He squashed the CR.  The 30 yr old Vermonter ran with a small pack through 3 miles and then gapped the field for the win.  The finishing lap on the track amounted to nothing more than a victory lap for Fyffe.  In modest fashion, however, the harrier did not even raise his arms in victory as he broke the tape.  Check out the video for proof.  Not to be overshadowed was Bob Wiles' performance.  The Maine-iac was the 5th runner to cross the line and kept the overall team time low.  His race helped cover the two times put in by the BAA guys that also ran in the top 5.  CMS put 3 runners in the top 10.  Andy McCarron, coming off a 7 Sisters victory, placed 9th.  Next up, Kevin Gorman in 14th and Mike Quintal in 16th.  These guys will likely battle each other for the rest of the GPS series (which is good for CMS).  Greg Hammett and Al Bernier rounded out the top 7 for the team.  These two tracksters are fast (check their NB 1/2 times, for example) and will likely do major damage at the next GPS event. Dan Navaroli, Dave Quintal, and Jim Pawlicki were 8-9-10 for CMS.  If you don't think this squad is deep, you're wrong.  These guys would be in the top 5 for most teams.  Interesting note: Dan, making his 2010 GPS debut, ran the race in Curt Schilling style.  His sneaker and sock were oozing blood at the finish line.  Nice.  Eleventh man: Jeff Goupil. Goupil is young and a tad crazy.  He doubled up and ran the 5k too. Coolest part of this race: team camaraderie.  Everyone was very supportive of one another.  A real sense of team.  Can’t wait for the next one.  See you in RI for the 5k…and by the way, we left two guns in the holster this weekend: Johnson and Tilton.  

The picture is from DQ’s webpage.  The video is for Justin’s webpage.  

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One more note: the women’s team, headed up by Barbara McManus ran great too.

Team Results

1.  CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS                   

            37:18   38:43   39:04   39:35   39:39 (  40:01) (  40:29) = 3

         JUSTIN FYFFE, BOB WILES, ANDY MCCARRON, KEVIN GORMAN, MIKE QUINTAL,

         GREG HAMMETT, ALAN BERNIER

   2.  BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION             

            38:10   38:15   38:57   41:01   41:21 (  43:13) (  45:58) = 3:17:44

         MATTHEW ELY, MARK MILLER, BEN SCHMECKPEPER, WAYNE LEVY, KEVIN

         GALLAGHER, CHRIS GEORGE, ANDY MACDONALD

   3.  RETAILERS UNION (RUN)                   

            39:06   39:28   39:52   39:53   40:23 (  41:59) (  41:59) = 3:18:42

         JIM ST PIERRE, JUSTIN FREEMAN, TOM CASEY, JOSEPH KOECH, TIM CATOGGIO,

         TITUS MUTINDA, BEN NDAYA

   4.  WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM                   

            39:28   39:46   40:10   40:14   40:32 (  40:48) (  41:05) = 3:20:10

         DAN PRINCIC, JOSE ORTIZ, MARK HUDSON, JOE HEGARTY, JOE NAVAS, CRAIG

         FRAM, SCOTT ANDERSON

   5.  GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB               

            39:38   40:27   40:53   41:36   42:08 (  42:30) (  42:33) = 3:24:42

         MATTHEW HARINGA, LOANNIS PAPALOPOULOS, RYAN PLACE, RYAN ASCHBRENNER,

         CHRIS LOUE, THOMAS YOUNG, IAN LAMBE

Individual Results

1   1   1/67   M3039   37:18   5:01 Justin Fyffe                      

    2   2/67   M3039   38:10   5:08 Matthew Ely            34 M   423 BAA                      

    3   1/27   M2529   38:15   5:08 Mark Miller            29 M   428 BAA                      

    4   1/22   M1824   38:41   5:12 Nicholas Wheeler       24 M   502 ADIDAS             

    5   3/67   M3039   38:43   5:12 Bob Wiles              32 M   338                

    6   2/27   M2529   38:55   5:14 Michael Bunker         28 M   503 ADIDAS                

    7   3/27   M2529   38:57   5:14 Ben Schmeckpeper       27 M   429 BAA               

    8   4/67   M3039   39:03   5:15 Ryan Carrara           33 M   195 NBB                     

    9   4/27   M2529   39:04   5:15 Andy McCarron          27 M   536                 

   10   5/67   M3039   39:06*  5:15 Jim St Pierre          39 M   485 RUN                     

   11   2/22   M1824   39:12   5:16 Tyler Andrews          20 M   296 CSU                   

   12   6/67   M3039   39:28   5:18 Dan Princic            30 M   446 WHIRL                 

   13   7/67   M3039   39:28   5:18 Justin Freeman         33 M   484 RUN                

   14   8/67   M3039   39:35   5:19 Kevin Gorman           33 M   331               

   15   5/27   M2529   39:38   5:19 Matthew Haringa        26 M   212 GBTC                

   16   9/67   M3039   39:39   5:19 Mike Quintal           32 M   336            

   17   3/22   M1824   39:46   5:20 Jose Ortiz             21 M   448 WHIRL               

   18   4/22   M1824   39:47   5:21 Nathan Krah            24 M   491 ADIDAS                

   19   5/22   M1824   39:52   5:21 Tom Casey              23 M   483 RUN                 

   20   1/85   M4049   39:53*  5:21 Joseph Koech           41 M     1 RUN    

   22  10/67   M3039   40:01   5:22 Greg Hammett           32 M   333               

   27  12/67   M3039   40:29*  5:26 Alan Bernier           35 M   327             

   35   9/27   M2529   41:06   5:31 Dan Navaroli           27 M   334                 

   44   7/85   M4049   41:27*  5:34 David Quintal          46 M   504               

   50  19/67   M3039   41:54   5:38 Jim Pawlicki           35 M   335                   

   59  10/22   M1824   42:26   5:42 Jeffrey Goupil         22 M   332                  

   62  14/85   M4049   42:39*  5:44 Ernest Brake           48 M   192                

   84  21/85   M4049   44:32   5:59 Rod Viens              42 M   553               

    128  30/67   M3039   47:35   6:23 Ernesto Sato           32 M   510               

   165  40/85   M4049   50:00   6:43 David Lapierre         46 M   262          

  198  32/82   M5059   51:18*  6:53 Marty Ellowitz         55 M   285             

  203  43/85   M4049   51:47   6:57 Joseph Alfano          44 M   555                

  212  37/82   M5059   52:22   7:02 Kenneth Brown          50 M   584   

  238  43/82   M5059   53:43   7:13 Paul Grogan            56 M   198        

  241  48/85   M4049   53:54   7:14 Edward Coleman         47 M    11