CMS win gold and silver at the US Mountain Running Championships

The CMS Men’s Open team placed second overall at the 2012 United States Mountain Running Championship which was hosted by the Mt. Washington Road Race. Team Colorado, who benefit from high altitude training, had four men run under 1:05 to place first overall. Whirlaway Racing placed third overall. Kevin Tilton led the way for CMS by running 1:05:54, 18^th overall. He was also the first New Hampshire resident to cross the line thus picked up the Crossan Cup. Nate Jenkins (20th), Jim Johnson (23), Dave Dunham (26) , and Ross Krause (27) finished off the top five scoring. Michael Quintal (36) and Francis Burdett (37) were the 6^th and 7^th CMS athletes to cross the line.

Kevin Tilton finished 18th overall at Mt. Washington - US Mountain Running Championship
Photo by Dave Mingori

Meanwhile, the CMS Masters Team won the championship event outpacing Whirlaway Racing and Gate City Striders. The masters were led by former Mt. Washington Road Race Champion, Dave Dunham. He ran 1:08:19 – 26^th overall and second master overall. Francis Burdett (37), Scott Clark (48), Martin Tighe (59) and Tim Van Orden (62) wrapped up the scoring. Martin was the 2^nd overall 50+ age group runner. Ernest Brake (4^th 50+ overall) and John Pajer were the 6^th and 7^th men for the masters team.

52nd Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race

2012 U.S. Mountain Running Championship

June 16, 2012    7.6 Miles - Base to Summit     Pinkham Notch, Gorham, NH

MALE OPEN TEAM RESULTS

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1.  TEAM COLORADO                          

1:00:58 1:01:52 1:02:24 1:02:41 1:04:33 (1:05:14) (1:05:21) = 5:12:28

Glenn Randall, Tommy Manning, Simon Gutierrez, Alex Nichols, Rickey

Gates, John Tribbia, Peter Maksimow

2.  CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS                  

1:05:54 1:06:35 1:07:55 1:08:19 1:08:25 (1:11:00) (1:11:17) = 5:37:08

Kevin Tilton, Nate Jenkins, Jim Johnson, Dave Dunham, Ross Krause,

Michael Quintal, Francis Burdett

3.  WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM                  

1:08:07 1:10:49 1:14:29 1:16:37 1:18:05 (1:19:32) (1:21:48) = 6:08:07

Brandon Newbould, Sean Livingston, Paul Hammond, Daniel Princic, Reno

Stirrat, Paul Doe, Patrick Ard

MALE MASTERS TEAM RESULTS

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1.  CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS                  

1:08:19 1:11:17 1:14:21 1:17:34 1:18:16 (1:19:55) (1:26:28) = 6:09:47

Dave Dunham, Francis Burdett, Scott Clark, Martin Tighe, Tim Van Orden,

Ernest Brake, John Pajer

2.  WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM                  

1:10:49 1:14:29 1:18:05 1:19:32 1:26:45 (1:31:31) = 6:29:40

Sean Livingston, Paul Hammond, Reno Stirrat, Paul Doe, Doug Martyn,

Chris Spinney

3.  GATE CITY STRIDERS                     

1:12:13 1:13:26 1:16:20 1:28:25 1:31:36 (1:32:25) (1:33:28) = 6:42:00

Todd Callaghan, Fergus Cullen, Brian Ruhm, Len Hall, Robert Mulvaney,

Chuck Landry, Keith O'Brien

52nd Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race

2012 U.S. Mountain Running Championship

June 16, 2012    7.6 Miles - Base to Summit     Pinkham Notch, Gorham, NH

1   1/136  M2034   58:27  7:42 Sage Canaday        26 M   Sheridan OR          34                                          

2   2/136  M2034 1:00:33  7:58 Joseph Gray         28 M   Newcastle WA      7 CLUB NORTHWEST/SCOTT SPORTS             

3   3/136  M2034 1:00:54  8:01 Eric Blake    33 M   New Britain CT     9 BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION             

4   4/136  M2034 1:00:58  8:02 Glenn Randall       25 M   Mesa CO         8 TEAM COLORADO                           

5   1/75   M3539 1:01:38  8:07 Marco De Gasperi 35 M   Bormio, Italy         4 G.S. FORESTALE                          

18  14/136  M2034 1:05:54  8:41 Kevin Tilton    30 M   North Conway NH 13 CMS             

20  16/136  M2034 1:06:35  8:46 Nate Jenkins   31 M   Andover MA         20 CMS             

23   5/75   M3539 1:07:55  8:57 Jim Johnson      35 M   East Wakefield NH    15 CMS     

26   2/104  M4549 1:08:19  9:00 Dave Dunham  48 M   Ward Hill MA            48 CMS     

27  19/136  M2034 1:08:25  9:01 Ross Krause    32 M   Easthampton MA       21 CMS   

36  26/136  M2034 1:11:00  9:21 Michael Quintal 34 M   North Andover MA  789 CMS 

37   3/104  M4549 1:11:17  9:23 Francis Burdett  47 M   Worcester MA         14 CMS 

43  29/136  M2034 1:12:45  9:35 Tim Mahoney   32 M   Holyoke MA           49 CMS

48   4/104  M4549 1:14:21  9:47 Scott Clark       46 M   Gilmanton NH         95 CMS

59   2/85   M5054 1:17:34 10:13 Martin Tighe     54 M   Providece RI           117 CMS

62   6/90   M4044 1:18:16 10:18 Tim Van Orden  44 M   Bennington VT       44 CMS

69   4/85   M5054 1:19:55 10:31 Ernest Brake      50 M   North Sutton NH   137 CMS

97  52/136  M2034 1:24:44 11:09 Thomas Brown 26 M   Beverly MA          189 CMS

104  16/104  M4549 1:26:28 11:23 John Pajer       49 M   Leicester MA       577 CMS

118  18/104  M4549 1:28:01 11:35 David Quintal  49 M   Salem NH             91 CMS

218  39/104  M4549 1:39:22 13:05 David Lapierre  48 M   Chelmsford MA  126 CMS  

246  45/104  M4549 1:41:40 13:23 Stephen Peterson  46 M   Chelmsford MA 46 CMS

CMS - Mt. Washington photos taken by Dave Mingori