CMS places at Carver 5 mile championships

Adam Malek, 11th overall, finishing up in top flight.
Photo by KrissyK

The Central Mass Striders, CMS, traveled to Carver, MA for the USATF New England 5 mile road race Championship. This was race number five in the Grand Prix Road Race championships. The men’s open team finished third behind the Western Mass Distance Project (WMDP) and BAA. CMS placed their top five men in the top 22 overall. Nate Jenkins finished sixteen seconds behind the winner, Brian Harvey, for a 4^th overall placing, 24:36. Adam Malek, making his Grand Prix debut, placed 11^th overall, 25:26. He was followed by Dan Vassallo and Jim Johnson who were separated by four seconds; 25:31 to 25:35. Scott Leslie rounded out the scoring for the open team with a 25:55. Mike Quintal and Al Bernier were the 6^th and 7^th men respectively with a 26:13 and 26:56.

The CMS men’s masters team placed 2^nd in the 40+ age category behind Whirlaway Racing Team by getting the top five men all within thirty seconds. CMS was led by Greg Putnam, 27:15, who held off a fast charging Joe Shairs (27:21) and Dave Dunham (27:22). Dan Verrington (27:45) and Greg Ward, making his masters debut with a 27:53 rounded out the scoring. Tim Van Orden and Dave Mingori were the 6^th and 7^th men respectively with a 28:04 and 31:10.

Carver Cranberry Road Race

Carver, MA, July 28, 2012

1    BRIAN HARVEY                  BOSTON  MA             19    25   M       1 20-29               24:20.6      4:52/M

2    COLMAN HATTON          BRIGHTON  MA           20    24   M       2 20-29                 24:24.9      4:53/M

3    KEVIN JOHNSON       WEST LEBANON  NH      300    23   M       3 20-29                   24:25.1      4:53/M

4    NATE JENKINS                  ANDOVER  MA            75    31   M       1 30-39               24:36.4      4:55/M

5    ERIC ASHE                           ALLSTON  MA            13    24   M       4 20-29            24:46.6      4:57/M

11    ADAM MALEK                  WORCESTER  MA          78     0   M       1  0- 0               25:26.4      5:05/M

14    DAN VASSALLO                   PEABODY  MA            84     0   M       2  0- 0               25:31.6      5:06/M

16    JIM JOHNSON               EAST WAKEFIELD  NH     76     0   M       3  0- 0               25:35.1      5:07/M

22    SCOTT LESLIE                   RUTLAND  MA          7210     0   M       4  0- 0             25:55.1      5:11/M

27    MIKE QUINTAL          NORTH ANDOVER  MA      81     0   M       5  0- 0                  26:13.8      5:15/M

47    ALAN BERNIER                   PROVIDENCE  RI         72     0   M       6  0- 0               26:56.4      5:23/M

56    GREG PUTNAM               STONEHAM  MA           80     0   M       7  0- 0               27:15.9      5:27/M

59    JOE SHAIRS                         PEABODY  MA            82     0   M       8  0- 0            27:21.4      5:28/M

60    DAVE DUNHAM               BRADFORD  MA           73     0   M       9  0- 0                 27:22.8      5:28/M

65    JIM PAWLICKI                        LYNN  MA               79     0   M      10  0- 0            27:31.4      5:30/M

74    DAN VERRINGTON         BRADFORD  MA           85     0   M      11  0- 0                 27:45.6      5:33/M

75    KEVIN GORMAN           NORWOOD  MA            74     0   M      12  0- 0                 27:46.2      5:33/M

79    GREG WARD                 W. BOYLSTON  MA        86     0   M      13  0- 0              27:53.9      5:35/M

87    TIM VAN ORDEN           BENNINGTON  VT         83     0   M      14  0- 0                28:04.4      5:37/M

142    DAVE MINGORI        CHARLTON  MA           69    45   M      26 40-49                 31:10.4      6:14/M

176    DAVID LAPIERRE   CHELMSFORD  MA         71    48   M      28 40-49                 32:11.4      6:26/M

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Photos by KrissyK

Weekend Results

This past weekend was another busy one for CMS runners all over New England. Down in Southern New England, Alan Bernier took no prisoners in the 5.5 mile race in Cranston, RI. Master (Senior), Dan Verrington scored thirty points all by himself to give the Central Mass Striders a tie for 5th place in the USATF New England Masters Track & Field Championships in Providence Rhode Island. He won the 800m, 1500m, and 3000m in his age group. Meanwhile, up North, Chris Mahoney won the challenging Bear Brook Marathon in Allenstown, NH. Jason Porter took a 5K win in Hudson, NH. And Jim Johnson cleaned house in the last mountain series race hosted by Ascutney Mountain in VT. CMS had 4 finishers in the top 5 places with master Dave Dunham finishing just a minute behind Jim. See the details below.

Ascutney Moutnain Run

Windsor, VT, July 22, 2012

1   1/20   M3039   30:04  8:08 Jim Johnson            35 M   430 Madison NH             

2   1/43   M4049   31:04  8:24 Dave Dunham         48 M   328 Bradford MA            

3   2/20   M3039   31:13  8:27 Ross Krause            32 M   360 Easthampton MA         

4   2/43   M4049   31:43  8:35 Todd Callaghan      42 M   312 Beverly MA             

5   3/20   M3039   32:33  8:48 Tim Mahoney         32 M   369 Holyoke MA             

12   5/43   M4049   35:23  9:34 Tim Van Ordien   44 M   438 Bennington VT          

13   1/23   M5059   35:26  9:35 Martin Tighe        54 M   453 Providence RI          

33  16/43   M4049   41:04 11:06 David Lapierre   48 M   363 Chelmsford MA     

Lynn Woods Summer Cross-Country

Lynn, MA, July 18, 2012

1 NICK SOUSA              1195 M 28 SALEM       MA   37:24  6:02

2 JOHN BERNSTEIN 1205 M 20 LEXINGTON     MA   37:31  6:04

3 RYAN HAYES          1103 M 33 WOBURN      MA   38:13  6:10

4 JOE SHAIRS               653 M 44 PEABODY    MA   38:40  6:15

5 CALEB EVANTER  312 M 24 MARBLEHEAD    MA   39:01  6:18

Jim Kane Sugar Bowl 5k Road Race

Boston, MA, July 19, 2012

1    Andreas Heilmann       Boston  MA            197    25   M       1 25-29               16:05.0      5:11/M

2    Mark Myall                  Maynard  MA            35    40   M       1 40-44               16:15.0      5:15/M

3    Luke Dodge               Dorchester  MA        195    20   M       1 20-24               16:20.0      5:16/M

4    Matt Cioe                   Mansfield  MA         955    18   M       1 16-19               16:25.0      5:18/M

5    Tim Catoggio          South Boston  MA      930    26   M       2 25-29               16:25.0      5:18/M

6    Matthew Herman     Newton  MA               175    35   M       1 35-39               16:30.0      5:19/M

7    James Trimble                    MA               2602    25   M       3 25-29               16:55.0      5:27/M

8    James Pawlicki               Lynn  MA              67    35   M       2 35-39               16:55.0      5:27/M

Bear Brook Marathon

Allenstown, NH, July 21, 2012

Plc          Time      Name                                       City        State     Team

1              3:28.07  Chris Mahoney  M34       Haverhill              MA         CMS

2              3:42.54 Keith Schmitt      M43       Durham                NH

3              3:50.08  Daniel Hrobak   M27       Bedford               NH

Bill Luti 5-Miler

Concord, NH, July 21, 2012

1   1/35   M2034   25:10   5:02 Christopher Zablocki   24 M     1 Essex CT               

2   2/35   M2034   26:10   5:14 Antoine Gisore            22 M   386 Concord NH             

3   3/35   M2034   27:07   5:26 Connor Jennings        21 M   424 Concord NH             

4   4/35   M2034   27:26   5:30 Makopa Rugabirwa  20 M   425 Concord NH             

5   5/35   M2034   27:27   5:30 Neal Graves            29 M   150 Croydon NH             

6   6/35   M2034   27:34   5:31 Sam Wood               26 M   203 Laconia NH             

7   1/19   M4044   27:57   5:36 Rich Smith                 42 M     3 Enfield NH             

8   1/7    M1619   28:07   5:38 Colton Ham              18 M   327 Webster NH             

9   1/28   M4549   28:23   5:41 Scott Clark              46 M   167 Gilmanton NH           

15  1/21   M5054   30:51   6:11 Ernest Brake        51 M    27 North Sutton NH        

Dublin 5K

Dublin, NH, July 21, 2012

1   1/8    Mark Miller               M  31 Marlborough      NH   16:06  5:12

2   2/8    Greg Hammett            M  34 Chesterfield     NH   16:33  5:21

3   1/8    Riley Henry               M  16 Peterborough     NH   18:39  6:01

41st St. Mary's Feast Society 5.5 Mile Road Race

Cranston, RI, July 21, 2012

1   1/33    494 BERNIER ALAN          PROVIDENCE      RI 37 M   31:34  5:45           

2   2/33    187 CRUDALE ANTHONY  W WARWICK       RI 35 M   31:53  5:48           

3   1/23    183 PRINCIPE DAVID        CRANSTON        RI 45 M   32:08  5:51

USATF New England Masters Track and Field Championships

Providence, RI, July 21, 2012

M50 800 Meter Run

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    Name                     Age Team                    Finals

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  1  1763 Daniel Verrington  M50 Central Mass           2:26.06 

M50 1500 Meter Run

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    Name                     Age Team                    Finals

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  1  1763 Daniel Verrington  M50 Central Mass           4:44.70 

M50 3000 Meter Run

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    Name                     Age Team                    Finals

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  1  1763 Daniel Verrington  M50 Central Mass           9:56.82 

Men - Team Rankings - 20 Events Scored

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    1) Twilight Throwers          370        2) Mass Velocity Track Club  350  

    3) Ronald McDonald House of P  89        4) Golden West Athletics Clu  60  

    5) Central Mass Striders       30        5) So Cal Track Club          30  

Nates Race 5K

Hudson, NH, July 22, 2012

1   1/9    JASON PORTER         42 M  123 BEDFORD         NH   18:23  5:56

2   1/25   PETER BUSNACH        16 M   13 HUDSON        NH   18:56  6:07

3   1/25   BRANDON DOYLE        20 M   32 HUDSON       NH   19:23  6:15

Weekend Results

David Curley 5K Memorial Road Race

Haverhill, MA, July 12, 2012

1 2556 Dan Verrington        1/39   M4150 Bradford        MA   17:31   17:31  5:39

2 2779 David Long               1/14   M3140 Beverly         MA   18:02   18:02  5:48

3 2655 Brooks Glahn        2/14   M3140 Marblehead      MA   18:25   18:26  5:56

Grab Bag 5K

Lowell, MA, July 10, 2012

1 MIKE QUINTAL             M    34 NORTH ANDOVER M   163   16:11.78   1/44     16:11.77    5:13

2 MICHAEL GENDRON            M    18 LOWELL MA         487   16:43.50   1/22     16:43.49PR  5:23 

3 JAMES SULLIVAN           M    26 CHELMSFORD MA     117   17:01.97   1/19     17:01.96    5:29

Heal The Soul 5K 

Milford, NH, July 12, 2012

1   1/18   CHRIS KIBLER         22 M  153 BATH            ME   16:15  5:15

2   1/39   JASON PORTER  42 M  344 BEDFORD         NH   17:00  5:29

3   1/31   CHRIS BERNIER    38 M  391 RINDGE          NH   17:12  5:33

BJ Williams 5k Run/Walk

Longmeadow, MA, July 14, 2012

1    Tim Mahoney             Westfield  MA       32     1 M 30-99      17:02.0    5:30/M

2    Matthew Wilson                                        22     1 M  2-29      17:37.0    5:41/M

3    Kristin Weisse                                             21     1 F  2-29      19:08.0    6:10/M

CMS 52 Week 5K Series Race

Worcester, MA, July 14, 2012

1   17:34   Greg Ward                  1/6     M40-49  West Boylston   CMS                      

2   18:28   Scott Deslongchamps   2/6     M40-49  Putnam, CT        CMS                          

3   19:24   Aidan Kearney            1/14    M20-39  Worcester       CMS        

Greenbelt's Run for the Hills Trail Race

South Hamilton, MA, July 14, 2012

1  316 Chris Mahoney         37:32  6:03   1/12   M3039 HAVERHILL       MA

2  343 Sean McDonough    38:37  6:13   1/11   M0129 Somerville      MA

3  324 Jonathan May          38:51  6:16   1/22   M4049 Charlestown     MA

4  321 Michael Paulin        39:06  6:18   2/12   M3039 Beverly         MA

5  345 James Pawlicki        40:09  6:28   3/12   M3039 Lynn            MA

6  253 Christopher Smith   40:15  6:29   2/22   M4049 Woburn          MA

Mass State Triathlon

Winchendon, MA, July 14, 2012

SWIM .9-mi / BIKE 22-mi / RUN 6.2-mi

1   165 Paul Noone                 WORCESTER MA          1:52:19  

2   278 William Schumann    WEST HARTFORD CT      1:55:00

3    34 Patrick Dwyer               ARLINGTON MA          1:55:08

4   404 Zoltan Varga                 WALTHAM MA            1:55:30  

5   176 Patrick Tarpy                 PROVIDENCE RI         1:55:44  

Kensington Town Festival 5K Road Race

Kensington, NH, July 14, 2012

1   12 Dan Verrington      19:13  6:11   1/3    M5059 Bradford     MA

2   29 Greg Rossolimo     19:25  6:15   1/3    M3039 Pomfret      CT

3   42 Michael Dee          19:27  6:16   1/7    M0119 Kingston     NH

32nd Little Compton 4.8 Mile Road Race

Little Compton, RI, July 14, 2012

1   1/71    Chris Zablocki        ESSEX                CT 23 M   23:43  4:57

2   2/71    William Sanders   WETHERSFIELD  CT 25 M   24:11  5:03

3   1/19    Liam Hillery           Greenville              RI 19 M   24:14  5:03

Weekend and recent race results

Squantum 5 Miler

Squantum, MA, June 28, 2012

1   28:52  5:46    1 01-39    1 M   139 James Pawlicki         Lynn,MA                                                      

2   29:49  5:58    2 01-39    2 M   279 Mike Slowik              Boston,MA                                                     

3   30:10  6:02    1 40-49    3 M    30 Jon Chesto                 South Boston,MA                  

St. Peter's Fiesta 5K Road Race

Gloucester, MA, June 28, 2012

1 1889 Peter Asaro           1/73   M2029 23 M Gloucester        MA   15:56   15:56  5:08

2 1701 Andrew Ryan        2/73   M2029 20 M Gloucester        MA   15:59   15:59  5:09

3 2038 Matthew Curran    1/29   M5059 55 M Gloucester        MA   16:59   17:00  5:28

4 1700 John Ryan             3/73   M2029 22 M Gloucester        MA   17:03   17:03  5:30

5 1881 Dan Verrington      2/29   M5059 50 M Bradford          MA   17:03   17:04  5:30

31st Annual Dr. Rockwood Thayer 3.8 Mile RR

Rutland, MA, June 30, 2012

1   124  Leslie, Scott           M31  Rutland, MA        19:39.5      

2    70  Kibler, Chris            M22  Bath, ME            19:47.3      

3   119  Warrington, Peter   M30  Cambridge, MA  22:13.5      

4K On The Fourth

Concord, NH, July 1, 2012

1   1/13   RICH SMITH                42 M  212 ENFIELD         NH   13:36  5:29

2   2/13   DAVE DUNHAM      48 M  206 BRADFORD        MA   13:38  5:29

3   1/6    DAN VERRINGTON 50 M  190 BRADFORD        MA   13:50  5:34

4   1/3    TRISTAN AMARAL      18 M    3 WARNER          NH   13:50  5:34

5   1/6    ALEX BROWN           24 M  218 LITCHFIELD      NH   13:58  5:37

HASLAW Mile

Manchester, NH, July 3, 2012

1   1/17       8 ROB NOVAK        25 M HAMILTON     NJ            3:50    3:49.92

2   2/17     586 ERIC ASHE       24 M BOSTON       MA            3:54    3:53.68

3   3/17     444 PAT FULLERTON 23 M BRADFORD     MA        3:58    3:57.63

4   1/46       7 NATE JENKINS      31 M NORTH ANDOVE MA   4:06    4:05.56

5   1/61   10464 SEAN NYMAN   44 M CHARLESTOWN  NH    4:32    4:30.15

35th GSH 4th of July 5k

Springfield, MA, July 4, 2012

1    Brian Fuller            WMDP                23     1 M 19-29      15:28.0    4:59/M

2    Jesse Regnier           WMDP              25     2 M 19-29      16:12.0    5:14/M

3    Troy French             WMDP              23     3 M 19-29      16:28.0    5:19/M

4    Mark Hixson             HTC                 47     1 M 40-49      16:29.0    5:19/M

5    Orlando Cordero         GSH              21     4 M 19-29      16:34.0    5:21/M

11    Tim Mahoney             CMS             32     2 M 30-39      16:55.0    5:27/M

Firecracker 4

Swampscott, MA, July 4, 2012

1 2414 Alex Gomes           1/17   M2029 23 M Peabody         MA   21:32   21:32  5:23

2 2197 Adam Kingsbury  2/17   M2029 23 M Marblehead      MA   21:37   21:38  5:25

3 2178 Peter Hale            1/9    M1519 17 M Swampscott      MA   21:44   21:45  5:27

4 2115 Jason Barnes           1/62   M4049 49 M Salem           MA   21:51   21:52  5:28

5 2451 Martin Tighe           1/34   M5059 54 M Providence      RI   22:42   22:43  5:41

Hingham 4th of July 4.2 Miler

Hingham, MA, July 4, 2012

1    Tom Finneran          2111    20   M     1/82   20-29            22:13.0      5:06/M

2    Gregory Putnam            7    42   M     1/282  40-49            22:34.0      5:11/M

3    Luke Dodge            1635    25   M     2/82   20-29            22:59.0      5:17/M

John Carson 2 Mile Road Race

Chelmsford, MA, July 4, 2012

1   1/168  M1929    9:10  4:35 Ruben Sanca            25 M     7 Dracut MA              

17   3/124  M3039   10:04  5:02 Mike Quintal         34 M   587 N. Andover MA          

31   6/124  M3039   10:30  5:15 James Pawlicki      37 M   435 Lynn MA                

33   2/239  M4049   10:31  5:16 Dave Dunham       48 M     4 Haverhill MA           

40   4/101  M5059   10:47  5:24 Dan Verrington     50 M   229 Bradford MA

4 on the 4th Road Race

Keene, NH, July 4, 2012

1   1/36   Thomas Paquette         21 M Keene           NH   20:12  5:06

2   2/36   Connor Jennings        21 M Concord         NH   20:23  5:09

3   3/36   Pete Najun                26 M Swanzey         NH   20:29  5:11

4   1/36   Greg Hammett          34 M Chesterfield    NH   20:33  5:12

5   2/36   Justin Fyffe          32 M East Dummerston VT   20:45  5:15

6   1/43   George Adams         42 M Gilsum          NH   21:14  5:22             

Bill Powers Memorial Firecracker 4-Miler

Brattleboro, VT, July 4, 2012

1  1/12 Jason Porter             84 42 M Bedford           NH   22:13  5:34

2  1/11 Jacob Ellis               65 18 M Brattleboro       VT   22:14  5:34

3  1/14 Robert Lind            32 26 M Brattleboro       VT   22:39  5:40

Loon Mountain Race

Lincoln, NH, July 8, 2012

1 JIM JOHNSON   35 M  739 MADISON  NH CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS           43:16  7:44

2 KRIS FREEMAN 31 M  777 THORNTON        NH                                          44:15  7:54

3 ROSS KRAUSE  32 M  590 EASTHAMPTON MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 45:06  8:04

4 MORGAN ARRITOLA 26 F  502 KETCHUM         ID                                     46:16  8:16

5 DAVE DUNHAM  48 M  625 HAVERHILL      MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 46:20  8:17 1st 40+

6 PHILLIP KREYCIK 28 M  757 CAMBRIDGE       MA                                     46:33  8:19

7 KEVIN TILTON  30 M  810 NORTH CONWAY NH CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 46:49  8:22

8 MELODY FAIRCHILD 38 F  509 DENVER          CO                                       47:06  8:25

9 MARK MAYALL  40 M  530 MAYNARD         MA NEW BALANCE BOSTON       47:13  8:26

10 PETER GURNEY 23 M  690 GREENVILLE      ME                                           47:32  8:30

22 TIM MAHONEY 32 M  647 HOLYOKE         MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS   49:54  8:55

25 SAM WOOD      26 M  766 LACONIA         NH CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS      51:09  9:08

43 MARTIN TIGHE  54 M  763 PROVIDENCE      RI CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS   54:27  9:44