The Central Mass Striders competed in the USATF New
England 10 mile road race championship in Amherst, MA on Sunday. The sun broke
out shortly after the noon time start on the hilly but dry pavement. The open team, led
by Dan Vassallo, finished third out of eighteen teams and just missing second
place 32.9 seconds. Dan placed 5th overall. The masters team, led by
Alan Bernier, won the 40+ team category in a narrow margin, 7.3 seconds, over
the BAA. Alan was the 2nd master overall in the race. There were 12
masters teams. The CMS seniors (50+) placed
fourth out of 10 teams. They were led by Dan Verrington who was also the 5th Senior overall.
Five College Realtors 10 Miler
Amherst, MA, February 22, 2015
Men Open
Team - Central Mass Striders Finish Position - 3
Team Score (times): 4:35:40.9
Place Bib No Name City Gend Place
Place Time Cum. Time
1 321 DAN VASSALLO PEABODY MA
M 5 5
52:16.3 52:16.3
2 322 SCOTT LESLIE RUTLAND MA M 14 19
54:27.7 1:46:44.0
3 366 PATRICK RICH SOUTH HAMILTON MA
M 17 36
54:43.7 2:41:27.7
4 320 ANDY MCCARRON KEENE NH M 32
68 57:03.5 3:38:31.2
5 323 ALAN BERNIER BRAINTREE MA
M 33 101
57:09.6 4:35:40.9
Men Masters
Team - Central Mass Striders Finish Position - 1
Team Score (times): 4:49:48.6
Place Bib No Name City Gend Place
Place Time Cum. Time
1 323 ALAN BERNIER BRAINTREE MA
M 2 2
57:09.6 57:09.6
2 326 GREG PUTNAM STONEHAM MA
M 3 5
57:24.0 1:54:33.7
3 325 JOE SHAIRS PEABODY MA
M 4 9
57:35.7 2:52:09.5
4 328 TODD CALLAGHAN BEVERLY MA M 7 16
58:12.3 3:50:21.8
5 324 JAMES PAWLICKI LYNN
MA M 13
29 59:26.8 4:49:48.6
Men Seniors
Team - Central Mass Striders Finish Position - 4
Team Score (times): 5:37:33.6
Place Bib No Name City Gend Place
Place Time Cum. Time
1 329 DAN VERRINGTON BRADFORD MA
M 5 5
1:00:53.7 1:00:53.7
2 330 DAVE DUNHAM BRADFORD MA
M 17 22
1:04:18.8 2:05:12.6
3 298 JOHN GRIEGO BLACKSTONE MA M 20 42
1:06:01.0 3:11:13.7
4 260 PHILIP SAVOY SHREWSBURY MA
M 34 76
1:11:45.7 4:22:59.4
5 131 DAVID LAPIERRE CHELMSFORD MA
M 44 120
1:14:34.2 5:37:33.6
Place Name Team Bib No Age Gend
Age Group Time Time Pace
5 DAN
VASSALLO Central
Mass Stride 321 29
M 5 Top Fin 52:15.8 52:16.3 5:14/M
14 SCOTT
LESLIE Central Mass
Stride 322 33
M 8 0-39 54:27.7 54:27.7 5:27/M
17 PATRICK
RICH Central Mass
Stride 366 38
M 11 0-39 54:43.7 54:43.7 5:28/M
32 ANDY
MCCARRON Central Mass
Stride 320 32
M 26 0-39 57:02.5 57:03.5 5:42/M
33 ALAN BERNIER Central Mass Stride 323
40 M 2 40-49 57:08.9 57:09.6 5:43/M
37 GREG
PUTNAM Central Mass
Stride 326 45
M 3 40-49 57:23.7 57:24.0 5:44/M
40 JOE
SHAIRS Central
Mass Stride 325 46
M 4 40-49 57:35.2 57:35.7 5:46/M
48 TODD
CALLAGHAN Central Mass
Stride 328 45
M 6 40-49 58:09.5 58:12.3
5:49/M
67 JAMES
PAWLICKI Central Mass
Stride 324 40
M 11 40-49 59:26.0 59:26.8 5:57/M
76 ARTHUR
BESSE Central Mass
Stride 367 42
M 13 40-49 1:00:09.1 1:00:10.1 6:01/M
92 DAN
VERRINGTON Central
Mass Stride 329 52
M 5 50-59 1:00:51.6 1:00:53.7 6:05/M
121 NICK
TAORMINA Central Mass
Stride 327 42
M 21 40-49 1:02:51.3 1:02:58.7 6:18/M
139 DAVE
DUNHAM Central Mass
Stride 330 50
M 17 50-59 1:04:12.7 1:04:18.8 6:26/M
154 DAVE
NMINGORI Central Mass
Stride 739 47
M 29 40-49 1:04:38.1 1:04:43.8 6:28/M
160 JOHN
GRIEGO Central Mass
Stride 298 56
M 19 50-59 1:05:56.9 1:06:01.0
6:36/M
168 STEPHEN
TRAINOR Central Mass
Stride 264 22
M 90 0-39 1:06:39.5 1:06:42.8 6:40/M
229 PHILIP
SAVOY Central Mass
Stride 260 52
M 31 50-59 1:11:36.0 1:11:45.7 7:11/M
264 DAVID
LAPIERRE Central Mass
Stride 131 50
M 38 50-59 1:14:26.1 1:14:34.2 7:27/M
322 WILLIAM
GONSORCIK Central Mass
Stride 373 48
M 46 40-49 1:19:03.3 1:19:17.7 7:56/M
343 STEPHEN
LASKA Central Mass
Stride 9881 53
M 55 50-59 1:20:22.6 1:20:32.0 8:03/M
