Tuesday, February 24, 2015

CMS races 10 miles in Amherst

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

Monday, February 9, 2015

Weekend Results

2015 Walt Disney World Marathon
Florida January 7, 2015
5 STEPHEN TRAINOR 2:56:14 SALEM, MA

Hilltop Orchard 5k Snowshoe Race
January 18, 2015 Hilltop Nordic Center Richmond, MA
1 Ross Krause 35 24:09.2

NEWBURYPORT ROTARY CLUB /JFRC FRIGID FIVER
NEWBURYPORT, MA, February 1, 2015
1 Chris Mahoney        37       27:09
4 MATT VEIGA           25      28:16

Beaver Brook Snowshoe Race
Hollis, NH, February 1, 2015
1   17:57  Jim Johnson      CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS      37 M   277 Madison NH        
2   18:53  Eric Narcisi        CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS      35 M   290 Charlestown MA    
19   25:57  David Lapierre      CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS      50 M   242 Chelmsford MA

Super 5k
Narragansett, RI, February 1, 2015
13   18:04  5:50    1 50-59   13 M   156 Martin Tighe   Providence,RI       

USATF New England Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships
Providence, RI, February 1, 2015     
1 Mile Run
Name                     Age Team                    Finals       Age-Grading
1    33 Leslie Scott       M33 Central Mass Str       4:42.83    4:39.58 79.62%

3000 Meter Run
Name                     Age Team                    Finals       Age-Grading
1    33 Leslie Scott       M33 Central Mass Str       9:12.23    9:05.88 80.60%

2015 Northfield 4 miles snowshoe race
February 7, 2015 Northfield, MA
Place Time Name  Gend Age City St Team
1 42:01 Ross Krause M 35 East Hampston MA CMS
3 45:51 Tim Mahoney M 35 Holyoke MA CMS

Horse Hill Snowshoe Race
Merrimack, NH, February 7, 2015
1   32:11  8:40 Jim Johnson        CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS  37 M   346 Madison NH        
2   35:08  9:27 Chris Mahoney    CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS   37 M   111 Westford MA       
5   38:38 10:23 Eric Narcisi        CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS  35 M   396 North Andover MA  

Moose Mountain Runaround Snowshoe Race
Brookfield, NH, February 8, 2015
1   25:39  6:54 Jim Johnson     CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS   37 M    33 Madison NH        
2   28:24  7:38 Eric Narcisi       CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS  35 M    57 North Andover MA 

Winter Chiller series #3
Hancock, NH, February 7, 2015
1 18:48 Andy McCarron M 32 Keene NH