The Central Mass Striders men took on the New Bedford Half
Marathon in the second race in the USATF New England Road Race Grand Prix
Series. Twenty four CMS men lined up among 2300 runners for the New England
Half Marathon Championship. The forecast of snow never materialized for the
south coast. Temperatures rose to the high 30’s and a northwest wind whipped
onto the once, Whaling Capital of the World. Once the dust settled, CMS took a
4th, 2nd, and 1st in the open, masters, and
senior team results. The Grand Prix Half Marathon did not disappoint with the
most participation of complete scoring of USATF New England teams.
The mens open team was led by Dan Vassallo of Peabody who
finished 11th overall. Nate Jenkins of North Andover and Scott
Leslie of Rutland finished 18th and 21st. Daniel Raboin of
Ayer made his CMS debut in fine fashion placing 53rd. Gregory Putnam
of Stoneham rounded out the scoring for the 4th place open team,
dropping down from the masters grouping where he finished 3rd
overall. Lynnfield’s Thomas O’Shea made his CMS and Half Marathon debut as the
6th CMS runner to cross the finish line. The 21 year old is training
for the Maine Coast Marathon in May.
The masters team was led with Gregory’s 55th
place. Jason Dunklee of Watertwon, who is preparing for the Boston Marathon,
was the 2nd master for the team. As they did in the Amherst 10 mile
race in February, Seniors (50+) Ed Sheldon of Hooksett, NH and David Principe
Sr of Johnston, RI dropped down to score as the 3rd and 4th
runners for the CMS masters team. Ed also placed 3rd in the 50-59
age group. Arthur Besse of Templeton who is also racing the Boston Marathon,
capped the scoring for the 2nd place CMS masters team. Jeffrey
Hadzima of South Grafton made his masters and CMS debut. He is also running the
Boston Marathon.
The CMS Senior team took their second first place in as many
Grand Prix races in 2017. Following Ed Sheldon and David Principe Sr was David
Dunham and Dan Verrington of Bradford. John Pajer of Leicester capped the
scoring for the first place Senior team for CMS.
The team will be competing in the 3rd USATF Grand
Prix Road Race on April 1 at the Frank Nealon Boston Tune Up 15K in Upton, MA.
Source as of 8:29PM 19MAR2017 http://www.coolrunning.com/results/17/ma/Mar19_40thAn_set1.shtml
40th Annual New Bedford Half Marathon
New Bedford, MA, March 19, 2017
per USATF Team Championship Guidelines, all results and awards posted by gun time
Place Div/Tot Div Name Ag S No. Net Tim Pace 10k Spl Age % Gun Tim Team City
11 2/306 M3039 DAN VASSALLO 31 M 2499 1:08:55 5:16 31:26 80.11 1:08:58 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Peabody
18 4/306 M3039 NATE JENKINS 36 M 2500 1:10:37 5:24 31:15 78.90 1:10:37 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS North Andover
21 6/306 M3039 SCOTT LESLIE 35 M 2502 1:10:41 5:24 32:37 78.50 1:10:45 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Rutland
53 26/201 M2029 DANIEL RABOIN 25 M 1877 1:14:37 5:42 33:17 74.00 1:14:40 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Ayer
55 2/317 M4049GREGORY PUTNAM 47 M 2507 1:14:39 5:42 34:13 80.49 1:14:42 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Stoneham
69 37/201 M2029 THOMAS O'SHEA 21 M 2654 1:16:15 5:49 34:36 72.43 1:16:17 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Lynnfield
70 3/317 M4049 JASON DUNKLEE 42 M 682 1:16:18 5:50 34:55 75.56 1:16:21 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Watertown
80 3/226 M5059 ED SHELDON 52 M 2512 1:17:10 5:54 35:04 81.23 1:17:17 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Hooksett
85 4/226 M5059 DAVID PRINCIPE SR 50 M2510 1:17:35 5:56 35:19 79.41 1:17:41 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Johnston
91 33/306 M3039 ROBERT JACKMAN 34 M2501 1:17:47 5:57 35:18 71.12 1:17:54 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Warwick
99 9/317 M4049 ARTHUR BESSE 44 M 2506 1:18:26 6:00 36:44 74.68 1:18:31 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Templeton
137 19/317 M4049 NICK TAORMINA 44 M 2505 1:20:43 6:10 37:01 72.56 1:20:49 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Gloucester
138 9/226 M5059 DAVE DUNHAM 53 M 2511 1:20:48 6:10 37:04 78.29 1:20:54 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Bradford
150 24/317 M4049 KEVIN GORMAN 40 M 2503 1:21:46 6:15 37:20 69.40 1:21:55 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Norwood
176 25/317 M4049 JIM PAWLICKI 42 M 2509 1:23:15 6:22 38:24 69.17 1:23:24 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Lynn
203 15/226 M5059 DAN VERRINGTON 54 M 2513 1:24:11 6:26 38:03 75.76 1:24:21 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Bradford
230 34/317 M4049 JEFFREY HADZIMA 40 M1075 1:24:43 6:28 37:30 66.05 1:26:04 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS South Grafton
304 50/317 M4049 NAKRI DAO 44 M 2508 1:28:13 6:44 40:12 66.27 1:28:29 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Lynn
354 36/226 M5059 JOHN PAJER 54 M 1652 1:31:38 7:00 41:24 69.55 1:31:53 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Leicester
403 44/226 M5059 GARY CATTARIN 54 M 2514 1:34:07 7:11 41:48 67.69 1:34:24 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Marlborough
406 93/201 M2029 STEPHEN TRAINOR 25 M 978 1:32:29 7:04 42:14 58.26 1:34:50 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Salem
615 73/226 M5059 WILLIAM GONSORCIK 50 M1565 1:42:19 7:49 45:48 59.98 1:42:51 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Worcester
866 106/226 M5059 FRANK RUGGIERO 58 M 1874 1:50:27 8:26 50:14 59.49 1:51:25 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Lunenburg
927 114/226 M5059 STEPHEN LASKA 55 M 2692 1:52:33 8:36 50:35 56.98 1:53:10 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Holden
1020 127/226M5059 ANDREW GRIGOROV 52 M1537 1:53:16 8:39 49:47 54.22 1:55:47 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Barre
AGE-GROUP RESULTS
********** MALE MASTERS RESULTS ***********
Place Name Age City
St Gun Time
1 DAVID BEDOYA 40 SOMERVILLE MA 1:10:48
2 PETER HAMMER 50 NEEDHAM MA 1:14:34
3 GREGORY PUTNAM 47 STONEHAM MA 1:14:42
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
Place Name Age City St Gun Time
1 RUBEN SANCA 30 CHELMSFORD MA 1:06:54
2 RYAN PLACE 30 CAMBRIDGE MA 1:07:49
3 DAN VASSALLO 31 PEABODY MA 1:08:58
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49
Place Name Age City St Gun Time
1 DAVID BEDOYA 40 SOMERVILLE MA 1:10:48
2 GREGORY PUTNAM 47 STONEHAM MA 1:14:42
3 JASON DUNKLEE 42 WATERTOWN MA 1:16:21
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 59
Place Name Age City St Gun Time
1 PETER HAMMER 50 NEEDHAM MA 1:14:34
2 GREGORY PICKLESIMER 50 BRIGHTON MA 1:15:33
3 ED SHELDON 52 HOOKSETT NH 1:17:17
MALE OPEN TEAM RESULTS (CMS 4th out of 28 teams)
1. BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
1:07:19 1:07:21 1:07:38 1:07:48 1:08:36 (1:10:45) (1:14:18) = 5:38:42
BRIAN HARVEY 29 M, MATT FISCHER 24 M, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN 23 M, DAN
HARPER 27 M, BRAD MISH 29 M, DAVID BEDOYA 40 M, SEAN HYLAND 32 M
2. Western Mass Distance Project
1:07:13 1:07:47 1:10:41 1:11:49 1:14:23 (1:16:02) (1:23:18) = 5:51:53
AMOS SANG 28 M, JASON AYR 29 M, DENNIS ROCHE 30 M, TIM GILL 24 M, DAN
SMITH 38 M, TIM SHEA 23 M, MATTHEW MOUSSAMIH 22 M
3. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB
1:10:28 1:10:46 1:11:02 1:11:57 1:12:26 (1:13:30) (1:13:55) = 5:56:39
MANUEL GONZALEZ 27 M, DAVID METZGER 30 M, ROBERT DELEO 34 M, DAVE
MOYER 27 M, IAN NEILL 32 M, ERIC MENDOZA 32 M, ROBERT NORCROSS 35 M
4. CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
1:08:55 1:10:37 1:10:41 1:14:37 1:14:39 (1:16:15) (1:16:18) = 5:59:29
DAN VASSALLO 31 M, NATE JENKINS 36 M, SCOTT LESLIE 35 M, DANIEL RABOIN
25 M, GREGORY PUTNAM 47 M, THOMAS O'SHEA 21 m, JASON DUNKLEE 42 M
5. WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM
1:06:53 1:12:35 1:12:55 1:15:01 1:17:55 (1:19:15) (1:20:05) = 6:05:19
RUBEN SANCA 30 M, ERIC MCDONALD 27 M, SAMUEL GRAY 21 M, JOSE ORTIZ 28
m, JOSEPH NAVAS 46 M, STEVE DOWSETT 29 M, SCOTT ANDERSON 52 M
MALE MASTERS TEAM RESULTS (CMS 2nd out of 16 teams)
1. BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
1:10:45 1:14:29 1:16:50 1:16:52 1:18:32 (1:19:32) (1:20:12) = 6:17:28
DAVID BEDOYA 40 M, PETER HAMMER 50 M, BRENDAN PRINDIVILLE 40 M, HARRY
STANTS 44 M, PAT CALLAHAN 44 M, MICHAEL MCGRANE 46 M, JAMES CALLAGHAN
47 M
2. CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
1:14:39 1:16:18 1:17:10 1:17:35 1:18:26 (1:20:43) (1:20:48) = 6:24:08
GREGORY PUTNAM 47 M, JASON DUNKLEE 42 M, ED SHELDON 52 M, DAVID
PRINCIPE SR 50 M, ARTHUR BESSE 44 M, NICK TAORMINA 44 M, DAVE DUNHAM
53 M
3. WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM
1:17:55 1:20:05 1:20:26 1:21:13 1:22:04 (1:22:22) (1:26:23) = 6:41:43
JOSEPH NAVAS 46 M, SCOTT ANDERSON 52 M, MICHAEL COONEY 55 M, BRADFORD
KLINEDINST 40 M, CHARLIE BEMIS 54 M, DOUGLAS MARTYN 57 M, BRIAN ALLEN
45 M
MALE SENIORS TEAM RESULTS (CMS 1st out of 13 teams)
1. CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
1:17:10 1:17:35 1:20:48 1:24:11 1:31:38 (1:34:07) (1:42:19) = 6:51:22
ED SHELDON 52 M, DAVID PRINCIPE SR 50 M, DAVE DUNHAM 53 M, DAN
VERRINGTON 54 M, JOHN PAJER 54 M, GARY CATTARIN 54 M, WILLIAM
GONSORCIK 50 M
2. WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM
1:20:05 1:20:26 1:22:04 1:22:22 1:27:33 (1:30:01) (1:44:10) = 6:52:30
SCOTT ANDERSON 52 M, MICHAEL COONEY 55 M, CHARLIE BEMIS 54 M, DOUGLAS
MARTYN 57 M, PAUL HAMMOND 57 M, CRAIG FRAM 58 M, JOHN GORMAN 59 M
3. BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
1:14:29 1:22:55 1:24:32 1:26:27 1:27:32 (1:27:59) (1:28:32) = 6:55:55
PETER HAMMER 50 M, WAYNE LEVY 51 M, PAUL DAVIES 50 M, DAVID CONSIGLI
52 m, JON SCHOENBERG 53 M, ANDY MACDONALD 57 M, CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE
53 M