It was a solid day for the Central Mass Striders Men’s teams
in the usually competitive Grand Prix event at the New Bedford Half Marathon. The
weather was decent with the usual heavy winds at bay on Sunday. The NBHM was the first of seven races within the 2019 USATF New England Grand Prix Road Race Series.
Summary: open team 5th, masters team 1st,
and seniors 2nd after breaking a tie with Whirlaway (CMS’s 5th
scoring runner, Dave Dunham, was faster than Whirlaway’s 5th scoring
runner). Every second counts.
Big PR’s were had by Bryan
Trinque, Kevin Hankens, Arthur Besse, Nick Taormina, David Principe (also NEGP
50+ overall Champion!)
Scoring Individual GP points within the age groups were: Dan Vassallo, Scott Mindel, Kevin Hankens, Patrick Rich, Alan Bernier, Arthur Besse, Nick Taormina, David Principe, David Lapierre, & Stephen Drouin
Teams will regroup for the 2nd GP Championship, Frank Nealon Boston
Tune-Up 15 on March 30th.
Open
Place Name
Club Gun Time
Age Division Place Score Chip Time
8 Dan Vassallo Central Mass
Striders 01:08:16 33 7 14 01:08:13
11 Scott Mindel Central Mass
Striders 01:08:55 32 9 12 01:08:52
55 Colin Carroll Central Mass
Striders 01:13:27 34 43 - 01:13:25
67 Daniel Raboin Central Mass
Striders 01:13:55 27 49 - 01:13:51
124 Bryan Trinque Central Mass
Striders 01:18:04 35 76 - 01:18:00
219 Bob Jackman Central Mass
Striders 01:23:24 36 104 - 01:23:16
Masters, 40-44
50 Kevin Hankens Central Mass
Striders 01:12:49 40 3 8 01:12:45
85 Patrick Rich Central Mass
Striders 01:15:11 42 7 4 01:15:09
104 Alan Bernier Central Mass
Striders 01:16:34 44 10 1 01:16:30
302 Dennis Floyd Central Mass
Striders 01:28:05 42 23 - 01:27:57
805 James Pawlicki Central Mass
Striders 01:46:51 44 31 - 01:46:28
Masters, 45-49
88 Arthur Besse Central Mass
Striders 01:15:37 46 3 8 01:15:32
157 Nick Taormina Central Mass
Striders 01:20:08 46 5 6 01:20:00
299 James Hughes Central Mass
Striders 01:28:05 46 14 - 01:27:56
Seniors, 50-54
82 David Principe Central Mass
Striders 01:15:04 52 1 10 01:15:01
277 Ed Sheldon Central Mass
Striders 01:26:51 54 18 - 01:26:44
391 David Harper Central Mass
Striders 01:33:57 52 26 - 01:32:29
442 Dave Dunham Central Mass
Striders 01:36:50 54 30 - 01:34:09
903 William Gonsorcik Central
Mass Striders 01:50:47 52 42 - 01:50:28
Seniors, 55-59
261 David Lapierre Central Mass
Striders 01:26:01 55 4 7 01:25:49
449 Gary Cattarin Central Mass
Striders 01:34:56 55 11 - 01:34:31
Veterans, 60-64
618 Stephen Drouin Central Mass
Striders 01:41:47 63 9 2 01:40:45
809 Frank Ruggiero Central Mass
Striders 01:48:05 60 15 - 01:46:43
USATF New England - New Bedford HM 2019 Team Results (top 5 teams)
Club Num TimeM TimeF Club Name Runners Team Time Points
(5th out of 23 teams)
1 02-0001
05:46:26 03:23:31 Boston Athletic
Association 23 05:46:26 23
2 02-0422
05:50:05 03:25:39 The Heartbreakers 5
05:50:05 22
3 02-0016
05:52:47 03:29:40 Greater Boston Track
Club 15 05:52:47 21
4 02-0192
05:56:08 03:30:26 Whirlaway Racing Team
18 05:56:08 20
5 02-0009
05:57:06
03:29:50 Central Mass Striders 23 05:57:06 19
Club Num TimeM TimeF Club Name Runners Team Time
Points (1st out of 17 teams)
1 02-0009
06:14:57 03:42:55 Central Mass Striders
17 06:14:57 17
2 02-0225
06:20:46 03:43:04 Dirigo R.C. 8 06:20:46
16
3 02-0001
06:30:14 03:47:03 Boston Athletic
Association 11 06:30:14 15
4 02-0111
06:31:39 03:48:59 HFC Striders 11
06:31:39 14
5 02-0020
06:49:58
03:59:39 Greater Springfield Harriers, Inc 14 06:49:58 13
Club Num TimeM TimeF Club Name Runners Team Time
Points (1st out of 11 teams)
1 02-0020
06:52:35 03:59:39 Greater Springfield
Harriers, Inc 12 06:52:35 11
2 02-0009
07:14:12 04:07:34 Central Mass Striders 9
07:14:12 10
3 02-0192
07:14:12 04:10:08 Whirlaway Racing Team 8
07:14:12 9
4 02-0068
07:24:09 04:23:20 Greater Lowell Road
Runners 24 07:24:09 8
5 02-0111
07:38:59
04:16:45 HFC Striders 5 07:38:59 7