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

Unofficial results that RaceWire and USATF New Englandmay choose to update

Photos by KrissyK