CMS teams hit the podium, records fall at Mount Washington

Dave Dunham led CMS for the day to the summit of Mount Washington

The Central Mass Striders men’s racing teams took on the Mount Washington Road Race on a clear day to the summit. CMS was led by Senior, Dave Dunham, who placed 19^th overall, 1^st in age group, with a time of 1:11:35. Dave helped not only the open team to a 2^nd place showing, but scored for the masters and seniors team that won the respective team competition. Kevin Tilton was the 2^nd open team scoring member right behind Dave with a 21^st place finish. Francis Burdett, Erik Vandendries, and Todd Callaghan rounded out the scoring for the open team. Team Colorado won the open team competition. 

The CMS senior team consisting of Dave Dunham, Francis Burdett, Erik Vandendries, Dan Verrington, and Ernest Brake broke the Senior team record that was previously held by Whirlaway. The five from Saturday ran a combined time of 6:17:33 breaking the mark of 6:35:23 that was set by Whirlaway in 2013.

55th Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race

June 20, 2015    7.6 Miles - Base to Summit     Pinkham Notch, Gorham, NH

19 Dave Dunham   M5054  1/90   1:11:35  9:26    51 M Ward Hill MA

21 Kevin Tilton        M3034 6/68   1:12:08  9:30    33 M North Conway NH

22 Francis Burdett  M5054 2/90   1:12:19  9:31    50 M Worcester  MA

23 Erik Vandendries   M5054 3/90   1:12:20  9:32 50 M Chestnut Hill MA

25 Todd Callaghan  M4549 2/107  1:12:55  9:36    45 M Beverly MA

29 Sam Wood          M2529 8/55   1:13:56  9:44    28 M Laconia NH

31 Matthew Veiga  M2529 9/55   1:14:31  9:49    28 M Lynn  MA

33 Tim Mahoney     M3539 5/93   1:15:19  9:55    35 M Holyoke MA

54 Patrick Rich         M3539 10/93 1:20:15 10:34 38 M South Hamilton MA

56 Dan Verrington  M5054 5/90   1:20:28 10:36    52 M Bradford  MA

59 Ernest Brake       M5054 6/90   1:20:51 10:39    53 M N.Sutton  NH

149 John Pajer         M5054 14/90   1:31:02 11:59  52 M Leicester MA

156 Paul Bazanchuk M6064 4/57   1:31:31 12:03   60 M Center Conway  NH

253 David Lapierre  M5054  23/90   1:37:47 12:52  51 M Chelmsford MA

341 Stephen Peterson M4549  41/107  1:42:38 13:31 49 M Chelmsford MA

404 Stephen Laska    M5054  42/90   1:46:18 14:00    53 M Holden MA

422 Robert Thomas  M5559  21/76   1:47:39 14:10    55 M Charlton MA

612 Walter Kuklinski  M6569 13/34   1:58:45 15:38   66 M Princeton MA

MALE OPEN TEAM RESULTS

1.  TEAM COLORADO                          

          1:00:59 1:03:15 1:03:55 1:04:02 1:05:25 = 5:17:36

         Andy Wacker, Zach Miller, Peter Maksimow, Simon Gutierrez, Rickey

         Gates                         

2.  CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS                  

          1:11:35 1:12:08 1:12:19 1:12:20 1:12:55 (1:13:56) (1:14:31) = 6:01:17

         Dave Dunham, Kevin Tilton, Francis Burdett, Erik Vandendries, Todd

         Callaghan, Sam Wood, Matthew Veiga

3.  CAMBRIDGE RUNNING CLUB                 

4.  ACIDOTIC RACING                        

5.  TEAM GLOUCESTER                        

MALE MASTERS TEAM RESULTS

1.  CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS                  

          1:11:35 1:12:19 1:12:20 1:12:55 1:20:28 (1:20:51) (1:31:02) = 6:09:37

         Dave Dunham, Francis Burdett, Erik Vandendries, Todd Callaghan, Dan

         Verrington, Ernest Brake, John Pajer

2.  TEAM GLOUCESTER                        

3.  GATE CITY STRIDERS                     

4.  WINNER'S CIRCLE RUNNING CLUB           

5.  NORTH MEDFORD CLUB                     

MALE SENIORS TEAM RESULTS

1.  CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS                  

          1:11:35 1:12:19 1:12:20 1:20:28 1:20:51 (1:31:02) (1:31:31) = 6:17:33 *New 50+ team record

         Dave Dunham, Francis Burdett, Erik Vandendries, Dan Verrington, Ernest

         Brake, John Pajer, Paul Bazanchuk

2.  TEAM GLOUCESTER                        

3.  GATE CITY STRIDERS                     

4.  WINNER'S CIRCLE RUNNING CLUB    

5.  NORTH MEDFORD CLUB