USATF New England Cross Country Championships Franklin Park

The Central Mass Striders Masters team placed 2nd in the USATF New England Masters Cross Country Championships (8 kilometers) held at Franklin Park. First place BAA had 35 points. CMS had 46 and 3rd place, Springfield Harriers had 97 points. A total of nine teams competed. Gregory Putnam led CMS with a 3rd place overall finish and a time of 26:52, just five seconds behind Chris Magill and three behind Peter Hamer. Tim Van Orden placed 6th overall with a time of 27:04. Alan Bernier and Joshua Perks were the next CMS runners to cross the finish line with times of 27:42 and 27:46 respectively. Todd Callaghan wrapped up the scoring for the masters team with a 14th place finish and a time of 27:55. James Pawlicki was 18th, Daniel Verrington (5th 50+) 26th, and John Gillis was (19th 50+) 57th.

Nate Jenkins finished 8th overall in the men’s Open race who raced the 10 kilometer course. He ran a time of 31:12.

CMS finishers in blue.

USATF New England Open and Masters Cross Country Championships
Franklin Park, Boston, MA, November 8, 2015

1  #21 Chris Magill         42 Boston Athletic          26:47            
2  #16 Peter Hammer     49 Boston Athletic          26:49              
3  #55 Greg Putnam       46 Central Mass             26:52              
6  #57 Tim Van Orden    47 Central Mass             27:04      
11  #49 Alan Bernier       41 Central Mass             27:42              
12  #54 Joshua Perks     41 Central Mass             27:46              
14  #50 Todd Callaghan  46 Central Mass             27:55              
18  #53 James Pawlicki  41 Central Mass             28:06              
26  #58 Daniel Verrington 53 Central Mass             28:37  
57  #51 John Gillis            51 Central Mass             31:08    

Team Scores                                
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Rank Team                      Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7   *8   *9
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   1 Boston Athletic Associati    35    1    2    4   13   15   17   21        
      Total Time:  2:16:25.00                                                  
         Average:    27:17.00                                                  
   2 Central Mass Striders        46    3    6   11   12   14   18   24          
      Total Time:  2:17:19.00                                                    
         Average:    27:27.80                                                  
   3 Gr Springfield Harriers      97   10   16   19   23   29   30   32        
      Total Time:  2:21:30.00                                                  
         Average:    28:18.00                                                  
   4 Dirigo R.C.                 108    5    7   20   37   39   54            
      Total Time:  2:22:37.00                                                  
         Average:    28:31.40                                                  
   5 Green Mountain Athletic A   150    9   22   36   40   43   46   48        
      Total Time:  2:27:21.00                                                  
         Average:    29:28.20