XC Nats and ESB

Tim VanOrden finishing 4th last year at the Empire State Building Run-UP

CMS' Tim VanOrden (Bennington, VT), who was named the 2011 USATF Masters Mountain Runner of the Year last year, had a strong week of racing as he tried to better his 4th place showing in last year's Empire State Building Run-Up but fell just short after being on PR pace for about 60 floors. Tim became ill over the last 26 floors and dropped back, but still finished a solid 10th place (results) down in Manhattan on Wednesday night.

He then made his way out to USATF Cross Country Nationals in St. Louis, MO where he finished a stellar 12th place in the Masters Race (results) on Saturday.  Former CMS runner Rusty Snow was 3 seconds out of the overall win and former longtime CMS runners Eric Morse and Dave Dunham also had strong races, finishing 21st and 22nd respectively.

USATF Masters National XC Championships

Place	Name	Age	City	Finish	Pace	Affiliation
1	CHRISTIAN CUSHING-MURRAY	44	SANTA ANA CA	26:08.1	5:16	COMPEX RACING
2	RUSTY SNOW	42	SANTA BARBARA CA	26:11.9	5:17	SANTA BARBARA RUNNING AND RACI
3	KEITH MULHOLLON	42	LAKE GENEVA WI	26:15.8	5:17	UNATTACHED
4	RICHARD FALCONE	41	CLEVELAND TN	26:32.4	5:21	UNATTACHED
5	EVERETT WHITESIDE	41	PENSACOLA FL	26:34.4	5:21	UNATTACHED
6	KEVIN MILLER	50	OLATHE KS	26:53.2	5:25	KANSAS CITY SMOKE
7	BO BOATNER	41	NEW ALBANY MS	26:55.3	5:25	ATLANTA TRACK CLUB
8	JOHN MIRTH	49	PLATTEVILLE WI	27:00.2	5:26	UNATTACHED
9	KRISTIAN BLAICH	45	DECATUR GA	27:18.3	5:30	ATLANTA TRACK CLUB
10	ERIC FORTE	45	SANTA BARBARA CA	27:20.9	5:31	SANTA BARBARA RUNNING AND RACI
11	VALENTIN ALVAREZ	43	MARIETTA GA	27:23.7	5:31	ATLANTA TRACK CLUB
12	TIM VAN ORDEN	43	BENNINGTON VT	27:24.4	5:31	CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
13	MATT EBINER	50	COVINA CA	27:29.9	5:32	COMPEX RACING
14	JAMES JACKSON	45	CROSSROADS TX	27:34.4	5:33	UNATTACHED
15	ROBERT ARSENAULT	46	RIVERSIDE CA	27:35.0	5:33	COMPEX RACING
16	MATT WEGENKA	47	SPRINGFIELD MO	27:37.7	5:34	KANSAS CITY SMOKE
17	MARK JONES	41	NEWBURGH IN	27:46.2	5:36	UNATTACHED
18	TODD BOOTH	42	SANTA BARBARA CA	27:47.2	5:36	SANTA BARBARA RUNNING AND RACI
19	RICHARD DISSLY	46	BOULDER CO	27:54.8	5:37	RUNNING REPUBLIC OF BOULDER
20	BRIAN SCHMIDT	42	SACHSE TX	27:55.0	5:37	UNATTACHED

96 Total Finishers.

Tim Van Orden named USATF Master and Trail Runner of the year

Congratulations to CMS masters team member Tim Van Orden who was named Runner of the Year for Masters Mountain Running and Masters Trail Running.  He will be presented with the awards at the USATF national convention in St Louis in early December. Thanks to Dave Dunham for compiling.

Tim Van Orden

USATF Races:

2011 USATF Mountain Running Championships (Cranmore) - Master's Champion, 15th Overall

2011 USATF 15k Trail Championships (Spokane) - Master's Champion, 7th Overall

2011 USATF Half Marathon Trail Championships (Bend) - Master's Champion, 5th Overall

2011 USATF New England Mountain Running Series - Masters Champion - 2nd Overall (Masters champion in 5 of the 6 races)

2011 USATF New England Trail Running Championships (Northfield) - Masters Champion

2011 USATF Oregon - Mt. Ashland Hill Climb - Masters Champion, 3rd Overall - New Masters Course Record

2011 USATF 10k Trail Championships (Laurel Springs) - 3rd Master

2011 Mt. Washington Road Race - 1st 40-44

2011 World Masters Mountain Running Championships (Italy) - 10th, Top American.

Additional Highlights:

2011 WMAC/Dion Snowshoe Series - Overall Champion

2011 Empire State Building Run Up - Top American, 4th Overall

2011 Okemo Mountain Challenge - 1st Overall

More information on the USATF Runners of the Year from the USATF Mountain Ultra Trail Council.