CMS win gold and silver at the US Mountain Running Championships

The CMS Men’s Open team placed second overall at the 2012 United States Mountain Running Championship which was hosted by the Mt. Washington Road Race. Team Colorado, who benefit from high altitude training, had four men run under 1:05 to place first overall. Whirlaway Racing placed third overall. Kevin Tilton led the way for CMS by running 1:05:54, 18^th overall. He was also the first New Hampshire resident to cross the line thus picked up the Crossan Cup. Nate Jenkins (20th), Jim Johnson (23), Dave Dunham (26) , and Ross Krause (27) finished off the top five scoring. Michael Quintal (36) and Francis Burdett (37) were the 6^th and 7^th CMS athletes to cross the line.

Kevin Tilton finished 18th overall at Mt. Washington - US Mountain Running Championship
Photo by Dave Mingori

Meanwhile, the CMS Masters Team won the championship event outpacing Whirlaway Racing and Gate City Striders. The masters were led by former Mt. Washington Road Race Champion, Dave Dunham. He ran 1:08:19 – 26^th overall and second master overall. Francis Burdett (37), Scott Clark (48), Martin Tighe (59) and Tim Van Orden (62) wrapped up the scoring. Martin was the 2^nd overall 50+ age group runner. Ernest Brake (4^th 50+ overall) and John Pajer were the 6^th and 7^th men for the masters team.

52nd Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race

2012 U.S. Mountain Running Championship

June 16, 2012    7.6 Miles - Base to Summit     Pinkham Notch, Gorham, NH

MALE OPEN TEAM RESULTS

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1.  TEAM COLORADO                          

1:00:58 1:01:52 1:02:24 1:02:41 1:04:33 (1:05:14) (1:05:21) = 5:12:28

Glenn Randall, Tommy Manning, Simon Gutierrez, Alex Nichols, Rickey

Gates, John Tribbia, Peter Maksimow

2.  CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS                  

1:05:54 1:06:35 1:07:55 1:08:19 1:08:25 (1:11:00) (1:11:17) = 5:37:08

Kevin Tilton, Nate Jenkins, Jim Johnson, Dave Dunham, Ross Krause,

Michael Quintal, Francis Burdett

3.  WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM                  

1:08:07 1:10:49 1:14:29 1:16:37 1:18:05 (1:19:32) (1:21:48) = 6:08:07

Brandon Newbould, Sean Livingston, Paul Hammond, Daniel Princic, Reno

Stirrat, Paul Doe, Patrick Ard

MALE MASTERS TEAM RESULTS

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1.  CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS                  

1:08:19 1:11:17 1:14:21 1:17:34 1:18:16 (1:19:55) (1:26:28) = 6:09:47

Dave Dunham, Francis Burdett, Scott Clark, Martin Tighe, Tim Van Orden,

Ernest Brake, John Pajer

2.  WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM                  

1:10:49 1:14:29 1:18:05 1:19:32 1:26:45 (1:31:31) = 6:29:40

Sean Livingston, Paul Hammond, Reno Stirrat, Paul Doe, Doug Martyn,

Chris Spinney

3.  GATE CITY STRIDERS                     

1:12:13 1:13:26 1:16:20 1:28:25 1:31:36 (1:32:25) (1:33:28) = 6:42:00

Todd Callaghan, Fergus Cullen, Brian Ruhm, Len Hall, Robert Mulvaney,

Chuck Landry, Keith O'Brien

52nd Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race

2012 U.S. Mountain Running Championship

June 16, 2012    7.6 Miles - Base to Summit     Pinkham Notch, Gorham, NH

1   1/136  M2034   58:27  7:42 Sage Canaday        26 M   Sheridan OR          34                                          

2   2/136  M2034 1:00:33  7:58 Joseph Gray         28 M   Newcastle WA      7 CLUB NORTHWEST/SCOTT SPORTS             

3   3/136  M2034 1:00:54  8:01 Eric Blake    33 M   New Britain CT     9 BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION             

4   4/136  M2034 1:00:58  8:02 Glenn Randall       25 M   Mesa CO         8 TEAM COLORADO                           

5   1/75   M3539 1:01:38  8:07 Marco De Gasperi 35 M   Bormio, Italy         4 G.S. FORESTALE                          

18  14/136  M2034 1:05:54  8:41 Kevin Tilton    30 M   North Conway NH 13 CMS             

20  16/136  M2034 1:06:35  8:46 Nate Jenkins   31 M   Andover MA         20 CMS             

23   5/75   M3539 1:07:55  8:57 Jim Johnson      35 M   East Wakefield NH    15 CMS     

26   2/104  M4549 1:08:19  9:00 Dave Dunham  48 M   Ward Hill MA            48 CMS     

27  19/136  M2034 1:08:25  9:01 Ross Krause    32 M   Easthampton MA       21 CMS   

36  26/136  M2034 1:11:00  9:21 Michael Quintal 34 M   North Andover MA  789 CMS 

37   3/104  M4549 1:11:17  9:23 Francis Burdett  47 M   Worcester MA         14 CMS 

43  29/136  M2034 1:12:45  9:35 Tim Mahoney   32 M   Holyoke MA           49 CMS

48   4/104  M4549 1:14:21  9:47 Scott Clark       46 M   Gilmanton NH         95 CMS

59   2/85   M5054 1:17:34 10:13 Martin Tighe     54 M   Providece RI           117 CMS

62   6/90   M4044 1:18:16 10:18 Tim Van Orden  44 M   Bennington VT       44 CMS

69   4/85   M5054 1:19:55 10:31 Ernest Brake      50 M   North Sutton NH   137 CMS

97  52/136  M2034 1:24:44 11:09 Thomas Brown 26 M   Beverly MA          189 CMS

104  16/104  M4549 1:26:28 11:23 John Pajer       49 M   Leicester MA       577 CMS

118  18/104  M4549 1:28:01 11:35 David Quintal  49 M   Salem NH             91 CMS

218  39/104  M4549 1:39:22 13:05 David Lapierre  48 M   Chelmsford MA  126 CMS  

246  45/104  M4549 1:41:40 13:23 Stephen Peterson  46 M   Chelmsford MA 46 CMS

CMS - Mt. Washington photos taken by Dave Mingori

Mt Washington state record - Maine

Matt Russell broke the Maine state record at Mt Washington, taking over 2 minutes off of Rob Pierce’s time from 1995. Matt is one of four CMS members to hold state records (Blake set the NY record in 2005 while still a member of CMS).


State—Year—Pl--Time
ME----2010—7---1:04:21---Matt Russell

MA----1999—3---1:00:37 ---Dave Dunham
NH----1993—2---1:00:44---Dave Dunham
NY----2005—2---1:01:07---Eric Blake
VT----1999—4---1:01:09---Eric Morse

Blake and Dunham are the only two runners to hold multiple state records. Blake also holds the CT record 1:00:39 (set while a member of BAA).

2010 US National Champions

The Central Mass Striders are once again the US National Mountain Running Champions.  The Open team consisting of Matt Russell, Pete Maksimow, Jim Johnson, Ben Nephew, and Andy McCarron placed first overall at the 2010 Mount Washington Road Race (results) up in NH over the weekend, giving CMS it's 4th US National Mountain Running title in the last 7 years (only 6 of those years had US Championships).

Mount Washington - CMS Top Times - Sub 1:10

As the Mount Washington Road Race Lottery opens (March 1-15) on one week, I put together an interesting list of All Time CMS times under 1:10.  A CMS member has broken 1:10 every year since 1991.

Note: This does not reflect CMS members that ran sub 1:10 times as members of other clubs of course (like Peterson, Dunham, Hodge with GLRR, Blake with BAA, etc.).  It is only sub 1:10 times as members of CMS.  This also doesn't include any times from 2002, as the race was only to half-way.

Stats:
- 1:10 has been broken 84 times by a CMS runner
- 21 CMS Men have broken 1:10
- 13 CMS men have done it more than once
- Most: Morse has done it 15 times, Dunham 13 (with CMS)
- Youngest:  Tilton (22)
- Oldest:  Dunham (45)
- Best Place: 1st (Dunham, Fram)
- Worst Place:  31st (Dunham)
- Wins:  2 (Dunham, Fram)



Top CMS Times - Sub 1:10

Overall Rank	Individual Rank	Time	Pace	Place	Year	Name	Age	City/State
1	1	1:00:37	7:59	3	1999	DAVE DUNHAM	35	BRADFORD MA
2	2	1:00:44	8:00	2	1993	DAVE DUNHAM	29	LONDONDERRY NH
3	1	1:01:07	8:02	2	2005	ERIC BLAKE	26	PLATTSBURGH NY
4	1	1:01:09	8:03	4	1999	ERIC MORSE	34	BERLIN VT
5	1	1:01:37	8:07	2	2006	PAUL LOW	32	BELCHERTOWN MA
6	2	1:02:01	8:09	3	2005	PAUL LOW	31	AMHERST MA
7	3	1:02:24	8:13	2	1996	DAVE DUNHAM	32	BRADFORD MA
8	2	1:02:31	8:14	2	1998	ERIC MORSE	33	MONTPELIER VT
9	3	1:02:32	8:14	2	2007	PAUL LOW	33	BELCHERTOWN MA
10	4	1:02:48	8:16	3	2000	DAVE DUNHAM	36	BRADFORD MA
11	4	1:03:12	8:19	2	2004	PAUL LOW	30	AMHERST MA
12	5	1:03:18	8:20	3	1992	DAVE DUNHAM	28	LONDONDERRY NH
13	1	1:03:20	8:20	2	1995	CRAIG FRAM	36	HAMPSTEAD NH
14	6	1:03:20	8:20	3	1995	DAVE DUNHAM	31	LONDONDERRY NH
15	7	1:03:22	8:21	1	1994	DAVE DUNHAM	30	LONDONDERRY NH
16	3	1:03:37	8:22	4	1995	ERIC MORSE	30	MONTPELIER VT
17	8	1:03:38	8:23	4	1998	DAVE DUNHAM	34	BRADFORD MA
18	1	1:03:42	8:23	5	2005	KEVIN TILTON	23	CONWAY NH
19	4	1:03:46	8:24	3	1996	ERIC MORSE	31	MONTPELIER VT
20	5	1:03:50	8:24	4	1993	ERIC MORSE	28	MONTPELIER VT
21	9	1:04:20	8:28	2	2001	DAVE DUNHAM	37	BRADFORD MA
22	2	1:04:22	8:29	4	1996	CRAIG FRAM	37	PLAISTOW NH
23	2	1:04:30	8:30	4	2004	ERIC BLAKE	25	PLATTSBURGH NY
24	1	1:04:36	8:30	8	1999	TOM ANDERSON	34	KEENE NH
25	6	1:04:38	8:31	5	2006	ERIC MORSE	41	BERLIN VT
26	3	1:04:48	8:32	1	1997	CRAIG FRAM	38	PLAISTOW NH
27	7	1:04:54	8:33	4	2000	ERIC MORSE	35	BERLIN VT
28	8	1:05:00	8:34	4	2001	ERIC MORSE	36	BERLIN VT
29	9	1:05:26	8:36	6	2005	ERIC MORSE	40	BERLIN VT
30	10	1:05:38	8:39	2	1997	ERIC MORSE	32	MONTPELIER VT
31	1	1:05:43	8:39	6	1996	DAN VERRINGTON	33	BRADFORD MA
32	1	1:05:43	8:39	7	2005	PETER MAKSIMOW	26	SPRINGFIELD MA
33	1	1:05:48	8:40	7	1998	MIKE CASNER	36	KEENE NH
34	1	1:06:00	8:41	10	1999	RICHARD BOLT	28	PEPPERELL MA
35	2	1:06:03	8:41	4	1991	MIKE CASNER	29	KEENE NH
36	1	1:06:19	8:44	9	2009	MATTHEW RUSSELL	26	BOULDER CO
37	10	1:06:19	8:44	3	2003	DAVE DUNHAM	39	BRADFORD MA
38	3	1:06:26	8:45	4	1994	MIKE CASNER	32	KEENE NH
39	2	1:06:31	8:46	15	2008	KEVIN TILTON	26	NORTH CONWAY NH
40	1	1:06:39	8:47	10	2009	FRANCIS BURDETT	44	WORCESTER MA
41	11	1:06:46	8:47	8	2004	ERIC MORSE	39	BERLIN VT
42	12	1:06:56	8:49	20	2008	ERIC MORSE	43	BERLIN VT
43	4	1:06:57	8:49	7	1992	MIKE CASNER	30	KEENE NH
44	2	1:06:58	8:49	4	2003	RICHARD BOLT	32	MANCHESTER NH
45	1	1:07:00	8:49	10	1995	SCOTT CLARK	29	GILMANTON NH
46	3	1:07:10	8:51	10	2004	KEVIN TILTON	22	CONWAY NH
47	13	1:07:12	8:51	6	1994	ERIC MORSE	29	MONTPELIER VT
48	2	1:07:20	8:52	8	1998	DAN VERRINGTON	35	BRADFORD MA
49	3	1:07:30	8:53	10	2005	RICHARD BOLT	34	NASHUA NH
50	2	1:07:40	8:55	7	1994	SCOTT CLARK	28	GILMANTON NH
51	3	1:07:50	8:56	5	2000	DAN VERRINGTON	37	BRADFORD MA
52	1	1:07:50	8:56	25	2008	BEN NEPHEW	32	MANSFIELD MA
53	5	1:07:59	8:57	10	1993	MIKE CASNER	31	KEENE NH
54	6	1:08:00	8:57	8	1996	MIKE CASNER	34	MARLOW NH
55	1	1:08:05	8:58	27	2008	MATTHEW CLARK	25	AMHERST MA
56	1	1:08:11	8:59	14	2009	JUSTIN FYFFE	29	E. DUMMERSTON VT
57	4	1:08:15	8:59	12	2004	RICHARD BOLT	33	MANCHESTER NH
58	1	1:08:17	9:00	7	2007	GREG WARD	35	WEST BOYLSTON  MA
59	1	1:08:22	9:00	14	1999	STEPHEN PETERSON	33	CHELMSFORD  MA
60	4	1:08:31	9:01	4	1997	DAN VERRINGTON	34	BRADFORD MA
61	14	1:08:34	9:02	15	2009	ERIC MORSE	44	BERLIN VT
62	5	1:08:35	9:02	13	1992	DAN VERRINGTON	29	BRADFORD MA
63	7	1:08:40	9:02	13	1995	MIKE CASNER	33	KEENE NH
64	6	1:08:42	9:03	5	2001	DAN VERRINGTON	38	BRADFORD MA
65	7	1:08:51	9:04	12	1993	DAN VERRINGTON	30	BRADFORD MA
66	15	1:08:56	9:05	8	2007	ERIC MORSE	42	BERLIN VT
67	2	1:08:59	9:05	11	1996	STEPHEN PETERSON	30	CHELMSFORD  MA
68	4	1:08:59	9:05	19	2009	KEVIN TILTON	27	NORTH CONWAY NH
69	11	1:09:08	9:06	31	2008	DAVE DUNHAM	44	BRADFORD MA
70	2	1:09:09	9:06	15	2004	BEN NEPHEW	28	FOXBORO MA
71	3	1:09:10	9:07	16	1993	STEPHEN PETERSON	27	CLINTON MA
72	1	1:09:13	9:06	15	1995	JIM GARCIA	36	WESTFORD  MA
73	8	1:09:14	9:07	8	2003	DAN VERRINGTON	40	BRADFORD MA
74	3	1:09:19	9:08	16	2006	BEN NEPHEW	30	MANSFIELD MA
75	12	1:09:22	9:08	20	2009	DAVE DUNHAM	45	WARD HILL MA
76	9	1:09:23	9:08	12	2005	DAN VERRINGTON	42	BRADFORD MA
77	8	1:09:26	9:09	16	1999	MIKE CASNER	37	KEENE NH
78	13	1:09:30	9:09	17	2006	DAVE DUNHAM	42	BRADFORD MA
79	9	1:09:30	9:09	6	2000	MIKE CASNER	38	KEENE NH
80	5	1:09:34	9:10	10	2007	KEVIN TILTON	25	NORTH CONWAY NH
81	4	1:09:41	9:11	11	1998	STEPHEN PETERSON	32	CHELMSFORD  MA
82	5	1:09:52	9:12	7	1997	STEPHEN PETERSON	31	CHELMSFORD  MA
83	1	1:09:54	9:12	12	1998	BOB HODGE	42	CLINTON MA
84	2	1:09:57	9:13	10	1994	JIM GARCIA	35	WESTFORD  MA

Members with Multiple Runs under 1:10

Name	Times under 1:10
ERIC MORSE	15
DAVE DUNHAM	13
DAN VERRINGTON	9
MIKE CASNER	9
KEVIN TILTON	5
STEPHEN PETERSON	5
PAUL LOW	4
RICHARD BOLT	4
CRAIG FRAM	3
BEN NEPHEW	3
ERIC BLAKE	2
JIM GARCIA	2
SCOTT CLARK	2

I'm sure DD will rip me apart if I've missed some people...

The 'Where's Eric Report' for Late May...

Has anyone seen this man? With one mountain race in the books and one this weekend (both CR's owned by this guy) we're beginning to wonder when he'll pop up again before Mt. Washington...

Early indications (judging from this past weekend's cherrypicking clinic) point to a well deserved return to form, as the elusive Eric Morse couldn't stay completely off the radar, when news of his 15:38 at the 5th Annual WCA Black Fly Blitz 5k in Wilmot, NH hit the Coolrunning wires yesterday.

15:38 would be welcomed with open arms at Rhody in a couple weeks... Will he make the trip down?  We hope so.... 

2009 Mt Washington

Results of the Mt Washington lottery are in. I've listed the CMS members who got into the race and below that our team results from last year (when it was the National Championship).

Open team
CLARK MATTHEW M 26
FYFFE JUSTIN M 29
JOHNSON JIM M 32
LOW PAUL M 35
NEPHEW BEN M 33
TILTON KEVIN M 27

40+ team
BURDETT FRANCIS M 44
COLEMAN EDWARD M 46
DUNHAM DAVE M 45
KUKLINSKI WALTER M 60
LAPIERRE DAVID M 45
MORSE ERIC M 44
PETERSON STEPHEN M 43
QUINTAL DAVID M 46
VERRINGTON DANIEL M 46
WOODMAN MICHAEL M 43
WALSH JOHN M 42

Women
MCMANUS BARBARA F 41
SHAKAR JACQUELINE F 49
RYAN ANNIE F 52

MALE OPEN TEAMS-
1. BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOC
1:00:39 1:06:19 1:06:40 1:06:53 1:08:39 (1:13:22) (1:14:17) = 5:29:10
Eric Blake, Mark Larosa, Ben Schmeckpeper, Matthew Ely, Sean
Livingston, Matthew Carter, Andy MacDonald
2. CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
1:06:31 1:06:56 1:07:50 1:08:05 1:09:08 (1:10:40) (1:13:09) = 5:38:30
Kevin Tilton, Eric Morse, Ben Nephew, Matthew Clark, Dave Dunham,
Daniel Verrington, Jeremy Huckins

MALE MASTERS TEAM RESULTS
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1. CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
1:06:56 1:09:08 1:10:40 1:13:05 1:15:28 (1:19:22) (1:21:21) = 5:55:17
Eric Morse, Dave Dunham, Daniel Verrington, Francis Burdett, David
Quintal, Stephen Peterson, Michael Woodman

Mt Washington lottery!!!!

The Mt W lottery opens on March 1 and ends on March 15. If you want to run you need to enter during this period (lottery by-pass or not).

Here are the categories for lottery by-pass and the CMS runners who can by-pass (remember you still need to enter!)

Current Individual Age Group record holder at Mt. Washington. -dd

Former M or F Overall winner - dd

Award Winner in last year's race. Includes teams, scoring members only (5 men, 3 women)
Open team: Kevin Tilton, Eric Morse, Ben Nephew, Matthew Clark, Dave Dunham,
40+ team: Eric Morse, Dave Dunham, Daniel Verrington, David Quintal, Stephen Peterson

One of the Top Ten Male or Female Age-Graded Masters in last year's race.
Eric Morse, Dave Dunham

Have a continuous streak of official finishes since 1984.
None.

Selected for last year's race and cancelled in writing before June 1st.
None.

Mt. Goat winner in last year's USATF-NE Mountain Series
Tim Mahoney

Elite Runner - Reserved for those with a strong chance of making the top five open, or top three age-adjusted masters. You must contact the race director to receive this designation prior to entering. Contact: RaceTime@gsrs.com

Anyone on our racing team should be able to get in as an Elite runner (if they haven’t already qualified via the by-pass). If in doubt contact Bob Teschek, worst case is that he will say “no” and you’ll have to enter the lottery. Don’t wait, do it today!