Weekend Results - 03-07-10

A big weekend on the National stage for the CMS men this past Sat/Sun as a hearty bunch of striders made their way out to Syracuse, NY for the 2010 US National Snowshoe Championships and a few others headed down to Caumsett State Park, Lloyd Neck, Long Island, New York for the US National 50k Championships.  CMS came out of the weekend with 3 individual USATF medals and 2 US Championship Team medals.

CMS took another National Team Title in the 50k with Dan Verrington, Ben Nephew, and Jesse Regnier all scoring for CMS and all placeing in the top 10!  Ben Nephew proclaimed after that race that when he grows up, he wants to be as fast as Dan Verrington.  Dan destroyed is old 45-49 50k record with a 3:15 yesterday on Long Island.  He was on pace for a 3:06 past halfway, but everyone seemed to slow over the last few 5k loops. He was 4th overall, and second master.  Ben was 5th in 3:18, and our new man Jesse was also in the top 10 (finishing 8th overall).  Jesse went out with eventual winner Mike Wardian for the first few miles, including a crazy 5:12 4th mile.  This was Jesse's first race longer than 8 miles.

Out in the deep snow of East Syracuse, Kevin Tilton (7th overall in a loaded field) led the CMS men to a strong showing at the 10th US National Snowshoe Championships.  There is no official team scoring, but CMS placed 4 in the top 15 and had two others in the top 35.  On Sunday, the CMS/Dion relay team won the National Snowshoe Relay Championship Gold Medal with a team of Jim Johnson, Matt Russell, Kevin Tilton, and Kelly Mortenson.

USATF National 50K Road Championships

Caumsett State Park, NY, March 7, 2010

[Results]

Open Men
1	Michael Wardian	35	Arlington, VA	2:55:50
2	Malcolm Campbell	39	Marietta, GA	3:04:23
3	Scott Jaime	40	Highlands Ranch, CO	3:13:25
4	Daniel Verrington	47	Bradford, MA	3:15:14
5	Ben Nephew	34	Mansfield, MA	3:18:24
6	Scott Dunlap	40	Woodside, CA	3:21:01
7	Mark Godale	39	Aurora, OH	3:23:51
8	Jesse Regnier	22	Hampden, MA	3:28:34
9	Philip McCarthy	41	New York, NY	3:28:48
10	Steven Peterson	44	Fairfax Station, VA	3:31:25

31st Stu's 30K

Clinton, MA, March 7, 2010

[Results]

Place	Time	Pace	Name	City/State	Age	Club
1	1:50:03.15	5.54	Maceiko, Mike	Rutland, MA	34	NB Boston
2	1:50:42.74	5.56	Menzies, Nicolas	Jamaica Plain, MA	30	CRC
3	1:50:50.37	5.57	Tumbleton, Keiron	Hopkinton, MA	44	HRC
4	1:51:39.65	5.59	Peterson, Pepi	Hudson, MA	42	-
5	1:52:20.27	6.02	Guillemette, Glen	Narragansett, RI	50	-
6	1:53:06.19	6.04	Twarog, Matthew	Hubbardston, MA	34	-
7	1:54:56.83	6.10	Helmlinger, Gabriel	Cambridge, MA	43	-
8	1:55:42.45	6.12	Leslie, Scott	Rutland, MA	28	CMS
9	1:56:38.70	6.15	Landry, Robert	Ludlow, MA	41	GSH
10	1:56:42.81	6.16	Gordon, Joshua	Boston, MA	35	BAA
11	1:57:33.98	6.18	Carroll, Mike	Millville, MA	43	TVFR
12	1:57:53.04	6.19	Robinson, Joe	Cambridge, MA	23	BAA
13	1:57:53.47	6.19	Benestad, Chris	Northboro, MA	32	BAA
14	1:58:00.23	6.20	Brown, Thomas	Boston, MA	24	CMS
15	1:58:17.51	6.21	Dowling, Mike	Boston, MA	27	BAA
16	1:59:26.93	6.24	Shattuck, Drew	Waltham, MA	34	Boston Tri
17	2:01:15.49	6.30	Stone, Aaron	Greenfield, MA	27	SMAC
18	2:01:28.08	6.31	Pajer, John	Leicester, MA	47	CMS
19	2:01:57.97	6.33	Ross, Ken	Boston, MA	48	GBTC
20	2:02:00.85	6.33	Sawyer, Mike	Bellingham, MA	48

529 Total Finishers.

Hawley Kiln Notch 4.6 Mile Snowshoe

Dubuque State Forest Hawley, MA, March 7, 2010

[Results]

Place	Name	Age	Time
1	Tim Van Orden	41	0:38:58
2	Dave Dunham	45	0:41:45
3	Tim Mahoney	30	0:42:13
4	Ken Clark	47	0:44:07
5	John Agosto	45	0:44:43
6	Bob McCarthy	43	0:44:56
7	Dave Hannon	39	0:45:47
8	Ned James	55	0:46:42
9	Alan Bates	61	0:46:44
10	Rich Teal	32	0:47:14

61 Total Finishers.

USSSA National Snowshoe Championships

Syracuse, NY, March 6, 2010

[Results]

Place	Name	HomeTown	Sex	Age	Pace	Time
1	Middaugh, Josiah	Vail, CO	M	32	6:54	42:51.06
2	Gall, Scott	Cedar Falls, IA	M	36	6:58	43:15.08
3	Rivers , Zachary	Victor, NY	M	20	7:18	45:17.33
4	Hexum, Greg	Esko, MN	M	0	7:20	45:29.02
5	Joslyn, C. Fred	E Syracuse, NY	M	26	7:22	45:44.80
6	Scott , Jared	Flagstaff, AZ	M	27	7:29	46:24.78
7	Tilton , Kevin	North Conway, NH	M	28	7:31	46:44.56
8	Craighead, Daniel	Ithaca, NY	M	20	7:35	47:03.04
9	Mortenson, Kelly	St. Paul, MN	M	39	7:42	47:45.77
10	Russell , Matthew	Ogdensburg, NY	M	26	7:45	48:03.17
11	Wealing, Logan	Colorado Springs, CO	M	28	7:53	48:58.68
12	Pauling , Ryan	Rochester, NY	M	33	8:05	50:10.65
13	Steinbrecher, Earl	Willsey, NY	M	46	8:08	50:28.35
14	Johnson , Jim	Salem, NH	M	32	8:09	50:36.15
15	Bolt , Richard	Portland, OR	M	39	8:11	50:45.76
31	VanOrden, Tim	Bennington, VT	M	41	9:08	56:41.76
35	Mallett, Peter	Manchester, NH	M	26	9:22	58:08.91

131 Total Finishers.

Fyffe Wraps up a Big Year...

As the year winds down, we'd like to give a big Congratulations to CMS Men's Open Team member Justin Fyffe (Dummerston, VT) for taking home the individual title in the 2009 USATF-New England Grand Prix.  Justin's individual title is the 8th for CMS as he joins some good company in Dunham (3), Fram (3), and Morse (1).  Dunham won his first 5 titles as a GLRR member and his last 3 with CMS.

Justin (who was the 2008 USATF-NE Mountain Champion)  led the CMS Men's team to it's 17th Grand Prix title in it's 24 year history. His scoring races include a 5th place / 51:47 (5:11 pace) at a very challenging DH Jones 10 Miler in Amherst, MA, a 4th place / 38:19 (5:09 pace) at the Bedford 12k in Bedford, NH, a 3rd place / 23:54 (4:52 pace) at the Ollie Road Race in S. Boston, MA, a 3rd place / 30:40 (4:56 pace) at the Lone Gull 10k in Gloucester, MA, and a 2nd place / 2:28:15 (5:40 pace) at the Baystate Marathon in Lowell, MA.

Justin did race two other GP events in 2009 (New Bedford Half Marathon and the Rhody 5k), but an untimely bathroom stop knocked him out of the half marathon scoring, and a tenacious spring racing schedule knocked him back a bit for the 5k.  He didn't need either one of these races to win the overall title however.

Earlier in the season, Justin placed 5th overall at the Vermont City Marathon in Burlington, VT with a 2:27:32 (5:38 pace) and placed 2nd behind multi-national ultra champion Michael Wardian at the US 50k Road Championships in Caumsett Park, NY.  He also went undefeated in a handful of other road and snowshoe races he ran in the winter and early spring.

Most recently, after winding down the fall season (which also included a win at the Clarence Demar Marathon as a 'workout'), Justin represented the United States at the World 50k Trophy in Gibraltar, Spain.

Here's to another big year for Justin and his Keenyan crew...

Huckins Competes in the Timberman Half Ironman

Congratulations are in order as CMS team member Jeremy Huckins competed in the 2009 Timberman Half Ironman Triathlon (70.3 Miles) (results) on Sunday up at Lake Winnipesaukee in Gilford, New Hampshire. Huck was 165th of 1862 amateur triathletes.

Pictured here is 2x world champion and current world record holder Chrissy Wellington giving Huck his finisher's medal.

Huck's splits:

Place	Name	Age	City/State	Final	Div/Tot	Div	Gen/Tot	Gen
165	Jeremy Huckins	27	Loudon, NH	5:03:46	23/113	M25-29	161/1246	M
Rank	Swim	Pace	Tran1	Rank	Bike	Rate	Tran2	Rank	Run	Pace
301	32:24	27:00	2:29	155	2:34:31	21.7	1:53	283	1:52:31	8:36

Timberman website:

http://www.timbermantri.com/timberman.html

Ben Nephew makes US team

Ben Nephew has been selected to the 2009 U.S. Team to compete at the IAU World Trail Challenge which will be held in Serre Chevalier, France on July 12, 2009. The course will be a challenging 68 kilometers (42 miles) with 3,500m (11,500') of climb/descent.

Women:
Susannah Beck (Automatic Selection as 2008 USATF 50 Mile Trail Champion)- Declined position
Prudence L'Heureux (Automatic Selection as 2008 USATF 100Km Trail Champion)
Anita Ortiz- At large from submitted resume
Devon Crosby-Helms- At large from submitted resume
Meghan Arboghast- At large from submitted resume

Men:
Michael Wardian (Automatic Selection as 2008 USATF 50 Mile Trail Champion)- Declined position
Neil Olsen (Automatic Selection as 2008 USATF 100Km Trail Champion)
Matt Lonergan- At large from submitted resume
Kyle Skaggs- At large from submitted resume
Mark Lundblad- At large from submitted resume
Ben Nephew-At large from submitted resume

http://www.trailserrechevalier.com/trail_cerces/index.html