The 20k distance (12.4 miles) is one of the rarely contested distances in the history of the USATF road running grand prix. This year will be only the seventh time the distance was included in the 7 race series which has been held since 1985. In 1985 two 20k’s were run with one designated as the “Men’s masters championship” and the other being the overall championship held in Charlton and Springfield MA respectively. I could not locate results from 1985. In 1987 the race was held in Marshfield over a hilly double-loop course. In 1992 Pittsfield hosted the championships and in 2000, 2002, and 2003 the Bedford Lions (Bedford NH) held the last three 20k’s. CMS was the team champion in 1992 and 2000. GLRR won in 1987, WRT in 2003, and BAA in 2002. CMS had an individual champion in 1992 when Dave Dunham edged BRC’s Ed Sheehan by 9 seconds. Dunham also won while wearing the green of GLRR in 1987. CMS holds the team record with a time of 5:29:37 which is an average of 1:05:55 for the five scoring members, or an average of 5:19 per mile.
09-27-87
1 63:10 Dave Dunham GLRR
2 64:02 Reno Stirrat CMS
3 64:27 Larry Olson TVFR 1st 40+
4 65:10 Dick Mahoney
5 65:19 Steve Curran BAA
6 66:00 John Noland MRR
7 66:10 Walter Murphy GLRR
8 66:14 Gary Wallace GLRR
9 66:29 Mike Slavin BAA
10 66:58 John Waldron CSU
11 67:28 Jim Garcia CMS
Teams
1 GLRR
2 BAA
3 CMS
4 CSU
03-28-92
1 64:03 Dave Dunham CMS
2 64:12 Ed Sheehan BRC
3 65:22 Jim Zimmerly CMS
4 65:45 Jeff Staab BRC
5 65:49 Wayne Jacomb CMS
6 66:06 Pat Gillooly BRC
7 66:26 Scott Clark CMS
8 66:42 Dave Damerjian CSU
9 67:47 Jim Garcia CMS
10 68:03 Jeff Mutter TVF
Team Results
1. CMS = 5:29:37
2. CSU = 5:42:33
3. BRC = 5:45:45
4. GLRR = 5:51:33
5. TVFR = 6:00:26
06-25-00
1 1:04:42 PETER HAMMER 33M BRC
2 1:05:41 CRAIG FRAM 41M WHIRL
3 1:05:42 DAVE DUNHAM 36M CMS
4 1:07:17 TODD COFFIN 38M CMS
5 1:07:46 DAN VERRINGTON 37M CMS
6 1:07:59 LARRY SAYERS 40M CMS
7 1:08:13 RICHARD BOLT 29M CMS
CMS and some familiar names
12 1:09:37 JIM GARCIA 41M CMS
17 1:10:05 GARY GARDNER 29M CMS
22 1:11:28 BYRNE DECKER 33M CMS
24 1:11:43 BEN NEPHEW 24M GBTC
41 1:15:49 DAVID WEATHERBIE 32M CMS
42 1:15:58 JERRY LEARNED 51M CMS
Team Results
1. CMS = 5:36:57
2. WRT = 5:45:25
3. GLRR = 6:04:45
4. GBTC = 6:06:37
5. TVFR = 6:10:04
06/23/02
1 1:04:30 CHRIS MAGILL 29M BAA
2 1:05:03 KEN PLISKA 36M WHIRL
3 1:06:29 ANDY SPAULDING 31M DIRIG
4 1:07:01 KEVEN O'NEIL 32M BAA
5 1:07:07 ERIC BEAUCHESNE 32M GLRR
6 1:07:52 LOWELL LADD 26M BAA
7 1:08:14 CHRIS TEAGUE 32M GLRR
8 1:08:23 ROD VIENS 34M CMS
9 1:08:30 JIM QUADROS 39M WHIRL
10 1:08:34 STEVEN SNOVER 42M
CMS and some familiar names
16 1:09:31 BEN NEPHEW 26M GBTC
20 1:10:18 TIMOTHY BOILARD 27M CMS
30 1:11:40 RICHARD BOLT 31M CMS
35 1:12:19 ERNIE BRAKE 40M CMS
38 1:12:43 JEFF MUTTER 42M CMS
41 1:13:15 DAVE OLIVER 46M CMS
Team Results
1. BAA = 5:37:57
2. WRT = 5:43:50
3. GLRR = 5:47:43
4. CMS = 5:55:23
5. CSU = 6:08:46
06/29/03 – Unfortunately for CMS, the Ascutney hill climb was the day before and the Mountain series was the focus for many of the guys who would also normally do the GP. Verrington beat the Moulton brothers who would just edge him in age if you added them together.
1 1:06:24 David Hinga 27M WHIRL
2 1:07:18 Craig Fram 44M WHIRL
3 1:07:42 Dan Verington 41M CMS
4 1:07:49 Patrick Moulton 21M
5 1:07:56 Casey Moulton 21M GLRR
6 1:09:03 Eric Beauchesne 32M GLRR
7 1:09:09 Terry Shea 29M BAA
8 1:09:16 Brad Klinedirst 27M MVS
9 1:09:22 Doug Martyn 43M WHIRL
10 1:09:27 Chris Teague 32M GLRR
13 1:10:00 James Pawlicki 28M GBTC
21 1:11:56 Ben Nephew 27M GBTC
24 1:12:54 Alan Bernier 28M CMS
44 1:16:07 David Oliver 47M CMS
47 1:16:38 Richard Bolt 32M CMS
48 1:16:38 Dave Dunham 39M CMS
Team Results
1. WRT = 5:47:15
2. GLRR = 5:48:44
3. BAA = 6:03:16
4. GBTC = 6:06:43
5. CMS = 6:09:59