The Central Mass Strider men traveled to Amherst, MA for the 10 mile championships on a clear and blustery day. Dan Vassallo led the open team to a 2nd place finish with a time of 51:53. He placed 4th overall. Scott Mindel , Scott Leslie, Colin Carroll, and Pat Fullerton capped off the top five scoring for the team as all ran under 57 minutes.
The masters team, took 1st place. They were led by Jason Dunklee who was four seconds ahead of Greg Putnam. They were backed up in the top five scoring by seniors, Ed Sheldon and David Principe Sr who ran his first road race for CMS. Alan Bernier capped off the top five for the masters team. The senior team also took first place with Ed and David leading the charge, both running under 59 minutes. Dave Dunham, Dan Verrington, and Martin tie capped off the top five for the senior team.
AMHERST 10 MILER 2017 – USATF New England 10 mile Grand Prix Championship
February 26, 2017
Men's Team - Open
Rank BIB Name Age M/F Chip Elapsed Gun Elapsed City/ST
Rank:2 CENTRAL MASS STRIDER 4:31:14.1
1 693 DAN VASSALLO 31 M 0:51:53.4 0:51:53.4 PEABODY,MA
2 455 SCOTT MINDEL 30 M 0:52:22.5 0:52:22.5 ARLINGTON,MA
3 380 SCOTT LESLIE 35 M 0:54:22.8 0:54:24.4 RUTLAND,MA
4 101 COLIN CARROLL 32 M 0:56:04.8 0:56:06.5 ANDOVER,MA
5 230 PAT FULLERTON 28 M 0:56:30.6 0:56:30.6 BRADFORD,MA
BAA 1st, GBTC 3rd
Men's Team - Masters
Rank BIB Name Age M/F Chip Elapsed Gun Elapsed City/ST
Rank:1 CENTRAL MASS STRIDER 4:50:59.2
1 195 JASON DUNKLEE 42 M 0:57:39.1 0:57:40.2 WATERTOWN,MA
2 547 GREG PUTNAM 47 M 0:57:40.9 0:57:44.5 STONEHAM,MA
3 614 ED SHELDON 52 M 0:58:23.6 0:58:24.7 HOOKSETT,NH
4 544 DAVID PRINCIPE SR 50 M 0:58:34.6 0:58:34.9 JOHNSTON,RI
5 44 ALAN BERNIER 42 M 0:58:41.0 0:58:45.6 BRAINTREE,MA
BAA 2nd, Whirlaway 3rd
Men's Team - Senior
Rank BIB Name Age M/F Chip Elapsed Gun Elapsed City/ST
Rank:1 CENTRAL MASS STRIDER 5:08:49.9
1 614 ED SHELDON 52 M 0:58:23.6 0:58:24.7 HOOKSETT,NH
2 544 DAVID PRINCIPE SR 50 M 0:58:34.6 0:58:34.9 JOHNSTON,RI
3 194 DAVE DUNHAM 52 M 1:00:13.5 1:00:14.7 BRADFORD,MA
4 694 DAN VERRINGTON 54 M 1:03:28.3 1:03:32.6 BRADFORD,MA
5 674 MARTIN TIGHE 58 M 1:08:09.9 1:08:16.7 PROVIDENCE,RI
BAA 2nd, Whirlaway 3rd
Place | First Name | Last Name | Gun Elapsed | Net (Chip) Elapsed | Pace | Age Graded % | Age | Age Place | Age Group |
4 | DAN | VASSALLO | 0:51:53.4 | 0:51:53.4 | 5:11 | 85.60% | 31 | 4 | M-OVERALL |
6 | SCOTT | MINDEL | 0:52:22.5 | 0:52:22.5 | 5:14 | 84.75% | 30 | 1 | M01-39 |
12 | SCOTT | LESLIE | 0:54:24.4 | 0:54:22.8 | 5:26 | 82.65% | 35 | 7 | M01-39 |
30 | COLIN | CARROLL | 0:56:06.5 | 0:56:04.8 | 5:36 | 79.33% | 32 | 24 | M01-39 |
35 | PAT | FULLERTON | 0:56:30.6 | 0:56:30.6 | 5:39 | 78.55% | 28 | 28 | M01-39 |
49 | JASON | DUNKLEE | 0:57:40.2 | 0:57:39.1 | 5:45 | 81.95% | 42 | 2 | M40-49 |
50 | GREG | PUTNAM | 0:57:44.5 | 0:57:40.9 | 5:46 | 85.26% | 47 | 3 | M40-49 |
57 | ED | SHELDON | 0:58:24.7 | 0:58:23.6 | 5:50 | 87.79% | 52 | 3 | M50-59 |
58 | ROBERT | JACKMAN | 0:58:25.2 | 0:58:23.9 | 5:50 | 76.63% | 34 | 46 | M01-39 |
62 | DAVID | PRINCIPE SR | 0:58:34.9 | 0:58:34.6 | 5:51 | 86.06% | 50 | 4 | M50-59 |
64 | ALAN | BERNIER | 0:58:45.6 | 0:58:41.0 | 5:52 | 80.50% | 42 | 4 | M40-49 |
65 | ANDY | MCCARRON | 0:58:42.5 | 0:58:41.0 | 5:52 | 76.23% | 34 | 51 | M01-39 |
71 | ARTHUR | BESSE | 0:59:26.6 | 0:59:22.2 | 5:56 | 80.84% | 44 | 6 | M40-49 |
83 | DAVE | DUNHAM | 1:00:14.7 | 1:00:13.5 | 6:01 | 85.12% | 52 | 5 | M50-59 |
85 | KEVIN | GORMAN | 1:00:23.0 | 1:00:17.7 | 6:01 | 77.16% | 40 | 9 | M40-49 |
119 | NICK | TAORMINA | 1:01:58.6 | 1:01:53.5 | 6:11 | 77.55% | 44 | 19 | M40-49 |
137 | JAMES | PAWLICKI | 1:02:56.9 | 1:02:55.0 | 6:17 | 75.09% | 42 | 23 | M40-49 |
147 | DAN | VERRINGTON | 1:03:32.6 | 1:03:28.3 | 6:20 | 82.17% | 54 | 15 | M50-59 |
165 | JEFF | GOUPIL | 1:04:34.7 | 1:04:34.7 | 6:27 | 68.74% | 29 | 101 | M01-39 |
188 | TOM | STEELE | 1:06:12.9 | 1:05:58.6 | 6:35 | 71.05% | 41 | 30 | M40-49 |
210 | STEPHEN | TRAINOR | 1:07:11.0 | 1:07:09.0 | 6:42 | 66.10% | 24 | 112 | M01-39 |
227 | MARTIN | TIGHE | 1:08:16.7 | 1:08:09.9 | 6:48 | 79.26% | 58 | 30 | M50-59 |
235 | NAKRI | DAO | 1:08:50.1 | 1:08:39.0 | 6:51 | 69.91% | 44 | 39 | M40-49 |
270 | JOHN | PAJER | 1:10:19.1 | 1:10:10.6 | 7:01 | 74.32% | 54 | 37 | M50-59 |
295 | PAUL | BAZANCHUK | 1:11:38.6 | 1:11:27.1 | 7:08 | 78.41% | 62 | 8 | M60-69 |
418 | STEPHEN | LASKA | 1:18:17.4 | 1:18:08.1 | 7:48 | 67.32% | 55 | 57 | M50-59 |
432 | WILLIAM | GONSORCIK | 1:19:38.8 | 1:19:16.5 | 7:55 | 63.58% | 50 | 61 | M50-59 |
458 | ROBERT | THOMAS | 1:21:33.8 | 1:20:57.4 | 8:05 | 66.14% | 57 | 64 | M50-59 |
492 | FRANK | RUGGIERO | 1:23:52.9 | 1:23:26.1 | 8:20 | 64.74% | 58 | 70 | M50-59 |
620 | LARRY | MORRIS | 1:35:41.3 | 1:35:13.1 | 9:31 | 63.60% | 70 | 6 | MSUPER VETS |