Cross Country season is here and five runners from the Central Mass Striders took on the trails at Elm Park in Wellesley, MA. Arthur Besse took 4th overall with Dave Dunham and Dan Verrington placing 9th and 13th respectively in the masters race. Nate Jenkins won the men's open race, the only runner to break sixteen minutes on the day. Daniel Raboin placed 7th overall.
Erik Vandendries was the top 50+ cyclist in the Mount Greylock Hill Climb. Further east, Dan Vassallo cleaned up with a win in Peabody and Steve Brightman took 2nd overall on Block Island.
The next team race for CMS is the CVS Health Downtown 5K in Providence, RI on September 17th at 11:00.
Greater Boston Track Club XC Festival
Wellesley (Elm Park), MA, September 9, 2017
Masters Race
4 165 ARTHUR BESSE CMS TEMPLETON MA M 45 17:40 5:42
9 166 DAVE DUNHAM CMS BRADFORD MA M 54 17:57 5:47
13 168 DAN VERRINGTON CMS BRADFORD MA M 55 18:38 6:00
Open Race
1 167 NATE JENKINS CMS NORTH ANDOVER MA M 36 15:40 5:03
7 457 DANIEL RABOIN CMS AYER MA M 25 16:37 5:21
NCC Mount Greylock Hillclimb Time Trial
Adams, MA, September 9, 2017
Place Div/Tot Div Time Rate Name Sex Age Race# City/State
4 1/31 M5059 43:28 12.6 Erik Vandendries M 52 231 Chestnut Hill MA
Progeria Race For Research
Peabody, MA, September 9, 2017
1 Dan Vassallo 1/6 M3039 32 M Peabody MA 16:21 5:17
42nd Run Around the Block 15K
Block Island, RI, September 9, 2017
2 Steve Brightman Providence RI 48 M 1 40-49 55:49.0 6:00/M