CMS masters place 4th at Cross Country Nationals in Lexington, KY

The Central Mass Striders, CMS, men’s masters team placed 4^th overall at the 2017 USATF Club Cross Country Championships at Masterson Station Park in Lexington, KY. The winds picked up during the morning providing a wind chill on top of the sub-freezing temperatures that began the day for the rolling courses set up for all races.

David Principe Sr, Derrick Jones, Joe Shairs, Josh Perks, Dave Dunham, Chris Mahoney

Chris Mahoney (Westford, MA), made his masters debut for CMS with a 16^th place overall finish with a time of 33:52. He was followed by Greg Putnam (Stoneham, MA) and Derrick Jones (Henrietta, NY) both breaking 35 minutes. Joshua Perks (Windham, NH) and Joe Shairs (Peabody, MA) followed, separated by 7 seconds, running 35:22 and 35:29 respectively to give CMS a combined 160 points, 10 points ahead of Club Northwest. David Principe (Johnston, RI) and Dave Dunham (Bradford, MA), both Seniors  (50+) running for the masters team would round out the seven CMS finishers with times of 37:13 and 37:34.

2017 USATF Club Cross Country Championships

December 9, 2017

Lexington, KY

Place Team

1 West Valley Track Club                               53

2 Boston Athletic Association                         62  

3 Bowerman Track Club                                 69

5 Club Northwest                                          170

6 Bull City Track Club                                   208

7 Atlanta Track Club                                     221  

8 Asheville Running Collective                    223     

9 HOKA Aggie Running Club                      243   

10 Run MN                                                    261     

Men’s Masters 40+ 10K

Place     Name    Team     Age        Time

1 Neville Davey West Valley Track Club 42             32:43.0

2 John Howell Bowerman Track Club 44                 33:02.0

3 Jorge Maravilla West Valley Track Club 40          33:07.0

4 David Angell Roanoke Valley Elite 41                 33:11.0

5 Jef Scott Unattached 45                                         33:14.0

6 Gregory Mitchell Bowerman Track Club 44        33:19.0

7 John Gardiner Cal Coast Track Club 45               33:22.0

8 David Bedoya Boston Athletic Association 40     33:33.0

9 Frankie Adkins Asheville Running Collective 44  33:35.0

10 Peter Hammer Boston Athletic Association 51      33:37.0

11 Joshua Gordon Bowerman Track Club 43              33:41.0

12 Todd Rose West Valley Track Club 44                   33:44.0

13 Philippe Rolly Capital Area Runners 45                33:49.0

14 Aaron Price Boston Athletic Association 41          33:49.0

15 Jason Holroyd Big River Racing 41                       33:50.0