CMS takes on New Bedford Half Marathon

The New Bedford Half Marathon hosted the first USATF New England Grand Prix road race for 2018. This was the Half Marathon Championship for the New England Region.

The CMS men's open racing team, led by Dan Vassallo and his 5th overall place, led the team place to a 2nd place finish. The masters team was fronted by Alan Bernier, pacing the "over 40 year old" team to a 3rd place showing. The Senior "over 50" team placed 1st and was led by David Principe Sr.

Overall, the CMS men had 27 runners finish the race which found sunny skies, temps in the 30's, and a little head wind in the final 3rd of the race.

Personal Bests were had by the following: Scott Leslie, Daniel Raboin, Kevin Hankens, Erik Vandendries (first half marathon since the 1970's). Anyone else?

The second race in the Grand Prix will be the Frank Nealon Boston Tune Up 15k in Upton, MA at the end of the month. 

MALE OPEN TEAM RESULTS 

1. TRACKSMITH HARE AC 1:08:35 1:08:47 1:09:44 1:10:11 1:12:46 (1:16:53) (1:27:44) = 5:50:03 COLE SANSEVERINO 29 M, MATT HILLARD 28 M, JASON AYR 30 M, JEFFREY SEELAUS 23 M, PATRICK CUNNINGHAM 23 M, JEFF GOUPIL 30 M, EDWARD CORREIA 44 M 

3. GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB 1:08:59 1:10:41 1:11:43 1:12:01 1:12:13 (1:12:56) (1:13:01) = 5:55:37 MANUEL GONZALEZ 28 M, ROBERT NORCROSS 36 M, ERIC MENDOZA 33 M, SHAUN DEVER 31 M, MICHAEL CREEDON 25 M, IAN NEILL 33 M, ROBERT LAMARRE 24 M

1. BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 1:12:30 1:14:37 1:14:44 1:15:41 1:17:23 (1:19:08) (1:19:10) = 6:14:55 DAVID BEDOYA 41 M, IAN NURSE 40 M, PETER HAMMER 51 M, MATTHEW HERMAN 42 M, PATRICK CALLAHAN 45 M, ADAM MANEWELL 43 M, JASON PORTER 48 M 

2. DIRIGO RC 1:15:09 1:15:32 1:16:41 1:19:29 1:19:31 (1:23:29) (1:40:44) = 6:26:22 ERIK KNICKERBOCKER 40 M, JEFF JONES 48 M, JOSEPH SATTERFIELD 40 M, RYAN GOEBEL 41 M, MATT SAWYER 44 M, AL BUGBEE 49 M, CHARLES KAUFMANN 62 M 

2. BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 1:14:44 1:20:55 1:24:56 1:25:15 1:29:14 (1:30:45) (1:36:35) = 6:55:04 PETER HAMMER 51 M, WAYNE LEVY 52 M, PAUL DAVIES 51 M, DAVID CONSIGLI 53 M, ANDREW MACDONALD 58 M, KYLE BOWERS 52 M, JAMIE WILSON 65 M 

3. WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM 1:20:51 1:21:22 1:29:53 1:31:25 1:32:17 (1:33:09) (1:45:38) = 7:15:48 CHARLIE BEMIS 55 M, SCOTT ANDERSON 53 M, EPHRAIM EZEKIEL 60 M, KEN WARREN 56 M, PAUL HAMMOND 58 M, JIM QUADROS 55 M, JOHN GORMAN 60 M 

Place Div/Tot Div Name Ag S No. 10k Spl Net Tim Pace Gun Tim Team City 

5 3/266 M3039 DAN VASSALLO 31 M 2082 31:33 1:07:42 5:10 1:07:43 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Peabody

7 5/266 M3039 SCOTT MINDEL 31 M 2088 31:33 1:08:29 5:14 1:08:29 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Burlington 

16 8/266 M3039 SCOTT LESLIE 35 M 2085 32:42 1:10:23 5:23 1:10:26 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Rutland

42 21/158 M2029 DANIEL RABOIN 26 M 2083 33:48 1:13:17 5:36 1:13:20 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Ayer

58 24/266 M3039 KEVIN HANKENS 39 M 2086 34:12 1:14:21 5:41 1:14:22 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Salem

84 7/290 M4049 ALAN BERNIER 43 M 2097 34:57 1:16:20 5:50 1:16:23 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Braintree

103 44/266 M3039 ROBERT JACKMAN 34 M 2084 35:48 1:17:19 5:54 1:17:24 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Warwick 

115 14/290 M4049 JOE SHAIRS 49 M 2094 36:09 1:18:00 5:58 1:18:04 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Peabody 

131 2/207 M5059 DAVID PRINCIPE 50 M 2098 35:58 1:18:48 6:01 1:18:52 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Johnston 

146 3/207 M5059 ERIK VANDENDRIES 53 M 2105 37:02 1:19:42 6:05 1:19:47 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Chestnut Hill 

152 22/290 M4049 ARTHUR BESSE 45 M 2090 37:49 1:20:10 6:07 1:20:14 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Templeton

177 7/207 M5059 DAVE DUNHAM 53 M 2099 37:43 1:21:07 6:12 1:21:17 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Bradford 

199 28/290 M4049 JAMES PAWLICKI 42 M 2093 37:48 1:22:12 6:17 1:22:18 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Lynn 

214 12/207 M5059 MARTIN TIGHE 59 M 2103 37:48 1:23:13 6:21 1:23:20 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Providence 

260 18/207 M5059 GARY CATTARIN 54 M 2102 39:45 1:25:43 6:33 1:25:53 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Marlborough 

287 23/207 M5059 PAUL YOUNG 52 M 2104 39:50 1:26:45 6:38 1:27:08 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS North Andover 

306 26/207 M5059 PHILIP SAVOY 55 M 2101 40:07 1:27:38 6:42 1:27:49 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Shrewsbury 

324 50/290 M4049 NAKRI DAO 44 M 2092 40:20 1:28:38 6:46 1:28:57 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Lynn 

336 31/207 M5059 DAVID LAPIERRE 54 M 699 42:12 1:29:23 6:50 1:29:40 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Chelmsford 

355 59/290 M4049 JAMES HUGHES 45 M 587 43:06 1:30:28 6:55 1:30:38 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Boylston 

401 69/290 M4049 TOM STEELE 42 M 799 44:35 1:32:44 7:05 1:33:06 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Rutland 

432 76/290 M4049 DENNIS FLOYD 41 M 2089 41:49 1:34:20 7:12 1:34:26 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Georgetown 

748 144/290 M4049 STEPHEN LASKA 43 M 2091 49:20 1:46:46 8:09 1:47:08 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Holden

811 155/290 M4049 JAMES MORRISSEY 48 M 1848 50:31 1:48:57 8:19 1:49:19 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS West Boylston 

835 96/207 M5059 FRANK RUGGIERO 59 M 1213 51:03 1:49:44 8:23 1:50:26 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Lunenburg 

1475 65/93 M6069 KEVIN BARTLETT 60 M 108 1:00:02 2:10:42 9:59 2:12:03 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Leominster 

1814 277/290 M4049 STEVEN GRANT 48 M 1624 1:07:21 2:28:10 11:19 2:30:28 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Clinton