The Central Mass Striders men’s racing team had a solid weekend competing in two races in the Granite State: Mount Washington Road Race (June 16) and Ribfest 5 mile (June 17) – USATF New England Road Race Championship. Seniors Dave Dunham, Erik Vandendries, and David Lapierre ran both races while having an impact in the team scoring.
A clear day at the Mount Washington Summit (6,288 ft) awaited runners for the 7.6 mile trek up the auto road from Pinkham Notch. With 14 men racing, CMS won the men’s open, masters, and senior team competition. The CMS Veterans team finished 7th. 11 out of the 14 men placed in the top within their respective age group.
Patrick Rich led the CMS open team with a 9thplace overall finish with a time of 1:12:29. Dave Dunham and Todd Callaghan would finish five seconds apart, placing 11th and 12 respectively. Erik Vandendries ran his 3rd fastest time on the mountain with an 18thplace finish. Matthew Veiga would round out the open team scoring, placing 30thoverall. Patrick and Todd would win their age groups outright.
Francis Burdett would score down for the masters team as the 5th runner for CMS. The masters team was within 22 seconds of the open CMS team. The Senior team had David Lapierre and Ed Sheldon scoring as the 4th and 5th runners for the team. Stephen Reed, John Martin, and Walter Kuklinkski would combine to pace the Veterans team to 7thplace. CMS men highlighted below.
Sunday had CMS competing in the Ribfest 5 mile in Merrimack, New Hampshire. 21 men represented. The men’s open team placed 3rdoverall behind the scoring team of Scott Mindel (7th overall), Scott Leslie (12th overall), Pat Fullerton (15th), Gregory Putnam (2nd 40-49), and Alan Bernier (6th 40-49).
The men’s masters team placed first. Behind Greg and Alan were Arthur Besse (28:13) who ran his Personal Best for 5 miles, Joe Shairs (5th50-59) running his first Grand Prix as a Senior, and Joshua Perks who rounded out the top five for the masters team who outpaced HFC by 63 seconds.
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| Thomas Steele, Michael Quintal, Joshua Perks, and Joe Shairs within the first mile at the Ribfest 5 mile |
The CMS Senior team placed 1st edging the Greater Springfield Harriers by over 90 seconds. Joe Shairs paced the Seniors with his Grand Prix debut in the new age group. David Principe finished right behind Joe. The next three Seniors, fresh of the Mount Washington Road Race the day before: Dave Dunham, Erik Vandendries, and David Lapierre capped the top five. CMS men listed below.
58th Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race
June 16, 2018 7.6 Miles - Base to Summit Pinkham Notch, Gorham, NH
1 Cesare Maestri M2024 1:00:53 8:01 1/22 1:00:53 4 24 M Borgo Lares IT ITALIA - VALLI BERGAMASCH
2 Eric Blake M3539 1:01:53 8:09 1/89 1:01:53 2 39 M West Hartford CT WOODBRIDGE RUNNING COMPAN
3 Sage Canaday M3034 1:03:11 8:19 1/55 1:03:11 1 32 M Boulder CO TEAM COLORADO
4 Andy Wacker M2529 1:04:28 8:29 1/39 1:04:28 3 29 M Boulder CO TEAM COLORADO
5 Lee Berube M2529 1:07:20 8:52 2/39 1:07:20 426 27 M Syracuse NY
6 Simon Gutierrez M5054 1:11:34 9:25 1/95 1:11:34 8 52 M Alamosa CO TEAM COLORADO
7 Kim Dobson F3034 1:11:42 9:26 1/62 1:11:42 W3 34 F Eagle CO TEAM COLORADO
8 Matt Lipsey M2529 1:11:43 9:27 3/39 1:11:43 9 28 M Harrisburg PA RUN SCRANTON
9 Patrick Rich M4044 1:12:29 9:33 1/76 1:12:30 228 41 M South Hamilton MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
10 Luke O'Connor M2024 1:13:41 9:42 2/22 1:13:44 130 23 M Cambridge MA GRUMPY BOYS
11 Dave Dunham M5054 1:14:24 9:48 2/95 1:14:25 28 54 M Ward Hill MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
12 Todd Callaghan M4549 1:14:30 9:49 1/85 1:14:30 12 48 M Beverly MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
18 Erik Vandendries M5054 1:15:20 9:55 3/95 1:15:20 17 53 M Chestnut Hill MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
30 Matthew Veiga M3034 1:18:07 10:17 6/55 1:18:07 19 31 M Lynn MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
32 Francis Burdett M5054 1:18:29 10:20 5/95 1:18:29 25 53 M Worcester MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
53 David Lapierre M5054 1:23:08 10:57 7/95 1:23:10 229 54 M Chelmsford MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
87 Ed Sheldon M5054 1:29:39 11:48 10/95 1:29:41 21 53 M Hooksett NH CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
93 Ernest Brake M5559 1:30:31 11:55 3/74 1:30:34 27 56 M N.Sutton NH CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
132 Kevin Tilton M3539 1:33:35 12:19 12/89 1:33:36 20 36 M Conway NH CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
160 Stephen Reed M6064 1:35:11 12:32 5/63 1:35:28 230 60 M Penacook NH CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
299 Stephen Peterson M5054 1:44:12 13:43 41/95 1:44:22 31 52 M Chelmsford MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
394 John Martin M6569 1:50:17 14:31 9/27 1:50:25 166 66 M Hyannis MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
997 Walter Kuklinski M6569 2:31:23 19:56 25/27 2:31:50 33 69 M Princeton MA CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
MALE OPEN TEAM RESULTS
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1. CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
1:12:30 1:14:25 1:14:30 1:15:20 1:18:07 (1:18:29) (1:23:10) = 6:14:52
Patrick Rich, Dave Dunham, Todd Callaghan, Erik Vandendries, Matthew
Veiga, Francis Burdett, David Lapierre
2. BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
1:14:32 1:15:15 1:25:46 1:31:00 1:35:30 (1:40:03) (2:02:36) = 7:02:03
Paul Larosa, Mark Larosa, Andy MacDonald, Katsuhiro Togami, Brian
Foley, Alexander Kolb, John Stuart
3. ACIDOTIC RACING
1:18:04 1:19:57 1:24:40 1:26:12 1:33:19 (1:34:10) (1:34:40) = 7:02:12
Jim Boule, Ethan Nedeau, Josh Fields, Ryan Kelly, Dominick Laporte,
Michael Perkins, Jeff Hixon
MALE MASTERS TEAM RESULTS
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1. CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
1:12:30 1:14:25 1:14:30 1:15:20 1:18:29 (1:23:10) (1:29:41) = 6:15:14
Patrick Rich, Dave Dunham, Todd Callaghan, Erik Vandendries, Francis
Burdett, David Lapierre, Ed Sheldon
2. BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
1:14:32 1:15:15 1:25:46 1:31:00 1:35:30 (2:02:36) (2:12:08) = 7:02:03
Paul Larosa, Mark Larosa, Andy MacDonald, Katsuhiro Togami, Brian
Foley, John Stuart, John Cederholm
3. SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN ATHLETIC CLUB
1:24:04 1:25:29 1:30:55 1:32:34 1:33:16 (1:39:07) (1:41:02) = 7:26:18
Glenn Caffery, Richard Larsen, Mark Staples, Donald Pacher, Al Ladd,
Patrick Pezzati, Eric Ciocca
MALE SENIORS TEAM RESULTS
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1. CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
1:14:25 1:15:20 1:18:29 1:23:10 1:29:41 (1:30:34) (1:35:28) = 6:41:05
Dave Dunham, Erik Vandendries, Francis Burdett, David Lapierre, Ed
Sheldon, Ernest Brake, Stephen Reed
2. TEAM GLOUCESTER
1:26:58 1:29:45 1:30:54 1:35:43 1:37:45 (1:39:34) (1:40:15) = 7:41:05
Matthew Curran, Stephen Whittey, Edward Jeffries, Gregory Lowe, Doug
Deangelis, Robert Gillis, Gregg Norris
3. SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN ATHLETIC CLUB
1:24:04 1:25:29 1:33:16 1:39:07 2:13:06 (2:23:18) = 8:15:02
Glenn Caffery, Richard Larsen, Al Ladd, Patrick Pezzati, Phillip
Bricker, Tom Van Den Broeck Raffensperger
MALE VETERANS TEAM RESULTS
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1. TEAM GLOUCESTER
1:26:58 1:29:45 1:39:34 (1:41:24) (1:43:59) (1:44:26) (1:45:24)
= 4:36:17
Matthew Curran, Stephen Whittey, Robert Gillis, Tom Amend, Eric
Krathwohl, John Wigglesworth, Michael Gillis
2. UPPER VALLEY RUNNING CLUB
1:35:42 1:35:50 1:48:16 (1:49:36) (2:20:16) (2:20:16) = 4:59:48
Bob Mulvaney, Len Hall, James Burnett, Gene Fahey, Mike Silverman,
William Young
3. CAMBRIDGE SPORTS UNION
1:39:44 1:48:35 1:55:11 (2:06:32) = 5:23:30
Robert Bradlee, Frederick W. Ross III, James Doucett, Paul Grant
7. CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
1:35:28 1:50:25 2:31:50 = 5:57:43
Stephen Reed, John Martin, Walter Kuklinski
Immediate Care Ribfest 5 Mile, USATF New England 5 mile road race Championship
06-17-2018 Merrimack, New Hampshire
Place Div Div Pl Name Age Gender Bib # USATF-NE Club Age Grade % 5k Split GunTime Time
7 M0-39 4 Scott Mindel 31 M 153 Central Mass Striders 82.4 15:46.8 25:54 25:54.0
12 M0-39 9 Scott Leslie 36 M 351 Central Mass Striders 82.4 16:18.2 26:18 26:17.3
15 M0-39 12 Pat Fullerton 29 M 163 Central Mass Striders 80.9 16:13.1 26:21 26:20.5
40 M40-49 2 Gregory Putnam48 M 157 Central Mass Striders 86.3 16:36.4 27:28 27:25.1
56 M40-49 6 Alan Bernier 43 M 356 Central Mass Striders 81.5 17:07.0 27:58 27:54.9
63 M0-39 48 Colin Carroll 33 M 155 Central Mass Striders 76.1 16:51.3 28:12 28:09.6
66 M40-49 8 Arthur Besse 45 M 254 Central Mass Striders 81.8 17:30.5 28:18 28:13.3
70 M50-59 5 Joe Shairs 50 M 158 Central Mass Striders 84.5 17:32.1 28:30 28:26.9
73 M40-49 9 Joshua Perks 43 M 173 Central Mass Striders 79.5 17:31.0 28:37 28:37.0
75 M50-59 6 David Principe 51 M 156 Central Mass Striders 84.4 17:33.7 28:46 28:42.6
79 M40-49 11 Michael Quintal 40 M 357 Central Mass Striders 76.9 17:35.6 28:58 28:53.7
90 M40-49 15 Thomas Steele 43 M 81 Central Mass Striders 77.4 17:57.1 29:30 29:23.8
93 M50-59 9 Erik Vandendries53 M 183 Central Mass Striders 83.8 18:09.0 29:30 29:25.3
108 M50-59 11 Dave Dunham 54 M 161 Central Mass Striders 82.8 18:34.7 30:09 30:01.6
118 M40-49 23 James Pawlicki 43 M 152 Central Mass Striders 74.1 18:45.3 30:47 30:42.7
131 M50-59 17 David Lapierre 54 M 14 Central Mass Striders 79.1 19:22.3 31:32 31:25.4
139 M40-49 30 Nakri Dao 45 M 165 Central Mass Striders 72.6 19:51.9 32:06 31:49.8
148 M50-59 22 Paul Young 52 M 164 Central Mass Striders 75.6 19:42.5 32:27 32:21.0
154 M40-49 32 Dennis Floyd 41 M 160 Central Mass Striders 68.6 19:46.8 32:46 32:38.8
164 M50-59 26 Philip Savoy 55 M 162 Central Mass Striders 76.0 20:09.3 33:08 32:59.6
361 M50-59 55 Frank Ruggiero 59 M 187 Central Mass Striders 65.6 24:40.6 39:56 39:33.9
USATF Division: Men Open
1. 2:08:31.7 Western Mass Distance Project ( 25:42.4)
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1 24:36.7 354 Amos Sang M 29
2 25:26.3 83 Benjamin Groleau M 25
3 25:51.6 216 Timothy Gill M 25
4 26:14.1 325 Dennis Roche M 31
5 26:23.0 212 Dan Smith M 39
2. 2:09:31.2 Whirlaway Racing Team ( 25:54.3)
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1 24:41.6 282 Neal Darmody M 28
2 25:06.0 239 Ruben Sanca M 31
3 26:00.8 276 Brandon Newbould M 36
4 26:35.6 382 Jason Griffiths M 37
5 27:07.2 250 Derik Noland M 24
3. 2:13:51.8 Central Mass Striders ( 26:46.4)
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1 25:54.0 153 Scott Mindel M 31
2 26:17.3 351 Scott Leslie M 36
3 26:20.5 163 Pat Fullerton M 29
4 27:25.1 157 Gregory Putnam M 48
5 27:54.9 356 Alan Bernier M 43
USATF Division: Men 40+
1. 2:20:37.2 Central Mass Striders ( 28:07.5)
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1 27:25.1 157 Gregory Putnam M 48
2 27:54.9 356 Alan Bernier M 43
3 28:13.3 254 Arthur Besse M 45
4 28:26.9 158 Joe Shairs M 50
5 28:37.0 173 Joshua Perks M 43
2. 2:21:41.7 HFC Striders ( 28:20.4)
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1 26:29.0 376 Tj Unger M 40
2 27:32.6 375 Lee Danforth M 40
3 28:45.1 297 Jason Cakouros M 53
4 29:14.1 40 John Sullivan M 57
5 29:40.9 224 Brendan Lynch M 40
3. 2:24:25.3 DIRIGO ( 28:53.1)
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1 27:54.3 91 Joseph Satterfield M 41
2 27:55.8 315 Jeff Jones M 48
3 28:43.0 364 Judson Cake M 40
4 29:04.3 1929 Andy Spaulding M 47
5 30:47.9 283 Michael Dunlop M 48
USATF Division: Men 50+
1. 2:28:01.8 Central Mass Striders ( 29:36.4)
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1 28:26.9 158 Joe Shairs M 50
2 28:42.6 156 David Principe M 51
3 29:25.3 183 Erik Vandendries M 53
4 30:01.6 161 Dave Dunham M 54
5 31:25.4 14 David Lapierre M 54
2. 2:29:38.1 Greater Springfield Harriers ( 29:55.7)
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1 26:30.4 295 Nat Larson M 56
2 27:06.3 294 Kent Lemme M 51
3 27:41.9 359 Mark Hixson M 53
4 33:45.1 291 Doug Guertin M 54
5 34:34.4 290 Sergio Brena M 54
3. 2:40:13.8 Whirlaway Racing Team ( 32:02.8)
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1 29:56.9 257 Scott Anderson M 53
2 31:48.9 252 Paul Hammond M 58
3 32:38.1 253 Ken Warren M 56
4 32:46.5 309 Doug Martyn M 58
5 33:03.4 316 Tim Vermette M 52