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USATF National Club Cross Country Championships

Bethlehem, PA December 14, 2019

The Central Mass Striders had 15 men compete at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships, hosted by Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA, under soggy and muddy conditions.

No shortage of mud at Lehigh University Photo by Dave Brooks

Dan Vassallo paced the CMS Men’s Open team to a 45^thplace finish out of 76 teams. Dan placed 170^th with a time of 33:51. Scott Mindel followed seconds later. Jack Delehanty picked off several runners in the last 2K to break 35 minutes. David Brooks running his first team National Championship finished under 36 minutes. Daniel (DJ) Raboin and Bryan Trinque both ran in the low 37’s on what was the muddiest course of the day having already seen 3 races.

The CMS men’s masters team combined forces of both masters and seniors. Patrick Rich led the way helping the team place 6^thout of 32 masters teams. He placed 38^th overall with his 35:40 clocking. Kevin Hankens would run 36:10, placing 62^nd. Six places later, Steve Brightman came in at 36:25. Tim Van Orden dealt with a hard charging Arhur Bess down the final straight with both getting the same chip time of 37:03. Todd Callaghan would finish three seconds behind them. David Principe and Ben Nephew would cap it off for the masters team who placed 9thon this course in 2014. Martin Tighe would place 28^th with a time of 32:02 in the 60+ 8K race which kicked off all races for the day.
 

USATF NATIONAL CLUB XC CHAMPIONSHIP - OPEN MEN 10K

PLACE NAME                 AGE  AFFILIATION                   TIME   PACE     BIB   3.5K SPLIT  7.6K SPLIT

170 Dan Vassallo        34  Central Mass Striders         33:51  5:27      95      11:28      25:36

180 Scott Mindel        33  Central Mass Striders         33:56  5:28      92      11:34      25:45

274 Jack Delehanty    33  Central Mass Striders         35:00  5:38      91      11:54      26:37

334 David Brooks       35  Central Mass Striders         35:45  5:46      90      12:09      26:52

432 Daniel Raboin      28  Central Mass Striders         37:09  5:59      93      12:12      28:09

450 Bryan Trinque     36  Central Mass Striders         37:23  6:01      94      12:31      28:15

USATF NATIONAL CLUB XC CHAMPIONSHIP - MASTERS MEN 10K

PLACE NAME                 AGE  AFFILIATION     TIME   PACE     BIB   3.5K SPLIT  7.6K SPLIT

38 Patrick Rich          43  Central Mass Striders         35:40  5:45    1271      11:59      27:03

62 Kevin Hankens     41  Central Mass Striders         36:10  5:50    1267      12:11      27:24

69 Steve Brightman  51  Central Mass Striders         36:25  5:52    1265      12:15      27:34

94 Tim Van Orden     51  Central Mass Striders         37:03  5:58    1273      12:19      27:55

95 Arthur Besse         47  Central Mass Striders         37:03  5:58    1264      12:36      28:14

99 Todd Callaghan    50  Central Mass Striders         37:06  5:59    1266      12:31      28:05

114 David Principe    52  Central Mass Striders         37:36  6:03    1270      12:34      28:28

150 Ben Nephew       44  Central Mass Striders         38:26  6:12    1269      12:46      29:06

USATF NATIONAL CLUB XC CHAMPIONSHIP - MASTERS MEN 8K

PLACE NAME                 AGE  AFFILIATION   TIME   PACE     BIB   3.5K SPLIT  6.5K SPLIT

28 Martin Tighe-NC    61  Central Mass Striders        32:02  6:27    1272      13:45      26:32

Tim Van Orden with Arthur Besse on right shoulder with Todd Callaghan seconds back Photo by Jennifer Brightman