Every second counts. This was evident over the weekend where the CMS Men’s Open team lost to the Gate City Striders by three seconds in North Conway, NH. Sunday hosted the USA Mountain Running Championships at Cranmore Mountain. Three laps were contested which started and finished at the top. While five men score for the open, three do so for the masters. This allowed the CMS masters team to trade places and take the gold in that category. The masters team was led by Dave Dunham who trekked the course in 1:06:21. He was the second master in the race and 25th overall. Tim Van Orden (36th overall) and Paul Bazanchuk (62nd overall) rounded out the scoring for CMS which outpaced Gate City by almost four minutes for the gold in the masters team score.
The open team was led by Patrick Rich who had a time of 1:02:58. He was 15th overall and 12th American. Dave, Tim, and Paul scored down into the open. David Lapierre, also a master, rounded out the scoring for the open team.
1 | M-40-49 | 3:40:12 | 1:06:21 | Dave | Dunham | 49 | M | Bradford | MA | 3506 | Y | CMS |
1:11:06 | Tim | Van Orden | 45 | M | Bennington | VT | 3673 | Y | CMS | |||
1:22:45 | Paul | Bazanchuk | 58 | M | Center Conway | NH | 3543 | Y | CMS | |||
2 | M-Open | 6:18:44 | 1:02:58 | Patrick | Rich | 36 | M | South Hamilton | MA | 3649 | Y | CMS |
1:06:21 | Dave | Dunham | 49 | M | Bradford | MA | 3506 | Y | CMS | |||
1:11:06 | Tim | Van Orden | 45 | M | Bennington | VT | 3673 | Y | CMS | |||
1:22:45 | Paul | Bazanchuk | 58 | M | Center Conway | NH | 3543 | Y | CMS | |||
1:35:34 | David | Lapierre | 49 | M | Chelmsford | MA | 3614 | Y | CMS |
CMS teams will be traveling to Carver, MA to compete in the USATF New England 5 mile road race championships this Saturday.