The Central Mass Men sent three teams to South Burlington, VT to compete against several running clubs from New England in the GMAA Labor Day 15K. The rolling course from Dorset Park had beautiful views despite the spotty rain and humid conditions. The open team finished second place overall and were led by Nate Jenkins who had the same finish, second, to Rueben Sanca from Whirlaway who took the top team slot. The CMS masters team also placed 2ndoverall to host GMAA. Greg Putnam led the way for the masters team. Martin Tighe led the CMS Seniors team to a 4th place team showing out of seven teams.
CMS will be competing at the next USATF New England Road Race Grand Prix Championship – Lone Gull 10K later this month in Gloucester.
Team Pos | Bib No | Name | City/State | Gend/Age | O'all Place | Cum Place | Time | Cum. Time |
1 | 17 | Nate Jenkins | North Andover MA | M 33 | 2 | 2 | 47:28.0 | 47:28.0 |
2 | 30 | Patrick Rich | So Hamilton MA | M 38 | 10 | 12 | 50:13.0 | 1:37:41.0 |
3 | 22 | Scott Leslie | Rutland MA | M 33 | 14 | 26 | 50:40.0 | 2:28:21.0 |
4 | 28 | Greg Putnam | Stoneham MA | M 44 | 32 | 58 | 52:22.0 | 3:20:43.0 |
5 | 9 | Alan Bernier | Braintree MA | M 40 | 43 | 101 | 53:15.0 | 4:13:58.0 |
6 | 26 | James Pawlicki | Lynn MA | M 39 | 47 | 148 | 53:47.0 | 5:07:45.0 |
7 | 18 | Morgan Kennedy | Grafton MA | M 26 | 48 | 196 | 53:54.0 | 6:01:39.0 |
8 | 32 | Joe Shairs | Peabody MA | M 46 | 53 | 249 | 54:44.0 | 6:56:23.0 |
9 | 10 | Arthur Besse | Templeton MA | M 42 | 54 | 303 | 54:45.0 | 7:51:08.0 |
10 | 35 | Martin Tighe | Providence RI | M 56 | 78 | 381 | 56:47.0 | 8:47:55.0 |
11 | 36 | Dan Verrington | Bradford MA | M 52 | 79 | 460 | 56:49.0 | 9:44:44.0 |
12 | 15 | Dave Dunham | Bradford MA | M 50 | 81 | 541 | 56:57.0 | 10:41:41.0 |
13 | 21 | Stephen Laska | Holden MA | M 52 | 184 | 725 | 1:11:41.0 | 11:53:22.0 |
14 | 20 | David Lapierre | Chelmsford MA | M 50 | 187 | 912 | 1:11:57.0 | 13:05:19.0 |
15 | 31 | Frank Ruggiero | Lunenburg MA | M 55 | 213 | 1125 | 1:16:57.0 | 14:22:16.0 |
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| White and Blue CMS singlets at the start of the GMAA Labor Day 15K road race in South Burlington Joe Shairs (32), Al Bernier (9), Scott Leslie (22), Patrick Rich (30) Photo by KrissyK |