For the first time in the ten year plus history of the CMS 5K Series, three runners with the same first name finished 1-2-3. (Yes, we know that this is scraping the bottom of the something-to-say-about-the-race barrel.)
1 17:55 Dave Mingori 20-39M Millbury, MA CMS 2 19:05 Dave Birse 20-39M Hancock, NH CMS 3 19:26 Dave Krom 20-39M Worcester, MA CMS 4 19:44 Carol Hurley 40-49F Spencer, MA CMS 5 19:45 George Paradis 40-49M Oakham, MA CMS 6 20:54 Lester Forgit 40-49M Worcester, MA CMS 7 20:57 Glenn Richards 40-49M W. Boylston, MA CMS 8 21:10 Ken Deary 40-49M Dudley, MA CMS 9 21:35 Art French 60-69M Shrewsbury, MA NMC 10 21:47 Eddie Gallivan 60-69M Worcester, MA CMS 11 22:11 Richard Hunt 50-59M Auburn, MA CMS 12 22:25 Jim Conley 50-59M Worcester, MA CMS 13 22:29 Tom Murray 40-49M Harvard, MA CMS 14 22:33 Ben Hall 40-49M Worcester, MA 15 23:01 Linda Usher 40-49F Upton, MA CMS 16 23:39 Kurt Hultgren 40-49M Shrewsbury, MA CMS 17 23:44 Karl Tuomivaara 60-69M Paxton, MA CMS 18 23:47 Jerry Lembcke 50-59M Worcester, MA CMS 19 26:26 Ed Sato 70-79M Worcester, MA CMS 20 27:35 Chris Irvine 20-39F Clinton, MA CMS 21 27:35 Marty Barry 40-49M Clinton, MA CMS 22 30:23 Dale Ames 50-59M Worcester, MA CMS 23 30:35 Steve Brooks 70-79M Gardner, MA CMS 24 32:57 Nick Anastasi 60-69M Atkinson, NH CMS
The volunteers: Peter Cotter (Jefferson); Joe Drummond (Shrewsbury); Jan McNamara (Princeton).
(24f - clear; low 30's; counter-clockwise)
December 14, 1998, barry