CMS Men Continue Streak with Team Win in Mt. Washington Road Race

Above: photo and report by Dave Dunham. The top 10s.

Back row left to right: Rich Bolt (9th), Julie Peterson (9th), Barbara McManus (8th), Erica Larson (1st), Kelli Lusk (4th), Paul Low (1st), Eric Blake (3rd), Andy Ames (4th), Joshua Ferenc (5th).

Front row left to right: Suzy West (10th), Kari Distefano (6th), Cathy Pearce (3rd), Nikki Kimball (5th), Laura Haefeli (2nd) , Simon Gutierrez (2nd), Kevin Tilton (8th).

Missing from the picture: Eric Morse (6th), Bill Raitter (7th) Mike Wardian (10th), and Lisa Goldsmith (7th).

The guys put 5 in the top 12 to take the National title. Paul Low was National Champion. Paul and Eric Blake qualified to represent the USA at the World Mountain championships in Italy.

The ladies put 3 in the top 10 to take the women's title Full results: www.coolrunning.com

MALE OPEN TEAM RESULTS
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1. CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS
1:03:12 1:04:30 1:06:46 1:07:10 1:08:15 (1:09:09) (1:10:56) = 5:29:53
PAUL LOW, ERIC BLAKE, ERIC MORSE, KEVIN TILTON, RICHARD BOLT, BEN NEPHEW, DANIEL VERRINGTON

2. MOOSE MILERS AND MARATHONERS
1:10:39 1:11:05 1:13:43 1:13:57 1:16:03 (1:17:17) (1:17:25) = 6:05:27
BRUCE BRIDGHAM, DAVID HERR, LOUIS BREGOU, ZACH EMERSON, THOMPSON PARKER, KEITH WOODWARD, MARK PITTS

3. COASTAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
1:10:29 1:13:54 1:15:12 1:15:49 1:20:13 (1:21:16) (1:21:56) = 6:15:37 GUY STEARNS, MICHAEL O'BRIEN, BRAD LEBO, MARK BERMAN, RANDALL MACNEILL,ERIK JOHNSON, TODD HANSON

4. TEAM GLOUCESTER
1:16:46 1:18:32 1:23:54 1:24:53 1:28:25 (1:32:59) (1:36:01) = 6:52:30
JOHN BARBOUR, MATTHEW CURRAN, JOHN GILLIS, BOB GILLIS, STEVEN DAVIS,RICK CIOLINO, DAVID GEARY

5. WHITE MOUNTAIN MILERS
1:14:14 1:15:00 1:25:05 1:31:58 1:32:37 (1:39:17) (1:43:21) = 6:58:54
TIM LIVINGSTON, RICK COPLEY, PAUL KIRSCH, BILL REILLY, MIKE LARACY,

**** MEN'S RESULTS ****
Place Div/Tot Div Time Pace Name Age Sex City/state Race# Team

1 1/103 M2034 56:41 7:28 Jonathan Wyatt 31 M Wellington NZ 2
2 2/103 M2034 1:03:12 8:19 Paul Low 30 M Amherst MA 5 CMS
3 1/95 M3539 1:04:17 8:28 Simon Gutierrez 38 M Taos NM 1 TEVA
4 3/103 M2034 1:04:30 8:30 Eric Blake 25 M Plattsburgh NY 8 CMS
5 4/103 M2034 1:06:02 8:42 Mark Werner 32 M Rochester MI 833
6 1/111 M4044 1:06:10 8:43 Andy Ames 41 M Boulder CO 12
7 5/103 M2034 1:06:21 8:44 Joshua Ferenc 22 M Westmoreland NH 327
8 2/95 M3539 1:06:46 8:47 Eric Morse 39 M Berlin VT 4 CMS
9 6/103 M2034 1:06:56 8:49 Bill Raitter 34 M Bend OR 6
10 7/103 M2034 1:07:10 8:51 Kevin Tilton 22 M Conway NH 793 CMS
11 8/103 M2034 1:07:49 8:56 Philippe Rolly 31 M Tuckahoe NY 117 WESTCHESTER TRACK CLUB
12 9/103 M2034 1:08:15 8:59 Richard Bolt 33 M Manchester NH 7 CMS
13 10/103 M2034 1:08:46 9:03 Michael Wardian 30 M Arlington VA 9
14 3/95 M3539 1:09:03 9:06 Bob Sweeney 37 M Rye Brook NY 23
15 11/103 M2034 1:09:09 9:06 Ben Nephew 28 M Foxboro MA 17 CMS
22 5/111 M4044 1:10:56 9:20 Daniel Verrington 41 M Bradford MA 15 CMS
29 7/95 M3539 1:13:10 9:38 Stephen Peterson 38 M Chelmsford MA 36 CMS
30 14/103 M2034 1:13:23 9:40 James Pawlicki 29 M Beverly MA 650 CMS
67 17/95 M3539 1:21:48 10:46 Paul Young 38 M Andover MA 851 CMS

This extends the CMS Men's Open Team Winning Streak, which began in 1992 to 13. The following sets out the cumulative time for the 5 man team. Notice too, that only CMS has posted sub 5:30 cumulative time in the history of the race
1992 5:41:36
1993 5:30:34
1994 5:34:37
1995 5:25:57
1996 5:24:15
1997 5:38:52
1998 5:28:58
1999 5:20:44
2000 5:35:47
2001 5:39:58
2002 2:26:23 (RACE SHORTENED FOR WEATHER)
2003 5:51:44
2004 CMS 5:29:53

More results, commentary, photos invited and on their way shortly.