USATF New England
Mountain Running Circuit 2002
after 3 of 4 races

June 4, 2002
from Dave Dunham

The New England Mountain Running Circuit consists of four races:  Kearsarge, Mt Wachusett,  Pack Monadnock, and Mt. Ascutney.  All uphill.  

Craig Fram became the first master runner to take an overall victory at a USATF NE mountain circuit race. Fram, the 1997 winner of the Mt Washington RR and the masters course record holder (2001), took the victory after pulling away from Eric Morse in the sixth mile of the 10 mile race from Wilton NH to the top of Pack Monadnock. Fram and Morse had dueled last week at the Wachusett mountain race with Morse taking a 5 second victory. This marks the first time Morse, the 2001 USATF mountain runner of the year, has lost a NE circuit race since 1999. Morse continues to hold a commanding lead in the circuit with the final race taking place at Ascutney Mountain on June 22nd. Although Pack may not have had the largest field of the circuit it certainly had one of the most talented. Six of the top nine finishers have represented the US at the world mountain running championships. On the women’s side, two of the top three have been on the US team. Robert Chasen and Randy MacNeil duked it out for second and third in the 40+ race with Chasen taking it by 17 seconds. Chasen leads the masters circuit with a point total that is only behind the first four open runners. The 50+ race was run by former Mt Washington RR winner Keith Woodward who finished 14th overall. Richard Stockdale took second and now leads the circuit by more than 30 points (and seventh most points of all runners). Eldon Burkinshaw took the 60+ and extended his circuit lead. Burkinshaw also has the 3rd most appearances and 4th most points in the circuit from 1996 to the present. 

Cathy Pearce took the victory with a 1.5 minute cushion over Nikki Kimball. Pearce, Kimball and Suzy West are all within 3 points with one race remaining. The Ascutney race should be exciting as three points is equal to about 1.5 minutes. Lisa Doucett and Pam Hall staged an excellent fight in the master’s race, with Doucett taking a 5 second victory. Donna Smyth took third 50 seconds back to solidify her lead (10 points) in the circuit. 

The Pack race ran into a roadblock, literally, as the RD found out on Monday that a bridge was out on one of the back roads that the race traverses. The RD did some quick finagling and got permission to use a trail and dirt road to get around the obstruction. The course turned out to be slightly longer than the advertised 10 miles and was somewhat slower, but most runners didn’t seem to mind. It would be difficult to compare the times to other years due to the change, hence no new top 10 times….

  5/11/02 5/25/02 6/2/02 6/22/02
First Last Category Kearsarge Wachusett Pack Ascutney Total
Barbara Robinson F  Veteran 58.76 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.76
Ann Kucharski F - Senior 62.50 63.04 59.62 0.00 185.16
Heidy McGaffigan F - Senior 59.65 60.68 0.00 0.00 120.33
Judy Romvos F - Senior 59.35 56.94 0.00 0.00 116.29
Laura Beckwith F - Senior 0.00 55.14 0.00 0.00 55.14
Donna Smyth F - Master 67.49 69.06 66.38 0.00 202.93
Deb Willard-Parker F - Master 63.44 65.18 63.79 0.00 192.41
Patricia Driscoll F - Master 57.54 58.80 58.11 0.00 174.45
Darlene Murray F - Master 57.01 59.81 0.00 0.00 116.82
Jo-Ann Spinelli F - Master 54.44 0.00 56.87 0.00 111.31
Lisa Doucette F - Master 0.00 0.00 66.98 0.00 66.98
Denise Brandano F - Master 53.51 0.00 0.00 0.00 53.51
Carol Pezzuta F - Master 52.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 52.50
Emer O'Donoghue F - Master 0.00 0.00 51.82 0.00 51.82
Cathy Pearce F - Open 77.03 79.56 78.84 0.00 235.43
Nikki Kimball F - Open 80.33 76.92 77.27 0.00 234.52
Suzy West F - Open 79.14 77.91 75.22 0.00 232.27
Tara Gurry F - Open 69.58 68.97 68.93 0.00 207.48
Elizabeth Tringali F - Open 58.30 62.10 62.54 0.00 182.94
Kate Naples F - Open 58.71 59.47 58.54 0.00 176.72
Laurel Shortel F - Open 55.10 55.01 54.26 0.00 164.37
Emer O'Donoghue F - Open 52.97 53.97 51.82 0.00 158.76
Patricia Dalconzo F - Open 0.00 74.30 0.00 0.00 74.30
Cheryl Taylor F - Open 0.00 69.46 0.00 0.00 69.46
Maureen Forsythe F - Open 0.00 0.00 69.07 0.00 69.07
Della Mitchell F - Open 0.00 68.51 0.00 0.00 68.51
Debra Fontaine F - Open 0.00 62.96 0.00 0.00 62.96
Kris Gleason F - Open 0.00 62.63 0.00 0.00 62.63
Lori Berkey F - Open 0.00 60.36 0.00 0.00 60.36
Debra Caroselli F - Open 47.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 47.22
Richard Busa M - Super Vet. 0.00 52.05 53.22 0.00 105.27
Don Ross M - Super Vet. 58.76 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.76
Eldon Burkinshaw M - Veteran 65.01 65.62 63.65 0.00 194.28
Stan Vancelete M - Veteran 52.83 51.44 50.83 0.00 155.10
John Pelton M - Veteran 0.00 73.96 0.00 0.00 73.96
Stu Thurston M - Veteran 0.00 64.37 0.00 0.00 64.37
Dick Hunt M - Veteran 0 59.74 0.00 0.00 59.74
Allan Hoffman M - Veteran 0.00 54.48 0.00 0.00 54.48
Roger Gosselin M - Veteran 47.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 47.20
Richard Stockdale M - Senior 81.72 80.18 80.01 0.00 241.91
Walter Kuklinski M - Senior 71.78 69.26 70.09 0.00 211.13
Cal Cameron M - Senior 67.91 67.06 66.87 0.00 201.84
George Kocur M - Senior 65.91 63.98 65.58 0.00 195.47
Paul Grant M - Senior 62.93 64.57 64.42 0.00 191.92
Dave Wendt M - Senior 62.31 60.56 62.63 0.00 185.50
Will Meredith M - Senior 61.72 61.42 60.65 0.00 183.79
Richard MacDonald M - Senior 59.47 61.22 60.43 0.00 181.12
Fred Ross M - Senior 58.22 59.62 58.17 0.00 176.01
James Gulla M - Senior 53.81 53.89 55.86 0.00 163.56
Raymond Boutotte M - Senior 53.57 55.22 53.53 0.00 162.32
John Lewicke M - Senior 0.00 67.53 65.57 0.00 133.10
Donald Hogart M - Senior 0.00 63.78 63.05 0.00 126.83
Steve Moland M - Senior 60.68 61.71 0.00 0.00 122.39
Skip Cleaver M - Senior 58.25 58.33 0.00 0.00 116.58
Sumner Brown M - Senior 0.00 78.66 0.00 0.00 78.66
James Imprescia M - Senior 0.00 77.83 0.00 0.00 77.83
Stanley Kolpa M - Senior 73.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 73.15
Brian Savilonis M - Senior 0.00 72.71 0.00 0.00 72.71
Charles Johnson M - Senior 0.00 0.00 63.35 0.00 63.35
Larry Morris M - Senior 0.00 63.12 0.00 0.00 63.12
Jim Gaffney M - Senior 0.00 53.28 0.00 0.00 53.28
Robert Chasen M - Master 87.72 87.22 87.60 0.00 262.54
Mark Asaro M - Master 81.23 82.07 82.48 0.00 245.78
Brian Savage M - Master 78.33 79.30 79.25 0.00 236.88
Mark Fontaine M - Master 73.67 77.41 71.91 0.00 222.99
Philip Borgese M - Master 73.29 74.45 73.16 0.00 220.90
Tom Bockus M - Master 70.13 72.49 72.56 0.00 215.18
Craig Fram M - Master 0.00 99.66 100.00 0.00 199.66
Damian Rowe M - Master 62.29 68.58 65.79 0.00 196.66
Basil Thompson M - Master 54.95 63.53 67.19 0.00 185.67
Randy Witlicki M - Master 56.15 61.16 58.99 0.00 176.30
Greg Carson M - Master 50.75 56.41 55.92 0.00 163.08
Jeff List M - Master 81.00 0.00 80.75 0.00 161.75
Bob Mulvaney M - Master 81.21 0.00 79.47 0.00 160.68
Steve Vaitones M - Master 0.00 64.95 65.54 0.00 130.49
Richard Jones M - Master 58.70 60.58 0.00 0.00 119.28
Doug Martyn M - Master 0.00 87.11 0.00 0.00 87.11
Christopher Hussey M - Master 0.00 84.39 0.00 0.00 84.39
Tim Blouin M - Master 0.00 83.52 0.00 0.00 83.52
Kevin McCusker M - Master 0.00 0.00 83.27 0.00 83.27
Bob Johnson M - Master 0.00 82.11 0.00 0.00 82.11
John Lee M - Master 0.00 77.74 0.00 0.00 77.74
Steve Davis M - Master 0.00 69.82 0.00 0.00 69.82
John Carey M - Master 0.00 68.54 0.00 0.00 68.54
Dan Lavoie M - Master 0.00 42.57 0.00 0.00 42.57
Eric Morse M - Open 100.00 100.00 99.11 0.00 299.11
Dave Dunham M - Open 96.76 97.33 94.01 0.00 288.10
Mike Casner M - Open 93.98 92.41 94.23 0.00 280.62
Richard Bolt M - Open 90.74 94.44 91.52 0.00 276.70
Paul Young M - Open 79.92 78.83 80.63 0.00 239.38
Charles Herbert M - Open 72.55 75.03 74.00 0.00 221.58
Matthew Soroka M - Open 68.85 70.43 69.58 0.00 208.86
Casey Carroll M - Open 0.00 90.97 93.67 0.00 184.64
Mark Pitts M - Open 89.67 88.27 0.00 0.00 177.94
Terrance Shea M - Open 0.00 88.06 85.23 0.00 173.29
Marc Pilon M - Open 0.00 68.00 70.96 0.00 138.96
Sean Livingston M - Open 0.00 95.42 0.00 0.00 95.42
Paul Low M - Open 0.00 0.00 94.45 0.00 94.45
Ben Nephew M - Open 0.00 0.00 92.51 0.00 92.51
Peter Loprior M - Open 0.00 86.96 0.00 0.00 86.96
Mark Behan M - Open 0.00 0.00 85.99 0.00 85.99
Joshua Curtis M - Open 0.00 0.00 78.26 0.00 78.26
Jeff Gould M - Open 0.00 0.00 76.22 0.00 76.22
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