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Dear Runner, 
Paul Low (MA) and Kelli Lusk (CO) earned spots on the 2003 Teva US Mountain
Running Team by winning the men's & women's races at the USATF
New England
Mountain Running Championships. Held last Saturday in Northfield, MA, the
8.2 mile trail race featured 1600' of climb and descend over a 2 loop course
that closely resembled the profile of the World Trophy course in Girdwood, AK (yes,
Alaska!). Complete results can be found at the following websites:
http://www.coolrunning.com/results/03/ma/Jun7_Northf_set1.shtml http://www.runningintheusa.com/res03/znor0607.html Saturday's race featured 9 former or current members of the Teva US Mountain Running Team including Paul Low (1st), Eric Morse (2nd), Dan Verrington (3rd), Dave Dunham (6th), Richard Bolt (8th), Kelli Lusk (1st F), Nikki Kimball (2nd F), Julie Bryan (4th F), Suzy West (5th F) and Ryan Pauling (DNF). Dan and Suzy were also the top masters finishers. Kelli Lusk is also the 2003 US National Snowshoe Racing Champion. Northfield was also the 4th of 5 races in the USATF New England Mountain Running Series. The following 19 runners have finished 4 races (including back to back races at Kearsarge and Pack Monadnock): Laurel Shortell, Suzy West, Emer O'Donoghue, Richard Bolt, Dave Dunham, Roger Robert, Mike Quinn, Lee Dickey, Steve Viatones, Greg Carson, Richard Stockdale, Stan Kolpa, Walt Kuklinski, George Kocur, Dave Wendt, Fred Ross, Ray Boutotte, Peter Orni & Don Dayton. CONGRATS! 28 runners have completed 3 races and 482 runners have competed in at least one race in the series. Also held on Saturday, June 7 was another qualifier for the 2003 Teva US Mountain Running Team in Vail, Colorado. The Teva Mountain Games featured the "Spring Run-off", a 10k mountain race with about 2000' of up and down. Simon Guiterrez and Kari DiStefano won their respective races also earning spots on the 2003 Teva US Mountain Running Team. Look for results coming soon at: http://www.vailrec.com/adult/running_races/ The final race in the 2003 USATF New England Mountain Running Series is Mt. Ascutney in Windsor, VT on June 28, 9:30 AM. See you there!
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From Dave Dunham: Here are the results from today's race which served as a qualifier for the Teva USA Mountain team, was the USATF NE mountain championships, and was the 4th race in the 5 race USATF NE mountain circuit. 84 finishers, 9 states represented, 9 former US team members ran, great conditions, lots of biting insects, 350 flags marking the trail, everyone stayed on course. Paul Low and Kelli Lusk qualified for the Teva USA mountain running team. The top finishers in each age group were named USATF New England Champions.The excel spreadsheet has overall results, results by category, and team results. Thanks to the folks at Northfield Mountain, Welch's juices, Polar beverages, Red Bull, Powerbar, and La Sportiva....and a special thanks to Cathy Dunham, Mom and Dad Dunham, Denise and John Underwood and everyone else who pitched in to make this race a success. Cheers, dd PL First Last Time Town St Team Category 1 Paul Low 0:50:05 Amherst MA CMS - West m open 2 Eric Morse 0:51:22 Berlin VT CMS - West m open 3 Dan Verrington 0:51:48 Bradford MA CMS - East m 40 4 Kelly Mortenson 0:52:02 Minneapolis MN m open 5 Ben Nephew 0:52:04 Canton MA GBTC m open 6 Dave Dunham 0:52:12 Bradford MA CMS - East m open 7 Greg Colburn 0:52:50 Arlington MA m open 8 Richard Bolt 0:53:14 Manchester NH CMS - West m open 9 Dave Herr 0:53:31 Canaan VT m open 10 Terrance Shea 0:54:49 Somerville MA BAA m open 11 Dave Hannon 0:55:25 Newton MA NETT m open 12 Rodney Viens 0:56:30 Sunapee NH CMS - Central m open 13 Paul Young 0:57:31 Andover MA CMS - East m open 14 Gregory Ward 0:58:23 Holden MA MWRT m open 15 Kelli Lusk 1:00:03 Manitou Springs CO Powerbar f open 16 Nikki Kimball 1:00:56 Elizabethtown NY CMS - Central f open 17 Ken Clark 1:01:10 Somers CT Shenipit Striders m 40 18 Giovanna White 1:02:40 Lebanon NH f open 19 Julie Bryan 1:03:08 Jackson WY Teva f open 20 Todd Walker 1:03:13 Amherst MA Coffee Cake Club m open 21 Richard Stockdale 1:04:52 Mason NH GCS m 50 22 Don Slovenkai 1:04:58 Fitchburg MA m 40 23 Anthony Chamberas 1:05:05 Waltham MA NETT m open 24 Suzy West 1:05:12 Putney VT CSU f 40 25 Rodney Furr 1:05:43 Florence MA GSH m open 26 Kara Haas 1:06:09 Burlington MA GLRR f open 27 Sheryl Wheeler 1:06:50 Rhinebeck NY Onteona Runners f 40 28 Tom Bockus 1:07:11 Athol MA CMS - Central m 40 29 Bob Mulvaney 1:08:25 Derry NH m 40 30 Stan Kolpa 1:09:06 Vernon VT CSU m 50 31 Thomas Parker 1:10:53 Nashua NH GDTC m open 32 Peter Orni 1:11:02 Ashburnham MA CMS m 60 33 Harry Mastarton 1:11:39 Shutesbury MA m 50 34 Ray Dauphinais 1:11:54 Rindge MA MRM m 40 35 Keith Bockus 1:11:56 Hubbardston MA m 50 36 Richard Clark 1:13:02 Feeding Hills MA SMAC m 40 37 Vinnie Rivard 1:13:20 Leominster MA USATF m 50 38 Steve Vaitones 1:13:51 Waltham MA SRR m 40 39 Edzu Alibozek 1:14:06 Suffield CT WMAC m 40 40 Donna Utakis 1:15:14 Amherst MA SMAC f open 41 Rich Miller 1:15:15 Pepperel MA m 50 42 Carol Kane 1:15:29 Weston CT WMAC f 50 43 Norm Sheppard 1:16:04 Bedford MA m 40 44 Doug Connelly 1:16:11 Grantham NH m open 45 Heather Kolpa 1:16:24 Somerville MA CSU f open 46 Damian Rowe 1:16:27 Milford NH GCS m 40 47 Lisa Doucett 1:16:41 Andover MA CSU f 40 48 George Kocur 1:17:44 Cambridge MA CSU m 50 49 Peter Cebrero 1:17:54 Hudson NH m open 50 Tom Pratt 1:18:17 Northfield MA m open 51 Walter Kuklinski 1:19:26 Princeton MA m 50 52 Tim Besbris 1:19:41 Newton NJ m 40 53 Mike Maher 1:19:42 Chelmsford MA m open 54 Mike Lahey 1:19:47 Adams MA m 50 55 Eldon Burkinshaw 1:19:50 Londonderry NH GCS m 60 56 Roger Robert 1:21:02 Douglas MA m open 57 Kate Naples 1:21:09 E Sandwich MA CCAC f open 58 Ed Alibozek 1:21:23 Adams MA WMAC m 60 59 Rod L'Italien 1:22:04 Newburyport MA m 60 60 Jason Kaffengerger 1:22:44 Canton CT m open 61 Owen Barber 1:22:45 Keene NH m 60 62 Lee Dickey 1:23:02 Dracut MA m 40 63 Michael Quinn 1:23:29 Arlington MA SRR m open 64 Ken Grodin 1:23:51 Lowell MA GNBTC m 40 65 Donal Dayton 1:25:24 Dartmouth MA m 60 66 Julian Schafer 1:25:46 Boston MA f open 67 Ed Budd 1:25:55 Keene NH m 50 68 Frederick Ross III 1:26:17 Vernon VT Red Clover Rovers m 50 69 Daniel Coons 1:27:26 Wolfeboro MA m 40 70 David Wendt 1:28:20 Nashua NH GCS m 40 71 Holly Atkinson 1:28:22 Canton CT f open 72 David Boles 1:29:41 New Paltz NY Oneteona Runners m 50 73 Chris Harrison 1:31:32 Boston MA L - Street m 50 74 Skip Cleaver 1:31:38 Woodstock CT GCS m 50 75 Richard Macdonald 1:32:09 Milford NH GCG m 50 76 Eugene Metto 1:32:35 Newburyport MA m 40 77 Raymond Boutotte 1:34:55 Pepperell MA NMC m 50 78 Richard Busa 1:35:04 Marlboro MA Saucony m 60 79 Gregory Carson 1:37:31 Carson NH m 40 80 Emer O'Donoghue 1:37:33 Lexington MA SRR f 40 81 Laurel Shortell 1:37:39 Northampton MA WMAC f open 82 Mike Topalian 1:38:53 Plaistow NH m 40 83 Laura Blais 1:43:30 Springfield MA f open 84 Daniel Lavoie 2:07:53 N Oxford MA CMS m 40 |
