11th Wachusett Mountain Road Race

Princeton, MA
May 24, 2003
Updated June 6 from Richard Bolt

Mountain?  Did someone say this was a mountain race?  Yes?  Then, you just know who is going to show up...CMS!  And you thought CMS stood for Central Massachusetts Striders.  Ha!  It really stands for Central Mountain Stompers.  These guys, and gals, think of Wachusett as just a little hill.  After all, this race has only one hill.  Piece of cake, eh?  

Anyway, CMS went 1-2-3 with Paul Low, Eric Morse and Richard Bolt sprinting up the little hill.  Dave Dunham and Rod Viens also cracked the top 10. Bob Johnson and Paul Hargreaves were 2-3 in the masters race.  Grey Eagle Peter Orni was tops in the swift 60s group. Stu Thurston was 3rd in the 60s group.   247 runners climbed the hill. 

From Richard Bolt:

Dear Elite Mountain Runner,

 This past weekend was the start of the 8th Annual USATF New England Mountain Running Series and the Wachusett Mountain Road Race. Wachusett is a 4.3 mile uphill mountain race (with 2 mild downhills) run on a paved access road to the summit of the mountain. The race climbs 1100' and is generally the fastest mountain race in New England (5:38 minutes per mile for male course record, 6:53 minutes per mile for female course record). 

Once again, this year's race attracted many past and current members of the Teva US Mountain Running Team (and candidates) including: 

  • Paul Low - 2002 USATF Mountain Runner of the Year 
  • Eric Morse - 2001 USATF Mountain Runner of the Year 
  • Dave Dunham - Silver medal, 1993 World Mountain Trophy 
  • Richard Bolt - US Mountain Team 1999, 2002 
  • Ben Nephew - 5th place @ 2002 US National 50k Trail Championships
  •  Suzy West - US Mountain Team 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 

As expected, Paul and Eric lead the race from the start until Paul pulled ahead for good at the 1.5 mile mark. Paul had a strong race (winning in 24:50) backed up by several excellent snowshoe results this past winter and wins at the Merrimack River Trail Race and the 7 Sisters Trail Race. Eric finished 2nd (25:03) in only his second race in 6 months. Eric recently won the Mt. Prospect Hill Climb in Lake George, NY. 

Results from other elite mountain/trail runners trying out for the 2003 Teva US Mountain Running Team: 3rd - Richard Bolt - 25:25 6th - Ben Nephew - 26:43 7th - Dave Dunham - 26:48 1st - Suzy West - 31:22 2nd - Kara Haas - 31:41 3rd - Evelyn Dong - 33:04 (17 years old - possible Junior Team candidate)

 Complete results can be found at: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/03/ma/May24_Wachus_set1.shtml 

Next up for New England mountain runners: May 31 - Mt. Kearsarge Hill Climb - Warner, NH - 8.5 miles - 2931' of climb 

June 1 - Pack Monadnock Road Race - Wilton, NH - 10 miles - 1800' of climb 

Regards, 
Richard Bolt Men's Team Manager 
Teva US Mountain Running Team 
43 Salisbury St. Manchester, NH 03104 
603-627-7213 
http://www.usatfne.org/trail/
Place Time Bib# First Last City/Town Cat. Club
1 24:50:00 265 Paul Low Amherst M20-39 CMS
2 25:03:00 268 Eric Morse Berlin M20-39 CMS
3 25:25:00 270 Richard Bolt Manchester M20-39 CMS
4 25:42:00 430 Sean Livingston Barrington M20-39 BAA
5 26:18:00 441 Greg Colburn Arlington M20-39  
6 26:43:00 364 Ben Nephew Canton M20-39 GBTC
7 26:48:00 267 Dave Dunham Bradford M20-39 CMS
8 26:53:00 440 Terrance Shea Somerville M20-39 BAA
9 26:56:00 418 Francis Burdette Worcester M20-39 GLRR
10 27:45:00 425 Rod Viens Sunapee NH M20-39 CMS
11 28:40:00 420 Gregory Ward Holden M20-39 MWRT
12 29:40:00 465 Tim Blouin Templeton M40-49 GLRR
13 29:13:00 497 Bob Johnson Leominster M40-49 CMS
14 29:18:00 392 Danforth Sullivan Jaffery M00-19 Wesleyan U
15 30:01:00 269 Paul Young Andover M20-39 CMS
16 30:17:00 412 Richard Stockdale Mason NH M50-59 GCS
17 30:42:00 469 Paul Hargreaves N. Brookfield M40-49 CMS
18 31:01:00 261 Kurt Perham Cambridge M20-39 CSU
19 31:17:00 483 Bob Hill Groton M20-39 NMC
20 31:20:00 255 Michael Collins Groton M20-39 CMS
21 31:22:00 455 Suzy West Putney F40-49 CSU
22 31:38:00 442 Andrew O'Brien Shrewsbury M00-19  
23 31:41:00 290 Kara Haas Burlington F20-39 GLRR
24 32:06:00 475 Robert Naser Dedham M40-49 TIR
25 32:16:00 481 Rob Bradlee Redding M40-49 CSU
26 32:26:00 351 Ted McMahon Groton M20-39 CMS
27 32:30:00 247 Ron Bedard Westminster M20-39 CMS
28 32:30:00 439 Martin Bures Medford M20-39  
29 32:31:00 460 Eric Fey New Boston M20-39  
30 32:38:00 409 Rob Smith Charlestown M20-39  
31 32:52:00 367 Jonathan Stableford Andover M50-59 MVS
32 32:53:00 478 Don Slovenak Fitchburg M40-49 NMC
33 32:57:00 421 Bob Zack Sutton M20-39  
34 32:58:00 503 Mark Fontaine Leominster M40-49 NMC
35 32:59:00 486 Michael Kamac Pelham NH M20-39  
36 33:04:00 249 Evelyn Dong Wayland F00-19  
37 33:09:00 319 Sheryl Wheeler Rhinebeck F40-49  
38 33:14:00 383 Bob Mulvaney Derry M40-49  
39 33:23:00 423 Marshall Randolph Wellesley M50-59  
40 33:30:00 363 Andrew Novis Newton M20-39  
41 33:42:00 449 Michael Haas Burlington M20-39  
42 33:47:00 501 Dick Jardine Keene M40-49  
43 33:52:00 443 Michael Fairchild Brattleboro M50-59  
44 34:10:00 362 Charlie Herbert Shrewsbury M20-39 NMC
45 34:11:00 366 Tom Bockus Athol M40-49 CMS
46 34:17:00 310 Donna Smyth Vernon F40-49 CSU
47 34:22:00 464 Stan Kolpa Vernon M50-59 CSU
48 34:28:00 496 Steve Davis Gloucester M40-49 MVS
49 34:31:00 482 Heather Kolpa Somerville F20-39 SRR
50 34:36:00 453 Jamie Doucett Andover M40-49 CSU
51 34:37:00 426 Lee Dickey Dracut M40-49  
52 34:51:00 281 Bryan Johnson Winchester M40-49 CMS/NMC
53 34:53:00 330 Andrew Rossi Shrewsbury M00-19 SHS
54 34:57:00 452 Mike Fiene Newburyport M50-59 WC RC
55 35:03:00 358 George Bell Cambridge M40-49  
56 35:04:00 408 Curt Morley Hingham M40-49  
57 35:16:00 489 Vinnie Rivard Leominster M50-59  
58 35:17:00 413 Dave Feitzer Marlboro M40-49  
59 35:18:00 498 Ray Danphinais Rindge M40-49 MRN
60 35:29:00 328 Robert Domitrovich III West Point M00-19 USMA
61 35:31:00 315 Kent Rissmiller Jefferson M40-49 WPI
62 35:34:00 512 Deb Willard-Parker Fitchburg F40-49 NMC
63 35:35:00 458 Bill Sicard Fitchburg M40-49 CMS
64 35:36:00 259 Heidi N Havron Merrimack F20-39  
65 35:40:00 386 George Paradis Oakham M50-59 CMS
66 35:43:00 369 Dan Wagner Sterling M40-49 CMS
67 35:44:00 302 Karen Palmer Fitchburg F20-39 NMC
68 35:46:00 448 Brian Lederer Jefferson M50-59  
69 35:47:00 504 Walter Kuklinski Princeton M50-59  
70 35:49:00 402 John Heden Hollis M40-49  
71 35:55:00 324 Arthur Sheldon Hubbardston M20-39  
72 36:00:00 372 Mike O'Connell Chapplin M20-39  
73 36:06:00 487 Brian Young Barre M40-49 CMS
74 36:08:00 405 Jim Drew Boxborough M50-59 CSU
75 36:11:00 472 Gary Savoy Leominster M20-39 NMC
76 36:15:00 322 Lou Amorati Worcester M20-39  
77 36:26:00 399 Ted Jones Newburyport M50-59 WC RC
78 36:28:00 365 Damian Rowe Amherst M40-49 GCS
79 36:29:00 272 Bob Cargill Sudbury M40-49 GFRC
80 36:31:00 385 Peter Orni Ashburnham M60-69 CMS
81 36:34:00 446 Lisa Doucett Andover F40-49 CSU
82 36:38:00 353 Michael Mongeau Sterling M40-49 CMS
83 36:42:00 400 Jeffrey Ball Rutland M20-39  
84 36:43:00 424 Glen Suanbon Maynard M20-39 GLRR
85 36:45:00 473 Paulette Bolton Danielson F40-49  
86 36:47:00 509 Gerald Motta Taunton M00-19  
87 36:52:00 355 Tim Chorma Nashua M20-39  
88 36:54:00 246 Keith Bockus Hubbardston M50-59  
89 36:58:00 500 Julia Johns Sterling F20-39  
90 37:01:00 410 John Neuhauser Sudbury M20-39  
91 37:05:00 505 Paul Fallisi Salem M40-49 MVS
92 37:14:00 427 Bill Brennan Leominster M20-39  
93 37:16:00 451 Peter Cebreco Hudson M20-39 MVS
94 37:18:00 444 Bill Sullivan Eastham M40-49 BAA
95 37:20:00 419 David Lewis Cambridge M20-39  
96 37:24:00 263 John jacques Wayland M00-19  
97 37:28:00 433 Hans Luedemann Cambridge M20-39  
98 37:38:00 379 Adam D. Marsh Rutland M20-39  
99 37:49:00 445 Mike Gonnerman Sudbury M60-69  
100 37:46:00 457 George Kocyan Northbridge M50-59  
101 37:49:00 337 Peter Shea N. Easton M40-49 RRR
102 37:54:00 447 Sean Lawlor Salem M20-39 MVS
103 38:00:00 422 George Kocur Cambridge M50-59 CSU
104 38:05:00 292 Steve Vaitones Waltham M40-49 SRR
105 38:17:00 493 Rich Miller Pepperill M50-59  
106 38:19:00 262 William jacques Wayland M50-59  
107 38:20:00 260 Kristine Brazin Newton F20-39  
108 38:22:00 488 Tom Campo Holland M50-59  
109 38:25:00 510 Steven McCallam Groton M40-49  
110 38:27:00 398 Stu Thurston Boylston M60-69 CMS
111 38:31:00 470 Ann Kucharski Haverhill F50-59 WC RC
112 38:40:00 257 Neil Lacey Ayer M40-49  
113 38:42:00 495 Kathy Johnson Nashua F20-39 GCS
114 38:46:00 518 Peter Lievense Northboro M40-49  
115 38:47:00 454 Charles Johnson Groton M50-59  
116 38:51:00 411 Paul Grant Carver M50-59 CSU
117 38:52:00 264 larry Athan Wayland M50-59  
118 38:53:00 381 Eldon Burkinshaw Londonderry M60-69 GDTC
119 39:08:00 468 John Armstrong Holden M40-49 CMS
120 39:15:00 466 Thomas Carr Worcester M20-39  
121 39:19:00 371 Al Bilzerian Holden M40-49 CMS
122 39:22:00 382 Jay M. Daly Denmark M40-49  
123 39:25:00 490 Angela Iaria Boston F20-39  
124 39:29:00 436 MaryLou Lowrie Newbury F50-59 CSU
125 39:31:00 293 Bob Lashua Leominster M20-39  
126 39:31:00 343 Tom Pratt Northfield M20-39  
127 39:33:00 476 Jack O'connor Dedham M40-49  
128 39:37:00 282 Chris Vaughn N. Easton M40-49  
129 39:40:00 266 Bob Young Leominster M50-59  
130 39:48:00 256 Mike Troisi Lancaster M40-49  
131 39:53:00 250 John Kleczka Lunenburg M50-59 CMS/NMC
132 40:01:00 437 Dick Bersani Littleton M50-59 GCS
133 40:07:00 428 Laura Carmase Norfolk F20-39  
134 40:12:00 432 Ann Slovin Franklin F20-39  
135 40:13:00 275 Roger W. Steele Fiskdale M50-59 CMS
136 40:14:00 352 David Diedrich Hudson M40-49  
137 40:19:00 285 Roger Robert, Jr. Douglas M20-39  
138 40:22:00 474 Jim Stirewalt Princeton M40-49  
139 40:27:00 314 Basil W. Thompson, Jr Manchester M40-49  
140 40:28:00 374 Johnathan Menkis Lincoln M40-49  
141 40:36:00 376 Darlene Murray Sterling F40-49 NMC/CMS
142 40:41:00 298 Louise A. Wallace Shrewsbury F20-39 CMS
143 40:45:00 321 Tom Telicki Westminster M20-39  
144 40:46:00 434 Rita Vicaire Bolton F20-39 NMC
145 40:49:00 414 Kate Naples Sandwich F20-39  
146 40:51:00 317 Al Rossi Worcester M50-59  
147 40:52:00 403 Aaron LeBeau Milford M20-39  
148 40:53:00 307 Tracey Pryor Rutland F40-49  
149 41:04:00