| CMS Men's Masters' Team Wins USATF National 10K, Again |
April 12, 1997, Plainview, NY
For a second consecutive year, a CMS men's masters team traveled to the Nationwide Insurance 10K Run for Aspire held on April 12th in Plainview, NY in search of winning the USATF National Men's Masters 10K Championship. And for a second consecutive year, CMS had no difficulty in bringing back the championship to New England.
Led by long-time club member Wayne Jacob (Mystic, CT), who finished 10th overall in a field of 1005 and was the first master, CMS easily won the team title.
Incidentally, the fact that Wayne has been a member of CMS since 1984 somewhat compensates for the fact that he is a life-long New York Yankee fan.
Also scoring were Geary Daniels (Dudley), 4th master, Jerry Learned (Hopkinton), 7th master and first age 45 - 49, Bob Hodge (Clinton), 8th master, and Cliff Matthews (Bellingham), 11th master.
Traveling with the team was Rob O'Hara of the Millis-based Tri-Valley Frontrunners. Rob finished 17th overall and was the third master.
A comprehensive article about the trip written by Cliff, who is the masters' team captain, will be posted shortly.
Guess which CMS runner somehow found himself about a quarter-mile from the starting line when the gun went off and, as a result, had to sprint to the starting line and then begin the race?
1 Kevin Krause 20-29M Miller Place, NY 31:17 2 Donald Di Donato 30-39M Hicksville, NJ 31:20 3 Hans Parrado 30-39M Weehawken, NJ 31:23 4 Chad Kurtz 20-29M New York, NY 31:28 5 Peter Hawkins 30-39M Malverne, NY 31:38 6 Patrick Petersen 30-39M Bay Shore, NY 31:40 7 Richard Burlew 20-29M E. Northport, NY 31:55 8 Alem Kahsay 20-29M New York, NY 32:07 9 Jim Stemm 30-39M New York, NY 32:08 10 Wayne Jacob -1m- 40-49M Mystic, CT 32:15 15 Paul Mascali -2m- 40-49M Manhasset, NY 32:39 17 Rob O'Hara -3m- 40-49M Boston, MA 32:50 20 Geary Daniels 40-49M Dudley, MA 33:22 30 Jerry Learned 40-49M Hopkinton, MA 34:07 33 Bob Hodge 40-49M Clinton, MA 34:18 36 Cliff Matthews 40-49M Bellingham, MA 34:26 40 Dave Reinhart 40-49M Wilbraham, MA 34:41 46 Regina Ronan -1f- 20-29F Northport, NY 35:17 71 Rich Ovian 40-49M Worcester, MA 37:10