Attelboro - October 5th

CMS Quadruples in Team Competition Yet Again.

CMS did it at the Salem Heritage 10K in early August. CMS did it at the Brewery Exchange 5K in Lowell in early September. And CMS did it again in early October at Ro-Jack's 8K, winning not one, not two, not three, but four of seven possible team titles.

When the final results were tallied, CMS topped the men's open, women's masters, women's seniors and men's veterans divisions.

For the men's open team, the win provided a measure of revenge for a disappointing second place finish to the always tough Greater Lowell Road Runners at the Brewery Exchange 5K. That second place finish broke an eighteen race USATF-NE Grand Prix Championship win streak by CMS which dated back to 1994. With a number of team members who usually compete in the Grand Prix unavailable due to injuries, CMS turned to a large contingent of its cross country and track athletes to meet strong challenges from GLRR and the Rhode Island based New Balance Coastal Track Club. With Craig Fram (Plaistow, NH), the individual Grand Prix leader in the men's open division, finishing a strong seventh in a field laden with foreign talent, CMS topped GLRR by 1:07 and NBCTC by 2:07. Finishing within 28 seconds of Craig were four of the club's cross country/track athletes - Killian Lonergan (Somerville), 8th, Rusty Snow (Watertown), 10th, Darin Shearer (Somerville), 12th, and Mark Mayall (Acton), 16th.

The CMS women's masters' team continues unbeaten in the 1997 Grand Prix with its fifth consecutive lopsided win, topping the second-place BAA, 1:31:29 to 1:37:15. The team was led by Mary Lammi (Spencer), who finished second among female masters to Diane Leger of Canada. Also scoring, as they have all year long in the Grand Prix, were Marge Belisle (Warren, RI) and Terri Martland (Newport, RI).

Mary Ryczek (Longmeadow), who placed second to Sue Gustafson of the Liberty Athletic Club in the female seniors' division, once again led the CMS lady seniors to a Grand Prix win, 1:52:33 to 1:56:54 over the Cambridge Sports Union. Also scoring, as they have all year, were Laura Beckwith (Holden) and Dianne Von Voorhis (Ashby).

For the second consecutive Grand Prix race, Jim Daley (New Ipswich, NH) finished second to Bill Riley (Marston Mills) in the veterans' division. While Bill is a CMS member, he did not score for CMS, as he competes for the club's triathlon team, the TriAngles, while running for the Cape Cod Athletic Club. Fortunately, it did not make a difference with respect to the seniors' team, as Jim combined with Stu Thurston (Boylston) and Otto Lies (Holden) for yet another CMS first-place finish.

A very young and road inexperienced CMS women's open team finished a strong second to the BAA. Scoring were Mimi Corcoran (Mendon), Jen Waeger (Marlborough), Mary Lammi, who downscored from the masters' division, Amory Rowe (Cambridge) and and Stacey Mosley (Franklin).

While less than one minute out of first, the CMS men's masters' team placed third behind the Tri-Valley Front Runners and GLRR. Scoring were Wayne Jacob (Mystic, CT), 2nd master, Geary Daniels (Dudley), 4th, Cliff Matthews (Bellingham), Jerry Learned (Hopkinton) and Joe Hall (Newport, RI).

CMS placed 4th in the men's seniors' competition. Scoring were Jim Daley, who downscored from the veterans' division, George Kasierski (Northbridge), Glenn Sauder (Marlborough), Peter Orni (Fitchburg) and Ray Boutotte (Pepperell).

As is often the case in Grand Prix competition, CMS was the only club to field teams in all seven divisions. Finally, of all the statistics, the most impressive is that 51 runners - over 5% of the field - competed as members of CMS.

Teams

Men's Open (Top 8)

1. Central Mass Striders 2:03:18
2. Greater Lowell Road Runners 2:04:25
3. New Balance Coastal T.C. 2:05:25
4. Boston Athletic Association 2:06:17
5. Greater Boston Track Club 2:09:14
6. Whirlaway Racing Team 2:09:42
7. Cambridge Sports Union 2:12:04
8. Tri-Valley Front Runners 2:13:13

Women's Open (Top 8)

1. Boston Athletic Association 2:25:33
2. Central Mass Striders 2:26:43
3. Whirlaway Racing Team 2:31:41
4. Greater Lowell Road Runners 2:34:59
5. Boston Running Club 2:35:28
6. Liberty Athletic Club 2:37:50
7. Cambridge Sports Union 2:43:21
8. Greater Boston Track Club 3:00:17

Men's Masters (Top 8)

1. Tri-Valley Front Runners 2:13:13
2. Greater Lowell Road Runners 2:13:22
3. Central Mass Striders 2:14:06
4. Boston Athletic Association 2:18:14
5. Cambridge Sports Union 2:25:59
6. Merrimack Valley Striders 2:32:11
7. Rhode Island Road Runners 2:33:08
8. North Medford Club 2:37:56

Women's Masters (Top 8)

1. Central Mass Striders 1:31:29
2. Boston Athletic Association 1:37:15
3. Cambridge Sports Union 1:43:16
4. Greater Lowell Road Runners 1:46:05
5. Merrimack Valley Striders 1:54:41
6. Sugarloaf Mountain A.C. 2:08:29
7. Greater Framingham Track Club 2:11:37
8. Rhode Island Road Runners 2:15:57

Men's Seniors (Top 5)

1. Cambridge Sports Union 2:31:08
2. Merrimack Valley Striders 2:32:01
3. Rhode Island Road Runners 2:37:15
4. Central Mass Striders 2:39:16
5. Boston Athletic Association 2:39:41

Women's Seniors (Only 3)

1. Central Mass Striders 1:52:33
2. Cambridge Sports Union 1:56:54
3. Greater Lowell Road Runners 2:46:37

Men's Veterans (Only 2)

1. Central Mass Striders 1:39:54
2. Boston Athletic Association 1:43:20

Individuals

1. Peter Githuka (Kenya) 22:32
2. Godfrey Kiprotich (Kenya) 22:56
3. John Mwai (Kenya) 23:40
4. Kevin Sullivan (NY) 24:18
5. Michael Donnelly (NBCTC) 24:24
6. Jamie Lachance (GLRR) 24:27
7. Craig Fram 24:31
8. Killian Lonergan 24:33
9. Scott Cody (NBTC) 24:34
10. Rusty Snow 24:35
12. Darin Shearer 24:43
16. Mark Mayall 24:56
18. Eric Morse 24:58
19. John Barbour (GLRR) -1m- 25:00
24. Richard Bolt 25:09
25. Wayne Jacob -2m- 25:10
28. Steve Kempainen 25:14
31. Ted Towse 25:27
34. Gary Gardner 25:33
41. Vince Connelly 25:49
43. Dan Verrington 25:52
51, Kathy Franey (NI) -1f- 26:00
53. Larry Olsen (TVFR) -1s- 26:04
54. Vince Martinelli 26:06
55. Bill Callahan 26:08
56. Geary Daniels 26:14
57. Jamalh Prince 26:16
58. Elena Viazova (Ukraine) -2f- 26:17
59. Frank Elms 26:18
61. Margaret Kagiri (Kenya) -3f- 26:22
63. Marie McMahon (RI) -4f- 26:28
64. Maurits van der Veen 26:34
70. Greg DeMeo 26:52
71. Pat Callahan 26:5
75. Susanna Beck (MC) -5f- 26:58
82. Dave Weatherbie 27:08
87. Cliff Matthews 27:28
93. Jerry Learned 27:44
103. Joe Hall 27:57
108. Bob Hodge 28:09
117. Frank Rucki 28:22
126. Mimi Corcoran 28:41
137. Jen Waeger 28:56
141. Roger Nasatka 29:03
147. Diane Legare (Canada) -1fm- 29:09
153. Mary Lammi -2fm- 29:18
156. Bill Riley (CCAC) -1v- 29:21
176. Amory Rowe 29:48
184. Stacey Mosley 30:00
192. Jim Daley 30:11
230. Marge Bellisle 30:56
231. George Kasierski 30:57
239. Jen Lincoln 31:04
241. Sally Perkins 31:07
248. Terri Martland 31:15
254. Glenn Sauder 31:20
261. Rick Hebert 31:30
272. June Snow 31:46
313. Peter Orni 32:42
319. Susan Gustafson (LAC) -1fs- 32:49
373. Mary Ryczek -2fs- 34:01
379. Ray Boutotte 34:06
414. Stu Thurston 34:48
419. Otto Lies 34:55
577. Laura Beckwith 38:10
662. Dianne Von Voorhis 40:22
845. Janice Frampton 45:30
847. Dolores Drewniak 45:42

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revd December 4, 1997, Marc