Whitinsville - April 12th

It was strictly no contest for first as Rich Marion (Westminster) finished over four minutes ahead of his nearest pursuer in the 17th running of the Tune-up 15K. Rich, who won the race last year and did not run it in 1995, missed his 1994 course record by 22 seconds.
In addition to Rich, Steve Jackson (Worcester), Jerry Campbell (Hubbardston), Paul Hargreaves (N,Brookfield) and Dave Birse (Hancock, NH) all placed in the top ten.
Peter Orni (Fitchburg) and Laura Beckwith (Holden) each placed first respectively in the men's and women's seniors' division. Laura also topped all female masters in the race. Adam Roche (Worcester) and Andy Gallivan (Worcester) were 1-2 among juniors, while Steve Brooks (Gardner) was the first age 70+ finisher.
Of the 70 finishers, 24 were CMS members - that's 34 percent of the field. By contrast, the host Tri-Valley Front Runners had a total of 7 runners finish the race.

1. Rich Marion 49:55
2. Tom Carroll (GLRR) -1m 54:27
3. Steve Jackson 54:33
4. Joe Kaiser (TVFR) 55:20
8. Jerry Campbell 56:54
9. Paul Hargreaves 57:13
10. Dave Birse 57:23
12. Dick Vanden Berg 57:58
14. Peter Orni -1s- 1:00:22
17. Adam Roche -1j- 1:01:19
19. Lynn Liberatore (MA) -1f- 1:01:35
20. Andy Gallivan -2j- 1:02:06
21. Dave Felper 1:03:26
25. Rick Hebert 1:06:09
26. Ray Boutotte 1:06:21
39. Mark Beaton 1:12:39
43. Dave Basque 1:13:36
44. Laura Beckwith -1fm/1fs- 1:14:14
47. Joe Connole 1:15:19
48. Kevin Moylan 1:16:07
50. John DeBardeleban 1:16:46
55. Linda Usher 1:19:09
56. Laura Hast 1:19:41
60. Bill Haskell 1:21:42
62. Ed Sato 1:22:54
66. Steve Brooks -1sv- 1:27:08
69. Chuck Powers 1:30:04

(70f - results courtesy of Frank Nealon of the Tri-Valley Front Runners)

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