A late Friday night snow storm left a thin blanket of frozen snow/ice on the Franklin Park course for Saturday's Massachusetts State High School Cross Country Championships. And while a second snowstorm predicted for Sunday morning failed to materialize, the Franklin Park course was no less snow/ice covered for the start of Sunday's USATF New England Cross Country Championships.
First off was the men's masters' championship at 10:00AM. John Barbour of the Greater Lowell Road Runners led from start to finish and led GLRR to an impressive team championship. Also scoring for Lowell were Kevin Retelle, Marty Lechleider, Phil Riley and Tim Blouin.
By 10:45 and the start of the women's open and masters' championship, a combination of the running of the masters' race and bright sunshine which brought the temperature near to the freezing point had turned much of the course into mud. The conditions proved to be perfectly suited to Lynn Jennings, who bolted into the lead at the very beginning and steadily pulled away from the rest of the field enroute to a 1:10 margin of victory over Molly Watcke of New Balance .
In the women's open team competition, Coach Bob Sevene's Central Mass Striders' team successfully defended its 1996 title. CMS used a combination of two veteran cross country runners - Mimi Corcoran and Sally Perkins - and three recently converted track youngsters - Jen Waeger, Amory Rowe and Jen Lincoln - to top the Boston Running Club, 35 to 43.
The men's open race was a virtual mud bath and, as was the case in the first two races, one runner dominated throughout. Mike Donnelly of the New Balance Coastal Track Club added his name to the impressive list of athletes who over the years have claimed the USATF-NE Cross Country men's championship.
It was an instant replay of last year's men's open team results with CMS once again winning the USATF New England Championship while finishing second to the Reebok Enclave, a national team. CMS, with Scott Bagley, Mike Nahom, Rusty Snow, Darin Shearer and Sandu Rebenciuc scoring, edged the Rhode Island based New Balance Coastal Track Club by two points.
1 779 John Barbour 43 Greater Lowell RR 27:28.00 1
2 469 Colin Corkery 40 New Balance 28:03.00
3 465 Jim Clayton 41 Sugarloaf Mt AthleticClu 28:09.00
4 795 Kevin Retelle 41 Greater Lowell RR 28:14.00 2
5 546 Marty Lechleider 40 Greater Lowell RR 28:17.00 3
6 426 Geary Daniels 43 Central Mass Striders 28:35.00 4
7 634 Phil Richey 40 Taconic Road Runners 28:41.00 5
8 632 Steve Calidonna 42 Taconic Road Runners 28:49.00 6
9 724 John Goodwin 42 BAA Masters 28:55.00 7
10 497 Philip Riley 46 Greater Lowell RR 29:01.00 8
11 784 Tim Blomin 40 Greater Lowell RR 29:08.00 9
12 440 Bill Gaudere 40 Central Mass Striders 29:14.00 10
13 427 Bob Hodge 42 Central Mass Striders 29:22.00 11
14 773 Thomas Carroll 47 Greater Lowell RR 29:28.00 12
15 443 Joe Hall 42 Central Mass Striders 29:29.00 13
16 568 Roly McSorley 46 Canada 29:39.00
17 567 Patrick Lee 42 Canada 29:51.00
18 473 Paul Fendler 41 Taconic Road Runners 29:58.00 14
19 860 Don Salamone 42 Boston A.A. 30:02.00
20 781 Bob Ruel 45 Tri-Valley Frontrunners 30:10.00
21 468 Leo Dunn 44 Unattached 30:13.00
22 782 Steve Oneil 46 Central Mass Striders 30:19.00 15
23 574 Tom Derderian 50 Greater Boston TC 30:40.00
24 569 David Tree 42 Canada 30:42.00
25 798 Dan Dillon 40 Greater Boston TC 30:49.00
26 631 Rick Ashby 41 Taconic Road Runners 30:50.00 16
27 225 Jerry Learned 49 Central Mass Striders 31:03.00 17
28 556 Richard Puckerin 47 Boston Running Club 31:10.00
29 783 Frank Rucki 48 Central Mass Striders 31:12.00 18
30 723 Jeffrey Dosdall 45 BAA Masters 31:20.00 19
31 797 Henry Finch 48 Cambridge Sports Union 31:23.00
32 633 Nick Caswell 47 Taconic Road Runners 31:26.00 20
33 777 Wayne Alukonis 48 Unattached 31:38.00
34 861 Harvey Blonder 44 Tri-Valley Frontrunners 31:41.00
35 565 Greg Allan 42 Canada 31:47.00
36 727 Brad Hurst 44 BAA Masters 32:09.00 21
37 730 Bill Sullivan 42 BAA Masters 32:37.00 22
38 774 Jon Stableford 52 Merrimack Valley Strider 33:00.00 23
39 598 Charles Kellogg 57 Merrimack Valley Strider 33:03.00 24
40 597 Mike Blake 40 Marshfield RR 33:06.00
41 573 Bruce Bond 44 Greater Boston TC 33:27.00
42 775 Louis Latourneau 42 Gr Springfield Harriers 33:49.00
43 726 Dennis Herman 51 BAA Masters 33:56.00 25
44 642 Scott Newkirk 41 Unattached 34:07.00
45 558 Duke Hutchinson 50 Cambridge Sports Union 34:13.00
46 850 Ralph Rockwood 50 Merrimack Valley Strider 34:34.00 26
47 851 Bill Marlow 53 Merrimack Valley Strider 34:41.00 27
48 439 Tom Fitzgerald 42 Central Mass Striders 34:56.00
49 799 Charlie Farrington 53 Merrimack Valley Strider 35:01.00 28
50 776 Karl Hoyt 40 Greater Boston TC 35:41.00
51 639 Harold Hatch 58 Unattached 35:52.00
52 451 Joseph Green 46 Parkway Running Club 36:07.00
53 555 Robert Clarke 58 Boston Running Club 36:53.00
54 447 Dana Sumner 66 Newport Running Club 37:33.00
55 720 Leland Chisolm 65 BAA Masters 40:50.00 29
56 740 Ray Lussier Boston A.A. 41:42.00
57 778 Ed Buckley 76 Unattached 44:20.00
1 Greater Lowell RR 23 1 2 3 8 9 12
Total time: 2:22:08.0
2 Central Mass Striders 53 4 10 11 13 15 17 18
Total time: 2:26:59.0
3 Taconic Road Runners 61 5 6 14 16 20
Total time: 2:29:44.0
4 BAA Masters 94 7 19 21 22 25 29
Total time: 2:38:57.0
5 Merrimack Valley Stride 128 23 24 26 27 28
Total time: 2:50:19.0
1 449 Lynn Jennings Nike 20:48.00
2 603 Molly Watcke New Balance 21:58.00
3 601 Joan Nesbit New Balance 22:08.00
4 548 Kristin Beaney asics 22:11.00
5 602 Blake Phillips New Balance 22:23.00
6 854 Kate Fonshell 28 asics 22:46.00
7 759 Suzanne Walmsley Boston Running Club 22:58.00 1
8 460 Marty Shue Reebok Enclave 23:05.00
9 758 Anne Curi-Preisig Boston Running Club 23:10.00 2
10 301 Mimi Corcoran Central Mass Striders 23:22.00 3
11 308 Jen Waeger Central Mass Striders 23:23.00 4
12 317 Amory Rowe Central Mass Striders 23:28.00 5
13 882 Joanna Veltri 22 Greater Boston TC 23:33.00 6
14 643 Claire Shearman Unattached 23:49.00
15 755 Kelly Liljeblad Boston Running Club 23:51.00 7
16 716 Terrianne McGettrickAr Boston A.A. 23:55.00 8
17 929 Danielle Wood 22 Unattached 24:02.00
18 772 Tanya Dodge Unattached 24:03.00
19 951 Jennifer Rapaport 33 Greater Boston TC 24:05.00 9
20 318 Jen Lincoln Central Mass Striders 24:08.00 10
21 462 Cathy Stanmeyer Reebok Enclave 24:14.00
22 459 Kim Saddic Reebok Enclave 24:15.00
23 769 Gina Braz-Rocha Whirlaway Racing Team 24:17.00
24 672 Michelle Horgan Boston A.A. 24:19.00 11
25 670 Amber Duncan Boston A.A. 24:25.00 12
26 319 Sally Perkins Central Mass Striders 24:28.00 13
27 949 Susanah Landreth 29 Winners Circle RC 24:34.00 14
28 780 Kelly Amonte Boston Running Club 24:42.00 15
29 209 Andrea Viger University at Albany 24:46.00 16
30 584 Kathleen Devlin Liberty A.C. 24:54.00 17
31 752 Jill Gaitenby Boston Running Club 24:58.00 18
32 582 Judith Copley Liberty A.C. 25:07.00 19
33 750 Karen Boen 40 Boston Running Club 25:13.00 20
34 456 Juli Henner Reebok Enclave 25:15.00
35 580 Pam Allie-Morrill Liberty A.C. 25:19.00 21
36 756 Tracy Maher Boston Running Club 25:25.00 22
37 943 Andrea Gillespie 23 Greater Lowell RR 25:27.00
38 644 Isa Merritt Univ at Stony Brook 25:29.00
39 718 Suzy Walsh Boston A.A. 25:30.00 23
40 336 Stacy Mosely Central Mass Striders 25:32.00 24
41 371 Sidney Letendre 43 Central Mass Striders 25:33.00 25
42 167 Jennifer Dott University at Albany 25:34.00 26
43 664 Liz Arcieri Winners Circle RC 25:35.00 27
44 581 Rita Cecil 42 Liberty A.C. 25:41.00 28
45 751 Alice Freid Boston Running Club 25:44.00
46 649 Tara Sullivan Univ at Stony Brook 25:47.00
47 596 Karen Thistle Liberty A.C. 25:52.00 29
48 335 June Snow Central Mass Striders 25:56.00
49 163 Samantha Cohen University at Albany 25:58.00 30
50 754 Gretchen Hibben Boston Running Club 26:00.00
51 921 Emer Molloy Greater Lowell RR 26:05.00
52 669 Heather Conture Boston A.A. 26:08.00 31
53 155 Kari Casey University at Albany 26:11.00 32
54 169 Liz Hamilton University at Albany 26:13.00 33
55 930 Maru Fagan 22 Unattached 26:15.00
56 563 Marielle Yost Cambridge Sports Union 26:16.00 34
57 857 Ann Sipka 49 Unattached 26:19.00
58 852 Molly Dunlap Unattached 26:22.00
59 788 Kim Liljeblad 25 Boston Running Club 26:30.00
60 561 Jennifer Wynn Cambridge Sports Union 26:38.00 35
61 595 Karen Rapallo Liberty A.C. 26:51.00 36
62 494 Susan Maslowski 45 Greater Lowell RR 26:52.00
63 950 Lisa Doucett 42 Cambridge Sports Union 27:02.00 37
64 212 Erica Viger University at Albany 27:03.00 38
65 370 Cindy Gaudere Central Mass Striders 27:07.00
66 585 Michelle Doody Liberty A.C. 27:09.00 39
67 947 Julie Donohue 33 Greater Boston TC 27:13.00 40
68 753 Donna Goff Boston Running Club 27:15.00
69 794 Dung Nguyen Greater Boston TC 27:22.00 41
70 665 Debbie Farmer 41 Winners Circle RC 27:26.00 42
71 564 H. Pinar Zengingonul Cambridge Sports Union 27:30.00 43
72 648 Meredith Reh Univ at Stony Brook 27:31.00
73 560 Patricia Robinson 43 Cambridge Sports Union 27:32.00 44
74 757 Inka Mims Boston Running Club 27:33.00
75 583 Alda Cossi 42 Liberty A.C. 27:34.00
76 667 Kathy Long Winners Circle RC 27:36.00 45
77 559 Susan McNatt Cambridge Sports Union 27:54.00 46
78 182 Melissa Keckler University at Albany 27:56.00 47
79 566 Mary-Beth Gorey 43 Canada 28:13.00
80 668 Stella McCormick Winners Circle RC 28:17.00 48
81 589 Katherine Ives 51 Liberty A.C. 28:18.00
82 592 Carrie Parsi 58 Liberty A.C. 28:31.00
83 577 Susan Richards Greater Boston TC 28:56.00 49
84 770 Cindy Crowe Whirlaway Racing Team 29:03.00
85 591 Karen Lein Liberty A.C. 29:10.00
86 557 Kathy Clark Cambridge Sports Union 29:23.00 50
87 771 Lisa Piessens Whirlaway Racing Team 29:26.00
88 594 Marcia Puryear 54 Liberty A.C. 32:34.00
89 858 Cynthia Hastings 40 Greater Boston TC 32:50.00 51
90 588 Andrea Hatch Liberty A.C. 35:18.00
91 959 Melinda Casey 32 Greater Boston TC 36:04.00 52
92 586 Joyce Hals 65 Liberty A.C. 36:30.00
1 Central Mass Striders 35 3 4 5 10 13 24 25
Total time: 1:58:49.0
2 Boston Running Club 43 1 2 7 15 18 20 22
Total time: 1:59:39.0
3 Boston A.A. 85 8 11 12 23 31
Total time: 2:04:17.0
4 Liberty A.C. 114 17 19 21 28 29 36 39
Total time: 2:06:53.0
5 University at Albany 137 16 26 30 32 33 38 47
Total time: 2:08:42.0
6 Greater Boston TC 145 6 9 40 41 49 51 52
Total time: 2:11:09.0
7 Winners Circle RC 176 14 27 42 45 48
Total time: 2:13:28.0
8 Cambridge Sports Union 193 34 35 37 43 44 46 50
Total time: 2:14:58.0
1 607 Mike Donnelly New Balance/Coastal TC 31:15.00 1 2 458 Ray Pugsley Reebok Enclave 31:33.00 2 3 454 Andy Downin Reebok Enclave 31:42.00 3 4 599 Rod De Haven New Balance 31:46.00 5 600 Tim Gannon New Balance 31:48.00 6 635 Ted Fitzpatrick Unattached 31:51.00 7 549 Kevin Graham Atlanta TC 31:58.00 4 8 461 Matt Smith Reebok Enclave 31:59.00 5 9 790 Brian Clas 25 Unattached 32:00.00 10 940 Andy Keith 25 New Balance 32:02.00 11 938 Tony Cosy 23 adidas 32:05.00 12 932 Scott Bagley 34 Central Mass Striders 32:07.00 6 13 220 Mike Nahom Central Mass Striders 32:09.00 7 14 609 Chris Magill New Balance/Coastal TC 32:20.00 8 15 453 Jonathan Clemens Reebok Enclave 32:26.00 9 16 248 Rusty Snow Central Mass Striders 32:27.00 10 17 464 Andre Williams Reebok Enclave 32:35.00 11 18 606 Jim Dandeneau New Balance/Coastal TC 32:40.00 12 19 942 Richard Church 27 Fleet Feet 32:42.00 20 244 Darrn Shearer Central Mass Striders 32:44.00 13 21 961 Sean Tynan 25 Greater Lowell RR 32:46.00 14 22 732 Jim Brunswick Boston A.A. 32:47.00 15 23 476 Jon Russell 22 Unattached 32:50.00 24 640 Reynaldo Mendez Unattached 33:00.00 25 608 Jose Libano New Balance/Coastal TC 33:01.00 16 26 604 George Yianallis New Balance 33:05.00 27 652 Jayson Dejoy Westchester TC - NY 33:09.00 28 761 John Fiola Boston Running Club 33:11.00 17 29 219 Sandu Rebenciuc Central Mass Striders 33:16.00 18 30 446 Chris Volante New Balance/Coastal TC 33:17.00 19 31 252 Mark Mayall Central Mass Striders 33:19.00 20 32 455 Brendon Heffernan Reebok Enclave 33:21.00 21 33 785 Bryan Dunn 22 Unattached 33:26.00 34 552 Dave Matherne Atlanta TC 33:27.00 22 35 271 Steve Kempainen Central Mass Striders 33:28.00 23 36 551 Daniel Hill Atlanta TC 33:32.00 24 37 963 Art Gunther 26 Unattached 33:41.00 38 966 Brian Quinn 22 Unattached 33:45.00 39 924 Terry McNatt 32 Cambridge Sports Union 33:48.00 25 40 223 Rich Marion Central Mass Striders 33:51.00 41 445 Jayson Pereira New Balance/Coastal TC 33:53.00 26 42 934 Doug Mock 30 Brooks 33:54.00 43 956 George Luke 31 Greater Lowell RR 33:55.00 27 44 553 Bill Stewart Atlanta TC 33:56.00 28 45 495 Timothy Dunn 28 Unattached 33:57.00 46 134 Shawn Higgins University at Albany 33:58.00 29 47 748 Bob Winn Boston A.A. 33:58.00 30 48 245 Killian Lonergan Central Mass Striders 34:00.00 49 738 Ryan Lafleur Boston A.A. 34:02.00 31 50 939 Jose Rocha 32 Merrimack Valley Strider 34:04.00 32 51 610 Donal O'Sullivan New Balance/Coastal TC 34:18.00 33 52 276 Vince Connelly Central Mass Striders 34:19.00 53 747 Andrew Wedlake Boston A.A. 34:21.00 34 54 793 Eric Bonnette 18 Unattached 34:22.00 55 138 Michael Kiernan University at Albany 34:22.00 35 56 745 John Noland Boston A.A. 34:23.00 36 57 764 Pete Hammer Boston Running Club 34:27.00 37 58 224 James Garrett Central Mass Striders 34:29.00 59 964 Chris Lobdell 22 Unattached 34:31.00 60 554 Mike Strickland Atlanta TC 34:33.00 38 61 281 Bill Callahan Central Mass Striders 34:34.00 62 792 Ted Gillick 20 Unattached 34:36.00 63 571 Deon Barrett Greater Boston TC 34:37.00 39 64 923 Francis Burdett 32 Greater Lowell RR 34:41.00 40 65 731 Paul Bolick Boston A.A. 34:45.00 41 66 288 Frank Elms Central Mass Striders 34:50.00 67 933 Ted Horn 25 Greater Lowell RR 34:57.00 42 68 734 Sean Dillon Boston A.A. 35:00.00 43 69 941 David Gagnon 23 Merrimack Valley Strider 35:06.00 44 70 137 Brendan Howell University at Albany 35:08.00 45 71 736 Scott Field Boston A.A. 35:10.00 72 742 Ron Moreau Boston A.A. 35:13.00 73 733 Lars Dietrich Boston A.A. 35:17.00 74 646 Gavin O'Donoghue Univ at Stony Brook 35:21.00 75 927 Alex Tilson 28 Cambridge Sports Union 35:22.00 46 76 937 Brian Woodbury 26 Unattached 35:23.00 77 463 Jim Tuxbury Reebok Enclave 35:24.00 47 78 141 Rob Naughter University at Albany 35:25.00 48 79 853 Mille Toomey 25 Merrimack Valley Strider 35:26.00 49 80 925 Tommy Lynch 28 Cambridge Sports Union 35:31.00 50 81 931 Armando Oliveira 30 Unattached 35:36.00 82 944 Jim Hebert 39 Merrimack Valley Strider 35:39.00 51 83 945 Josh Hanna 26 Merrimack Valley Strider 35:41.00 52 84 739 Wayne Levy Boston A.A. 35:43.00 85 859 James Goodberlet 36 Boston Running Club 35:45.00 53 86 570 Jan Hendrik Neiser Germany 35:55.00 87 786 Tom Doody 35 Greater Lowell RR 35:57.00 54 88 286 Pat Callahan Central Mass Striders 35:59.00 89 578 Andy Rogouin Greater Boston TC 36:01.00 55 90 636 Rodney Furr Unattached 36:10.00 91 737 Harris Hardy Boston A.A. 36:15.00 92 767 Bob Walmsley Boston Running Club 36:27.00 56 93 922 Bill Newsham 32 Greater Boston TC 36:28.00 57 94 647 John Ravener Univ at Stony Brook 36:30.00 95 962 Michael Maloney 26 Greater Lowell RR 36:35.00 58 96 935 James Preisig 39 Boston Running Club 36:42.00 59 97 960 John Blouin 23 Greater Boston TC 36:45.00 60 98 126 Douglas Carl University at Albany 36:45.00 61 99 926 Scott Lundquist 36 Cambridge Sports Union 36:56.00 62 100 118 Adam Carl University at Albany 37:03.00 63 101 142 Matthew Novak University at Albany 37:07.00 64 102 958 Joao Silva 32 Cambridge Sports Union 37:28.00 65 103 955 David Kelly 24 HFC Striders 37:32.00 104 967 William Weschrob 28 Boston A.A. 37:34.00 105 575 Adrien Grise Greater Boston TC 37:37.00 66 106 953 John Mulligan 37 Merrimack Valley Strider 38:01.00 67 107 789 Keith O'Brien 33 Greater Lowell RR 38:09.00 68 108 129 Christopher Castaldo University at Albany 38:21.00 109 645 Merlin Montrevil Univ at Stony Brook 38:31.00 110 572 Brian Beaulieu Greater Boston TC 38:38.00 69 111 957 Steve Connor 24 Unattached 38:40.00 112 946 Matt Sullivan 20 Merrimack Valley Strider 38:48.00 70 113 638 Cary Greene Unattached 38:52.00 114 936 Mike McCormick 39 Winners Circle RC 38:57.00 115 928 Doug Johnson 27 Cambridge Sports Union 39:00.00 71 116 969 Doug Reardon 29 HFC Striders 39:04.00 117 763 Brian Harmell Boston Running Club 39:05.00 72 118 768 Jeff Carmichael Boston Running Club 39:11.00 73 119 881 Thomas Conlon 33 North Shore Striders 39:20.00 120 579 Mike Uquiola Greater Boston TC 39:24.00 74 121 948 Chris Hussey 35 Greater Boston TC 39:29.00 122 954 Corey Modeste 23 Boston A.A. 39:56.00 123 970 Paul Corcoran 39 HFC Striders 40:02.00 124 766 Chris Smith Boston Running Club 40:46.00 125 796 Anthony Goldman Boston Running Club 41:12.00 126 743 Brendon Murphy Boston A.A. 41:14.00 127 968 Aaron Caplice 26 Boston A.A. 41:18.00 128 952 Paul McGovern 38 Merrimack Valley Strider 41:21.00 129 735 Robert Dumo Boston A.A. 41:27.00 130 746 David Sullivan Boston A.A. 41:52.00 131 741 Dave Menard Boston A.A. 42:36.00 132 760 Michael Ardiff Boston Running Club 43:03.00 133 965 Dave Flannery 34 HFC Striders 43:54.00 134 576 Dino Konstantopoulos Greater Boston TC 44:39.00 135 765 Butch McFetters Boston Running Club 46:56.00
1 Reebok Enclave 30 2 3 5 9 11 21 47
Total time: 2:40:15.0
2 Central Mass Striders 54 6 7 10 13 18 20 23
Total time: 2:42:43.0
3 New Balance/Coastal TC 56 1 8 12 16 19 26 33
Total time: 2:42:33.0
4 Atlanta TC 116 4 22 24 28 38
Total time: 2:47:26.0
5 Boston A.A. 146 15 30 31 34 36 41 43
Total time: 2:49:31.0
6 Greater Lowell RR 177 14 27 40 42 54 58 68
Total time: 2:52:16.0
7 University at Albany 218 29 35 45 48 61 63 64
Total time: 2:55:38.0
8 Boston Running Club 222 17 37 53 56 59 72 73
Total time: 2:56:32.0
9 Merrimack Valley Stride 228 32 44 49 51 52 67 70
Total time: 2:55:56.0
10 Cambridge Sports Union 248 25 46 50 62 65 71
Total time: 2:59:05.0
11 Greater Boston TC 277 39 55 57 60 66 69 74
Total time: 3:01:28.0
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