Mt.Cranmore Hill Run 08-7-2005
Blake, Bryan Win at Cranmore Hill Climb
by Paul Kirsch, race director < info@whitemountainmilers.com> www.whitemountainmilers.com
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Circuit runners earn "Mountain Goat" status after
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NORTH CONWAY, NH - The third time was a charm for Eric Blake. After a seventh place finish at the Vail 10Km Trail Championships on June 4 and a second place finish at the Northfield Mountain race on June 25, Blake, 26, of Plattsburgh, NY, won the 18th Annual Cranmore Hill Climb in a time of 1:03:46. The win secured him an automatic berth on the Teva U.S. Mountain Running Team which will head to Wellington New Zealand in September to represent the United States in the World Mountain Running Trophy Race.
Blake outlasted runner-up Paul Low, 31, of Amherst, MA and third place finisher Kevin Tilton, 23, of Conway, NH who finished in 1:06:05 and 1:07:31, respectively. All three runners came through the first lap of the 4.4Km grass and single track course in under 22 minutes. Each lap of the course featured a climb of 1107 feet in 2 kilometers, including a 1/2 Km section that reached grades of 20 percent or more. Blake will join Timothy Parr, 23, Gunnison, CO, Simon Gutierrez, 39, Alamosa, CO, Ryan Pauling, 29, Rochester, NY, Laura Haefeli, 37, Del Norte, CO, Chris Lundy, 34, Sausalito, CA and Anita Ortiz, 41, Eagle, CO on the 10-member open squad of six men and four women (junior squad includes three junior men and two junior women) who will compete in New Zealand on September 25.
Tilton was followed by fellow Central Mass Strider teammates Ben Nephew in 1:13:20 and Peter Maksimow who finished fifth in a time of 1:13:43. Nephew lived up to his reputation as aggressive descender as he moved into fourth place on the final descent including a finish that found him barely able to hold his balance in the last 100 meters. "I got my feet stuck in the washed out ditch on the trail near the end and it was all I could do to keep from breaking my leg," remarked Nephew after the race.
Local 19-year-old runner David Hunt of Fryeburg, ME, who could have run in the two-lap junior race, chose to continue and run a third lap, finishing seventh overall in a time of 1:14:01. He was also the top junior men's finisher. White Mountain Miler Hunt, who has had a very successful summer finishing in the top three in many local races, was pleased with his finish. "I felt kind of good after the second lap so I figured I may as well keep going," Hunt said afterwards. The first master's finisher in the men's race was David Audet of Concord, NH. The first senior male was Len Hall of Enfield, NH.
In the two lap women's race, Julie Bryan, 36 of Jackson, WY, came across the line in 51:29 for the win, followed by Central Mass Strider Kelli Lusk, 35, Amherst, MA in 53:03 and Kristin Hall of Arlington, MA in 59:58. Lusk was able to close in on Bryan on the second ascent but was unable to catch her on the downhill.
They were followed by local runners Dawn Heinrich of Wolfeboro NH and White Mountain Miler Mary Bates of Intervale NH in times of 1:02:14 and 1:04:28. Heinrich was also the first female master's finisher. The first senior women's finisher was Ginny Howe of North Conway.
In a fitting tribute to the benefactor of the race, 12-year-old Emily Leich of North Conway ran in the women's junior race, running the one lap junior women's course in an impressive time of 44:11. Leich was joined by her mother Martha Leich who ran in the women's open race. Emily's grandmother and Martha's mother was Gretchen B. Hatch, for whom the White Mountain Miler's Gretchen B. Hatch scholarship fund is named. The Cranmore race is a benefit for the scholarship fund, which has given out over $38,000 since its inception. The fund provides college scholarships to local high school students who are involved in the sport of running.
In addition to being a Teva U.S. Mountain Team qualifier, Cranmore was also part of three other race series including the six race USATF New England Mountain Running Circuit, The Trail Runner Magazine Trophy Series of more than 100 races, and the Grand Tree Series consisting of more than 20 trail races in New England.
Over $1100 in gift certificates and prizes were awarded at the event provided by Eastern Mountain Sports, Teva, Trail Runner Magazine, Zeb's Village Store, and No More Stinky Feet Shoe Spray. Race sponsors included the White Mountain Milers, Cranmore Mountain Resort, Teva, Eastern Mountain Sports, Hannaford, No More Stinky Feet Shoe Spray, Shaw's, Trail Runner Magazine, Wal-Mart and Zeb's Village Store.
The race had 92 finishers including participants from 11 states and Canada. with the top finishers listed below.
18th Annual Cranmore Hill Climb Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, NH Open Men's Race, 13.2K 3321 feet elevation gain/descent Place First Last Time Pace/Lap CITY, ST AGE CLUB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 ERIC BLAKE 63:46 21:15 Plattsburgh NY 26 CMS 2 PAUL LOW 66:05 22:01 AMHERST, MA 31 CMS 3 KEVIN TILTON 67:31 22:30 CONWAY, NH 23 CMS 4 BEN NEPHEW 73:20 24:26 FOXBORO, MA 30 CMS 5 PETER MAKSIMOW 73:43 24:34 SPRINGFIELD, MA 26 CMS 6 RYAN PAULING 73:46 24:35 ROCHESTER, NY 29 GVH 7 DAVID HUNT 74:01 24:40 FRYEBURG, ME 19 WMM 8 MARTIN LADOUCEUR 78:39 26:13 MAGOG, QUEBEC 35 9 TIM LIVINGSTON 80:49 26:56 CONWAY, NH 31 WMM 10 DAVID AUDET 87:34 29:11 CONCORD, NH 40 NMC 11 DAN DOHERTY 88:15 29:25 CTR CONWAY, NH 43 WMM 12 ROBERT LOW 89:07 29:42 CAMBRIDGE, MA 29 13 PAUL HUFNAGEL 89:17 29:45 BREWSTER, MA 43 14 MICHAEL ROBBERT 89:36 29:52 LITTLETON, CO 30 15 ANDY HALL 89:44 29:54 ARLINGTON, MA 33 16 LEN HALL 91:09 30:23 ENFIELD, NH 52 MMM 17 BOB GILLIS 91:27 30:29 GLOUCESTER, MA 50 TM GLOUCESTER 18 KEN CLARK 93:04 31:01 SOMERS, CT 42 SHEN STR 19 CHUCK LANDRY 93:36 31:12 PLAINFIELD, NH 49 MMM 20 BOB POIRIER 93:49 31:16 MINOT, ME 50 WMM 21 MIKE LARACY 93:58 31:19 INTERVALE, NH 35 WMM 22 ROBERT CHASEN 94:42 31:34 SOUTH WEYMOUTH, MA 50 Tri Valley Fronrunners 23 TOM MENENDEZ 96:32 32:10 LEWISTON, ME 52 24 DENNIS BRINKWORTH 97:09 32:23 BUFFALO, NY 44 25 JEFF BROOKS 97:50 32:36 COLEBROOK, NH 35 26 RICK MILLER 97:56 32:38 BARNSTEAD, NH 54 27 JEFF GOULD 98:48 32:56 WESTMINSTER, MA 40 NMC 28 PETER ORNI 99:40 33:13 ASHBURNHAM, MA 62 CMS 29 BEN IBEY 100:36 33:32 CANAAN, NH 30 30 MARC OHLSON 101:07 33:42 CONWAY, NH 51 31 RICHARD STOCKDALE 101:45 33:55 MASON, NH 54 MMM 32 GEOFF BICKFORD 102:15 34:05 NY, NY 46 33 DAREN LEVITT 102:27 34:09 JACKSON, NH 39 WMM 34 MICHAEL MELNIKOV 103:35 34:31 PLAINVILLE, MA 46 CSU 35 JEFF NELSON 104:10 34:43 EVERGREEN, CO 37 36 FRANK HOLMES 104:25 34:48 EATON, NH 58 WMM 37 DAVE GEARY 105:04 35:01 GLOUCESTER, MA 39 TM GLOUCESTER 38 BOGIE D 107:52 35:57 CHELMSFORD, MA 30 WHEELWORKS 39 THOMAS PARKER 108:33 36:11 NASHUA, NH 39 40 PETER VADALA 110:06 36:42 GLOUCESTER, MA 54 TM GLOUCESTER 41 BRENT SITTERLY 111:03 37:01 AMHERST, MA 28 42 KEVIN GILE 113:54 37:58 GORHAM, ME 47 43 VIN RIVARD 114:11 38:03 LEOMINSTER, MA 59 44 MIKE BUTLER 115:35 38:31 SPRINGFIELD, MA 32 45 ERIC SMITH 115:58 38:39 WOODSTOCK, VT 45 46 MAURY MCKINNEY 116:17 38:45 NORTH CONWAY, NH45 WMM 47 CASEY CLARK 116:18 38:46 JACKSON, NJ 29 48 KEN GOODIN 116:26 38:48 LOWELL, MA 50 49 DAVID MCDERMOTT 118:00 39:20 FRYEBURG, ME 51 WMM 50 ROBERT MESSINA 118:07 39:22 SOUTHBURY, CT 41 51 PAUL GRANT 119:11 39:43 CARVER, MA 57 CSU 52 DOUGLAS CUMMINGS 119:56 39:58 LONGMEADOW, MA 43 53 TONY FEDERER 121:03 40:21 KEARSARGE, NH 66 WMM 54 ELDON BURKINSHAW 122:29 40:49 LONDONERRY, NH 66 GCS 55 DONALD DAYTON 124:05 41:21 DARTMOUTH, MA 71 65+/GNBTC 56 WALTER KUKLINSKI 124:14 41:24 PRINCETON, MA 56 WPI 57 MIKE REIF 124:41 41:33 VICTOR, NH 56 GVH 58 RICH LARACY 125:39 41:53 CONWAY, NH 36 WMM 59 ROGER MARCOUX 125:45 41:55 BARTLETT, NH 53 WMM 60 PAWEL DEBAKOWSKI 126:46 42:15 CONWAY, NH 24 WMM 61 JOSU ROMN 127:00 42:20 CONCORD, NH 29 62 RAYMOND BOUTOTTE 130:16 43:25 PEPPERELL, MA 59 63 FRED ROSS III 131:41 43:53 VERNON, VT 59 CSU 64 JOHN LORING 132:19 44:06 JAMAICA PLN, MA 58 65 RICHARD MACDONALD 139:33 46:31 MILFORD, NH 55 66 CHRIS GILL 144:10 48:03 GRAY, ME 49 WMM 67 JOHN PARKER 144:42 48:14 HMPTN FLLS, NH 74 68 GEORGE BOUDREAU 145:29 48:29 WARE, MA 36 CMS 69 PAUL MCDERMOTT 145:53 48:37 FITCHBURG,MA 70 CMS/NMC 18th Annual Cranmore Hill Climb Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, NH Junior Women's Race, 4.4K 1107 feet elevation gain/descent Place First Last Time Pace/Lap CITY, ST AGE CLUB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 EMILY LEICH 44:11 44:11 NORTH CONWAY, NH 12 WMM Open Women's Race, 8.8K 2214 feet elevation gain/descent Place First Last Time Pace/Lap City, ST Age CLUB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 JULIE BRYAN 51:29 25:44 JACKSON HOLE, WY 36 2 KELLI LUSK 53:03 26:31 AMHERST, MA 35 CMS 3 KRISTIN HALL 59:58 29:59 ARLINGTON, MA 37 4 DAWN HEINRICH 62:14 31:07 WOLFEBORO, NH 43 MMM 5 MARY BATES 64:28 32:14 INTERVALE, NH 39 WMM 6 FRAN O'DONOGHUE 65:36 32:48 MIRROR LAKE, NH 42 7 RENEE PETIPAS 66:25 33:12 GILFORD, NH 25 8 DONNA SMYTH 68:07 34:03 VERNON, VT 45 CSU 9 CARLA CHANDLER 68:39 34:19 PLAINFIELD, NH 40 MMM 10 KATHY HURST 69:01 34:30 FITZWILLIAM, NH 35 11 MARTHA LEICH 69:03 34:31 NORTH CONWAY, NH 48 WMM 12 FABIENNEPATTISON 69:58 34:59 NORTH CONWAY, NH 45 WMM 13 ALYCIA CAVADI 73:08 36:34 NORTH CONWAY, NH 32 14 JEANNE LAPIERRE 73:52 36:56 NORTH GRANBY, CT 49 EORC 15 KATE NAPLES 75:46 37:53 EAST SANDWICH, MA 38 16 KRISTINEKENISON 75:49 37:54 CTR TUFTONBORO, NH 44 MMM 17 VIRGINIAHOWE 79:30 39:45 NORTH CONWAY, NH 50 WMM 18 SARAH JENNINGS 79:49 39:54 NEWINGTON, CT 33 19 EMER O'DONOGHUE 80:51 40:25 LEXINGTON, MA 43 SRR 20 LINDA FISHER 85:53 42:56 HUDSON, MA 43 21 JAQUELINEKEITH 85:59 42:59 FRANKLIN, NH 55 NMC 22 HELEN DUDLEY 91:53 45:56 MARLBOROUGH, MA 45 MCS 23 LAUREL SHORTELL 105:13 52:36 NORTHAMPTON, MA 39 WMAC
