Mountain Series Recap

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By Dave Dunham

The USATF NE mountain series wrapped up last weekend at Bretton Woods which hosted the North American Fell Running championships over a 7-8 mile course with 2,500’ of climb and descent.

The series was scored in a “best 6 of 8” format. In all 230 men and 111 women took part in the series. In addition 112 runners attained “Goat” status by completing 6 or more of the 8 races. This entitles them to a lottery by-pass for the 2017 Mt Washington road race.

The Central Mass Striders (CMS) took home first place in the Men’s Open, Men’s 40+, and Men’s 50+ team categories.

No Best Total
Team Category Raced 6 Points
CMS Mopen 8 2794.10 3664.41
NMC Mopen 7 2056.58 2352.82
aR Mopen 4 1491.40 1491.40
GCS Mopen 2 666.13 666.13
TG Mopen 2 645.95 645.95
No Best Total
Team Category Raced 6 Points
CMS M40+ 8 1681.12 2217.10
NMC M40+ 7 1323.56 1510.01
aR M40+ 7 1322.22 1399.82
UVRC M40+ 7 1248.50 1440.19
GCS M40+ 6 1165.28 1165.28
TG M40+ 3 545.23 545.23
GMAA M40+ 1 236.23 236.23
Dirigo M40+ 1 234.11 234.11
WMM M40+ 1 212.62 212.62
SRR M40+ 1 184.06 184.06
No Best Total
Team Category Raced 6 Points
CMS M50+ 8 1583.26 2075.07
NMC M50+ 7 1287.12 1473.57
UVRC M40+ 7 1248.50 1440.19
GCS M50+ 6 1132.03 1132.03
aR M50+ 6 1079.33 1079.33
TG M50+ 3 545.23 545.23
WMM M50+ 1 212.62 212.62
SRR M50+ 1 184.06 184.06

 

Acidotic racing (aR) swept the women’s team categories.

No Best Total
Team Category Raced 6 Points
aR Fopen 8 1323.17 1713.76
CMS Fopen 4 999.31 999.31
GLRR Fopen 2 352.57 352.57
GMAA Fopen 1 248.91 248.91
CSU Fopen 1 222.29 222.29
GCS Fopen 1 185.66 185.66
SRR Fopen 1 173.61 173.61
No Best Total
Team Category Raced 6 Points
aR F40+ 8 1255.88 1621.40
CMS F40+ 4 971.43 971.43
GMAA F40+ 1 248.91 248.91
CSU F40+ 1 222.29 222.29
SRR F40+ 1 173.61 173.61
GCS F40+ 1 123.75 123.75
No Best Total
Team Category Raced 6 Points
aR F50+ 7 1214.30 1387.79
CSU F50+ 1 222.29 222.29

 

On the men’s side CMS individuals took the top five spots. Tim Van Orden became the first male master to also win the overall series as Matt Veiga came in less than 5 points back. Dave Dunham topped the “totals points” category amassing 715.50 points in 8 races.

Top 10 men

Best No Total
First Last Gend Age City St Team 6 of 8 Raced Points
Tim Van Orden M 48 Bennington VT CMS 577.37 7 664.91
Matthew Veiga M 29 Lynn MA CMS 572.85 7 662.13
Todd Callaghan M 46 Beverly MA CMS 566.54 6 566.54
Dave Dunham M 52 Bradford MA CMS 544.00 8 715.50
Ed Sheldon M 51 Hooksett NH CMS 532.47 8 694.10
Steve Brightman M 47 Providence RI 532.30 6 532.30
Chris Chromczak M 31 Delmar NY 528.77 6 528.77
Brian Ruhm M 51 Nashua NH GCS 507.46 6 507.46
Michael Narcisi M 32 Acton MA Sisu 502.16 7 579.00
Christopher Smith M 50 Woburn MA SRR 494.57 6 494.57

 

On the women’s side Leslie O’Dell (CMS) won her second consecutive title, and took her first masters title, amassing a near perfect 597.36 points. Jamie Woolsey (aR) kept it close all year finishing in second place despite having never run a mountain race prior to this year.

Top 11 women (9th – 11th place all within 1.18 points)

Best No Total
First Last Gend Age City St Team 6 of 8 Raced Points
Leslie O’Dell F 40 Albany NH CMS 597.36 7 681.00
Jamie Woolsey F 32 Oneida NY aR 575.36 8 736.94
Michelle Pratt F 27 Albany NY NY Assoc 510.55 6 510.55
Erica Khan F 50 Gloucester MA TG 494.89 6 494.89
Alicia Cutter F 20 E Bridgewater MA 466.43 6 466.43
Freddie Pare F 44 Salem MA TG 466.38 6 466.38
Sau-Mei Leung F 50 Clinton MA NMC 450.02 6 450.02
Kim Bellerive F 48 Charlton MA 446.72 8 569.36
Rachel Klaski F 21 Chesterfield NH 430.35 5 430.35
Suzanne Barker F 45 Hudson NH GCS 429.42 6 429.42
Mary Sharkey F 66 Grosvenordale CT CMS 429.17 6 429.17

 

 

CMS individuals also had success in the age groups. Tim Van Orden and Todd Callaghan took 1st and 2nd place in the masters age group. In the senior age group CMS runners took 5 of the top 11 spots including 1st and 2nd place by Dave Dunham and Ed Sheldon respectively.

Age Groups (top 3) in each category are listed below.

Women 60+

Best No Total
First Last Gend Age City St Team 6 of 8 Raced Points
Mary Sharkey F 66 Grosvenordale CT CMS 429.17 6 429.17
Elaine Dill F 67 Monson MA aR 417.17 8 532.00
Diane Levesque F 62 Rochester NH aR 331.18 6 331.18

 

Women 50-59

Best No Total
First Last Gend Age City St Team 6 of 8 Raced Points
Erica Khan F 50 Gloucester MA TG 494.89 6 494.89
Sau-Mei Leung F 50 Clinton MA NMC 450.02 6 450.02
Lynne Ainsworth F 50 Loudon NH aR 415.97 7 475.37

Women 40-49

Best No Total
First Last Gend Age City St Team 6 of 8 Raced Points
Leslie O’Dell F 40 Albany NH CMS 597.36 7 681.00
Freddie Pare F 44 Salem MA TG 466.38 6 466.38
Kim Bellerive F 48 Charlton MA 446.72 8 569.36

 

Men 70+

Best No Total
First Last Gend Age City St Team 6 of 8 Raced Points
Vincent Rivard M 70 Leominster MA NMC 359.52 7 411.15
Gary Reuter M 77 Kittery ME aR 320.14 6 320.14
Peter Orni M 73 Ashburnham MA NMC 310.58 8 408.94

 

Men 60-69

Best No Total
First Last Gend Age City St Team 6 of 8 Raced Points
Len Hall M 62 Enfield NH UVRC 450.97 7 520.07
Bob Mulvaney M 62 Auburn NH UVRC 425.88 7 491.17
Richard Miller M 65 barnstead NH WMM 407.32 7 469.32

 

Men 50-59

Best No Total
First Last Gend Age City St Team 6 of 8 Raced Points
Dave Dunham M 52 Bradford MA CMS 544.00 8 715.50
Ed Sheldon M 51 Hooksett NH CMS 532.47 8 694.10
Brian Ruhm M 51 Nashua NH GCS 507.46 6 507.46

 

Men 40-49

Best No Total
First Last Gend Age City St Team 6 of 8 Raced Points
Tim Van Orden M 48 Bennington VT CMS 577.37 7 664.91
Todd Callaghan M 46 Beverly MA CMS 566.54 6 566.54
Steve Brightman M 47 Providence RI 532.30 6 532.30

Check out Dave’s blog double-d Mountain Runner for all sorts of fun stats & recaps! Cover image courtesy of Scott Mason Photo.

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