Wachusett Mountain Road Race Results
This past weekend was the start of the 8th Annual USATF New England Mountain Running Series and the Wachusett Mountain Road Race.
Posted Saturday, 7 June, 2003
Wachusett is a 4.3 mile uphill mountain race (with 2 mild downhills) run on a paved access road to the summit of the mountain. The race climbs 1100' and is generally the fastest mountain race in New England (5:38 min per mile for male course record, 6:53 min per mile for female course record). Once again, this years race attracted many past & current members of the Teva US Mountain Running Team (and candidates) including:
Paul Low - 2002 USATF Mountain Runner of the Year
Eric Morse - 2001 USATF Mountain Runner of the Year
Dave Dunham - Silver medal, 1993 World Mountain Trophy
Richard Bolt - US Mountain Team 1999, 2002
Ben Nephew - 5th place @ 2002 US National 50k Trail Championships
Suzy West - US Mountain Team 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
As expected, Paul and Eric lead the race from the start until Paul pulled ahead for good at the 1.5 mile mark. Paul had a strong race (winning in 24:50) backed up by several excellent snowshoe results this past winter and wins at the Merrimack River Trail Race and the 7 Sisters Trail Race. Eric
finished 2nd (25:03) in only his second race in 6 months. Eric recently won the Mt. Prospect Hill Climb in Lake George, NY. Results from other elite mountain/trail runners trying out for the 2003 Teva US Mountain Running Team:
3rd - Richard Bolt - 25:25
6th - Ben Nephew - 26:43
7th - Dave Dunham - 26:48
1st - Suzy West - 31:22
2nd - Kara Haas - 31:41
3rd - Evelyn Dong - 33:04 (17 years old - possible Junior Team candidate)
Complete results can be found at:
http://www.coolrunning.com/results/03/ma/May24_Wachus_set1.shtml
Next up for New England mountain runners:
May 31 - Mt. Kearsarge Hill Climb - Warner, NH - 8.5 miles - 2931' of climb
June 1 - Pack Monadnock Road Race - Wilton, NH - 10 miles - 1800' of climb
Richard Bolt
Men's Team Manager
Teva US Mountain Running Team
43 Salisbury St.
Manchester, NH 03104
603-627-7213
http://www.usatfne.org/trail/
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