GMAA 10th Annual Scholarship Cross Country 5K

Race conditions: sunny with temperatures in the low 70s
Race Director:  Mike DeSanto and Courtney Gates
Summary:  A record crowd of 104 turned out on a beautiful August morning. Eric Morse won in 15:51 followed closely by Mike Payson in 16:06.  Katie White won the women's race in a time of 19:25, 45 seconds ahead of Stephanie Carr. Don Lacharite broke the 70+ age group record from 1993 with a time of 30:50.
Volunteers: Andrew Pederson, Bob Corey, Carole Harris, Chris Palermino, Howard Kalfus, Jill Michel, Kasie Wallace, Keith Levenson, Kelly Wilson, Mark Wanner, Michael and Abby Rosenthal, Monika Moran, Tim Duff, and Tom Cosinuke.
Special thanks to: The Book Rack and Children's Pages, Hannaford's, On Track, Myer's Bagels and Phil Ades for donations and/or discounted materials for the Race; City of South Burlington for use of Red Rocks Park.

Link to Scholarship Cross Country 5K Race History (first running in 1993)
Link to 2002 race photos

WOMEN:
0-13
1.  Abby Mitchell         South Burlington  11 26:34
2.  Lisa Erickson         Barre             13 27:55

14-19
1.  Katie White           Burlington        15 19:25
2.  Kerry White           Burlington        17 20:29
3.  Jennie Bender         Johnson           14 22:01
4.  Alex Knapp            Shelburne         17 22:58
5.  Devin Scannell        Waterbury         15 24:39
6.  Danielle Bombardier   Colchester        16 24:51
7.  Sara Erickson         Barre             18 26:03

20-29
1.  Stephanie Carr        Bristol           29 20:10
2.  Jessie Abbotts        Essex             23 25:29
3.  Penny Spofford        Burlington        25 25:40
4.  Ally Huetz            Williston         23 26:47
5.  Kerry Coon            South Burlington  26 27:50
6.  Laura Schultz         South Burlington  23 28:08
7.  Sara Lucas            Burlington        24 28:17
8.  Rachel Henfitz        Watertown, MA     22 31:57
9.  Lydia Bixby           Williston         24 35:18

30-39
1.  Natalie Cartwright    Colchester        31 20:50
2.  Catherine Hamilton    Shelburne         35 21:48
3.  Michelle Everleth     South Burlington  38 25:48
4.  Cathy Eustis          Essex Junction    32 25:51
5.  Lisa Rollins          Burlington        36 25:54
6.  Barbara Bolger        Williston         38 26:18
7.  Sherry Ricker         Burlington        31 26:56
8.  Kristin Lundy         Colchester        32 27:31
9.  Kim Maxwell           South Burlington  35 28:27
10. Beth Angolano         Essex Junction    30 36:56

40-49
1.  Oonagh McHugh-Dillon  Williston         46 20:31
2.  Debbie Tirrito        Winooski          47 20:36
3.  Sandy Dupuis          South Burlington  45 23:50
4.  Mary Miller           Colchester        47 29:57
5.  Docia Proctor         South Burlington  43 30:07
6.  Janet Nunziata        Burlington        46 30:13
7.  Kim Mitchell          South Burlington  40 30:28
8.  Sherry McAllister     South Hero        49 31:45
9.  Andrea Halnon         Lincoln           48 36:50
10. Laurie McGovern       Montepelier       41 36:54
11. Kathryn Webb          South Burlington  47 36:57

50-59
1.  Patty Foltz           Stowe             54 21:53
2.  Laurel Scannell       Waterbury         51 26:27
3.  Vera Nichols          Stowe             54 28:30

60-69
1.  Betty Lacharite       Winooski          66 30:49

MEN:
14-19
1.  Keith Nunziata        Burlington        17 16:32
2.  Blaise Cote           South Burlington  15 18:23
3.  Blake Cote            South Burlington  15 18:41
4.  Stephen Bell          Warren            17 18:55
5.  Daniel Holoch         Hinesburg         17 19:45

20-29
1.  Mark Churchill        Morrisville       27 16:38
2.  Mark Lieberth         Burlington        27 17:55
3.  Michael Stoddard      Burlington        25 21:14
4.  Adam Smith            South Burlington  24 21:16
5.  Chris McKay           Burlington        28 22:45
6.  Matt Nichols          Burlington        25 23:23
7.  Christopher Roy       Essex Junction    28 29:01
8.  David King            Burlington        24 31:59

30-39
1.  Eric Morse            Berlin            37 15:51
2.  Michael Payson        Falmouth, ME      39 16:06
3.  Binney Mitchell       Burlington        33 16:31
4.  Barry Bass            Potomac, MD       38 18:17
5.  Ed Hamilton           South Burlington  35 19:15
6.  Todd Silk             Shelburne         32 19:40
7.  Matt Dugan            Burlington        38 19:50
8.  Joe Connelly          Burlington        37 19:56
9.  Christopher Leicht    Burlington        37 21:05
10. Ryan Phillips         Burlington        33 21:56
11. Matthew Bell          Burlington        34 21:59
12. Todd Hall             South Burlington  39 23:25
13. Steve Ekberg          Burlington        38 27:54

40-49
1.  Pascal Cravedi-Cheng  Burlington        48 17:57
2.  Dhyan Nirmegh         Huntington        49 18:43
3.  Edward Manna          Colchester        41 19:46
4.  Ken Schatz            South Burlington  48 20:20
5.  Bill Dysart           Burlington        49 20:30
6.  Bob O'Brien           Columbus, OH      47 20:32
7.  Eric Dague            Swanton           42 20:37
8.  Forrest LeMoine       Shelburne         47 21:14
9.  Harvey Lavoy          East Corinth      47 21:25
10. David Hutchins        Essex Junction    42 21:33
11. Randy Jenkins         Essex Junction    48 21:44
12. Richard Avnchman      Burlington        48 22:00
13. Michael Garrett       Essex Junction    48 22:12
14. Dave Fields           Underhill         47 22:22
15. David Hammond         Huntington        42 22:41
16. Jonathon Shaw         Burlington        46 22:45
17. Michael Lacharite     Winooski          44 22:49
18. Victor Tirrito        Winooski          48 23:04
19. Mark Bradish          Burlington        42 23:24
20. Michael LaPierre      South Burlington  45 23:25
21. David Erickson        Barre             49 24:18
22. John Mahoney          Burlington        48 25:00
23. James Mitchell        South Burlington  41 27:18
24. Dave Gallagher        Burlington        48 33:41

50-59
1.  Bud White             Burlington        53 19:21
2.  Tom Foltz             Stowe             53 20:48
3.  Chuck Arnold          Huntington        55 21:02
4.  Fred Kosnitsky        South Burlington  54 21:51
5.  Philip Ades           Shelburne         51 22:41
6.  Gene Nichols          Stowe             59 24:27
7.  Bill McCann           South Burlington  55 25:44
8.  Scott Whitted         South Burlington  50 27:43

60-69
1.  Peter Mitchell        Jericho           62 23:03
2.  Wendell Carr          South Burlington  62 25:33

70+
1.  Donald Lacharite      Winooski          70 30:50