37th Annual GMAA Archie Post Five Miler

Weather: sunny, light north wind, temps in the lower fifties
Race Directors: Mark Wanner
Summary: The coldest morning of the young autumn warmed up in bright sunshine to provide perfect racing weather for the 92 finishers. 2004 winner Nathan Fields took a quick lead, hitting the one mile mark around 5:00. Joe McNamara, about 10 seconds back at mile 1 slowly gained on Nathan, overtaking him on the hill at the 3 mile mark, and pulled ahead during mile 4 to win in a final time of 27:36. Nathan finished second in 27:53. Lee Stanton rounded out the top three with a 28:34. On the women's side Cindy New led start to finish, hitting the one mile mark in 6:17 and finishing in 32:58. Liz Hollenbach was a minute behind in 33:58 and Julie Moultroup was third in 35:20. Joe's win was his fourth and he joins Jim Miller and Binney Mitchell as the winningest Archie Post racers. Cindy's time was her second straight victory. Julie's time was good enough for the only age group record (20s) of the day. Many from Archie Post's family came to the race and grandchildren Kim and Jeff Stevens represented the Post family on the race course, with Kim achieving third place for the women's 40s.
Thanks to the volunteers: Phil Ades, John Barbour, Jessica Bolduc, Monica Cayia, Liz Champagne, Marybeth Early, Linda Everett, Carole Hakstian, Peter Jensen, Andrew Mack, Jessica Nickel, Andrew Pedersen, Jack Pilla, Todd Silk, Karen Sperry, Ralph Swensen, Megan Valentine, David Ziegelman
Thanks to: Ski Rack, Paul Mazza's Farm Stand, Baker's Dozen, and Hannaford's for donated and/or discounted prizes and refreshments.