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Morse wins USATF New England Mountain Series
by Dave Dunham
Eric Morse of the Central Mass Striders completed his sweep of the
USATF New England Mountain running series with a convincing win at the
Pack Monadnock 10 mile race. Morse, a member of the USA mountain running
team at the world championships last year, took the series with wins at
each of the races. "I hope this earns me a spot on the team this year,"
commented Morse. With the third fastest time ever run at Pack, along with
the third fastest time ever at both Kearsarge and Wachusett, it would seem
his chances of making the team are excellent.
On the women's side, last year's champion Margo Webber decimated the field
with superb performances at each of the races. Her score of 242 points
was topped by only 4 men.
A couple of notes on the series. Point totals for scoring the series
are based on a percentage of the winner's time. For example, if the winner
ran 60 minutes, and you ran 120 minutes your score would be 50 points.
(60/120=.50) A large percentage of the racers ran all 3 events; at Mount
Kearsarge, almost half of the field was comprised of those who completed all three races.
Thanks to USATF-NE for sponsoring the series, along with Powerbar (who graciously
donated product), and Saucony (who again provided T-shirts for award winners).
Thanks also to the race directors for being part of the series.
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(left to right) Eric Morse, Mike Casner and Ed Sheldon. |
Men
Open
Eric Morse 100 100 100 300
Ernest Brake 88 86 87 261
Dave Birse 81 82 84 247
Jim Hansen 78 79 80 237
Erik Fey 75 79 80 234
Kei Ishihara 75 79 78 232
Robert Hubbell 75 76 80 231
Wayne Groves 74 72 73 219
John Lund 68 66 68 202
Steve Thomson 65 69 67 201
Robert Chabot 64 64 64 192
Mike Casner - 96 95 191
Paul Mangum 59 61 60 180
Tracey Sousa 58 61 59 178
Tom Murdock - 90 88 178
Bill O'Mara 88 - 88 176
Mike Chagnon 56 57 54 167
Jay Mullin 61 57 - 118
Peter Shajenko 65 - 66 131
Mike Souza 61 - 59 120
Masters
Rob Johnson 81 83 82 246
Robert Bradlee 77 79 78 234
Dale Langlais 76 78 78 232
Ed Liebfreid 75 78 75 228
David Girvin 73 74 77 224
Paul Correia 74 73 76 223
Rick Moore 72 72 71 215
Dick Miller 58 67 67 192
Neil Gleason 60 64 64 188
Rob Pagliuca 59 56 57 172
Ken Robichaud 56 56 58 170
Jimmy Meyer 57 56 56 169
Ken Parker - 74 73 147
Steve Vaitones - 67 67 134
Seniors
Cal Cameron 72 74 73 219
John Wetmiller 68 72 69 209
David Narlee 71 69 69 209
John Pierce 69 69 71 209
Lucien Trudeau 69 69 70 208
Eldon Burkinshaw 67 66 67 200
Roger Gosselin 61 65 65 191
Dennis Zajehowski 61 62 66 189
Skip Cleaver 62 62 62 186
Peter Orni - 74 77 151
Bob Emerson 69 70 - 139
Dick Karvonen 63 62 - 125
Veterans
Don Ross 65 68 68 201
Leland Chisholm 55 58 58 171
Joseph Leader - 64 66 130
Women
Open
Margo Webber 81 80 81 242
Darlene O'mara 65 63 64 192
Kathleen Rutty 64 63 65 192
Lora Woodward 62 63 63 188
Alison Shaw 62 63 63 188
Heidi Zinser 59 62 63 184
Masters
Lisa Doucett 70 70 71 211
Deborah Sheedy 68 69 69 206
Nancy Jacovina 64 66 67 197
Nancy Correia 68 62 64 194
Marylou Lowrie 62 61 - 123
Seniors
Jane Levesque 63 - 63 126
Katherine Chabot - 51 53 104
