There was nary a snowflake in sight at this season's first Snowstorm Classic as temperatures broke the record 65 degrees set way back in 1908. Not many runners were heard to complain, however, as gloves, hats, and tights were all tossed aside in favor of singlets and shorts. A nice change for December in New England.
     Taking advantage of the California like weather, Carlos Rivera matched strides with fellow Harrier Ron Lombardi before pulling away to a 16:35 victory. Ron took second in 16:44 followed by the come back kid Brent Coon who crossed in 17:51 with flashes of that familiar smooth stride. Tim Brown took master honors in 18:43 over Bob Austin (19:23) and Kevin Leach (19:32), a Red Clover Rover from Vermont. Ramon Alicea was the first senior in 19:45 edging GSH teammates Art Roberts (19:58) and Neal Lamberton (21:16).
     Sue Haryasz outran the women's field in 19:44, closely followed by Suzanne Custer (19:54) and Carol L'Esperance (20:33). Sue also garnered master's honors while Carol was first senior. The two speedsters jointly hold the overall course record for women of 17:36.
     Two new age records were set, one for the men and one for the women. Carol broke the record for 52 year old women of 21:12 held by CMS's Mary Ryczek, while Doug Blanchard aka "the Champ" ran 25:42 to erase the 28:28 record for 76 year old men set by Robert Knowlton seven years ago. Doug now has an unprecedented 14 consecutive age records on the 5K course, all the records from age 63 to age 76!. We don't call him the Champ for nothing!

 1  16:35  Carlos     Rivera       27M  GSH
 2  16:44  Ron        Lombardi     37M  GSH
 3  17:51  Brent      Coon         36M  GSH
 4  17:59  Steve      Byrne        34M  GSH
 5  18:34  Tim        Brown        48M  ---
 6  18:36  Jessie     Regnier      14M  FFTC
 7  18:43  Sam        Iturrino     28M  ---
 8  19:03  Jim        Lyons        36M  ---
 9  19:23  Bob        Austin       46M  SMAC
10  19:32  Kevin      Leach        49M  RCR
11  19:33  David      Estabrook    15M  GSH
12  19:37  Eric       Okscin       15M  ---
13  19:37  Chris      Adeletti     36M  ---
14  19:40  Barry      Auskern      41M  SMAC
15  19:44  Sue        Haryasz      40F  ---
16  19:45  Ramon      Alicea       50M  GSH
17  19:54  Suzanne    Custer       23F  ---
18  19:58  Art        Roberts      57M  GSH
19  20:24  John       Goda         32M  ---
20  20:26  Clark      DeLosreyes   17M  ---
21  20:27  Wayne      Stocker      47M  GSH
22  20:33  Carol      L'Esperance  52F  GSH
23  20:38  Paul       Dreyer       16M  ---
24  20:41  Tom        Dwyer        43M  GSH
25  20:45  Carolyn    Webber       40F  ---
26  20:50  Jim        Plaza        49M  SMAC
27  21:13  Tom        Regnier      41M  GSH
28  21:16  Neal       Lamberton    53M  GSH
29  21:16  Tim        Londo        36M  GSH
30  21:33  Neil       James        23M  ---
31  21:40  Anthony    Santamaria   16M  ---
32  21:44  Jim        Forker       40M  ---
33  21:50  Jonathan   Tetherly     57M  GSH
34  22:00  Winston    Nunes        52M  ---
35  22:02  Brian      Goddu        52M  GSH
36  22:05  David      Livingstone  49M  GSH
37  22:08  Zachery    Denver       16M  ---
38  22:08  Mary       Misiaszek    35F  GSH
39  22:10  Ruben      Rios         33M  GSH
40  22:29  Mike       Butler       29M  ---
41  22:31  Dave       Martula      56M  SMAC
42  22:35  Mike       LaPlante     41M  ---
43  22:57  Bruce      Rockwell     58M  GSH
44  23:03  Steve      O'Neil       50M  CMS
45  23:11  Clive      Woaks        54M  GSH
46  23:35  Al         Cabot        46M  GSH
47  23:53  Mike       Gula         16M  ---
48  24:01  Bryon      Dailey       47M  GSH
49  24:08  Erv        Landry       62M  ---
50  24:16  Sharon     Mikaelian    36F  GSH
51  24:23  Don        Grant        59M  SMAC
52  24:43  Peter      Stasz        54M  GSH
53  24:49  Jeff       Burgess      54M  ---
54  25:06  Hugh       Moriarty     60M  GSH
55  25:15  Ellen      Bellicchi    51F  ---
56  25:25  Russell    Denver       45M  ---
57  25:34  Charles    Cangemi      31M  ---
58  25:42  Doug       Blanchard    76M  GSH
59  26:10  Amy        Bottke       31F  ---
60  26:45  Kevin      Young        49M  GSH
61  26:51  Sue        Grant        57F  SMAC
62  27:03  Eric       Maruca       15M  ---
63  27:27  Mike       Passmore     53M  GSH
64  27:37  Bill       Milkiewicz   46M  GSH
65  27:52  Peter      Vangsness    50M  GSH
66  28:27  Dick       Osgood       64M  GSH
67  29:10  Mary Kate  Gilrein      16F  ---
68  29:14  Matt       O'Donnell     9M  ---
69  29:25  Leanne     Conway        8F  ---
70  29:25  Joe        Conway       47M  ---
71  30:45  Sheila     Byrne        35F  ---
72  31:44  Ed         Dwyer        35M  ---
73  34:07  Bruce      Kurtz        65M  ---