Ron Lombardi celebrated his entry into the masters ranks with a 17:33 blue chip performance, overcoming the weather and the competition to earn his annual Snowstorm Classic victory. GSH’s fastest accountant has now won a race each of the past three seasons.
       True New England weather enveloped Forest Park including cold temperatures aggravated by a brisk wind and a slippery mix of ice, slush and snow on much of 5K course.
       A trio of Harriers together with 22 year old Thomas Michaud (the youngest runner in the field) broke from the pack soon after the start, but the race quickly turned into a dual between Ron and teammate Paul Fratini.  Carlos Rivera dropped back early and waged his own battle with Tom for the bronze medal.  Ron and Paul raced neck and neck until the duck ponds when Ron upped the ante one last time and outsprinted Paul to the finish by four seconds. Carlos similarly surged past the upstart youngster to win by the identical margin 18:01 to 18:05. Frank Rucki (19:26) again captured senior honors by outrunning Steve O’Neil (19:42) while Charlie Towse dominated the veterans with a strong 23:00 effort.  
       Kelly Heroux gracefully glided over the frozen terrain in 21:32 to notch her second women’s title of the season. Colleen Cummings just held off Kristin Ashe 23:19 to 23:21 for the runner up position. Anne Franczyk’s first Snowstorm Classic this season was a success as she won both the master and the senior titles in 24:54 over Sue Grant (27:00).  

 1	17:33	Ron Lombardi		40M	GSH
 2	17:37	Paul Fratini		38M	GSH
 3	18:01	Carlos Rivera		29M	GSH
 4	18:05	Thomas Michaud		22M	---
 5	19:09	Brian Walsh		29M	GSH
 6	19:15	Tim Mahoney		24M	---
 7	19:26	Frank Rucki		54M	CMS
 8	19:42	Steve O'Neil		52M	GSH
 9	19:45	Ted Adams		43M	---
10	20:00	John Bigos		50M	GSH
11	20:47	Elvin Torres		40M	GSH
12	20:49	Seth Roberts		52M	GSH
13	20:57	Brent Coon		38M	GSH
14	21:11	Vincent Rojas		50M	---
15	21:16	Robert Olsen		40M	GSH
16	21:25	Noiel Fontaine		39M	---
17	21:26	Art Roberts		59M	GSH
18	21:32	Kelly Heroux		36F	GSH
19	21:35	Brian Goddu		54M	GSH
20	21:38	Tim Londo		38M	GSH
21	21:40	John Dent		50M	EORC
22	21:40	Matt DuFresne		37M	GSH
23	21:43	Israel Schepps		45M	---
24	22:11	Willie O'Neill		46M	GSH
25	22:12	T. J. Martin		45M	---
26	22:43	Dave Malloy		36M	---
27	22:53	Mike Lynch		49M	---
28	23:00	Charlie Towse		66M	GSH
29	23:01	Ben Mattheis		50M	---
30	23:05	Thomas Sebastyn		38M	---
31	23:11	Bill Thibault		46M	EORC
32	23:19	Colleen Cummings	37F	GSH
33	23:21	Kristin Ashe		35F	---
34	23:22	John Pashko		52M	GSH
35	23:24	Will Whiting		27M	---
36	23:30	Steve Sheffield		53M	GSH
37	23:37	Don Grindle		48M 	GSH
38	23:46	Mary Misiaszek		37F	GSH
39	23:57	Chris St. George	41M	GSH
40	24:02	Mike LaPlante		43M	 ---
41	24:12	Winston Nunes		55M	GSH
42	24:17	Kevin Shea		37M	---
43	24:23	Tom Conlin		63M	---
44	24:28	Scott Frazer		39M	---
45	24:44	Dave Mengel		40M	---
46	24:54	Ann Franczyk		51F	GSH
47	24:54	Daryl Mallory		49M	EORC
48	25:27	Don Grant		61M	SMAC
49	25:41	Peter Stasz		56M	GSH
50	25:58	Mike Butler		31M	EORC
51	25:59	Steve Penna		48M	EORC
52	26:03	Doug Bielefeld		44M	GSH
53	26:15	Kris Gagnon		32M	GSH
54	26:16	Donald Smith		44M	---
55	26:17	Dan Boudreau		51M	---
56	26:29	Tom Zukowski		37M	GSH
57	26:52	Patti Schultz		28F	GSH
58	26:52	Ellen Bellicchi		53F	GSH
59	26:59	Ray Wenninger		55M	EORC
60	27:00	Sue Grant		59F	SMAC
61	27:08	Bob Massaro		60M	EORC
62	27:31	Erv Landry		64M	GSH
63	27:33	Eric Tracy		30M	---
64	27:55	Sally Raque		42F	---
65	30:03	Kristine Valentini	33F	---
66	30:35	Lisa Lachapelle		37F	---
67	30:49	Heather Lowe		30F	GSH
68	31:05	Mike Passmore		55M	GSH
69	32:32	Maggie Gladdu		34F	 ---
70	33:40	Bill Milkiewicz		49M	GSH
71	35:08	Gail Stathis		45F	---
72	37:34	Jan Komaiszko		48M	GSH
73	38:55	Bruce Kurtz		67M	SMAC