Snowstorm Classic #4 - 10K
December 27, 2003

    Mike Montemagni, Kristina Depeau Join Hall of Fame
                Carol L'Esperance Sets Another Record

       Apparently age has additional advantages besides the senior discount. Forty nine year old Harrier Mike Montemagni won his first ever Snowstorm Classic in 38:31 while leading a contingent of masters and seniors across the finish line. Master Doug Guertin was 2nd in 39:32 while rebounding senior Steve O’Neil claimed 3rd in 39:44, edging women’s winner Kristina Depeau who debuted with an impressive 39:45. The next three runners to finish were 49 year old Rich Clark in 40:02, 50 year old John Bigos in 40:16, and 59 year old Art Roberts in 41:23. In the largest field so far this season, there were three times as many runners over 40 as under 40, and twice as many runners over 60 as under 30. The youngest male to brave the longer Snowstorm Classic course was 24 year old Jay Kolodzinski who finished 21st in 44:38.
       Not so the women. Trinity College student Kristina Depeau finished 4th overall while becoming the 75th woman to join the Snowstorm Classic Hall of Fame. Nineteen year old Christina Langevin won the junior title in 43:38 over seventeen year old Meghan Lynch’s 48:16.  Rebecca Bassett was 3rd women in 43:11.  
       The women also had their senior star.  USATF national cross country champion Carol L’Esperance toured the 10K course in 42:43, 2nd woman, to earn her second age record of the season.  The 54 year old speedster erased the 43:01 standard set by Hartford Track  Club’s Zophia Turosz way back in 1993.  
       And as 2003 draws to a close, we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention that 67 year old Bruce Kurtz not only continued his volunteer efforts on behalf of the Snowstorm Classics, but the venerable SMACer also recorded his 82nd consecutive Snowstorm Classic finish, a remarkable athletic achievement encompassing eight winters. Even Lewis and Clark would  have been impressed.  

Results 
 1	38:31	Mike Montemagni   49M   GSH
 2	39:32	Doug Guertin      40M	---
 3	39:44	Steve O'Neil      52M   GSH
 4	39:45	Kristina Depeau   21F	---
 5	40:02	Rich Clark        49M   SMAC
 6	40:16	John Bigos        50M   GSH
 7	41:23	Art Roberts       59M   GSH
 8	42:18	Karl Sineath      25M	---
 9	42:30	Tim Brown         51M   GSH
10	42:37	Jim Sullivan      38M   GSH
11	42:37	Steve Lombardo    35M   GSH
12	42:43	Carol L'Esperance 54F   GSH
13	42:48	Bill Hayes        52M   ---
14	43:11	Rebecca Bassett   31F   ---
15	43:23	Brian Goddu       54M   GSH
16	43:38	Christina Langevin19F	---
17	43:40	Robert Olsen      40M	GSH
18	43:41	Abby Woods        25F   EORC
19	43:47	Jim Plaza         51M   SMAC
20	44:20	Matt DuFresne     37M   GSH
21	44:38	Jay Kolodzinski   24M   EORC
22	45:11	John Dent         49M   EORC
23	45:13	Israel Schepps    45M	---
24	45:14	Kelly Heroux      36F   GSH
25	45:33	Tom DeLuca        48M   GSH
26	45:35	Willie O'Neill    45M   GSH
27	45:39	Scott Colwell     46M   GSH
28	45:47	Kathy Lynch       41F   GSH
29	45:58	Don Ryan          37M	---
30	46:08	Crystal Anthony   23F	---
31	46:20	Way Hedding       54M   MS
32	46:27	Bill Thibault     46M   EORC
33	46:33	Mary Misiaszek    36F   GSH
34	46:58	Mark Dean         51M   SMAC
35	47:30	Kathy Colwell     40F   GSH
36	47:43	Dave Mengel       40M	---
37	47:50	Colleen Cummings  37F   GSH
38	47:51	Frank Klose       60M   --- 
39	48:16	Meghan Lynch      17F   GSH
40	48:34	Mark Nadolny      38M   ---  
41	48:41	Charlie Towse     66M   GSH
42	48:56	Steve Sheffield   53M   GSH
43	49:10	Bruce Rockwell    60M   GSH
44	49:35	Ed LeBlanc        49M   EORC
45	49:41	George Colclough  27M	---
46	49:45	Steve Penna       48M   EORC
47	49:49	Amy Ryan          37F   --- 
48	49:55	Dan Jalbert       39M	---
49	50:00	Mike Butler       31M   EORC
50	50:14	Pete Stasz        56M   GSH
51	50:21	Terry Lavoi       37F	---
52	50:44	Mike LaPlante     43M	---
53	51:37	Pat Swim          49F   MS
54	52:10	Don Grindle       48M   GSH
55	52:24	Marjorie Kos      58F   NYF
56	52:35	Tim Metoxen       58M   --- 
57	52:42	Erv Landry        64M   GSH
58	53:04	Tom Zukowski      37M   GSH
59	53:09	Doug Bielefeld    44M   GSH
60	53:19	Leah Seibert      43F	---
61	53:19	Andrea DuFrense   34F   GSH
62	53:33	Kevin Young       51M   GSH
63	53:43	John Stapelfeld   62M	---
64	53:46	Sara Pragluski    24F   GSH
65	53:47	Mark Manganaro    40M   GSH
66	53:47	Matt Muldoon      25M	---
67	53:49	Beth Rice         41F   GSH
68	53:51	Brian Gibbons     34M   GSH
69	54:36	David Belisle     51M   ---
70	54:47	Ron Carbone       56M	---
71	54:49	Ellen Bellicchi   53F   GSH
72	54:50	Dan Muldoon       44M	---
73	54:56	Steve Richardson  43M   EORC
74	57:33	Cynthia Bolger    43F   GSH
75	57:33	Kim Gibbons       32F   EORC
76	58:05	Donna Saletnik    37F   GSH
77	58:05	Mary Gubala       38F   GSH
78	59:15	Tom Swim          59M   MS
79	62:02	Kris Kozuch       46F   EORC
80	62:49	Charles Murlis    63M	---
81	62:50	Cindy Roy         44F   EORC
82	65:27	Lisa LaChapelle   37F	---
83	65:28	Kevin Shea        37M	---
84	68:36	Elaine Buckley    57F   EORC
85	68:45	Dick Osgood       66M   GSH
86	77:44	Bruce Kurtz       67M   SMAC