A near perfect day greeted runners who gathered at the Forest Park Skate House for the start of the 19^th season of Snowstorm Classic road races.  Snow and cold were distant memories on December 5^th as Harrier Carlos Rivera dueled with master runner Steve O’Neil for the opening victory. Youth prevailed this day as Rivera outran O’Neil by nearly a minute, clocking 34:50 over the 10K course. The elder Central Mass Strider was hardly disappointed however as his 35:46 effort established a new record for 47 year old men, erasing the 36:00 mark held jointly by Bob Willis and Roland Cormier, a rare lost record for Mr. Cormier.  Within less then five minutes Harrier Doug Blanchard both lost and won a record. First the BAA’s Jim O’Toole cruised a 42:56 and erased Doug’s 43:47 which he ran ten years ago as a 63 year old , but the still speedy 73 year old zipped a 47:28 for a new mark.  A trio of Harriers contested the women’s blue ribbon with Dawn Roberts’ steady 42:51 besting Kathy Colwell (43:48) and youngster Katie Knowles who impressed with a debut 10K in 44:00.

 1  34:50  Carlos Rivera        24M   GSH
 2  35:46  Steve O'Neil         47M   CMS
 3  37:09  Celio Hernandez      45M   GSH
 4  38:35  Jim Sullivan         33M   GSH
 5  38:58  John Bigos           45M   GSH
 6  39:07  Roland Cormier       58M   GSH
 7  39:16  John Cote            36M   GSH
 8  39:47  Ramon Alicea         47M   EORC
 9  39:52  Ed Buckley           40M   EORC
10  40:46  Dario Camacho        16M   GSH
11  40:46  Chris Zurheide       34M   ---
12  40:48  Jim Halton           51M   GSH
13  40:51  Frank Rucki          49M   CMS
14  41:03  Tom O'Connor         44M   ---
15  41:06  Mark Dean            46M   SMAC
16  41:18  Jim Cunningham       40M   SS
17  41:20  Tom Regnier          38M   SMAC
18  41:42  Bill Romito          45M   GSH
19  41:43  Art Roberts          54M   GSH
20  41:48  Pete Stasz           51M   GSH
21  41:58  Andy Winter          36M   ---
22  42:01  Jim Snyder           46M   ---
23  42:16  Tom Dwyer            40M   GSH
24  42:39  Joel Boucher         44M   EORC
25  42:47  Tom Whelan           40M   ---
26  42:51  Dawn Roberts         26F   GSH
27  42:56  Jim O'Toole          63M   BAA
28  43:01  Bill Lord            54M   GSH
29  43:06  Jonathan Tetherly    54M   BRC
30  43:48  Kathy Colwell        34F   GSH
31  43:52  George Maston        43M   ---
32  44:00  Katie Knowles        16F   GSH
33  44:17  Kevin Young          46M   GSH
34  44:42  Brian Goddu          49M   GSH
35  44:49  Nick Bennett         15M   ---
36  45:04  Dan Sexton           39M   ---
37  45:10  Don Grindle          43M   GSH
38  45:35  Dave Gubala          37M   SMAC
39  45:44  Mark Lynch           40M   ---
40  45:56  Kevin Kennedy        31M   GSH
41  46:24  Dave Martula         53M   SMAC
42  46:25  David Benoit         40M   ---
43  47:12  Gary Rockwell        49M   ---
44  47:18  Mary Misiaszek       32F   GSH
45  47:19  Jim Lyons            33M   ---
46  47:28  Doug Blanchard       73M   GSH
47  48:11  Erv Landry           59M   GSH
48  48:14  John Somers          47M   ---
49  48:17  Sharon Mikaelian`    33F   GSH
50  48:45  Bryan Dailey         44M   GSH
51  48:54  Bill Bennett         51M   ---
52  50:17  Bob Massaro          55M   EORC
53  50:59  Ellen Bellicchi      48F   ---
54  51:06  John Garvey          39M   ---
55  52:35  Mary Gubala          32F   GSH
56  53:08  Kelly Sullivan       32F   GSH
57  53:55  Bill Milkiewicz      43M   EORC
58  54:37  Dick Osgood          61M   GSH
59  56:24  Ed Bryant            47M   GSH
60  56:47  Kevin Corley         51M   ---
61  57:08  Hugh Moriarty        57M   GSH
62  57:49  John Dryjowicz       54M   GSH
63  60:11  Bruce Kurtz          62M   SMAC
64  61:06  Mike Passmore        50M   ---
65  62:40  Julie Newton         24F   ---
66  63:15  Cindy Cramer         40F   EORC
67  63:16  George Cramer        48M   EORC