The 21^st season of  Snowstorm Classic road races began with clear but cold weather as four new age records were set on the 10K course.   The indomitable Carlos Rivera won with a convincing 33:45 clocking followed by senior speedster Bob Willis in 36:10 and Mike Gauvin in 36:44.  Bob’s time sliced 29 seconds off the record for 50 year old men which was set nine years ago by John Hale, an impressive effort after leading our senior men’s team to a fourth place finish at the USATF National Master’s Cross Country Championships in Boston the week before.

            Senior teammate Art Roberts also snagged an age record after competing at the Nationals with a solid 40:04 effort, eclipsing the 40:57 standard for 56 year old men set by Roland Cormier four years ago.

            The younger crowd was not without its stars as 13 year old Jesse Regnier of the Fast Feet Track Club ran 39:55 thereby breaking a record that was older then he is, the 40:13 standard set by Robert Sanderson seventeen years ago.

            CMS’s Maureen Burns won the women’s race in 41:38, with Harriers Heather Wenninger (42:19) and Betsy Duquette (43:05) close behind.   Betsy’s time established a new record for 45 year old women, topping the 43:14 mark set by Carol L’Esperance six years ago, while gaining her a fifth record on the 10K course.

            And in a mathematical rarity,  Mary Gubala not only won the predicted time contest by finishing exactly in 50:00 after predicting 50:00, but her finishing place was also 50.  What are the odds of that?

 1   33:45 Carlos Rivera      26M  GSH
 2   36:10 Bob Willis         50M  GSH
 3   36:44 Mike Gauvin        25M  GSH
 4   37:11 William Rowe       39M  ---
 5   37:30 Jason Reed         21M  CMS
 6   37:35 Frank Rucki        51M  CMS
 7   38:01 Peter Fratini      35M  GSH
 8   38:20 Celio Hernandez    47M  GSH
 9   38:45 Bill Romito        47M  GSH
10   39:03 Dave Wright        45M  GSH
11   39:42 Jim Sullivan       35M  GSH
12   39:48 Seth Roberts       49M  GSH
13   39:55 Jesse Regnier      13M  FFTC
14   40:04 Art Roberts        56M  GSH
15   40:46 Bob Austin         45M  SMAC
16   40:59 Mark Dinicola      33M  GSH
17   41:09 Tim Brown          47M  ---
18   41:18 Tom Regnier        40M  GSH
19   41:38 Maureen Burns      40F  CMS
20   41:42 Tom O’Connor       46M  ---
21   41:59 Ramon Alicea       49M  GSH
22   42:12 Tom Whelan         42M  GSH
23   42:19 Heather Wenninger  17F  GSH
24   42:39 John Pashko        49M  GSH
25   42:47 Wayne Stocker      46M  GSH
26   43:00 Jim Halton         53M  GSH
27   43:05 Betsy Duquette     45F  GSH
28   44:10 Winston Nunes      51M  ---
29   44:24 Carol L’Esperance  51F  GSH
30   44:27 Mary Ryczek        54F  CMS
31   44:29 Brian Goddu        51M  GSH
32   45:12 Joel Boucher       46M  EORC
33   45:13 Chris Zurheid      36M  ---
34   45:32 Dave Greene        29M  ---
35   45:37 Neal Lamberton     52M  GSH
36   45:43 Kevin Young        48M  GSH
37   45:47 Mary Misiaszek     34F  GSH
38   46:35 Mark Lynch         42M  ---
39   46:47 Deb Bercovici      34F  ---
40   46:53 Dave Martula       55M  SMAC
41   46:54 Janice Shillieto   45F  ---
42   47:18 Betty Quinn        50F  ---
43   48:53 Ellen Carter       38F  SMAC
44   49:01 Steve Terrien      47M  SMAC
45   49:12 Don Grant          58M  SMAC
46   49:25 Kathy Lynch        38F  GSH
47   49:36 Tim Londo          35M  ---
48   49:43 Mark Berquist      24M  SSS
49   49:52 Colleen Cummings   34F  ---
50   50:00 Mary Gubala        34F  GSH
51   50:09 Sally Normandeau   37F  ---
52   50:23 Charlie Towse      63M  GSH
53   50:47 Doug Bielefeld     41M  ---
54   51:01 Bob Massaro        57M  EORC
55   51:15 Patrick Kennedy    60M  GSH
56   51:19 Ed Dwyer           34M  GSH
57   51:29 Ellen Bellicchi    50F  GSH
58   51:49 Al Cabot           45M  GSH
59   52:28 Erv Landry         61M  GSH
60   53:01 Dick Barker        59M  GSH
61   55:09 Sue Grant          56F  SMAC
62   55:13 Hugh Moriarty      59M  GSH
63   55:35 Kelly Sullivan     34F  GSH
64 1:01:33 Bill Milkiewicz    46M  GSH
65 1:02:29 Dick Osgood        63M  GSH
66 1:03:03 Mike Passmore      52M  GSH
67 1:07:05 Bruce Kurtz        64M  SMAC