Carlos Rivera raced to his fourth win of the season while Heather Gardiner, who shares the all time course record of 17:36 with Sue Haryasz and Carol O’Connor, returned for the first time this year for an encore performance. Both victors ran impressive times considering the wintry conditions – cold and breezy with lots of rutted, icy stretches. 
      Carlos crossed the line comfortably in front in 18:06, but was pressed throughout the five kilometer course by 17 year old high schooler and fellow Harrier Alan Bohdiewicz, who repeatedly surged back into contention whenever Carlos opened up a lead.. Eventually Carlos pulled away from the youngster, who finished in 18:47. Come back kid Peter Fratini toured the Forest Park course in 19:12 to capture 3^rd, just ahead of master winner Bill Rowe (19:21). Steve O’Neil made it a clean sweep for the home team by winning senior honors in  20:00 flat.
      East Hartford’s Heather Gardiner demonstrated why she was named Connecticut’s runner of the year (female open division) by New England Runner magazine. The unassuming IT specialist for Pratt and Whitney sped to a 19:56 clocking despite the weather and the difficult traction. A game Mary Misiaszek took second for the 5^th time this season with a solid 22:10 effort while GSH teammate Heather Wenninger took 3^rd in 23:05. Kim Freedman was the first master in 25:43, outsprinting Joan Monroe of the Hartford Track Club.

1	18:06	Carlos Rivera		28M	GSH
2	18:47	Alan Bohdiewicz		17M	GSH
3	19:12	Peter Fratini		37M	GSH
4	19:21	Bill Rowe		40M	GSH
5	19:46	Jim Sullivan		37M	GSH
6	19:56	Heather Gardiner	24F	CMS
7	20:00	Steve O'Neil		51M	GSH
8	20:03	Michael Munroe		43M	HTC
9	20:14	Brian Johnson		35M	---
10	20:17	John Bigos	    	49M	GSH
11	20:44	Steve Lombardo		34M	---
12	21:20	Chris Conz		26M	---
13	21:28	Dennis Roche		16M	---
14	21:28	David Estabrook		17M	GSH
15	21:41	Nehemiah Maxwell	39M	---
16	21:44	Brian Goddu		53M	GSH	
17	21:58	Joseph Ricci		16M	---
18	22:01	Art Roberts		58M	GSH
19	22:03	Israel Schepps		44M	---
20	22:10	Mary Misiaszek		36F	GSH
21	22:19	Richard Clark		48M	SMAC
22	22:20	Neville Bogle		54M	GSH
23	22:27	Michael LaPlante	42M	---
24	22:51	Brian Frodema		15M	---
25	22:54	Tom DeLuca		47M	GSH
26	22:57	David Livingstone	50M	GSH
27	23:05	Heather Wenninger	19F	GSH
28	23:16	Richard Wood		25M	---
29	23:18	Bill Thibault		45M	EORC
30	23:20	William O'Neill		44M	GSH
31	23:21 	Kent Fernald		48M	---
32	23:26	Zachary Santa Maria	15M	---
33	23:27	Abby Woods		24F	---
34	23:28	Bobby Olsen		39M	---
35	23:33	Matt Law		28M	---
36	23:53	Steve Sheffield		52M	---
37	24:02	Tim Londo		36M	GSH
38	24:03	Bruce Rockwell		59M	GSH
39	24:04	Ed Dwyer		36M	GSH
40	24:06	Lennart Tenland		48M	---
41	24:16	Dave Martula		57M	SMAC
42	24:21	Don Grant		60M	SMAC
43	24;22	Matt Dudek		14M	---
44	24:26	David Aronson		47M	SMAC
45	24:33	John Pashko		51M	GSH
46	24:55	Sandy Guarrera		38F	EORC
47	24:56	Sharon Mikaelian	37F	GSH
48	25:08	Colleen Cummings	36F	---
49	25:15	Don Grindle		47M	GSH
50	25:27	Erv Landry		63M	GSH
51	25:34	Holly Atkinson		33F	---
52	25:43	Kim Freedman		42F	---
53	25:43	Joan Monroe		48F	HTC
54	25:47	Jim Liebel		54F	---
55	25:48	Kelly Sullivan		36F	GSH
56	25:50	Mary Arnold		23F	GSH
57	26:07	Kathy Lynch		40F	GSH
58	27:00	Ray Wenninger		54M	SMAC
59	27:07	Tom Zukowski		36M	GSH
60	27:15	Dick Green		68M	GSH
61	27:21	Steve Richardson	42M	---
62	27:30	Karl Dudek		48M	---
63	27:37	Ellen Bellicchi		52F	GSH
64	28:14	Sue Grant		58F	SMAC
65	28:23	Doug Bielefeld		43M	GSH
66	28:37	Courtney Langieri	28F	---
67	28:56	Pete Stasz		55M	GSH
68	29:05	Tony Lucia		65M	EORC
69	29:19	Ann Franczyk		50F	GSH
70	30:14	Peter Vangsness		51M	GSH
71      30:41	Melissa Radner		19F	---
72      30:41	Joe Giannetti 		35M	---
73      30:50	Mike Butler		30M	---
74      30:53	Tracy Dagon		33F	---
75      30:53	Laura Blais		34F	---
76      34:35	Ken Cook		70M	---
77      34:53	Jack Mancuso		50M	---
78	41:13	Bruce Kurtz		66M	SMAC