Snowstorm Classic #6 - 5K
January 8, 2005

   Winter Visits As Carlos Rivera and Mary Misiaszek Win

            Winter returned to the Snowstorm Classics with the proverbial snow, sleet, and freezing rain as two multiple champions returned to the winner’s circle.  Harriers Carlos Rivera and Mary Misiaszek earned their first victories of the season, adding to their impressive lifetime totals.
            Bike racer and steadily improving runner Steve Lombardo led most of the race, slipping and sliding over the Forest Parks roads with Carlos and teenagers David Estabrook and Joe Crooks not far behind.  But as the 5K finish line approached, Carlos took control to register his 27th lifetime Snowstorm Classic title in 19:17.  Carlos thus edged closer to all time leader Dave Hanechak who has 31 ½ lifetime victories (ties count for ½ ).  Steve gamely kept it close in 19:27 followed by David who slid across the line in 19:59 for 3rd and junior (under 20) honors. 
            GSHer’s again swept the age divisions with Doug Guertin leading the masters (over 40) in 20:25, Seth Roberts sledding across the finish line in 20:59 for 1st senior (over 50), and Art Roberts winning his fifth consecutive veterans (over 60) title in 22:11.  Art likely would have won all six this season but for the fact he was in Portland, Oregon, on December 4th helping the Harrier veterans earn a team silver medal at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships.  
            Mary’s 22:25 victory among the women was her 13th lifetime title thus moving her into 7th place on the Hall of Fame list, tied with Nancy Dzielenski.  Rogina Modesto (23:14) edged fellow Harrier Cheryl Abert (23:23) for master honors and 2nd and 3rd place overall, while the first senior was teammate Betty Toms Matthews in 27:14.  Mary Bazanchuk was the first junior girl in  23:29. 
            Despite the weather, a trio of younger Modestows completed the five thousand meter course, including two of the youngest runners to ever finish a Snowstorm Classics.  Thirteen year old Jake Modestow ran 31:37 while helping his eight year old sister Paulina finish in 32 minutes even.  Shortly thereafter six year old Cole Modestow outsprinted his father Keith 36:14 to 36:15.  As both Cole and Paulina are about half the size of an adult, their times are more accurately comparable to twice the distance for adults, ie., 10K, and thus very respectible indeed.

Results 
1	19:17	Carlos Rivera		30M	GSH			
2	19:27	Steve Lombardo		36M	GSH			
3	19:59	David Estabrook		19M	GSH			
4	20:11	Joe Crooks		19M	---		
5	20:25	Doug Guertin		41M	GSH			
6	20:32	Bill Rowe		43M	GSH			
7	20:47	Steve Forrest		41M	---			
8	20:50	Brian Walsh		29M	GSH			
9	20:59	Seth Roberts		53M	GSH			
10	21:04	Steve Kimball		36M	MRC			
11	21:24	John Vaughan		17M	---			
12	21:24	Eric Brown		25M	GSH
13	21:42	Noiel Fontaine		40M	GSH
14	21:47	Jim Sullivan		39M	GSH
15	21:49	Chris Conz		28M	---
16	21:51	George Maston		49M	---
17	22:11	Art Roberts		60M	GSH
18	22:25	Mary Misiaszek		38F	GSH
19	22:29	Rich Clark		50M	GSH
20	22:32	Wayne Stocker		50M	GSH
21	22:34	TJ Martin		46M	---
22	23:01	Brian Goddu		55M	GSH
23	23:07	Mike O'Connor		42M	---
24	23:09	Charlie Contant		51M	GSH
25	23:14	Rogina Modestow		43F	GSH
26	23:23	Cheryl Abert		47F	GSH
27	23:29	Mary Bazanchuk		17F	---
28	23:30	Paul Bazanchuk		50M	---
29	23:31	Tim Londo		39M	GSH
30	23:55	Mike Lynch		50M	---
31	24:05	Michael Kalmbach	43M	---
32	24:19	Willie O'Neill		46M	GSH
33	24:29	David Livingstone	52M	GSH
34	24:35	Dan Glick		40M	---
35	25:10	Jerry Kane		53M	---
36	25:29	Todd Hayden		41M	---
37	25:33	Tom DeLuca		49M	GSH
38	25:35	Neal Lamberton		56M	GSH
39	25:39	Bill Thibault		47M	EORC
40	26:09	Kevin Young		52M	GSH
41	26:13	Elaine Skawski		38F	---
42	26:31	Colleen Cummings	37F	GSH
43	26:39	Vic Goulet		66M	---
44	26:45	Ramona Donahue		35F	---
45	26:55	Steve Richardson	44M	EORC
46	27:13	Mike Butler		32M	---
47	27:14	Betty Toms Matthews	52F	GSH
48	27:16	Bill Wheeler		24M	---
49	27:17	Pauline Craven		34F	---
50	27:24	Ruth Griffiths		34F	---
51	27:46	Trish Walker		19F	---
52	27:51	Peter Vangsness		53M	GSH
53	28:23	Don Grant		62M	SMAC
54	28:44	Kathy Lynch		42F	GSH
55	29:01	Kelly Sullivan		38F	GSH
56	29:32	Scott Main		43M	---
57	30:01	Bill Boyle		48M	EORC
58	30:15	Tony Lucia		67M	EORC
59	30:19	Steve Penna		49M	EORC
60	30:35	Lisa Lachapelle		38F	---
61	31:37	Jake Modestow		13M	---
62	32:00	Paulina Modestow	08F	---
63	32:11	Bill Milkiewicz		49M	EORC
64	34:26	Kris Valentini		34F	---
65	36:14	Cole Modestow		06M	---
66	36:15	Keith Modestow		44M	---
67	43:03	Bruce Kurtz		68M	SMAC