Mt.Ascutney Summit Run 07-15-2006
Low, Woods Winners at Ascutney
by Dave Dunham, race director <dave.dunham@comcast.net>
Mt.Ascutney, VT
The 2006 USATF-NE mountain running circuit wrapped up today at the summit of Ascutney in Windsor Vermont with Paul Low leading 55 runners from five states up the 3.8 mile grind. The course had an average grade of 11% with extended sections of 19%. The weather was typical for New England in July, as temperatures reached the low 80's and the humidity was over 90%.2006 TEVA USA Mountain team member Low handily took the win by over five minutes, and then continued through the chute and completed the trail run to the true summit of Ascutney. Low's time of 29:39 ties Dave Dunham for the fifth fastest time on the mountain. Abby Woods was the women's champion in 41:37, taking the win by a little over a minute. Behind her, Dawn Heinrich and Donna Smyth had a close fight in the women's 40-49 age group taking second and third overall in 42:54 and 43:02 respectively. Their times rank ninth and tenth fastest all-time for masters women.
Dave Audet, who ran over 150 races last year, took top honors for the men in the 40-49 age group; he finished in fourth place overall with a time of 35:14. Bob Dion of Readsboro, VT was the top 50-59 finisher, 11th overall in 38:05. Dion led the charge of six 50-59 runners in the top 20, with the 50-59 men was the largest age group with 17 finishers. Dion's time was the fourth fastest ever run for a 50-59 man. Corrine Gaugler was the top 50-59 woman, taking 8th in 55:12. Marcia Masland was the top 60+ woman running a new course record of 53:03. The top 60-69 man was Peter Orni in 27th overall with a time of 45:35, the fourth fastest ever run in the age group. On the extreme ends of the age spectrum Richard Snyder (70) of Tewksbury MA was the top 70+ runner in 1:00:24, and Haley Heinrich (13) was tops under 19 with a 51:07 clocking.
Director Dave Dunham's run of 33:42 was the sixth fastest for the 40-49 age group, racing solo at 7:00 AM as race directing duties made it impossible to compete and do the timing/scoring. Much thanks to everyone who pitched in to help out with anything that needed doing. Special thanks to Cathy Dunham for helping this race happen, and to the Vermont State Parks department for allowing us to have the race (and assisting with setup and the waterstop).
Place Name Time City State Team Sx Age Category Pts 1 Abby Woods 0:41:37 Northampton MA GSH F 28 F20-39 100.00 2 Dawn Heinrich 0:42:54 Wolfeboro NH PR Moose F 44 F40-49 97.01 3 Donna Smyth 0:43:02 Vernon VT CSU F 46 F40-49 96.71 4 Raina White 0:45:02 Brownsville VT F 27 F20-39 92.41 5 Haley Heinrich 0:51:07 Wolfeboro NH PR Moose F 13 F<19 81.42 6 Sharon Pescetta 0:52:06 Wilder VT F 49 F40-49 79.88 7 Marcia Masland 0:53:03 Lebanon NH F 61 F60+ 78.45 8 Corinn Gaugler 0:55:12 White River J VT F 51 F50-59 75.39 9 Emer O'Donoghue 0:56:20 Lexington MA SRR F 44 F40-49 73.88 10 Laurel Shortell 1:05:28 N Hampton MA WMAC F 40 F40-49 63.57 Place Name Time City State Team Sx Age Category Pts 1 Paul Low 0:29:39 Belchertown MA CMS M 33 M20-39 100.00 (7AM)Dave Dunham 0:33:42 Bradford MA CMS M 42 M40-49 87.98 2 Tim Mahoney 0:34:52 Westfield MA GSH M 26 M20-39 85.04 3 Todd Callaghan 0:34:58 Somerville MA PR Moose M 36 M20-39 84.80 4 David Audet 0:35:14 Concord NH NMC M 41 M40-49 84.15 5 Michael Fenzel 0:35:46 Lyme NH M 30 M20-39 82.90 6 Jeremy Huckins 0:36:11 Loudon NH CMS M 25 M20-39 81.94 7 Rob Smith 0:36:36 Charlestown MA CMS M 39 M20-39 81.01 8 Tim Vile 0:37:09 Rutland VT M 35 M20-39 79.81 9 Todd Brown 0:37:54 Rocky Hill CT NMC M 42 M40-49 78.23 10 Jim Shimberg 0:38:04 Campton NH M 48 M40-49 77.89 11 Bob Dion 0:38:05 Readsboro VT WMAC M 50 M50-59 77.86 12 Paul Bazanchuk 0:39:42 Amherst MA GSH M 51 M50-59 74.69 13 Bob Gillis 0:39:46 Gloucester MA Team Gloucester M 51 M50-59 74.56 14 Bob Mulvaney 0:39:52 Auburn NH PR Moose M 53 M50-59 74.37 15 Walter Fortier 0:40:06 Concord NH M 56 M50-59 73.94 16 Richard Miller 0:42:13 Barnstead NH M 55 M50-59 70.23 17 Dave Geary 0:42:26 Gloucester MA Team Gloucester M 40 M40-49 69.87 18 Michael Wade 0:42:46 Nashua NH GCS M 37 M20-39 69.33 19 Len Hall 0:42:51 Enfield NH PR Moose M 53 M50-59 69.19 20 Gary Jewett 0:43:48 Beverly MA M 40 M40-49 67.69 21 Glenn Fullerton 0:45:03 S Woodstock VT M 53 M50-59 65.82 22 Thomas Parker 0:45:09 Nashua NH M 39 M20-39 65.67 23 Peter Orni 0:45:35 Ashburnham MA CMS M 63 M60-69 65.05 24 Jan Rancatti 0:45:52 Readsboro VT WMAC M 45 M40-49 64.64 25 John Griesemer 0:46:46 Lyme NH M 58 M50-59 63.40 26 Richard Stockdale 0:47:09 Mason NH GCS M 55 M50-59 62.88 27 Eric Smith 0:47:10 Woodstock VT M 46 M40-49 62.86 28 Karl Furstenber 0:47:17 Lyme Ctr. NH M 61 M60-69 62.71 37 Walter Kuklinski 0:47:28 Princeton MA WPI Footpounders M 57 M50-59 62.46 29 Ross Stacer 0:47:43 Ashland MA M 53 M50-59 62.14 30 Paul Fiondella 0:48:47 E Hampton NY WMAC M 59 M50-59 60.78 31 Ryan Crawford 0:49:25 Sunapee NH M 33 M20-39 60.00 32 William Harned 0:49:30 Kensington NH M 56 M50-59 59.90 33 Peter Vadala 0:50:12 Gloucester MA Team Gloucester M 55 M50-59 59.06 34 Daniel Lavoie 0:50:47 N Oxford MA CMS M 47 M40-49 58.39 35 Vin Rivard 0:51:11 Leominster MA NMC M 60 M60-69 57.93 36 Eldon Burkinshaw 0:52:06 Londonderry NH GCS M 67 M60-69 56.91 38 Michael Gonnerman 0:53:00 Sudbury MA HeartbreakHillStr M 63 M60-69 55.94 39 Peter Watson 0:54:46 Rockport MA Team Gloucester M 67 M60-69 54.14 40 Mark Droy 0:55:36 Amherst MA M 50 M50-59 53.33 41 Frank Hurt 0:56:44 Gilford NH WMM M 69 M60-69 52.26 42 Fred Ross III 0:57:42 Vernon VT CSU M 60 M60-69 51.39 43 David Goldberg 1:00:05 W Lebanon NH M 51 M50-59 49.35 44 Richard Snyder 1:00:24 Tewksbury MA NE65+ M 70 M70+ 49.09 45 Raymond Boutotte 1:02:14 Pepperell MA NMC M 60 M60-69 47.64
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