Striders March on Washington
Published Jun 8, 2010
The Mount Washington Road race was held on Saturday, June 19th. This time around it was not only the 50th running of the race, it also served as the 2010 USATF National Mountain running championships. And, being the “Mountain Goats” that we are, our team kicked some major butt up at Pinkham Notch.
And, as a result, GCS fielded 4 different gold medal winning National Championship teams, 1 silver medal winning National Runner-up team and 2 bronze medal winning 3rd place teams. So, needless to say we really cleaned up at the post – race awards presentation!
GCS Teams:
Open Division Women: First Place - USATF National Champions!
Open Division Men: Third Place - USATF National 2nd Runners-up
Masters Division Women: Third Place - USATF National 2nd Runners-up
Masters Division Men: First Place USATF National Champions!
enior Division Women: First Place - USATF National Champions!
enior Division Men: Second Place - USATF National Runners-up
Veterans Division Men: First Place - USATF National Champions!
GCS Runners:
USATF Individual National Champions:
M40-44: Todd Callaghan 1st, Joe Donnelly 2nd, Rich Smith 3rd
M45-49: Jeff Hunt 4th
F50-54: Cathy Merra 2nd
M50-54: Mike Merra 3rd
F55-59: Lisa Christie 4th
M55-59: Keith Woodward 2nd, Len Hall 5th
M65-69: Milt Schumacher 2nd, Denny LeBlanc 4th
75+: Barbara Robinson 1st
Road Race Individual Awards:
19 and under: Haley Heinrich 1st, Hanne Heinrich 2nd
W20-34: Amber Ferreira 5th
W35-39: Bonnie Ritchotte 2nd
W40-44: Laura Joyce 10th
M40-44: Todd, Joe, Rich 2-3-4, Mark Engerman 10th
W45-49: Lori Lambert 4th
M45-49: Jeff Hunt 4th, David Herr 10th
W50-54: Cathy Merra 2nd
M50-54: Mike Merra 3rd, Chuck Landry 10th
M55-59: Keith Woodward 2nd, Len Hall 7th, Bob Mulvaney 8th
M60-64: Trevor Ward 2nd
M65-69: Denny LeBlanc 6th
W 75+: Barbara Robinson 1st
Finally, you'll note that four of the top 6 NH women were GCS. Lead by Amber Ferreira who received the Crossan Cup award as fastest NH Female.Amber also narrowly missed making the US Team for the World Mountain Running Trophy in Kamnik, Slovenia on September 5th, 2010. The US womens team is made up of the top 5 finishers at Washington. And she came in 7th overall in an amazing time of 1:19:47. Way to go Amber!
Congrats to everyone who ran this monster of a race! I hope you all had as much fun as I did! Everyone who participated should be proud of our efforts and results on such a hot day. And, a special thanks to all our wonderful volunteers who did an amazing job in those tough conditions. Without your help (due to the volunteer/by-pass program) almost half of our team literally would not have been there.
Full results and pictures from this year's Mount Washington race can be found here.
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