USATF New England Mountain Running Update

May 27, 2003
 

This past weekend was the start of the 8th Annual USATF New England Mountain
Running Series and the Wachusett Mountain Road Race.  Wachusett is a 4.3
mile uphill mountain race (with 2 mild downhills) run on a paved access road
to the summit of the mountain.  The race climbs 1100' and is generally the
fastest mountain race in New England (5:38 min per mile for male course
record, 6:53 min per mile for female course record).  Once again, this years
race attracted many past & current members of the Teva US Mountain Running
Team (and candidates) including:

Paul Low - 2002 USATF Mountain Runner of the Year
Eric Morse - 2001 USATF Mountain Runner of the Year
Dave Dunham - Silver medal, 1993 World Mountain Trophy
Richard Bolt - US Mountain Team 1999, 2002
Ben Nephew - 5th place @ 2002 US National 50k Trail Championships
Suzy West - US Mountain Team 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

As expected, Paul and Eric lead the race from the start until Paul pulled
ahead for good at the 1.5 mile mark.  Paul had a strong race (winning in
24:50) backed up by several excellent snowshoe results this past winter and
wins at the Merrimack River Trail Race and the 7 Sisters Trail Race.  Eric
finished 2nd (25:03) in only his second race in 6 months.  Eric recently won
the Mt. Prospect Hill Climb in Lake George, NY.  Results from other elite
mountain/trail runners trying out for the 2003 Teva US Mountain Running
Team:

3rd - Richard Bolt - 25:25
6th - Ben Nephew - 26:43
7th - Dave Dunham - 26:48

1st - Suzy West - 31:22
2nd - Kara Haas - 31:41
3rd - Evelyn Dong - 33:04 (17 years old - possible Junior Team candidate)

Complete results can be found at:
http://www.coolrunning.com/results/03/ma/May24_Wachus_set1.shtml

Next up for New England mountain runners:

May 31 - Mt. Kearsarge Hill Climb - Warner, NH - 8.5 miles - 2931' of climb
June 1 - Pack Monadnock Road Race - Wilton, NH - 10 miles - 1800' of climb


Richard Bolt
Men's Mountain Team Manager
Teva US Mountain Running Team
43 Salisbury St.
Manchester, NH 03104
603-627-7213
http://www.usatfne.org/trail/


For additional information contact: 

Richard Bolt at rbolt@emersonecologics.com

Or, visit the websites listed below:

USATF New England Mountain Running Championships: www.usatfne.com
Teva Spring Run off and the Vail Hill Climb: www.vailrec.com
Alyeska Mountain Run: www.alaskamountainrunners.org
World Mountain Running Trophy: www.eaa-athletics.ch/wmra
USATF: www.usatf.org

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