USATF New England Mountain Running Update Two

June 2, 2003

This past weekend saw 22 runners complete the 8.5 mile Mt. Kearsarge Hill
Climb (on Saturday), the Pack Monadnock 10 Miler (on Sunday) and the
Wachusett race last week.  These mountain heroes are: Suzy West, Dave Wendt,
Steve Viatones, Richard Stockdale (in his new shoes), Donna Smyth, Laurel
Shortell, Fred Ross, Roger Robert, Mike Quinn, Peter Orni, Emer O'Donoghue,
Walter Kuklinski, Stan Kolpa, George Kocur, Jane Goodman, Michael Fairchild,
Dave Dunham, Lee Dickey, Don Dayton, Greg Carson, Ray Boutotte and Richard
Bolt.  WAY TO GO!

Eric Morse won the Kearsarge race in the second slowest winning time ever
(53:36) followed by Richard Bolt in 55:06 and Greg Colburn in 55:14.  On the
women's side, first time Kearsarge runner and 2:48 marathoner Barbara
Mcmanus won the race in 1:04:55.  Teva US Mountain Team member Suzy West
finished second in 1:08:34 breaking the masters record by 6 minutes!  Donna
Smyth finished 3rd in 1:15:03.  In spite of running the race the day before
the Pack Monadnock race, Kearsarge still attracted 121 runners - not the
fewest in the history of the race.
http://www.runningintheusa.com/res03/zmtk0531.html

On Sunday, 189 runners braved the rain, fog and cool temps to run to the
summit of Pack Monadnock from Wilton, NH.  First time Pack runner and CMS
member Rod Veins won the race in 1:06:15 (the slowest winning time ever).
Rod was followed by Dave Herr in 1:07:13 and Richard Bolt in 1:07:53.  Rod,
Dave and Richard were the first of many runners to enjoy a pick-me-up thanks
to the Red Bull Mobile Energy Team who drove to the summit to hand out free
cans of Red Bull.  Suzy West won the women's race in 1:18:39 followed by
Sheryl Wheeler in 1:23:52 and Laurie Gaudreau in 1:24:08.
http://www.coolrunning.com/results/03/ma/Jun1_PackMo_set1.shtml

This weekend is the USATF New England Mountain Running Championships at
Northfield, MA (Saturday, June 7, 2003 @ 8:00 AM).  We hope to see you
there!
http://www.usatfne.org/trail/

Regards,

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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