Thursday, June 14, 2018

Mt Washington 1988

From the book "Only one hill"


28th Mt Washington Road Race
June 18, 1988
Saturday
800 Finishers

A record field of 800 runners turned out for the newly dubbed “Race to the Sky” (also called the “Run to the Sky” this year).  Temperatures of 70 degrees at the base and 47 at the summit with winds a mild 25 mph made for some fast times.  Runners turned out from 17 states, DC, Canada, and Great Britain.


Invited runners included the 1987 World Mountain trophy champion Jay Johnson of Boulder, Colorado, Sheldon Larson, and Janine Aiello.  Johnson had also recently won the Big Sur Marathon.  Sheldon Larson was returning to Mt Washington for a third time, and he had captured the 1987 Pikes Peak race.  Janine Aiello of San Rafael, California, looked to be the women’s favorite.  She was a three-time winner and the course record holder of the Empire State Building run-up.

Johnson and Dave Dunham stayed together for the first two miles before Dunham pulled away.  Just before three miles Dunham was nearly hit by a car coming down the mountain.  Dunham was unfazed as he set a course record of 1:00:50, becoming the first person to break 1:01.  Johnson followed a little over two minutes back with Larson taking third.  Eleven runners broke 1:10 in the favorable conditions.  Johnson noted in the Union Leader, “The race was harder than I expected.  I’m just pleased to get second.”   Aiello, who led from start to finish took the women’s race.  Aiello noted in the Union Leader, “It’s really hard.  I’ve never experience anything like it in my life.  It’s and incredible race.”  Dunham was quoted in the Mountain Ear, “after the half, it just seemed to go on and on.”  He earned $500 for winning the race, and an additional $500 for setting a course record, along with $100 for leading at the half.  Aiello earned $500 for the win.


The team victory went to the GLRR in 5:48:56, which was the fifth fastest time.  The women’s champion team was the WMM over the BAA 4:36:47 to 4:56:56.

Numerica Savings Bank sponsored the race and increased the prize purse.  The total prize purse was $2550 plus time incentives.  Entry fees remained at $12, and the fee was now waived for former winners along with the top ten men and top five women and the top 40+ man/woman.  Awards were expanded to the top finishers in the under 20, and all 10 year age groups starting at 40-49.  Women were no longer allowed to score on an “open” team.  Entries for the race closed in 10 days.  Plans for 1988 included restricting traffic at the start to allow up to one thousand competitors to run.

Top 25 Finishers
Place Name          Team  Time          Age   City and State
1 Dave Dunham           GLRR   1:00:50            24        Lowell, MA      Course Record
2 Jay Johnson                        1:03:09            28        Boulder,
 CO    3 Sheldon Larson                   1:04:25            27        Boulder, CO   
Place Name          Team  Time          Age   City and State
4 Martin Kryska                     1:06:11             23        Hanover, NH 
5 Keith Woodward                 1:06:40            37        E Corinth, VT             FW
6 John Fiola                            1:07:53            25        Arlington, MA
7 Sean Hanley            1:08:46            27        Sharon, MA   
 8 Mike Casner CNE     1:09:00            26        Bristol, NH    

9 Joseph Stanley Jr.             1:09:08            35        Prospect, CT 
10 Steve Peterson     GLRR   1:09:11             22        Lowell, MA     
11 Tom Carroll            GLRR   1:09:53            37        Lowell, MA      
12 James McAvoy                  1:10:05 28        Goffstown, NH          
13 Art Sorrell            CNE     1:10:10             28        Laconia, NH   
14 Bill O'Mara            1:10:18             30        Acushnet, MA
15 Michael Beeman                 1:10:43 32        Derry, NH     
16 Sean Livingston     WMM  1:10:54 19        Conway, NH   
17 Sumner Brown                   1:11:10             44        Belmont, MA  
18 David Byrnes                     1:11:32             37        Chapel Essex
19 Paul Merrill                        1:11:56             34        Portland, ME 
20 Len Hall                 WMM  1:12:00 34        Monroe, NH   
21 Richard Surace      WMM  1:12:32 22        Syracuse, NY 
22 Walter Murphy     GLRR   1:12:38 34        Boxboro, MA 
23 James Kent                       1:12:57 27        Norton, MA   
24 George Frost        CNE     1:13:05 34        Laconia, NH   
25 Chris Moulton       CNE     1:13:05 22        Keene, NH     
29 John Cederholm               1:15:05 45        Boston, MA     FW


Top 25 Women
Place  Name                Team  Time          Age   City and State
1 Janine Aiello                                    1:20:48            28        San Rafael, CA
2 Ruth Hall                                         1:21:09 30        Gorham, NH
3 Lynn Achee                          WMM  1:30:37            32        Manchester Ctr., NH
4 Beth Walker-Corkery                    1:30:48            28        Jamaica Plain, MA
5 Terry Young            WMM  1:32:06            26        Intervale, NH
6 Janet Perkins                                  1:32:12 26        Merrimac        
7 Carol Bickford                                1:32:30            33        Somersworth
8 Gretchen Walthers            1:32:47            17        Northfield     
9 Sharon Gilligan                                1:33:19 40        Charlestown  
10 Gayle Richards                   WMM  1:34:04            26        Jackson, NH
11 Gail Turner                                     1:34:45            28        Newtonville, NH        
12 Barbara Scott                               1:34:50            32        N Conway, NH
13 Leslie Brown                                  1:35:14 30        Prospect, CT
14 Debbie Crow                                  1:36:52            37        Stowe, CT
15 Bette Davis                                   1:37:02            44        Cambridge, MA
16 Marsha Giglio                                1:38:07            44        Hallowell, ME 
17 Martina Quinn                               1:39:23            38        Exeter, NH
Place  Name                Team  Time          Age   City and State
18 Dotty Fine                                     1:41:04 43        Boston, MA
19 Lynne Smith                                   1:41:58 28        Hillsboro, NH
20 Melissa Sandifer                          1:42:08            26        S Hadley, MA
21 Anne Schmitt                                1:42:28            41        Boston, MA
22 Gail Kinney                         1:42:39            36        Conway, NH
23 Sharon Crawford                          1:43:02            43        Concord         
24 Vickie Sears                                 1:43:13 30        Nashua, NH
25 Connie Gilman                                1:43:18 41        Meredith, NH


5-Year Age Groups
Place  Name                Time          Age   City and State      Category
254     Gretchen Walthers   1:32:47            17        Northfield                  Under 20
460     Pam Moore                  1:46:03            24        Hillsborough               20-24 
88        Janine Aiello               1:20:48            28        San Rafael, CA           25-29
92        Ruth Hall                     1:21:09 30        Gorham, NH                30-34
325     Debbie Crow               1:36:52            37        Stowe, CT                   35-39
263     Sharon Gilligan           1:33:19 40        Charlestown               40-44 
609     Suzanne Lemieux       1:55:24            47        Springfield, MA         45-49
517      Sandy Hayes               1:49:21 50        Chelmsford, MA         50-54
587     Hildy Fosse                1:54:03            59        Holderness, NH         55+

16        Sean Livingston          1:10:54 19        Conway, NH                Under 20
1          Dave Dunham              1:00:50            24        Lowell, MA                  20-24  Age Group
2          Jay Johnson               1:03:09            28        Boulder, CO                25-29
14        Bill O'Mara                 1:10:18             30        Acushnet, MA 30-34
5          Keith Woodward        1:06:40            37        E Corinth, VT             35-39
17        Sumner Brown            1:11:10             44        Belmont, MA               40-44
29        John Cederholm         1:15:05 45        Boston, MA                 45-49
149      Henry Golet                1:25:16 51        Old Lyme, CT              50-54
178      Robert Shelton          1:27:15 58        Bradford, VT             55-59
395     Earl Stetson              1:42:11             62        N Conway, NH 60-64
424     Carlton Mendell         1:44:11             66        Portland, ME              65-69
658     Howard Kellogg          1:59:29            72        Philadelphia, PA          70+      Age Group

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