I meant to post this one prior to the 10km championships, but here it is.
The 10km distance has been contested in all of the Grand Prix series (1985-2009). This will be the first time Lone Gull has hosted the championship. Nashua (NH) and Winthrop have hosted the championship five times with no other site hosting more than three times. CMS has won the team championship fourteen times including an impressive 12 times in a row from 1989-2000 (the last time CMS won). The BAA, Whrilaway, and Reebok Boston each have two victories. Nike Boston holds the team record with an impressive 2:28:03 from 1988. CMS best team time was 2:29:04 in 1989 for an average of 29:49 per scoring team member. That year Scott Clark failed to score for the team despite running 30:28 (4:55 pace).
In 1990 CMS ran a split squad with half the members CMS-A and the other half CMS-B. Apparently this was allowed at that time (leave it to Drewniak to find a way). Amazingly CMS took the top two spots CMS-A winning in 2:33:34 and CMS-B running 2:37:33. The last time CMS took the team title was 2000 when CMS put five in the top nine. Larry Sayers was the final team member to score placing 9th in 32:01. The 40 year old Sayers was fourth in the masters field, trailing Mark Donahue, Craig Fram, and Paul Hammond.
CMS runners have been the individual winners eight times. The last time a CMS runner took the title was in 2000 when 40 year old Mark Donahue ran 30:24 at Market Square. Eric Morse won in 1999 at Market Square running 30:25 and Killian Lonergan also won in 1998 at Market Square in 30:44. Darrin Shearer placed 2nd overall but took the New England title in Salem running 31:25 in 1997. Dave Dunham also placed second in taking the NE title at Bridge of Flowers in 1996 running 31:42. Rod Ellsworth and Mike Platt both won in Winthrop (1994 & 1990) running 30:12 and 29:50 respectively. Rick Doiron won in 1989 in Nashua NH with a fine 29:11. Only the BAA (three) and GLRR (four) have more than one individual titlist.
A Nearly complete history of the 10 kilometer NE championships is listed below….
2008 Justin Freeman – PRRT - 32:06
2007 Josh Fernec – BAA – 31:32
2006 Ben Ndaya – GLRR – 31:41
2005 Nate Jenkins – GLRR – 31:32
2004 Nate Jenkins – GLRR – 30:46
2003 Paul Reilly – GLRR – 32:38
2002 Jack Dwyer – RB – 30:25
2001 Jack Dwyer – RB – 29:57
2000 Mark Donahue – CMS – 30:24
1999 Eric Morse – CMS – 30:25
1998 Killian Lonergan – CMS – 30:44
1997 Darin Shearer – CMS – 31:25
1996 Dave Dunham – CMS – 31:42
1995 Tim Gannon – BRC – 29:55
1994 Rod Ellsworth – CMS – 30:12
1993 Larry Matthews – BAA – 28:55
1992 Renardo Flores – Sisu – 29:58
1991 Ed Sheehan – BAA – 30:47
1990 Mike Platt – CMS – 29:50
1989 Rick Doiron – CMS – 29:11
1988 Frank Powers – NB – 29:03
1987 Richard O’Flynn – NBTC – 28:49
1986 Mark Kimball – NB – 29:30
Teams
2008 BAA 32:23 32:48 33:37 34:22 34:38 = 2:47:48
2007 GCS 31:44 32:19 32:31 33:07 33:21 = 2:43:02
2006 WRT 32:05 32:39 33:17 33:42 33:59 = 2:45:42
2005 GLRR 31:32 33:32 35:10 35:23 35:24 = 2:51:01
2004 BAA 30:53 31:36 31:48 32:30 32:31 = 2:39:18
2003 WRT 33:02 33:10 33:38 34:49 35:35 = 2:50:14
2002RB-BOS 30:25 30:51 30:58 31:48 32:37 = 2:36:39
2001 Reebok Boston 2:35:27
2000 CMS 30:24 30:57 31:15 31:30 32:01 = 2:36:07
1999 CMS 30:25 30:31 31:06 31:32 31:48 = 2:35:22
1998 CMS 30:44 30:52 31:03 31:33 31:38 = 2:35:50
1997 CMS 31:25 31:40 31:54 32:00 32:17 = 2:39:16
1996 CMS 31:42 32:09 32:18 32:22 32:46 = 2:41:17
1995 CMS 2:32:39
1994 CMS 2:33:42
1993 CMS 2:33:56
1992 CMS 2:32:33
1991 CMS 2:37:46
1990 CMS 2:33:34
1989 CMS 2:29:04
1988 Nike Boston 2:28:03
1987 CMS 2:31:25
1986 CMS 2:34:39
