40th
Mt Washington Road Race
Saturday
(10:00 am) June 17, 2000 - 891 Finishers
Favorites
for the 40th anniversary of the race looked to be Kenyan
runners. Daniel Kihara, the three-time champion, was scheduled to return
as was his sometimes-training partner Joseph Kibor. Simon Karori was
expected to take a run at the masters (40+) record. He had never raced Mt
Washington before, but his credentials included winning the Falmouth Road Race
three times. Mark Donahue, who among his many accomplishments was the
1986 New England Cross Country champion, was tearing up the local racing scene
including an overall win at the USATF New England 10K championships the week
before Mt Washington. He was expected to give Karori a chase in the
master’s category. Local favorites included Eric Morse, Craig Fram, and
Dave Dunham, who had been tuning up for the race by running up mountains on
most weekends during the spring. At Mt Kearsarge they went 1, 2, and 3
with Fram destroying the master’s record. At Wachusett Mountain Morse and
Dunham went 1, 2, and followed that with a 1, 2 finish at Pack Monadnock.
Women’s favorites included Alice Muriithi, a Kenyan living in Pennsylvania,
former champion Jacqueline Gareau, and top local runner Julie Peterson.
Kihara
flew in from Kenya earlier in the week and may have been tired from the 17-hour
flight. He ran with Kibor for most of the race and made a decisive move
in the last mile to take a 40-second victory in 59:24. Kibor missed an
additional $500 time bonus by four seconds, just missing the one-hour
mark. CMS runners dominated the top ten, placing third through sixth and
eighth and tenth. Fergus Cullen in seventh place was the only non-Kenyan
and non-CMS runner in the top ten. Karori defeated Robert Ratcliffe by
three minutes to take the master’s victory however; he came up six minutes shy
of the course record. This was only the second time in a decade that less
than ten men finished under 1:10. The average finishing time for men hit a high
of 1:56:31, nearly seven minutes slower than the past high.
Alice
Muriithi took the lead early on and was never challenged for the ladies’
crown. Jacqueline Gareau took second and was on pace for the master’s
mark, and the $4,000 bonus, through the half but faded in the second
half. Both women finished in the top 25 overall.
CMS
led the charge in the team category with a one hour and 13 minute victory over
the WCRC in 5:35:47. The WCRC took the win in the 40+ team finishing 2:49 ahead
of CSU and 5 minutes ahead of GMAA. CSU turned the tables, taking first
in the 50+ category. CMS won the women’s team title by 12 minutes over CSU in
4:34:13. CMS also won the 40+ category, their time of 4:44:46 would have been
fast enough to rank second among open women’s teams and beat the CSU masters
team by nearly 20 minutes.
The
race packet called the event the “40th Run to the Clouds.”
Healthsource, Bridgton Academy, and Citizens Bank sponsored the race.
Number pickup had to be completed prior to 9:00 AM on race day. New
features this year were Shaklee performance drinks at the half, along with
Polar water at the aid stations. A “Rides” area was available in the tent
at the base where runners and drivers could meet to arrange rides down from the
summit after the race as no formal transportation is provided. New
England Runner sponsored a $4,000 bonus for the first runner to break the
40+ age group record. USATF membership cards and a Direct Payment
license were required for money prizewinners. The prize purse was $4,850
plus time bonuses. Medals were presented to the top two in five year age
groups, the top ten overall, the first five open teams, the top three WAVA
master’s, the top three master teams, the top 50+ team, and the top two
Clydesdales and top Filly. The traditional Crossan cup was awarded to the
top NH finisher.
Top
25 Finishers
Place
Name
Club Time
Age City & State
1
Daniel Kihara
0:59:24
32 KEN
2
Joseph
Kibor
1:00:04
27 Concord, MA (KEN)
3
Dave
Dunham
CMS
1:02:48
36 Bradford,
MA
FW
4
Eric Morse
CMS
1:04:54
35 Berlin, VT
5
Dan Verrington
CMS
1:07:50
37 Bradford, MA
6
Mike
Casner
CMS
1:09:30
38 Keene, NH
7
Fergus
Cullen
GLRR
1:09:58
28 W Hartford, CT
8
Richard
Bolt
CMS
1:10:45
29 Manchester, NH
9
Simon
Karori
1:11:25
40 Concord, MA (KEN)
10
Stephen Peterson CMS
1:13:35
34 Chelmsford, MA
11
Robert
Ratcliffe
1:14:49
42 Lincoln, MA
12
Michael Kinter
Reeb
1:15:22
35 Morro Bay, CA
13
Mark
Behan
WCRC 1:15:27
37 Newton, NH
14
Mark Donahue
CMS
1:15:39
41 Newport, RI
15
Francis Burdett
GLRR
1:15:40
35 Worcester, MA
16
Michael
Danahy
1:16:00
21 Lewiston, ME
17
Ernest
Brake
GSRT
1:16:14
38 Warner, NH
18
Stephen Marsalese NYH
1:17:03
34 New York, NY
19
Tony
Bates
GLRR
1:17:07
41 Salisbury, VT
20 Alice
Muriithi
1:17:26
26 Westchester NY (KEN)
21
Edward Sheldon
GCS
1:17:49
35 Hooksett, NH
22
Sumner Brown
CSU
1:18:33
56 Belmont, MA
23 Jacqueline Gareau
1:18:43
47 Boulder,
CO
FW
24
Tek
Kilgore
1:19:50
46 Park City, UT
25
Thompson Parker CIGN
1:20:00
30 Bow, NH
26
Keith Woodward GMAA
1:20:10
49 E Corinth, VT
27
Rod
Viens
1:20:22
32 Sunapee, NH
128
John Cederholm BAA
1:32:14
57 Marion,
MA
FW
Top
25 Women
Place
Name
Club Time
Age City & State
1
Alice
Muriithi
1:17:26
26 Westchester, NY (KEN)
2
Jacqueline
Gareau
1:18:43
47 Boulder, CO
FW
3
Julie
Peterson
SAUC
1:23:00
40 Beverly, MA
4
Suzy
West
CSU
1:24:20
37 Putney, VT
5
Colleen
Allen
GSRT
1:24:49
33 Newport Center, VT
6
Kerry Arsenault
HITK
1:27:00
35 Clinton, CT
7
Catherine Lifschultz BAA
1:27:17
37 Sudbury, MA
8
Nikki
Kimball
1:28:11
29 Elizabethtown, NY
9
Donna Smyers
CVT
1:29:27
42 Montpelier, VT
10
Karen McGahie
CMS
1:29:28
38 Boylston, MA
11
Rebecca Stockdale-Woolley
CMS
1:29:37
49 Chaplin, CT
12
Julie
Denney
CPTC
1:32:53
32 New York, NY
13
Sue
Long
1:33:03
40 Gorham, NH
14
Lynn
Achee
BKVR
1:33:30
44 Manchester Center, VT
15
Amy
Ireland
GSRT
1:34:21
34 Concord, NH
16
Barbara
Remmers
1:35:02
36 New York,
NY
FW
17
Jacqueline Shakar CMS
1:35:08
40 Worcester, MA
18
Ann
Remmers
1:36:01
38 Ann Arbor, MI
19
Maureen Sullivan GLRR
1:36:32
43 Concord, MA
20
Lorrie
Marnell
1:38:23
39 Locke, NY
21
Eileen Greeley
CAA
1:38:48
35 Portsmouth, NH
22
Shawna Walega WCRC
1:39:02
39 Manchester NH
23
Jennifer
Blastow
1:39:11
28 Otisfield, ME
24
Jodi-Lyn Couture
NMC
1:39:27
40 Fitchburg, MA
25
Paulette
Bolton
1:39:38
40 Danielson, CT
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