Sunday (noon) June 15, 1980 - 471 Finishers
Bob Hodge continued his streak with a record fifth consecutive victory. Durham’s Gary Crossan pressed him in the early going. The field was again the largest to date with over 500 starters and 471 finishers were recorded. It was 78 degrees at the base and 35 degrees with wind and drizzle at the finish. Hodge was just over 28 minutes at the halfway house but was unable to improve on his 1:02:08 course record of the previous year. At the time he held the four fastest times ever as he led a record 12 runners under 1:10. Hodge was in excellent form as displayed earlier in the year when he set an American Record for 15 Kilometers in Stanford CA. He ran 44:00.2 to beat Gary Tuttle’s record by 53 seconds.
Cathy Hodgdon of Franklin NH and a member of the UNH track team took the women’s race in 1:26:50. Liz Cunningham and Leslie Thompson followed close behind as the top three broke 1:30. Thompson’s time remains (as of 2005) the third fastest for a junior runner (under the age of 20). Her time would hold up as the record for another 19 years.
Team scoring was not listed however, if the combined times of the top five runners was used, BAA would have edged GBTC 5:50:41 to 5:51:52. This remains one of the closest team finishes ever, and as one of only four times when two teams broke six hours (1979, 1999, 2005).
Jock Semple directed the race and complete results were printed in New England Running courtesy of Fred Brown Sr., the NEAC Long Distance running chairman. Fred Ross made a deal with a sports printer to produce numbers for the race. He borrowed a bumper sticker from Doug Philbrick (the Auto road manager) to get “Mt Washington” logo on the numbers.
Top 25 Finishers
Place Name Team Time1 Robert Hodge GBTC 1:04:29
2 Gary Crossan CTAC 1:05:27 FW
3 Brian Reinhold 1:06:02
4 David Ezersky GBTC 1:06:08
5 Mark Berman BAA 1:06:29
6 Hank Pfeifle TTAC 1:07:11
7 Keith Woodward GMAC 1:07:52 FW
8 Tom Dowling BAA 1:08:17
9 Duncan McLena 1:08:36
10 Gary Johnson 1:08:40 FW
11 Steve Lavorgna BAA 1:09:26
12 John Cederholm BAA 1:09:50 FW
13 J Smith 1:10:19
14 Steven Bratt CSU 1:11:10
15 Martin Kittell ORC 1:11:16
16 Jim Fredericks CRC 1:11:19
17 Kirk Siegel DOC 1:12:56
18 Chuck Riley GBTC 1:13:04
19 Andy Halpin UH 1:13:33
20 John Darsinos GBTC 1:13:41
21 Ray Nelson JWAC 1:14:11
22 Donald Powers GCS 1:14:18
23 Dana Poole 1:14:23
24 Brad Hurst GBTC 1:14:30
25 Charles Moeser GRC 1:14:33
198 Angus Wooten 1:35:41 FW
Top Women
Place Name Team Time Age
1 Catherine Hodgdon TTAC 1:26:44 21
2 Liz Cunningham BAA 1:29:41
3 Leslie Thompson CRC 1:29:57 16
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