40 Years ago = Oct. 1983 – The U-Lowell XC team
continued to rock and I continued to race well, with the goal being a chance to
race at the NCAA championships. I raced three times this month taking first
twice. The month started with the Codfish Bowl a staple of the XC season and one
of a seemingly endless list of races at Franklin Park. I took first over the 5m
course running 24:11, teammates Dennis Simoniatis and Scott Rafferty took 3rd
and 4th place (Dave Quintal was 10th, Joe Regan 12th, and Rick Dawe was 13th). The
next week we took on U-Mass Amherst,
Northeastern, and Keene state in a quad meet back at Franklin Park.
I won again running 23:50 over 5 miles, taking the lead from Ralph Moore in the
last 800 meters. We ended up in second place with Northeastern edging us out 33
to 37 points. The final race of the month was a trip to Worcester for the NCAA qualifier over
a hilly 10km course. We took 1st place with 61 points thus earning a trip to
Nationals! I took 4th place overall running 32:01, Rafferty was 9th, Quintal
12th, Simoniatis 15th, and 800 meter ace Tony Gilbert stepped up taking 29th
to round out our team. We beat Indiana (PA) by 3 points.
1 31:44 Robert Petrini Slippery
Rock
2
31:44 Brian Ferrari CAU of PA
3
31:51 William King Millersville
4
32:01 Dave Dunham U-Lowell
5
32:05 Larry Sayers Keene State
6
32:08 Mike Bradley CAU of PA
7
32:16 Larry Penn CW Post
8
32:18 Nicholas Yutko Indiana U PA
9
32:19 Michael Ambrose New Haven
10
32:20 Scott Rafferty U-Lowell
11
32:22 Stephen Koons Millersville
12
32:25 Dave Quintal U-Lowell
13
32:30 Mark Schreckengast Indiana
U PA
14
32:37 Steven Coldcamp Indiana U PA
15
32:44 Dennis Simoniatis U-Lowell
24
33:01 Francis Burdett CW Post
29
33:08 Tony Gilbert U-Lowell
35
33:18 Mike Casner Keene State
37
33:20 Rodney Ellsworth Keene State
40
33:25 Chris Chisholm S Conn St
53
33:38 Rick Dawe U-Lowell
67
33:57 Rob Hurlbutt Keene State
79
34:11 Scott Brown Keene State
85
34:16 Joe Regan U-Lowell
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