Mt. Washington Road Race Results, June 19, 2004
The 2004 Mt. Washington Road Race was run by Team Gloucester in memory of Jeff Rutchick.
The ritual that is Mt. Washington is closed for the year Bob Gillis's Mt. Washington painter's cap has gone up the mountain a 22nd time. Matt Curran's nearly ancient Asics flats, the only shoes he's ever worn up the mountain, have made run number 19, and Peter Watson has crafted yet another outstanding Men's Masters team.
Regardless of finishing time, getting up the mountain is a daunting mental and physical challenge. With that said, here are the Cape Ann Mountain Runners of 2004.
Team Gloucester Men's Results
John Barbour was the top Team Gloucester finisher in 1:16:42, 46th overall and first senior. Matt Curran was next in 1:18:32, 50th overall and 6th in his age division. First-time mountain runner John Gillis made a huge impact finishing in 1:23:34, 81st overall. Bob Gillis was next in 1:24:53, 89th overall. Bob also collected a USATF age group award. Steve Davis had a strong run with a 1:28:25, 117 overall, to close out the masters team's scorers.
Rick Ciolino was 166th overall in 1:32:59. Dave Geary was 201st in 136:01, and Mike Gillis was 227th in 1:37:59. Proving mountain running is in the blood, Pete Asaro finished in 1:40:03, 4th in his age group and 253rd overall. George Paganis finished 263rd in 1:40:45, and Dave Gallagher was 307th in 1:43:34.
Pat Salony was 447th in 1:54:35, and Tom Paradis was right behind, 457th at 1:55:14. Rich Aprans came in at 2:06:02 (563) and Derek Reed at 2:08:26 (587). Jeremy Bamford finished in 2:10:18 (605), Padraick Flannagan in 2:16: 16 (672), Tom Davis in 2:25:11 (669), and Carlo Pallazolo in 2:45:59 (689).
Team Gloucester Women's Results
In the women's results, Jenn Brooks Lassen was 24th and 9th in her age divssion with a 1:30:14. Maureen Collins was 77th in 1:50:11. Carrie Parsi was 86th overall and top veteran in 1:52:14. Tracy O'Neil was 161st in 2:10:52, Maryke Gillis was 167th in 2:13:27, Sheryl Smith was 197th in 2:20:18, Roselle Flannagan was 199th in 2:20:29, and Linda Davis was 212th in 2;25:11.
Team Results
Team Gloucester took 4th in the men's open team and third in the men's master team division with a total time of 6:52:30. CMS was the top open team, and Coastal Athletic won the men's master team competition with a record total of 6:15:37.
Open Results
Because this year's Mt. Washington race also functioned as the US National Mountain Championships, both the men's and women's fields were exceptionally strong. Thirty-one year old Jonathan Wyatt of New Zealand won the men's race with a 56:41 in unfavorable conditions, destroing Daniel Kihara's old record of 58:20. Paul Low of Amherst, MA was runner-up and national champion in 1:03:12. Qualifier for the men's US mountain team were Low, Simon Gutierrez, Eric Blake, Mark Werner, and Andy Ames.
In the women's competition, Anna Pichrtova of the Czech Republic became the first woman to win four consecutive times, finishing in 1:12:19. Erica Larson of Los Alamos, New Mexico, was runner-up and national champion in 1:14:17. Automatic qualifiers for the women's US mountain team were Larson, Laura Haefeli, Cathy Pearce, Kelli Lusk, and Nikki Kimball.
Support Team
The weather was very wet, very cold, and very windy. As hard as it was running in those conditions, it must have ten times as miserable spectating in them, and special thanks goes to drivers and support team Wes Lassen, Donna Curran, Pixie Harrington, Mark Asaro, Pat and Peter Watson, Cindy Rutchick, and everyone else that spent hours freezing on top of the mountain just to show their support.
