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Trail Running News ...Western Mass Athletic Club Trail Running News ... Western Mass Athletic Club Volume 20 …. Issue 4 …. Late Autumn …. 2014 In this issue: 2014 Grand Tree Trail Series 2014 Grand Tree Trails Series Final Results and Point Standings This year marked the 20th year of the Grand Tree Trail Running Series. Also…..Results and stories from: Many different running clubs and the races they put on are all a part of the current Grand Tree Series. Back in 1995 Ed Alibozek took the lead in organizing all the Pisgah MT. -- Goodwin Forest races in the series and also set up the current scoring system and the first Grand Tree Series ranking were listed. Since then the WMAC has continued to list the schedules, Nipmuck Marathon -- Monroe scoring and final standings of the Grand Tree Series in cooperation with the different RD’s, running clubs and races involved. Groton Forest -- Hairy Gorilla For the last 12 years Rob Higley has figured all the scoring and kept the statistics for Busa Bushwhack -- Stone Cat the series and for the past 2 years Fred Pilon handled the scheduling along with other duties for the GT trail series. Thank them for their efforts next time you see them Upton State Forest -- Turkey Trot 5K The 20th annual “Grand Tree” trail series for 2014 began again with the Merrimack River 10 miler in Andover, MA on April 12 th this year, and wrapped up with the And plenty more inside durtyfeets … Upton State Forest 21K race in Upton, MA. on November 16 th . Up n’ Coming Events: This year there 22 races on the schedule and 24 different scoring events. Pisgah Mt. and Stone Cat once again had 2 separate race distances going on at the Wed. Night Fun Runs ……5:30 PM same time which accounts for the extra 2 scoring events. Now through Spring meet at One race ( MT. Toby ) was cancelled during the summer and another race, PNA Hall, 13 Victory ST. Adams. ( Xterra – French River) had some major issues involving course markings and no usable results could be recorded. WMAC Christmas Party ……………12 / 20 Fat Ass 50K ……………………… 12 / 28 This left us with 22 scoring events and since none of the races were on the same day this year, 21 actual races could be run, although the Xterra race couldn’t be scored. Dion Snowshoe Series: Hilltop……………………………….12 / 27 Last year Ted Cowles from Connecticut ran in all the races that was possible, Savoy / Hawley……………………1 / 4 / 15 ( 18 total ) and this year he once again managed to run in 18 of the 21 events. MT. Prospect……………………..1 / 18 / 15 H -T -& W………………………1 / 24 / 15 Only 3 other males, all from Connecticut, had 10 or more finishes this year. Sidehiller ………………………..1 / 25 / 15 Dave Raczkowski ran in 12 events, and so did Todd Bennett. Gaston Fiore finished Winterfest ……………………….2 / 1 / 15 10 races. Three others had 9 finishes, 2 had 8, and 4 had 7 finishes. Northfield ……………………….2 / 7 / 15 Notchview ……………………..2 / 14 / 15 Way to go Guys! Camp Saratoga…………………2 / 15 / 15 MT. Prospect…………………..2 / 21 / 15 On the ladies side, Kehr Davis from Massachusetts led all women with 13 finishes BTB……………………………2 / 22 / 15 and was the only woman to finish in double digits. MT. Prospect……………………3 / 8 / 15 Kelsey Allen, also from Massachusetts had 8 finishes, 2 more than last year, and only 4 other women ran in at least 6 races, which is the required number of races to qualify Check the web page for complete schedules, for a Grand Tree score. Jennifer Ferriss, Katya Divari , Kathy Furlani, and Mary Lou latest info, and up-dates, especially with the White all finished 6 races. snowshoe series! Way to go Ladies! www.runwmac.com Overall 2,523 different runners ran in one or more of the GT races that were held this The Hot Line …...... 413 – 743 – 5124 year. That’s an increase of 165 runners from last year and another all time high. Club Officers - [email protected] ( 2,358 in 2013 and 2,222 in 2012 ). But out of that total number of runners only 24 Newsletter …… [email protected] completed at least 6 GT races during the year to earn an official Grand Tree Score. Write us at: Another all time low. WMAC P. O. Box 356 ( 26 last year - 28 in 2012 - 48 in 2011 - 66 in 2010 and 75 in 2009 ) Adams, MA. 01220 Continued next page: GT Series continued: Out of the 18 possible races last year we had 18 different winners. Which means you don’t have to win races to score high As you can see there have been less and less GT finishers the enough to win the title, although it sure helps. last few years. Some reasons are more of the regular runners are doing more races and ultra events in different areas of the This year Jim Johnson had a win at Muddy Moose in April and country, and also there are a lot more trail races around these another win at Cranmore Hill but only ran in one more series days that are not part of the GT series which are sometimes held race the rest of the year. Greg Hammett also had 2 wins, one at on the same day as the GT races. So even though there have Pisgah 23K, and then at Monroe, but he also only ran 1 more been less finishers in the final standings, many of the GT races race for the year. have seen an overall increase of runners the past few years. Samuel Jurek had 4 wins this year at Wapack & Back, Blue For a single race Seven Sisters once again led the series with the Hills, Nipmuck Marathon, and Stone Cat 50 miles. But he only most finishers at 433. An increase of 47 runners over the 386 ran in 5 races for the year, coming up short of the 6 minimum who finished there last year. needed for a final score. Merrimack River had a total of 306 runners, an increase of 108 over last year, and Hairy Gorilla drew 239. One of the more steady runners to come on the trail circuit the last few years has been Todd Bennett. Running in 8 races last For a double event, Stone Cat had a total of 321 runners who year he finished 2 nd overall in the final standings without finished either the marathon or the 50 miler. ( 188 in the winning any races. This year he finished 12 races including wins marathon and 133 in the 50 miler). at People’s Forest, Savoy, and Busa Bushwhack. He also In the other double race Pisgah MT. had a combined total of finished in the “top ten” of 8 of the other 9 races he ran in. 187 finishers. ( 109 in the 23K and 78 in the 50K ). His final score of 97.65% was more than good enough to claim Both races had about 30 people less than last year. the overall title of Grand Tree Champion for 2014. The 2 most intimate races of the year were Savoy with 58 Way to go Todd! finishers and People’s Forest with 72. Congratulations to Todd Bennett and Kelsey Allen, the 2014 Grand Tree Series Champions! Grand Tree Champions - 2014 The ladies championship this past year went back and forth between the 2 top female runners on the trails these days, Stonehead Awards Kelsey Allen and Kehr Davis. Between them they had 14 first place finishes for the year. st In her first full year in the series, Kehr ran in13 races and had 1 For every GT race you complete throughout the year you place finishes at Muddy Moose, Soapstone, People’s Forest, also receive “points” based upon your finishing time versus the Wapack, Pisgah 23K, Nipmuck Marathon, Monroe, and Busa winning time. All points are then added up for a year end total Bushwhack. nd rd to decide the Stoneheads of the year. The more races you run She was also 2 woman at 3 races and 3 woman at 2 others. and the faster you run earns you more points. There are many trail runners who feel that this is as important an Defending Champion Kelsey Allen ran in 8 races this year, nd indication of a true trail running champion as any. winning 6 of them and finishing 2 in the other 2. Kelsey had wins at Wapack and Back, Greylock, Savoy, Groton On the men’s side this year Ted Cowles, was once again Forest, Hairy Gorilla, and Upton State Forest. running everything he could. Notching another 18 finishes this In every “head to head” competition Kelsey finished just ahead year he racked up over 1414.09 points, which was more than of Kehr, sometimes by less than 1 minute. enough to claim the title of Stonehead of the year. So in the end, using the best 6 scores for each runner, Kelsey Way to go Ted! outscored Kehr by less than 1% and for the 4th year in a row Kelsey Allen is the ladies Grand Tree Champion. Men’s 2014 Stonehead of the year! Way to go Kelsey! On the ladies side, only one runner ran in more than 10 races this past year. Kehr Davis, who came up less than 1% short on winning the GT Series championship ran in 13 races and racked On the men’s side, things took a little longer before a clear cut up 1132.11 points to claim the Ladies Stonehead of the year favorite started to stand out.
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