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On one of the warmest Patriot’s Days in 116 years, ALL CCAC team members finished, many under very difficult conditions of pain and discomfort. Temps ranged from 69 degrees at the start, to the high 80s when these folks finished. The course was sunny and dry and HOT.
Despite the weather, there were many accomplishments worth noting, a few of which I will point out here, in no particular order, except that I am biased in favor of the older runners 
Bob Eckerson battled knee pain in both knees. Pete Stringer finished 18th M70-74. Larry Cole finished 21st M75-79, at age 78. Patrick Clark set a great example for the students of the high school where he is the principal. Hilary Green raised a bunch of money for the American Red Cross; she is the new Executive Director of the Cape Cod Chapter of the Red Cross. Janet Kelly finished 13th F60-64. Heidi Russell finished 65th F50-54. Steve Sullivan battled hip pain big-time. I’m sure there are more back stories that I am not aware of, but these are a few that I heard about.
Congratulations to each of you; you persevered under really tough conditions and made CCAC very proud. [Individual Results]
CCAC Men’s Open Team, 13:43:57, 58th out of 59 teams.
20855, 61, Bob Eckerson; 5:23:31.
21198, 65, Harold Robinson; 5:23:09.
21242, 70, Pete Stringer; 4:46:20*
22749, 78, Larry Cole; 6:23:31.
22889, 36, Chris Crema; 4:14:11.*
25920, 39, Patrick Clark; 4:43:26.*
CCAC Men’s Masters Team, 12:29:15, 63rd out of 68 teams.
9907, 59, Steve Sullivan; 5:05:38.
15556, 56, Tim Grace; 4:12:50.*
15741, 55, Richard Houston; 4:08:18.*
19491, 61, Ken Lemerise; 4:08:07.*
22683, 49, Scott Woelfel; 6:16:57.
23642, 47, Howard Tansey; 4:16:16.
25562, 48, Chris Malone; 5:11:53.
CCAC Women’s Open Team, 15:34:22, 51st out of 51 teams.
21913, 52, Hilary Greene; 5:49:47.*
23656, 63, Cheryl Ferguson; 5:19:12.*
23659, 34, Nicole Spencer; 6:28:56.
25631, 54, Cindy Mesmer; 4:25:23.*
CCAC Women’s Masters Team, 12:52:42, 27th out of 37 teams.
18952, 50, Heidi Russell; 3:58:54.*
20415, 52, Sue Shanley; 4:48:32.
20452, 62, Janet Kelly; 4:17:45.*
20490, 45, Mary Duchesney; 4:59:03.
20833, 58, Jane Lovelette; 5:50:02.
23678, 51, Rachel Young; 4:36:03.*
* denotes scoring member, one of the top 3 times on the team.
Certain other Cape Codders deserve recognition:
2:49:47 Tom Deeg, 212th overall, out of 22,000 finishers.
3:00:16 Justin Deeg, 400th overall.
4:07:29 Bill Lord, 18th M65-69.
7:14:28 Kevin Petrovek, 38th consecutive Boston, one of 46 people who have completed 25 or more consecutive Boston Marathons.
{contributed by Bill Masterson}
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