Nine Qualify for US Nationals at the Cock A Doodle Shoe in Sub-Zero Conditions
Jess Setter and Tyler Dezago paced the PSC field with top three finishes at the 2015 Cock A Doodle Shoe Snowshoe Race
2015 Cock A Doodle Shoe Snowshoe Race
January 17, 2015
US Snowshoe National Qualifier
Fourteen members of the Paul Smith's College community took part in the Cock A Doodle Shoe Snowshoe Race in Saranc, New York in sub-zero temperatures on Saturday, January 17th. Tyler Dezago finished second in the Nicolas Pendl 5K in 33:00 to qualify for US Nationals. This was Tyler's first snowshoe race. Jess Setter was the first junior woman to finish the 5K. She completed the course in 42:39 to also earn a spot in nationals.
Both Cody Dennis (7th place) and Grace Mayhew (19th) completed the 5K course in 41:34 and 1:05:45 to represent Paul Smith's College in this race honoring former Paul Smith's College runner, Nic Pendl who died late this past August on the campus.
Master's runner, Alan Cushman finished in 6th place in the 10K in a time of 57:22. He was the first runner over age 40 to finish the course. Joe St. Cyr finished in 7th place in 58:16 to qualify for US Nationals. Eric Kowalik qualified for nationals with a time of 1:02:55 and a 9th place finish. Paul Smith's College senior, Llew Palmer finished in 15th in 1:14:25 to earn his second trip to nationals.
For the women, Lauren Brieant was the fourth woman to finish the 10K, completing the challenging course in 1:19:56. Lea Anthony finished 7th for the women in 1:31:40 while Sarah Butler, Amanda Preston, and Bianca Fournier finished in 10th – 12th. All of the Paul Smith's College runners who took part qualified for nationals, which will be taking place in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in late February/early March.
2015 Nicolas Pendl 5K
1. Ezra Hulbert 32:35.71 M
2. Tyler Degazo 33:00.28 M
3. Jill Martin 39:02.86 F
4. Mary Duprey 39:13.89 F
5. Tim Cavenee 40:49.53 M
6. Scott Yakey 41:15.31 M
7. Cody Dennis 41:34.56 M
8. Scott Coleman 42:23.39 M
9. Jess Setter 42:39.03 F
10. Tom Brooks 42:44.86 M
11. Art Rasco 43:00.61 M
12. Jim Carlson 50:55.96 M
13. Stephen Mitchell 54:36.43 M
14. Peter Finley 54:37.28 M
15. Jennifer Ferris 55:16.86 F
16. Jana Wynnik 1:00:38.25 F
17. Carolyn Slick 1:03:24.89 F
18. Kendi Rankin 1:03:25.56 F
19. Grace Mayhew 1:05:45.61 F
20. Jay Desotello 1:15:45.36 M
The 2015 Cock-A-Doodle-Shoe 10k
1. Cole Crosby 51:01.36 M
2. Peter Howe 52:11.21 M
3. Jacob Malcomb 54:49.56 M
4. Jeremy Drowne 55:16.18 M
5. J. Matthew Medeiros 55:26.96 M
6. Alan Cushman 57:22.50 M
7. Joe St.Cyr 58:16.61 M
8. Eric Hulbert 1:01:45.04 M
9. Eric Kowalik 1:02:55.81 M
10. Sarah Keyes 1:03:12.71 F
11. Doug Hazelden 1:07:37.75 M
12. Brian Wilson 1:08:30.96 M
13. Mike Bresetto 1:08:57.50 M
14. Aimee Demers-Bourgeois 1:10:10.11
15. Llew Palmer III 1:14:25.00 M
16. Sandy Rasco 1:18:32.43 F
17. Karen Provencher 1:19:54.93 F
18. Lauren Brieant 1:19:56.36 F
19. Elizabeth Tracht 1:21:42.28 F
20. John Tarduno 1:25:16.53 M
21. Dawn Leone 1:28:30.64 F
22. John Streker 1:30:06.78 M
23. Lea Anthony 1:31:40.36 F
24. Maureen Roberts 1:32:23.14 F
25. Laura Clark 1:41:22.89 F
26. Sarah Butler 2:00:53.78 F
27. Amanda Preston 2:00:54.28 F
28. Bianca Fournier 2:01:24.39 F