The Horse Hill Snowshoe Race took place in Merrimack, NH this weekend. The snowshoers were greeted with some rain for the 2012 version of this 3.7 mile race.
Kevin Tilton went out hard from the start of the race with Michael Daigeaun in 2nd and Dave Dunham following in third. Dunham moved up during the first mile to catch up with Daigeaun and then pulled away from him 2 miles, taking over 2nd position in the race. Tilton held onto his lead from the start, finishing in 30:53, 2 minutes and 44 seconds ahead of runner-up Dunham. Dunham put 25 seconds on Daigeaun in the final 1.7 miles of the race, finishing in 33:37 to Daigeaun’s 34:02. Tilton will be competing in the 2012 World Snowshoe Championships next weekend in Quebec, Canada.
Tracey Richardson captured the victory on the women’s side with a 53:55. Runner-up Maggie Demars of Manchester finished a minute and 29 seconds behind Richardson with her 55:24. Just 5 seconds back was Michelle Demars with a 55:29 for 3rd.
1 30:53 8:19 Kevin Tilton 30 M 396 North Conway NH
2 33:37 9:03 Dave Dunham 47 M 389 Bradford MA
3 34:02 9:09 Michael Daigeaun 32 M 393 Philadelphia PA
4 35:35 9:34 Chris Dunn 43 M 392 Strafford NH
5 41:58 11:17 David Hippert 29 M 413 Manchester NH
6 42:41 11:29 Richie Blake 43 M 394 Tyngsboro MA
7 42:47 11:31 Chris Peter 31 M 399 Stratham NH
8 44:29 11:58 Timothy Lindsay 40 M 391 Strafford NH
9 45:21 12:12 Doug Demars 47 M 421 Hooksett NH
10 45:45 12:18 Trevor Ward 62 M 397 Merrimack NH
11 48:24 13:01 Mariano Santangelo 42 M 390 Derry NH
12 51:45 13:55 Jay Short 46 M 398 Byfield MA
13 53:55 14:30 Tracey Richardson 51 F 410 Wolfeboro Falls NH
14 53:56 14:30 Dan Richardson 53 M 400 Wolfeboro Falls NH
15 55:24 14:54 Maggie Demars 21 F 419 Manchester NH
16 55:29 14:55 Michelle Demars 46 F 420 Hooksett NH
17 1:07:48 18:14 Kathryn Gordon 24 F 440 Freeport ME
18 1:11:10 19:08 Alexander Peppe 21 M 441 Westbrook ME
19 1:19:28 21:22 Maryann Picard 48 F 395 Nashua NH
