Archie Post Five Miler History

GREEN MOUNTAIN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

History of the Archie Post Five Miler The Archie Post Five Miler is the oldest race in Vermont. It was started in 1969 by Bill Nedde, the track coach at UVM. The race was to honor former 40 year UVM coach and hall of famer Archie Post. UVM was the official race director from the race's inception through 1980. The GMAA took over race directing responsibilities in 1981 when NCAA rules changed and prohibited college athletes from competing in road races during the season. UVM has continued to be a slient sponsor, allowing the GMAA to use Gutterson Field House lobby and the Archie Post fields.

The Archie Post course has changed several times over the years. The initial course started at the Kwiniaska Golf Course on Spear Street and went due north to the Gutterson driveway. This course actually varied slightly year to year between 5.0 and 5.2 miles. From 1981 to 1984 the course was essentially the same, but the start was moved to make the course exactly 5.0 miles. In 1985 the start of the race was moved to Governor's Lane to get some of the race off of increasingly busy Spear Street. As traffic on Spear continued to increase, the course was again moved in 1995. The start of this version was at the corner of Dorset and Barstow and followed Dorset and Swift before returning to Spear for the final two miles. In 2001 the course changed to get completely off the streets and avoiding traffic entirely. Completed in 2001, the South Burlington bike path now provides a scenic and safe course for the runners.

The race course was also used once for another race, the GMAA Mid-Winter Road Race, on 1/23/1971.

Read more about the history of the Archie Post Five Miler and Archie Post himself in this August 2003 Vermont Sports Today article.

Thanks to all Archie Post race directors: UVM (Bill Nedde and Ed Kusiak): 1969-1980, Bruce Cunningham: 1981-1996 (with E.K. Malone 1981-85 and Steve Eustis 1996), Steve and Cathy Eustis: 1997-2004, Mark Wanner: 2005, Mike and Marybeth Early:2006-present (with Sherry Ricker 2008-present).

Archie Post Five Miler past winners

   DATE      #   Male                   TIME  FEMALE                 TIME
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09-06-2008  117  Teague O'Connor       26:02  Megan Valentine       30:56
09-08-2007  104  Rick Rountree         26:37  Megan Valentine       32:21
09-09-2006  106  Rick Rountree         26:20  Carole Hakstian       31:23
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09-10-2005   92  Joe McNamara          27:36  Cindy New             32:58
09-11-2004  101  Nathan Fields         29:23  Cindy New             33:29
09-06-2003  131  Josh Brown            27:25  Carole Harris         30:19
09-14-2002  109  Binney Mitchell       26:34  Stephanie Carr        32:37
09-08-2001  126  Marc Gilbertson       26:02  Sue McNamara          32:10
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09-16-2000   61  Joe McNamara          26:55  Brooke Mabe           30:39
09-18-1999   82  Larry Allard          30:24  Sarah Nixon           30:33
09-12-1998   64  Binney Mitchell       26:26  Dot Martin            32:36
09-06-1997   46  Joe McNamara          26:03  Sue McNamara          30:14
09-14-1996   48  Binney Mitchell       26:33  Christine Wilderotter 33:00
09-16-1995   68  Joe McNamara          27:11  Sue Manley            32:30
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09-17-1994   39  Binney Mitchell       27:08  Lisa Kilborn          39:31
09-18-1993   42  David Wilhide         28:25  Cathy Desmond         34:19
09-19-1992   73  Jim Miller            26:35  Kathy Aragon          30:17
09-14-1991   82  Jim Miller            26:03  Caryn Etherington     31:25
09-15-1990   48  Ed Drapp              28:02  Moira Durnin          31:28
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09-23-1989  104  Alex McHenry          26:16  Deb Tirrito           29:54
09-10-1988   55  Alex McHenry          26:21  Linda Coffin          35:10
09-12-1987   60  Eric Morse            24:54  Deb Glendinning       30:15
09-13-1986   67  Eric Morse            24:31  Pat Bannerman         33:19
09-08-1985  112  Eric Morse            26:27  Pam Titus             30:48
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09-09-1984   67  Bob Maurer            25:26  Beth Paxson           31:14
09-11-1983  141  Tony Bates            25:19  Pam Titus             31:35
09-12-1982  120  Steve Stebbins        25:32  Joanne Musoif         31:10
                 Todd Boonstra         25:32                            .
09-12-1981  232  Jim Miller            24:22  Beth Paxson           28:46
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09-06-1980  273  Jim Miller            25:35  Judi St. Hilaire      27:30
09-08-1979  240  Peter Weith           25:44  Anne Schiavone        29:20
                 Keith Woodward        25:44                            .
                 Peter Millard         25:44                            .
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09-09-1978  199  Hank Pfeifle          26:00  Anne Schiavone        31:16
09-03-1977  191  Bruce Teague          25:47  Anne Schiavone        32:23
09-04-1976  175  John Dimick           25:11  Jeannie Crane         33:12
09-06-1975  152  Mike Canty            25:24  Carol Degan           34:35
09-07-1974  111  John Dimick           26:17  Carol Degan           34:55
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09-08-1973   85  Chris Piesch          26:19  Carol Degan           37:07
09-09-1972   53  Charlie Baldwin       27:21  Mary Kusiak           48:20
09-11-1971   52  Charlie Baldwin       26:04  Beth Bland            40:22
09-05-1970   46  John Dimick           26:43  none                  --:--
09-06-1969   33  Mike Gallagher        26:05  Janet Bristol         34:34
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Clicking on the date will bring up the full race results.
Blue indicates course records; red indicates race records.
===== deliniates different courses; # indicates the number of finishers.

Archie Post Five Miler (bike path course) age group records:

Age	Year	Male	Time	Year	Female	Time
0-13 14-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70+	2003 2008 2008 2001 2002 2006 2001 2006	Niall McMahon(13) Matthew Thwautes(18) Teague O'Connor(25) Marc Gilbertson(32) Jim Miller(44) Norm Larson(50) Donald Ardell(63) Bert Moffatt(71)	40:36 27:24 26:02 26:02 26:40 27:45 31:27 41:31	2003 2005 2008 2003 2001 2007 2008 2008	Abby Mitchell(13) Julie Moultroup(18) Megan Valentine(29) Carole Harris(36) Sue McNamara(41) Cindy New(51) Sally Howe(64) Betty Lacharite(72)	38:26 35:20 30:56 30:19 32:10 34:04 43:04 53:38

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