45 Years ago (Sept 1981) - I kicked off my senior year of Cross-Country at Billerica high school with four consecutive wins and four course records in September of 1981. On the 15th we beat Lowell at home with a sweep of the top five spots (15-40). I was first in 15:17 over what I recall was an XC course in name only. I'd estimate that at least half of the course was paved. A week later (09/21) we suffered a tough loss to Chelmsford on our home course, losing by a scant point 27-28. I lowered my course record to 15:07 on this day and some familiar names from Chelmsford ran quite well that day (Scott Spence 16:03 & Keith O'Brien 16:28). Four days later (09/25) we took on Wilmington on their course where I set a record winning in 12:47, we beat them 18-37. Three days after that (09/28) we raced at Austin Prep where I ran 12:00 for a new record on their 2.4 mile course. We won this meet as well, beating Austin 22 to 33. In all we finished with 5 wins and 1 loss in the MVC west division.
Loss 28-27 Chelmsford 09-21-81
1 15:07 Dave Dunham Billerica
2 15:47 Mike Busnach Billerica
3 16:03 Scott Spence Chelmsford
4 16:26 Dave Kelts Chelmsford
5 16:28 Keith O’Brien Chelmsford
6 16:40 Bernie Brown Billerica
7 16:53 Dave McCarthy Chelmsford
8 16:58 Dave Willman Chelmsford
9 17:12 Jim Sullivan Billerica
10 17:31 Kevin Healy Billerica
Billerica’s 7th man was Freshman Gary Disarcina who went on to play professional baseball for the California Angles from 1989-2000. His career stats: Batting average .258, Home runs 28, Runs batted in 355.
Cathy Norton cheers me on as I run on a rare “grass” section of the Billerica home XC course
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