The 26th annual Pony Pride Road Race was held on Saturday, August 3rd, as part of the 2024 Alumni Weekend festivities at Foxcroft Academy. It was a 3.8K (2.3 mile course). The overall winner was Zachary Peirce ’24, with a time of 15:21. The women’s top time was Leah Hill ’23 at 18:47. They were also the Alumni Winners.
Special thanks to our race go to our sponsor, Edwards Brothers Shop ‘n Save.
The race raised over $350 for the D-F Kiwanis BackPack Program, which helps feed the children of the RSU 68 communities. Pictured are Leah Hill and Zach Peirce, and the overall results are also included. Courtesy of FB
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Don Penta stopped taking images @ about one hr 43 minutes gun time. There were other people who did not go to the awards & continued to finish the Finish line to the mass finish.
stopped The final finisher ended race @ 11:55 am about an hour after MS Atwood
WORKU AND CHEPKOECH LEAD THE PACK IN 26TH RUNNING OF THE TD BEACH TO BEACON 10K
Luke Marsanskis of Cumberland and Veronica Graziano of Falmouth are top Maine runners.
CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine (August 3, 2024) – Gabresilase Tadese Worku of Ethiopia (28:12) and Faith Chepkoech of Nairobi (32:05) are the winners of this year’s running of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K. Severe weather overnight delayed the race for an hour, but the rain let up moments before the race started. Maine’s largest road race included more than 6,000 runners and elite runners from around the world.
In the men’s race, a pack of four runners including Worku ran side by side until the 5k mark. Worku gradually pulled away from the pack and finished thirteen seconds ahead of Peter Mwaniki Aila of Kenya (28:25). Matthew Kimelli, also of Kenya (28:31) finished third. Worku finished third in the 5,000 meters at the FBK games in the Netherlands last month and sixth in the 10k at the Ethiopian Trials in June.
As for the women, a pack of eight runners remained bunched together at the 5K mark after Portland native Emily Durgin (32:31) who now lives in Arizona took the early lead. A group of four runners then separated from the pack before Chepkoech pulled away in the final mile. Kenyans swept the top three positions with Enda Kiplagat (32:17) finishing second and Cintia Chepngeno (32:20) took third. Durgin finished fifth overall, with Susana Sullivan of Reston, VA (32:22) coming in as the top American, and fourth overall. The 2024 TD Beach to Beacon 10K was only Chepkoech’s second race ever in the United States. She won a 10k road race earlier this year in Spain, running a personal best time of 29:50.
As for the Maine finishers, Veronica Graziano of Falmouth (35:51) was the top female. Alexis Wilbert of Cumberland (36:02) finished eleven seconds behind in second. Ruth White of Orono (36:06) rounded out the top three. The 18-year-old won the Maine Women’s Division race last year, however her time this year is 50 seconds faster than in 2023.
In the Maine men’s race, Luke Marsanskis of Cumberland (29:12) brought home top local honors, finishing more than two minutes ahead of the second-place runner, Ryan Jara of Gorham (31:24). Matt Rand of Portland (31:26) came in third.
In the Men’s Wheelchair Division Jeyna Senbeta of Chicago, IL (24:40) finished twenty seconds ahead of two-time defending champion Hermin Garic of Utica, NY (25:00). 12-time race champion Tony Nogueira of Glen Ridge, NJ (27:15) came in third.
In the Women’s Wheelchair Division Hannah Babalola of Chicago, IL (29:43) led the way. Hoda Elshorbagy of Urbana, IL (29:49) came in second, six seconds behind. Yen Hoang of Champaign, IL (30:35) finished third.
In the Men’s Masters Division, Lamont Marshall of Jamaica (32:52) finished first. Justin Freeman of Hanover, NH (33:10) came in second. Rob Gomez of Porter, ME (33:14) finished at the top Mainer, came in third overall.
In the Women’s Masters Division, 44-year-old Edna Kiplagat (32:17) who finished second in the women’s race overall, won the Masters division. Christie Lambrew of Hampton, NH (36:28) came in second, while Heather Gallant of Wayne, ME (37:53 finished third. Kiplogat’s time was thirty-five seconds faster than the winner of the Men’s Masters Division.
In the Seniors Division, Burr Duryee of Cape Elizabeth (35:05) finished at the top of the men’s race, ahead of Rico Portalatin of Milo (35:21) and Robert Ashby of Brunswick (36:11).
Christie Lambrew of Hampton, NH (36:28) took home top honors in the Senior Women’s Division. Sheri Piers of Falmouth (37:57) and Karolyn Bowley of Middletown, RI (39:11) rounded out the top three.
Shared Albums Courtesy of Maine Running Photos & David Colby Young
Please note that most of our report is private. We hope all will understand. If you can give us your bib number we might be able to find your images for some type of charge. We are unable to give away photos of this event at this time.
Hi David,
We have shared the race results with individuals who were part of the event, however, I don’t have explicit permission to share peoples names/times on a third party website. While I doubt there would be an issue with it, I also would want to have that be part of the permissions, especially as there were under 18 kids participating in the race. Apologies for this and when we craft the waiver next year, we can add that in. In my line of work, we have had to become very cautious with permissions and what we post online for open public access. Just the world we are living in right now.
Thanks for your understanding.
Adam
Shared Video Courtesy of Stephanie Jacobs Lull ~ Middle of Race
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