By Kevin Sjoberg
Sports Reporter
CARIBOU – The overall leaders in this year’s County Challenge Road Racing Series on Monday showed why they are at the top.
Staff photo/Kevin Sjoberg
Thomas Beckum of Caribou seized control early in the Caribou Labor Day Road Race, which was held Monday. Beckum took the overall title with a time of 27:58.
Thomas Beckum of Caribou and Susan Plissey of Stockholm were victorious in the annual Caribou Labor Day Road Race by sizeable margins. Beckum, who clinched his first title by setting the early pace and finishing the 8K course in 27 minutes and 58 seconds. He was 2:29 ahead of runner-up Alfred Hanscom of Presque Isle.
Plissey, who also won the series in 2007, finished fourth overall out of the 35 competitors with a 32:58 clocking. She took the women’s title by 3:12 over runner-up and last year’s Labor Day race and series champion Marie Strouse.
Two were entered in the walking division as sisters Wendy Robertson of Caribou and Karyn Thornton of Woodland finished one-two on the 5K course with times of 40:53 and 41:48, respectively.
Age group winners were: 14-and-under female: Bonnie Corey, 49:40; 14-and-under male: Saul Nunez, Mapleton, 33:33; 15-18 male: Matthew Eager of Presque Isle, 31:21; 19-29 female: Strouse, 36:10; 19-29 male: Jacob Ricks, Caribou, 37:40; 30-39 female: April Belyea, Caribou, 48:45; 30-39 male, Hanscom, 30:27; 40-49 female: Angela Ewings, Littleton, 36:24; 40-49 male: Jeff Irving, Caribou, 33:25; 50-59 female: Kimberly Wright, Mapleton, 38:36; 50-59 male: Leo Kashian, Caribou, 33:13; 60-and-over male: Paul Libby, 38:41.
A list of all the runners and their times, by order of finish, follow: Beckum, 27:58; Hanscom, 30:27; Eager, 31:21; Plissey, 32:58; Kashian, 33:13; Irving, 33:25; Logan Thibeau, 33:27; Nunez, 33:33; Carl Soderberg, 33:40; Trevor Levesque, 33:47; Tyler Strid, 34:02; Ronald Lund, 35:45; George Ferland, 35:57; Strouse, 36:10; Ewings, 36:24; Matthew Randall, 36:53; Ricks, 37:40; Scott Walton, 38:19; Wright, 38:36; and Libby, 38:41.
Michael Saucier, 39:08; Dean Patten, 39:51; David Cheney, 39:52; Hongtau Wu, 40:01; Carla Haines, 43:00; Spencer McElwain, 43:03; Kate Nickerson, 43:04; Connie McLellan, 43:25; Don Zillman, 45:19; Belyea, 48:45; Sheri Zbylut, 48:46; Alyson Saucier, 49:37; Corey, 49:40; Lindsey Mazerolle (and two-year-old Nolan in cart), 53:50; Greg Palm, 53:51.
