Beckum team wins adventure race

13 years ago
sp-adventurerace-dcx2-ar-20
Photo courtesy Mike Lareau
Thomas, left, and Dillon Beckum competed in and won their division in the East Grand Adventure Race held on Saturday.

DANFORTH — Local athletes fared extremely well at The East Grand Adventure, which was held in Danforth on Saturday.

The 20-mile course, which included a 1.5-mile compass run, 10-miles of mountain biking, 8.5-miles of paddling and a few extra challenges along the way challenged the 53 participants.

The father/son team of Thomas and Dillon Beckum, of Caribou came in first place in the Jr./Sr. division and third overall with a time of 2:58:55 

Henry and Malcolm Milligan of Ashland came in second in the Jr/Sr. division with a time of 2:59:37.

In the women’s division, Lauren Jacobs of Presque Isle and Tammi Matula of Weston came in first with a time of 3:07:50.

First in the men’s division were Dana Morrison and Eric Young of Weston with a time of 3:05:00. Second place went to Greg Palm of Presque Isle and Thomas Puzewski of Caribou with a time of 3:06:37.