CARIBOU, Maine — One hundred and fourteen girls and boys participated in this year’s Aroostook Federal Savings and Loan Viking Run, a running event for youth held on Labor Day, Sept. 3, at the high school track.
Teanne Ewings broke the all-time record in the girls’ grades 5-6 miler, finishing in 6 minutes and 7 seconds. Scarlett Beckum is the new record holder in the Pre-K and kindergarten division for girls with her time of 1:51 in the quarter mile.
The top three girls and boys in each of the five divisions are as follows:
Race director Roy Alden directs Scarlett Beckum across the finish line during the AFSL Viking Run Monday at Caribou High School. Beckum’s time of 1:51 established a new record in the Pre-K and kindergarten girls’ quarter mile race. (Kevin Sjoberg)
Pre-K and kindergarten quarter mile: girls, first, Beckum, 1:51; second, Ava Rosser, 1:53; and third, Luca Peterson, 1:55; boys, first, Corey Cote, 1:49; second, Ethan Bechtel, 1:49; and third, Samuel Gomez, 2:00.
Grades 1-2 half mile: girls, first, Emma Graves, 3:39; second, Isabella Albert, 3:48; and third, Jenna Strid, 4:26; boys, first, Andrew Rosser, 3:22; second, Riggs Peterson, 3:33; and third, Pierre Gorneault, 3:54.
Grades 3-4 half mile: girls, first, Mackenzie Shields, 3:23; second, Isabella Robbins, 3:49; and third, Breanna Royer, 4:00; boys, first, Iuas Gomez, 3:24; second, Tristen Merchant, 3:25; and third, Jaden Persons, 3:39.
Grades 5-6 mile: girls, first, Ewings, 6:07; second, Maggie Bell, 7:15; and third, Brianna Levesque, 7:37; boys, first, Isaac Staples, 6:32; second, Camden Pelletier, 6:48; and third, Gavin LeTourneau, 7:23.
Grades 7-8 mile: girls, first, Annalise Jandreau, 6:03; second, Kayley Bell, 6:10; and third, Lilly Bray, 8:38; boys, first, George Ferland, 6:04; second, Jonathan Staples, 6:25; and third, Sebastian Shields, 6:32.
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- Girls take off at the start of the quarter mile run for the Pre-K and kindergarten division at the annual AFSL Viking Run held Monday at Caribou High School. Scarlett Beckum, far right, was the race winner and broke the record in the division with a time of 1 minute and 51 seconds. (Kevin Sjoberg)
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- Boys in the Pre-K and kindergarten division stretch out prior to running in the quarter mile event in the Viking Run, held at Caribou High School Monday. (Kevin Sjoberg)
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- Two-year-old Adley Anderson of Caribou and her father, Andre, cross the finish line together in the quarter mile race for Pre-K and kindergarten girls Monday during the AFSL Viking Run at Caribou High School. (Kevin Sjoberg)
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- Corey Cote, left, and Ethan Bechtel cross the finish line close together in the Pre-K and kindergarten quarter-mile race Monday as part of the Viking Run, held at Caribou High School. (Kevin Sjoberg)
