Spring Runoff

by Staff Pioneer Times
14 years ago
By Kevin Sjoberg
Sports Reporter

    PRESQUE ISLE – Participation levels were high on Saturday as the second road race in the County Challenge Series was held at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.

    A total of 107 runners and six walkers participated in the annual UMPI Spring Runoff 5K, with a pair of Stockholm residents capturing top honors.

 

    Russell Currier took first place overall with a time of 17 minutes and 11 seconds, while Susan Plissey was the women’s winner in 20:36. Both fell short of course records. Curtis Wheeler set the mark last year at 15:33, while Michelle Cormier owns the women’s record in 18:47, which was established in 1998.

    The first walkers to cross the finish line were Mary Bergen, Rachael Hannah, Paul Stone and Jim Roue, whose times were 48:05.

    Making up the overall top 20 after Currier were second, Justin Fereshetian, 17:42; third, Alfred Hanscom, 17:47; fourth, Shawn Berry, 18:00; fifth, Austin Ross, 18:08; sixth, Matt Eager, 18:28; seventh, John Lyons, 18:44; eighth, D.J. Flynn, 18:48; ninth, Paul Johnson, 18:53; 10th, Brian Powers, 19:03.

    Also, 11th, Christian Sleeper, 19:31; 12th, Jonathan Kelley, 20:05; 13th, Chris Rines, 20:16; 14th, George Ferland, 20:21; 15th, Logan Thibeau, 20:21; 16th, Jacob Michaud, 20:27; 17th, Joshua Kovach, 20:32; 18th, Plissey; 19th, Philip Boody, 20:55; and 20th, Leo Kashian, 20:59.

SP-runoff-dc15-shpt-15Staff photo/Kevin Sjoberg

FINISHING — Angela Ewings of Littleton gets ready to cross the finish line in front of a group of runners including Christopher Smith (609) and Paul Lamoreau (168) during Saturday’s UMPI Spring Runoff 5K Road Race. Ewings had a time of 23:32, placing her fifth in the women’s division.

    Age division winners were: 14-and-under female, Amber Lyons, 26:07; 14-and-under male, Trevor Levesque, 24:00; 15-18 female, Elizabeth Wright, 22:30; 15-18 male, Eager; 19-29 female, Nicole Porter, 23:05; 19-29 male, Fereshetian; 30-39 female, Tracy Guerrette, 23:15; 30-39 male, Hanscom; 40-49 female, Angela Ewings, 23:32; 40-49 male, Lyons; 50-59 female, Kim Wright, 23:39; 50-59 male, Kashian; 60-69 female, Connie McLellan, 26:42; 60-69 male, Jim Nesbitt, 27:02; and 70 and over male, Art Thompson, 36:15.

    The first Challenge Series race was the Wild Katahdin Snow Run in Houlton Feb. 19. The next one in the eight-race series is the S.W. Collins 5K to be held in Caribou June 26.