County Challenge leaders

    Heading into last Saturday’s County Open Half Marathon and Relay held in Island Falls, the age group and overall division leaders for the County Challenge Road Race Series are established. Marie Beckum leads the closely contested women’s division with 35 points, followed by Gabrielle Cyr (33) and Nicole Green (32). 
    The men’s division has P.J. Gorneault in first place (42) followed by Evan Graves and Thomas Beckum tied for second (30).
    Age group leaders in the women’s division include: 14 and under: Alexis Coiley, Mandy Graham, and Maura Freme tied for first place with 11 points; 15-18: Kendra Stephens (23), Kelly Kashian (18), Emily Wright (16); 19-29: Nicole Green (41), Marie Beckum (37), Gabrielle Cyr (33); 30-39: Linda Gover (31), Kate Knowles (16), Beth Ann Chamberlain, Sarah Dominick and Stephanie Brewer tied for third (11); 40-49: Angela Ewings (33), Brenda Bailey (15), Alyson Saucier and Ellen Bemis (11); 50-59: Kimberley Wright (44), Barb Turner (11).
Marie Beckum
    For the men, age group leaders are: 14 and under: Evan Desmond (22), Craig Schiff (18) and Daniel Randolph (17); 15-18:  Lucas Kinney (28), Alex Losieniecki and Trevor Levesque tied for second (19); 19-29: Chris Rines (40), Joey Bard (22), Justin Fereshetian (20); 30-39:  P.J. Gorneault (44), Thomas Beckum (36), Evan Graves (35); 40-49: Jeff Irving (28), Jeff Ashby (22), Robert Losieniecki (17); 50-59: Leo Kashian (42), Brent Jepson (35), Roy Alden (29); 60-69: Larry Tonzi (33), Jim Nesbitt (11), Don Zillman and Nick Pesut tied for third (9); and 70 and over: Art Thompson (22), Clint Cushman (11).
    The walkers division is led by Rene Gorneault with 11 points, followed by Kathy Mazzuchelli (9) and Marcal Mantane (8)
    The final series race is the Sept. 3 Caribou Labor Day Road Race. The season finishes up with the 30th annual Aroostook Musterds Running Club awards being presented in late October with the date, location and time to be determined.
P.J. Gorneault
    The series is sponsored by the Aroostook Musterds Running Club, a family organization which encourages the development of health, fitness, and healthy competition through the sport of running. Each year the club awards a $500 scholarship to a student entering college who plans to continue running either competitively or for fitness at her/his chosen institution. Funds are raised from membership dues and advertisements sold for inclusion in the annual Musterds’ “Aroostook Road Racing Calendar.”
    For more information on the club, membership or the scholarship, contact Chris Smith, club president (“The Bull”), at 764-4816 or at smithbull50@hotmail.com.