1st Annual Autumn Gold 20-k State Championship Road Race
Ellsworth, Oct 4th 1980
Rain drizzled down on Ellsworth Saturday, darkening the skies, turning on streetlights. Motorists peered through streaked windshields as traffic was stopped in all directions at the Rts. 1 an 3 intersection known as the triangle.
Oblivious to the downpour, T-shirt and shorts their only protection from the elements, the 144 runners formed up in front of McDonald's restaurant facing downtown Ellsworth.
Mayor Ruth Foster, introduced by race director Bob Booker as "Ellsworth's Old Gray Mayor," raised the starting pistol, fired the starting shot, and runners of all ages, men and women, started off on Ellsworth's first Autumn Gold 20-Kilometer road race. They covered the entire westbound lane from curb to curb. A deputy sheriff's cruiser glided along ahead of the race and another cruiser and an ambulance brought up the rear...
"There he is" came the shouts as lead runner Peter Brigham came in sight. Cameras were poised, rain wiped from lenses.
Then Hank Pfiffle appeared, then Ken Flanders, and Bob Winn, but the race clearly belonged to Peter Brigham as he crossed the finish line to cheers and applause in a time of 1:02:58.6, setting a state record for the state's first 20-kilometer road ace...
Runner 38 Brought the crowd to attention again. "The first women's coming in."
"Who is it?"
"Robin."Robin Emery of Lamoine crossed the finish line with comparative ease and a smile in a time of 1:19:05.7...
The runners congregated in small groups, many strangers at the beginning of the race now all bound together by a common experience.
Ellworth American- David Walsh
1. Pete Brigham 1:02:58.6
2. Hank Pfifle 1:03:31
3. Ken Flanders 1:04:33
4. Bob Winn 1:04:54
5. Kurt Lauenstein 1:05:19
6. Mike Gaige 1:05:58
7. Danny Paul 1:07:35
8. Mike Westphal 1:08:30
9. Dan Barker 1:09:17
10. John Gardner 1:09:41
11. Tom Leonard 1:11:27
12. John Daly 1:11:46
13. Deke Talbot 1:12:10
14. Direk Bradt 1:12:15
15. Steve Giles 1:12:23
16. Steve Russell 1:12:24
17. Chris Holt 1:12:41
18. Steve Kozlovich 1:12:52
19. Danny Cake 1:12:58
20. Gary Cochrane 1:13:00
21. John Pozniak 1:13:09
22. Waldron Babbidge 1:13:23
23. Lawson Noyes 1:13:41
24. Phil Stuart 1:13:46
25. Greg Nelson 1:14:09
26. Bob Coughlin 1:14:18
27. Mickey Lackey 1:14:56
28. Sam Hamilton 1:15:14
29. Skip Howard 1:15:16
30. Rick Mulhern 1:15:42
31. Tom Doyle 1:15:54
32. Rick McFaul 1:16:28
33. Ronny Kotzsch 1:16:29
34. Russ Connors 1:18:20
35. Larry Bridges 1:18:24
36. Dave Cunio 1:18:44
37. Ray Comier 1:18:47
38. Robin Emery 1:19:05*
39. Kyle Rankin 1:19:31
40. Jack Trefethen 1:19:37
41. Brad Goodale 1:19:42
42. Chris Hamilton 1:20:18
43. Vance Stoddard 1:20:20
44. Steve Palley 1:20:27
45. Dick Powell 1:20:40
46. Bill Sayres 1:20:49
47. Hubert Strom 1:21:11
48. Gary Googins 1:21:20
49. Darrell Seekins 1:21:23
50. Kim Beaulieu 1:21:43*
51. Bill Beardsley 1:21:59
52. Bob Jolicoeur 1:22:17
53. Berton Cleaves 1:22:18
54. Larry Lunn 1:22:39
55. Charlie Nichols 1:22:39
56. Gary Grady 1:22:42
57. Loren Ritchie 1:22:51
58. Tom Swan 1:23:00
59. Al Banfield 1:23:11
60. Jim Barr 1:23:12
61. Carlton Mendell 1:23:26
62. Bill Yates 1:23:32
63. Fred Schmidt 1:23:52
64. Miguel Muniz 1:24:12
65. Dave Gorczyca 1:24:13
66. Phil Gilman 1:24:21
67. Bruce Barr 1:24:25
68. Patrick Maguire 1:24:30
69. Bill Seekins 1:24:33
70. Bill Gayton 1:24:49
71. Al Michelson 1:24:51
72. Frank Morong 1:24:55
73. Marjorie Adams 1:25:05*
74. Dan Rankin 1:25:19
75. Peter Gagnon 1:25:34
76. Sterling LeBlanc 1:25:37
77. Roger Chesley 1:26:30
78. Richard Everett Jr. 1:27:00
79. John Linscott 1:27:02
80. Barbara Hamaluk 1:27:12*
81. Mike Estes 1:27:31
82. Verl Dyer 1:27:58
83. Diane Lounder 1:28:09*
84. Paul Connor 1:28:10
85. Don Buckingham 1:28:23
86. Sue Knowlton 1:28:27*
87. Larry Rich 1:28:28
88. Richard Tupper 1:28:37
89. Steve Smith 1:28:52
90. David Bourdelais 1:29:34
91. Barb Coughlin 1:29:35*
92. Bob Milliken 1:29:36
93. Art Seekins 1:29:48
94. Terry Cousins 1:30:09
95. Owen Kozlovich 1:30:50
96. Wendy Sayres 1:30:59*
97. Alston Beal 1:31:08
98. Tony Beardsley 1:31:14
99. Frank Spaulding 1:31:23
100. Andrew Haslam 1:31:23
101. Faye Gagnon 1:31:33*
102. Bill Pinkham 1:32:45
103. Ed Raymaker 1:32:53
104. Tom Collins 1:33:15
105. Sharyn Kingma 1:34:07*
106.Al Bergeron 1:34:12
107. Tom Rock 1:34:13
108. James Coffin 1:34:18
109. Danny Koch 1:34:37
110. Chris Nesiba 1:34:40
111. Andrew Boynton 1:34:47
112. Andy Strout 1:34:51
113. Bill Green 1:36:29
114. Hyla John Tracy 1:37:39
115. Jay Osler 1:38:06
116. Jeannette Laplante 1:40:10*
117. Jim Pendergist 1:40:52
118. Jim Mitton 1:40:54
119. Ted Duffy 1:42:46
120. David Roundy 1:43:04
121. Mark Rosborough 1:43:59
122. Tom Armstrong 1:48:31
123. Susan Ramsy 1:48:54*
124. Joan Leslie 1:49:15*
125. Bambi Maguire 1:49:16*
126. Todd Nesiba 1:49:16
127. Carol Kennedy 1:50:24*
128. Lorraine Higbie 1:50:26*
129. C.C. Mcfarling 1:53:08
130. Peter Curran 1:54:39
131. Shirley Kozlovich 2:06:36*
132. Ernest Harchinson 2:09:46
