Peverada and Fortson win County Open Half Marathon 

Chris Peverada from Hampden, and Britta Fortson from Jacksonville, Florida, were victors in the County Open Half Marathon held in Island Falls this past Saturday.  Under sunny skies each runner blitzed the 13.1 miles in super times of 1:13:55 and 1:27:07.  In all 48 runners completed the scenic route, and another 19 competed in the relay portion of the race. 

Finishing number two were Joe Capehart from Bangor and Marie Strouse from Caribou in times of 1:18:42 and 1:32:19, respectively.  Number three over all were Jeff Ashby from Fort Fairfield and Samantha McToush from Bangor in times of 1:19:44 and 1:35:05. 

There were six teams in the relay portion of the race.  The first team to cross the finish line was the ‘Sleep Heads’ from Caribou in a time of 1:37:08.  The team consisted of Leo and Kelly Kashian, Tyler Strid, and Dillon Beckum.  Next in 1:42:52 was the ‘No Names’ in 1:42:52.  Their team was comprised of Larry and Lauren Hodge, Brent Bailey, and Eric Morris.  Finishing third was the team off Angela Ewings, Darrell Thompson, Jaron Gray, and Trevor Levesque in a time of  1:44:06.  One team entered the two person relay, and their combined age was 140.  Congratulations to Rebekah Stephens and Dave Smith in their time of 2:03:17. 

Everyone present received a door prize as over $2000 in gift certificates/gifts were donated by area business.  The County Open Half Marathon/Relay is part of other events over this past weekend and is a fundraiser for Houlton Regional Health Foundation. 

Following is a list of all winners.  The ones with an * in front of their name are overall winners, or age group winners, or relay winners. 

 

Half Marathon  

Name    Address   M/F Age Time. 

1. * Chris Peverada  Hampden   M 22 1:13:55

2. * Joe Capehart  Bangor    M 30 1:18:42

3. * Jeff Ashby  Fort Fairfield   M 42 1:19:44

4. * Alfred Hanscom  Presque Isle   M 33 1:21:42

5.  Marco Gudino  Wilton    M 31 1:21:51

6. * Cory Park   Presque Isle   M 19 1:22:30

7. * Britta Fortson  Jacksonville, FL  F 36 1:27:07

8. * Peter Lodge  Bangor    M 45 1:27:08 

9.   Thomas Beckum  Caribou   M 33 1:28:10

10.  Rick Durgin  Westbrook   M 36 1:30:03

11. * Marie Strouse  Caribou   F 23 1:32:19

12.  Bob Turner  Windham   M 39 1:32:25

13. * Erik Sjoberg  Hodgdon   M 20 1:32:52

14. * Jeff Irving  Caribou   M 40 1:33:16

15. * Leo Kashian  Caribou   M 50 1:34:16

16. * Samantha McToush Bangor    F 33 1:35:05

17. Carl Soderberg  Caribou   M 47 1:35:31

18. Ryan King   Stockton Springs  M 39 1:37:04

19. * Michelle Roy  Frenchville   E 33 1:39:15

20. Dave Brackett  Westbrook   M 40 1:39:39

21. Ben Drew   Houlton   M 38 1:40:58

22. *Linda Mountain  Mapleton   F 49 1:41:21

23. Dana Morrison  Weston   M 37 1:41:42

24. Larry Hodge  Middleton, CT   M 48 1:42:44

25. Angela Ewings  Littleton   F 41 1:43:00

26. Gary Hebert   Caribou   M 44 1:43:12

27. Dave Roy   Orrington   M 49 1:44:20

28. Steve Emery  Smyrna   M 54 1:45:30

29. Micah Pawling  Bucksport   M 25 1:48:31

30. Jessica Hicks  Franklin   F 32 1:48:48

31. Margaret Capehart Bangor    F 31 1:48:59

32. Martin Puckett  Presque Isle   M 32 1:51:34

33. Michael Cushing  Gorham   M 38 1:51:57

34. *Waldo Libby  Fort Kent   M 61 1:52:13

35. Chris Smith  Presque Isle   M 51 1:52:38

36. Mickey Lackey  Millinocket   M 64 1:53:15

37. Tiffany Randall  Ludlow   F 37 1:53:39

38. Dave Samuelian  Bangor    M 62 1:54:19

39. Patrick Allen  Orono    M 37 1:54:46

40. Lee-Rae Jordan-Oliver Hodgdon   F 38 1:54:47

41. *Nicole Porter  Caribou   F 26 1:58:23

42. Shawn Serra  Hodgdon   M 30 2:00:45

43. George Richardson New Brunswick, Canada M 63 2:00:54

44. David Bates  Houlton   M 50 2:00:55

45. Nick Pesut   Crouseville   M 57 2:16:13

46. David Goodrich  Houlton   M 52 2:22:45

47. Bill Emery   Island Falls   M 52 2:22:45

48. Brenda Ferguson  New Brunswick, Canada F 46 2:47:14

49. Leah Weston  Levant    F   26 No Show

50. Elizabeth Lingenfelter Hampden   F 49 No Show

51. Edithe Gagnon  Hampden   F 44  No Show 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Relay Teams 

Name    Address   M/F Age Time. 

1. *Leo Kashian  Caribou   M 50 1:37:08

    *Kelly Kashian  Caribou   F 15

    *Tyler Strid   Caribou   M 14

    *Dillon Beckum  Caribou   M 11

2. *Larry Hodge  Middleton, CT   M 48 1:42:42

    *Brent Bailey  Houlton   M 47 

    *Eric Morris  Presque Isle   M    18

    *Lauren Hodge  Middleton, CT   F 14

3. *Angela Ewings  Littleton   F 41 1:44:06

    *Darrell Thompson  Hodgdon   M 45 

    *Jaron Gray   Danforth   M 18 

    *Trevor Levesque  Presque Isle   M 13

4.  Jennifer Walker  Island Falls   F 31 1:51:18

     Parker Walker  Island Falls   M 12

     Moriah Morris  Presque Isle   F 21

     Kylan Smith  Presque Isle   F 21

5. *Rebekah Stephens  Wilmington, NC  F 72 2:03:17

    *Dave Smith  Wlimington, NC  M 68 

6.  Dave Bates   Houlton   M 50 2:07:26

     Jim Hohenstein  Greenfield   M 59

     Oliver Goodrich  Rowley, MA   M 28

     Heather Harvell  Maine    F 31