FA’s Alumni Weekend Pony Pride 5K features new course for 20th anniversary

Recent graduate Nelson wins in 17:20

DOVER-FOXCROFT — For the 20th running of the Pony Pride 5K, the race course was moved to start and end on the campus of Foxcroft Academy. A field of 70 took part in the Aug. 6 event, held as part of the school’s Alumni Weekend which coincides with the annual Dover-Foxcroft Shiretown Homecoming.

Photo courtesy of Foxcroft Academy

TOP RUNNER/ALUMNUS — 2016 Foxcroft Academy graduate Cooper Nelson won the Pony Pride 5K on Saturday. Nelson was first of 70 at 17:20.

Christening the new Pony 5K route with the top time was 2016 FA graduate Cooper Nelson. Nelson, who plans to run at the University of Maine, covered the 3.1 miles in a time of 17 minutes, 20.40 seconds. Nelson edged runner-up Perry LeBreton by just under three seconds along the last 200-plus meters run on the Foxcroft Academy track.

Diane Keenan was the top women’s runner, placing sixth overall at 20:21.40. Keenan also won the women’s title in the 2013 Pony Pride 5K.

The full results are as follows: 1. Cooper Nelson 17:20.40; 2. Perry LeBreton 17:23.30; 3. Shawn Keenan 19:13.30; 4. Gabriel Piquette 20:10.30; 5. Dawson Smith 20:20.30; 6. Diane Keenan 20:21.40; 7. Jason Rowe 20:59.90; 8. Stuart Hedstrom 21:09; 9. Tim Wyman and Mac Wyman 22:17.50;

11. Joe Neal 22:18; 12. Mark Libby 22:27.60; 13. Justin Hogan 22:33.70; 14. Tim King 22:38.80; 15. Rob Orton 23:14.40; 16. John Lemieux 23:24; 17. Dean Hartley 23:27.60; 18. Matt Tibbetts 24:31.20; 19. Linda Cianchette 24:37; 20. Mike Philbrook 24:54.90;

21. Jim Ellis 25:08.90; 22. Christopher Almy 25:12.10; 23. Zander Clark 25:27.40; 24. Jenna Clukey 25:36.50; 25. Bob Hogan 25:42.30; 26. Raul Siren 25:57.20; 27. Rob Clark 26:27; 28. John Nathans 26:36.60; 29. Bob Biacmore 26:52.50; 30. Jody Annis 26:54.50;

31. Eben Wyman 27:16.20; 32. Kate Lawrence 27:20.80; 33. Dee Wyman 28:32.40; 34. Lee Pearsall 28:45.20; 35. Lydia Zepeda 28:47.50; 36. Dave Samuelian 28:52; 37. Jordan Thomas 28:55.70; 38. Angus Mailhot 29:14.70; 39. Brian Mailhot 29:15.40; 40. David Stanhope 29:33.80;

41. Erica Peterson 29:46.30; 42. Darcie Sands 29:55.30; 43. Melissa Philbrook 30:07.70; 44. Heather Mailhot 30:09.30; 45. Thomas Philbrook 30:12.70; 46. Myles Lemieux 30:12.90; 47. Lincoln Robinson 30:48.50; 48. Julie Weatherbee 30:54; 49. Able Bloodgood 31:04.80; 50. Judy Snow 31:21.80;

51. Dorothy Ferrigo 31:39.70; 52. Donna Peterson 31:56.50; 53. Dana Bisbee 31:57.30; 54. Robyn Crabtree 32:07.80; 55. Tom Crabtree 32:08.10; 56. Mandy Snowden 32:27; 57. Mike Cook 33:40.30; 58. Hillary Caruso 35:58.10 (Dr. Caruso ran with backpack containing a stone for Capt. John “Jay Brainard as part of the Summit Project. Apache helicopter pilot Capt. Brainard is a Foxcroft Academy alumnus who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2012); 59. Sara Herter 36:20.90; 60. Brynn Clark 37:07.40;

61. Krista Raymond 37:07.90; 62. Sadie Clement 37:51.10; 63. Louise Clement 38:03.80; 64. Nancy Rotkowitz 38:05.90; 65. Janice Rockwell 51:34.40; 66. Tyler Raymond 55:58.80; 67. Eilie Weatherbee 56:52.20; 68. Anne Gooch 59:05.10; 69. Cynthia Morrison 59:06; and 70. Callam Weatherbee 59:07.30.

Age group winners (women’s and men’s) 10 and under: Brynn Clark and Angus Mailhot.

11-14: Dorothy Ferrigo and Joe Neal.

15-19: Jenna Clukey and Gabriel Piquette.

20-29: Lydia Zepeda.

30-39: Linda Cinanchette and Shawn Keenan.

40-49: Jody Annis (also the top Foxcroft Academy women’s alumni runner) and Perry LeBreton.

50-59: Lee Pearsall and Mac Wyman.

60-69: Judy Snow and Jim Ellis.

70-plus: Janice Rockwell and John Lemieux.

All-time Pony Pride winners (year, men’s winner and time, women’s winner and time): 1997 Tim Wakeland 16:20 Jana Crocker 21:26; 1998 John Chase 17:05 Sunshine Weinrich 20:30; 1999 Justin Bates 17:06 Amanda Thompson 22:14; 2000 Wakeland 17:00 Dana Frasz 20:39; 2001 Dave Nelson 16:16 Frasz 20:31; 2002 Mike Chilly 17:21 Katherine Carroll 21:35; 2003 Bates 16:24 Cassie Hintz 18:40; 2004 Wakeland 16:24 Hintz 17:15; 2005 Eric Rudolph 17:02 Hintz 17:13; 2006 Greg Hammett 16:50 Hintz 18:07 (due to bridge construction on Essex Street course was 3.19 miles); 2007 Hammett 16:16 Elizabeth Brunton 19:11; 2008 Rudolph 16:17 Brunton 19:36; 2009; 2009 Rudolph 16:25 Katie Herbine 19:37; 2010 Shawn Keenan 17:20 Brunton 18:24; 2011 Jerod Hayes 16:55 Hintz 19:22; 2012 Graham Pearsall 16:42 Meghan Keane 21:53; 2013 Pearsall 17:11 Diane Keenan 20:13; 2014 Pearsall 16:47 Heather Mailhot 24:31; 2015 Pearsall 16:41 Jenny Clawson 23:41; 2016 Cooper Nelson 17:20 Keenan 20:21 (new course).

Photo courtesy of Foxcroft Academy

READY TO RUN — Seventy runners took part in the 20th annual Pony Pride 5K on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 6 during the school’s Alumni Weekend. This year the race featured a new course, starting in front of the main school building and concluding on the track finish line. Cooper Nelson, a 2016 graduate, turned in the fastest time on the new Pony Pride 5K route at 17 minutes 20 seconds.