Twenty-eight run in Foxcroft Academy’s Pony Pride 3.8K
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy graduates, community members, and visitors to the region kicked off the Saturday of Foxcroft Academy Alumni Weekend on Aug. 5 by running in the 2023 Pony Pride road race. For the second year in a row the course was adjusted to 3.8 kilometers (approximately 2.4 miles) with the runners staying in town on the Saturday morning.
Eddy Mead won this year’s Pony Pride, running a time of 14 minutes, 20.8 seconds for the top performance among the field of 28 entrants.
Kristine Guaraldo ran a time of 18:03.4 to earn the 2023 Pony Pride women’s title – placing fifth overall.
2023 PONY PRIDE — A field of 28 runners took part in Foxcroft Academy’s 2023 Pony Pride 3.8K on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 5 as part of Alumni Weekend. Eddy Mead earned top individual honors with his time of 14:20.8 over the 2.4 miles.
The full 2023 Pony Pride results are as follows: 1. Eddy Mead 14:20.8; 2. Zachary Peirce 14:54.7; 3. Able Bloodgood 15:00.5; 4. Jorgen Halvorsen 16:53.5; 5. Kristine Guaraldo 18:03.4; 6. Amaya Herrera 18:04.3; 7. Lars Mailhot 18:41.8; 8. Brian Mailhot 18:42.3; 9. Leah Hill 18:51.4; 10. Chris Conner 19:50.6;
11. Jon Stevens 20:09.9; 12. Toby Nelson, 20:12.7; 13. Whitney Edwards 20:17.4; 14. Kelli Black 21:57.0; 15. Peter Devine 21:59.8; 16. Raul Siren 22:00.4; 17. Heather Mailhot 23:21; 18. Kurt Adams 24:54.2; 19. Michael Doore 26:22.1; 20. Jesse Snow 28:24.2;
21. Judy Snow 28:24.3; 22. Mittie Roony 28:31.8; 23. Addison Smith 29:50.7; 24. Curtis Rooney 29:41.1; 25. Jerrod Smith 29:50.1; 26. Logan Smith 29:51.2; 27. John Dillard 47:50.4; and 28. George Dillard 47:50.8.
Foxcroft Academy senior Zachary Peirce was the first student to cross the finish line. Jonathan Stevens, a 1998 graduate, was the top men’s alumni runner and Leah Hill, a member of the Class of 2023, was the top women’s alumni finisher.
Foxcroft Academy thanks all the racers for running and having a good time on the streets of Dover-Foxcroft and to Edwards Brothers Supermarkets for providing water and bananas.
Previous Pony Pride 5K 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 in length); 2007 Hammett 16:16 Elizabeth Brunton 19:11; 2008 Rudolph 16:17 Brunton 19:36; 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); 2017 Nelson 18:22 Angelina Teachout 23:01; 2018 Nelson 18:11 Keenan 19:22; 2019 Keenan 17:40 and Keenan 19:20; 2021 Eli Olson 20:01 and Sabrina Sharrow 23:57.3; 2022 (3.8 kilometers) Esau Olson 15:00.9 and Kaylee Durgin 17:17.