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Photo courtesy of Foxcroft Academy RETURN OF THE PONY PRIDE 5K -- Thirty-five entrants galloped through Dover-Foxcroft during Foxcroft Academy’s 24th annual Pony Pride 5K on the morning of Aug. 7 during Alumni Weekend -- the 2020 race was canceled. A pair of Foxcroft alumni earned top honors, 2018 graduate Eli Olson had the top overall time at 20:01 and 2010 graduate Sabrina Sharrow was the fastest women’s runner in 23:57.3.
Photo courtesy of Foxcroft Academy RETURN OF THE PONY PRIDE 5K -- Thirty-five entrants galloped through Dover-Foxcroft during Foxcroft Academy’s 24th annual Pony Pride 5K on the morning of Aug. 7 during Alumni Weekend -- the 2020 race was canceled. A pair of Foxcroft alumni earned top honors, 2018 graduate Eli Olson had the top overall time at 20:01 and 2010 graduate Sabrina Sharrow was the fastest women’s runner in 23:57.3.

Pair of Foxcroft Academy alumni earn top honors at Pony Pride 5K

Staff, Piscataquis Observer •August 10, 2021

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Following a year’s absence,  Foxcroft Academy graduates, community members and visitors to the region kicked off the Saturday of Foxcroft Academy Alumni Weekend by running in the 24th Pony Pride 5K. Now for the fifth time, on Aug. 7 the course started in front of the main school building, traveled across several streets in town as well as a trail before concluding with over a half a lap on the track to end at the finish line.

2018 Foxcroft Academy graduate Eli Olson won this year’s Pony Pride 5K, running a time of 20 minutes, 1 second for the top performance among a field of 35 entrants.

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RETURN OF THE PONY PRIDE 5K — Thirty-five entrants galloped through Dover-Foxcroft during Foxcroft Academy’s 24th annual Pony Pride 5K on the morning of Aug. 7 during Alumni Weekend — the 2020 race was canceled. A pair of Foxcroft alumni earned top honors, 2018 graduate Eli Olson had the top overall time at 20:01 and 2010 graduate Sabrina Sharrow was the fastest women’s runner in 23:57.3.

Sabrina Sharrow, a 2010 graduate of Foxcroft Academy, ran a time of 23 minutes, 57.3 seconds to earn the 2021 Pony Pride women’s title.

The full 2021 Pony Pride results are as follows: 1. Eli Olson age 24 20:01; 2. Kemsley Marsters 15 22:07.7 (first Foxcroft Academy high school runner); 3. David Rice 26 22:17; 4. Peter Cannon 59 22:37.4; 5. Dan Sharrow 49 23:22; 6. James Klemenz 32 23:28.3; 7. Sabrina Sharrow 29 23:57.3; 8. Jonathan Rice 55 24:15; 9. Angus Mailhot 11 24:26; 10. Zach Peirce 15 24:53; 

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FIRST TO FINISH — Eli Olson, a 2018 Foxcroft Academy graduate, won the 2021 Pony Pride 5K in a time of 20:01, besting 34 other runners.

11. Bret Hanson 61 25:06.9; 12. Jasper Makowski 25:34.5 13. Megan Kemp 47 25:53.1; 14. Laars Mailhot 9 26:17.1; 15. Brian Mailhot 45 26:18.2; 16. Brianna Fraser 28 27:04; 17. Brian Frasier 58 27:04.6; 18. Raul Siren 76 27:14.7; 19. Pamela Stula 55 27:42.9; 20. Susan Hanson 59 27:56.3; 

21. Whitney Edwards 31 28:43.7; 22. Katherine Youngblood 52 28:51.4; 23. Bryce Fraser 25 32:01.7; 24. Robert McCloskey 56 32:02.2; 25. James Rice 14 32:36.9; 26. Abrielle Kemp 16 34:33.1; 27. Judy Hanson 66 35:37.2; 28. Jesse Snow 38 35:37.6; 29. Addison Scott 10 40:11.8; 30. Averil Scott 9 40:59.6; 

31. Heather Mailhot 47 41:05.8; 32. Erin Chandler 31 48:00.5; 33. Jesse Drury 32 48:37.7; 34. Olivia McCorrison 17 48:53; and 35. Cadee Gill 17 49:22.7.

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WOMEN’S WINNER — 2010 Foxcroft Academy graduate Sabrina Sharrow was the top women’s runner in the the 24th Pony Pride 5K on Aug. 7. Sharrow covered the course in 23:57.3, placing seventh overall among a field of 35.

Age group winners (women’s and men’s when applicable): 10 and under: Laars Mailhot.

11-19: Marsters and Abrielle Kemp.

20-29: Olson and Sabrina Sharrow.

30-39:  Klemenz and Edwards.

40-49: Dan Sharrow and Megan Kemp.

50-59: Cannon and Sutula.

60-69: Hanson and Snow.

70–plus: Siren.

All-time 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); 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.

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