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Main Street Mile 2008
27th Main Street Mile Was a Soggy Affair
Paul Kelley and Stace Beaulieu Were Top Men's and Women's Finishers
Paul Kelley, 41, of Osterville, MA and a member of the HFC Striders, won the Main Street Mile, held on Sunday, September 14, with a time of 5:03:6. He was followed closely by 45 year-old David O'Meara (5:05:9) of Sarasota Florida. O'Meara is currently running 20 one-mile races in 20 weeks in 20 different North American cities with a goal of breaking the 5-minute barrier in each race. Third and fourth places went to Chris Chicoine, 15, and Stevie Gage, 14, both of East Falmouth with times of 5:35.7 and 5:36.0 respectively. The top five was rounded out by West Chatham's Chris Thoms, 27, in a time of 5:44.7.
Stace Beaulieu, 37, of West Falmouth and the Falmouth Track Club, was the first woman finisher with a time of 6:07.9. Second place went to East Falmouth's Christine Mingione, 25, who finished in 6:11.4 -- 4 seconds behind the winner. Falmouth's Kristine Bunker, 16, closely followed in third place in 6:12.4, which earned her the distinction of being the first woman high school runner. Fourth place woman overall went to Rachel Horwitz, 26, of Woods Hole (6:19.1). The fifth place finisher was 12-year-old Lauren McCabe of North Falmouth who completed the race with a very respectable 6:29:7.
This year was a challenge for Race Organizers Helen Kenedy and Jack Carroll. Last week dire forecasts predicted torrential rains and high winds from Tropical Storm Hanna on the morning of the scheduled race day (Sept 7). Fearing the worst and being concerned about the number of children who annually participate, they decided on the Friday morning before the race to postpone it for a week. Naturally Murphy's Law - when something can go awry it will - now played a hand in things. Sunday morning, September 7, was beautiful! No rain, no wind, only cloudless skies and gorgeous late summer weather!
Fast forward one week. Sunday Sept 14. As dawn broke, drenching rains pelted Falmouth. And the rain didn't let up all morning. But that didn't deter the runners. 160+ had preregistered and despite the weather, another 60 entered on race morning. By the start of the race, a huge puddle covered much of lower Walker Street. Just minutes before the start the rain let up, the FTC cannon was bought out from under wraps, and the runners flooded out onto both sides of Main Street at the Village Green. Promptly at 1:00 pm the boom of the cannon kicked off the mile run to Surf Drive. For the fourth year in a row, the race followed a course that took the runners up Main Street, right onto Walker Street, and finishing with a view of Vineyard Sound in the beach parking lot on Surf Drive.
But within moments of the last finisher's crossing the line, the skies opened again. So the race organizers decided to cancel the awards ceremony. The division awards list is posted below. The list is also posted at the Falmouth Recreation Center. Additionally, the Falmouth Enterprise will publish the award winners in the Friday edition. Runners who are listed as award recipients may pick up their awards at the recreation center.
Founded by mothers of high school cross country runners, the Main Street Mile began in 1981 and has been run annually with one exception every September since. The race is very much a family affair. The proceeds for the event are dedicated to providing scholarships for Falmouth High School seniors who have participated in the track and cross country teams. The recipients are selected because they have demonstrated hard work, good sportsmanship and team spirit. There are four permanent $500 scholarships, two in memory of Margaret Bradley (a former FHS track and cross country star who died during a training run three years ago) and two in memory of Paul Phinney (a former FHS and Mashpee HS track coach and FTC member who passed away in 2004), and other awards for $250 each.
Many local businesses supported the event, including principal sponsor Wood Lumber, Cape Cod Sports Medicine, Total Orthopedic Care, Bayside Surgical Center, John Neill Building and Remodeling, Hamilton Tree and Landscape, Cape Cod Printing, Falmouth Sports Center Physical Therapy, and Howlingbird Studio.
220 runners registered for the race and 162 finished.
********** OFFICIAL RESULTS **********
THE MAIN STREET MILE
ONE-MILE ROAD RACE
Organized by the FALMOUTH TRACK CLUB
Falmouth, MA September 14, 2008 at 1:00 P.M. USATF Sanctioned.
Place Name Age S City St Club Time
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1 Paul Kelly 41 M Osterville MA 5:03.6
2 David O'Meara 45 M Sarasota FL 5:05.9
3 Chris Chicoine 15 M East Falmouth MA 5:35.7
4 Stevie Gage 14 M East Falmouth MA 5:36.0
5 Chris Thoms 27 M West Chatham MA 5:44.7
6 Jack Pearsall 14 M North Falmouth MA 5:54.5
7 Philip Dascombe 40 M North Falmouth MA 5:56.1
8 Philip MacDonald 18 M East Falmouth MA 6:03.9
9 James Tietje 52 M Falmouth MA 6:04.3
10 Aaron Klein 13 M Brookline MA 6:05.8
11 Stace Beaulieu 37 F Falmouth MA FTC 6:07.9
12 Johan Winsser 60 M West Cornwall CT 6:08.4
13 Christine Mingione 25 F East Falmouth MA 6:11.4
14 Kristine Bunker 16 F Falmouth MA FTC 6:12.4
15 Chris Dennison 13 M East Falmouth MA 6:13.2
16 Adam Cole 27 M Cambridge MA 6:14.5
17 Matthew Pickart 19 M Falmouth MA 6:15.8
18 Troy Petitt 13 M Falmouth MA 6:16.4
19 James McGurl 18 M Cataumet MA 6:18.7
20 Rachel Horwitz 26 F Woods Hole MA FTC 6:19.1
21 Gregory Pickart 10 M Falmouth MA 6:19.5
22 Bob Pickart 49 M Falmouth MA 6:22.0
23 Jackson Ryther 13 M North Falmouth MA 6:25.8
24 David Pickart 14 M Falmouth MA 6:27.0
25 Lauren McCabe 12 F North Falmouth MA 6:29.7
26 John Collins 60 M East Falmouth MA 6:31.0
27 Katherine Estes 14 F Falmouth MA 6:31.3
28 Jennifer Estes 16 F Falmouth MA 6:34.2
29 Robert Petitt 48 M Falmouth MA 6:37.4
30 David Faus 50 M Falmouth MA 6:38.1
31 Matthew Delaney 11 M Falmouth MA 6:38.7
32 Russ Delaney 44 M Falmouth MA 6:39.0
33 Jamie Driscoll 11 M East Falmouth MA 6:44.4
34 Joe Olenick 49 M Teaticket MA 6:46.1
35 Allie Gage 15 F East Falmouth MA 6:46.3
36 Connor Cobb 13 M Falmouth MA 6:48.9
37 Mikayla Sweeney 14 F East Falmouth MA 6:50.5
38 Chace Khan 8 M Newton MA 6:51.8
39 Alex Khan 35 M Newton MA 6:52.9
40 Sarah Sherwood 12 F North Falmouth MA FTC 6:53.8
41 Tom Homand 11 M Falmouth MA 6:54.1
42 John Faus 11 M Falmouth MA 6:54.6
43 Tommy Chicoine 9 M East Falmouth MA 6:58.9
44 Mary Ryther 45 F North Falmouth MA 7:03.1
45 Douglas Ivory 43 M East Falmouth MA FTC 7:04.7
46 Charlie Thoms 60 M West Chatham MA 7:07.9
47 Andrew McCusker 61 M Cape Elizabeth ME 7:12.7
48 Max Burt 9 M East Falmouth MA FTC 7:13.4
49 Matthew Dennison 13 M East Falmouth MA 7:16.3
50 Lucy Helfrich 45 F East Falmouth MA 7:16.9
51 Jered Tallino 11 M East Falmouth MA 7:17.6
52 Jeff Burt 45 M East Falmouth MA FTC 7:18.4
53 Mark Dennison 13 M East Falmouth MA 7:21.4
54 Greg Parkinson 42 M Falmouth MA 7:24.8
55 Christopher Parkinson 8 M Falmouth MA 7:25.5
56 Ally Dalton 11 F West Falmouth MA 7:26.6
57 Gus Grosenbaugh 12 M Falmouth MA 7:27.3
58 Corinne McGillicuddy 11 F Falmouth MA 7:30.5
59 Caroline Cobb 11 F Falmouth MA 7:32.8
60 Gene Ferraro 53 M Falmouth MA 7:35.8
61 Peter Dascombe-Olson 10 M North Falmouth MA 7:36.4
62 Emily Turner 12 F Falmouth MA 7:41.0
63 Stewart Ryther 10 M North Falmouth MA 7:42.0
64 Michael Gage 12 M East Falmouth MA 7:42.3
65 Diane Dusini 46 F Cape Elizabeth ME 7:42.7
66 Sandee Parkinson 41 F Falmouth MA 7:49.2
67 Andrew Parkinson 11 M Falmouth MA 7:49.8
68 Caroline Peterson 8 F East Falmouth MA 7:58.4
69 Sara Buscher 11 F Falmouth MA 7:59.8
70 Olivia Ferraro 9 F Falmouth MA 8:02.6
71 Jan Ferraro 44 F Falmouth MA 8:04.2
72 Rachel Gilbert 10 F Falmouth MA 8:05.0
73 Wei-ren Murray 10 F North Falmouth MA 8:06.2
74 Martha Gilbert 46 F Falmouth MA 8:08.1
75 Mark Grosenbaugh 55 M Falmouth MA 8:08.4
76 Katie Wilcox 9 F East Falmouth MA 8:12.5
77 Bill Wilcox 50 M East Falmouth MA 8:17.3
78 Christian Richard 13 M Sandwich MA 8:17.6
79 Sharon Wilcox 49 F East Falmouth MA 8:17.9
80 Danielle Peterson 8 F East Falmouth MA 8:24.9
81 Heidi Ingram 40 F Falmouth MA FTC 8:29.9
82 Dennis McGillicuddy 43 M Falmouth MA 8:30.4
83 Leiko McSherry 34 F Falmouth MA 8:31.4
84 Emma Helfrich 11 F East Falmouth MA 8:34.9
85 Jenna Clarkson 13 F North Falmouth MA 8:35.9
86 Natalie Gagnon 8 F falmouth MA 8:37.2
87 Samuel Walker 10 M East Falmouth MA 8:39.3
88 Sierra Abbott 8 F East Falmouth MA 8:41.4
89 Mark Abbott 37 M East Falmouth MA 8:41.9
90 Sam Homand 13 M Falmouth MA 8:43.9
91 Beth Homand 43 F Falmouth MA 8:44.1
92 John Turner 9 M Falmouth MA 8:44.5
93 Elliot Glist 44 M Falmouth MA 8:44.9
94 Amy Peterson 37 F East Falmouth MA 8:45.1
95 Abigail Peterson 10 F East Falmouth MA 8:45.7
96 Sara Turner 42 F Falmouth MA 8:46.0
97 Bill Andrade 57 M Falmouth MA 8:46.2
98 Coleby Andrade 6 M Falmouth MA 8:46.8
99 Linda Collins 55 F Falmouth MA 8:55.4
100 Jack Whitehead 67 M Falmouth MA FTC 8:58.5
101 Haley Gagnon 12 F falmouth MA 9:11.2
102 Ryson Phares 11 M North Falmouth MA 9:12.2
103 Dana Phares 46 M North Falmouth MA 9:12.4
104 Chris Sherwood 54 M North Falmouth MA FTC 9:21.6
105 Lauren Mullineaux 50 F Falmouth MA 9:25.2
106 Mary Olenick 54 F North Falmouth MA 9:26.3
107 Shu-toy Murray 6 F North Falmouth MA 9:26.4
108 Hannah Buscher 8 F Falmouth MA 9:28.0
109 Madison Andrade 10 F Falmouth MA 9:34.3
110 Anne Andrade 46 F Falmouth MA 9:34.5
111 Chris Lynch 37 M North Falmouth MA 9:36.1
112 Caroline Lynch 6 F North Falmouth MA 9:36.1
113 Jennifer Pease 41 F Falmouth MA 9:37.0
114 Matthew Pease 5 M Falmouth MA 9:37.9
115 Tristan Taylor 3 M Falmouth MA 9:39.4
116 Julia Olson 40 F North Falmouth MA 9:40.0
117 Kama Thieler 37 F Falmouth MA 9:41.8
118 David Thieler 7 M Falmouth MA 9:42.1
119 Nathan McGuire 8 M Falmouth MA 9:50.4
120 Jeff McGuire 36 M Falmouth MA 9:50.6
121 Barbara Clarkson 40 F North Falmouth MA 9:51.3
122 Caleb Gartner 6 M West Falmouth MA FTC 9:51.5
123 Ken Gartner 48 M West Falmouth MA FTC 9:51.7
124 Annabelle Abbott 6 F East Falmouth MA 9:59.2
125 Elizabeth Abbott 37 F East Falmouth MA 10:02.7
126 Ruth Fuller 10 F East Falmouth MA 10:03.2
127 Audrie Caruso 6 F East Falmouth MA 10:19.8
128 Sarah Caruso 35 F East Falmouth MA 10:20.0
129 Kiera Furey 7 F East Falmouth MA 10:20.9
130 Doris Beatty 73 F Falmouth MA FTC 10:27.9
131 Patrick McGuire 5 M Falmouth MA 10:28.3
132 Abigail McGuire 34 F Falmouth MA 10:28.5
133 Cathy Dalton 45 F West Falmouth MA 10:31.5
134 Casey Waggett 9 F East Falmouth MA 10:31.7
135 Grace Peterson 9 F East Falmouth MA 10:52.5
136 Olivia Peterson 6 F East Falmouth MA 10:52.7
137 Nicholas Winsser 12 M West Cornwall CT 10:56.5
138 Doug Karson 48 M North Falmouth MA 11:15.3
139 Anthony Karson 7 M North Falmouth MA 11:16.3
140 Jack Karson 8 M North Falmouth MA 11:18.9
141 Laura Peterson 38 F East Falmouth MA 11:50.7
142 Daniel Alan Messerli 6 M Falmouth MA 12:33.9
143 Shanta Messerli 35 F Falmouth MA 12:34.2
144 Sarah Thieler 4 F Falmouth MA 12:35.1
145 Rob Thieler 43 M Falmouth MA 12:35.3
146 Adam Gaudet 8 M Teaticket MA 12:38.2
147 Erin Furey 5 F East Falmouth MA 13:00.9
148 Peter Furey 44 M East Falmouth MA 13:01.1
149 Silas Lacey 3 M East Falmouth MA FTC 13:09.5
150 Tom Lacey 38 M East Falmouth MA FTC 13:09.8
151 Sam Fuller 12 M East Falmouth MA 13:23.1
152 Isaac Fermino 4 M East Falmouth MA 13:57.4
153 Renee Khan 33 F Newton MA 13:57.7
154 Ava Khan 3 F Newton MA 13:57.7
155 Anthony Fusaro 8 M East Falmouth MA 14:26.5
156 Gregg Gaudet 35 M Teaticket MA 14:27.7
157 Troy Clarkson 39 M North Falmouth MA 14:44.2
158 Karen Karson 40 F North Falmouth MA 14:50.4
159 Liz Fuller 51 F East Falmouth MA 14:59.0
160 Joan Guay 3 F North Falmouth MA FTC 15:03.9
161 Kelly Guay 32 F North Falmouth MA FTC 15:53.6
162 Robert Guay 30 M North Falmouth MA FTC 15:53.8
*************************** TOP FINISHERS ***************************
THE MAIN STREET MILE
ONE-MILE ROAD RACE
Organized by the FALMOUTH TRACK CLUB
Falmouth, MA September 14, 2008 at 1:00 P.M. USATF Sanctioned.
FIRST MAN OVERALL
1 1 Paul Kelly 41 Osterville MA 5:03.6
FIRST WOMAN OVERALL
1 11 Stace Beaulieu 37 Falmouth MA FTC 6:07.9
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MEN: 5 - 7 TOTS
1 98 Coleby Andrade 6 Falmouth MA 8:46.8
2 114 Matthew Pease 5 Falmouth MA 9:37.9
3 118 David Thieler 7 Falmouth MA 9:42.1
WOMEN: 5 - 7 TOTS
1 107 Shu-toy Murray 6 North Falmouth MA 9:26.4
2 112 Caroline Lynch 6 North Falmouth MA 9:36.1
3 124 Annabelle Abbott 6 East Falmouth MA 9:59.2
MEN: 8 - 10 NOVICES
1 21 Gregory Pickart 10 Falmouth MA 6:19.5
2 38 Chace Khan 8 Newton MA 6:51.8
3 43 Tommy Chicoine 9 East Falmouth MA 6:58.9
WOMEN: 8 - 10 NOVICES
1 68 Caroline Peterson 8 East Falmouth MA 7:58.4
2 70 Olivia Ferraro 9 Falmouth MA 8:02.6
3 72 Rachel Gilbert 10 Falmouth MA 8:05.0
MEN: 11 - 13 SUB-JUNIORS
1 10 Aaron Klein 13 Brookline MA 6:05.8
2 15 Chris Dennison 13 East Falmouth MA 6:13.2
3 18 Troy Petitt 13 Falmouth MA 6:16.4
WOMEN: 11 - 13 SUB-JUNIORS
1 25 Lauren McCabe 12 North Falmouth MA 6:29.7
2 40 Sarah Sherwood 12 North Falmouth MA FTC 6:53.8
3 56 Ally Dalton 11 West Falmouth MA 7:26.6
MEN: 14 - 19 JUNIORS
1 3 Chris Chicoine 15 East Falmouth MA 5:35.7
2 4 Stevie Gage 14 East Falmouth MA 5:36.0
3 6 Jack Pearsall 14 North Falmouth MA 5:54.5
WOMEN: 14 - 19 JUNIORS
1 14 Kristine Bunker 16 Falmouth MA FTC 6:12.4
2 27 Katherine Estes 14 Falmouth MA 6:31.3
3 28 Jennifer Estes 16 Falmouth MA 6:34.2
MEN: 20 - 29 OPEN
1 5 Chris Thoms 27 West Chatham MA 5:44.7
2 16 Adam Cole 27 Cambridge MA 6:14.5
WOMEN: 20 - 29 OPEN
1 13 Christine Mingione 25 East Falmouth MA 6:11.4
2 20 Rachel Horwitz 26 Woods Hole MA FTC 6:19.1
MEN: 30 - 39 SUBMASTERS
1 39 Alex Khan 35 Newton MA 6:52.9
2 89 Mark Abbott 37 East Falmouth MA 8:41.9
3 111 Chris Lynch 37 North Falmouth MA 9:36.1
WOMEN: 30 - 39 SUBMASTERS
1 83 Leiko McSherry 34 Falmouth MA 8:31.4
2 94 Amy Peterson 37 East Falmouth MA 8:45.1
3 117 Kama Thieler 37 Falmouth MA 9:41.8
MEN: 40 - 49 MASTERS
1 2 David O'Meara 45 Sarasota FL 5:05.9
2 7 Philip Dascombe 40 North Falmouth MA 5:56.1
3 22 Bob Pickart 49 Falmouth MA 6:22.0
WOMEN: 40 - 49 MASTERS
1 44 Mary Ryther 45 North Falmouth MA 7:03.1
2 50 Lucy Helfrich 45 East Falmouth MA 7:16.9
3 65 Diane Dusini 46 Cape Elizabeth ME 7:42.7
MEN: 50 - 59 SENIORS
1 9 James Tietje 52 Falmouth MA 6:04.3
2 30 David Faus 50 Falmouth MA 6:38.1
3 60 Gene Ferraro 53 Falmouth MA 7:35.8
WOMEN: 50 - 59 SENIORS
1 99 Linda Collins 55 Falmouth MA 8:55.4
2 105 Lauren Mullineaux 50 Falmouth MA 9:25.2
3 106 Mary Olenick 54 North Falmouth MA 9:26.3
MEN: 60 - 69 VETERANS
1 12 Johan Winsser 60 West Cornwall CT 6:08.4
2 26 John Collins 60 East Falmouth MA 6:31.0
3 46 Charlie Thoms 60 West Chatham MA 7:07.9
WOMEN: 60 - 69 VETERANS (no finishers)
MEN: 70 - 99 GRAND-VETERANS (no finishers)
WOMEN: 70 - 99 GRAND-VETERANS
1 130 Doris Beatty 73 Falmouth MA FTC 10:27.9