The annual East Grand Adventure Race featured 80 participants on Saturday, with 35 teams taking part in the 20-mile course. The race included a 1.6-mile compass run, 10 miles of mountain biking, eight miles of paddling and numerous challenges along the way that could earn minutes off the overall time, including a mud pit crawl, log rolling, two-person cross-cut saw and tomahawk throwing.
The overall winners were Calum Hamilton and Hanna Renedo of Orono completing the course with a time of 2:35:01. The pair maxed out with time deductions earning them a total of 40 minutes off their course time. Ten minutes for the mud crawl, 10 minutes for two stuck tomahawks, 10 minutes for staying upright for 30 seconds during the log roll, and 10 minutes off for the two-person cross-cut sawing completed in two minutes.
Second place overall went to East Grand senior Logan Crone with his college-aged friend Andy VanEss of Hermon with a time of 2:44:20.
A large crowd from Orono took part in the event. While the Adventure Race was taking place, another seven boats where taking part in a 33-mile Baskahegan Stream Canoe Race from Kossuth to Bancroft. The top three winners of that event where Mark Ranco, Bruce Welk and Dan Baumert.
More than 50 local volunteers made the event possible with many working safety and check points, keeping track of time, shuttling racers and gear to and from the field, overseeing challenges, taking pictures and donating food and money for the cookout that followed the race.
The overall results: 1. Calum Hamilton/Hanna Renedo, Orono 2:35:01; 2. Logan Crone, Danforth/Andy VanEss, Hermon, 2:44:20; 3. Eli Pangborn, Easton/Grant Erikson, Scituate Mass., 2:50:10; 4. Malcolm/Henry Milligan, Ashland, 2:53:30; 5. Ben/Nah Allan-Rahill, Orono, 2:54:52; 6. Kenan Estes, Sidney/Bo Willoughby, Winslow, 3:03:05; 7. Sarah Whitty/Dale Hart, Bangor, 3:06:28; 8. Lowel Ruck, Orono/Stanley P. Levitsky, Orono, 3:12:29; 9. James Roche, Wells/John Paul Argnetni, Watertown, Mass., 3:15:22; 10. Sammi Nadeau, Orono/Kaily Schmidt, Orono, 3:17:47.
Also, 11. Kyle Ritchie/Kyle Arsic, Oromocto, N.B., 3:22:51; 12. Chelsea Winiarski, Forest Twp./Kim Stoddard, Danforth, 3:28:05; 13. Phil Ruck Orono/Stanley M. Levitsky, Orono, 3:34:20; 14. Lee Kays/Emanuel Boss, Orono, 3:35:29; 15. Fiona/Gordon Hamilton, Orono, 3:38:58; 16. Cole Harriman, Topsfield/Nathan Gilman, Forest Twp., 3:47:54; 17. Kate Fergusson/Emile Seavey, Orono, 3:50:10; 18. Alec Downs, Brookton/Jake Davis, Danforth, 3:51:03; 19. Thomas Beckum/Dylan Paddleford, Caribou, 3:58:57; 20. Aaron Sixberry/Peter Apgar, Danforth, 3:59:19.
Rounding out the finishes, 21. Philip Farley, Brookton 4:02:08; 22. Eric/Thomas Gilman, Danforth, 4:07:22; 23. Josh Jones, Weston/Ben Humphrey, Pownal, 4:08:32; 24. Mike Roche, Saco/Scott Osgood, Portsmouth, NH, 4:15:14; 25. Meg Pandiscio/Annika Gallandt, Orono, 4:19:55; 26. Bob/Karoline Bass, Orono, 4:25:07; 27. Chris Woodside, Calais/ Kristi Allen, Saco, 4:26:47; 28. Sarah Stoddard/Alec King, Danforth, 4:27:06; 29. Alan Irja/Ada Hepler, Orono, 4:28:00; 30. Mimi Killinger/Eric Pandiscio, Orono, 4:28:09; 31. Helen Liu/Laura Kurys, Oromocto, N.B., 4:47:29; 32. Lisa Gallandt/Ellen Mallory, Orono, 4:52:59; 33. Austin St. Pierrie, Weston/Billy Apgar, Danforth, 5:39:26; 34. Leo/Elise Kenney, Orono, DNF; and Anthony Beswick, Oromocto, N.B., DNF.
Division results: Mens: First, Logan Crone, Danforth/Andy VanEss, Hermon, 2:44:20; second, James Roche, Wells/John Paul Argnetni, Watertown, Mass., 3:15:22; third, Kyle Ritchie/Kyle Arsic, Oromocto, N.B., 3:22:51; fourth, Phil Ruck Orono/Stanley M. Levitsky, Orono, 3:34:20; and fifth, Mike Roche, Saco/Scott Osgood, Portsmouth, N.H., 4:15:14.
Adult Mixed: first, Sarah Whitty/ Dale Hart, Bangor, 3:06:28; second, Lee Kays/Emanuel Boss, Orono, 3:35:29; third, Fiona/Gordon Hamilton, Orono, 3:38:58; fourth, Chris Woodside, Calais/Kristi Allen, Saco, 4:26:47; and fifth, Mimi Killinger/Eric Pandiscio, Orono, 4:28:09.
High School Boys: first, Eli Pangburn, Easton/Grant Erikson, Scituate, Mass., 2:50:10; second, Ben/Nah Allan-Rahill, Orono, 2:54:52; third, Lowel Ruck/Stanley P. Levitsky, Orono, 3:12:29; fourth, Cole Harriman, Topsfield/Nathan Gilman Forest Twp., 3:47:54; fifth, Alec Downs, Brookton/Jake Davis, Danforth, 3:51:03; sixth, Aaron Sixberry/Peter Apgar, Danforth, 3:59:19; and seventh, Josh Jones, Weston/Ben Humphrey, Pownal, 4:08:32.
High School Girls: first, Sammi Nadeau/Kaily Schmidt, Orono, 3:17:47; second, Chelsea Winiarski, Forest Twp./Kim Stoddard, Danforth, 3:28:05; third, Kate Fergusson/Emile Seavey, Orono, 3:50:10 and fourth, Meg Pandiscio/Annika Gallandt, Orono, 4:19:55.
High School Mixed: first, Calum Hamilton/Hanna Renedo, Orono, 2:35:01; and second, Sarah Stoddard/Alec King, Danforth, 4:27:06.
Junior/Senior: first, Malcolm/Henry Milligan, Ashland, 2:53:30; second, Kenan Estes, Sidney/Bo Willoughby, Winslow, 3:03:05; third, Thomas Beckum/Dylan Paddleford, Caribou, 3:58:57; fourth, Eric/Thomas Gilman, Danforth, 4:07:22; fifth, Bob/Karoline Bass, Orono, 4:25:07; and sixth, Lisa Gallandt/ Ellen Mallory, Orono, 4:52:59.
Open: first, Philip Farley, Brookton, 4:02:08; second, Alan, Irja/Ada Hepler, Orono, 4:28:00; third, Helen Liu/Laura Kurys, Oromocto, N.B., 4:47:29; and fourth, Austin St. Pierrie, Weston/Billy Apgar, Danforth, 5:39:26.
