Littlest Ewings sets new record for half-mile race during Viking Run

    CARIBOU, Maine — The annual Viking Run was held at Caribou High School Sept. 1, with 142 youngsters taking part.
According to event director Roy Alden, the races were very competitive and outstanding performances were turned in by all who participated.
In fact, three records were either set or tied. Houlton’s Teanne Ewings — the youngest of a family of runners, including her parents, Joe and Angela Ewings and older sister, Teagan — set a mark for first- and second-grade girls with a time of three minutes and 22 seconds. Isaac Staples tied the previous record for first- and second-grade boys at 3:19, while Analise Jandreau is the new record holder for third- and fourth-grade girls at 3:14.
The Viking Run, sponsored by Aroostook Federal Savings and Loan, featured 10 divisions: a quarter-mile race for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten-age girls and boys, a half-mile race for first- and second-grade girls and boys, a half-mile race for third- and fourth-grade girls and boys, a mile race for fifth- and sixth-grade girls and boys and a mile race for seventh- and eighth-grade girls and boys.
Everybody participating received a T-shirt and a ribbon, and the top three girls and boys in each age division received trophies. Those winners, and their finishing times, are as follows:
Pre-K and K girls: first, Rachel Rolon, 2:20; second, Breanna Royer, 2:26; and third, Faith Lagasse, 2:28; pre-K and K boys: first, Emerson McNeally, 1:53; second, Brock Gagnon, 2:03; and third, Jacob Edgecomb, 2:06.
Grades 1-2 girls: first, Ewings; second, Madelyn Deprey, 4:11; and third, Mollie Crane, 4:26; grades 1-2 boys: Staples, 3:19; second, Camden Pelletier, 3:46; and third, Manse Shaw, 3:55.
Grades 3-4 girls: first, Jandreau; second, Saffayia Durepo, 3:29; and third, Kayley Bell, 3:35; grades 3-4 boys: first, Isaac Hastings, 3:17; second, Lars Spooner, 3:21; and third, Jonathan Staples, 3:24.
Grades 5-6 girls: first, Delaney Alward, 7:38; second, Mikaela Spooner, 7:54; and third, Marienna St. Peter, 8:19; grades 5-6 boys: first, Ethan Holdsworth, 6:11; second, Carter Quist, 6:14; and third, Carter Pelletier, 6:31.
Grades 7-8 girls: first, Alexis Rodriguez, 6:10; second, Teagan Ewings, 6:20; and third, Madison Jandreau, 6:27; grades 7-8 boys: first, Logan Lusardi, 6:08; second, Jacob Berkoski, 6:10; and third, Will Austin, 6:13.