DANFORTH, Maine — The 11th annual East Grand Adventure Race was held May 14, 2016 with a large group of participants.
This year’s course featured all the events racers have come to expect: a mile and a half compass run, followed by a 12 mile bike ride, and ending with a eight-mile canoe and kayak race. The compass run featured a traverse at the outlet of Baskahegan Lake.
Adventure Racers also had the option of competing in a number of side events, including a log roll on the Baskahegan stream, a mud crawl, tomahawk throwing, a two-person cross-saw challenge, and a rock wall challenge in East Grand’s gymnasium.
Completing these challenges counted toward a reduced final race time. A total of 21 teams fought it out for top honors in eight categories. In addition to the Adventure Race, six teams competed in a 34 mile canoe race down the Baskahegan which began in Kossuth and passed through the towns of Brookton, Danforth with the finish line being in Bancroft.
The duo of John O’Meara, a student at New Sweden School, and Thomas Beckum of Caribou was among the participants and they recorded a time of 3:23.2 to defeat Hannah and Abigail Streinz for the win in the Junior-Senior Division. They also were third in the overall standings.
