Desmond and Wright lead way in holiday road race

8 years ago
CARIBOU, Maine — There was a first-time overall winner in the Caribou Turkey Trot 5K road race, held Saturday in the snow.

Sixteen-year-old Evan Desmond of Caribou claimed the top spot by finishing the course in 19 minutes and 15.3 seconds. He came in 19.6 seconds ahead of runner-up Trevor Levesque of Presque Isle (19:34.9).

The overall top five was rounded out by Caleb Chapman (20:11.9), Thomas Krause (20:12.3) and Bruce Clark (20:50.5). Nabbing the women’s title was Kimberley Wright of Mapleton, who recorded a time of 22:20.1. Following Wright in the female division was Brittany Grass in 22:44.6 and Amy Condon in 23:32. The fastest walker was Nadeen Plourde of Caribou with a time of 45:51.3.

The starting and finishing line was at Caribou High School as the course took participants out onto Woodland Center Road and Lombard Road and back.
A total of 53 runners and six walkers took part in the annual event.

Division winners were: 14-and-under female, Kerri-Elizabeth Robinson (29:55.6); 15-18 female, Madeline Gudde (24:54.7); 19-29 female, Grass; 30-39 female, Condon; 40-49 female, Heidi Bartley (29:59.7); 50-59 female, Wright; 60-69 female, Connie McLellan (29:49.4); 14-and-under male, George J. Ferland (27:36.6); 15-18 male, Desmond; 19-29 male, Levesque; 30-39 male, Alan Ferguson (25:58.6); 40-49 male, Steve Desmond (21:24.8); 50-59 male, Clark (20:50.5); 60-69 male, Lee Byram (24:26) and 70-and-over male, Jim Nesbitt (29:20).

The complete results were: 1, Evan Desmond, 19:15.30; 2, Trevor Levesque, 19:34.90; 3, Caleb Chapman, 20:11.90; 4, Thomas Krause, 20:12.30; 5, Bruce Clark, 20:50.50; 6, Steve Desmond, 21:24.80; 7, George Ferland, 21:36.00; 8, Jamie Clasby, 22:05.00; 9, Kimberly Wright, 22:20.10; 10, Andy Grass, 22:26.90; 11, Brittany Grass, 22:44.60; 12, Carl Soderberg, 22:56.40; 13, Rob Lagner, 23:12.30; 14, Amy Condon, 23:32.00; 15, Rene Gorneault, 23:42.70; 16, Don Eno, 24:04.20; 17, Craig Reese, 24:20.10; 18, Lee Byram, 24:26.00; 19, Glenney Mahan, 24:45.40; 20, Ed Malone, 24:46.10; 21, Madeline Gudde, 24:54.70; 22, Jordan Powers, 25:51.40; 23, Katie Malone, 25:53.10; 24, Alan Ferguson, 25:58.60; 25, Travis McDonald, 26:46.30; 26, Annie Collins, 26:50.00; 27, Brent Bailey, 27:07.70; 28, George J. Ferland, 27:36.60; 29, name unavailable, 27:46.00; 30, Justin Powers, 28:03.80; 31, Gregg Collins, 28:10.30; 32, Dana Robinson, 28:19.80; 33, Kurt Peterson, 28:21.10; 34, Danielle Peterson, 28:26.80; 35, Danielle Allen, 29:18.60; 36, Jim Nesbit, 29:20.00; 37, Nick Krause, 29:35.20; 38, Bonnie McLellan, 29:49.40; 39, Lisa Nascimbeni, 29:50.90; 40, Kerri-Elizabeth Robinson, 29:55.60; 41, Devin Robinson, 29:56.10; 42, Kyle Bartley, 29:59.70; 42, Heidi Bartley, 29:59.70; 44, D. Hall, 30:11.10; 45, Elise Gudde, 30:37.50; 46, Ciara Richard, 30:39.90; 47, Lauren Chapman, 30:40.10; 48, Malcolm Lagner, 34:18.10; 49, Jessica Thomas, 34:18.20; 50, Susie Schloeman, 35:32.00; 51, Shelby Johnson, 41:55.50; 52, Nadeen Plourde, 45:51.30; 53, Mike Plourde, 46:33.10; 54, Teri Krause, 46:58.10; 55, John Krause, 46:59.30; 56, Betty Jamison, 55:33.20; 57, Joan McElwain, 55:57.50; 58, Linda Allen, 55:57.70; and 59, Frank McElwain, 1:01:40.30.