MARS HILL, Maine — Another Mars Hill Mountain Challenge has been completed and a Houlton man captured his age division.
Fifty-eight year old Bruce Clark of Houlton was the 40-and-older age division winner and took second place overall in the event held Saturday at Bigrock Ski Area. He finished in 40 minutes and 5 seconds.
Kyle Taylor of Westfield finished the race in 38:46 to capture top honors overall and the 30-39 division.
The women’s champion was Marie Beckum of Caribou, who clocked the five-kilometer course in 44:41.
Bryce Coffin of Stockholm (41:13) came in first for men ages 29 and younger and was third in the overall rankings.
For the women, Jordan Tanguay of Fort Kent (44:58) prevailed in the 29 and under category, Beckum for 30-39 year-olds and Tammy Delisle of Wallagrass (53:59) for the 40 and over group.
The overall top 10 after Taylor, Clark and Coffin were; fourth place, Aaron Smith of Springfield (41:58); fifth, Andre Anderson of Fort Fairfield (43:49); sixth, Skyler Bernstein of Fort Kent (44:12); seventh, Beckum; eighth, Tanguay; ninth, Rob Langner of Fort Fairfield (45:17) and 10th, Jason Johnson of Mapleton (45:46).
In the team competition, the Muddy Buddies, made up of Michael and Karen Weston and Amanda and Garrett Cushman, all of Mars Hill, took the top spot. NMCC was second and the Honey Badgers placed third.
The Kids Challenge was held in the afternoon and Ethan Cushman and Maggie Mahan, both of Mars Hill, were the overall champs.
The challenge featured the alpine terrain of Bigrock with a variety of natural and man-made obstacles on a course with plenty of elevation gain.
Waves of participants throughout the morning went out every 20 minutes, beginning at 9 a.m., and well over 100 took part in the third annual event.
