annual Cape Cod Marathon set out from Falmouth Green.
For the 30th and final time, retiring RD Courtney Bird gave
last-minute instructions and Falmouth TC prez Bob Richards oversaw the firing
of the traditional cannon start.
The BAA’s Eric Ashe, Whirlaway’s Brandon Newbould and Ben
Mears of the Western Mass Distance Project took out the pace.
In the women’s race, former professional triathlete and
ultra ace Karen Pallardy, 27, of
NY took the lead with Whirlaway’s Helen Dinan and former Open champion
Mary-Lynn Currier in pursuit.
With Mears falling off, Newbould stayed with AsheÛÓrunning in
his debut marathonÛÓuntil 15 miles.
“I had planned on making a move,” said Ashe. “But it never
happened. I didn’t surge ahead or anything, I just kept going at the same pace
and the course sorted things out.”
Although buttressed by a headwind on Shore Drive (yes,
tropical storm Sandy was on the way and the wind had picked up) Ashe, 24, still
powered to the finish line relatively fresh in 2:26:13. Newbould, 31, followed
in 2:28:19. Scott Leslie of Central Mass copped third in 2:31:01 (Top 25 M&W
below)
with the course. “It was amazing,” she said. “The scenery was beautiful and the
course was challenging. I’d hoped to run 2:49 but that was before the hills and
the wind in the last two miles.”
Pallardy bested the women’s field in 2:52:30. “I’m very
happy with my race,” she said. “I had a time in mind but what I really wanted
was the win.”
Dinan, 32, posted up second in 2:59:14. With Currier a dnf,
Merideth, NH’s Abbey Gosling, 26, of CMS placed third in 3:07:30. Whirlaway’s
Christin Doneski, 41, of Hopkinton, NH, placed 4th among women and as first
Master in 3:09:33.
Following the race, the brave of heart headed to the
Falmouth Inn on Main St. for the NER sponsored party featuring the BA HA
Brothers & $2 Off Shore Ale.
**** TOP
FINISHERS OVERALL AND AGE GROUPS: MARATHON ****
THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CAPE COD MARATHON
USATF Sanctioned; Certified 26.2-Mile Course
Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. Falmouth,
Massachusetts
Organized by FALMOUTH TRACK CLUB
===============================================================================
********** MALE OVERALL FINISHERS ***********
1 15 Eric Ashe
24 M 2:26:13 5:35
Boston
MA BAA
2 2
Brandon Newbould 31 M 2:28:19 5:40 Nottingham NH WHIRL
3 1276 Scott Leslie
31 M 2:31:01 5:46
Rutland MA CMS
4 28 Andrew Van
Hoogenstyn 28 M
2:31:09 5:46 Portland ME DIRIGO
5 23 Rich
Burke
45 M 2:32:20 5:49
Morristown
NJ
6 1258 Benjamin Mears 23 M
2:36:06 5:58 Amherst
MA WMDP
7 141 Sonny
Gamble 24 M
2:37:38 6:01 Gloucester MA WMDP
8 33 Jacob
Barnett
27 M 2:38:25 6:03
Medford MA SRR
9 212 Scott
McGrath
25 M 2:39:13 6:05
Andover MA WHIRL
10 6 Samuel Jurek 25 M
2:39:37 6:06 Brighton MA GBTC
11 3 Joseph Koech
43 M 2:40:29 6:08
Chelmsford
MA RUN
12 7 Ryan
Aschbrenner 35 M 2:41:16 6:10 Nashua NH GBTC
13 1137 Chas Mitchell 23 M 2:42:08 6:12 Cambridge MA GBTC
14 1273 Martin Tighe
54 M 2:43:00 6:14
Providence
RI CMS
15 1226 Brian Ruhm
47 M 2:43:57 6:16
Nashua NH GCS
16 210 Mark Gibson
45 M 2:44:30 6:17
Durham NH WHIRL
17 38 Alan Bernier
38 M 2:44:53 6:18
Providence
RI CMS
18 34 Mathew Weissinger 25
M 2:44:54 6:18 Somerville MA GBTC
19 596 Brian Hughes
24 M 2:45:17 6:19 Jamaica
Plain MA
20 626 Ben Ndaya
37 M 2:45:54 6:20
Chelmsford
MA RUN
21 19 Joe O’Leary
44 M 2:46:01 6:20
Medford MA SRR
22 1275 Kevin Tilton
30 M 2:46:12 6:21 North
Conway NH CMS
23 8 Eric Mendoza
28 M 2:47:18 6:23
Dorchester
MA GBTC
24 18 Robert Cipriano 52 M 2:47:32 6:24 Belmont MA SRR
25 830 Mark Loudon-Brown 31
M 2:47:38 6:24 New York NY
********** FEMALE OVERALL FINISHERS ***********
1 761 Kate
Pallardy
27 F 2:52:30 6:35 New
York
NY
2 1330 Helen Dinan
32 F 2:59:14 6:51
Bellingham
MA WHIRL
3 90 Gosling
Abbey
26 F 3:07:30 7:10
Meredith
NH CMS
4 45 Christin
Doneski 41 F 3:09:33 7:14 Hopkinton NH WHIRL
5 233 Elizabeth
Forbes 22 F 3:10:02 7:15 Falmouth MA
6 1337 Diona Fulton
32 F 3:12:13 7:20
Watertown
MA SRR
7 12 Deborah
Downs
36 F 3:14:08 7:25
Watertown
MA SRR
8 589 Jennifer
Holden 26 F 3:15:23 7:28 Boston MA
9 96 Maria
Servin
50 F 3:17:07 7:32
Middleboro
MA WHIRL
10 1303 Trish Bourne
48 F 3:19:44 7:38
Tewksbury
MA GLRR
11 841 Allison Lynch
21 F 3:21:37 7:42
Beverly MA GBTC
12 751 Kelsey Ripp
22 F 3:23:07 7:45 Providence RI
13 491 Kristin E. Moore
38 F 3:24:49 7:49
Bedford MA
14 476 Caroline Pierce 22 F 3:24:53 7:49 Weston MA
15 1020 Cindy Marsh
39 F 3:25:30 7:51
Rochester
NH
16 959 Martha Berrouard
46 F 3:25:49 7:51
Granby MA MSP
17 1023 Rosalie Malsberger 25 F
3:26:18 7:53 Boston
MA
18 83 Nadine Palmer
44 F 3:26:24 7:53
Derry
NH WHIRL
19 10 Dot Martin
52 F 3:26:28 7:53
Montpelier
VT CVRC
20 230 Margaret Forbes 28 F 3:26:31 7:53 Denver CO
21 1249 Tonya Spagnuolo 42 F
3:27:45 7:56 Grafton
MA
22 1090 Mariana Lara Albert 37 F
3:28:19 7:57 Montpelier VT
23 483 Rachel Horowitz 22 F 3:28:20 7:57 Milton MA
24 51 Yukiko Oba
46 F 3:28:30 7:58
Weymouth
MA
25 422 Laurie Gaudreau 43 F 3:28:39 7:58 York
ME WCRC
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