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Taylor Bickford won the Boots & Brews 5K in 19:13; Peter Burke was third at the Cape Challenge 5K. Dirigo high-school athletes posted strong finishes at the Marathon Sports Elite Invite.
Dirigo runners scored several wins and podiums on Mother's Day and at Sugarloaf — Michelle Lilienthal won the SeaDogs Mother's Day 5K and Mary Pardi led the women at the Sugarloaf Marathon.
Marah Borgman won the Millinocket Half in 1:27:47 while Sam Chick placed fifth; in the Ugly Sweater 5K Cait Bourgault and Romayn Richards won the women's and men's races respectively.
Dirigo's Thanksgiving week races were packed at the front. Veronica Graziano won the Portland Thanksgiving Day 4-Miler in 22:51, with Michelle Lilienthal second, Erica Jesseman fourth, Marah Borgman seventh, and Gretchen Speed eighth; Rob Ashby, Crow Norlander, Jon McGonagle, and Tim Stickney led the men's side. At the Greely Turkey Trot, Sheri Piers was second overall female and first 50+ in 18:16, while Will Spaulding, Dan Bannon, and Sam Chick were all inside the top 15 men. At the Maine Track Club Turkey Trot, Jonathan Clement returned in Dirigo colors with second in 17:08, Eric Sofen was fourth in 17:24, Christie Tebbetts was second woman in 21:23, and Hollie Corbett placed eighth.
Dirigo's late-fall results stretched well beyond Thanksgiving week. Gretchen Speed won the Great Pumpkin 10K in 38:19, with Christie Tebbetts fifth, while Dan Bannon was third, Crow Norlander sixth, Seth Crockett seventh, and Jorma Kurry 11th in the men's race. Justin Freeman took second at the USATF men's masters 8K in Franklin Park in 26:13. Sarah Baker and Keri Mayo both ran PRs at the Philadelphia Marathon, Nathan Madeira clocked 2:46:11 at NYC, Cait Bourgault ran 3:07:40 for 15th overall at Every Woman's Marathon and then won the Great Osprey 10K in 39:26, and Craig Robinson posted 1:10 at the Harborside Half.
Dirigo's 2024 Maine Marathon weekend was loaded front to back. Jesse Orach took second overall in his marathon debut in 2:24:22, with Spencer McElwain sixth in 2:29:12, Rob Ashby winning his age group in 2:40:36, and Thomas Harvey 14th in 2:41:26. In the half marathon, Veronica Graziano was second in 1:19:07, Michelle Lilienthal fourth in 1:22:06, Sheri Piers fifth in 1:22:18, and Heather Gallant sixth in 1:22:32, with Marah Borgman, Gretchen Speed, Christine Hein, Erica Jesseman, and Kristin Barry also high in the results. Malaika Pasch ran 3:17:04 in the marathon for 17th woman and second in division, and Dirigo's master mixed relay team of Paul Greene, Peter Burke, Denise Curry, and Chelsea Peters won in 3:09:25.