Great Pumpkin

Dirigo's 2021 archive.

Ryan Jara won the Moxie 5K men's race in 15:09 and Erica Jesseman won the women's race in 18:36. Dirigo also returned to Franklin Park for the USATF New England Cross Country Championships, with 40+ and 50+ teams placing fifth and the 60+ team winning its division. The fall calendar widened again with Maine Marathon, Bangor Labor Day, Great Pumpkin, Falmouth, Millinocket, and Thanksgiving races.

Maine Running Hall of Fame Results Project USATF New England XC results Moxie 5K results Moxie photos by David Colby Young

Dirigo's 2011 archive.

Erica Jesseman won Hartford in 2:45:00 and Sheri Piers won F40-44 at Twin Cities in 2:37:42, giving Dirigo two marathon Olympic Trials qualifiers. Dirigo's 40-49 masters and 50-59 veterans both won USATF New England Cross Country titles, and the masters team placed sixth at USATF National Club Cross Country. Beach to Beacon had Sheri Piers and Erica Jesseman as the top two Maine women, Kristin Barry fifth Maine woman, Josh Zolla fourth Maine man, and Mike Payson, Mark Goettel, and Pete Bottomley sweeping the Maine masters podium. Rob Ashby won Bar Harbor and Komen Race for the Cure, Chris Harmon won Dan Cardillo and Great Pumpkin, Mary Pardi won Great Pumpkin and the Hartford half master title, Josh Zolla won L.L.Bean and St. Peter's, and Erica Jesseman, Sheri Piers, Kristin Barry, Rob Gomez, Mike Payson, Jorma Kurry, and Pete Bottomley repeatedly appeared at the front of summer and fall results.