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Dirigo runners at the 2024 Portland Thanksgiving Day 4-Miler. Jonathan Clement racing at the 2024 Maine Track Club Turkey Trot. Christie Tebbetts racing at the 2024 Maine Track Club Turkey Trot.

Thanksgiving race roundup across Portland, Greely, and MTC.

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.

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Veronica Graziano receiving her second-place women's half marathon award at the 2024 Maine Marathon weekend.

Maine Marathon weekend delivers deep Dirigo results.

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.

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Dirigo's 2019 archive.

Michael Gordon won the Mid-Winter 10 Mile Classic, Jesse Orach, Stan Berkow, Jeff Jones, Andy Spaulding, Nate Priest, Christina Berkow, Marah Borgman, Peter Burke, Scott Brown, and Michael Gordon led Dirigo's Irish Road Rover team win, and the Boston Marathon included masters team results plus Shiloh Schulte as first Maine finisher and Rob Ashby third M50-54. Summer was just as full: Michael Gordon, Ryan Jara, and Chris Dunn went 1-2-3 at the L.L.Bean 10K, Mary Pardi won Bridgton, Justin Freeman led a winning men's team at Loon Mountain, and Beach to Beacon included Jesse Orach and Ben Decker as top Maine finishers, Michael Gordon as Maine master, Sheri Piers as Maine female master, and age-group wins or podiums from Rob Gomez, Rob Ashby, Erica Jesseman, Kristin Barry, Tracey Guerrette, Kelly Brown, and Carol Weeks.

Maine Running Hall of Fame Results Project

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Sarah Mulcahy and Tracy Guerrette after the 2018 California International Marathon.

Dirigo's 2018 archive.

Sarah Mulcahy ran 2:44:28 at the California International Marathon to hit the Olympic Trials B standard, Tracy Guerrette narrowly missing in 2:45:48, Rob Gomez running 2:24:04, Dave Kerschner 2:39:13, and Erin Chalat 3:26:51. Matt Jacobson won his mile heat in 4:14.82 at the BU John Thomas Terrier Classic, and Cayden Spencer-Thompson was All-American in the triple jump at New Balance Nationals Indoor. Dirigo also placed masters, 50+, 60+, open, and women's teams at USATF New England Cross Country; won the Trail to Ale team race behind Rob Gomez, Jesse Orach, Chris Harmon, Marah Borgman, Christina Berkow, and Christine Hein; and had Christine Hein, Tracey Guerrette, Erica Jesseman, Sheri Piers, Gretchen Speed, and Michael Gordon leading Maine Marathon results.

Bangor Daily News: Sarah Mulcahy Olympic Trials qualifier Matt Jacobson photo by Kevin Morris

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Rob Gomez helping Jesse Orach near the Beach to Beacon finish in 2017.

Dirigo's 2017 archive.

Rob Ashby won the Millinocket Marathon, Ben Decker won the Portland Thanksgiving Day 4-Miler, and Erica Jesseman led the women's results there with Christina Berkow second. Tracey Guerrette won the Maine Marathon, Christine Hein was second, and Sheri Piers and Erica Jesseman went 1-2 in the half; Guerrette also set a Bangor Labor Day course record and won the Brewer Turkey Trot. At Beach to Beacon, Rob Gomez was second Maine finisher and was widely noted for helping Jesse Orach to the finish, while Michelle Lilienthal, Tracy Guerrette, Sheri Piers, Christine Hein, Gina Pardi, Gretchen Speed, Carry Buterbaugh, Mary Pardi, Kelly Brown, Denise Curry, Spencer McElwain, Chris Harmon, Sam Seekins, Connor Piers, Adam Goode, and Joe Satterfield all appear in the Maine and age-group results.

Bangor Daily News: Rob Gomez at Beach to Beacon