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Acushnet's Daniel Croteau takes WFA 8K with 27:40.
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Acushnet's Daniel Croteau takes WFA 8K with 27:40.
Last
year's winners, the husband/wife team of Scott and Christine Anderson, take
second place in their respective divisions. EverythingWestport.com Saturday,
May 12, 2011 Click here for race's
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Above: runners check their watches and head out at
the 8th running of the WFA's Race for the Water.
"There were too many children running
today," quipped New Bedford's Anderson. "These aging legs had a
hard time keeping up." Cool running. Under beautifully azure skies,
temperatures in the 60s, and with the light green hint of spring in the
beachside foliage, almost 220 runners and walkers took the challenge to
support the Westport Fishermen's Association. Despite the glorious weather and mild
winds, no records were broken except one.
"We
had 170 pre-registrations, the most ever, and 50 registrations on race day." "Most who pre-registered showed
up," said WFA race coordinator, Jennifer Gelinas.
"It was a great day!" Highly-rated runner Mimi Fallon of
Walpole (30:41) won the female division and took 5th overall, beating last year's
top woman finisher, Christine Anderson, by 1 minute 6 seconds. Anderson is a
two-time winner of the WFA's 8K. "I ran Louie's (Louie's Run, an April 5K race at
Buttonwood Bark, New Bedford) and was kind of tired after that event," she said.
"I didn't work very hard over the winter getting into shape, but I felt
pretty good today." Christine Anderson was last year's top
female finisher at 34:00, and ran a respectable 32:05 in 2010 where she took women's
second place. She was also the top female finisher in 2009 with a time of
30:27. This woman can run.
Above left: 5th place finisher and top female runner
Mimi Fallon of Walpole clocked in at 29:35.
Above right: Christine
Anderson of New Bedford finished second and 11th overall at 31:47, over a
minute off her winning pace in 2009.
Above: Women's third place finisher, Karen Quinn
(88) of Somerset, finished 17th overall. Here she is shown starting in the
middle of the pack.
Left: New Bedford's “Scottish” Scott Anderson second place
at (27:46) was somewhat off his best time in this race of 27:10. Right:
David Constantino of Cumberland, RI, last year's third
place finisher at 29:52, again took third this year at 29:04, improving his
time by over two minutes in three years. Look for a breakthrough in 2013.
Left: The Anderson's of New Bedford, shown here with top
finisher, John Pelletty of Westport, the sole wheelchair
entrant, are making the WFA 8K a family affair. Right: Jennifer Gelinas (far left in picture) of the Westport Fishermen’s
Association was kept busy checking in a record-setting amount of pre- and
race day registrations. Eric Narcisi
of Charlestown holds the Westport Fishermen’s Association 8K record of a
blistering 25:19 set in 2009. Heather Capello
holds the female record of 27:59 set in 2006. Click here for race's
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Above: Runners and
walkers alike enjoyed the course which included an oceanfront promenade along
Horseneck Beach. Short sleeve race T-shirts went to
the all the pre-registered runners. Cash prizes were awarded to top 3 overall
male/female winners. Ribbons went to the top three male and top three female
runners in each of the four age categories. There was a post race raffle with
prizes donated by generous local sponsors.
Results for top three Westport runners: PLC
Time Pace S Age
Group AG Place Name Town, State 35
37:43 7:36 M 01-29 6/11 Devon
Degraziz Westport, MA
39
37:58 7:39 M 01-29
7/11 Roswell
Underwood Westport, MA
41
38:06 7:41 M 50-59 5/16 Sean
Leach Westport,
MA
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