Maine Running Photos

Less than a week after helping Williams College win the NCAA Division III cross country championship, Sam VanVolkenburgh of Freeport earned some individual accolades by winning the 23rd Thanksgiving Day 4-Miler. VanVolkenburgh, 21, led a charge of college-age runners who claimed the top six positions in a race often dominated by familiar faces. VanVolkenburgh finished the course in 20 minutes, 32 seconds, for a 4-second victory over Kirby Davis, 20, of Falmouth -- one of four UMaine runners in the top eight. UMaine teammate Jeff Caron (20:44), 21, of Auburn finished third for the second year in a row.

In the women's division, course record-holder Christine Reaser of Dayton won her eighth Thanksgiving Day title with a time of 23:51. Jenna Richardson, 24, of China was second in 24:08, and Hana Pelletier (24:28), 19, of Belgrade placed third.

http://www.mainetrackclub.com/thanksgiving04.html

See the results posted on the link above.  Sorry that none of the runners had bib numbers this year.  It is the way the race committee wanted it. I started taking photos about 29:00 minutes into the race.  It took me less than 90 seconds to setup to take photos.  I hope you enjoyed the race and the photos. The person who is leading a pack of runners in photo # 36 is Kirk Cratty of South Portland, Maine.

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