VERONA ISLAND — Mount Desert Island runners were among the contestants at Saturday’s Bridge the Gap Road Race, organized by Crow Athletics, which includes a crossing of the Penobscot Narrows Bridge. The 10-mile race includes a loop around Verona Island before finishing in Bucksport. The 3-mile course crosses the bridge and heads straight for Bucksport, finishing along the waterfront.
Bar Harbor runners included Judson Cake, who finished the 10-mile run in 55 minutes, 23 seconds to claim second overall, and 11-year-old Amelia Van Dongen, also of Bar Harbor, finished 23rd overall in the three-miler with her time of 24:31.
Chris Heel, who’s gearing up for the annual Sea of Blue walk and road race he directs April 30 in Northeast Harbor, was 10th in the 3-miler with 22:32.
Bridge the Gap 10-mile race top 25 finishers
1. Erik McCarthy 52:18
2. Judson Cake 55:23
3. David Kerschner 55:58
4. Erik Knickerbocker 56:08
5. Richard Sukiennik 56:39
6. Andrew Kephart 57:25
7. Kenneth Akiha 57:37
8. Wes Danforth 59:40
9. Sarah Mulcahy 1:01:24
10. Ian Fraser 1:03:09
11. Rob Shea 1:03:34
12. Eliza Tibbits 1:05:05
13. Evan Hutchins 1:05:11
14. Matt Shea 1:05:26
15. Phil LeBreton 1:06:34
16. Patrick Tyne 1:07:04
17. Rebeccah Geib 1:07:20
18. Kevin Schneider 1:07:59
19. Scott Potter 1:08:19
20. Jim Hunt 1:10:51
21. Rick Reardon 1:11:27
22. Anthony Cappuccio1:12:01
23. Aaron Prill 1:12:12
24. Patrick Fraser 1:12:21
25. Andrew Tiemann 1:12:43
Bridge the Gap 3-mile race top 25 finishers
1. Darren Winchenbach 18:48
2. Christopher Jones 19:27
3. Cecilia Dube 19:40
4. Uriah Anderson 19:43
5. Katrina Linscott 20:45
6. Adam Murphy 20:58
7. Tricia Brown 21:51
8. Meaghan Geroux 21:58
9. Joe Hermans 22:09
10. Christopher Heel 22:32
11. Ashley Santerre 22:49
12. Samuel Madore 23:04
13. Paul Oxman 23:08
14. Paul Schultz 23:09
15. Alyssa Turner 23:11
16. Matthew Richard 23:18
17. Randi Kaplan 23:24
18. Jake Metzler 23:26
19. Jessica Sprague 23:37
20. Eleanor Tyne 23:53
21. Ada Pultorak 24:01
22. Margaret Jones 24:12
23. Amelia VanDongen 24:31
24. Christopher Colema 24:40
25. Kelly Kimble 24:41
