Twenty-seven run in Foxcroft Academy’s Pony Pride 3.8K
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy graduates, community members, and visitors to the region kicked off the Saturday of Foxcroft Academy Alumni Weekend on Aug. 3 by running in the 2024 edition of the Pony Pride road race. For the third year in a row the course was 3.8 kilometers (nearly 2.4 miles) with the runners staying in town on the Saturday morning.
2024 Foxcroft Academy graduate Zachary Peirce won this year’s Pony Pride, running a time of 15 minutes, 21.7 seconds for the top performance among the field of 27 entrants.
2023 Foxcroft Academy graduate Leah Hill ran a time of 18:47.6 to earn the 2024 Pony Pride women’s title — placing second overall.
PONY PRIDE WINNERS — Leah Hill ’23 and Zachary Peirce ’24 are the women’s and men’s winners of Foxcroft Academy’s 2024 Pony Pride 3.8K on Aug. 3. Hill came in second overall at 18:47.6 and Peirce was first among 27 runners with his time of 15:21.7.
The full 2023 Pony Pride results are as follows: 1. Zachary Peirce 15:21.7; 2. Leah Hill — women’s winner — 18:47.6; 3. Chris Conner 20:14.5; 4. Madison Sands 22:05.1; 5. Kendall Killam 22:08.1; 6. Matthew Luzuriaga 22:11; 7. Ava Dunton 22:14; 8. Peter Devine 23:07.1; 9. Lincoln Robinson 23:47.5; 10. Pamela Sutula 24:30.4;
11. Raul Siren 24:30.4; 12. Jadenne Frigon 26:23.9; 13. Mike Chase 25:14.7; 14. Jenna Hartford 26:26.3; 15. Ava Turner 27:46.6; 16. Aiden Rodriguez 29:23.9; 17. Ella Hutchinson 27:46.7; 18. Logan Smith 29:39.8; 19. Madyson Rodriguez 29:36.5; 20. Jerrod Smith 29:40.4;
21. Addison Smith 29:41.1; 22. James Swantz 36:21.3; 23. Janice Rockwell 34:53; 24. Katie Swantz 36:22; 25. Brenda Johnson 45:11.3; 26. Judy Dow 45:11.4; and 27. Judy Snow 45:11.5.
Pony Pride organizers thank race sponsor Edwards Brothers Shop ‘n Save. The race raised over $350 for the Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club Backpack Program, which helps feed the children of the RSU 68 communities.
Previous Pony Pride 5K winners (year, men’s winner and time, women’s winner and time): 1997 Tim Wakeland 16:20 Jana Crocker 21:26; 1998 John Chase 17:05 Sunshine Weinrich 20:30; 1999 Justin Bates 17:06 Amanda Thompson 22:14; 2000 Wakeland 17:00 Dana Frasz 20:39; 2001 Dave Nelson 16:16 Frasz 20:31; 2002 Mike Chilly 17:21 Katherine Carroll 21:35; 2003 Bates 16:24 Cassie Hintz 18:40; 2004 Wakeland 16:24 Hintz 17:15; 2005 Eric Rudolph 17:02 Hintz 17:13; 2006 Greg Hammett 16:50 Hintz 18:07 (due to bridge construction on Essex Street course was 3.19 miles in length); 2007 Hammett 16:16 Elizabeth Brunton 19:11; 2008 Rudolph 16:17 Brunton 19:36; 2009 Rudolph 16:25 Katie Herbine 19:37; 2010 Shawn Keenan 17:20 Brunton 18:24; 2011 Jerod Hayes 16:55 Hintz 19:22; 2012 Graham Pearsall 16:42 Meghan Keane 21:53; 2013 Pearsall 17:11 Diane Keenan 20:13; 2014 Pearsall 16:47 Heather Mailhot 24:31; 2015 Pearsall 16:41 Jenny Clawson 23:41; 2016 Cooper Nelson 17:20 Keenan 20:21 (new course); 2017 Nelson 18:22 Angelina Teachout 23:01; 2018 Nelson 18:11 Keenan 19:22; 2019 Keenan 17:40 and Keenan 19:20; 2021 Eli Olson 20:01 and Sabrina Sharrow 23:57.3; 2022 (switch made to 3.8 kilometers) Esau Olson 15:00.9 and Kaylee Durgin 17:17; 2023 Eddy Mead 14:20.8 and Kristine Guaraldo 18:03.4.