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Friends of Community Fitness holds annual Riverfest 5K

GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness’ Riverfest 5K kicked off the 2025 Piscataquis River Festival on Saturday morning, July 26 with more than 50 runners taking part.

The 18th annual Riverfest 5K featured the following results: 

1. Eddy Mead 19 minutes, 13 seconds; 2. Noah Ferioli 19:40: 3. Matt Chadbourne 20:24; 4. Kevin Daggett 21:41; 5. MaryAnna Aldunate — women’s winner – 22:21; 6. Pete Angus 22:55; 7. Angus Mailhot 22:59; 8. Ben Higgins 23:44; 9. Kayla Hatt 23:53; 10. Brian Mailhot 24:33;

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RIVERFEST 5K RUNNERS — More than 50 entrants took part in the 2025 Friends of Community Fitness RiverFest 5K on Saturday morning, July 26, starting and finishing in downtown Guilford. The 18th annual 5K kicked off the Piscataquis River Festival.

11. Kason White 24:37; 12. Greg Neal 25:00; 13. Audrey Madrid 25:25; 14. Cody Coiley 25:47; 15. Grant Higgins 26:53; 16. Mira Muller 27:04; 17. Trisha Moulton 27:07; 18. Dulcy Docken 27:37; 19. Tim Leland 27:48; 20. Mariah Petit 27:49;

21. (no name given) 27:55; 22. Avery White 28:33; 23. David Slagger 28:55; 24. Stephanie White 29:44; 25. Dustin Flint 30:35; 26. David Tweedie 30:48; 27. David Wheaton 31:40; 28. Sam Ryder 32:12; 29. Sammy Thayer 32:14; 30. Bailey Lemieux 32:23; 31. Ari McColloy 32:49; 32. Andrew McColloy 32:50; 33. Art Crowley 33:00; 34. Brooke White 33:44; 35. Jamie Robinson 34:05; 36. Tony Clukey 34:35; 37. Peter Devine 34:35; 38. Donna Clukey 36:23; 39. Charity Neal 38:13; 40. Kate Leland 38:42;

41. Alice Crowley 38:57; 42. Ada Duffy 40:12; 43. Kim Robinson 41:16; 44. Lisa Lowell 41:16; 45. Jo Adkins 42:01; 46; Lillie Hatt 45:48; 47. Mark Thompson 46:51; 48. Sandy Perkins 47:14; 49. Donna Burt 47:14; 50. Wesley Neal 48:18;

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RACE WINNER — Eddy Mead won this year’s RiverFest 5K in a time of 19:13, fastest among over 50 runners.

51. Scott Neal 48:20; 52. Miles Lemieux 48:48; 53. Lisa Labre 52:38; 54. Lauri Labre 52:38; 55. Deb Camarra 1:16.00; 56. Bev Jordan 1:17.00; 57. Barbara Crider 1:17.00.

Age group winners — high school men’s 1. Noah Ferioli 2. Angus Mailhot 3. Kason White; women’s 1. Kyla Hatt 2. Mira Muller 3. Avery White 28:33.

20-29 men’s: 1. Matt Chadbourne 2. Ben Higgins; women’s 1. Mira Petit 27:48 2. Sammie Thayer 3. Bailey Lemieux.

30-39 men’s 1. Eddy Mead 2. Kevin Daggett 3. Cody Coiley; women’s 1. Sam Ryder 2. Brooke White 33:44.

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WOMEN’S WINNER — MaryAnna Aldunate earned top women’s honors at the RiverFest 5K with her time of 22:21, which was also fifth overall.

40-49 men’s 1. Brian Mailhot 2. Andrew McCoulough; women’s 1. MaryAnna Aldunate 2. Audrey Madrid 3. Dulcy Docken.

50-59 men’s 1. Pete Angus. 2. Greg Neal 3. Tim Leland; women’s 1. Trisha Moulton 2. Charity Neal 3. Kate Leland.

60-69 men’s: 1. David Slagger 2. David Tweedie 3. James Robinson; women’s 1. Donna Clukey 2. Jo Adkins 3. Sandy Perkins.

70-79 men’s: 1. David Wheaton 2. Peter Devine; women’s 1. Ada Duffy 2. Donna Burt.

80-plus men’s 1. Miles Lemieux.

All-time Community Fitness Riverfest 5K winners (year, men’s winner and time and women’s winner and time when applicable): 2006 Jerod Hayes 20:32; 2008 Dean Hartley 21:45 and Sarah Curtis 22:53; 2009 Joe Gallant 21:02 and Jill Taylor 23:41; 2010 Jason Abbott-Dallamora 18:19 and Trisha Moulton 24:21; 2011 Jason Abbott-Dallamora and Mike Coffey 19:15 and Rebecca Gaw 22:52; 2012 Jason Abbott-Dallamora 18:27 and Katherine Arch 21:06; 2013 David Doore 18:14 and Katherine Arch and Mary Arch 21:01; 2014 David Doore 18:53 and Trisha Moulton 25:43; 2015 Zach Doore 21:15 and Amalia Harrington 23:11; 2016 Dawson Smith 21:41 and Brenda White 23:30; 2017 Dawson Smith 19:55 and Stephanie White 25:53; 2018 Dawson Smith 20:14 and Stephanie White 25:23; 2019 Brendan Labarre 20:49 and Willow Forbes-Smith 27:38; 2022: Justin Bates 19:58 and Kayla Hett 26:43; 2023 Ben Higgins 21:00 and Stephanie White 28:18; 2024 Andrew McCullogh 22:36 and Amalia Harrington 22:43; 2025 Eddy Mead 19:13 and MaryAnna Aldunate 22:21.

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