Falmouth Road Race Finishers in Danvers

The New Balance Falmouth Road Race, established in 1973, brings in thousands of runners from all over the world each year. On the morning of Sunday, Aug. 17, elite and recreational runners toed the starting line to run the 7-mile route that goes from Woods Hole to Falmouth Heights.

This year’s overall winner was Stephen Sambu, of Kenya, who ran the course in a time of 31:46. Sambu won the race 45 seconds ahead of the second place finisher and defending champion Micah Kogo, of Kenya, who ran a time of 32:31. A total of 5,115 men ran the race.

Out of 6,068 women in the race, the top finisher was Betsy Saina, of Kenya, in 35:56. Close behind Saina was Gemma Steel, of Great Britain, who finished in 36:03, and American Molly Huddle finishing in 36:15.

Out of the 11,187 runners who completed the seaside course, 22 of them were Danvers residents, including:

(Place, Name, Age, Time)

199, Justin Jones, 26, 45:25

343, Casey Driscoll, 26, 48:26

1050, Patrick McManus, 24, 54:39

1184, Kerri Callahan, 37, 55:27

1351, Jack McManus, 60, 56:20

1464, Elizabeth Jones, 28, 56:48

1880, Michael Hertigan, 44, 58:36

2605, Caitlin Jones, 32, 1:00:59

2788, Mark Jones, 51, 1:01:32

4125, Gary Jones, 55, 1:05:17

4545, Bill Toye, 63, 1:06:17

5983, Kevin Tracy, 31, 1:10:04

6139, Susan Cann, 56, 1:10:29

7470, Cheryl Marshall, 47, 1:14:12

7950, Jim Tracy, 60, 1:15:39

8270, Andrew Webb, 25, 1:16:52

8989, Aidan Bradley, 30, 1:19:53

8993, Alex Murphy, 34, 1:19:54

9219, Kevin McManus, 1:21:02

9746, Kate Kelley, 26, 1:24:02

10505, Derek Joyce, 24, 1:31:03

11017, Denise McNeil, 74, 1:44:03

See the full list of results here.

Photo credit: Falmouth Road Race Facebook page