New Winner Crowned in Falmouth's 42nd 7-Mile Race

Since 1972, Falmouth has been home to one of the premier road races in the country, the New Balance Falmouth Road Race. Thousands of runners from all over the country travel to Falmouth to complete the prominent 7-mile route from Woods Hole to Falmouth Heights.

On the morning of Sunday, Aug. 17, there were 11,187 runners, from elite foreign runners to local, recreational joggers, who toed the starting line to run the seaside course.

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, including 2014 Boston Marathon champion Meb Keflezighi who ran for fun, jogging the course in 43:32.

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 thousands of runners who completed the seaside course, 530 of them were Falmouth residents. The top 25 Falmouth resident finishers were:

(Place, Name, Age, Time)

95, Connor Cobb, 19, 40:57

119, Kenneth Gartner, 54, 42:05

187, Patrick Morin, 32, 45:06

204, Bob Swarthout , 33, 45:37

208, Anne Preisig, 47, 45:41

234, Caroline Almon, 33, 46:31

320, Jimmy Stavlo, 25, 48:07

351, Tor Clark, 61, 48:35

400, Caleb Gartner, 11, 49:15

409, Larry Cline, 56, 49:20

417, Terence Dineen, 24, 49:25

431, Lilia McCall, 14, 49:31

451, Christopher Parkinson, 14, 49:44

454, John Hostetter, 41, 49:48

480, Bryan Urquhart,43, 50:11

495, Karen Durante, 63, 50:20

526, Joe Stewart, 51 , 50:44

542, James Collins, 32, 50:55

547, Sandee Parkinson, 47, 50:59

584, Rudy Breteler, 26, 51:20

664, Gary Pokraka, 43, 51:57

669, Kimberly Andreassi, 52, 51:59

773, Steven Vanderlaske, 31, 52:57

777, Sam Child, 17, 52:59

820, Karen Robinson, 42, 53:18

See the full list of results here.

Photo credit: Falmouth Road Race Facebook Page