Falmouth Road Race Finishers in Reading

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, 59 of them were Reading residents, including:

(Place, Name, Age, Time)

171, Anthony Galasso, 16, 44:30

486, Mike Giuliana, 19, 50:14

554, Chris Ritondo,43, 51:03

869, John Hugo, 44, 53:34

1398, Jessica Marr, 27, 56:32

1653, Matthew Lamarche, 39, 57:37

1730, Brittany Reeves, 19, 57:54

1818, Paul Galasso, 50, 58:19

1851, Andrew Benassi, 11, 58:28

1871, Katie Melly, 37, 58:32

2006, Thomas Modestino, 44, 59:03

2061, David Collins, 51, 59:15

2088, Amy Branson, 40 59:23

2326, Samuel Ludwig, 39, 1:00:07

2440, Ryan Hardy, 37, 1:00:26

2446, Colin McKinnon, 44, 1:00:29

2590, Ellen Lamarche, 39, 1:00:57

2638, Kathryn Cook, 38, 1:01:05

2673, Laura Plummer, 40, 1:01:11

2958, Annemarie Czarnota, 53, 1:02:04

3574, Christopher Diemer, 43, 1:03:49

3692, Joe Benassi, 44, 1:04:08

3885, Timothy Hugo, 14, 1:04:39

3934, Tim Marquardt, 40, 1:04:47

4932, Tara Morrissey, 38, 1:07:17

5006, Caroline Coumounduros, 15, 1:07:28

5530, Anne Perella, 63, 1:08:53

5560, Lilie Manna, 17, 1:08:58

5781, Lee Cullen, 35, 1:09:32

5782, Joe Cullen, 35, 1:09:32

6221, Carl Branson, 41, 1:10:43

6394, Tenley Hart, 33, 1:11:11

6426, Karin Dinapoli, 41, 1:11:16

6427, John Sannella, 47, 1:11:16

6773, Dylan Hardy, 20, 1:12:13

7168, Andrew Kavjian, 57, 1:13:18

7213, Danielle Savoie, 25, 1:13:25

7629, Pete Coumounduros, 46, 1:14:39

7813, Amy Graves, 35, 1:15:13

7848, Connors Kate, 45, 1:15:18

7947, Mary Kate Mello, 21, 1:15:41

8039, Julie Bowen, 52, 1:16:01

8276, Mary Kavjian, 23, 1:16:55

8586, Catherine Gregorowicz, 24, 1:18:07

8626, Kathleen McElhiney, 24, 1:18:20

8903, Matthew Enderwick, 39, 1:19:33

9207, Robby Hardy, 21, 1:21:02

9239, Jeffrey Jadul, 42, 1:21:11

9241, Kristen Jadul, 42, 1:21:11

9272, Janice Kavjian, 56, 1:21:22

9352, Patrice O’Connor, 47, 1:21:44

9477, Rob Hardy, 47, 1:22:23

9516, Erika Clapp, 32, 1:22:37

9611, Nicole Hardy, 46, 1:23:15

9653, Olivia Hardy, 15, 1:23:30

10481, Gina Shaughnessy, 35, 1:30:45

10589, Terrance Hahn, 66, 1:32:06

10699, Kristin Finigan, 25, 1:33:59

10700, Joe Finigan, 57, 1:33:59

See the full list of results here.

Photo credit: Falmouth Road Race Facebook Page