3rd Annual Central Maine Striders Fall Classic 10k

by Ryan Goebel

The start of the 2022 Fall Classic 10k (photo by Alicia MacLeay).

On October 9th, runners and volunteers gathered at Waterville's Quarry Road Recreation Area for the 3rd annual Central Maine Striders Fall Classic 10k road race.  Beautiful fall colors graced the trees and frost covered the ground as runners checked in for the race on this cool Sunday morning.  

Before the start of the race, it appeared that the men's race had the potential for a speedy battle between Bar Harbor's Judson Cake, former Thomas College runner Harrison Mosher, and Messalonskee High runner Pierce Coughlin, with Striders Drew McCormick and Ron Peck hoping to stick with the pack.  For the women's race, Strider Heather Cable looked to be the favorite amongst the open runners, but the Master's Women division looked to be tight with one-third of all runners falling into this category.

In the end, Harrison Mosher took the crown with a time of 36:27, besting JudsonCake by 31 seconds.  However, Cake did earn the prize for the top Men's Master runner.  Heather Cable did indeed nab the overall woman's spot with a time of 42:18, nearly seven minutes ahead of the next fastest woman.  Strider Katherine Collins grabbed the award for the fastest Women's Master runner, with a time of 49:38.

​A special shout-out goes to Charlie Tauber of Houston, Texas, who planned his fall vacation to Maine around our race.  He told us that he had a few days off work, wanted to see some fall colors in Maine, and wanted to run a 10k while here.  Thankfully, he found our race on runningintheusa.com.

Thanks to all of the Striders and local community members who continue to make this race possible by volunteering and running it.
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Central Maine Striders Finish Places, Times, and Divisions
(MO=Men's Open, MM=Men's Masters, WO=Women's Open, and WM=Women's Masters):

4 - Ron Peck  38:50  MM
5 - Andrew (Drew) McCormick  40:14  MO  
6 - Heather Cable  42:18  WO
7 - Derek Huffman  43:01  MO
9 - Dan Taylor  48:34  MM
12 - Jon Chapin  49:29 MM
13 - Katherine Collins  49:38  WM
14 - Julie Millard  50:54  WM
16 - Lindsey Madison  52:21  WO
17 - Dawn Gee  54:09  WM
21 - Jarrod Dumas  57:32  MM
24 - Laurel King  1:00:25  WM
26 - David Benn  1:06:44  MM
28 - Jason Gredlics  1:07:30  MO
29 - Martha Nadeau  1:10:04  WM
33 - Gi Reed  1:13:09  WM
36 - Jim Moore  1:40:18  MM

For more photos from the race, go to our Facebook album.

Men's Open Winner: Harrison Mosher

Women's Open Winner: Heather Cable

Men's Masters Winner: Judson Cake

Women's Masters Winner: Katherine Collins