Locals Receive Awards From Road Race

FALMOUTH- This week the Falmouth Road Race announced the Falmouth resident age group awards from the 2008 race. According to the FRR officials, the awards are not handed out until October because many locals give away their numbers and the final times must be verified. The following is a list of the winners in each age group category.

Females
14 and under (was also fastest overall, 14 and under)
Lauren McCabe, 12, North Falmouth – 57:51
15 to 18
Sara Gailiunas, 18, Waquoit – 58:20
19 to 39
Nancy Correia, 33, East Falmouth – 50:20
40 to 49 and Margaret Bradley Award as Fastest Falmouth Female
Sandra Parkinson, 41, Falmouth – 48:40
50 to 59
Theresa McKee, 56, Woods Hole – 57:50
60 to 69
Joan MacClary, 60, Falmouth – 58:53
70 and over
Doris Beatty, 73, Falmouth – 1:29:53

Males
14 and under
Stevie Gage, 14, East Falmouth – 57:13
15 to 18
Joseph Delinks, 18, North Falmouth – 44:21
19 to 39 and Margaret Bradley Award as Fastest Falmouth Male
Michael Stone, 21, Falmouth – 38:17 (60th overall)
40 to 49
Ken Gartner, 48, Falmouth – 41:4850-59
50 to 59
Tor Clark, 56, Falmouth – 57:50
60 to 69
Brian Shacter, 63, Falmouth – 55:54
70 and over
Robert Kelly, 72, East Falmouth – 1:18:28

Record-Setting Fundraising
The Falmouth Road Race broke its fundraising record by more than $300,000 at this year’s 36th running, raising $1.31 million for the 61 groups it supports with its “numbers-for-nonprofits” program.
Each year the race directors provide guaranteed entries, exempt from the lottery and with an extended deadline and a discounted entry fee, to selected charities. The charities then offer the entries to runners, who solicit donations for the nonprofit organizations. More than 900 people participated in the program this year. Runners in the 2007 race raised $1.05 millions and the total for the past six years is more than $4.8 million.
This year’s top fundraiser was Dana-Farber Cancer Institute of Boston, with $160,225, followed by Compassionate Care ALS of North Falmouth, which received more than $134,000, and Lymphoma Research Foundation at $121,000.
The individual leaders were Jerry and Renee Trupiano of Rockport, with $40,175 for Compassionate Care ALS, and Matthew and Lori Sidman of Boston, who raised more than $40,000 for Dana-Farber.
Cape-based nonprofits did very well at this year’s race. In addition to Compassionate Care, 17 other local groups participated in the program, raising more than $240,000, up from $175,000 in 2007.

Jay Canute, of East Falmouth, raised $2,380 for the Stroke Association. Canute is a stroke survivor himself. COURTESY FAL. ROAD RACE

The following Cape nonprofits were involved: The 300 Committee of Falmouth, AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod, Cape and Island Special Olympics, Cape Cod Center for Women, Compassion Fund of Cape Cod, Dream Day on Cape Cod, Falmouth Commodores, Falmouth Community Television, Falmouth Service Center, Falmouth Veterans Council, Gosnold on Cape Cod, Matthew Houlihan Foundation, Police Athletic Activities League of Cape Cod, Recovery Without Walls, Run2Rhimember, Wampanoag Home Run, and Wings for Falmouth Families.
Harold Kiley of Mashpee led all Cape runners, with $11,191 for Dana-Farber, followed by Ariana Kerrigan of Falmouth, with $6,000 for Children’s Tumor Foundation.
East Falmouth’s Jay Canute, a stroke survivor, raised $2,380 for the American Stroke Association, and Christy Lynch of East Falmouth and Jon Ledwick, Falmouth, pitched in $2,000 and $1,560, respectively, for Dana-Farber. Patricia McPherson of Pocasset raised $1,780 for Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation and Warren Dalton added $1,385 for Falmouth Veterans Council. Almost 200 Cape runners ran for one of the charities.
Other leading groups included Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, $95,000; Ronald McDonald House of Boston, $80,240; American Stroke Association/Teddy’s Team, $76,000; Children’s Hospital Boston, $72,523; and Joslin Diabetes Center, $42,139.
In addition to the money raised by runners, the race made direct donations to more than 25 local nonprofits and sports teams.
Information about the nonprofit groups in the program is listed on the website at www.falmouthroadrace.com/guaranteed-entries.