MILL RIVER — Mike MacKinnon of Miscouche and Jennifer Perry of Tignish won the 10-kilometre event at the P.E.I. Potato Blossom Festival Fun Run here recently.
Morgan Arsenault and Emily Buttrick took the five-kilometre event titles.
MacKinnon edged Scott Clark of Linkletter by one second. MacKinnon’s time was 39 minutes and 21 seconds (39:21) and Clark finished in 39:22. Peter Gaudet finished third in 40:09.
MacKinnon finished second overall in the 11.6-kilometre Dunk River Road Race a week earlier in 40:34. Clark was third in 41:57.
Perry, who was the top female runner in the 2008 Dunk River event in 51:55, had a time of 49:07. Patty Dexter (59:33) and Carol Morgan (58:34) rounded out the top three female finishers.
Arsenault stopped the clock in 20:30. Todd Collicutt (20:31) and Randy Allain (21:16) were second and third.
Buttrick had a time of 23:44, finishing ahead of Kristy Wallace (24:19) and Andrea Buttrick (25:33).
A total of 27 runners — 16 males and 11 females — ran in the 10-kilometre race. There were 25 participants — 15 males and 10 females — in the five-kilometre event.
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Alex missed the Potato Blossom Run for the first time since he started racing in 2004, running the Cox & Palmer 10K instead. Here are write-ups on past Potato Blossom Runs:
Potato Blossom Run 2007
Potato Blossom Run 2006
Potato Blossom Run 2005
Potato Blossom Run 2004
Potato Blossom Run 2007
Potato Blossom Run 2006
Potato Blossom Run 2005
Potato Blossom Run 2004
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