"CATCH THE DOUBLEHEADER" MOTHER'S DAY 5K- Sunday, May 9, 2010 The Portland Sea Dogs in conjunction with the Maine Track Club, Paradigm Window Solutions, and Key Bank will be hosting the Tenth Annual Mother's Day 5k Road Race on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 9th, 2010. Proceeds from the event will benefit Maine Breast Cancer Research. There will also be a Kid's Run that is free of charge. Slugger and his Mom lead the way on the flat 5K course which begins in front of the Portland Expo building, travels down Congress Street, turning down Stevens Avenue, and making a right onto Brighton Avenue back down Deering Avenue into Fitzpatrick Stadium. The race culminates inside Hadlock Field in front of the third base dugout. The top overall male and female finishers will receive a trophy, a pair of 2010 Season Tickets for the remainder of the 2010 Sea Dogs season, and throw out the ceremonial first-pitch prior to a future Sea Dogs game. The top three male and female finishers in each age group will also be presented with awards. All participants of the race will receive a complimentary ticket to attend a future Sea Dogs game.

FATHER'S DAY 5K- Sunday, June 20, 2010 The Portland Sea Dogs in conjunction with the Maine Medical Center Cancer Institute, and the Maine Track Club, will be hosting the second annual Father's Day 5k Road Race on Father's Day, Sunday, June 20th, 2010. Proceeds from the event will benefit Maine Coalition to Fight Prostate Cancer. There will also be a Kid's Run that is free of charge. Slugger and his Dad lead the way on the flat 5K course which begins in front of the Portland Expo building, travels down Congress Street, turning down Stevens Avenue, and making a right onto Brighton Avenue back down Deering Avenue into Fitzpatrick Stadium. The race culminates inside Hadlock Field in front of the third base dugout. The top overall male and female finishers will receive a trophy, a pair of 2010 Season Tickets for the remainder of the 2010 Sea Dogs season, and throw out the ceremonial first-pitch prior to a future Sea Dogs game. The top three male and female finishers in each age group will also be presented with awards. All participants of the race will receive a complimentary ticket to attend a future Sea Dogs game. Check back in the fall for registration information.

2009 FATHER'S DAY RACE RECAP

Ben True of North Yarmouth took home the top spot in the "First Annual Portland Sea Dogs Father's Day 5K Road Race" held Sunday, June 21, 2009 at Hadlock Field in Portland. True finished with a time of 15 minutes, 11 seconds while six time Mother's Day champion Ethan Hemphill of Freeport finished second (15:28) and Robert Gomez of Biddeford finished third (15:31).

Sheri Piers of Falmouth set a female course record finishing the race in 16 minutes, 59 seconds to take the top female spot. Mandy Ivey of Auburn (18:58) finished second and Jeanne Hackett of Scarborough (19:23) rounded out the top three.

The inaugural race, presented by Maine Medical Center Cancer Institute and Peak Performance, featured 1,277 registered runners and 932 finishers making it the second largest 5K in Maine behind only the Mother's Day 5K.

2009 Father's Day 5K Race Results

2009 Father's Day 5K Race Video

2009 MOTHER'S DAY RACE RECAP

Curtis Wheeler of Buxton and Christine Reaser of Dayton took the top spot at the Ninth Annual Portland Sea Dogs Mother's Day 5K with times of 15:16 and 19:00.

The race featured a state of Maine 5K record 2,542 registered runners who were cheered on by more than a thousandwell-wishers as they crossed the finish line inside Hadlock Field. The event is the largest 5K in Maine and second largest Road Race.

Dan Vassallo of Wilmington, Massachusetts, took second in 15:23. P.J. Gorneault of Caribou finished third and won the men's 30-34 age group in 15:23. Amy Lilley of Scarborough was second in the women's with a time of 19:24 and won the women's 35-39. Jeanne Hackett of Scarborough took third in 19:28, winning the women's 50-54.

Emily Bugbee of Cape Elizabeth and Gloria White of Portland won the mother/daughter team event with a combined time of 49:25 (23:37 and 25:48). Second place went to Beth Rand of Cape Elizabeth in 23:16 and Natalie Rand of Cape Elizabeth in 26:27 for a combined total of 49:43. Chelsea Bean of Bethel in 27:13 and Aimee Harmon of Bethel in 23:32 finished third in 50:45.

Robert Hall of Scarborough in 18:25 and Denise Curry of Windham in 23:03 won the mother/son team event with a combined time of 41:28. Isaak Emery of North Yarmouth in 19:27 and Celeste Emery of North Yarmouth in 22:39 won second with a time of 42:06. Third went to Oscar Boyson of New York, New York, in 20:08 and Nancy Grant of Portland in 22:43, for a combined time of 42:51.

2009 Mother's Day 5K Race Results

Sea Dogs 5K Attracts Record Numbers WCSH 6
Sea Dogs race keeps growing- Portland Press Herald

2009 Mother's Day 5K Race Video

2008 RACE RECAP:

The Portland Sea Dogs Mother's Day 5K continues to grow by leaps and bounds, as a record field of more than 1,900 completed the eighth edition of the largest 5K race in Maine -- smashing last year's record by almost 500.

For the sixth time in seven years, Ethan Hemphill, 35, of Freeport paced the field, finishing in 15 minutes, 14 seconds. Judson Cake, 30, of Bar Harbor was close behind in 15:19, and Jonathan Wilson, 20, of Falmouth was third in 15:21.

Sheri Piers, 36, of Falmouth edged training partner Kristin Barry, 34, of Scarborough for the women's title, reversing the order of finish from the previous two years. Piers and Barry were both timed in 17:26, matching Barry's course record. Carry Buterbaugh, 36, of South Portland was third for the second year in a row with a time of 17:59

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2007 RACE RECAP:

Highlighted by ideal running weather and a record field the "Seventh Annual Portland Sea Dogs Mother's Day 5K Road Race" presented by Paradigm Windows and Sportshoe Center took place on Sunday, May 13th starting and finishing at Hadlock Field in Portland. The race is hosted by the Sea Dogs and the Maine Track Club and raises money for the Maine Cancer Foundation for Breast Cancer Research. A new record 1,650 runners registered for the race making the race the largest 5K in Maine and fifth largest 5K in New England.

Louis Luchini of Ellsworth took the top spot, while shattering the course record, finishing in just 14 minutes, 30 second. Five-time champion Ethan Hemphill of Freeport took second finishing in 15 minutes, 27 seconds while Dan Franek (15:34) of South Portland rounded out the top three.

Meanwhile in the women's division, for the second straight year, Kristin Barry (17:35) of Scarborough and Sheri McCarthy-Pier (17:49) claimed the top two spots. Carry Buterbaugh (18:46) of South Portland finished third.

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2006 RACE RECAP:

Record Attendance for the Sixth Annual Race Benefiting Breast Cancer Research

The Sixth Annual Portland Sea Dogs Mother's Day 5K Road Race presented by Paradigm Windows took place on Sunday, May 14th starting and finishing at Hadlock Field in Portland. The race is hosted by the Sea Dogs and the Maine Track Club and raises money for the Maine Cancer Foundation for Breast Cancer Research. A record 1,175 runners registered for the race.

For the fifth consecutive year Freeport's Ethan Hemphill took the top spot finishing in 15 minutes, 29 seconds. Hemphill edged Joel Anderson (15:30) of Brunswick and Scott Lomis (15:32) of Malden, Massachusetts who rounded out the top three.

Kristin Berry of Scarborough took the top female spot finishing in 17:26 while Sheri Piers of Falmouth and Katie Ryan of Brookline, Massachusetts both finished at 18:19.

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2005 Mother's Day 5K Race Results

2004 Mother's Day 5K Race Results

2003 Mother's Day 5K Race Results

2002 Mother's Day 5K Race Results

2001 Mother's Day 5K Race Results