Ruth White Wins Festival of Champions Smashing Old Record by 30 seconds

Orono's Ruth White won the 2023 Festival of Champions at the Troy Howard Middle School in Belfast on Saturday afternoon, September 30th  smashing her previous record by 30 seconds.

White finished with a time of 16:56.92. Her old record was 17:27.15

Teanne Ewings, who is a junior at Houlton High School finished 2nd with a time of 17:15.47 which also beat the old record.

Cary Drake, a senior from York finished 3rd.

703 girls ran in the races.

There were 61 Teams registered. The Top 25 were

1. Cumberland - 147
2. Bonny Eagle - 170
3. Camden Hills - 215
4. Glastonbury - 218
5. York - 253
6. Bedford - 257
7. Portland - 277
8. Falmouth - 344
9. Lincoln Academy - 360
10. Kennebunk - 365
11. Greely - 376
12. Yarmouth - 401
13. Freeport - 401
14. Hampden Academy - 402
15. Harvard Union - 425
16. East Greenwich - 426
17. Trumbull - 450
18. Winnacunnet - 546
19. Houlton - 555
20. Bangor - 583
21. Cape Elizabeth - 594
22. MDI - 602
23. Main Coast Waldorf - 681
24. Waynflete - 694
25. Burrilville - 694

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