Three Melrose runners finish in top 10 in women’s race

Published in the July 15, 2016 edition

LYNNFIELD — Burlington, Vt.’s Richard Carrick and Lynnfield’s Olivia Lamarche paced a field of nearly 230 runners at the 49th annual Fourth of July Road Race nearly two weeks ago.

Carrick, 29, topped the field with an overall time of 17:45 for the 5K race, setting a mile pace of 5:44.

Lamarche, 18, took top honors among the women in 19:40, running a mile pace of 6:21. She finished 13th overall out of 229 entrants.

In spite of the heat, the race was a huge success for the Lynnfield Athletic Association (LAA), which runs the event as a fundraiser to support the athletes and athletic programs of the Lynnfield High School Pioneers.

Three Melrose women finished among the top 10 in the women’s race. That included Emily McDivitt, 41, Alexandra Millstrom, 22, and Elizabeth Emerald, 59. They ran times of 20:50, 21:59 and 23:08 for a third, fifth and 10th place finish, respectively.

Rounding out the top 10 for the men’s runners were: Mahomet, Ill.’s Joseph Churm (18:07), Danvers’ Andrew Moriarity (18:21), Lynnfield’s Brian Hutter (18:38), Wakefield’s Shawn Conway (18:47), Lynnfield’s Devin Billings (19:06), Woburn’s Matt Dimauro (19:16), Medford’s Sean Akell (19:23), Peabody’s Michael Welshons (19:26) and Brookline’s Chad Barraford (19:30).

The rest of the top 10 female runners included: Mahomet, Ill.’s Megan Churm (20:23), Lynnfield’s Kara Moran (21:57),  Lynnfield’s Hannah Zaitlin (22:34), Wilmington’s Vicky McDermott (22:36), Lynnfield’s Mia Deluccia (22:36) and Malden’s Jennifer Cloherty (22:48).

There were male and female age group winners as well. Those included Zacory Benedetto Lynnfield, 29:02 (male 10 and under); Iris Mayerson, 10, Lynnfield, 25:22 (female 10 and under); Nathan Lopez, 11 Lynnfield, 20:33 (male 11-13); April Weeks, 12, Portsmouth, N.H., 26:50 (female 11-13); Joseph Churm, 16, Mahomet, Ill., 18:07 (male 14-16); Megan Churm, 14, Mahomet, Ill., 20:23 (female 14-16); Matthew Dimauro, 18, Woburn, 19:16 (male 17-19); Vicky McDermott, 18, Wilmington, 22:36 (female 17-19); Jeff Cook, 23 Lynnfield, 19:37 (male 20-29); Alexandra Millstrom, 22, Melrose 21:59 (female 20-29); Brian Hutter, 35 Lynnfield 18:38 (male 30-39); Kara Moran, 30, Lynnfield 21:57 (female 30-39); Shawn Conway, 45, Wakefield, 18:47 (male 40-49); Emily McDivitt, 41, Melrose, 20:50 (female 40-49); Bill Squires, 57, Reading, 19:55 (male 50-59); Elizabeth Emerald, 59, Melrose, 23:08 (female 50-59); John Dove, 69, Revere, 24:15 (male 60-69); Zeke Zannotti, 73, Lynnfield, 33:18 (male 70-99); and Sarah Kelly, 71 Naples, Fla., 39:13 (female 70-99).

The rest of the Melrose runners who competed included: Bilal Ozaslan (26:15), Janine Venuti (29:47), Collette McGonagle (32:43) and Kevin McGonagle (43:37).