Dedham's Francis Top Local Finisher in Falmouth Road Race

(From the Falmouth Road Race website.)

The 40th running of the New Balance Falmouth Road Race was won by Stanley Biwott and Margaret Wangari, both of Kenya, Sunday. The wheelchair division was won by newcomer Jill Moore and Krige Schabort, who collected his fourth victory on the seaside course.

Anne Francis was the top female finisher from Dedham in 1,957 in 58:42, while John Kalell was the best male in 1:03.42, 3,464. All results are unofficial results.

The race started under cloudy skies with the runners all wishing race founder Tommy Leonard, “Happy Birthday” and then Olympic Gold Medalist Frank Shorter firing the starting gun 40 years to the day after winning his medal in the marathon. There were 10,600 finishers to reach Falmouth Heights.

The men’s race took off out of Woods Hole after a slight delay because of a course flooding from a morning rain storm. Organizers and Falmouth DPW quickly pumped the water off the course in two spots and the wheelchair race was off. The runners went off 10  minutes later for a delay of only 15 minutes.

From the Falmouth Race results, for complete results go to www.falmouthroadrace.com and click on the results.