
Organizers of the 19th Martha’s Vineyard 20 Miler road race shortened the course to 15.4 miles and moved the route away from the water to spare the intrepid runners the full force of Saturday’s howling winds and frigid temperatures.
Alexsander Morin, 23, of Durham, Connecticut crossed the finish line first with a time of 1:31:33.
Lindsay Willard, 37, of Somerville was the top woman. She finished with a time of 1:44:43.
David Diriwachter, 46, of Vineyard Haven (1:52:34) and Marylee Schroeder, 51, of West Tisbury (2:04:57) were the top Island racers.
The race benefits the Martha’s Vineyard Boys and Girls Club and a host of other Island youth organizations.
More than 400 individual runners and 55 two-person relay teams were expected to compete. The results follow:
Top ten men
Alexsander Morin, 23, Durham, CT 1:31:33
Steve Brightman, 47, Providence, RI 1:32:07
Chris Schulten, 43, Middlefield, CT 1:32:44
Kieran Condon, 38, Milton 1:33:03
Jon Cusick, 25, Somerville 1:33:46
Thomas Boland, 31, Medford 1:36:06
Jeff Day, 45, Strongsville, OH 1:36:21
Scot Dedeo, 35, Belmont 1:37:11
Jon Chesto, 44, Boston 1:38:23
Joe O’Leary, 48, Medford 1:38:41
Top ten women
Lindsay Willard, 37, Somerville 1:44:43
Emily Raymond, 34, Cambridge 1:46:28
Lindsay Amherst, 32, Warwick, RI 1:49:18
Diane Senecal, 43, Narragansett, RI 1:49:18 7:06
Kat O’Leary, 30, Arlington 1:50:28
Erin Morin, 34, Arlington 1:52:54
Eileen Cakouros, 47, Milton 1:53:14
Samantha Gawrych, 27, North Eastham 1:54:02
Janytzabell Rodriguez-Ra, 29, New Bedford 1:54:51
Sally Drake, 42, Albany, NY 1:55:52
Top Island finishers
Men
David Diriwachter, 46, Vineyard Haven 1:52:34
Jim Lanctot, 50, Oak Bluffs 2:03:00
Peter Hatt, 49, Edgartown 2:03:05
Peter Rodegast, 59, West Tisbury 2:11:26
Leonard Verville, 52, Oak Bluffs 2:28:08
Women
Marylee Schroeder, 51, West Tisbury 2:04:57
Rachel Spirito, 24, Edgartown 2:05:34
Erin Tiernan, 36, Oak Bluffs 2:17:38
Chantal Desgagne, 48, Vineyard Haven 2:17:54
Alexandra Taylor, 40, Aquinnah 2:20:04
Lucy Leopold, 25, Chilmark 2:24:30