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BANGOR – If not for the race numbers pinned to their shorts and the cheering crowds lining the streets, it could have been just another day running on the roads for Louie and Joey Luchini.

The brothers train together every day in their hometown of Ellsworth. Sunday, they ran stride for stride for almost the entire race en route to first- and second-place finishes in the Walter Hunt Memorial 3K.

The 18-year-old Louie beat the 20-year-old Joey by two seconds, posting a time of 8 minutes, 44 seconds. They were followed closely by the man who coached them when they attended Ellsworth High, 35-year-old Andy Beardsley, who finished in 8:50.

The Ellsworth trio ran virtually uncontested the entire way. Fourth and fifth went to Justin Bates of Abbot (9:11) and Jason Hewitt (9:12) of Penobscot, respectively.

On the women’s side, Jo-Ann Nealey of Northport was a runaway winner, cruising to a 10:13 victory. Two-time defending champion Katrina Bisheimer of Bangor missed the starting gun but still managed to finish second in 10:57.

The race preceded the Fourth of July parade and followed its route, starting in front of the Dunkin’ Donuts in Brewer, progressing down Wilson Street, over the Joshua Chamberlain Bridge and down Main Street in Bangor. It finished over the footbridge near Pickering Square.

Louie and Joey Luchini said they had planned to run together, although they had hoped they wouldn’t have to lead until after the mile mark. But once the gun sounded, the only man that could stick with the brothers after the first half mile was Beardsley.

“[Running together] was the plan… until I slowed down and Louie went by me,” Joey joked, paying deference to his younger brother’s formidable racing creditentials. Louie, who graduated from high school in June, is considered one of the top five scholastic runners in the nation.

With their dark hair, slight builds and matching blue shorts, the Luchinis looked like mirror images of one another as they led Beardsley over the course. One spectator was overhead asking, “Are they twins?” It seemed natural that they would finish together.

But Beardsley wasn’t about to let his young charges get away that easily. As Louie began to put some distance on Joey heading down Main Street, Beardsley moved by Joey and gained several yards on him. He couldn’t hold his lead.

“At the beginning, as I was running behind them, I was watching them and getting a little nostalgic instead of focusing on the race. When I went by Joey, I tried to make it a race,” Beardsley said.

Louie won 14 and Joey won nine state high school titles in cross country and track under Beardsley’s tutelage.

The brothers said they may run a few more road races this summer, but their main focus is building a mileage base. Louie is preparing for his freshman cross country season at Stanford. Last year, Joey ran cross country at the University of Southern Maine.

“This didn’t really fit in to our training schedule – we just did it for fun,” Louie said.

The race was a short speed workout for Nealey, who said she prefers racing distances longer than 10K. The 38-year-old Belfast High coach last won the race in 1996.

Bisheimer said she thought Nealey would probably finish ahead of her, but that was virtually guaranteed when she missed the starting gun. Race director Dave Torrey had to delay the start five minutes to allow a train to pass, and while the runners were waiting on the line Bisheimer decided to stay loose by jogging to a Mobil station. On her way back to the line, she met the entire field running toward her.

“I didn’t know what to do. So I just [ran back to the line] and popped in to the race,” Bisheimer said.

Nealey had her third child, Drew, two years ago and this is her first summer of serious racing since his birth. Her other two children, 9-year-old Megan and 8-year-old Jillian, also competed in the race.

Nealey and her husband Dale, who ran alongside Jillian, coach their daughters in summer track.

Tina Michaud of Presque Isle was third in 11:18, followed by 14-year-old Oriana Farley of Hampden (11:19). MaryBeth Gorey of Fredericton, New Brunswick (11:24), 44, took fifth overall and earned the masters’ title.

Newell Lewey of Veazie turned in an outstanding performance in the master’s division, finishing 11th overall in 9:28.

The 41-year-old said he plans to get better with age.

“I ran this race in the exact same time last year. My goals still haven’t changed. I still want to set PR’s [personal records],” he said.

Hunt Memorial 3K AT BANGOR

1. Louie Luchini 8:44, 2. Joey Luchini 8:46, 3. Andy Beardsley 8:50, 4. Justin Bates 9:11, 5. Jason Hewitt 9:12, 6. Mike Chilly 9:15, 7. Teddy Pietz 9:19, 8. Andrew Goupee 9:20, 9. Patrick Hennes 9:24, 10. Scott Hosmer 9:28, 11. Newell Lewey 9:28, 12. Tim Wakeland 9:38, 13. Hugh McLean 9:40, 14. Keith Dawson 9:42, 15. Tim Foley 9:46, 16. Matthew Ferguson 9:50, 17. James Malech 9:51, 18. Steve Connor 9:53, 19. Bob Strout 9:55, 20. E.J. Hughes 10:00, 21. Robert Jordan 10:02, 22. Guy Berthiaume 10:04, 23. Joshua Madore 10:07, 24. Ian Fraser 10:07, 25. Dion Braet 10:08

26. Colin Pile 10:08, 27. Jeff Sands 10:12, 28. Jo-Ann NealeMike Valenoti 10:19, 30. Edward Hughes 10:21, 31. Chris Holt 10:27, 32. Seth Harrow 10:28, 33. Johann Geisel 10:29, 34. Dan Kearney 10:32, 35. Adam Goode 10:40, 36. Caleb Stutzman 10:43, 37. John Larson 10:47, 38. Jerry Carchedi 10:52, 39. Mike Lee 10:55, 40. Katrina Bisheimer 10:57, 41. David Johnson 11:00, 42. Jay Ellingsen 11:01, 43. Brian Herzsymchuck 11:01, 44. Jon-Corbett Nelson 11:02, 45. Doug Hodum 11:02, 46. Nicholas Larochelle 11:03, 47. Lance Stuart 11:04, 48. Chuck Murphy 11:05, 49. Paul Watson 11:09, 50. Will Hunter 11:17

51. Tina Michaud 11:18, 52. Oriana Farley 11:19, 53. Philip Tate 11:23, 54. MaryBeth Gorey 11:24, 55. Alicia Hughes 11:26, 56. Doug Comstock 11:27, 57. Tim Reid 11:28, 58. Jason Birkel 11:29, 59. Joseph Vetelino 11:30, 60. Joseph Clapper 11:31, 61. Peter Aucoin 11:32, 62. Forest Haiss 11:34, 63. John Dostie 11:35, 64. Dan Taylor 11:36, 65. Tim Marquis 11:37, 66. Peter Larson 11:37, 67. Bill Pinkham 11:37, 68. Patti Craig 11:39, 69. Tom Kirby 11:40, 70. Mike Bunker 11:41, 71. Mark Harsch 11:41, 72. Ryan Ellis 11:42, 73. Jeff Mannix 11:42, 74. Michael Nickerson 11:45, 75. Todd Misna 11:46

76. Shelia Hodges 11:48, 77. Jeffrey Bruce 11:51, 78. Ron Dostle 11:51, 79. William Comeau 11:53, 80. Ed Rice 11:53, 81. Anne Favolise 11:54, 82. Jon Hayslip 11:54, 83. James Greeley 11:55, 84. John Lemieux 11:58, 85. Cory Durbin 11:59, 86. Amy Potvin 11:59, 87. Eric Taylor 11:59, 88. Tim McKim 12:01, 89. Todd Greeley 12:03, 90. George Maxsimic II 12:07, 91. Nicole Caruso 12:07, 92. Steve Tuckerman 12:08, 93. Brandon Silk 12:11, 94. Eric Shulz 12:13, 95. Peter Colman 12:13, 96. Dave McCann 12:14, 97. Kim Pietz 12:15, 98. Ed Zimmerman 12:15, 99. Edward Harrow 12:15, 100. Thomas Pollard 12:15

101. Gabe Winn 12:16, 102. Dick Storch 12:16, 103. Evan Farley 12:17, 104. Doug Dunbar 12:17, 105. John Tjepkema 12:18, 106. Gary Wakeland 12:19, 107. Don Smith 12:22, 108. Jane Rau 12:22, 109. Matt Fine 12:23, 110. David Wilson 12:24, 111. Michael Larochelle 12:26, 112. Don O’Halloran 12:28, 113. Daniel McCue 12:30, 114. Jonathon Dearborn 12:31, 115. Lyner Rohman 12:32, 116. (not available) 12:32, 117. Jan LeBlanc 12:33, 118. Gary Vanidestine 12:34, 119. Kip Nelson 12:35, 120. Beret Skorpen 12:37, 121. Matthieu Larochelle 12:38, 122. Evan Aurelio 12:38, 123. Brian More 12:39, 124. Scott Dorrity 12:39, 125. Tro Brown 12:41

126. Jeff Thibodeau 12:43, 127. Chelsey Richert 12:45, 128. Erin Marquis 12:47, 129. John Galinat 12:50, 130. Robin Emery-Rappa 12:51, 131. Chris Oster 12:52, 132. Ron Jack 12:53, 133. Samantha DePoy 12:54, 134. Hollie Harnish 12:55, 135. Brian Barber 12:56, 136. David Silk 12:58, 137. Darrell Donahue 13:00, 138. Ron Crane 13:01, 139. Bob Ronan 13:02, 140. Rick Guyer 13:03, 141. Liv Carroll 13:07, 142. Ronald Hunt 13:11, 143. Ed Lombardi 13:13, 144. Bill Kenny 13:14, 145. Nick Aucoin 13:15, 146. Lexi Wakeling 13:16, 147. Robin Billings 13:17, 148. Melanie Craig 13:18, 149. Robert Welch 13:19, 150. Cassandra Hintz 13:22

151. Jason Elliot 13:24, 152. Russel Yoder 13:25, 153. John Warpeha 13:27, 154. Jon Lightner 13:28, 155. Vaughn Holyoke 13:29, 156. Jenny Nelson 13:31, 157. John Wakely 13:33, 158. Christopher Morse 13:34, 159. Steve Patten 13:37, 160. Michael Bednar 13:38, 161. Joan Merriam 13:39, 162. Sandra Gordon 13:39, 163. Bruce Shields 13:40, 164. Jana Stabile 13:40, 165. Angela Pooler 13:41, 166. Birte Grossman 13:41, 167. Ed Boyd 13:42, 168. Rene Collins 13:45, 169. Adam Killip 13:46, 170. Andrew Mead 13:46, 171. John Golden 13:48, 172. Kit Carroll 13:51, 173. Megan Nealey 13:51, 174. Stacey Snow 13:52, 175. Katy Bolduc 13:53

176. Brady Mayer 13:55, 177. Lisa Alley 13:56, 178. Karen Pooler 13:57, 179. Rick Bronson 14:04, 180. Tony Beardsley 14:06, 181. Bruce Barber 14:11, 182. Justin Boydream 14:12, 183. Richard Galinat 14:12, 184. Zachariah Brown 14:13, 185. Catherine Ross 14:19, 186. Melissa Patten 14:20, 187. Chelsey King 14:23, 188. Jon Simms 14:24, 189. Dave Page 14:25, 190. Zachary Kubetz 14:26, 191. Kristen Hewitt 14:27, 192. Justin Vroom 14:27, 193. Laura Beardsley 14:28, 194. Theresa Hainter 14:29, 195. Shawn Damon 14:29, 196. Derek Damon 14:29, 197. Ira Weissman 14:38, 198. Amy Clark 14:39, 199. Joni Fournier 14:41, 200. Sam Boyd 14:41

201. Tom Bennett 14:43, 202. Jillian Nealey 14:44, 203. Dale Nealey 14:49, 204. Heather Fine 14:50, 205. Tina Everett 14:52, 206. Stephen Matoian 14:55, 207. Ryan Larochelle 14:58, 208. John McVey 14:59, 209. Kylie Gray 14:59, 210. Norman Fitzgerald 15:00, 211. Anthony Schwarze 15:00, 212. Susan Estes 15:02, 213. Jean Schinck 15:03, 214. Nicki Estabrook 15:04, 215. Seth M213. Jean Schinck 15:03, 214. Nicki Estabrook 15:04, 215. Seth Martin 15:05, 216. Don Martin 15:05, 217. Joshua Yardley 15:18, 218. Laurie Hall 15:21, 219. Thomas Roberts 15:22, 220. Tracy Michaud-Stutz 15:22, 221. Jen Michaud 15:23, 222. Becky Michaud 15:28, 223. Eric Talbert 15:29, 224. Phil Hunter 15:30, 225. Chester MacKenzie 15:33

226. Karen Hughes 15:35, 227. Mary Hartt 15:38, 228. Jillian Beal 15:49, 229. Janice Talbert 15:51, 230. Erika Hall 15:52, 231. John Chipman 15:52, 232. Abby Weissman 15:53, 233. Diane Noah 15:58, 234. Lisa Grindle 15:59, 235. Jessica Wakeling 16:00, 236. Christian Larochelle 16:02, 237. Jan Bennett 16:02, 238. Seana Goldern 16:06, 239. Meghan Chase 16:07, 240. Erica Brooks 16:09, 241. Dottie DeBruyne 16:10, 242. Katy Weber 16:10, 243. Elizabeth Strout 16:11, 244. Bill Brochy 16:11, 245. Christa Acampora 16:13, 246. Steven Farley 16:15, 247. Tom Caron 16:16, 248. Mary Alice Bruce 16:17, 249. James Kingsbury 16:17, 250. Matthew Helfen 16:18

251. Steven Hunt 16:18, 252. John Bennett 16:19, 253. Dristin Johnson 16:19, 254. Ivey Menzietti-Elli 16:20, 255. Joy Stevens 16:20, 256. Sarah Guerette 16:20, 257. Brianne Cowan 16:23, 258. Kristen Cowan 16:24, 259. Jennifer Gundersen 16:30, 260. John Evans 16:30, 261. John Schwarze 16:34, 262. Patty Dunbar-Kelley 16:34, 263. Scott Melvin 16:35, 264. Berney Kubetz 16:35, 265. Kellie Stevens 16:36, 266. Abbey Roberts 16:37, 267. Katherine Wilson 16:37, 268. Seth Tillotson 16:38, 269. Betty Ellis 16:38, 270. Ron Chase 16:38, 271. Leigh Carroll 16:39, 272. Ben Estabrook 16:41, 273. Tim Estabrook 16:46, 274. Randy Wadleigh 16:48, 275. Thomas Dorrity 16:48

276. Emily Fraser 16:50, 277. Jacques R. Larochelle 16:50, 278. Jacques Larochelle 16:51, 279. Scott Fraser 17:02, 280. Marie Juckett 17:04, 281. Deborah MacLean 17:06, 282. Nicole Klam 17:08, 283. Laura Clarke 17:08, 284. Stephanie Chase 17:21, 285. Brad Simms 17:22, 286. Craig Wooster 17:23, 287. Tim Brochu 17:24, 288. Jonathan Cyrus 17:24, 289. Tony Cyrus 17:26, 290. Kate Golden 17:27, 291. Roberta Golden 17:31, 292. Jeremy Yardley 17:35, 293. Megan Yardley 17:40, 294. Ralph Acampora 17:42, 295. Mikel Moty 17:51, 296. Kyle Brenton 17:52, 297. Rachel Rubin 17:55, 298. Ty Taylor 17:55, 299. Colleen Matoian 17:56, 300. Mikaela Bolduc 18:02

301. Billy Zolper 18:05, 302. William Zolper 18:08, 303. Sherri Wakeling 18:11, 304. Johnny Diamond 18:12, 305. Rich Hewitt 18:18, 306. Robert Connor 18:28, 307. Collin Bates 18:34, 308. Joseph Hwalek 18:34, 309. Shane Yardley 18:36, 310. Donna Shackelford 18:38, 311. Jessica Bates 18:55, 312. Dustin Lawrence 18:59, 313. Dianne Lovejoy 19:01, 314. Marissa McLeod 19:10, 315. Kayla Alley 19:10, 316. James Alley 19:12, 317. Cayne Alley 19:14, 318. Charles Clapper 19:14, 319. Ginger Hwalek 19:21, 320. Coralie Dapice 19:24, 321. Deedra Dapice 19:28, 322. Holly O’Halloran 19:30, 323. Michael Perry 19:35, 324. Randy Hunt 19:36, 325. Janice Gran 19:40

326. Michael Wagner 19:52, 327. Michael Cowan 19:55, 328. Dennis Wagner 20:02, 329. Mark Cowan 20:29, 330. Will Johnson 20:31, 331. Erin Johnson 20:32, 332. Timothy Constantine 20:33, 333. Jim Johnson 20:40, 334. Dennis Lovely 20:56, 335. Cathi Goebel 20:58, 336. Peter Goebel 20:59, 337. Matthew Grant 21:11, 338. Elisabeth Morse 21:19, 339. Anita Niles 21:19, 340. Blaine Silk 21:30, 341. Marsha Hartz 21:30, 342. Dottie Labor 22:03, 343. unknown 22:05, 344. Carrie Achorn 22:08, 345. unknown 22:08, 346. Joey Klam 22:31, 347. Alyssa Bates 22:31, 348. Sarah Diamond 22:32, 349. Michelle Klam 22:53, 350. Scott Hoyt 22:54

351. Floyd Hoyt 22:55, 352. Kara Cowan 22:57, 353. Dawn Cowan 23:13, 354. Rebecca Cowan 23:14, 355. Dale Pollard 23:22, 356. Bain Pollard 23:24, 357. Kathleen Gorey-McSo 23:25, 358. Charles Boyd 23:28, 359. Linda Boyd 23:28, 360. Kay Storch 24:55, 361. Morgan Johnson 25:09, 362. Garrett Johnson 25:11, 363. Dianne Johnson 25:28, 364. Joe Johnson 25:35, 365. Rheba Michaud 26:39, 366. Judy Love 27:24, 367. Leona Clapper 27:24

AT EASTPORT Dale C. Lincoln Kids Run, 1 1/2 miles

Boys 11-13: Willie Emery 9:27, Joey Townsend 10:36, Glen Lagasse 11:11; 10-under: Adam Clark 10:06, Albert Webb 11:29, Owen Hicks 11:42

Girls 11-13: Kallie Pottle 11:56, Stephanie Tracy 11:58, Helen Pottle 14:28; 10-under: Zel Bowman-Laberge 11:30, Aarika Ritchie 12:14, Fiona Wilson 13:35