BANGOR – The 385 runners who finished Monday’s 25th annual Walter Hunt Memorial Fourth of July 3-kilometer road race certainly appreciated the fact that the humid weather that made running conditions miserable over the past couple weeks had dispersed.

Cassie Hintz of Stillwater and Mike Bunker of Bucksport appreciated it even more.

Both runners, who came into the race as defending champions, defended their crowns in the annual Brewer-to-Bangor classic.

Bunker, a University of Southern Maine standout, fended off a second-half charge from Andy Spaulding of Freeport to win in 8 minutes, 35 seconds. Spaulding finished four seconds back (8:39).

Rounding out the top five were Judson Cake of Bar Harbor (8:46) and Adam Goode (8:57) and Phil LeBreton (9:09), both of Bangor.

Hintz placed 13th overall to easily win the women’s title in 9:42. Kate Dzurec of Storrs, Conn., who is originally from Hampden, wound up second in 10:24, followed by Molly Peverada of Hampden (11:12), Katrina Bisheimer of Bucksport (12:01) and Patricia Craig of Holden, a running coach at Bangor High (12:09).

Tragedy occurred after the race when longtime runner Bill Pinkham of Lamoine died. Pinkham, 62, finished the race, exited the chute and then collapsed and died in the parking garage where he went to get a drink of water.

The men’s race was set up to be a tight race, and Bunker was surprised that Goode, a former Bangor High standout, stayed with him as long as he did.

“Surprisingly Adam Goode gave me the most competition even though he died at the end,” said Bunker, who went through the first mile in 4:23. “He gave me a little scare,” Bunker added, who figured his main competition would come from Cake.

“I figured he’d be more of a factor in this race,” he said. Bunker beat Cake in the Tour du Lac 10-mile race in Bucksport last week.

Bunker said that in this race, a fast one, there’s an occasional rabbit or two who can really make things interesting in the first half-mile.

“There’s so many people in this race, a lot of people go out too fast,” he said.

Other notable finishers were Bucksport High coach Chris Jones, who finished 19th overall in 10:01 and Bangor three-sport running star Casey Quaglia, who finished right next to recent Brewer graduate John Snow in 9:36.

In the women’s race, it wasn’t a question of who would come in first. It was a question of would she break the course record.

Cassie Hintz was 14 seconds shy of the mark of 9:28 set by Wendy Delan in 1988.

Hintz used the downhill start well, going through the mile in around 4:53, which she says is about a 10-second personal record.

Like most runners who enter, Hintz enjoys the fast downhill course and the parade throng that gives her support.

“It’s the highlight of my Fourth of July,” said the 17-year standout runner. “This race is a lot of fun and fast because of the downhill.”

Hintz, who is coming off a recent fifth-place finish at the U.S. Junior National meet in the 5,000, was pleased with the way she ran.

“Yeah, I got my best mile time by about 10 seconds,” she said.

Hintz’s mother Marilyn finished sixth in the women’s race with a time of 12:13.

25th Annual Walter Hunt Memorial Fourth of July 3000 Metres

At Brewer

1, Michael Bunker, 8:35; 2, Andy Spaulding, 8:39; 3, Judson Cake, 8:46; 4, Adam Goode, 8:57; 5, Phil LeBreton, 9:09; 6, Andrew Beardsley, 9:13; 7, Matt Hougon, 9:19; 8, Joseph Capehart, 9:32; 9, Jim Newett, 9:33; 10, Forrest Tobie, 9:35; 11, Casey Quaglia, 9:36; 12, John Snow, 9:36; 13, Cassie Hintz, 9:42; 14, Chris Peverada, 9:46; 15, Hans Hassell, 9:53; 16, Lexi Wakeling, 9:54; 17, Michael Larochelle, 9:56; 18, James Pellerano, 9:59; 19, Christopher Jones, 10:01; 20, Brian Hubbell, 10:12; 21, David Dzurec, 10:12; 22, Derek Whited, 10:19; 23, Ben Grimmnitz, 10:22; 24, Kate Dzurec, 10:24; 25, Seth Young, 10:25; 26, Riley Masters, 10:25; 27, Peter Lodge, 10:27; 28, Newell Lewey, 10:31; 29, Ryan McLaughlin, 10:32; 30, Jered Hayes, 10:33; 31, Jason Hewitt, 10:33; 32, Paul Dzurec, 10:36; 33, Seth Harrow, 10:38; 34, Ryan King, 10:45; 35, John Mills, 10:47; 36, Jay Lewey, 10:50; 37, Matthew Macone, 10:51; 38, Chris Almy, 10:51; 39, Joe Gallant, 10:54; 40, Steve Connor, 10:57; 41, Jay Jeffrey, 10:59; 42, Sean Hutchinson, 11:00; 43, Bob Snow 11:03; 44, Bill Comeau, 11:04; 45, Don Roach, 11:07; 46, Peter Aucoin, 11:10; 47, Duane Wardwell, 11:10; 48, Molly Peverada, 11:12; 49, Andrew Zielinski, 11:16; 50, Christian Larochelle 11:17;

51, Zack Whited, 11:18; 52, John Peckenham, 11:18; 53, Jay Gould, 11:26; 54, Jerry Carchedi, 11:30; 55, Brecht Merrill, 11:31; 56, Seth McKeen, 11:32; 57, Dan Milan, 11:34; 58, Jon Hume, 11:34; 59, Glen Holyoke, 11:35; 60, Wirey Bruce, 11:37; 61, Ian Knapp, 11:48; 62, Ty-Daniel Davis, 11:48; 63, Steve Applebee, 11:51; 64, Jacob Cravens, 11:52; 65, Doug Russell, 11:53; 66, Tom Kirby, 11:55; 67, Anthony Black, 11:57; 68, Katrina Bisheimer, 12:01; 69, Paul Holyoke, 12:05; 70, Stephen Kohlmeyer, 12:08; 71, Patricia Craig, 12:09; 72, Marilyn Hintz, 12:13; 73, Kristopher Roach, 12:13; 74, Bruce Levasseur, 12:14; 75, Janie Smith, 12:16; 76, Jason Hutchinson, 12:17; 77, Travis Blackmer, 12:17; 78, Ike Gasaway, 12:19; 79, Don Martin, 12:19; 80, Jason Elliott, 12:21; 81, Ray Bolduc, 12:22; 82, Lance Farrar, 12:23; 83, Jon LeBlanc, 12:23; 84, Kyle Holyoke, 12:25; 85, Seth Dorman, 12:25; 86, Zachary Kubetz, 12:25; 87, Ian Murdoch, 12:27; 88, John Tjepkema, 12:28; 89, Len Dorman, 12:31; 90, Ryan Lynch, 12:33; 91, Jonathan Rubin, 12:33; 92, Mary Parsons, 12:34; 93, Brian Carr, 12:35; 94, Sheila Hodges, 12:43; 95, Paul Tormey, 12:46; 96, Conor LeBlanc, 12:47; 97, Michael Wagner, 12:48; 98, Anne Vayda, 12:51; 99, Sam Matoush, 12:53; 100, Davey Perry, 12:56;

101, Tim Brochu, 12:58; 102, Don O’Halloran, 12:58; 103, David Wilson, 13:00; 104, Dave Farley, 13:02; 105, Doug Comstock, 13:03; 106, Dave Perry, 13:03; 107, Joseph Vetelino, 13:04; 108, Annie Seekins, 13:06; 109, Matthew Muniz, 13:06; 110, Misti Guerin, 13:06; 111, Jeffrey Bruce, 13:06; 112, Lindsey Mercier, 13:07; 113, Lyndsey Brozyna, 13:07; 114, Bill Pinkham, 13:08; 115, Andrew Cote, 13:08; 116, Jennifer Rowe, 13:09; 117, Ericha Hager, 13:09; 118, Deirdre Wholly, 13:09; 119, Kristine Bean, 13:12; 120, Bruce Blackmer, 13:14; 121, Cameron Masters, 13:16; 122, Dave Samuelian, 13:17; 123, Ronald Hunt, 13:19; 124, Derek Veilleux, 13:19; 125, Leigh Carroll, 13:20; 126, Ed Chesnet, 13:20; 127, Nichi Farnham, 13:21; 128, Taylor Burr, 13:25; 129, Dan Curts, 13:27; 130, Seth Pearson, 13:27; 131, Andrew Wood, 13:28; 132, Chris Wood, 13:28; 133, Justin Boudreau, 13:33; 134, Livingston Carroll, 13:34; 135, Edward Harrow, 13:35; 136, Eugene Pellerano, 13:35; 137, Ashley Burr, 13:36; 138, Dana Andrews, 13:37; 139, Doug Dunbar, 13:38; 140, Patrick Masters, 13:39; 141, Larry Smith, 13:40; 142, Frank Bragg, 13:41; 143, Noelle Merrill, 13:42; 144, Mike Ronan, 13:43; 145, Chris Sayles, 13:44; 146, John Poirier, 13:46; 147, Kate Murray, 13:47; 148, Doug Farnham, 13:47; 149, Caitlyn Wilson, 13:47; 150, Jacques R. Larochelle 13:48;

151, Don Lynch, 13:49; 152, Chloe Meisner, 13:49; 153, Gary Burgess, 13:49; 154, Joseph Clapper, 13:50; 155, Kathryn King, 13:51; 156, Garry Gittano, 13:51; 157, Monica Minson, 13:52; 158, Shea Patterson, 13:53; 159, Ryan Casey, 13:54; 160, Riley Mahan, 13:55; 161, Rick Bronson, 13:56; 162, Michael Mahan, 13:57; 163, Peter Vayda, 13:58; 164, Jerry Markley, 13:58; 165, Doug Allen, 13:58; 166, Pete Cowan, 14:00; 167, Tim Pearson, 14:02; 168, Andrew Thomits, 14:02; 169, Steven Boss, 14:05; 170, Michael Jeffrey, 14:11; 171, Alex Burgess, 14:13; 172, Stephen Kirby, 14:14; 173, John Rubino, 14:15; 174, Jen Poliquin, 14:16; 175, Avery Curtis, 14:19; 176, Christian Johnson, 14:24; 177, Gregory Politi, 14:25; 178, Peter Taft, 14:28; 179, Gary Vanidestine, 14:29; 180, Donne Sinderson, 14:32; 181, Tim Bush, 14:32; 182, Annette Hatch-Clein 14:33; 183, Whitney Gould, 14:36; 184, Molly Walsh, 14:37; 185, Braydon Beardsley, 14:38; 186, Elizabeth Anderson, 14:38; 187, David Smith, 14:41; 188, Steve Weinstein, 14:42; 189, Josh Scripture, 14:43; 190, Paul Brown, 14:44; 191, Colleen Carr, 14:46; 192, Doug Jensen, 14:47; 193, Casey Estes, 14:48; 194, Mark Farley, 14:48; 195, Robin Emery, 14:51; 196, David Kleinschmidt, 14:52; 197, Tony Alcala, 14:53; 198, Dennis Bosser, 14:54; 199, Joan Merriam, 14:55; 200, Nancy Hall, 14:56;

201, Aline Seekins, 14:56; 202, Susan Estes, 14:57; 203, Mark Perlenti, 14:59; 204, Nathan Matoush, 15:00; 205, Elizabeth Nauert, 15:01; 206, Ira Weissman, 15:02; 207, Patty Dunbar-Kelley 15:03; 208, Cody Thibodeau, 15:04; 209, Robert Welch, 15:04; 210, Andrew Mead, 15:06; 211, Abigail Tormey, 15:09; 212, Larry Merrill, 15:10; 213, David Jones, 15:13; 214, Cindy Whited, 15:18; 215, Catie Zielinski, 15:18; 216, Amy Badger, 15:18; 217, Matthew Wagner, 15:19; 218, Jim Sohns, 15:19; 219, Lynn Webb, 15:20; 220, Erin Young, 15:21; 221, Wayne Dwyer, 15:24; 222, John Golden, 15:25; 223, Cooper Plaisted, 15:25; 224, Joe York, 15:27; 225, Jen Gasaway, 15:29; 226, Emilie Bronson, 15:30; 227, Jonathan Fuller, 15:30; 228, Timothy Page, 15:32; 229, Nicholas Applebee, 15:33; 230, Jamison Johnson, 15:35; 231, Carolyn Adams, 15:36; 232, Sarah Giffard, 15:37; 233, Ian Burgess, 15:37; 234, Bill Dove, 15:38; 235, N. Van Raymond, 15:38; 236, Seth Freudenberger, 15:42; 237, Gordon Stitham, 15:44; 238, Jennifer Vachon, 15:44; 239, Lewis Hassell, 15:47; 240, Evan Harris, 15:47; 241, Bob Harris, 15:48; 242, Saif Pratt, 15:48; 243, Robin Johnson, 15:52; 244, Mary Hartt, 15:52; 245, Julia St. John, 15:56; 246, Raphe St. John, 15:56; 247, Steven Farley, 15:57; 248, Stephanie Comstock, 15:58; 249, Kym Bendure, 16:00; 250, Joe Gabrie, 16:00;

251, Hallie Tyler, 16:00; 252, Rene Collins, 16:01; 253, Angelica Vicnaire, 16:02; 254, Marty Elliot, 16:02; 255, Dennis Wagner, 16:05; 256, Margaret Capehart, 16:07; 257, Lynn Pratt, 16:09; 258, Meg Sayles, 16:10; 259, Rick Sayles, 16:10; 260, Sarah Diamond, 16:11; 261, Hallie Semmel, 16:15; 262, Eric Semmel, 16:17; 263, Leslie Poake, 16:19; 264, Chrissy Beardsley, 16:20; 265, Mike Scripture, 16:21; 266, Marcia Politi, 16:21; 267, Sam Bolduc, 16:23; 268, Joe Wampler, 16:24; 269, Lynn Bolduc, 16:24; 270, Carrie Achorn, 16:28; 271, Patrick Lawlor, 16:30; 272, Trudy Neal, 16:31; 273, Maureen Kremin, 16:32; 274, Cindi Dixon, 16:34; 275, Julia Felts, 16:35; 276, Isaac Greenlaw, 16:36; 277, Katherine Wilson, 16:42; 278, Emily Robson, 16:44; 279, Hannah Boss, 16:47; 280, Shannon Dapice, 16:49; 281, Cameron Brown, 16:53; 282, Katie Beardsley, 16:56; 283, Ethan Dapice, 16:57; 284, Deedra Dapice, 16:57; 285, Vaughn Holyoke, 16:59; 286, John Holyoke, 16:59; 287, Theresa Hainer, 17:00; 288, Shawn Casey, 17:02; 289, Scott Casey, 17:02; 290, Norman Fitzgerald, 17:03; 291, Darcie McElwee, 17:04; 292, Erica Haymans, 17:05; 293, Dani O’Halloran, 17:05; 294, Lisa Grindle, 17:07; 295, Mark Pellon, 17:09; 296, Dylan Proctor, 17:11; 297, D’anna Mayer, 17:17; 298, Leah Dorman, 17:21; 299, Alex Maxsimic, 17:21; 300, George Maxsimic, 17:22;

301, Kathy Bouton-Semmel 17:23; 302, Bernard Kubetz, 17:24; 303, Sarah Roach, 17:28; 304, Bernadine Duerkop, 17:37; 305, Merrianne Perry, 17:42; 306, Justin Scripture, 17:42; 307, Katheine Ronan, 17:42; 308, Bob Ronan, 17:43; 309, Linda Ronan, 17:49; 310, Jim Owen, 17:49; 311, Heather Hogan, 17:50; 312, Leslie Costello, 17:50; 313, Roberta Golden, 17:51; 314, Annie Bella, 17:57; 315, Patti Scripture, 17:58; 316, Alex Knapp, 17:59; 317, Shannon Randall, 18:18; 318, Rachel Triplett, 18:24; 319, Tel Jackson, 18:27; 320, Coralie Dapice, 18:36; 321, Sam Huston, 18:36; 322, Paul Huston, 18:46; 323, Geoffrey Dapice, 18:46; 324, Meghan Smith, 18:47; 325, Tony Beardsley, 18:50; 326, John Diamond, 18:52; 327, Rue Babcock, 18:52; 328, Diane Harris, 18:54; 329, Patricia Claus, 19:05; 330, Kira Yardley, 19:09; 331, Jeremy Yardley, 19:22; 332, Logan Huston, 19:26; 333, Marlee Huston, 19:26; 334, Jamison Rhoads-Doyl 19:26; 335, David Goodness, 19:26; 336, Jon Goodness, 19:27; 337, Mary Alice Bruce, 19:29; 338, Virginia Merrill, 19:29; 339, Aimiee Dubois, 19:43; 340, Reynold Dubois, 19:45; 341, Ben Huston, 19:51; 342, Pete Huston, 19:52; 343, Emma Parsons, 19:53; 344, Chelsea Kuzio, 19:54; 345, Joe Lawlor, 19:55; 346, Collin Rhoads-Doyle 20:05; 347, Alecta Rhoads-Doyle 20:12; 348, Sam Brown, 20:21; 349, Micheal Paul Brown, 20:21; 350, Yousef Pratt, 20:29;

351, Dave Lawlor, 20:29; 352, Kianna Yardley, 20:39; 353, Megan Yardley, 20:40; 354, Dawn Huston, 20:44; 355, Christopher Poake, 20:44; 356, Abra Iwanko, 20:45; 357, Olivia Day, 21:02; 358, Cinnamon Newers, 21:27; 359, Bill Lawlor, 21:30; 360, Rusty Elliot, 21:38; 361, Rich Hewitt, 21:43; 362, Jan Duffy, 21:44; 363, Jackie Dunbar, 21:45; 364, Christopher Garay, 21:51; 365, Nick Montemarro, 22:03; 366, Chris Montemurro, 22:21; 367, Katie LeBreton, 22:26; 368, Perry LeBreton, 22:28; 369, Gracie Brochu, 22:56; 370, Aimee Cyr, 22:56; 371, Rachel Prescott, 23:02; 372, David Prescott, 23:03; 373, Gaelen Saucier, 23:43; 374, Charlie Day, 23:44; 375, Dottie Laber, 24:17; 376, Gabriel Coffey, 24:29; 377, Brad Coffey, 24:39; 378, Tessa Yardley, 25:03; 379, Shane Yardley, 25:04; 380, David Knights, 25:54; 381, Leah Vetelino, 25:55; 382, Cindy Sayles, 27:08; 383, Randy Hunt, 28:31; 384, Leona Clapper, 40:02; 385, Charles Clapper, 40:02.

Male Age Groups

Overall winner: Michael Bunker 8:35; 1-10: Dan Curts 13:27, Seth Pearson 13:27, Braydon Beardsley 14:38; 11-14: Derek Whited 10:19, Ty-Daniel Davis 11:48, Kyle Holyoke 12:25; 15-18: Forrest Tobie 9:35, Caseey Quaglia 9:36, Chris Peverada 9:46; 19-34: Andy Spaulding 8:39, Judson Cake 8:46, Adam Goode 8:57; 35-39: Ryan King 10:45, Duane Wardwell 11:10, Ike Gasaway 12:19; 40-44: Andrew Beardsley 9:13, Christopher Jones 10:01, Peter Lodge 10:27; 45-49: Jim Newett 9:33, Brian Hubbell 10:12, Newell Lewey 10:31; 50-54: Bill Comeau 11:04, Wirey Bruce 11:37, Eugene Pellerano 13:35; 55-59: Chris Almy 10:51, Don O’Halloran 12:58, Bruce Blackmer 13:14; 60-69: John Tjepkema 12:28, David Wilson 13:00, Dave Farley 13:02; 70-99: Vaughn Holyoke 16:59, Bill Lawlor 21:30, Charles Clapper 40:02

Female Age Groups

Overall winner: Cassie Hintz 9:42; 1-10: Hallie Semmel 16:15, Leah Dorman 17:21, Katherine Ronan 17:42; 11-14: Annie Seekins 13:06, Lyndsey Brozyna 13:07, Taylor Burr 13:25; 15-18: Molly Peverada 11:12, Anne Vayda 12:51, Lindsey Mercier 13:07; 19-34: Kate Dzurec 10:24, Sam Matoush 12:53, Ericha Hager 13:09; 35-39: Katrina Bisheimer 12:01, Patricia Craig 12:09, Misti Guerin 13:06; 40-44: Mary Parsons 12:34, Nichi Farnham 13:21, Done Sinderson 14:32; 45-49: Janie Smith 12:16, Kathryn King 13:51, Nancy Hall 14:56; 50-54: Marilyn Hintz 12:13, Sheila Hodges 12:43, Noelle Merrill 13:42; 55-59: Robin Emery 14:51, Joan Merriam 14:55; 60-69: Rene Collins 16:01, Marcia Politi 16:21, Katherine Wilson 16:42; 70-99: Leona Clapper 40:02