The return last Saturday of the Orrington 10-kilometer road race was a successful one, with 89 runners finishing the flat, fast 6.2-mile jaunt through the small village.

One runner who is having success on roads all over Maine this spring is the 10K female division winner Andrea York.

The 22-year-old University of Maine senior and Friendship native has won the Animal Orphanage 5K in Old Town, the Epic Trail 4-miler in Bangor, and Earth Day 5K in Old Town to go along with her 41-minute, 40-second triumph in Orrington.

The Orrington 10K was York’s first such race in two years. Most of the races she has done this spring have been 5Ks.

“It was a little bit harder because I’ve been running 5Ks,” she said. “Once I made the turnaround I was like ‘oh, [shoot], another 5K to go.”‘

York said she was perplexed with her time, adding that she doesn’t dwell on a race if things don’t go her way.

“I try not to think about it that much. After a race I don’t like to acknowledge how well I did,” she explained. “If I do, it just makes me want to do better.”

Less than 24 hours later, York was back in action, finishing second to Christine Snow-Reaser in the women’s division at the Hot Pursuit 5K in Brunswick.

Asked if the tough double was challenging, York responded, “Nah, I like it.”

York’s plans for the summer include taking classes at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham with a goal of attending graduate school in the future.

As far as running goes, she is going to “just keep doing what I’m doing and running road races.”

York wasn’t the only one who enjoyed a fast time at the Orrington 10K. Erik McCarthy, 25, of Orono was the overall winner a time of 33:25, while Jeff Sprague of Rockland was second. Adam Goode of Orono was third, Andy Goupee of Ellsworth fourth, and Joe Capehart, a running coach at John Bapst Memorial High in Bangor, fifth.

Patty’s Race draws well

A bright, sunny Sunday afternoon drew 149 runners and walkers to Lee Academy for the fifth annual Patricia Corbin Memorial Run last weekend.

Lee graduate Drew Pickering, 19, won the 3.15-mile race, run over cross country trails, dirt roads, and the back roads of Lee in 19:29.

The race was founded in 2003 in honor of Corbin, a Lee Academy cross country runner who died in a car accident in the spring of 2002.

Saucony 5K Saturday

Highlighting this weekend’s road racing schedule is the Saucony 5K race in Bangor.

The race starts at 9 a.m. at the Saucony Outlet on Farm Road, with registration taking place from 7-8:30.

Fees are $10 prior to race day and $15 on race day. Any questions, contact Jeremy Durost at 942-7644.

Meanwhile, in Portland, Maine’s biggest 5K race will highlight a trio of Mother’s Day races on Sunday.

The Portland Sea Dogs 5K, which is expected to draw 1,000-plus runners, will start at 9:15 a.m. with a kids’ run at 8:30.

The race starts just up Route 1 from Hadlock Field and finishes inside the ballpark in front of the visitors’ dugout.

All participants win a free ticket to any Sea Dogs’ home game this season, and the male and female overall winners get season tickets for the rest of this season and will throw out the first pitch at the Sea Dogs’ next home game.