FUN FACTS
60 people participated in the 5k
31 people participated in the 9-mile paddle
Youngest participant was 6 and the oldest was 84
126 people total signed up to run, paddle, cheer or fundraise
Nearly 30% more people registered this year than in 2020
With the help of 13 fundraisers, 199 donors raised $16,423!!!
23 sponsors donated $21,521!!!
Though we missed getting together personally we did hear from many participants that they loved being able to participate at their own pace! Thank you everyone—in our books you are all winners for caring for our river and watershed. Thank you!
IRON HERRING
Participants who completed the 9-mile paddle and all four of the 5K races (in order of combined fastest times) and runners up:
Female:
Mary Beth Gangloff, 150:33 total minutes
Benai Kornell, 170:13 total minutes
Michelle Liebetreu, 174:10 total minutes
Male:
Greg Lesher, 98:23 total minutes
Matthew Wilson, 161:10 total minutes
Kirk Davis, 176:39 total minutes
5K WINNNERS
Overall top 3 winners in female and male categories:
Somerville/Medford Female Top 3
Jenn Mckechnie, 18:54
Lori Chong, 22:37
Benai Kornell23:13
Somerville/Medford Male Top 3
Greg Lesher, 22:23
Matthew Wilson, 23:10
Avery Normandin, 24:15
9-mile Paddle Female Top 3
Mary Beth Gangloff, 1:37
Kate Adams, 2:25
Benai Kornell, 2:27
9-mile Paddle Male Top 3
Greg Lesher, 1:16
James Tomes, 1:30
Ben Ames, 1:48
We’d like to extend huge “thank you” to our virtual race fundraisers!
Al Coons
Alex Moot & Nancy Roosa
Bill Duncan
Destinee Waiters
Faye Charpentier
Julia Mendonca
Karin Turer
Camberwaters (Kristen Lyman)
Laurinda Bedingfield
Matt “Fear the Gull” Wilson
Margaretta Sangree
I Heart Resilient Mystic (Nasser Brahim)
Patrick Herron
And, thanks to Kristen Lyman, Karin Turer, Julie Ing Stern and more, for the great photos!
Three River Challenge
With nearly 70 miles of paddling, walking, jogging and biking along the Mystic, Ipswich and Charles River, Matthew Santoso won the first ever Three Rivers Challenge. Beyond the great joy for the effort—he also won a Lincoln Hide-a-way solo forest green fiberglass canoe.
