University of Maine at Fort Kent
Campus Calendar Facebook Youtube Instagram
rounded end of search box field
background image: female basketball player on the court background image: male soccer player on the soccer field
line separating the site's main navigation bar from the content area
blurred photo of the UMFK Sports Center

UMFK’s own Suchan wins UM5K race
September 19, 2009 • Fort Kent, ME

A record 54 runners take off in the 2009 UM5K race
A record 54 runners take off in the 2009 UM5K race

University of Maine at Fort Kent professor Vladimir Suchan was the top finisher in the annual five kilometer UM5K race held in Fort Kent, Maine. Suchan, also an Assistant Cross Country Coach for the UMFK men’s and women’s program, finished the 3.1 mile course in a time of 18:35. Angela Ewings was the top female finisher with a time of 20:44.

A record fifty-four total runners navigated the course which began and finished on UMFK Alumni Memorial Soccer Field and went out and back on the community’s heritage trail. Prizes were handed out to eight different divisional winners. In the women’s 18 and under division, Melissa Mckinney was the winner in a time of 23:15. For women 18-29, UMFK freshmen Laura Dacyzyn won with a time of 22:40. Ewings took the 30-44 division for women and Linda Mountain won the women’s 45+ with a time of 21:40. On the men’s side, the 18 and under winner was Boo Prescott with a time of 25:55. UMFK senior Goran Nagradic won the men’s 18-29 division with a time of 20:11. Dacyzyn and Nagradic both run for UMFK Cross Country. UMFK Nordic Ski Coach and professor Jeff Dubis took home men’s 30-44 top honors in a time of 19:14 and Suchan was the 45+ winner.

Complete race results


1. Vlad Suchan; 18:35
2 Jeff Dubis; 19:14
3 Goran Nagradic; 20:11
4 Ron Pelletier; 20:14
5 Tom Elias; 20:19
6 Tom Bard; 20:24
7 Manny Odugbela; 20:32
8 Angela Ewings; 20:44
9 Rob Langer; 20:46
10 Leland Roy; 20:57
11 Jeff Planetta; 21:05
12 Linda Mountain; 21:40
13 Alan Campbell; 21:59
14 Yair Gal; 22:17
15 Waldo Libby; 22:19
16 Jimmy Lopez; 22:35
17 Laura Dacyczyn; 22:40
18 Melissa McKinney; 23:15
19 Benoit Levasseur; 23:22
20 Luc Cyr; 23:23
21 Nicole Porter; 23:30
22 Tamar Philbrook; 23:39
23 Jenna Wirtanen; 23:45
24 David Planchet; 24:00
25 Lucas Levesque; 24:01
26 Christopher Roy; 24:21
27 Othniel Hyliger; 25:31
28 Denise Landry Nadeau; 25:46
29 Boo Prescott; 25:55
30 Brandon Fox; 26:07
31 Amanda Pelletier; 26:27
32 Clinton King; 26:29
33 Michel Nadeau; 26:32
34 Jackie Door; 26:33
35 Emily Burnett; 26:34
36 Scott Brickman; 26:38
37 John Plodder; 26:48
38 Kerry Voisine; 27:02
39 Rebecca Stokdijk; 27:18
40 Rachel Audibert; 27:44
41 Jeremy Thomas; 27:45
42 Don Audibert; 27:46
43 Yoshives Belizaire; 27:49
44 Terence Dockery; 28:39
45 Carolyn Prest; 28:54
46 Joanne Boutlier; 28:56
47 Laurie Coltan; 29:02
48 Kelly Martin; 29:03
49 Suzie Paradis; 27:49
50 Dawn Daigle; 28:00
51 Ben Paradis; 29:15
52 Lucy Martin; 30:18
53 Helene Traveus Cyr; 20:29
54 Gentle Prescott; 32:55