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He took it seriously, and it showed
by Outspoken on Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:58 am
He took it seriously, and it showed
Ben True, the former Greely High standout, breaks from the pack and takes his first division title in the Beach to Beacon.
By JENN MENENDEZ
Staff Writer Portland Press Herald
CAPE ELIZABETH — At the starting line near Crescent Beach, Ben True had a look about him that said it all.
Thirty-one minutes, 2 seconds later, True topped the Maine men's field at the TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K road race, his first title in what has become one of the race's most intriguing divisions.
True also was the first American male finisher, at 11th overall.
"I've never taken this seriously before," said True, his hair spiked with sweat. "Today felt good."
True, a former Greely High School standout in distance running and Nordic skiing, will be a senior at Dartmouth College in the fall. He has run Beach to Beacon several times, but because the August race falls during his build-up period for cross country, he has never competed to his full potential.
Saturday, he unleashed what his competitors knew he had in him.
"You could tell he had his game face on," said race president Dave Weatherbie, who went on a training run with True earlier in the week. "Just looking at him, you knew he was going to run hard."
True started in a pack with Judson Cake, 30, of Bar Harbor and Jon Wilson, 20, of Falmouth. Former winners Ethan Hemphill, 36, and Donny Drake, 23, were behind in a second pack of Maine runners.
True pulled away from the Maine field with college buddy Harry Norton, a Massachusetts resident, somewhere between Mile 2 and Mile 3.
"I just got on his shoulder and went," said True. "I knew he was going a little fast but didn't see anyone else from Maine from that point on in my peripheral vision."
Cake said he could see True ahead for most of the race and quickly knew he was out of reach.
Cake said he has been trying to break records in smaller races in northern Maine for most of the summer. He worked his shift as a gourmet cook in Bar Harbor on Friday night and woke up at 3 a.m. Saturday to make the trip to Cape Elizabeth.
Cake slept in the backseat of his friend's small car on the ride down, brushed the sleep from his eyes and finished second behind True in 31:49.
Cake won the $1,000 purse that would have gone to True if NCAA rules did not prohibit its athletes from taking prize money.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=202660&ac=PHnws
Derek Davis/Staff Photographer
Ben True, the former Greely High standout, breaks from the pack and takes his first division title in the Beach to Beacon.
By JENN MENENDEZ
Staff Writer Portland Press Herald
CAPE ELIZABETH — At the starting line near Crescent Beach, Ben True had a look about him that said it all.
Thirty-one minutes, 2 seconds later, True topped the Maine men's field at the TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K road race, his first title in what has become one of the race's most intriguing divisions.
True also was the first American male finisher, at 11th overall.
"I've never taken this seriously before," said True, his hair spiked with sweat. "Today felt good."
True, a former Greely High School standout in distance running and Nordic skiing, will be a senior at Dartmouth College in the fall. He has run Beach to Beacon several times, but because the August race falls during his build-up period for cross country, he has never competed to his full potential.
Saturday, he unleashed what his competitors knew he had in him.
"You could tell he had his game face on," said race president Dave Weatherbie, who went on a training run with True earlier in the week. "Just looking at him, you knew he was going to run hard."
True started in a pack with Judson Cake, 30, of Bar Harbor and Jon Wilson, 20, of Falmouth. Former winners Ethan Hemphill, 36, and Donny Drake, 23, were behind in a second pack of Maine runners.
True pulled away from the Maine field with college buddy Harry Norton, a Massachusetts resident, somewhere between Mile 2 and Mile 3.
"I just got on his shoulder and went," said True. "I knew he was going a little fast but didn't see anyone else from Maine from that point on in my peripheral vision."
Cake said he could see True ahead for most of the race and quickly knew he was out of reach.
Cake said he has been trying to break records in smaller races in northern Maine for most of the summer. He worked his shift as a gourmet cook in Bar Harbor on Friday night and woke up at 3 a.m. Saturday to make the trip to Cape Elizabeth.
Cake slept in the backseat of his friend's small car on the ride down, brushed the sleep from his eyes and finished second behind True in 31:49.
Cake won the $1,000 purse that would have gone to True if NCAA rules did not prohibit its athletes from taking prize money.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=202660&ac=PHnws
Derek Davis/Staff Photographer
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