In the last 10 years of the Rockin’ Rooster Run only three different men have crossed the finish line first … of course, one far more than the other two.

And with Sergio Ribeiro of Waterbury – the three-time defending champ with seven career Rooster Run wins – not among the 206 competing last weekend, the door was left wide open for a new champion to emerge.

And so the trophy went to the last guy not named Sergio Ribeiro to win the annual Rockin’ Rooster Run – Brian McGovern.

McGovern, 24, a graduate of the University of North Carolina and now residing in Bonita Springs, Florida, eased across the finish line in 16:31 and re-visited his 2002 Rooster Run title, when he defeated Ribeiro by 32 seconds to earn the trophy. Ribeiro still owns the course record of 15:38 set in 2003.

Norma Grom of New Fairfield, 17th overall, was the first female finisher at 21:15.

The 31st running of the race was a time for the younger set to shine, as four of the top 10 times were turned in by teenagers – starting with Eric MacKnight, 17, who finished second to McGovern at 16:57.

1. Brian McGovern, 24, Bonita Springs, Florida, 16:31; 2. Eric MacKnight, 17, Newtown, 16:57; 3. Tim Milenkevich, 24, Ansonia, 17:39; 4. Kevin Hoyt, 15, Sandy Hook, 17:42; 5. Matt Cole, 18, Newtown, 17:43; 6. Kevin Grimes, 43, Sandy Hook, 17:56; 7. Jose Martinez, 47, Bethel, 18:18; 8. Fernando Caetano, 47, Bethel, 18:35; 9. Jordan Reed, 16, Newtown, 19:20; 10. Ken DeVries, 55, Hopewell Junction, NewYork, 19:21.

11. John Richers, 51, New Milford, 19:25; 12. Dale Bajcer, 41, Sandy Hook, 19:51; 13. Michael Mangarella, 17, Sandy Hook, 20:00; 14. Joe Rahtelli, 17, Sandy Hook, 20:39; 15. Doug Hughes, 43, New Fairfield, 20:46; 16. Steven Malary, 49, Monroe, 21:07; 17. Norma Grom, 43, New Fairfield, 21:15; 18. Peder Scott, 50, Newtown, 21:17; 19. Curt Davis, 34, Sandy Hook, 21:23; 20. Glenn Walsh, 41, Sandy Hook, 21:35.

21. Danny Tichon, 18, Newtown, 187 21:37; 22. Mike Matthews, 43, Southbury, 21:52; 23. Andrew Mangold, 14, Newtown, 21:55; 24. Brendan O’Connell, 15, Sandy Hook, 22:04;  25. Michael Gould, 13, Sandy Hook, 22:14; 26. Jack Zamary, 42, Newtown, 22:15; 27. Gavin Scallon, 11, Sandy Hook, 22:21; 28. Jacob Feinstein, 11, Sandy Hook, 22:23; 29. Jason Tuz, 27, New Milford, 22:28; 30. Bret Prybyiski, 29, Danbury, 22:30.

31. Johanna Francis, 25, Newtown, 22:34; 32. Billy Flynn, 42, Newtown, 22:35; 33. Steve Meeker, 39, Newtown, 22:37; 34. Mark Alexander, 39, Newtown, 22:38; 35. William Mangold, 42, Newtown, 22:40; 36. Pieter Martino, 11, Sandy Hook, 22:42; 37. Mara Scallon, 12, Sandy Hook, 22:43; 38. Sarah MacKnight, 21, Newtown, 22:56; 39. Michael Scarpa, 41, Sandy Hook, 23:05; 40. Eric Myhill, 40, New Milford, 23:10.

41. Liam Cawley, 18, Sandy Hook, 23:13; 42. Ruth Rowe, 39, Sandy Hook, 23:25; 43. Frank Burhance, 45, Newtown, 23:35; 44. Christine Manfredonia, 21, Sandy Hook, 23:37; 45. Madeline Keane, 12, Newtown, 23:38; 46. Brian Fagan, 58, Sandy Hook, 23:45; 47. Andy Stubbs, 38, Newtown, 23:46; 48. Daniel Sorrentino, 38, Sandy Hook, 23:47; 49. Stephen Ashbolt, 15, Newtown, 23:49; 50. Tom D’Amico, 32, Ridgefield, 23:50.

51. Jeff Dugan, 47, Newtown, 23:53; 52. Andrew Turkenkopf, 23, Brookfield, 23:58; 53. Mike Madden, 42, Newtown, 23:59; 54. Nicholas Haarhoff, 28, Danbury, 24:01; 55. Gary Vaughan, 46, Sandy Hook, 24:02; 56. Lucille Rossi, 41, Sandy Hook, 24:10; 57. Chris DeVries, 53, Hopewell Junction, 24:15; 58. Hugh Fullman, 49, Sandy Hook, 24:20; 59. Timmy Cawley, 16, Sandy Hook, 24:23; 60. Donna DiCiacco, 27, Sandy Hook, 24:26.

61. Thomas Giarratano, 10, Newtown, 24:31; 62. Gregory Scallon, 48, Sandy Hook, 24:33; 63. Barbara Donahue, 44, Sandy Hook, 24:34; 64. Tom Gould, 42, Sandy Hook, 24:37; 65. Richard Wragge, 34, Newtown, 24:40; 66. Jack Weber, 46, Newtown, 24:44; 67. Rob Creamer, 42, Ridgefield, 24:47; 68. Mark Ashbolt, 45, Newtown, 24:49; 69. Chane Cullens, 49, Sandy Hook, 24:55; 70. Erin Begg, 12, Newtown, 25:36.

71. Bill Begg, 42, Newtown, 25:37; 72. Joseph Petitti, 63, Sandy Hill, 25:45; 73. Scott Glaser, 28, Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, 25:58; 74. Linda Garvey, 40, Bethel, 26:09; 75. Katrina Davis, 34, Sandy Hook, 26:18; 76. Beth Jacobs, 26, Danbury, 26:20; 77. Craig Rogers, 52, Sandy hook, 26:23; 78. Jorge Londorio, 38, Newtown, 26:24; 79. Kirsten Mawdsley, 37, Sandy Hook, 26:37; 80. Julia Trudell, 10, Newtown, 26:38.

81. Melissa Gregson, 37, Newtown, 26:40; 82. Karen Macknight, 48, Newtown, 26:43; 83. Kristine Dziezynski, 36, Waterbury, 26:45; 84. Ken Donahue, 48, Sandy Hook, 26:48; 85. Alice Walsh, 47, Newtown, 26:52; 86. Andre Beresin, 13, Woodbury, 26:55; 87. Brian Cawley, 14, Sandy Hook, 26:59; 88. Peter Ovendorf, 12, Sandy Hook, 27:00; 89. Stephanie Roman, 11, Sandy Hook, 27:06; 90. Leslie Trudell, 43, Newtown, 27:07.

91. Catherine Summ, 37, Newtown, 27:11; 92. Alexandra Scarpa, 13, Sandy Hook, 27:15; 93. David O’Connell, 35, Sandy Hook, 27:19; 94. Beatrice Gellert, 56, Newtown, 27:24; 95. Nancy Sedensky, 48, Newtown, 27:33; 96. Tressa Scott, 11, Newtown, 27:35; 97. Elizabeth O’Connell, 18, Newtown, 27:38; 98. Kim Harrison, 40, Newtown, 27:40; 99. Yong Jin Serock, 48, Newtown, 27:41; 100. Bob Bouclier, 49, Woodbury, 27:46.

101. Lisa Andrews, 23, Sandy Hook, 27:50; 102. Denise Mendoza, 44, Southbury, 27:59; 103. RJ Roman, 13, Sandy Hook, 27:59; 104. Anne Francis, 56, Newtown, 28:07; 105. Caitlin Cloonan, 11, Newtown, 28:09; 106. Paul Schriever, 44, Sandy Hook, 28:12; 107. Craig Frigon, 10, Newtown, 28:17; 108. Rick Child, 37, Newtown, 28:19; 109. Laura Helmig, 36, Newtown, 28:22; 110. Tim Helmig, 37, Newtown, 28:22.

111. Quinn Helmig, 7, Newtown, 28:23; 112. David Tracy Jr, 51, Waterbury, 28:23; 113. Tess Kneisel, 10, Newtown, 28:24; 114. Elizabeth Raffery, 40, Newtown, 28:25; 115. Karl Eilers, 53, Danbury, 28:31; 116. Barbara McCloskey, 42, Sandy Hook, 28:55; 117. Ana Paula Machado, 44, Newtown, 28:55; 118. Sean O’Connell, 45, Sandy Hook, 29:09; 119. Katie Fullman, 18, Sandy Hook, 29:19; 120. Alex Thomson, 66, New Fairfield, 29:26.

121. Joan Manfredonia, 60, Southbury, 29:37; 122. Jennifer Kennedy, 41, Newtown, 29:37; 123. Maggie Kennedy, 10, Newtown, 29:38; 124. Jeanette Manfredonia, 41, Sandy Hook, 29:42; 125. Robert Manfredonia, 40, Sandy Hook, 29:43; 126. Karen O’Connell, 44, Newtown, 29:49; 127. Joan Plavnicky, 46, Newtown, 29:56; 128. Hannah Schmidt, 08, Newtown, 30:12; 129. Tim Schmitz, 36, Newtown, 30:13; 130. Kiernan Villeneuve, 35, Newtown, 30:22.

131. Jeffrey Schutz, 35, Sherman, 30:37; 132. Laura Schutz, 35, Sherman, 30:37; 133. Cynthia Dunn, 38, Newtown, 30:44; 134. Loanne Morris, 41, Newtown, 30:45; 135. David Francis, 57, Newtown, 30:57; 136. Jason Platt, 30, Sandy Hook, 31:02; 137. Billy Begg, 10, Newtown, 31:07; 138. Leah Begg, 36, Newtown, 31:07; 139. Tom Horan, 45, Sandy hook, 31:15; 140. Alexa Reilly, 8, Newtown, 31:20.

141. Cara Reilly, 41, Newtown, 31:22; 142. Stephanie Zamary, 10, Newtown, 31:28; 143. John Drescher, 70, Lakeside, 31:36; 144. Haley Creamer, 9, Ridgefield, 32:11; 145. Jamie Calandro, 7, Sandy Hook, 32:20; 146. Nick Lafty, 10, Sandy hook, 32:38; 147. Grace Clark, 9, Newtown, 32:47; 148. Deborah Vaughn, 46, Sandy Hook, 32:50; 149. Michele Ovendorf, 42, Sandy Hook, 32:50; 150. Sara D’Amico, 27, Sandy Hook, 33:14.

151. Charlene Calandro, 41, Sandy Hook, 33:21; 152. Richard Tyrseck, 48, Danbury, 33:43; 153. Chris Rospenda, 46, Sandy Hook, 33:46; 154. Zoe Eggleston, 11, Newtown, 33:50; 155. Melanie Curtis, 11, Sandy Hook, 33:51; 156. Lauren Elliott, 41, Sandy Hook, 33:53; 157. Nancy Cawley, 49, Sandy Hook, 33:55; 158. Barb Germak, 46, Sandy Hook, 33:57; 159. Nancy Duffy, 40, Sandy Hook, 34:00; 160. Eliza Eggleston, 9, Newtown, 34:18.

161. Ryan Murphy, 9, Newtown, 34:30; 162. Kelly Conte, 42, Sandy Hook, 34:31; 163. Elizabeth Helmig, 10, Newtown, 34:35; 164. Kellie Ennis, 36, Derby, 34:36; 165. Brady Eggleston, 13, Newtown, 34:37; 166. Christina Cistulli, 8, Sandy Hook, 34:38; 167. Arang Cistulli, 36, Sandy Hook, 34:38; 168. Kathryn Mayer, 41, Newtown, 34:47; 169. Joanna Wollman, 12, Newtown, 34:55; 170. Daniel Wollman, 30, Newtown, 34:55.

171. Melissa Murphy, 43, Newtown, 35:04; 172. Molly Begg, 7, Newtown, 35:35; 173. Barbara LoBuglio, 42, Newtown, 35:45; 174. Emma Kneisel, 8, Newtown, 35:46; 175. William Kneisel, 40, Newtown, 35:48; 176. Arthur Rowe, 53, Sandy Hook, 36:25; 177. Michael Cloonan, 8, Newtown, 36:43; 178. Peter Cloonan, 42, Newtown, 36:44; 179. Betsy Bell, 61, Newtown, 36:55; 180. Joey Cistulli, 6, Sandy Hook, 37:03.

181. Joe Cistulli, 40, Sandy Hook, 37:07; 182. Courtney Calo, 10, Newtown, 37:51; 183. Laura Feinstein, 46, Sandy Hook, 37:59; 184. Peter Giarratano, 44, Newtown, 38:25; 185. Julia Bogdanoff, 6, Newtown, 38:27; 186. Elizabeth Bogdanoff, 45, Newtown, 38:28; 187. Haley Kean, 9, Newtown, 40:02; 188. Andrea Gaddis, 47, Newtown, 41:06; 189. Emily Rowe, 12, Sandy Hook, 42:08; 190. Kaleb Rowe, 11, Sandy Hook, 42:09.

191. Clare Manun, 10, Sandy Hook, 42:41; 192. Robert Kostka, 79, Brookfield, 43:30; 193. Ellen Lacko, 56, Newtown, 45:15; 194. Ellie Neiman, 57, Newtown, 45:16; 195. Karen Gordon, 52, Sandy Hook, 48:40; 196. Arlene Keinik, 58, Newtown, 50:17; 197. Susan Giarratano, 13, Newtown, 50:25; 198. Mary Giarratano, 41, Newtown, 50:26; 199. Lilla Dean, 68, Newtown, 51:40; 200. Camden Fowler, 6, Newtown, 52:19.

201. Christopher Fowler, 38, Newtown, 52:19; 202. Colby Fowler, 5, Newtown, 52:27; 203. Lynn Fowler, 40, Newtown, 52:28; 204. Neal Larkin, 30, Newtown, 54:51; 205. Rosemary Larkin, 30, Newtown, 54:52; 206. Jade Finlayson, 4, Newtown, 54:56.

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