Ben Shorey, former Ellsworth High School track and field athlete, and Adam Staier, former Mt. Blue track and field standout, won the Open and Junior 10,000 meter racewalks respectively at the Penn relays Sunday. Anne Favolise, a former Narraguagus standout, claimed second place in the open women’s 5,000 meter racewalk.

Shorey took a commanding lead right from the start and walked in front for 24 of the 25 laps in the race. Olympic Training Center veteran Sean Albert, from New Jersey. was forced to play catch up the entire race. Shory’s time was 42:10.97.

Staier, walking a conservative race, held off a challenging Zachary Pollinger from New Jersey, winner of the 2003 Milrose Games racewalk. Although far from his best time, Staier won in 46:30.59.

Favolise, coming off some very intense recent racing, managed to walk an impressive 24:17.71 to capture second place.

Former Jay High School racewalker Justin Easter, representing Bates College, claimed second place in the steeple chase in a field of 46 runners.

High School track and field all-Americans Troy Clark of Lisbon and Dan Campbell of Caribou to finish in 51:23.43 and 51:49.93, respectively.

Mark Dennett, a senior at Winthrop, was forced to drop out due to a nagging pinched nerve in his shoulder.

Jasmine Brooks of Dirigo and Carly Lochala and Jessie Smith from Mt. Blue toed the line at the start of the women’s open, masters’, and juniors’ 5000-meter racewalk. Lochala prevailed over Brooks by a margin of 27:27.74 to 27:53.46, for a sixth- and eighth-place finish, respectively. Lochala’s time was a personal best, as was the 30:24.82 time recorded for Smith, who finished in 15th place.

Clark, Campbell, Lochala, and Brooks all qualified for the Junior National Track and Field Championships to be held in conjunction with the USATF National Track and Field Championships at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. in late June. All three collegiate walkers from Maine and four of the six high school walkers earned medals at the Penn relays, and thereby placed Maine as the most highly decorated state in the racewalk portion of the Penn Relays.