FRYEBURG – Two-time defending Women’s Champion Nancy Zalewski of Plymouth, Wisc., set a new record in the Ax Throw while Brian Cox of Peru established a new record in the Cable Skidder competition during Monday’s 39th annual Saco Valley Woodmen’s Field Day at Fryeburg Fair.

Zalewski scored a 24 out of a possible 25 to beat the Ax Throw record of 22 set last year. She went on to win the Women’s Underhand Chop and finish second in the Bucksaw and Crosscut contests on her way to her third straight overall championship.

Cox’s time of one minute and 1.84 seconds beat the 2002 cable skidder record of 1:3.3.

Jerry Gingras of Errol, N.H., won Champion Woodsman’s honor while the Master’s Championship went to Deerfield, Ohio’s Rudy Dettmer, who tied for top honors last year.

Heath Taylor of Cornish was awarded the Champion Logger trophy while Brian Winn of Effingham, N.H., was the day’s Champion Trucker.

A total of 98 competitors competed in the daylong event.

Winners of each event were:

• Women’s Bucksaw, Irene Harvey, East Hardwick, Vt., 14.295 seconds;

• Master’s Bucksaw, Dave Stadler, Bemidji, Minn., 8.675 seconds;

Men’s Bucksaw, Don Lambert, St. Gilles, Quebec, 5.565 seconds;

• Women’s Crosscut, Erica Schreiner and LaVonne Miklioche, 9.985 seconds;

• Master’s Crosscut, Sven Johnson of Jewett City, Connn., and Charlie Wojtkun, 8.465 seconds;

• Men’s Crosscut, Don Lambert and Gaston Duperre, 5.805 seconds;

• Jack & Jill Crosscut, Andy and Erica Schreiner, 7.05 seconds;

• Women’s Underhand Chop, Nancy Zalewski, 46.105 seconds;

• Master’s Underhand Chop, Rudy Dettmer, Deerfield, Ohio, 26.17 seconds;

• Men’s Underhand Chop, Arden Cogar Jr., West Hamlin, W.Va., 12.56 seconds;

• Women’s Ax Throw (record), Nancy Zalewski, 24;

• Master’s Ax Throw, Rudy Dettmer, determined by throw-off;

• Men’s Ax Throw, Ed Brightman, Assonet, Mass., M. Athearn, determined by throw-off;

• Springboard Chop, Mike Sullivan, Colebrook, Conn., 45.69 seconds;

• Stock Chain saw, Ed Brightman, Assonet, Mass., 3.855 seconds;

• Open Chain saw, Jerry Gingras, 3.535 seconds;

• Tree Felling, Herb Gingras, dead hit – 21.04 seconds;

• Log Roll, Andy Schreiner, Fulton, N.Y., and Arden Cogar Jr., 13.295 seconds;

• Cable Skidder (record), Bruce Cox, Peru, 1:01.84;

• Grapple Skidder, Matt Warren, Brownfield, 1:00.41;

• Log Loading, Dale Mills, Parsonsfield, 2.20.33;

• Pulp Loading, Brian Winn, West Newfield, 4:37.12;

• Hydraulic Loading, Arnold Winn, 4:37.12;