Oct 142009
American couple takes crown in Wife Carrying Championship
Over a course length of nearly three football fields that featured a muddy water hole and two log obstacles, Dave and Lacey Castro of Lewiston, Maine needed less than a minute to come in first among 41 teams from 11 states, winning Saturday’s competition at the Sunday River ski resort in nearby Newry.
They covered the 278-yard course in an astonishing 54.45 seconds, and are now eligible to compete as North American champions at the world championships in Finland next July.
Their prizes were (97-pound) Lacey Castro’s weight in beer and five times her weight in cash – $485.
97 pounds.
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