ADAMS, Mass. — Eric Ashe won his third straight Steel Rail Half Marathon on Sunday morning, finishing the 13.1-mile course in 1 hour, 9 minutes, 43 seconds.

 

Ashe edged Warwick, R.I.'s, Jake Sienko by just four seconds for the title.

 

The top woman in the field was Westfield's Apryl Sabadosa, who finished in 1:21:31, just fewer than four minutes ahead of second-place Abby Mahoney of Holyoke.

 

Seven hundred people finished the 4-year-old half-marathon, which utilizes the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail and benefits the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, which manages the trail. In the event's first three years, it raised about $25,000 to give to the DCR.

 

The Pittsfield-based Berkshire Running Center organizes the race.

 

Finishers Sunday ranged in age from 11-year-old T.J. Weeden of Hopkinton, who finished in 2:20:02, to 74-year-old Don Grant of Northampton(2:36:46) and Ann Renne of Pittsfield (3:21:00).

 

More photos of this event here.