The 17th edition of the Trail Animals Running Club’s Wapack and Back Trail Races took place Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Ashburnham, Mass. Runners took on either a 43-mile out-and-back of the Wapack Trail, a 50-mile race that included the 43-mile out-and-back plus an additional 7 miles, or a 21.5-mile one-way journey through the course. Since its founding in 2007 by Bogie Dumitrescu, the event has been held annually with the exception of 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s event was quite possibly the wettest Wapack and Back on record.

RESULTS
50-Mile

Place; Name; City, State; Time

1 Jack Buffington; Enfield, NH; 11:07:42

2 Elizabeth McGurk; Lebanon, NH; 11:18:28

3 Lars Sauvola; Rindge, NH; 11:24:02

4 Kevin Ellis; Richmond, NH; 11:39:32

43-Mile

Place; Name; City, State; Time

1 Walter Muhonen; Peterborough, NH; 7:47:58

2 Peter Bonito; Westmoreland, NH; 8:34:00

3 Jordan Speer; Newburyport, MA; 9:27:00

4 Brian Rusiecki; South Deerfield, MA; 10:11:10

5 David Herr; Canaan, VT; 10:21:25

6 Jeff Bush; Groton, MA; 11:16:44

7 Meg Miller; Glen, NH; 11:53:23

8 Anthony Tieuli; Northbridge, MA; 12:22:50

9 Jason Gray; Northbridge, MA; 12:22:52

10 Patrick McEnaney; Mendon, MA; 12:22:53

11 Dave DiLorenzo; Arlington, MA; 12:41:32

12 Jennifer Kenty; Medford, MA; 13:10:06

13 Kristen Smith; Danvers, MA; 13:10:07

14 Sarah Nelson; Florence, MA; 13:44:56

15 Joshua Grayum; Merrimack, NH; 13:47:33

16 Adam Hoffman; Natick, MA; 14:05:49

17 Ross Minkov; Whitinsville, MA; 14:05:52

21.5-Mile

Place; Name; City, State; Time

1 Travis Muhonen; New Ipswich, NH; 3:19:56

2 Ryan Williams; Concord, MA; 3:36:52

3 Roy Van Cleef; Harvard, MA; 3:40:33

4 Mike Veilleux; Weare, NH; 3:56:08

5 Wes Traub; Brookline, MA; 4:00:40

6 Lara Matthias; Sharon, NH; 4:05:05

7 Logan Traffie; New Ipswich, NH; 4:06:58

8 Michael Feeney; Dorchester, MA; 4:14:04

9 Timothy Blais; New Ipswich, NH; 4:32:52

10 Dan Flynn; Somerville, MA; 4:33:19

T11 Marc Almanzan; Dedham, MA; 4:33:32

T11 Laura Ricci; Boston, MA; 4:33:32

13 Nathan Edison; New Ipswich, NH; 4:35:25

14 Neil Titchener; Jackson, NH; 4:35:37

15 Lindsey Masterson; Peterborough, NH; 4:43:01

16 Chris Oriel; Lunenburg, MA; 4:43:56

17 Lorena Duquette; Berlin, MA; 4:49:39

18 Patrick Daly; Easton, MA; 4:52:47

19 Jay Murphy; Hingham, MA; 4:55:18

20 Aidan Desilets; Shrewsbury, MA; 5:08:49

21 Cali Salo; Rindge, NH; 5:09:18

22 Matthew Dibb; Scituate, MA; 5:12:07

23 Sebastien Hazard; Winchester, MA; 5:12:33

24 Eli Miller; Watertown, MA; 5:14:40

25 Sean Staples; Hanover, MA; 5:16:18

26 Jeremy Thomas; Arlington, MA; 5:18:56

27 Tahnee Seppala; Sharon, NH; 5:27:36

28 Squantch Sears; Rockport, MA; 5:27:52

29 Antoine Dubois-Rande; Arlington, MA; 5:30:43

30 Sebastien Godard; Lexington, MA; 5:30:52

31 Mairead Hanley; Westford, MA; 5:47:31

32 Richard Benoit; Kingston, WA; 5:51:45

33 Hannah Morgan; South Kingstown, RI; 6:04:58

34 Brook Burke; Northwood, NH; 6:09:19

35 Keith Bennett; Mason, NH; 6:12:19

36 John Sheedy; Berwick, ME; 6:16:10

37 Wayne Bainter; Shirley, MA; 6:16:31

38 Melissa Alajajian; Rindge, NH; 6:20:49

39 Andrew Alajajian; Rindge, NH; 6:20:50

40 Jennifer Shultis; Kingston, WA; 6:22:27

41 Bernard Cabrera; Brookline, NH; 6:26:25

42 Nicole Zarba; South Hadley, MA; 6:27:23

43 William Ragusa; Westfield, MA; 6:27:50

44 Jeremy Bombard; Framingham, MA; 6:31:04

45 Austin Fuller; Rindge, NH; 6:32:45

46 Barak Soreff; Dorchester, MA; 6:43:30

47 Tyler Simpson; Westwood, MA; 6:43:31

48 Ted Cowles; West Granby, CT; 6:56:28

49 Dave Smith; Hudson, MA; 6:56:52

50 Evan Emanuel; Cambridge, MA; 7:04:45

51 Camille Le Gall; Brookline, MA; 7:04:46

52 Christopher Rushlow; North Attleboro, MA; 7:04:48

53 Sean O’Connor; Boston, MA; 7:06:03

54 Robert Breckenridge; Keene, NH; 7:06:15

55 Brian Leslie; Winchendon, MA; 7:17:07

56 Caitlin Heindl; Amesbury, MA; 7:23:40

57 Leanne Sargent; Mason, NH; 7:24:52

58 Jessica Blais; New Ipswich, NH; 7:25:18

59 Mindy Randall; Goffstown, NH; 7:44:10

60 Heidi Mendoza; Watertown, MA; 7:45:19

61 Caitlin Selby; Peterborough, NH; 7:51:22

62 John Drew; Lyndonville, VT; 8:13:11

63 Katya Divari; Ashland, MA; 8:12:13

64 Chris Feder; Westborough, MA; 8:21:14

65 Melissa Arnold; Framingham, MA; 8:21:15

66 David Huang; Watertown, MA; 8:31:02

67 Rick Fijalkowski; Tyngsboro, MA; 9:10:28

68 Matt Webber; Bethlehem, NH; 9:21:52

69 Jesse Rebecca Jackson; Roslindale, MA; 10:01:06

70 Mary Brundage; Nashua, NH; 10:01:09