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Runners move down Riverside Drive on Sunday during the L-A Bridge Run in Auburn. The event is the final race of the 2024 Greater L-A Triple Crown 5K Series. More than 300 people covered the 5K course that weaves through downtown Lewiston and Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Ted Stratman of Lewiston gives his wife, Chandra Sasseville, a high-five Sunday as Sasseville approaches the finish line of the L-A Bridge Run. The event is the final race of the 2024 Greater L-A Triple Crown 5K Series. More than 300 people covered the 5K course that weaves through downtown Lewiston and Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Alexis Wilbert of Cumberland turns Sunday from Lincoln Street onto Cedar Street during the L-A Bridge Run in Lewiston. Wilbert would be the first woman Sunday to cross the finish line. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Runners pass the Franco Center at 46 Cedar St. in Lewiston on Sunday during the L-A Bridge Run. More than 300 people covered the 5K course Sunday that weaves through downtown Lewiston and Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
As Logan Gallant, 10, receives encouragement Sunday from family members and friends during the L-A Bridge Run, Andrea Vincent, left, of Auburn stops to finish the race with Gallant. Vincent and her husband, Shawn Vincent, are longtime volunteers with the Greater L-A Triple Crown 5K Series. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Ralph Fletcher of Auburn and Frank Reynolds, behind American flag, of Amherst, N.H., clear the course ahead of the runners Sunday during the L-A Bridge Run in Lewiston. Fletcher is a longtime volunteer with the Greater L-A Triple Crown 5K Series. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Joseph Reynolds of Westbrook turns Sunday from Lincoln Street onto Cedar Street during the L-A Bridge Run in Lewiston. Reynolds would be the first man Sunday to cross the finish line. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Young runners bolt across the Bernard Lown Peace Bridge on Sunday during the Auburn Firefighters Local 797 Kids Fun Run in Auburn. Organizers hold a separate race for children prior to the start of the L-A Bridge Run. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Sherie Blumenthal of Lewiston and her daughter, Maia, 10, cross the finish line Sunday during the L-A Bridge Run in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Patrick Shea of Lewiston gives his neighbor, Henry Hopkins, 4, a high-five Sunday after the boy finished the Auburn Firefighters Local 797 Kids Fun Run in Auburn. Organizers hold a separate race for children prior to the start of the L-A Bridge Run. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Daryn Slover always pulls for the underdog - what would you expect from someone that was raised in Cleveland and lives in Lewiston. He drinks cheap coffee and cheap beer so that he can afford to put his...