It's a spinach theme at Great Race 2008

AUBURN - It was a day dominated by veterans at Great Race XXXI, with wins coming from long-time race enthusiasts and some local favorites.

Team Spinach, the 2006 winner, once again dominated at the top of the long course standings. But this year, they dominated the first two positions.

Andrew Melnychencko and Matt Belknap, formerly of Spinach, joined with Josh Henry and Benedict Schlimmer to form team Action Sports, taking first place overall (1:59.30) in the long course.