PINKHAM NOTCH — For the first time in the 59-year history of the Mt. Washington Road Race on Saturday ended in a tie.
Brittni Hutton, of Lubbock, Texas, and Heidi Caldwell, of Craftsbury Common, Vt., hit the finish-line tape in the same instant, in one hour 16 minutes 17 seconds.
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