True, who narrowly missed earning a trip to the Olympics, finished in 28 minutes, 16 seconds, to end an 18-year streak of East African winners. The previous best finish for True, a Maine native and Hanover resident, was third place in 2014.
True said he wasn’t sure how big his lead was at the end, so he pushed hard.
“Winning this race has always been a goal of mine and it’s just great to be able to get it done,” he said.
Another American, Dathan Ritzenhein finished in second at 28:27, followed by Kenyan William Malel Sitonik at 28:32.
Mary Keitany, of Kenya, broke the women’s record in 30 minutes, 44 seconds. The previous record was 30:59. The other top female finishers were Wude Ayalew of Ethiopia and Caroline Chepkoech-Kipkirui of Kenya.
The Beach to Beacon race was founded by Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson. It follows the same coastal roads she trained on in Cape Elizabeth, starting at Crescent Beach State Park and ending at Fort Williams.
More than 6,500 runners from 15 countries and 43 states competed Saturday.
Tony Nogueira, of New Jersey, won the wheelchair race for 10th time, giving him more wins than any other racer in the Beach to Beacon. Christina Kouros, of Maine, won the women’s wheelchair division for the fifth time.
The 23-year-old Floridian, the PGA Tour rookie of the year last season, had just one bogey and was two strokes off the course record. He reached 15-under 195 at TPC River Highlands, following up rounds of 66 and 67 that left him tied for the lead coming into the day.
Russell Knox had a 64, and Russell Henley and Tyrone Van Aswegen each shot 65, to tie for second place at 12 under. Patrick Rodgers shot a 66 and was five strokes off the pace.
At Blaine, Minn., Miguel Angel Jimenez made a 17-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th hole for a 9-under 63 and the second-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ 3M Championship.
The 52-year-old Spanish player had five straight birdies on Nos. 6-10 and also birdied the par-3 17th in good scoring conditions at generous TPC Twins Cities. He had a 14-under 130 total.
Jimenez won in Mississippi in March for his third career PGA Tour Champions victory. He has 15 regular European Tour victories, the last in the 2014 Spanish Open at a tour-record 50 years, 133 days
At Springfield, Pa., South Korea’s Eun Jeong Seong and Italy’s Virginia Elena Carta set up the first all-international U.S. Women’s Amateur final in 106 years — and guaranteed a rare season sweep.
They each advanced with 2-and-1 victories at Rolling Green. The 16-year-old Seong beat 18-year-old Mathilda Cappeliez of France, and the 19-year-old Carta topped 15-year-old Yuka Saso of the Philippines.
The Detroit Lions suffered a “devastating” injury in their annual mock game Saturday when third-year tight end Eric Ebron had to be carted off the field with a lower right leg injury.
Ebron spent several minutes on the ground clutching the back of his right leg in the ankle/Achilles area before a cart came to take him to the locker room.
Lions coach Jim Caldwell, who talked to reporters before the game, declined comment about Ebron’s injury after practice.
NFL Network reported that the “early word” on Ebron was that he suffered an Achilles injury.
Scott Zeron became the second youngest driver to win the race for 3-year-olds, getting the son of Muscle Hill to the wire a nose ahead of last year’s 2-year-old champion and the pre-race favorite.
Marion Marauder, who edged Southwind Frank in the second elimination for the final, trotted the mile in 1:51.4 in winning for the sixth time in seven starts this year. The winner, who is owned by the Wellwood family, paid $7, $3.40 and $3.
Southwind Frank returned $3.80 and $3, and Sutton finished third and paid $6.60.