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A skinny wife is worth the weight

NEWRY, Maine — A Maine man carried his 97-pound wife over a muddy water hole, two logs and other obstacles in less than a minute to win the 10th annual North American Wife Carrying Championship.

Dave and Lacey Castro, of Lewiston, were among 41 entries from 11 states in Saturday’s 278-yard run at the Sunday River ski resort in Newry. Their time was 54.45 seconds.

Next, after winning her weight in beer and five times her weight in cash ($485): the world finals, in Finland, next July.