TOPSHAM — Runners and walkers of all ages helped raise over $6,000 at the Save Our Swinging Bridge 5K and 2K Family Walk on Sunday.

The 16th annual event benefits the maintenance of the historic bridge that connects Brunswick and Topsham over the Androscoggin River.

Octogenarian, Houghton White of Brunswick was the oldest runner, finishing at 40:08 setting the record for his age category.

The youngest, 4-year-old, Adeline Vanier completed the 3.1-mile course at 51:05. Vanier may have set the record for her age group, too.

The top finishers carried home merchant baskets full of local gift certificates, gift cards and products.

The winners in the women’s category were: first place — course record-setting Anyelina Martinez of Haverhill, Massachusetts, 22 at 19:03; Finleigh Simonds, 13, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, at 20:23.7; and Cecilia Dube, 26, of Bangor at 21:04.9.

In the men’s category: Nathan Lopez, 13, of Lynnfield, Massachusetts, finished at 17:43.9; Logan Carter, 14, of Windham, New Hampshire at 17:58.4; Nicholas Downing, 32, of Topsham at 18:16.9.

Isaac Gower-Hall who finished fifth overall in a field of 102 runners spoke enthusiastically about the race. “I run in a lot of 5Ks. This race is the most organized of all of them.”

Gower-Hall was so excited about this 16th annual event that he convinced his running club, Haverhill’s Elite Track Club, to make the Swinging Bridge race a travel race for the team.

The team took four of the top six finishers awards male and female and came in first, second, and fourth through ninth overall.

The Save Our Swinging Bridge 5K is a challenging USATF certified and sanctioned 5K (3.1 mile) course, starting in Topsham’s lower village crossing the river into Brunswick, traveling south on Mill Street to recross the river on the historic swinging bridge, then up one hill and down the other, returning to Topsham’s lower village.

The 2K followed the path of the Androscoggin Riverwalk.

Proceeds of the Save Our Swinging Bridge 5K continue to benefit the maintenance fund of Save Our Swinging Bridge.Org, a non-profit formed to ensure the maintenance and beautification of our historic bridge.

Originally designed and built by the Roebling Co., (legendary designers and constructors of wire rope suspension bridges) in 1892 and rehabilitated in 2006.

Spanning the Androscoggin River, this bridge played a vital role in the economic and cultural development of the towns of Brunswick and Topsham.