Despite Saturday's bone-chilling, wind-driven rains, 25 stalwart souls reported to the starting line of the 10th Ocean View St. Patrick's Day Boys & Girls Club 5K road race.

The winning runner, from East Falmouth, was 22-year-old Nick Scalfone who splashed around the East Chop course in the excellent time of 17:42 more than a minute better than Carlos Borges of Tyngsboro, winner of the 2006 race, the last time the St. Pat's was run. Nick was Saturday's youngest competitor.

Finishing second, as he did two years ago, was Garry Metters, 42, of Tisbury, in 20:00, 26 seconds behind his '06 time.

The first female finisher was Erica Lasek-Nesselquist of Woods Hole. Her time was 21:01, 1:42 faster than Katherine Shanor, 40, of Oak Bluffs, who was best in '06.

Results by age & gender:

Female 20-29: (1) Erica Lasek-Nesselquist, 28, Woods Hole, 21:01 (2) Krystle Rose, 23, Tisbury, 27:36.

Male 20-29: Nick Scalfone, 22, East Falmouth, 17:42 (2) Matthew Hughes, 23, Oak Bluffs, 23:52 (3) Dustin Shaw, 23, Oak Bluffs, 25:02.

Female 30-39: (1) Kathryn Barrows, 30, Tisbury, 22:12 (2) Mary Ellen Ross, 37, Falmouth, 27:50.

Male 30-39: (1) Daniel Vaughn, 32, Edgartown, 21:49 (2) Todd Cleland, 38, Oak Bluffs, 23:42 (3) Jim Geary, 37, Tisbury, 25:41.

Female 40-49: (1) Susan Belcher, 46, Deerfield, 26:18 (2) Karen McAuliffe, 41, Boxborough, 26:32.

Male 40-49: (1) Garry Metters, 42, Tisbury, 20:00 (2) David Belcher, 46, Deerfield, 20:54 (3) Patrick Parker, 47, Oak Bluffs, 21:50 (4) Neal Sullivan, 45, Edgartown, 23:11 (5) Bob Ogden, 41, Tisbury, 24:07 (6) Scott McAuliffe, 45, Boxborough, 26:22.

Female 50-59: (1) Kathleen O'Sullivan, 58, Edgartown, 32:18 (2) Liz Fox, 53, Edgartown, 33:32.

Male 50-59: (1) Dana Gaines, 50, Edgartown, 21:44 (2) Wayne Guyther, 51, Oak Bluffs, 21:55 (3) Al Mahoney, 52, Tisbury, 31:25.

Male 60-69: Adam Ross, 64, Falmouth, 23:46 (2) Tom Cleland, South Hadley, 27:43.

Neal Sullivan, Todd Cleland and Al Mahoney qualified for Clydesdale competition.

Major sponsors of the race, a benefit for the B&G Club, were the Ocean View Restaurant & Pub and the Martha's Vineyard Savings Bank. Other sponsors: Parker Carpets, Fullin Heating, Shiretown Meats, Hinckley Lumber, Paul Vertefeuille Plumbing, Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home, Mark Pogorzelski Carpentry and Broadway Screen Printing.