AUGUSTA — An overnight snowstorm delayed the start by half an hour but couldn’t stop the annual Gasping Gobbler 5k run on Thursday morning at Cony High School in Augusta.

There were 173 finishers in the annual fund raiser that benefits the Cony All Sports Boosters.

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Runners head north on Pierce Drive at the start of the Gasping Gobbler 5k race on Thursday at Cony High School in Augusta. Staff photo by Joe Phelan

Andrew Reifman-Packett, left, of Harpswell, was the first male finisher and Cecilia Morin, of Waterville was the first female finisher at the Gasping Gobbler 5k race on Thursday at Cony High School in Augusta. Staff photos by Joe Phelan

Runners head south on Pierce Drive at the start of the Gasping Gobbler 5k race on Thursday November 27, 2014 at Cony High School in Augusta. Staff photo by Joe Phelan

Staff photo by Joe Phelan Leah Gelhar, left, and her daughter Paige Gelhar, both of Durham, wear matching turkey hats they run in the Gasping Gobbler 5k race on Thursday at Cony High School in Augusta.

Andrew Reifman-Packett, of Harpswell, was the first male finisher in 16:40 and Cecilia Morin, of Waterville was the first female finisher in 20:55.

They both won a Thanksgiving dinner consisting of a frozen turkey, a pie and a package of dinner rolls along with a trophy with a turkey on top.

Age group winners got a turkey, second place got a pie and the rolls went to third place.

Shawn Totman said that organizers would deliver any food prizes winners didn’t want to the Bread of Life soup kitchen and donate them.