Even though it was the Marathon resident's first contest, Sutcliffe said he was accustomed to eating stone crab claws quickly, because while growing up that was the key to satisfying his appetite at the family dinner table.
Greg D'Agostino and Rick Palmer won the team division where stone crab aficionados shared cracking and eating duties. The Marathon residents finished in 8:50.
Stone crabs are a renewable resource. Fishermen harvest legal-size claws and return the crab's body to the water to grow new extremities.