Showing posts with label Sports Running Burk Memorial 5K. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports Running Burk Memorial 5K. Show all posts

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Nov. 14 5k honors memory of Terry Burk and Sam Case [Eagle Archives]



Westminster's long history of meeting demands for green space [Eagle Archives]

Nov. 14 5k honors memory of Terry Burk and Sam Case [Eagle Archives]

November 6, 2015 by Kevin E. Dayhoff


On Nov. 14, the Westminster Road Runners Club and Westminster City Department of Recreation and Parks will sponsor the annual Terry Burk Sam Case 5K on the Wakefield Valley Trail — better known to older local runners as the Terry Burk Trail.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the tragic death of Burk, a popular runner and the second generation owner of a family candy store, the Treat Shop in Westminster.

Burk was struck by a car and killed while jogging with friends on Route 97 at Kalten Road on Aug. 10, 1995. He was only 48 years old.

Sam Case was among the original members of the Westminster Road Runners Club… http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-archives-green-space-20151104-story.html





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Friday, November 8, 2013

Burk Memorial 5K Run, 9 October 2004

Burk Memorial 5K Run, 9 October 2004

November 8, 2013 update: The link is no longer working. So, I am going to update this post to reflect the entire article…   See below the link lollapalooza…






For more information on the Westminster Road Runners Club, please go to: https://sites.google.com/site/wrrclub/

For articles on the Westminster Road Runners Club click here: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/search/label/Sports%20Running%20Wster%20Rd%20Runners

For more information on walking, running or riding a bicycle in Carroll County, Maryland - See more at: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/search/label/Sports%20Running%20Wster%20Rd%20Runners#sthash.YRZULiP6.dpuf


http://www.carr.org/~wrrc/WRRC_Results/2004/results04_burk.htm

Copyright 2002 Westminster Road Runners Club.

Webmasters: Beth Weisenborn and Rich Beck.

For problems or questions regarding this website, please contact WRRC.

Last Updated: 10/12/2004

Crawford Captures Burk 5K

On a delightful Saturday morning--when far too many were either recovering from the night before, running cross-country races somewhere else, or prepping for longer races, David Crawford cruised to a narrow win in the second annual Burk Memorial 5K run, held on and around Tahoma Farm Road west of Westminster.

The race is named for candy store owner, runner, and club sponsor Terry Burk, who was killed nine years ago last August when hit by a car which veered off Route 97 onto the shoulder at the entry to Kalten Acres.

Prizes for this year's run were gift certificates to the Treat Shop--his former business, located in the mall across from the movies. The current owner contributed a portion of the cost of the prizes.

The race was originally meant to be conducted along the walking, hiking, biking, running trail which was to be constructed on a line parallel to Route 31 and proceeding from Uniontown Road to the Old New Windsor Pike, a distance of some 3 to 4 miles.

According to Kevin Dayhoff, Westminster mayor and WRRC member, the process of obtaining the necessary land and construction permits has been about as much fun as root canal work without a painkiller.

Thus with only a small portion of the trail, to have been named for Terry Burk, finished, this race involves running an out-and-back portion on Tahoma Farm Road, followed by two loops around a neighborhood, using the completed portion of the Burk Trail as part of the loop.

The field of 14 sprightly runners charged up Tahoma Farm Road, and by the time they returned to begin the first portion of the Burk Trail, Crawford--who works for the Department of Defense at Fort Myer, located near the Pentagon--was locked in a tight race with Tom Yinger, much younger and more local.
At the end of the first trail loop and at the finish line Crawford had a small but definite lead and won by six seconds.

At age 54 he equaled the age of Joe Loveland as the oldest runner ever to have won a club race. Since Crawford missed the awards ceremony because he was out riding his racing bike, there is no way of telling whether he is older than Loveland was when Loveland won for the second time at age 54. Since there is no easy way of determining the oldest winner, Joe agreed to retain the title.

Joe finished third after running most of the way with Chrissy Pennington, who finished as the second female in the 5K run held at the Carroll Hospital Center on September 25, the day before she ran and finished in the female top ten at the Bachman Valley Half-Marathon.

Trailing Chrissy by three and a half minutes was Treasurer-for-Life Liuda Galinaitis, who outkicked Chris Reese for second place.

As is usually the case in club races, the majority of the field, 11 of 14, were in the masters (40 and over category). As a measure of changing times, however, this race involved 7 runners in the 50-59 category, as well as the recently turned 60 Skip Fennell.

The next club race will be the Otterdale Mill 5 Mile Run--to be held on Sunday, October 24. The starting line is near the corner of Trevanion Road and Stonesifer Road, west of Crouse Ford in Taneytown. For more information contact Dan Replogle at 410-756-1654.

Place
Name
Age
Gender
Time
Award
1.
David Crawford
54
M
20:02
first male masters runner
2.
Tom Yinger
34
M
20:08

3.
Joe Loveland
55
M
23:34

4.
Chrissy Pennington
29
F
24:24
first female runner
5.
Jim Bitgood
58
M
24:51

6.
Scott Kohr
42
M
25:58

7.
Skip Fennell
60
M
26:10
first 60 and over runner
8.
Tom Reed
44
M
27:17

9.
Bob Sommerville
56
M
27:44

10.
Liuda Galinaitis
47
F
27:51
first female masters runner
11.
Glenn Smink
55
M
28:03

12.
Chris Reese
53
F
28:12
first 50 and over female runner
13.
Jake Reed
14
M
29:40

14.
Steve Horr
58
M
34:40

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Westminster Wakefield trail a fitting site for Terry Burk runner's memorial on Saturday morning, November 16, 2013


Westminster Wakefield trail a fitting site for Terry Burk runner's memorial on Saturday morning, November 16, 2013



Westminster Wakefield trail a fitting site for Terry Burk runner's memorial on Saturday morning, November 16, 2013 [Eagle Archives]...

On Saturday, Nov. 16, members of the Westminster Road Runners Club, as well as friends and family, will honor the memory of Terry Burk on the Wakefield Valley Community Trail.

The observance will be held near the Tahoma Farm Boulder Park and historic Fenby Farm Quarry and Lime Kiln Park at 730 Tahoma Farm Road in Westminster.

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"Over the years the eight-foot wide paved Wakefield Trail, the city's first hiking and biking trail, has developed one leg at a time, inspired in part by the legacy of Burk, who ran with the Road Runners Club for many years. Today, the 2.1 mile linear park trail extends from Long Valley Road to Uniontown Road. Planning began in earnest for the trail in 1994." http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-1103-20131111,0,434181.story

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Westminster Mayor Kevin Utz, members of the Westminster Common Council and a fellow runner, Abby Gruber, Westminster's recreation and parks director, have joined with Community Foundation executive director Audrey Cimino, and other members of the runners club in planning the event…. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-1103-20131111,0,434181.story

The ceremony will coincide with the annual running of the Flying Feet Burk Memorial 5K


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730 Tahoma Farm Road: In a November 7, 2013 article I wrote for the Baltimore Sun, http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-1103-20131111,0,434181.story, I reported, "Over the years the eight-foot wide paved Wakefield Trail, the city's first hiking and biking trail, has developed one leg at a time, inspired in part by the legacy of Burk, who ran with the Road Runners Club for many years. Today, the 2.1 mile linear park trail extends from Long Valley Road to Uniontown Road. Planning began in earnest for the trail in 1994."




View Wakefield Valley Community Trail in a larger map

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Related: Fall and spring are beautiful times of the year to run, especially trail running.



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Okay, well anyway; as old man winter approaches, there is arguably no prettier season in Carroll County than the vibrant tree leaves of fall. This is when, for a short period of time, trees are allowed to act-out and show some additional passion with a dazzling wardrobe of color. Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-eagle-archives-20131008,0,5094609.story

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Best place to park is on Tahoma Farm Road, off of Rte. 31, New Windsor Road, west of Westminster, over by the Tahoma Farm Boulder Park, http://www.westgov.com/recreation/rec_parks_tahoma.html, near the Lime Kiln, http://www.westgov.com/recreation/rec_parks_lime.html

For the latest news on the Lime Kiln, go here for a good story by Brett Lake for the Westminster Advocate: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/advocate_of_westminster/news/westminster-no-plans-to-repair-lime-kiln/article_312ed0be-9107-11e0-a026-001cc4c03286.html

For more information on running, where to run, and upcoming running events go the Westminster Road Runners Club website, at https://sites.google.com/site/wrrclub/links

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Walking Running or riding a bicycle

“19990512 runners KED2” Kevin Dayhoff, May 12, 1999

Westminster Road Runners Club https://sites.google.com/site/wrrclub/links







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Monday, October 21, 2013

Fall and spring are beautiful times of the year to run, especially trail running.

Fall and spring are beautiful times of the year to run, especially trail running.

By Kevin Dayhoff, October 20, 2013 Westminster Maryland Online, www.kevindayhoff.org
There is nothing like the warmth of a spring run after shivering through long gray days on the road throughout the winter. And of course, the spring flowers and budding lime-green leaves are a welcome relief to long dreary cold winter runs.

However, what can be better than the sights, sounds and smells of autumn leaves. The symphony of the smells and sounds of the rustle of leaves. The kaleidoscope of colors are a welcome distraction to the constant timpani of footsteps.

On a drive through the Carroll County countryside the other day, WTTR was playing “The Mamas and the Papas” 1966 hit song “All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray” on the truck radio; but outside along the road, Mother Nature did not get the memo and was still dabbling with yellows, oranges and brilliant reds in the trees.

This year, the autumnal equinox, the first day of fall, began on September 22, at 4:44 p.m. That’s when the sun is aligned with the equator making days and nights equal in length.

The arrival of fall is a storied event in American history, folklore and tradition; however, one of the more interesting musings comes from Tom Robbins, the author of “Still Life with Woodpecker.”

Robbins wrote, “It was autumn, the springtime of death…”

Okay, well anyway; as old man winter approaches, there is arguably no prettier season in Carroll County than the vibrant tree leaves of fall. This is when, for a short period of time, trees are allowed to act-out and show some additional passion with a dazzling wardrobe of color. Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-eagle-archives-20131008,0,5094609.story

I have always preferred running on trails and linear parks as opposed to running along the roads. I have always felt nervous running anywhere near vehicles weighing several tons whizzing and growling by me at fifty miles an hour. In recent years, it only takes a moment of distraction provided by a cell phone or texting behind the wheel and you are flirting with disaster.

I was a friend of the late "Terry" Burk, 48, owner of the family candy business Treat Shop, which was located across the street from the Carroll movie theatre for many years. Burk was killed while running in 1995 with several Westminster Road Runner Club friends on Route 97 at Kalten Road when a car struck him and fellow jogger David W. Herlocker. According to media reports, “Police said the 19-year-old man who was driving the car apparently fell asleep while coming home from work.”

Outside of Carroll County, one of my many favorite places to run is the Queen Anne's Co. Cross Kent Island Trail, which was dedicated Sept. 8 2001 - See more at: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2013/06/queen-annes-co-cross-kent-island-trail.html#sthash.pBEWkBYO.dpuf

Or the St. Michaels Talbot County Nature Trail, also on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.


Locally, in Carroll County, for unpaved trails that meander through the woods, Hashawha may have the best trails. Find more information here: http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/recpark/hashawha/.

I have also enjoyed the Union Bridge walking trail, Charlotte's Quest, in Manchester, Maryland, near the Fire Hall & Pool, http://www.charlottesquestnaturecenter.com/, and the Washington Road Community Trail, http://www.wrctrail.org/, that treks around the Westminster High School, Carroll Community College campus just south of Westminster.

In the eastern-half of the county in the Finksburg area, Sandymount Park also has a nice trail. Closer to Reisterstown, in Baltimore County, there is Soldier's Delight, http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/central/soldiers.html

For a paved linear-park trail, I really like the Wakefield Valley Trail. Planning for the trail had begun in 1994, a year before Burk was killed. The trail was dedicated and developed, in part, as a legacy to Burk.  

Meanwhile, according to the Westminster Recreation and Parks website for the trail, “This trail features a 2.1 Mile paved walking trail from Long Valley Road to Uniontown Road. This scenic trail snakes through the pristine Carroll County Countryside offering the chance to view abundant wildlife and scenic overlooks right inside Westminster City! There is parking at Tahoma Farm Boulder Park. The parking lot has 22 spots and 2 handicap spots.

“Be on the lookout for the Wakefield Valley Trail Extension coming soon! It will extend from Uniontown Road to West Main Street, connecting the Trail form Long Valley Road all the way to Downtown Westminster! Location: Long Valley to Uniontown Road Click here for a PDF map of the trail, http://www.westgov.com/recreation/Wakefield_Trail_8.5x11.pdf. News: Wakefield Valley Trail Receives Generous Donation.”

Best place to park is on Tahoma Farm Road, off of Rte. 31, New Windsor Road, west of Westminster, over by the Tahoma Farm Boulder Park, http://www.westgov.com/recreation/rec_parks_tahoma.html, near the Lime Kiln, http://www.westgov.com/recreation/rec_parks_lime.html

For the latest news on the Lime Kiln, go here for a good story by Brett Lake for the Westminster Advocate: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/advocate_of_westminster/news/westminster-no-plans-to-repair-lime-kiln/article_312ed0be-9107-11e0-a026-001cc4c03286.html

For more information on running, where to run, and upcoming running events go the Westminster Road Runners Club website, at https://sites.google.com/site/wrrclub/links

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Walking Running or riding a bicycle

“19990512 runners KED2” Kevin Dayhoff, May 12, 1999

Westminster Road Runners Club https://sites.google.com/site/wrrclub/links







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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
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Friday, April 16, 2010

The Westminster Main Street Mile, an annual Westminster rite of spring, took place last Wednesday



The Westminster Main Street Mile, an annual Westminster rite of spring, took place last Wednesday  Filed April 15, 2010  By Kevin Dayhoff


It was a perfect spring evening last Wednesday for a short stroll down Main Street in Westminster for almost hundreds of runners.

The 29th running of the Westminster Main Street Mile went off without a hitch thanks to over 50 volunteers, the Westminster Police Department, Fire Police - and the Westminster Volunteer Fire Department which each year opens-up its engine bays for the pre-race registration, the after-race ice cream and results.

The annual Westminster rite of spring, sponsored by the Westminster Road Runners, is our local equivalent of the running of the bulls made famous by Ernest Hemingway in The Sun Also Rises; well sort of… At least the local version is totally family oriented.

“Well the sun’s out. That’ll bring out a lot of the families…,” said Tom Reese, a veteran race volunteer. In years past, cold and rain have greeted the runners and spectators.

His wife, Chris Reese, was busy with past race director, Liuda Galinaitis, at the one of the pre-race registration tables. They had a huge bag of M&M’s to help the runners with the pre-race jitters.

The annual event dates back to 1981, said Beth Weisenborn, who returned again this year’s race director.

Kevin Spradlin, also a longstanding volunteer for the race has dubbed her the “ex-club president in waiting,” in recognition for all the years she has served in that capacity. Oh yeah, she does such a good job, we just let her keep doing it, said Spradlin.

Weisenborn said that the race is known as one of the fastest one-mile courses in the world because it begins at the top of East Main Street at Fair Avenue and follows Main Street west to the Westminster Branch of the Carroll County Public Library – “all downhill, with a total vertical drop of 144 feet.”

According to Weisenborn, Dr. Sam Case started the race years ago along with the late Terry Burk and the late Dr. David Herlocker, who passed away in 2008.

Burk, the popular owner of “The Treat Shop,” then in downtown Westminster, was killed while jogging in 1995 with two friends on Route 97 at Kalten Road when a car struck him and fellow jogger, and former race director, Herlocker.

The race was originally organized, said Weisenborn, “around the idea of having a fun, family race event at the beginning of the running season, and then everyone would head up the street to The Treat Shop for ice cream.”

The race grew in size over the years and now attracts runners and families from all over the mid-Atlantic region. The ice cream sundaes were replaced several years ago when the health department encouraged the distribution of ice cream sandwiches instead.

This year’s second place finisher with a time of four-minutes and twenty-four seconds, Mark Eissens, 29, almost did not make it in time for the run this year. He traveled from Virginia and got caught in traffic. He drove straight to the starting area, got out of his car, ran to the starting line with seconds to spare, and right down the hill…

The race has turned into an annual affair for the family of former Maryland State Delegate Joe Getty. This year’s race occurred on Getty’s birthday, which had nothing to do with the fact that he did not run this year due to an injury. His youngest son, Samuel, did run the race this year.

The family has run together in the race for over 15 years and it has become the source of some friendly sibling rivalry, when Getty recently sent out an e-mail to the family that “Number one son, Justus, placed 12th in 1999 with a time of 4:42. He had not previously realized that he was upstaged by number two son, Nathan, who placed 11th in 2003 with a time of 4:41.”

To which his son Justus, responded on the family’s Facebook page, “Not only did Nathan BEAT ME, but now we have to publish it in the NEWSPAPER? … Dad, you're going to give me a complex or something!”

The event which always begins at 7 PM sharp is actually two races.

The first race was officially timed. To qualify folks needed to be age 11 or older and capable of running a mile in less than 10 minutes.

The second race is the “Connor Smith Memorial Fun Run,” for everyone under the age of 10. It is neither officially timed nor scored. However, a clock showing the unofficial race time was displayed at the finish line. All the participants in the Smith Fun Run wear a race identification badge which bears the number “1,” and all the children who participated were awarded a medal at the finish line.

This year’s adult race winner came from near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Ashley Sollenberger, 28, had a winning time of four-minutes and twenty-three seconds, besting Eissens and a previous winner, Remus Medley, 40, who crossed the finish line at four-minutes and twenty-five seconds.

Medley did, however get past the finish line ahead of his daughter, Brittney Rooks, 16, from Poly High School in Baltimore. Rooks, the fastest female in the adult run crossed the finish line with a time of four-minutes and forty-nine seconds; edging-out last year’s winner, Sherry Stick, 31, who had a time of four-minutes and fifty-two seconds.

Both times are just slightly behind the current International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) recognized world record holder, Svetlana Masterkova, of Russia, who ran the mile in four-minutes and twelve-seconds on August 14, 1996.

It’s a family affair for the Rooks-Medley family, from Baltimore, who are training for several upcoming marathons, along with several other friends and family who made the trip to Westminster.

The mile-run times recorded Wednesday puts Westminster among world leaders. The first recorded time for the mile was July 28, 1852 when Charles Westhall ran a 4 minute 28 second mile in London. Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four minute mile on May 6, 1954. He ran it in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds.

The current IAAF recognized world record holder for men is Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, who ran the mile on July 7, 1999 in three-minutes and forty-three seconds.

The world records are only slightly faster than that of the fastest-youngest female in the Westminster race, Hannah Lyon,12, or the fastest-youngest male, Mark Broomfield, 14.

The fastest-oldest female was Yvonne Aasen, 78; and the fastest-oldest male was John Elliot, 71.

After the race, Stan Ruchlewicz, the Westminster economic development director smiled and said it was a good event for downtown Westminster.

Everyone went home tired and full of ice cream. “It’s a great event for families to come-out and share in the common experience of such a unique event,” said Weisenborn, as she started packing-up and already looking forward to next year’s event.

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Sunday, October 10, 2004

Burk Memorial 5K Run, 9 October 2004

Burk Memorial 5K Run, 9 October 2004

November 8, 2013 update: The link is no longer working. So, I am going to update this post to reflect the entire article…   See below the link lollapalooza…






For more information on the Westminster Road Runners Club, please go to: https://sites.google.com/site/wrrclub/

For articles on the Westminster Road Runners Club click here: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/search/label/Sports%20Running%20Wster%20Rd%20Runners

For more information on walking, running or riding a bicycle in Carroll County, Maryland - See more at: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/search/label/Sports%20Running%20Wster%20Rd%20Runners#sthash.YRZULiP6.dpuf



http://www.carr.org/~wrrc/WRRC_Results/2004/results04_burk.htm

Copyright 2002 Westminster Road Runners Club.

Webmasters: Beth Weisenborn and Rich Beck.

For problems or questions regarding this website, please contact WRRC.

Last Updated: 10/12/2004

Crawford Captures Burk 5K

On a delightful Saturday morning--when far too many were either recovering from the night before, running cross-country races somewhere else, or prepping for longer races, David Crawford cruised to a narrow win in the second annual Burk Memorial 5K run, held on and around Tahoma Farm Road west of Westminster.

The race is named for candy store owner, runner, and club sponsor Terry Burk, who was killed nine years ago last August when hit by a car which veered off Route 97 onto the shoulder at the entry to Kalten Acres.

Prizes for this year's run were gift certificates to the Treat Shop--his former business, located in the mall across from the movies. The current owner contributed a portion of the cost of the prizes.

The race was originally meant to be conducted along the walking, hiking, biking, running trail which was to be constructed on a line parallel to Route 31 and proceeding from Uniontown Road to the Old New Windsor Pike, a distance of some 3 to 4 miles.

According to Kevin Dayhoff, Westminster mayor and WRRC member, the process of obtaining the necessary land and construction permits has been about as much fun as root canal work without a painkiller.

Thus with only a small portion of the trail, to have been named for Terry Burk, finished, this race involves running an out-and-back portion on Tahoma Farm Road, followed by two loops around a neighborhood, using the completed portion of the Burk Trail as part of the loop.

The field of 14 sprightly runners charged up Tahoma Farm Road, and by the time they returned to begin the first portion of the Burk Trail, Crawford--who works for the Department of Defense at Fort Myer, located near the Pentagon--was locked in a tight race with Tom Yinger, much younger and more local.
At the end of the first trail loop and at the finish line Crawford had a small but definite lead and won by six seconds.

At age 54 he equaled the age of Joe Loveland as the oldest runner ever to have won a club race. Since Crawford missed the awards ceremony because he was out riding his racing bike, there is no way of telling whether he is older than Loveland was when Loveland won for the second time at age 54. Since there is no easy way of determining the oldest winner, Joe agreed to retain the title.

Joe finished third after running most of the way with Chrissy Pennington, who finished as the second female in the 5K run held at the Carroll Hospital Center on September 25, the day before she ran and finished in the female top ten at the Bachman Valley Half-Marathon.

Trailing Chrissy by three and a half minutes was Treasurer-for-Life Liuda Galinaitis, who outkicked Chris Reese for second place.

As is usually the case in club races, the majority of the field, 11 of 14, were in the masters (40 and over category). As a measure of changing times, however, this race involved 7 runners in the 50-59 category, as well as the recently turned 60 Skip Fennell.

The next club race will be the Otterdale Mill 5 Mile Run--to be held on Sunday, October 24. The starting line is near the corner of Trevanion Road and Stonesifer Road, west of Crouse Ford in Taneytown. For more information contact Dan Replogle at 410-756-1654.


Place
Name
Age
Gender
Time
Award
1.
David Crawford
54
M
20:02
first male masters runner
2.
Tom Yinger
34
M
20:08

3.
Joe Loveland
55
M
23:34

4.
Chrissy Pennington
29
F
24:24
first female runner
5.
Jim Bitgood
58
M
24:51

6.
Scott Kohr
42
M
25:58

7.
Skip Fennell
60
M
26:10
first 60 and over runner
8.
Tom Reed
44
M
27:17

9.
Bob Sommerville
56
M
27:44

10.
Liuda Galinaitis
47
F
27:51
first female masters runner
11.
Glenn Smink
55
M
28:03

12.
Chris Reese
53
F
28:12
first 50 and over female runner
13.
Jake Reed
14
M
29:40

14.
Steve Horr
58
M
34:40

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