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CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, April 14 - April 20, 2000 - 87
Brent Ayer wins snowy,00000000vindyCleanAirChallenge 5 K
I stood at the starting line this
past Sunday morning, April 9,
welcoming 42 brave runners and
walkers to the second race of the
Seashore Striders spring series -
the Clean Air Challenge 5K at
Delaware Tech in Georgetown to
benefit the American Lung Asso-
ciation. The weather was cold -
38 degrees, and an unusual spring
snow was driven horizontally by
strong winds.
Why am I out in this stuff and
why did 42 others decide to come
along too? I handed over my
computer timer to spectator Jason
Jacques because my fingers were
numb and then I could blame mis-
takes on him.
"Should we think about cancel-
ing the event?" Tricia Moning of
the American Lung Association
asked me the day before. I ex-
plained to her that road racers
come from all over and I have not
canceled an event since 1991.
Master runner Brent Ayer, a
summer regular out of Frederick,
Md., took the lead from Seaford's
David Power just before the 2-
mile mark and hammered his
throwback legs to the finish in
18:15, with Power second in
18:25. At one point in the event,
Ayer and Power went by me - and
my two wheeled machine - as I
struggled to go nowhere in the
strong wind.
Another Seaford runner, Jen-
nifer Willis, placed 16th in 24:09
to capture her second title of the
series as she won the previous
weekend's April Fools' Day Run.
I informed Willis she must come
to the final Lewes Physical Thera-
py event to try for the sweep of the
spring.
Glenn Kemp (19:44) was sixth
overall, and Michele Gordon
(27:23) was 23rd to win the mas-
ters championships, respectively.
RUNNING
Tim Bamforth
One runner that I was quite im-
pressed with, Terry Hetterscheich,
showed up on our stai'ting line af-
ter traveling all the way from Col-
orado Springs, Colo. He has a
goal of completing a running
event in every state in the United
States as Delaware became the
30th state he has checked off in
the past three years. Hettersche-
ich flew into Philadelphia on Fri-
day night, competed in New Jer-
sey on Saturday morning,
Delaware on Sunday morning and
Virginia on Sunday afternoon. He
will check off the state of New
York with the New York
Marathon in the fall, while also
traveling Florida to compete in
the Disney Marathon this year.
I'm sure Hetterscheich will re-
member Delaware and the April
snow every time he looks at our T-
shirt.
Clean Air Challenge 5K Results
Overall Champions: Male, Btent Ayer. 1,
18:15: Female, Jennifer Willis, 16, 24:09
Master Champions: Male, Glenn Kemp, 6,
19:44; Female. Michele Gordon, 23.27:23
9 and Under
• I. Lx)rrainne Ladzinski. 34, 33:13
10-13
I. Derek Kitchen, 18, 25:08
14-19
I. Mark Doughty, 3, 19:19; 2. John Thorn-
ton, 14, 23:53
YMCA sponsors
youth traithlon
20.29
I. David Power, 2, 18:25; 2. Daniel Pen-
nington, 5. 19:38; 3. Robert Boyce, 12, 23:12
1. Stephanie Shetler, 30, 28:47
30-39
1. Jeff Kitchen, 4, 19:24; 2. Gifford King, 7,
20:58; 3. Ken Orr, 1 I,
22:42
I. Laura Hill. 19, 25:17; 2. Lidia Smith, 21,
26:39
40-49
i. David Landis, 8, 21:26; 2. Herb Hall, 9,
21:44; 3. Terry Hetmrscheich, 17, 24:40
I. Doris Higks, 24, 27:48; 2, Susan Burgess,
35.36i22; 3. Cathy Armstrong, 37, 40.'01
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I:Allan Redden, 15, 23:55; 2. Russ Burgess,
20, 26:16; 3. Brian Mm'rin, 28, 27:59
I. Bey Anderson, 31, 30:23
60 and Over
1. Carl Kane, 10, 22:36; 2, Ron Baunchalk,
13, 23:20, 3..limbo Lyons, 22. 26:54
I. Lana Kane, 36, 37:58
Team Awards
1st Male/Female Team - "Pyler Smith and Bar-
tea Smith, 25, 27'.50
Ist Male/Male Team- Baxter Smith and
Trevor Lee, 27, 27:56
BOSTON OR BUST - Having
my family roots in Beantown, and
having an older brother who once
ran for the BAA Club and worked
out weekly with names like Bill
Rodgers, Greg Myers, Tony San-
doval and Bob Hodge, I always
take great interest in the running
of the Boston Marathon every
spring. This year's event, the
104th annual, will be held Mon-
day, April 17, and will be the sec-
ond largest Boston Marathon in
history.
An estimated 18,000 official
runners and 850,000 spectators
will have an economic impact of
more than $81 million dollars.
Runners will be represented from
every state in the U.S. and from
51 countries from around the
world. The race will start in Hop-
kinton and travel through the
eight communities along the
course to the finish line in down-
town Boston.
Among the runners lined up in
historic Hopkinton, Delaware will
send a number of participants
with four hailing from from Sus-
Evan Mock photo
Rusty LaPorte, left, and Dick Hipp, both of Lewes, will head
north Monday, April 17, for the 104th running of the Boston
Marathon.
sex County. The City of Lewes
has three entered as Dick Hipp
(3:42:55 in 1999) will step off his
24th Boston. Hipp, who has a
Boston PR of 2:35:00, will be
joined by training partner Rusty
LaPorte (3:20:33 in 1999), who
will begin No. 6. Also from
Lewes is Nan-
cy Berg, who
is competing
to raise mon-
ey for Cure
Autism Now
and the Sus-
sex Elemen-
tary Consor-
tium. Run-
ning from BERG
Pennsylvania, but a native of
Lewes, will be
Cape graduate
Cindy Price,
who will give
her first Bos-
ton a try, while
Teresa Buesc-
her of Bethel
also will com-
PRICE pete. A total of
50 athletes
from Delaware will compete.
BOSTON FLASHBACK - My
most memorable Boston
Marathon was in 1982, while I
was a freshman in high school
with a mile PR of 4:46. My fa-
vorite runner, Alberto Salazar,
was in one of the most memorable
duels in the history of Boston on a
sun-scorched afternoon in 1982.
Wayland resident Salazar and
Minnesota dairy farmer Dick
Beardsley fought one another
over the nine-mile stretch from
the Newton hills to the finish. I
was amazed when at mile 16 with
still ten miles to go, Salazar threw
in a split of 4:35 to break away
from all but one in the pack.
Beardsley did the front running,
with Salazar tucked in behind on
their record pace. With less than
one mile remaining, Salazar
moved to the front. A sprint finish
ensued, and Salazar emerged vic-
torious in 2:08:52, with Beardsley
just two seconds back (2:08:54),
marking the first time two runners
had broken 2:09:00 in the same
race.
UPCOMING EVENTS - Sat-
urday, April 22 - Lewes Physical
Therapy 5K and l-mile walk; 10
a.m., at the Lewes Physical Thera-
py Office on Savannah Road,
Lewes.
Print out an application from
the Seashore Strider Website at
<www.seashorestriders.com>, or
call the race hotline at 947-1772.
This event fills up fast, so mail in
your registration form early. Over
& out!
Submitted photos
The Sussex Family YMCA held a Healthy Kids Day April 8,
which included a Character Counts Youth Triathlon. The
winners of the event in the 7-10 age group, above, are (l-r)
Wyatt Spellman, third place; Zach Schroeder, second place;
and Nick Priano, first place. At left, Jimmy Priano moves in ....
Miss Delaware 5K Walk/Run May 4
The Miss Delaware Scholarship Organization will hold a 5K
Walk/Run for the benefit for the Supporting KIDDS program and
the Miss Delaware Scholarship Organization. The race will be
Thursday, May 4, at Rockford Park in Wilmington.
Registration begins at 5:30 p.m., with the race getting under way
at 6:30 p.m. Preregistration is available for $12; race day registra-
tion is $15.
Overall winners in the men's and women's divisions will receive
watches donated by.Whitten's Fine Jewelry. Each participant will
receive a T-shirt. Postrace festivities include refreshments and door
prizes, and Miss Delaware 1999, Kama Boland, will be on hand to
sign autographs and pose for pictures.
For registration information or to become a corporate sponsor,
call Boland at 302-234-9808.