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Kilmurry, Golden wingrab St. Pot's 10K Handicap race

Whethe r i t was the l uck o f t he I r i shor our own, the running season opened infine style as 400 contestants turned upfor the St. Patrick's Day Road Races atF D R P a r k .

J o h n G e i e r o f D a n b u r y a n d L o r iJorgensen of Mahopac may have grabbed theg o l d i n t e r m s o f r a c e h o n o r s , b u tOssining's Denis Donohue brought home thep o t , w i n n i n g t h e r a n d o m d r a w i n g o ffi n i s h e r s . D o n o h u e ' s p r i z e w a s t w ot i c k e t s t o I r e l a n d , c o u r t e s y o f A e rL i n g u s .

The races themselves were exciting.As many as eight runners were poised for awin in the men's lOK by the t ime the leadpack passed the halfway mark. In the end,it was Geier, a former Connecticut highschool cross country champion, who bestedNeil Buckley (New Fairfield) and Jim KellyS m i t h ( P o r t E w e n ) . O n l y 1 0 s e c o n d sseparated the three, with Geier on top byth ree ove r Buck ley i n 33 m inu tes , 47s e c o n d s .

Jorgensen allowed last year's GrandPrix champion Nancy Laun to set the earlypace in the lad ies ' d iv is ion , bu t when theChappaquldian faltered in the second half,J o r g e n s e n w a s o n - f o r m t o s e i z e t h eopportunity. Her winning time was 37:37,with a comfortable margin over Laun, whofinished in 38:42. Bonnie Perdrizet *(NYC) •t o o k t h i r d i n 4 1 : 1 0 . ,

( C o n t M o n p a g e 3 )

While there may be trouble in RiverCity and corruption elsewhere, Dan Caffreycan sleep at nights assured that hisTaconic Club is free from such adversity.Perhaps, though, it is only because hismembers are on the pecunarious side,rather than that his administrative staffis beyond reproach.

Case in point is the recent handicapr a c e r u n a t F D R P a r k i n Yo r k t o w n .Originally scheduled as a five miler, itwas changed to a lOK (6.2 miles) at thelast moment: report is that the change wasmade when the race director, who happenedalso to be the handicapper, was a bitdisgruntled when no money was offered himby the runners for a better handicap.Cheap they might have been, but they werenot completely puritanical.

Tony Galfano submitted $200 ofMonopoly money and an expired credit card;Gary Steinel offered to send a postcardfrom his upcoming trip to Scotland andassured the official that a check was inthe mail to cover his benevolence - hewithdrew it after he saw his handicap;Owen McCrudden passed on a Scottish hat hehad worn only 42 times, then didn't runwhen he saw his handicap. None of themcame close to winning.

While some didn't offer money, therewere those who pleaded their case. BobRogan felt that a large handicap was In

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I t s e e m s t h a t a w e e k d o e s n ' t g o b y w i t h o u t a n e wr e p o r t b e i n g p u b l i s h e d s i n g i n g t h e p r a i s e s o f e x e r c i s e .F o r t h o s e o f u s w h o c h o o s e r u n n i n g a s o u r fi t n e s sa c t i v i t y , t h o u g h i t m i g h t m a k e u s f e e l a b i t s m u g , t h i si s r e a l l y n o b i g d e a l . W e k n e w i t a l l a l o n g .

W h a t w e k n e w w a s t h a t e x e r c i s e m a d e u s f e e l g o o d .The a rgumen t ove r whe the r I t l ed to l ongev i t y was no timpor tan t . The impor tan t t h ing was tha t t he gua l i t v o fl i f e w a s e n h a n c e d .

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s t r i k e t w i c e , a s t h e 3 6 y e a r - o l d b e c a m et h e s e c o n d O s s i n i n g r e s i d e n t w i t h a n I r i s hn a m e t o w i n t h e c o v e t e d A e r L i n g u st i c k e t s : M i c h a e l D o u g h e r t y w o n t h e d r a w i n gi n l a s t y e a r ' s l o t t e r y .

A f o r m e r A l l - C o u n t y s t a n d o u t a tB r i a r c l i f f H i g h ( 1 9 6 6 ) , D o n o h u e w a s ap o p u l a r w i n n e r . B a c k i n t o t h e r u n n i n gs c e n e f o r a l m o s t e i g h t y e a r s , h e i s af a m i l i a r f a c e a t m o s t o f o u r r a c e s , a n dh a s c o m p l e t e d h a l f a d o z e n m a r a t h o n s , w i t ha p e r s o n a l b e s t o f 2 : 5 5 .

M a r r i e d a n d t h e f a t h e r o f f o u r , t h el u c k y w i n n e r h a s b e e n a d e v o t e e o f t h es p o r t i n m o r e t h a n p a r t i c i p a t i o n : h e h a sb e e n a n o f fi c i a l i n h i g h s c h o o l t r a c k a n dfi e l d f o r S e c t i o n O n e f o r t h e l a s t e i g h ty e a r s . T h e B r o o k l y n b o r n D o n o h u e i sd e l i g h t e d w i t h t h e p r o s p e c t o f v i s i t i n gI r e l a n d t h i s s u m m e r . H e h a s r e l a t i v e s i nCounty Cork who he has never met .

T h e r e w a s p l e n t y o f f e s t i v e s p i r i tp e r m e a t i n g t h e a f f a i r . R u n n e r s c a m e f r o mf a r a n d w i d e : J o e K e l l e r ( R o s e d a l e ) , J i mB r o s n a n ( F l u s h i n g ) , a n d a h o r d e w h oi n v a d e d o u r s t a t e f r o m C o n n e c t i c u t ,Indeed, Nutmeg runners were very prominenta t t h e a w a r d s c e r e m o n y : p a r t i c u l a r l yG e i e r , B u c k l e y , a n d t h e f a t h e r - s o ncombinat ion of Chuck and Greg El k ins inthe 40-49 and 14-and-under categories,r e s p e c t i v e l y .

P e e k s k i l l ' s J a c k G a f f n e y m a d e t h et o u r o n b e h a l f o f t h e p o l i t i c i a n s , q u i t ec o m m e n d a b l y, I m i g h t a d d . J a c k R a f f e r t yo f M a h o p a c s h o w e d u p i n n o n - c e l e b r i t ys t a t u s , n o t s p o r t i n g h i s s p o n s o r ' sp r o d u c t : G r e c i a n F o r m u l a 4 4 . I a l m o s td i d n ' t r e c o g n i z e h i m - t h o u g h t h e ' d b e e nw o r k i n g o u t o r s o m e t h i n g .

N e w Y o r k e r s B i l l y H a r t a n d W i l l i eK a y e d i d t h e i r d a r n d e s t t o w i n t h e t r i pand get the most out of the day by runningi n b o t h r a c e s . ( Yo u w o u l d n ' t h a v e t h o u g h ti t w a s a t w o m i l e f u n r u n f r o m t h e i r r a t eo f t r a v e l . )

O w e n M c C r u d d e n c e l e b r a t e d h i s d e b u ti n t h e h a l f - c e n t u r y c l a s s w i t h a v e r yi m p r e s s i v e w i n , e v e n w e a r i n g a S c o t t i s hh a t ( B u m b e e T a r t a n ) d o i n g s o . I n a a n dD a v i d W a l l s p o r t e d t h e i r C l a n C a l e d o n i at - s h i r t s , w h i l e Y o r k t o w n ' s B i l l S u l l i v a nused the two-mi ler to get in shape for h isb a r t e n d i n g c h o r e s a t B r o d i e ' s t h ef o l l o w i n g d a y .

The Jablonskis were quite prominent,as no fewer than five of the Mahopacfamily competed. They were not alone, asother families Joined in the fray:Brennans (Mt. Kisco), Powers (Brewstec),Kennedys (Putnam Valley)-, Galfanos(Peekskill), Oxmans (Yorktown), and theDillons of Lake Carmel to name a few.Several youngsters came in for a round ofapplause, but none more than four year-oldBryan Trout of Peekskill, who finished thedeuce with an ear- popping grin.

And while we recognized the effortsof the winners, a tip of the hat also tothe other end of the pack: John Keegan(Thornwood) in the IQK and YorktownersNadine Stein and Bonnie Werbell in the funrun. Although they may not have set anyspeed records, the fact remains that theycompleted the course - that's all thatc o u n t s . C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s .

A note o f thanks. . .

W e w o u l d l i k e t o e x p r e s s o u rg r a t i t u d e t o D i c k M u r p h y f o r h i sa s s i s t a n c e i n o b t a i n i n g t h e t i c k e t s T oI r e l a n d t h r o u g h A e r L i n g u s . A s m a n y o fy o u k n o w , D i c k w a s h o s p i t a l i z e d a t t h et i m e o f o u r S t . P a t r i c k ' s D a y R a c e s a n dw a s u n a b l e t o a t t e n d .

F o r t u n a t e l y , D i c k i s o n t h e m e n d . W ew i s h h i m a s p e e d y a n d f u l l r e c o v e r y.

Culkin, McCrudden win in NYCD o w n a t t h e F D N Y I n t e r n a t i o n a l

F i r e fi g h t e r s ' 5 M i l e r ( M a r c h 2 6 ) , J a c k- j u s t c a l l h i m l i e u t e n a n t - C u l k i n w h i z z e dt h r o u g h i n 2 7 : 0 3 t o t a k e f o u r t h p l a c eo v e r a l l a n d fi r s t m a s t e r . ( I w o u l d h o p es o ! ) T h e b i g c h i e f - a . k . a . O w e n J o s e p hM c C r u d d e n - r a n 2 9 : 5 3 t o t o p t h e 5 0 - 5 9y e a r - o l d s , b e a t i n g s o m e m a s t e r s i n t h ep r o c e s s . R i g h t , M a c Ta v i s h ?

N a n c y L a u n b e i n g p a s s e d b y M a r c O x m a n i nl a t e s t a g e s o f S t . P a t r i c k ' s l O K , " G o o dL o r d , a m I g o i n g t h a t s l o w ? "

Owen McCrudden passing MacTavish in FDNY 5M i l e r , " O w e n , d o n ' t d o t h i s t o m e . "

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Grand Prix loses sponsor, but theshow goes on.

Though we lost our sponsor for theGrand Prix, the series wi!) still carryon. Unfortunately, no merchandise prizesare available, but the club will presenttrophies at our end of the season dinnerdance. Categories of competition are:overall; 19-29; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; and60 plus, for male and female. The firstthree in each shall be the recipients.

The seven race series, which startedwith the St. Patrick's Day lOK, will alsoinclude North County News, Lincoln Hall,Father Mooney, Jan Peek, Debbie Schram!and the Fall Festival Classic. The lastrace, a new addition this year, is a fivemiler slated for FDR Park in September.

Points wi l l be awarded in eachcategory based on 20 points for a firstplace finish, 19 for second, etc. Theb e s t fi v e p e r f o r m a n c e s w i l l b eaccumulated, and the highest aggregatesdec la red w inners . There w i l l be nominimum number of races you must competei n , b u t fi v e w i l l b e t h e m a x i m u m f o rsco r ing pu rposes . Ove ra l l w inne rs sha l lbe ineligible for age group awards.

To facil itate scoring, all runners,rega rd less o f c l ub a f fi1 ia t i on sha l l bescored, but in the end only club membersshall be eligible for awards and finalpostings. Non members will be allowed tojoin at any time prior to the last race.

Marc Oxman is in charge of scoring.A retired judge, there are those who sayhe is unreachable. Of course they are nottalking about his running.

Friendship is...

G u i n n e s s R e l a yThe Guinness Relay is approaching

f a s t ( J u n e 1 5 ) . C a l l w i l l b e o u t t ovolunteers shortly. The race is set for aT:15 - that's A.M., folks - for the ladiesand 8:00 for the men. There wi l l be threec a t e g o r i e s : O p e n , M a l e c l u b a n d F e m a l ec l u b . W e h o p e t o h a v e a s p e c i a lnewsletter out next month devoted mainlyt o t h e G u i n n e s s R a c e .

You are reminded that part icipationin the relay can only be done by runningLincoln HaM, which acts as a qualifier.Please ensure that your membership is ino r d e r .

Scenario: Dan Caffrey out for a runwith Dan and Eddie Kehoe. (Young Edwardis on recess from Lehigh where he isrunaing 4:10 for a mile.) The kid is

^ running easy". Some call it respect.But "running easy" is a relative term.From the opposite direction comes

Noel Lazarus. No slight intended, butNoel will never be classified as a threatt o E d .

"Ah, just the man I want to see,"says the elder Kehoe. Making a 180 degreeturn, the Kilkenny native finishes hisworkout with Noel, leaving a flabbergastedpresident to keep the younger Kehoec o m p a n y .

"That's the last time you'll hear memake any Irish Jokes," said our exhaustedp r e z .

Attention short (?) distance runnersTRRC is proud to announce the 1986.

Track Series, to be held at Yorktown HighSchool Track. Specific dates, times, andevents will be announced, but gear up formid-summer! This year we have dedided tooffer the 50-plus male competitors aseparate age category - if six of you showup to compete. So come on, 50-plus guys,let's show the world that life may beginat 40, but It gets better at 50!

We are always open to suggestionsdi rec to rs , Tony Ga l fano

t/'3/'-6435) or Me lame Mulvihill (277-3557)If you have any ideas. We plan to get"organized" this year, complete withstarter's pistol. Watch for specifictimes and dates in the next newsletter.See you this summer!

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L i n c o l n H a l l w i l l b e u s e d a squalifier for Guinness Road Relay. First16 men and first 8 women will comprise theteams. Make sure your membership is inorder. Also, you may not compete for TRRCif you have or will compete in a team racefor another club during the 60 day periodp r i o r t o J u n e 1 5 .

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Kilmurry, Golden winHandicap race (from pg. 1)o r d e r s i n c e h e w a s r e l a t e d t o O w e nMcCrudden (which he isn't); Larry Thorpc r i e d t h e b l u e s a b o u t h i s f o o t i n j u r y a n dthe fact that he might have to run wi th ac a n e ; M a r c O x m a n m o a n e d f o r a w e e k a b o u tapplying DMSO in an attempt to be readyfor the race. None o f them won, e i ther.

O n l y K a r o l e C o l e b r o o k h a d s o m e s e n s e .She actually sent TRRC a $50 donation formembersh ip and br ibery. But I d id says o m e s e n s e . T h e m o n e y f e l l i n t o t h e h a n d so f La r r y Len ihan , t he c l ub t r easu re r, andnever d id reach the handicapper. Needlesst o s a y , K a r o l e d i d n ' t w i n . N e i t h e r , f o rt h a t m a t t e r , d i d L e n i h a n . I n f a c t , h eshowed up and went for a training run: hek n e w b e t t e r .In the end, honesty was the best policy.Katherine Kilmurry, making no excuse orbr ibery a t tempt , o f f a 19 :58 hand icap ,p r o v e d t o o g o o d f o r t h e r e s t o f t h e fi e l d .The Peekskill resident, running a personalbest of 50:53, turned in an elapsed timeof 30:55, beating out the men's winner,Richard Golden of Tarrytown. Golden wasanother PR runner, completing the coursei n 4 8 : 0 5 .

Exc la imed an exhuberan t Go lden ,"After five years of running, I finallyg e t a t r o p h y ! "

Halina Stave, Yorktown, and AudreyCappelello, Danbury, were second and thirdr e s p e c t i v e l y i n t h e w o m e n ' s r a c e , w h i l eanother cornhusker, Jan Effraimsen, comingback i n to fo rm, took second i n the men 'sr a c e . L i n c o l n d a l e ' s B o b L i p p m a n w a sanother recip ient through perseverance,edging a fast closing John Hallinan ofPeekskill by three seconds for the bronze.

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Volunteers for Guinness Relay will bebased on ac t i ve suppor t o f members overthe past 12 months, with priority to thosewho were on the vo lun teer team in 1985 .

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1 . K a t h e r i n e K i I m u r r y 1 9 : 5 8 5 7 : 5 52 R i c h a r d G o l d e n 2 0 : 3 0 5 8 : 0 53 J a n E f f r a i m s e n 9 : 0 0 5 8 : 4 04 B o b L i p p m a n 1 4 : 0 0 5 9 : 0 35 . J o h n H a l 1 i n a n 7 : 0 0 5 9 : 0 66 . H a l i n a S t a v e 2 0 : 0 0 5 9 : 2 07 . D e n i s D a l e y 5 : 4 0 5 9 : 2 38 . A 1 C a p p i e l o 1 4 : 2 5 5 9 : 2 89 . R i c h a r d A d a m s k i 1 5 : 2 0 5 9 : 4 6

1 0 . To n y G a l f a n o 3 : 3 0 5 9 : 4 811 . Je r r y M i 11e r 1 0 : 0 0 6 0 : 0 21 2 . L a r r y T h o r p 1 2 : 2 0 6 0 : 0 613. Richard Fennel ly 5 : 5 5 6 0 : 1 51 4 . R i c h a r d M a t t e y 6 : 3 0 6 0 : 1 71 5 . C I a u d e W i I s o n 1 1 : 0 0 6 0 : 2 11 6 . G a r y S t e i n e l 1 : 5 0 6 0 : 2 31 7 . H i r a m G a r c i a 1 0 : 4 5 6 0 : 2 91 8 . J e r r y Ta u b 9 : 2 0 6 0 : 3 11 9 . J o h n O r r 1 3 : 0 0 6 0 : 3 22 0 . A u d r e y C a p p l e l l o 1 8 : 0 0 6 0 : 5 02 1 . A r t S t e i h e a u r 1 3 : 3 0 6 0 : 5 32 2 . M a r c O x m a n S c r a t c h 6 1 : 1 52 3 . J o h n H o f f m a n 1 2 : 0 0 . 6 1 : 4 02 4 . M i k e H a m i 1 t o n 1 0 : 3 5 6 2 : 4 725. Toby Re i f 2 2 : 0 0 6 3 : 2 12 6 . B o b D ' A r c y 1 5 : 0 0 6 4 : 0 42 7 . K a r o l e C o l e b r o o k 2 7 : 0 0 6 4 : 3 6

To determine actual lOK time,subtract 27:00 minutes from finishing timeand add to handicap. Also, by adding 33minutes to your handicap time, it can bedetermined what time the handicapperactually expected you to run.

To : A l l H a n d i c a p R u n n e r s .

O u r h a n d i c a p r a c e , h a d i t w o r k e d o u tp rope r l y, shou ld have b rough t a l l r unne rsi n a t a b o u t 6 0 m i n u t e s . T h o s e b e l o w 5 9

m i n u t e s a r e i n t r o u b l e n e x t t i m e o u t ;those above 61 were done an injustice byt h e h a n d i c a p p e r . ( M a r c O x m a n s h o u l d n o tg e t c a r r i e d a w a y b y t h i s r e m a r k : s o m epeople know he was sandbagging.)

T h o u g h K a r o l e C o l e b r o o k r e c e i v e d t h eb igges t hand icap and s t i l l wou ld up be ingpassed, she must get a round of applause.A newcomer to the spor t , i t was her fi rs tlOK - she was look ing to do only 5 mi lesa t t h a t - a n d w i l l d e fi n i t e l y b e a t h r e a tn e x t L i m e a r o u n d .

Are we as healthy as we should be ?

O n M a r c h 1 6 , t h e S t . P a t r i c k ' s D a yl O K a n d 2 m i l e r a c e s w e r e t h e i n f o r m a li n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h e 1 9 8 6 r a c i n g s e a s o n .It had been some time since I had attendeda local race. It was both enjoyable andd i s t u r b i n g .

I k n e w o r w a s a t l e a s t a c q u a i n t e dw i t h m a n y o f t h e r u n n e r s t h e r e . I h a d r u nw i t h s o m e a n d r a c e d w i t h o t h e r s . T h ed i s t u r b i n g a s p e c t h a d n o t h i n g t o d o w i t ht h e r a c e i t s e l f , a l t h o u g h s o m a n y o f t h ei n d i v i d u a l t i m e s w e r e s l o w e r t h a n i np r e v i o u s y e a r s . . T h e a s p e c t I w a s m o s tc o n c e r n e d w i t h w a s t h e f r i g h t e n i n g f a c tthat the general heal th of so many of ther u n n e r s h a d d e t e r i o r a t e d o v e r t h e y e a r s .Running can make you healthy; it can alsok i l l y o u .

T h e r e i s n o d o u b t t h a t t h e r u n n e r sw h o fi n i s h e d t h e r a c e w e r e q u i t e fi t . I ti s n o t p o s s i b l e t o r u n 6 . 2 m i l e s , o r e v e n2 m i l e s , u n l e s s y o u a r e a t a c e r t a i n l e v e lo f fi t n e s s . B u t w h e r e w a s t h e h e a l t h ?W h y w e r e s o m a n y o f t h e s e p e o p l e l e s sh e a l t h y t h a n t h e y w e r e t w o , t h r e e , fi v eyears ago?

Master runners to compete vs. WRRC

A t t h e s u g g e s t i o n o f J o h n H o l l a n d a n dt h e w o r k o f M a r c O x m a n , T R R C m a s t e r s w i l lJ a i n t h e i r c o n t e m p o r a r i e s f r o m W R R C t h i ss u m m e r f o r t h e fi r s t o f w h a t i s h o p e d t ob e a s e r i e s o f c l u b g e t - t o g e t h e r s .W e d n e s d a y , J u n e 2 5 i s t h e d a t e f o r a fi v em i l e r . A l l m a s t e r r u n n e r s a r e i n v i t e d t oc o m p e t e . T h e t o p t e n w i l l b e u s e d f o rs c o r i n g ( C r o s s c o u n t r y t e a m s c o r i n g w i l lb e i m p l e m e n t e d . ) .

M a k e a n o t e o f t h i s i f y o u a r ei n t e r e s t e d . T h o u g h i n f o r m a l a s t o e n t r yf e e s ( n o n e ) a n d a w a r d s ( n o n e ) , y o u c a ne x p e c t a g o o d w o r k o u t . C h e c k m a tD o w n i n g P a r k b y 6 : 3 0 a n d b e r e a d y t o r u na t 7 : 0 0 . S i n c e t h i s e v e n t w i l l t a k e p l a c ei n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h o u r W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n gr u n s , r e f r e s h m e n t s ' w i l i o e p r o v i d e d .B a r b e q u e p i t s a r e a v a i l a b l e i f y o u w i s h t ob r i n g f o o d .

O n e p a i n f u l r e a s o n f o r t h i sun fo r t una te s i t ua t i on i s t ha t t hecompetitive aspect of race day is carriedover to many, and sometimes all, othertraining days. Those hard, anaerobic daysmust be restricted. There must be asignificant number of weeks, or evenmonths, where there is no hard running.That way, you build health as well asfitness. The winter is a good time todevelop this healthy "base". I f doneproperly - three months of easy runningfor example - racing at the end of thisperiod usually results in a PR, It wasgood to see a number of people on March 16r u n n i n g P R ' s .

We have been told that exercise canmake us physiologically younger. Thetruth is, it can. Why are so many of therunners in our club injured? Why shouldpeople be getting less healthy as they e a r s g o b y ? We m u s t o v e r c o m e o u raddiction not only to the idea that if alittle is good, a lot is bet'ter, but alsoto the idea of "no pain; no gain". Wemust raise our level of health as well aso u r l e v e l o f fi t n e s s .

Stop. Why are you running? Askyourself that question. Now try to answeri t h o n e s t l y.

P. B . M a f f e t o n e

Wednesday Night Summer Workouts.W i t h t h e c h a n g i n g o f t h e c l o c k ,

W e d n e s d a y n i g h t w o r k o u t s a r e t h e o r d e r o fthe week for those interested in listeningt o o r d e r s . D o w n i n g P a r k , Yo r k t o w n , i s t h em e e t i n g p l a c e a n d o f f e r s r u n n e r s t h eo p p o r t u n i t y f o r d i s t a n c e r u n s i n t h ea d j a c e n t F D R P a r k o r i n t e r v a l w o r k o u t s o nthe Yorktown High School track (no spikes,p l e a s e ) . T h e fi r s t s e t o f r u n n e r s u s u a l l yg e t s o f f a t 5 : 3 0 P. M .

H e r e a n d t h e r e . . .

Judy Pickert picked up second masterin the Crescent City Classic lOK in NewOrleans with a 38:20. Judy lost out toshaky l egs Gab r i e l l e Ande rson . . .S teveCalidonna (52:00) and Bob DiNucci (52:05)w e r e t h i r d a n d f o u r t h i n t h e S c a r s d a l e15K...Kevin Hillary and Ron Freeman wereAl l County select ions in indoor t rack. . .Three big cheers for Clark Gilbert's 50:30at Helen Hayes iOK, which gave him firsti n t h e 6 0 - P l u s c a t e g o r y. C l a r k i s 7 5 ! . . .

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