Travis, Carpenter take Cherry Glade 5K titles

Race Timing

Maryland Timing

Event Management Services

Home Perf.Database Results Indoor Track Outdoor Track Cross Country Photos Calendar

Travis, Carpenter take Cherry Glade 5K titles
Proceeds from runs, walk benefit Diane Beitzel

5K results Photos by Miriam Maust and Kevin Spradlin Video

ACCIDENT, Md., Aug. 27, 2011 – Christine Carpenter arrived at Cherry Glade Mennonite Church on Saturday around 8 a.m. - far too early, she said, for the 5K race photographer to be taking her photo.

The 15-year-old McHenry resident must have felt that 9:24 was a better time to be photographed. Carpenter crossed the finish line of the Cherry Glade 5K run in 24 minutes and 52.8 seconds to earn the women's crown. She placed 14th overall among 98 runners and walkers.

More than 110 runners and walkers from five states completed the 5K and 1-mile kids run, proceeds from which benefit Diane Beitzel. Beitzel was diagnosed in 1989 with Acute Transverse Myelitis and has been confined to a wheelchair ever since. She is now facing several new medical issues and will undergo additional testing in the near future. Proceeds are to help cover medical expenses and to make handicapped-accessible improvements to her home.

The out-and-back course started on Accident Bittinger in front of Cherry Glade Mennonite Church, turned left onto Foxtown Road to the turnaround point on the relatively flat course and retraced their steps to the near the start. In the last 200 meters, runners turned into the church parking lot to cross the finish line.

Carpenter outlasted Jolene Custer, 27, of Swanton, for the women's title. Custer placed second with a time of 25:26.9. Cindi Long, 54, of Meyersdale, Pa., led a string of nine consecutive women to the finish line. Long took third in 28:46.8.

Adam Travis was a last-minute replacement for Courtney Maust. Wearing her assigned Bib No. 29, the deal worked out just fine for the 18-year-old from Fowler, Mich. Travis bested runner-up Craig Baer by more than a minute and led all runners and walkers to the finish line with a time of 19:31.4. Baer, 53, of Fort Hill, Pa., was second in 20:36.7 and Seth Mast, 16, of Grantsville, was third in 20:59.1.

The course for the kids' mile run was likely short. The lack of distance, however, did not lessen the fun of it all. Tyrell Maust, 8, of Accident, had the fastest fun by taking the four-loop course around the church building in 6:46.2.

Isaac Graber, 10, of Accident, took second in 6:53.7 and Ethan Tice, 6, of Grantsville, was third in 6:54.

Sierra Maust, 11, of Accident, was the first female to cross the finish line. She stopped the clock in 7:17.1.