Tri State
Jefferson coach confident in both boys and girls teams
KINGWOOD, W.Va. – Jefferson Coach Scott Biola has said all along his girls team rarely gets the credit the top seven runners deserve.
But on the way home from Saturday’s Mountaintop Combo at Preston High School, the lady Cougars of Shenandoah Junction are likely leading the celebration on the bus ride home.
Junior Alyssa Boucher ran a “breakthrough” race, Biola said, and fellow junior Andrea Nickerson was less than five seconds back to lead Jefferson to a fourth-place finish in the stellar 20-team field. That, combined with the boys’ first-place finish, helped the Cougars to the combined team title with 238 points. Host Preston was a distance second with 289 points and Morgantown was third with 298 points Read More
Hawkins outlasts DeWitt for seventh straight Turkey Day 5K win
Frostburg senior Patton takes women's crown
WESTERNPORT - Nearly 200 runners and walkers braved 20-degree temperatures and delayed Thanksgiving Day temptations of an early-morning meal by participating in the 12th annual Turkey Day 5K event in Westernport.
The out-and-back, or up-and-down, 3.1-mile road run starts and finishes near the American Legion Victory Post 155 and heads up state Route 36 for 1.55 miles. The event, coordinated by Mountain Ridge High School cross country coaches Tom Dawson and Norm DeRosa, benefits the Miners fall running team Read More
Matlick edges Oates, takes Turkey Trot
Wright overwhelms women's field in 17:54
HAGERSTOWN - Former University of Maryland-Baltimore County standout Jared Matlick edged former Boonsboro High School state champ Doug Oates to take the 8th annual Turkey Trot 5K road race at Hagerstown Community College.
It's Matlick's second straight win at the holiday event.
Matlick, 22, of Shepherdstown, W.Va., bested Oates by two seconds per mile and led the field of 396 runners to the finish line in 16 minutes and 10 seconds. Oates, 30, was second in 16:59. Rio Ferrario, 18, edged Nathaniel Clark, 17, although both runners clocked a time of 16:59 Read More
Run The Arb Athletes of the Week
The Athletes of the Week for November 24th to 30th are the members of the WVU Women's Cross Country Team. Coached by Sean Cleary, this distance powerhouse went to Nationals for the second consecutive year and finished fourth Read More
Lundblad leads field to 50-mile finish
Gardner takes third JFK women’s title
WILLIAMSPORT – The fourth time’s the charm for Mark Lundblad.
The North Carolina resident improved upon last year’s fourth-place finish to win the 46th annual JFK 50-Mile Ultramarathon on Saturday an event military in spirit but attracts participants from all walks of life.
Lundblad, 39, of Swananoa, N.C., won in an unofficial time of 6 hours, 7 minutes and 9 seconds – an average of 7:19 per mile over 15 miles of rugged Appalachian Trail, 26 miles of C&O Canal Towpath and the last eight miles along rolling country roads in Washington County Read More
TEAM VA sweeps to victory in both Boys and Girls “Battles”
Bethesda, MD— TEAM VA was clearly the group of cross country runners prepared to handle the wind, rain and ensuing mud.
The VA boys’ squad had lost the Potomac XC Cup each of the first two years of the “Battle of the Potomac”.
The girls of TEAM VA were buoyed by the upset win in 2007. The VA Girls team last year proved that depth can overtake a few stars.
Optimism for a repeat win was apparent when the TEAM VA Girls walked to the line to face their cross river rivals.
Maybe it was just a day for both teams to revel in the elements and have fun. It came down to who wanted to dig deeper into the rain soaked grass and jump farther across the rain swollen stream.Read More
JFK 50 Mile
Washington County, Maryland
Army captain to run for wounded soldiers
Wounded soldiers, friends and strangers, inspire effort to go the distance
BOONSBORO, Md. – Pay special attention to Bib No. 325.
Mike Erwin is just one of 1,100 official starters in the 46th annual John F. Kennedy 50-mile Ultramarathon. And though it’s unlikely he’ll finish in under nine hours – well off the leader’s pace – his effort just might top them all.The event begins at 5 a.m. at Boonsboro High School. After nearly 16 miles on the rugged Appalachian Trail, roughly a full marathon on the C&O Canal Towpath and another eight miles on Washington County roads, runners finish at Springfield Middle School in Williamsport.Read More
Cumberland To Host First Marathon Next Spring
CUMBERLAND, MD - The western Maryland mountains will be a steep challenge for runners in Cumberland this spring as the city hosts its first marathon in April.
There will also be a half-marathon and a 5k to benefit the local branch of the United Way.
A children's marathon will have kids running 25 miles months in advance, and finishing the final 1.2 miles with adult racers Read More
Mountain Maryland Marathon
Inaugural event set for April 19, 2009 — day before Boston Marathon
LAVALE — Less than a week after the Boston Marathon in April, someone got the bright idea to hold a 26.2-mile running event in Allegany County.
Since then, the Mountain Maryland Marathon presented by Life Fitness Management has gone from an idea on an online message board to a new destination event that will expand the local tourism season and help direct runners of all ages and abilities toward a healthier way of life Read More
KINGWOOD, W.Va. – Jefferson Coach Scott Biola has said all along his girls team rarely gets the credit the top seven runners deserve.
But on the way home from Saturday’s Mountaintop Combo at Preston High School, the lady Cougars of Shenandoah Junction are likely leading the celebration on the bus ride home.
Junior Alyssa Boucher ran a “breakthrough” race, Biola said, and fellow junior Andrea Nickerson was less than five seconds back to lead Jefferson to a fourth-place finish in the stellar 20-team field. That, combined with the boys’ first-place finish, helped the Cougars to the combined team title with 238 points. Host Preston was a distance second with 289 points and Morgantown was third with 298 points Read More
Hawkins outlasts DeWitt for seventh straight Turkey Day 5K win
Frostburg senior Patton takes women's crown
WESTERNPORT - Nearly 200 runners and walkers braved 20-degree temperatures and delayed Thanksgiving Day temptations of an early-morning meal by participating in the 12th annual Turkey Day 5K event in Westernport.
The out-and-back, or up-and-down, 3.1-mile road run starts and finishes near the American Legion Victory Post 155 and heads up state Route 36 for 1.55 miles. The event, coordinated by Mountain Ridge High School cross country coaches Tom Dawson and Norm DeRosa, benefits the Miners fall running team Read More
Matlick edges Oates, takes Turkey Trot
Wright overwhelms women's field in 17:54
HAGERSTOWN - Former University of Maryland-Baltimore County standout Jared Matlick edged former Boonsboro High School state champ Doug Oates to take the 8th annual Turkey Trot 5K road race at Hagerstown Community College.
It's Matlick's second straight win at the holiday event.
Matlick, 22, of Shepherdstown, W.Va., bested Oates by two seconds per mile and led the field of 396 runners to the finish line in 16 minutes and 10 seconds. Oates, 30, was second in 16:59. Rio Ferrario, 18, edged Nathaniel Clark, 17, although both runners clocked a time of 16:59 Read More
Run The Arb Athletes of the Week
The Athletes of the Week for November 24th to 30th are the members of the WVU Women's Cross Country Team. Coached by Sean Cleary, this distance powerhouse went to Nationals for the second consecutive year and finished fourth Read More
Lundblad leads field to 50-mile finish
Gardner takes third JFK women’s title
WILLIAMSPORT – The fourth time’s the charm for Mark Lundblad.
The North Carolina resident improved upon last year’s fourth-place finish to win the 46th annual JFK 50-Mile Ultramarathon on Saturday an event military in spirit but attracts participants from all walks of life.
Lundblad, 39, of Swananoa, N.C., won in an unofficial time of 6 hours, 7 minutes and 9 seconds – an average of 7:19 per mile over 15 miles of rugged Appalachian Trail, 26 miles of C&O Canal Towpath and the last eight miles along rolling country roads in Washington County Read More
TEAM VA sweeps to victory in both Boys and Girls “Battles”
Bethesda, MD— TEAM VA was clearly the group of cross country runners prepared to handle the wind, rain and ensuing mud.
The VA boys’ squad had lost the Potomac XC Cup each of the first two years of the “Battle of the Potomac”.
The girls of TEAM VA were buoyed by the upset win in 2007. The VA Girls team last year proved that depth can overtake a few stars.
Optimism for a repeat win was apparent when the TEAM VA Girls walked to the line to face their cross river rivals.
Maybe it was just a day for both teams to revel in the elements and have fun. It came down to who wanted to dig deeper into the rain soaked grass and jump farther across the rain swollen stream.Read More
JFK 50 Mile
Washington County, Maryland
Army captain to run for wounded soldiers
Wounded soldiers, friends and strangers, inspire effort to go the distance
BOONSBORO, Md. – Pay special attention to Bib No. 325.
Mike Erwin is just one of 1,100 official starters in the 46th annual John F. Kennedy 50-mile Ultramarathon. And though it’s unlikely he’ll finish in under nine hours – well off the leader’s pace – his effort just might top them all.The event begins at 5 a.m. at Boonsboro High School. After nearly 16 miles on the rugged Appalachian Trail, roughly a full marathon on the C&O Canal Towpath and another eight miles on Washington County roads, runners finish at Springfield Middle School in Williamsport.Read More
Cumberland To Host First Marathon Next Spring
CUMBERLAND, MD - The western Maryland mountains will be a steep challenge for runners in Cumberland this spring as the city hosts its first marathon in April.
There will also be a half-marathon and a 5k to benefit the local branch of the United Way.
A children's marathon will have kids running 25 miles months in advance, and finishing the final 1.2 miles with adult racers Read More
Mountain Maryland Marathon
Inaugural event set for April 19, 2009 — day before Boston Marathon
LAVALE — Less than a week after the Boston Marathon in April, someone got the bright idea to hold a 26.2-mile running event in Allegany County.
Since then, the Mountain Maryland Marathon presented by Life Fitness Management has gone from an idea on an online message board to a new destination event that will expand the local tourism season and help direct runners of all ages and abilities toward a healthier way of life Read More