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Bridges, Snoberger conquer scary Halloween 5K
Results Awards Walk Photos
By Kevin Spradlin
TriStateRunnur.com
MIDLAND – Paula Bridges was a bit miffed – and rightfully so – when her second-place finish and personal best time at the Great Allegany Run 15K three weeks ago didn’t receive the recognition she felt it deserved in the local newspaper.
On Saturday at the inaugural Halloween 5K race in Midland, the Cumberland resident made sure her effort made headlines.
Results Awards Walk Photos
By Kevin Spradlin
TriStateRunnur.com
MIDLAND – Paula Bridges was a bit miffed – and rightfully so – when her second-place finish and personal best time at the Great Allegany Run 15K three weeks ago didn’t receive the recognition she felt it deserved in the local newspaper.
On Saturday at the inaugural Halloween 5K race in Midland, the Cumberland resident made sure her effort made headlines.
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Bridges, 42, dominated the technical and challenging 3.1-mile road race and led all women to the finish line in 22 minutes and 9 seconds, good for 13th place overall among 57 official finishers. She outdistanced runner-up Rachel Duncan, of Barton, by 2:45. The 27-year-old finished in 24:54 and held off Mount Savage Elementary School teacher Abby Lindner, 34, of Frostburg, who finished third in the women’s standings in 25:05.
Woody Snoberger, 23, of Ridgeley, W.Va., won the overall title in 16:40. Despite a wrong turn on the course – which set back the order in which he completed the various loops by apparently didn’t shorten or lengthen his race at all – Snoberger averaged 5:22 per mile as he begins in earnest to work towards his marathon debut in 2009.
Snoberger’s coach, Dennis Mickey, also of Ridgeley, placed second in 17:22 and took the men’s masters title. Ian MacFawn, 15, of LaVale, was third in 18:04. MacFawn, a sophomore on Allegany High School’s cross country squad, is set to compete in the Maryland Class 1A West Region championship meet at Williamsport on Thursday.
Mary Moran, 54, of Frostburg, won the women’s masters crown by finishing in 28:01, good for 31st overall.
The race was the first organized by the George’s Creek Watershed Association, which used the race and the one-mile walk as a fundraiser for a variety of environmental and education activities in which the organization is involved. Some of the projects include tree-plantings along stream banks and reclaimed mines, watershed tours for area schools, water monitoring at acid mine drainage seeps and rain garden projects at Westmar Middle School.
Woody Snoberger, 23, of Ridgeley, W.Va., won the overall title in 16:40. Despite a wrong turn on the course – which set back the order in which he completed the various loops by apparently didn’t shorten or lengthen his race at all – Snoberger averaged 5:22 per mile as he begins in earnest to work towards his marathon debut in 2009.
Snoberger’s coach, Dennis Mickey, also of Ridgeley, placed second in 17:22 and took the men’s masters title. Ian MacFawn, 15, of LaVale, was third in 18:04. MacFawn, a sophomore on Allegany High School’s cross country squad, is set to compete in the Maryland Class 1A West Region championship meet at Williamsport on Thursday.
Mary Moran, 54, of Frostburg, won the women’s masters crown by finishing in 28:01, good for 31st overall.
The race was the first organized by the George’s Creek Watershed Association, which used the race and the one-mile walk as a fundraiser for a variety of environmental and education activities in which the organization is involved. Some of the projects include tree-plantings along stream banks and reclaimed mines, watershed tours for area schools, water monitoring at acid mine drainage seeps and rain garden projects at Westmar Middle School.
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