Tri State
Ruckert smashes Maryland 15K record
Out-of-towners Kelly, Cummins take GAR long run titles
Hawkins, McBride earn 5K victories
Results 5K 15K Age Group 5K 15K Photos 15K Finish 15K 5K
By Kevin Spradlin
TriStateRunnur.com
CUMBERLAND, Oct. 3 – Grantsville resident Tom Ruckert and Cumberland’s Rob Smith have an annual back-and-forth during the Queen City Striders racing circuit standings.
Ruckert, 57, and Smith, 44, rib each other good-naturedly as they vie for the top spot in the season-ending standings. Going into the 28th annual Great Allegany Run 15K (9.3-mile) run on Saturday, Ruckert held a four-point lead with three races left.
Less than 57 minutes after the 8 a.m. start, however, it was Smith’s turn to rub it in
Out-of-towners Kelly, Cummins take GAR long run titles
Hawkins, McBride earn 5K victories
Results 5K 15K Age Group 5K 15K Photos 15K Finish 15K 5K
By Kevin Spradlin
TriStateRunnur.com
CUMBERLAND, Oct. 3 – Grantsville resident Tom Ruckert and Cumberland’s Rob Smith have an annual back-and-forth during the Queen City Striders racing circuit standings.
Ruckert, 57, and Smith, 44, rib each other good-naturedly as they vie for the top spot in the season-ending standings. Going into the 28th annual Great Allegany Run 15K (9.3-mile) run on Saturday, Ruckert held a four-point lead with three races left.
Less than 57 minutes after the 8 a.m. start, however, it was Smith’s turn to rub it in
Ruckert, 57, and Smith, 44, rib each other good-naturedly as they vie for the top spot in the season-ending standings. Going into the 28th annual Great Allegany Run 15K (9.3-mile) run on Saturday, Ruckert held a four-point lead with three races left.
Less than 57 minutes after the 8 a.m. start, however, it was Smith’s turn to rub it in.
Wearing a bright yellow race shirt – easily visible in the crowd – Smith looked at Ruckert after the awards ceremony on the downtown mall in Cumberland, touched his right shoulder with his left arm and made a sizzling sound.
Yes, Smith’s on a hot streak right now. But the day – and the year’s standings – might belong to Ruckert after all, despite the temporary setback. With six of eight series races in the books, Ruckert remained two points ahead of Smith. The mile and 5K runs still to be contested “are my favorite,” Ruckert said.
Less than 57 minutes after the 8 a.m. start, however, it was Smith’s turn to rub it in.
Wearing a bright yellow race shirt – easily visible in the crowd – Smith looked at Ruckert after the awards ceremony on the downtown mall in Cumberland, touched his right shoulder with his left arm and made a sizzling sound.
Yes, Smith’s on a hot streak right now. But the day – and the year’s standings – might belong to Ruckert after all, despite the temporary setback. With six of eight series races in the books, Ruckert remained two points ahead of Smith. The mile and 5K runs still to be contested “are my favorite,” Ruckert said.
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“I’ve never seen him run so well,” Ruckert said of Smith. “He ran really well.”
With about two-thirds of the race complete, Smith caught up with Ruckert along state Route 36 in Motor City. Ruckert said the two ran shoulder to shoulder and matched each other stride for stride for more than two miles.
“We weren’t talking, but it’s almost like we could hear each other’s thoughts,” Ruckert said.
Though certification is pending, Ruckert had another reason to smile. According to information posted on the Washington Running Report, one of two running-specific newspapers available in the Mid-Atlantic region, Ruckert clobbered the existing state record for a 15,000- meter run.
Ruckert placed seventh among 142 finishers in the 15K race in 56 minutes and 41 seconds. Smith was fifth in 56:21. More important, his time is 22 seconds faster than the 57:03 listed on www.runwashington.com as the fastest time in the state in the men’s 55 to 59 age division and obliterated the 57:56 that’s shown as the fastest 15K run in the state this year in that age group.
Newcomers A.J. Kelly, 27, of Altoona, Pa., won the race outright in 48:26, an average of 5:12 per mile. Dennis Mickey, 44, of Ridgeley, W.Va., was second in 52:58 and Frostburg resident Jeremy Rice, 27, was third in 55:35.
Stefanie Cummins, 25, of Columbia, placed sixth overall and first among all women. She averaged 6:04 per mile and stopped the clock in 56:26. Jen Sober, 36, of McHenry, was second (and 13th overall) in 60:24 and part-time Cumberland resident Bobbi Moose, 40, was third in 63:13.
Smith was the men’s masters winner and Ruckert took the men’s grand masters (50-plus) title. In the women’s division, Cumberland resident Paula Bridges, 43, took the masters crown in 69:38. Patty DeRosa, 51, of Frostburg, led all females age 50 and older with a time of 76:58.
In the 5K run, Frostburg resident Jaron Hawkins, 26, led 124 other runners to the finish line with a time of 16:16. Shane May, 35, of Bedford, Pa., was second in 18:17 and Robbie Taylor, 16, of Cumberland, was third in 18:28.
Stefanie Cummins, 25, of Columbia, placed sixth overall and first among all women. She averaged 6:04 per mile and stopped the clock in 56:26. Jen Sober, 36, of McHenry, was second (and 13th overall) in 60:24 and part-time Cumberland resident Bobbi Moose, 40, was third in 63:13.
Smith was the men’s masters winner and Ruckert took the men’s grand masters (50-plus) title. In the women’s division, Cumberland resident Paula Bridges, 43, took the masters crown in 69:38. Patty DeRosa, 51, of Frostburg, led all females age 50 and older with a time of 76:58.
In the 5K run, Frostburg resident Jaron Hawkins, 26, led 124 other runners to the finish line with a time of 16:16. Shane May, 35, of Bedford, Pa., was second in 18:17 and Robbie Taylor, 16, of Cumberland, was third in 18:28.
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In the female division, Frankfort High School senior Rebekah McBride made up for a late arrival by being first to the finish line in 19:54. Falcons teammate Katie Jan, who finished second to McBride on Thursday in the high school AMAC championship race, again was runner-up, this time in 21:28.
Eric Joe, 40, of Ridgeley, W.Va., won the men’s masters division in 19:59. Jane Rossi, 44, of Frostburg, took the women’s masters crown in 24:07.
Contact Kevin at run@mountainMDmarathon.org.
Great Allegany Run a big deal to 267 runners
Cancer-stricken aunt a bigger deal to one 9-year-old girl
By Kevin Spradlin
TriStateRunnur.com
MOUNT SAVAGE, Oct. 3 – Participants of the annual footrace from Mount Savage to Cumberland had to look a little lower than usual to see bib No. 702.
Cancer-stricken aunt a bigger deal to one 9-year-old girl
By Kevin Spradlin
TriStateRunnur.com
MOUNT SAVAGE, Oct. 3 – Participants of the annual footrace from Mount Savage to Cumberland had to look a little lower than usual to see bib No. 702.
That’s because the 9-year-old girl who owned the number for the 15K (9.3-mile) event is on the younger side of the spectrum of competitors. Though Chloe Mantheiy, of Pittsburgh, Pa., had never run more than eight miles at a time before Saturday’s adventure, it was important for her to toe the starting line.
“This one’s for you, Aunt Michele,” read a message on the back of Chloe’s custom long-sleeve racing shirt. And on the front, “I’m running for my Aunt Michele.”
Michele Beaulieu, a Cumberland resident and nurse at Western Maryland Area Health Education Center, was on a training run in June when, suddenly, she couldn’t breathe too well. It’s not a good issue for a runner, especially one as experienced as Beaulieu. 48, who has completed the 15K run several times as well as two 13.1-mile races, among others.
Beaulieu’s doctor first diagnosed her problem as asthma – a setback for any type of runner. But a more accurate diagnosis came shortly thereafter. An X-ray of the chest showed a fluid build-up in the lung, which caused Beaulieu’s breathing difficulties. The build-up was caused by a tumor found in Beaulieu’s ovaries.
“She ran it every year and she couldn’t run it this year,” Chloe said sitting near the finish line in front of Café Mark after placing 95th among 142 finishers. Her time of 1 hour, 22 minutes and 16 seconds was good for a pace of 8:50 per mile.
“This one’s for you, Aunt Michele,” read a message on the back of Chloe’s custom long-sleeve racing shirt. And on the front, “I’m running for my Aunt Michele.”
Michele Beaulieu, a Cumberland resident and nurse at Western Maryland Area Health Education Center, was on a training run in June when, suddenly, she couldn’t breathe too well. It’s not a good issue for a runner, especially one as experienced as Beaulieu. 48, who has completed the 15K run several times as well as two 13.1-mile races, among others.
Beaulieu’s doctor first diagnosed her problem as asthma – a setback for any type of runner. But a more accurate diagnosis came shortly thereafter. An X-ray of the chest showed a fluid build-up in the lung, which caused Beaulieu’s breathing difficulties. The build-up was caused by a tumor found in Beaulieu’s ovaries.
“She ran it every year and she couldn’t run it this year,” Chloe said sitting near the finish line in front of Café Mark after placing 95th among 142 finishers. Her time of 1 hour, 22 minutes and 16 seconds was good for a pace of 8:50 per mile.
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Beaulieu said the two originally had planned to run it together. Both had increased their late spring runs to accommodate the longer race distance.
“It was going to be a real race,” Beaulieu said. “It’s my favorite race. It’s just the right distance for me and it’s down hill.”
But her training plans were interrupted.
“I got sick in June,” she said. “I was operating on one lung (and) I wasn’t able to train. Chloe said, ‘no bothers.’ She ran it for me. I promised her next year we’ll be running it together.”
That’s a positive, and hopefully an accurate, outlook. Now, however, life is full of tasks not found in an ordinary life. Beaulieu said she was lucky to be at the finish line Saturday. The fourth round of her six-round chemotherapy treatments was completed just one day earlier.
Her prognosis, she said, is “not real good. If they don’t feel it’s curable, they don’t want to say.”
To her chemo treatments, “I’m responding. That’s good news. I just can’t stay out of the hospital.”
Detection came late, Beaulieu said. According to the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, more than 21,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year and about 15,000 women die of the disease. The American Cancer Society estimates that about 21,550 new cases of ovarian cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year and 14,600 deaths are expected to be caused by the disease this year.
According to the data, the mortality rates for ovarian cancer have not improved in 30 years since the ‘War on Cancer’ was declared.
Some participants completed the 15K or 5K (3.1-mile) events to lose weight, to spend time with friends or family or chose to race the clock to compare this year’s effort against last year’s. And Chloe ran for Aunt Michele.
“We need a reason to run,” said Chloe’s father, David Mantheiy, who also completed the 15K run along with his wife, Charlie Mantheiy. “It really is part of the running community.”
Mantheiy said of his five children, Chloe is most like Beaulieu – giving and selfless.
“They always have had a good bond,” he said.
That bond was strengthened when Chloe toed the starting line Saturday morning – and forged into perpetuity 9.3 miles later.
Contact Kevin at run@mountainMDmarathon.org.
“It was going to be a real race,” Beaulieu said. “It’s my favorite race. It’s just the right distance for me and it’s down hill.”
But her training plans were interrupted.
“I got sick in June,” she said. “I was operating on one lung (and) I wasn’t able to train. Chloe said, ‘no bothers.’ She ran it for me. I promised her next year we’ll be running it together.”
That’s a positive, and hopefully an accurate, outlook. Now, however, life is full of tasks not found in an ordinary life. Beaulieu said she was lucky to be at the finish line Saturday. The fourth round of her six-round chemotherapy treatments was completed just one day earlier.
Her prognosis, she said, is “not real good. If they don’t feel it’s curable, they don’t want to say.”
To her chemo treatments, “I’m responding. That’s good news. I just can’t stay out of the hospital.”
Detection came late, Beaulieu said. According to the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, more than 21,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year and about 15,000 women die of the disease. The American Cancer Society estimates that about 21,550 new cases of ovarian cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year and 14,600 deaths are expected to be caused by the disease this year.
According to the data, the mortality rates for ovarian cancer have not improved in 30 years since the ‘War on Cancer’ was declared.
Some participants completed the 15K or 5K (3.1-mile) events to lose weight, to spend time with friends or family or chose to race the clock to compare this year’s effort against last year’s. And Chloe ran for Aunt Michele.
“We need a reason to run,” said Chloe’s father, David Mantheiy, who also completed the 15K run along with his wife, Charlie Mantheiy. “It really is part of the running community.”
Mantheiy said of his five children, Chloe is most like Beaulieu – giving and selfless.
“They always have had a good bond,” he said.
That bond was strengthened when Chloe toed the starting line Saturday morning – and forged into perpetuity 9.3 miles later.
Contact Kevin at run@mountainMDmarathon.org.
Dennis Mickey
Jen Sober
Jaron Hawkins
Rebekah McBride