Sports Two tired Penn State football players (above, left) show little emotion after Saturday's big victory in Lincoln. Coach Paterno (above, right) discusses the strategy for an upcoming contest. He spoke to members of the media following his arrival at the Harrisburg blterilatimull Airport. READER Photos by Darrell Reidei. 22 . from page 6 ‘, they passed the Multi-Purpose Building for the finer time it was all Rick Blood. The 23-year-old had built about a full minute lead on Waechter and, as the saying goes, it was "Lights out, Good night, Irene!" The crowd saw Blood in the distance and began to cheer. The cheers became , ouder and louder as the leader drew nearer to_the finish line. As Blood passed the mile barrier, I esti mated that he would probably finish in about 38-40, minutes. Blood's winning time shocked me, as he ran the race in 30:29. Thataverages out to less than five minutes per mile. Can you imaginb what runners like; Rogers and Virgin will average? And, to my amazement, the second-place runner -came in about one minute behind Blood. The others finish ed in bunches with various times. Capitol Campus had a few students running in the race, and the first one to cross the finish line was Tony Haller. Tony is a junior, and told me that he started training for this race the pre y ious Wednesday. Right, Tony! He was 33rd overall, and finished at 38:59. Another interesting runner was the women's winner. She was Carol Fridley, and she finished in 37:12. For you joggers or occasional run ners, here is a bit of encouraging news. There were a lot of runners competing who, were very young. Kirk Copp, age 14, finished at 44:45; Dawn Dekko, age 10, finished at 49:17; and the biggest shock of all was nine-year-old Andrew Crone, who finished at 49:52. Another fine effort was put in by 15-year-old Michael Schmidt. Mike finished 28rd overall, with a time of 87:52. liklikdown hat 944-9991 WEDNESDAY- Campus League Nite Ball drilling services. Bags, Shoes and Accessories Rick Blood and Carol Fridley will now be going to New York to represent south-central Pennsylvania in the na tional race. good luck to them both! As for the other runners, congratulations on the race. We hope to see you all here next year. There were no world records set at I the first annual race, but there was a lot of excitement and emotion in the air. Of - the total of 424 runners who started, 324 finished the grueling race. All in all, it was a great day for the runners and for 19-under-David Brandt 37:36 20-29--Rick Blood 80:29 80-89-Gary Townsend 84:07 40-49-Vernon !dock 86:42 50+-Raymond Quack 39:10 WOMEN 19-under—Kathy Mayes 42:38 20-29—Becky. Beard 42:12 30-39—Carol 'Fridley 37:12 4049—Sue Peck 49:14 Capitol Campui. The sports staff of the C.C. Reader heard from inside sources that Bud Smitley's secietary, Ruth Arehart, was considering running in the race, since there was no runner in the women's 50+ category. All she had to do was complete the race and she would win automatical ly. But apparently Ruth had made other plans and was unable to compete. Winners An Inside Look Ten-year-old Dawn Daldo (below ) approaches the end of the - Wale event sho'ning no signs of strain. Sat., Oct. 3: Temple vs. Penn State (All U Day) Sun., - Oct. 4:Ultimate Frisbee, 2:30, People's Park (sponsored by Students Aglow) `°~~ ..:ti Thurs., Oct. 8: Varsity men's basketball meeting for new and returning players in the gym at 3:45 p.m. Sat., Oct. 10: Boston College vs. Penn State (Homecoming) D-Dayl Sat., Oct. 17: Volleyball Tournament in People's Park and residence halls (spon sored by Photo Club) Wed., Oct. 21: Women's varsity basket ball meeting. Anyone interested is wel come. G at 2:30 p.m. SPORTS CALENDAR
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