Burk Memorial 5K Run, 9 October 2004
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Crawford Captures Burk 5K
On a delightful Saturday morning--when far too many were
either recovering from the night before, running cross-country races somewhere
else, or prepping for longer races, David Crawford cruised to a narrow win in
the second annual Burk Memorial 5K run, held on and around Tahoma Farm Road
west of Westminster.
The race is named for candy store owner, runner, and club sponsor
Terry Burk, who was killed nine years ago last August when hit by a car which
veered off Route 97 onto the shoulder at the entry to Kalten Acres.
Prizes for this year's run were gift certificates to the
Treat Shop--his former business, located in the mall across from the movies.
The current owner contributed a portion of the cost of the prizes.
The race was originally meant to be conducted along the
walking, hiking, biking, running trail which was to be constructed on a line
parallel to Route 31 and proceeding from Uniontown Road to the Old New Windsor
Pike, a distance of some 3 to 4 miles.
According to Kevin Dayhoff, Westminster mayor and WRRC
member, the process of obtaining the necessary land and construction permits
has been about as much fun as root canal work without a painkiller.
Thus with only a small portion of the trail, to have been
named for Terry Burk, finished, this race involves running an out-and-back portion
on Tahoma Farm Road, followed by two loops around a neighborhood, using the
completed portion of the Burk Trail as part of the loop.
The field of 14 sprightly runners charged up Tahoma Farm
Road, and by the time they returned to begin the first portion of the Burk
Trail, Crawford--who works for the Department of Defense at Fort Myer, located
near the Pentagon--was locked in a tight race with Tom Yinger, much younger and
more local.
At the end of the first trail loop and at the finish line
Crawford had a small but definite lead and won by six seconds.
At age 54 he equaled the age of Joe Loveland as the oldest
runner ever to have won a club race. Since Crawford missed the awards ceremony
because he was out riding his racing bike, there is no way of telling whether
he is older than Loveland was when Loveland won for the second time at age 54.
Since there is no easy way of determining the oldest winner, Joe agreed to
retain the title.
Joe finished third after running most of the way with
Chrissy Pennington, who finished as the second female in the 5K run held at the
Carroll Hospital Center on September 25, the day before she ran and finished in
the female top ten at the Bachman Valley Half-Marathon.
Trailing Chrissy by three and a half minutes was
Treasurer-for-Life Liuda Galinaitis, who outkicked Chris Reese for second place.
As is usually the case in club races, the majority of the
field, 11 of 14, were in the masters (40 and over category). As a measure of
changing times, however, this race involved 7 runners in the 50-59 category, as
well as the recently turned 60 Skip Fennell.
The next club race will be the Otterdale Mill 5 Mile Run--to
be held on Sunday, October 24. The starting line is near the corner of
Trevanion Road and Stonesifer Road, west of Crouse Ford in Taneytown. For more
information contact Dan Replogle at 410-756-1654.
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
Gender
|
Time
|
Award
|
1.
|
David Crawford
|
54
|
M
|
20:02
|
first male masters runner
|
2.
|
Tom Yinger
|
34
|
M
|
20:08
|
|
3.
|
Joe Loveland
|
55
|
M
|
23:34
|
|
4.
|
Chrissy Pennington
|
29
|
F
|
24:24
|
first female runner
|
5.
|
Jim Bitgood
|
58
|
M
|
24:51
|
|
6.
|
Scott Kohr
|
42
|
M
|
25:58
|
|
7.
|
Skip Fennell
|
60
|
M
|
26:10
|
first 60 and over runner
|
8.
|
Tom Reed
|
44
|
M
|
27:17
|
|
9.
|
Bob Sommerville
|
56
|
M
|
27:44
|
|
10.
|
Liuda Galinaitis
|
47
|
F
|
27:51
|
first female masters runner
|
11.
|
Glenn Smink
|
55
|
M
|
28:03
|
|
12.
|
Chris Reese
|
53
|
F
|
28:12
|
first 50 and over female runner
|
13.
|
Jake Reed
|
14
|
M
|
29:40
|
|
14.
|
Steve Horr
|
58
|
M
|
34:40
|
|
"Over the years the eight-foot wide paved Wakefield
Trail, the city's first hiking and biking trail, has developed one leg at a
time, inspired in part by the legacy of Burk, who ran with the Road Runners
Club for many years. Today, the 2.1 mile linear park trail extends from Long
Valley Road to Uniontown Road. Planning began in earnest for the trail in
1994." http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-1103-20131111,0,434181.story
"Over the years the eight-foot wide paved Wakefield
Trail, the city's first hiking and biking trail, has developed one leg at a
time, inspired in part by the legacy of Burk, who ran with the Road Runners
Club for many years. Today, the 2.1 mile linear park trail extends from Long
Valley Road to Uniontown Road. Planning began in earnest for the trail in
1994." http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-1103-20131111,0,434181.story
