Dayhoff Westminster: Burk Memorial 5K Run, 9 October 2004

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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

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