Three local runners were among the top 10 finishers of Sunday’s Vancouver Lake Half Marathon.
Eric Dolezal of Vancouver was fourth, finishing the 13.1-mile course in 1 hour, 15 minutes and 32 seconds. Sam Garvin, 19, of Vancouver finished seventh in 1:17:24 and Sam Andersen, 17, of Ridgefield was 10th in 1:23:29.
A complete list of finishers is in the Community Sports Scoreboard.
Megan Lacy, 32, of Vancouver was the fifth woman to finish. Her time of 1:28:21 was the 25th fastest overall. Jenny Teppo, 57, of Vancouver was the ninth woman to finish and the first among woman 55-59. Her time was 1:32:50.
Natallie Biddix, 16, of Woodland, was the youngest female finisher. She finished 53rd overall in 1:35:39, and was the 12th female to finish.
The oldest finisher was 74-year-old Steven Sandor of Vancouver who finished in 2:24:51. Three of the five men older than 70 to finish the race are from Vancouver. Edward Lipski, 71 finished in 3:01:29 and Jim Scheer, 73, finished 3:03:45.
The youngest finisher was 14-year-old Shun Yamaguchi of Vancouver, who was 12th overall with a time of 1 hour, 23 minutes and 52 seconds.
A total of 402 runners and walkers completed the course. Despite ideal conditions, 24 fewer runners and walkers finished on Sunday than did in the 2015 edition of the Vancouver Lake Half Marathon. An increased number of winter races in the greater Portland area have impacted participation in the Vancouver Lake Half Marathon according to race organizer Russ Zornick.
This was the 26th edition of the race, staged each January by the Clark County Running Club.
Race for Warmth on Sunday
The Race for Warmth takes place Sunday in Vancouver and will offer runners and walkers an opportunity to race either 5 kilometers or 10 kilometers. The 10-kilometer run starts at 9 a.m. The 5-kilometer run and walk starts at 9:15 a.m. Cost to participate is $30.
The races start and end at the Clark Public Utiilities office at 1200 Fort Vancouver Way.
Online registration is open through Saturday at raceforwarmth.com. Registration and packet pickup on Sunday begins at 7 a.m.
A free run for children ages 3 to 8 starts at 8:30 a.m.
The event supports a Clark Public Utilities program that assists local families who need help paying electric bills.
Learn about 1860s base ball
Three seminars are scheduled to introduce vintage baseball and plans for local teams in 2016.
The first is scheduled for 12:45 p.m. Saturday in the community room at Firstenburg Community Center, 700 N.E. 136th Ave. A second seminar is scheduled for Feb. 20.
The seminars are free and open to anyone interested in playing a version of base ball that was played in Vancouver during the 1860s. The seminars will focus on differences between modern baseball and the game played in the 1860s.
A schedule will be released in mid-February of vintage base ball games staged in 2016 by Oregon Territory Vintage Base Ball according to Norman Jahnke.
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