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On revamped course, Young runs first-place time
Heritage Festival 5-mile run
Date published: 7/5/2008
BY KURT NICOLL
Exciting new faces and the first course change in 10 years added to the suspense and excitement surrounding the 28th annual Lions Club's Heritage Day Festival 5-miler yesterday.
Tim Young of Fredericksburg blew away the field of a record-high 652 entries with his winning time of 25 minutes and 41 seconds--finishing 1:36 ahead of Bert Jacoby, who posted his fourth straight runner-up finish graciously.
"Every year, a different person comes in and beats me. And Tim is really fast," the local elementary school teacher said. "Every time I have lost, I have run well. You can't win every race, and I'm happy."
A rising senior at James Madison University, Young downplayed his first-time victory a bit, noting he was in regular-training mode for next month's Wawa 10-miler.
Even so, his clocking was the fastest in the event since Jason Van Horne's 25:13 in 1998--the last time the course was modified due to traffic concerns.
"I felt a little dehydrated from the get-go," said Young, the winner of the Marine Corps' Historic Half Marathon in May. "About 1-2 miles into it, I started to feel dehydrated, cotton mouthed and cramping up. Toward the end, it was pretty bad. Just talk yourself through it."
Eleventh-place finisher Terry McLaughlin was impressed with the effort nevertheless.
"It was amazing, especially with this weather," the Massad Branch YMCA sports director indicated. "The temperature was low, but the humidity was high."
Patrick Quinn of the U.S. Naval Academy posted a strong third-place finish after being plagued by tendonitis much of the year.
"I didn't go into today with much of a strategy. I just wanted to finish in the top three," the former North Stafford High standout said. "Tim went out really fast, and Bert and I just decided to let him go.
"We worked together for about 3-3 miles. That's when he started to separate on me."
Quinn, who finished in 28:28, will be back on the track next weekend when he and West Chester State's Max Bernardes reunite to compete in the team portion of the Colonial Beach Tri-athlon, which they entered following their junior years in high school.
Like Young, Leah Daugherty turned in a stellar first-time effort, finishing 48 seconds behind repeat winner Julia Smith on the women's side.
Date published: 7/5/2008
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