Milford High School Cross Country

Ol' Bloomie officially wrapped up a busy 4th of July weekend with a third-place overall finish in the Laurel Independence Day 5K on Monday. In a heavy humidity, I notched a 20:35 (behind Seaford CC alum Mitch Fryling and Woodbridge alum Lyle Neal) just a day after surviving the Rehoboth Biathlon and two days after racing the Freedom 5K in Dover. SS has plenty of congrats to go out -- first to the wifey, Shelly who ran two sub-30s in her races to pick up awards and to the Milford folks: Bobby Spath (career-best 18:35), John Yanacek (20:02) and Brad Dennehy (20:24) at the Firecracker 5K in Rehoboth, Randy Fisher (25s at Freedom) and MMSCCer Robert Fisher (career-best 24:18), Stuart Barr (1st swimmer out of the water at Rehoboth), Clare Barr and MHSCCer Jackie Creasey (a super duo at the biath), Emma Barr (great work at the biath), Jan Kelley (swimming like a fish and finishing strong at the biath), Miss Jessi Rivera (super solo battle at the biath -- thanks for motivating me :) and MHSCCer James Starnes (busting out a 31:38 in his first official 5K). I hope I got all you Milford folks. And . . . Special Sauce Insider saw the benefits of the Tri-Sports Cross Country League at the Freedom 5K as the CRCCers led the way with David Moore, Jesse Brooks, Chris Marker, Ashley Johnson, Jenn Lee and host of other folks, including young racers like Jonathan Abbott. Hey, Depenbusch bros (Nate and Phil of Charter High), great run on Saturday and even better teamwork in the biath Sunday. Lake CCer Teddy Bobola held off Ol' Bloom and St. Thomas More's Cindy Siu had a great battle and finish. Bernie Yanos and the Walsh family (Brian, Mary, Katie, Ian and Mark) led the way for the Dover High folks. At the biath on Sunday, Dover High's Charles Gibson tore up the 5K in the team division while former teammate Pat Boyle represented the lifeguards by placing among the top soloists! Throw in Troy Bockius and Dover had a great showing as did the Lake CC alums like Lauren Jumper and Dan Matta. Holly Wilson helped from the sidelines after recovering from an ankle injury. And finally on Monday, the Sussex Tech girls made a visit led by overall female Hannah Bienoff who ran in the 22s as '04 state track champ Rebecca Ricksecker cheered from crowd. A number of Seaford alum made the run as did current CCers like Cassie Scott and Coach Morris' wifey who busted out the 25s en route to an age group win! Great running, gang! Keep up the good work! Hope to see you all out there racing soon! Have fun! Run!