The weather held out and conditions were perfect for the New Hope-
Solebury "Spirit Run" on April 4th. More than 450 athletes ran in the
5K and accompanying 1-mile fun run. The Event benefits the NH-S
Community Association's scholarship and athletic funds. The race
itself and the organization around it were outstanding.

Alex Brasington (Dresher PA) won her second Series race with a time
of 19:29. Kristen Haughey (Pittstown NJ) was second in 20:01. Brian
and Bill Gould (Langhorne PA) took the men's honors. Brian won in
16:16, with Bill a close second in 16:22.

The top Masters were Johnny Marino (17:16) and Tom Rudan (18:34) for
the men and Gert Freas (20:50) and Gina Buggy (21:11) for the women.

The Bucks 5K Series also provides performance-level percentage (PLP)
as a way to grade runners by age. The highest master's PLP was turned
in by Art Burger (80.7%) for the men, while Joan Kovar and Gert Freas
each turned in a 75.0% for the women. For more information about PLP,
you can check out www.compuscore.com.

Among the women there were several extremely competitive age groups:
F50-54, where only 6 seconds separated Ruth King (25:25), Mary
Horvath (25:30), and Deborah Devlin (25:31); F35-39, where only 8
seconds separated Kristin Perkins (21:04), Deena Andrus (21:09) and
Tammy Smith (21:12); and F40-44, where the third place finisher,
Molly Goga was just behind Gert Freas and Gina Buggy.

For the men, Matt Sikora (17:37), Jason Wiley (18:05), and David
Porter (18:41) made M30-34 interesting, while Ken Worthen (19:14),
Grant Brewin (19:52) and Terry Greber (20:18) did the same for M50-54.

The youngest runner was 5 year old Daniel Powell and the veteran was
Charlie Greeley at 74. Look for the complete results on
www.bucks5kseries.com

The next Series race is the Fitcare LifeCenter 5K on April 17th at
9:30. The race will benefit Doylestown Hospital's Free Clinic of
Doylestown. Registration starts at 7:45 at the Health and Wellness
Center on 847 Easton Road in Warrington. There will be a 1-mile
run/walk for all ages, a Pump and Run event, a D.J., and great prizes
and food. Childcare will be available. To register or obtain more
information, please visit www.bucks5Kseries.com now.