Hal Darr was recognized for his 25 years of service as race director of the Partners In the Park 5K, held every October in Rocky Ridge park. YRRC president Jan Workinger presented the award to Darr.
If it's true that this guy is clean, I see Usain Bolt taking his records even lower. I'm not even sure who can touch him right now - or ever.
On Thursday a foursome of York YMCA swimmers made quite a splash in the pool at the Jr. Nationals in Federal Way, Wash.
The team of Sada Stewart, Hali Flickinger, Sarah Dotzel and Julia Kucherich entered the day seeded last out of 38 teams in the women's 800 free relay.
However, after Stewart led off the race with an Olympic Trail cut time (2:03.34) the four ended up in ninth place after posting a 8:24.90, an amazing jump.
All four swimmers bested their personal best by at least two seconds. Wow.
Flickinger is a Spring Grove student, Dotzel attends York Catholic, Stewart and Kucherich are students at York Suburban.
Also on Thursday, Stewart placed 21st in the 200 free with her time of 2:04.61.
Although none of the York Y swimmers that competed on Friday qualified for the finals, it was still an outstanding performance by coach Michael Brooks' crew, which posted a total of four Olympic Trial cut times this week.
The results show that Dakota Welty can skate. Already this summer, the 15-year-old York resident has collected a trio of top-three finishes in three events on the Gatorade Free Flow Tour -- a national tour for amateur skateboarders ages 18-and-under. Welty's dreams of turning pro, it seems, may not be so far fetched.
But why settle for results when the magic of YouTube allows you to see Welty skate for real? Here are two compilations of some of the up-and-comer's slickest moves.
Doesn't that look yummy?
To follow up on my previous post, it's more hot dogs than you can stuff down your throat in 12 minutes.
That's right. The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog annual eating contest. This was my first time actually watching the event live, only because my husband put it on the TV and wouldn't let go of the remote.
One word: Ew.
I could only watch a few seconds before I felt sick. It was funny to watch Joey Chestnut try to speak afterward - he could barely get out a thought.
Elephants + hot dogs = cross-species throwdown.
To get you pumped for the Fourth of July and Saturday's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, here's a little gem of a contest.
The animal contestants: 3 Asian elephants -- Bunny, Susie and Minnie -- all in their 40s
Weight: 9 tons
The human contestants: The corned beef hash world champion, the cranberry sauce world champion and a blueberry pie eater.
Weight: 500 pounds
Stat of the day: 505-143: Hot dogs the elephants ate in 6 minutes compared to the humans.
Fast fact: The elephants even paused to eat fresh fruit, which did not count toward scoring.
So while watching a plethora of Michael Jackson videos on MTV today (side note: I haven't seen that many videos since, oh, about 1992) "Jam" came on, which I had totally forgotten about.
I don't really think the song is especially good, but the video featuring Michael Jordan is hilarous. Especially Jordan trying to dance at the end.
Plus you get bonus Heavy D and Kris Kross.
This would be my personal favorite right here, but "Beat It" is a close second - and this is of course without taking any of the Jackson 5 stuff into account. The unforgettable lead in, plus Eddie Van Halen equals good stuff. Enjoy.
And this would pull up as a close third. I even like the Alien Ant Farm version.
Daily Record/Sunday News Penn State writer Frank Bodani is a Pittsburgh fan in most sports. In fact, he even wrote a recent column explaining this.
So, to help celebrate Frank's 40th birthday, his wife Shelly Bodani had this cake made for him and delivered it to the newsroom.
The cake is a close replica of the 1971 Roberto Clemente baseball card and staff photographer Jason Plotkin was kind enough to get a picture for us.
The work is outstanding ............... and delicious.
Ahhh, there's nothing like watching a bunch of 7- and 8-year-olds play baseball.
Sure, they don't hit as far, catch as good or throw to the right base like major leaguers do (supposed to anyway), but I'll take watching these kids over forking over a week's pay to sit in the nosebleed section of an MLB park anyday.
My son finished his third season with the Spring Grove Little League Assoc. today, and I have to commend and thank his coaches for giving their time. As a former coach, I know how hard it can be to juggle family with coaching responsibilities. And this particular group of coaches really made the season enjoyable for my son.
So here's a big shoutout to coach Tony Miller and all his assistants.
Have you thanked a volunteer today?
The Associated Press felt the need to let the world know that Manny Ramirez has a cold.
Is this really necessary? Do we care? Do you care?
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Manny Ramirez is not feeling well.
The suspended slugging outfielder has apparently caught a bug that's been going around the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Manager Joe Torre says Ramirez has a cold and is running a slight fever. Torre says he had a brief bout with laryngitis recently.
Ramirez is serving a 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug rules.
The Dodgers have not settled on a date for Ramirez to begin his 10-day rehab assignment before he is scheduled return on July 3 at San Diego. Torre said that should be determined by the end of the week.
