Run and Walk, benefiting the
Ocean City Emergency Medical
Technicians, is set for this Sunday,
May 26, at the popular restaurant
and bar in West Ocean City.
partner OC Tri-Running, will host
the annual 5K run and walk for the
benefit of the Ocean City EMTs.
From modest beginnings eight
years ago, the annual event has
grown by leaps and bounds. Last
year, over 150 competitors from
all over the country participated in
heads south on Route 611 before
making a loop through the Mystic
Harbor community and returning
to the finish line in front of the res-
taurant.
freshments music, door prizes and
awards presentations.
7:30 a.m. on Sunday. The en-
trance fee is $20 up to tomorrow,
Saturday, May 26, and $25 on the
day of the race. For more informa-
tion, contact info@octrirunning.-
com.
out Nikki Carpenter was an impor-
tant part of the James Madison
University Club Lacrosse team
that captured the U.S. Lacrosse
Women's Collegiate Associates
Division II National Championship.
the James Madison Club team
that last week won the U.S. La-
crosse Division II championship.
broken down into two divisions
and James Madison was ranked
number one in the second division
to earn a spot in the National Tour-
nament in Colorado Springs.
Loyola in the semifinals to earn a
spot in the national championship
game against Utah.
half and cruised to the 19-11 win
in the championship game.
land Torch Run featuring law en-
forcement officers from all over
the state will take place next
Monday, June 3, with the first leg
on the Ocean City Boardwalk fol-
lowed by a second leg through
downtown Berlin.
Special Olympics Summer Games
will include individual relay runs
carrying the Special Olympics
"Flame of Hope" in different re-
gions all over the state. The mis-
sion is to safely escort and protect
the Flame of Hope as it makes its
way toward the 43rd Annual
Summer Games at Towson Uni-
versity on June 7-9.
Run for the benefit of the Special
Olympics. The movement began
in 1986 with a handful of partici-
pating law enforcement officers
raising $5,000. It has grown into a
year-round effort that now in-
volves thousands of officers and
sponsors and raised over $3 mil-
lion in 2012. Since its inception,
the Torch Run has taken very seri-
ously the role of "Guardians of the
Flame" and the relay is an impor-
tant and celebrated part of every
Special Olympics competition.
day, June 3, at 27th Street and the
Boardwalk. Pre-event ceremonies
will start at 8 a.m. and the Torch
Run Relay will start at 8:30 a.m.
The run starts at 27th Street and
heads south along the Boardwalk
to its conclusion at North Division
Street. After the Ocean City leg,
participants will board a bus to
Berlin for the second leg of the
local portion of the Torch Run.
run pep rally and the second leg of
the local race will be run through
downtown Berlin to its conclusion
at the Berlin Fire Department. The
local portion of the race part of a
larger statewide relay that in-
cludes legs in the eastern, west-
ern, southern and central parts of
Maryland throughout the week.
before eventually converging in
Towson where the individual
flames will be united in the final
leg ceremony.
University where the torch will be
passed to Special Olympics ath-
letes, who will have the honor of
taking the final lap with the torch
and lighting the cauldron to signal
the opening of the 2013 Special
Olympics of Maryland Summer
Games.