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McNew daughter, dad celebrate Father's Day with solid 5K race finish

Megan McNew won the women's race, and her father, Lonnie McNew, finished second in his age group in the GBMC Father's Day 5K in Towson Sunday.

Their combined performance wasn't quite fast enough to win the father-daughter competition of the annual race, but with their combined age of 110, it was noteworthy.

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Megan, who began her running career at North Harford, won easily in 20:40. She finished more than 2 minutes ahead of the next woman and placed seventh overall among 552 runners.

Lonnie, 73, of White Hall, completed the 5K course at the campus of the Greater Baltimore Medical Center in 29:38. He trailed the winner of the 70-79 age group by 13 seconds.

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Two other local runners were age-group award winners. Jason Holloway of Bel Air took third in 40-49 in 22:53 and Barbara Stachowiak of Kingsville finished first in 50-59 in 25:01.

Moonlight 5K

Dan Courtney of Owings Mills emerged from a three-man pack to win the annual Moonlight 5K, which despite its name and 8 p.m. start began in sunlight at the Equestrian Center in Bel Air Saturday evening.

Courtney, 23, ran 17:23, holding off Michael Knickerbocker of Rosedale by 6 seconds. Sean McCormack of Bel Air, finished third in the field of 314 in 17:57.

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Sixteen-year-old Alyssa Shashaty of Peabody, Mass., led the women in 22:26, finishing 20 seconds ahead of Lauren Mosher of Laurel. Samantha Jones of Baltimore was third in 23:21.

Others in the women's top 10 were Michelle Barrick, Middle River, 24:00; Stephanie Schell, Jarrettsville, 24:10; Elizabeth Collard, Darlington, 24:16; Janet McAdorey, Bel Air, 24:23; Megan Campbell, Bel Air, 24:25; Kay Vinton, Kingsville, 24:53; and Cynthia Cabb, Elkton, 25:08.

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Among the men, places four through 10 went to Tom Brown, Shrewsbury, 18:55; David Santamore, Bel Air, 21:12; Duane Christy, Havre de Grace, 21:27; Bryant Siegfried, Forest Hill, 21:30; David Friets, Aberdeen, 21:32; Drake Lupus, Bel Air, 21:56; and Kevin Quinlan, Chesapeake City, 22:26.

Gunpowder Neck 10-Miler

Mercedes Pinkney repeated as women's winner and Charles Powell II won the men's race by over a half mile Saturday in the 43rd Annual RASAC Gunpowder Neck 10-Miler in Edgewood.

Pinkney toured the course in 1:21:20 to finish 37 seconds ahead of Wendy Angelino. Third place went to Chi Chen Wu, 1:27:23; fourth to Kim Roberts, 1:28:10; and fifth, Karen Henry, 1:30:26.

Powell reached the finish line at Deerfield Elementary in 1:06:47, with Rob Stevenson in pursuit in second in 1:11:09. Rob Bartholomew 1:11:35; Duane Christy 1:15 54; and Ron Keith, 1:27:16, finished in the top five.

Try-it Triathlon

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Justin Carestia of Aberdeen led Harford finishers in the Try-It Triathlon in Bear, Del., Saturday.

Carestia, 19, placed seventh in the under-20 age group of the sprint triathlon – a 1/4-mile swim, 10-mile bike and 2-mile run – in 56:48. David Carey of Bel Air placed seventh in 50-54 in 1:02:16, about 13 minutes ahead of son David Carey Jr.

Others among the 287 sprint finishers were Greg Wright of Abingdon, 1:07:09; Renee Hartley, Abingdon, 1:15:54; Kelly Heil, Forest Hill, 1:19:20; and Steve Kenny of Jarrettsville, 1:34:47.

In the duathlon, in which a 2-mile run replaced the swim, David Salter of Aberdeen Proving Ground finished fourth in 50-54 in 1:01:47. Heather Griger of Bel Air was fourth in 40-49 in 1:23:46; and Milton Walker, Bel Air, third in 60-64 in 1:28:34.

In the youth triathlon – 100-yard swim, 2.4-mile bike, 0.4-mile run - Victoria Kays of Bel Air placed fifth in 11-12 in 15:30, and Grace Kays, second in 9-10 in 16:40.

Bel Air Town Run Awards

Several age-group award-winners in the recent Bel Air Town Run missed the awards ceremony, which was held in the parking garage because of threatening weather. According to race director Mike Early, the following runners may pick up their awards at Charm City Run in Bel Air through June 30: Gwen Branscome, Esther Buchser, Nicole Butterworth, Sara Damiano, Dan Driscoll, Ladonna Kapustensky, Andrea Marks, Sam Mazza, Karol Mroczkowski, Whitney Nigrin, Jessica Rogers, Patricia Swain and Robin Walker.

Coming races

June 25 – Brightview's Age is Just a Number 5K, Williams Street in Bel Air, 8 a.m., eliteraces.com

June 25 – Charm City Crab Run 5K, Rash Field Baltimore, 9:30 a.m., charmcityrun.com.

June 26 – Baltimore Women's Classic 5K, Rash Field, 8 a.m., Charmcityrun.com

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