Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, May 20, 1993 TAG: 9305200407
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: E-11 EDITION: METRO
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Two employees of the Emergency Department at Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley ran the Boston Marathon April 19, raising $1,000 each for cancer research.
Darlene Rice, 37, of Troutville, and Jeannine Brinegar, 27, of Blacksburg, participated in the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge, a benefit for the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Cancer Research.
Brinegar, who worked at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and whose mother was treated there, decided with Rice to run the marathon as part of the institute's fund-raising effort. The money they raised was augmented by 50 percent in challenge money from the Weaver family of Boston.
Brinegar completed the race - her second - in four hours and 28 minutes. This was the first Boston Marathon for Rice, who finished in five hours and 20 minutes.
Roanoke gymnasts place in state meets
Several Roanoke Valley gymnasts brought home medals from recent state competitions.
At the Level 6 state meet in Burke May 8 and 9, Carla King of the Roanoke Academy of Gymnastics took third place in vault in the 12-14 age group. She also qualified for the Virginia All-Star Meet, scheduled June 5 and 6. Other Level 6 gymnasts who qualified for the all-star event were Jessica Clem, Meredith Wadsworth, Sarah Daffron, Lindsay Robtison and Brett Newman.
In Level 5 state competition May 15 and 16 in Virginia Beach, Mary Beth Umberger of Roanoke Academy took second place among 7-year-olds.
In the 8-year-old age group, Lauren Sisler of Roanoke Academy took the state title in balance beam with a 9.25 score. Sisler also was second all-around, third in uneven bars and floor exercise and eighth in vault. Her teammate Andrea Stroud was 10th in floor and 12th all-around.
Roanoke Academy 9-year-olds who brought home medals are Peggy Daffron, sixth in vault, and Sarah Pitman, 16th in beam and all-around and 17th in bars.
Sierra Roach, 11, placed fifth in beam.
Sisler, Stroud, Peggy Daffron, Pitman and Roach also qualified for the Virginia All-Star Meet.
From the Allstar Gymnastics team, 11-year-old Megan Griffin placed fourth in vault at the Virginia Beach meet and qualified for the Virginia All-Star Meet.
Spring Sports Festival draws 230 participants
Two hundred thirty students from Roanoke Valley high and middle schools participated in the Spring Sports Festival sponsored recently by the YMCA Family Center Branch and Valley Word Fresh Start Teen Ministry.
Teams competed in such events as three-on-three basketball, flag football, pool, table tennis, volleyball, chess, checkers and foot races.
In the high school division William Fleming won first place, and Patrick Henry was runner-up. Lucy Addison won the first-place trophy in the middle school division, and Woodrow Wilson was runner-up.
by CNB