1. 14A THE NEWS-TIMES Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
FROM A RUN2GIVE REPORT
BEAUFORT — With stormy
skies clearing just before the
start of the Run2Give 5K Road
Race, 122 runners took to the
road to enjoy some friendly
competition, as well as help
raise awareness and funds for
Martha’s Mission Cupboard of
Morehead City.
The Run2Give race, held
on the Beaufort waterfront and
directed by 15-year-old Steven
Tulevech Jr. as his Eagle Scout
Service Project for Boy Scout
Troop 130 of Morehead City,
will help the nonprofit emer-
gency food pantry continue its
mission to feed the hungry in
Carteret County.
Last year, Martha’s Mission
fed more than 7,000 families,
according to the Mission’s
Martha Bell, who spoke to race
participants during the awards
presentation.
Tulevech, a sophomore at
West Carteret High School, con-
ceived of the idea to direct a road
race for his project because of
his experiences running in local
races and beach runs. He chose
Martha’s Mission Cupboard as
the race beneficiary after rec-
ognizing the effects of the eco-
nomic recession on his commu-
nity and the support the needy
receive from the food pantry.
A member of West Carteret
High School’s cross country and
track teams, Tulevech has com-
peted in many races, but none
have proven to be as challenging
as the Run2Give.
“It was a lot of work,”
Tulevech said. “I mean a lot
of work. But it was worth it to
see it all come together and be
a success.”
Addressing the crowd,
Tulevech thanked everyone who
ran, volunteered, sponsored the
race and the many people who
helped pull the event together.
“So many people gave me
advice and guided me, lent me
equipment and donated supplies
to make this race a success,” he
said. “I can’t thank everyone
enough for their support.”
Croatan’s Nicholas Pugh, 17,
captured the male overall title
with a time of 18:25, followed
by the women’s overall winner,
Katherine Stephenson, 32, who
finished in 19:13.
Second place overall in the
men’s division went to Tyler
Pake, 29, with a time of 19:14,
and third place to West Carteret’s
Casey Giblin, 17, in 19:27.
Rounding out the women’s
overall division were two West
Carteret runners: Blake Dodge,
16, finished second with a time
of 19:40, and Katie Cease, 17,
captured third in 19:48.
For Tulevech, his only regret
was that he wasn’t able to com-
pete in the race himself.
“It was so great to see all
these people come out and sup-
port Martha’s Mission and the
race, to see everyone having
such a great time,” he said.
“This has been such an amazing
experience. I just wish I could
have run in it too.”
With a large contingent of
runners from both West Carteret
and Croatan High schools, the
13-19 age group was by far the
most hotly contested age divi-
sion in the race.
For more information on he
race, contact Tulevech at 515-
4065 or stulevech@gmail.com.
Here are the age group top
two finishers:
Run2Give 5K Road Race
Female
12-and-under No entries.
13-19: 1, Savannah Pugh, 20:34; 2,
Kristen Wagner, 21:21.
20-29: 1, Julia King, 29:09; 2,
Dorothy Boddiford, 30:02.
30-39: 1, Sabra Willis, 31:10; 2,
Christine Buckel, 32:15.
40-49: 1, Linda Stegal, 24:25; 2,
Melissa Ehlers, 31:11.
50-59: 1, Terry Lindner, 39:32; 2,
Peggy Erickson, 46:21.
60-69: 1, Mary O’Neal, 40:44;
Karma Rodholm, 46:07.
70-79: No entries.
Male
12-and-under: 1, Sam MacArthur,
28:34; 2, Luke Walsh, 32:32.
13-19: 1, Hunter Newman, 19:45; 2,
Jon Buckland, 20:17.
20-29: No entries.
30-39: 1, Kenny Gillis, 28:19; 2,
Shelton Mayo, 29:46.
40-49: 1, Matt Lawrence, 20:51;
Will Erickson, 21:47.
50-59: 1, Paul Kelly, 22:11; 2, Gary
Davis, 26:20.
60-69: 1, Jim Tosto, 30:22; 2, David
Roberts, 31:24.
70-79: 1, Jim Murray, 35:25; 2, Ken
Wood, 40:45.
Tee It Up Tourney
seeks golfers
Excitement is building for
the fourth annual Tee It Up for
High School Golf Tournament,
scheduled Sunday, Sept. 16,
at the Morehead City County
Club.
Croatan, East Carteret and
West Carteret high school boys
and girls golf teams will be the
benefactors of the tournament,
which raises funds to supple-
ment golf programs at each
school.
For more information, call
Amy Nelson at 241-1402 or
pick up a registration form at
the Morehead City Country
Club.
Outdoor coed
soccer to start
Outdoor coed soccer, spon-
sored by the Carteret County
Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment, will begin play on Sun-
day, Sept. 9.
For more information
send emails to Soccer Shots
Director Jeremy Maia at
jeremy@cfasoccer.net or
check into Facebook at www.
facebook.com/cfasoccer. Inter-
ested parties can also contact
Carteret County Parks and
Recreation Athletic Supervi-
sor AnMarie Ivester at (work)
504-4266, (cell) 723-1460 or
email www.ccparksrec.com.
Kickball games
to get under way
Kickball games, sponsored
by the Carteret County Parks
and Recreation Department,
will start on Tuesday, Sept. 18,
and continue play on Tuesdays
and Thursdays.
For more information, con-
tact Carteret County Parks and
Recreation Athletic Supervi-
sor AnMarie Ivester at (work)
504-4266, (cell) 723-1460 or
email www.ccparksrec.com.
Tennis clinics
scheduled
Morehead City Parks and
Recreation will hold a variety
of tennis clinics at Shevans
Park starting Monday, Sept.
10.
Randy Bailey, USPTR certi-
fied tennis professional, will
run the clinics.
The ladies doubles clinic
will be 9-10 a.m. The cost
to attend is $15 per session.
The clinic targets challenging
doubles drills and works on
specific doubles strategy.
The junior academy clinic
will be 4-6 p.m. The cost to
attend is $30 per session. The
clinic targets drills with fit-
ness, pattern drills and match
play for juniors looking to play
at the next level.
The cardio tennis clinic will
be 6-7 p.m. , and the cost to
attend is $15 per session. All
ages are welcome. The goal is
to give players an intense car-
dio workout through tennis.
Registrations will be accept-
ed at the Morehead City Parks
and Recreation Department at
1600 Fisher Street.
For more information
on the clinics, contact Jerry
Riggs at 726-5083 or at
jriggs@bizec.rr.com, or Randy
Bailey at 714-4267 or at
randy@courtsideathletic.com.
PPK event slated
for boys and girls
Morehead City Parks and
Recreation will be holding a
free NFL PP&K (Punt, Pass
and Kick) event on Thursday,
Sept. 20, at the Morehead City
Recreation Center football
field.
The event is organized for
boys and girls ages 6-15.
Each participant will be
allowed one punt, one pass
and one placekick as part of
the competition. No cleats are
allowed.
Registration begins at 5
p.m., and competition will start
at 5:30.
For rules, visit www.nflppk.
com. For more information
about the event, contact Jerry
Riggs at 726-5083 or by email
at jrigg@bizec.rr.com.
Sign-ups set for
girls volleyball
Carteret County Parks and
Recreation and Morehead City
Parks and Recreation will be
sponsoring the Crystal Coast
Girls Youth Volleyball League
starting Monday, Sept. 10.
Registration for the league
begins Monday, Aug., 20 and
continues through Tuesday,
Sept. 4. The registration fees
are $30 and will be accepted
at both Parks and Recreation
buildings.
League practice begins on
Sept. 10 with first games start-
ing on Monday, Sept., 24.
The league will be divided
into divisions for girls ages 9
to11 and 12-14.
Volunteers are still needed
to coach.
For more information, con-
tact Jerry Riggs at 726-5083,
ext. 2 or at jriggs@bizec.
rr.com, contact AnMarie
Ivester at 504-4266 or at
AnMarie.Ivester@carteretcoun
tygov.org.
sports
shorts
Nicholas Pugh captures the Run2Give charity event with
a 5K time of 18:25. Pugh stars for the Croatan High School
cross country and track teams. He was part of a winning effort
by his team in defeating nonconference Havelock on Thursday.
See story below. (Photo contributed)
Run2Give a big success in
first year with 122 on hand
West runner
organizes charity
event as Eagle
Scout Service
Project for
Martha’s Mission
Many of the medal winners gather for a group photo after the Run2Give 5K Road Race. The event was organized by West
Carteret High School runner Steven Tulevech Jr., far left, as an Eagle Scout Service Project to raise money for Martha’s Mission,
which is represented at the event by Martha Bell, standing next to Tulevech. (Photo contributed)
FROM A WEST CARTERET REPORT
WILSON — West Carteret
High School cross country teams
had little trouble in the season
openers Wednesday at Gillette
Park in Wilson with both win-
ning in convincing fashion in a
four-team meet.
The boys finished with 18
points to sprint past Northern
Nash (54), Wilson Fike (79) and
South Central (97).
Patriot runners took the top
three spots with John Crossley
winning the meet in 17:04.
The West senior showed an
offseason of conditioning truly
paid off with his fast time in
the heat and humidity of the
first race. He ran a 17:43 in
Wilson last year in more favor-
able conditions during a mid-
season race.
Steven Tulevech took second
in 17:58, with Jarrett Swearingen
rounding out the top three in
18:19.
John Michael Harris was the
other West runner to break 19
minutes with a time of 18:26.
“The top four runners looked
great for us, but we were really
excited to see Jon Buckland and
Casey Giblin step it up today,”
West coach Shelton May said.
“Jon is a true competitor and has
worked very hard to become a
better runner this year compared
to his sophomore year, and it
is starting to show. I can’t say
enough about Casey. He had
to deal with knee injuries last
year during cross country before
completely breaking it during
last wrestling season.”
Jon Buckland finished in
19:05, with Casey Giblin fol-
lowing closely in 19:07.
“If they continue to improve
as quickly as they have the last
few weeks, they could be the
runners we have been looking
for to make this one of the best
seasons West has ever had,”
Mayo said.
Other top runners for the West
boys included Charlie Klose in
19:47 and Hunter Newman in
19:49.
The lady Patriots finished
with 19 points to break free of
Wilson Fike (50), South Central
(62) and Northern Nash (108).
West runners again took the
top three spots with Blake Dodge
winning the meet in 20:32. Katie
Cease took second in 20:57, with
Emma Gomez rounding out the
top three in 22:36.
OthertopfinishersfortheWest
girls included Maddie Fisher
(22:44), Gabby Talob (23:04),
Kristen Wagner (23:37), Sierra
Milosh (23:57) and Samantha
Schleiker (24:21).
“The girls looked great for an
early season meet, but a lot of
them were not happy with their
performance,” Mayo said. “Two
girls that performed very well
this early in the season were
Maddie and Sierra. They are
performing better this early in
the schedule than what they per-
formed last year in the middle of
the season.”
FROM A CROATAN REPORT
OCEAN — The Croatan High School
boys and girls cross country teams began the
season Thursday with wins over Havelock
with the lady Cougars running away from
the lady Rams by a score of 22-36 and the
Cougars just escaping with a 26-30 win.
Three Croatan girls finished among the
top four with Savannah Pugh taking sec-
ond in 22 minutes, 51 seconds. Havelock’s
Caitlyn Annaziata captured the meet in
22:03. Croatan’s Mary Stegall took third in
24:01, followed closely by Macy Brinson in
fourth in 24:02.
Lady Cougar Rebekah Best finished sixth
in 24:50 with Hannah Parkhurst rounding
out the top seven in a time of 25:17.
“I have a lot of excitement entering this
season due to the depth of our women’s
team,” first-year coach Matt Grulke said.
“We have girls that can win meets no doubt,
but what can make us a force is we have the
potential to place several runners in the top
10. We need to take this experience and build
on it and guard against complacency.”
Last year’s 2A East Central Conference
Boys Runner of the Year, Nick Pugh, paced
the Cougars’attack in the boys race, winning
the meet in 18:37. Teammates Hamilton
Barnhill and Conner O’Brien followed him
in the top five with Barnhill taking third in
19:58 and O’Brien finishing fifth in 20:43.
Sam O’Conner took eighth in 2:34, fol-
lowed by Jordan Glynn in ninth in 22:53.
“Today’s meet proved the boys can be
strong this season, but it will need to be
a collective effort,” Grulke said. “Nick is
always going to finish well, but he will need
his teammates to place well with him. I’m
confident we have the talent to do just that.
Practices need to start going to the next level
as we enter September.”
Croatan will next hit the trail Tuesday at
Topsail to take on league foes Swansboro,
Northside and the host Pirates.
‘It was so great to see
all these people come
out and support Martha’s
Mission and the race,
to see everyone having
such a great time.
This has been such an
amazing experience. I
just wish I could have
run in it too.’
— Steven Tulevech Jr.
Race director
Croatan cross country teams
begin year by beating Havelock
West cross country
teams run away with
first meet of year