Shaw spans 50 states to give self constant variety of marathons

Baltimore-area runners probably best know Clay Shaw as the longtime director of the White Rose and Bon-Ton 5-milers in York, Pa., races that draw the likes of Olympic marathoner Steve Spence and Olympic hopeful Keith Dowling.

But Shaw, 43, has covered some ground of his own as a runner. A little over a month ago, he finished ninth in a marathon in Oklahoma City and the following week he completed the Steamboat Marathon in Colorado. That means that he has finished marathons in each of the 50 states, in addition to the District of Columbia.

"I had to do them back-to-back," Shaw says about the Oklahoma and Colorado marathons. "When I went to Nova Scotia last year, I broke my heel. I went to Oklahoma but had to drop out. I knew then that it was going to be back-to-back this year."

He began his marathon odyssey in 1979, when he ran the San Francisco Marathon in July. He also completed the Harrisburg Marathon and the now-defunct Maryland Marathon that year.

Along the way, he has recorded a personal record of 2 hours, 55 minutes in the Philadelphia Marathon and the Jim Thorpe Marathon in Carlisle, Pa.

Shaw, who has overseen the White Rose Five-Miler for 17 years and the Bon-Ton for 16, also has run in four marathons in the Canadian provinces and recorded an overall PR of 2:53 in the Manitoba Marathon.

"I'm going to Saskatchewan in September for the Saskatoon Marathon. That'll be my fifth in the provinces," says Shaw, who will direct a point-to-point "Marathon of the Roses" from York to Lancaster, Pa., in September 1996. "The farther north I go the better."

Ripken Run

For information on the Cal Ripken Streak Week Fun Run and Walk, call race director Les Kinion at [phone].

Briefly

Area finishers in the Parkersburg (W.Va.) Half-Marathon: Abdel Haki, 1:07:31; Steve Kartalia, 1:07:54; Darrell General, 1:08:12; Rob Magin, 1:11:05; Edmund Burke, 1:11:06; Jamie Pollard, 1:12:56; Stavros Rologas, 1:17:43; Dave Lowe, 1:21:15; Anthony Grier, 1:22:13; Ty Lanahan, 1:23:38; Michael Feinberg, 1:25:33; Rick Bingham, 1:36:07; Ellen Pollard, 1:37:21; Keith

Burkhart, 1:38:38. . . . Week's top finishers:

WEDNESDAY

BRRC Summer Track Series No. 7

At Hereford High School

1,500 meters -- Males: 1. Rob Torres, 4:21; 2. John Roemer IV, 4:23; 3. Ted Poulos, 4:24. Females: 1. Denise Knickman, 4:50; 2. Megan White, 4:52; 3. Carole Rosasco, 5:19.

200 meters -- Males: 1. Fitzroy Smith, 23.9; 2. Thomas Coard, 25.4; 3. David Mullen, 25.9. Females: 1. Mindy Bathirst, 29.8; 2. Lindsay Clarke, 31.5; 3. Sarah Rives, 33.6.

800 meters -- Males: 1. Khaleed Roberts, 1:56; 2. Sam Lomax, 2:00; 3. Damien Byas, 2:03. Females: 1. Denise Knickman, 2:31; 2. Carole Rosasco, 2:35; 3. April Mullen, 2:53.

500 meters -- Males: 1. Anthony Stuckey, 70.3; 2. Windsor Jones, 70.5; 3. Ross Chullin, 71.2. Females: 1. Carole Rosasco, 96.9; 2. April Mullen, 98.2; 3. Lindsay Clark, 98.3.

5,000 meters -- Males: 1. Mark Rosasco, 16:26; 2. Ted Poulos, 16:29; 3. Ryan Haden, 17:13. Females: 1. Denise Knickman, 18:27; 2. Christy St. Clair, 24:50.

?3 4 x 100 relay -- 1. Ed Waters Track Club, 44.2.

FRIDAY

BRRC Towson Twosome (app. 4 miles)

At Lake Montebello

1. Philip, Vicki Lang, 22:46; 2. Robert, Gwenn Torchia, 22:56; 3. Desi McNelis, John Fleckenstein, 26:09; 4. Tim Adams, Milt Swan, 28:25; 5. Ron, Sue Greib, 29:36; 6. Gene, Susan Grady, 30:50; 7. Ron, Deb Greib, 32:11; 8. Richard Krummerich, Jeanette Novak, 36:25. Masters: 1. Torchia.

SUNDAY

RASAC Rocks Run Around the Mountain 5.3-miler

At Rocks State Park

Males: 1. Greg Thompson, 34:36; 2. Tim Norcross, 35:02; 3. Dave Starnes, 35:13; 4. Mike Heiberger, 35:27; 5. Fred Carlson, 35:36.

Females: 1. Margaret Starnes, 35:26; 2. Megan McNew, 38:25; 3. Kacie Remeto, 40:25; 4. Irene Cronk, 43:08; 5. Shalini Ayyagari, 45:30.

Coming events

Tomorrow, BRRC Summer Track Series Championship Meet (200M, 1,500M, 100M, 800M, 400M, 3,000M, 4 x 400 relay), Loyola High School, 6 p.m., [phone].

Tomorrow, HCS 2M, 6M, Oakland Mills Middle School, 6:30 p.m., [phone].

Saturday, Museum of Scientific Discovery Biathlon (3M run, 15M bike, 3M run), Lewisberry, Pa., 8 a.m., [phone].

Sunday, Annapolis Striders' Ten-Mile Run, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, 7:30 a.m., [phone].

Sept. 2, Cal Ripken Streak Week Fun Run and Walk (2,131 yards), Camden Yards, 9-10 a.m., [phone].

Sept. 4, Provident Bank Labor Day 5K, Patapsco State Park Avalon Area, 8:30 a.m., [phone].

Sept. 9, MCRRC Along the C&O Relay 50-miler, 9 a.m., [phone].

Sept. 9, Hampshire Heritage Days 10K, Romney, W.Va., 9 a.m., [phone].

Sept. 9, BRRC Cross Country 3-miler, Baybrook Park, 10 a.m., [phone].

Sept. 10, BRRC Executive Stampede 5-miler, Hunt Valley, 8 a.m., [phone].

Sept. 10, Maryland Relay Service 4-Mile Run and 4-Mile Relay, Bay Cafe, 8 a.m., [phone].