Turkey Trot

Runners are invited to take part in a Central County Thanksgiving tradition and win some of their holiday supper at the eighth annual 5K Turkey Trot Nov. 26.The race will be at 11: 30 a.m. at Anne Arundel Community College's Siegert Field.First-place winners in six categories win turkeys. Runners-up take home apple pies. The first 70 entrants receive free T-shirts.Last year, about 70 runners and walkers competed. Broadneck High School soccer player Gretchen Oaksmith won the women's trial in 20 minutes, 26 seconds.

The deadline for submitting sports copy is 9 a.m. on Mondays. We prefer email (howardcountysports@patuxent.com). We do not accept results by phone. When two Howard County teams play, players from both teams (first and last names) must be mentioned in the write-up. Questions? Call 410-332-6606. Running The 332 participants in the Turkey Trot 10k Prediction Run had to run 6.2 miles through Jeffers Hill, with the winner finishing closest to 11 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning without the benefit of any timing devices.

More than 90 runners participated in the Howard County Striders Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning.Speed didn't play the biggest role in this 6.2-mile course through Jeffers Hill. Accuracy did. Without ther benefit of timing devices, participants tried to estimate their pace and cross the finish line at 11 a.m.Those coming closest to the target time were declared the winners and presented with Golden Turkey awards.Bill Elzinga and Dick Woods were the top two winners among the men.Elzinga finished the race 0.89 seconds after 11 a.m. and Woods finished 1.27 seconds after the hour.

Northwest MSSA meeting Tuesday , 7:30 p.m. Captain "Walleye" Pete Dahlberg will speak at the November meeting of the Northwest Chapter of the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishing Association. He will discuss tips and tactics for fishing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in the late fall and winter. The meeting will be at the Patapsco Council No. 1960 Knights of Columbus Hall at 1010 Frederick Road, Catonsville. Please use the Beaumont Avenue (side) entrance. Doors open at 6:45, and the meeting starts at 7:30.

ON THE WINTRY DAY before Thanksgiving, the turkeys were trotting for fitness at three Elkridge community schools -- human turkeys, that is.Elkridge Landing Middle School held its second Turkey Trot. Students, staff and families competed in a 1 1/4 -mile run/walk.Prizes were awarded to the fastest three girls and boys in each grade and to the top three adults.Sixth-grade winners were: Robert Ramsey and Kristy Adams, first; Maureen Murphy-Ryan and Michael Witmer, second; Gabrielle Federline and Evan Tilley, third.

More than 30 years ago, physical-education teachers at Bel Air Middle School started a Turkey Trot, a fun run held around Thanksgiving. The program has grown each year, with more than 1,250 students participating. Unlike other Turkey Trots, which are designed to raise money for a charitable cause, the Bel Air Middle event is a fun run to promote fitness, said Jeff Eaton, the physical-education department chairman who heads the program. Five other teachers at the school also work with Eaton on the program.

Brad Uhlfelder made it two victories in two weeks with his victory Sunday in the Lutherville-Timonium Recreation Council's annual 5K Turkey Trot.Uhlfelder had won the Ronald McDonald House Ramble 2.85-miler a week earlier in 13 minutes, 22 seconds.In the Turkey Trot, Uhlfelder led a field of 310 finishers, finishing in 15:11 -- a half-minute ahead of second-place finisher Mark Anderson. Uhlfelder's time was a second faster than Dave Berardi's winning time of a year ago."I had run up in York yesterday [Saturday]

It's the season of roasted turkey, cranberry sauce, family gatherings and football. But Thanksgiving can include far more than a full belly, pigskin and shopping. It's a time to raise money for community organizations by participating in a race. Here's a roundup of some area runs taking place today: Start your Thanksgiving celebration a few hours early at the 23rd annual Green Valley North Turkey Trot. Participants can compete in a five-mile run or three-mile walk. The event raises money for Crohn's disease and colitis research at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of Maryland Medical System.

On Thanksgiving morning 1983, Morton "Morty" Hyatt and his buddies from around the neighborhood did what they did almost every other morning: run a few miles along the side streets of Owings Mills. But Hyatt, who had just received a diagnosis of colitis, told each of his friends to bring $10 to donate to research for the intestinal disease. In return, he gave each a T-shirt with "Turkey Trot" spelled across the chest in iron-on letters, and a tradition was born. On that first morning, Hyatt's wife served bagels and cream cheese to the eight runners in the family kitchen, and the group raised $325.

Makenzie Frieman, 7, and her sister Emily, 5, waited eagerly for their mother to round the corner in the last leg of the 23rd annual Green Valley Turkey Trot yesterday morning. "Where is she?" Makenzie, craning her neck to look, asked her father. Her mother, Toni Frieman, decided to run the 5-mile race to prepare for a relay leg in next year's Baltimore Marathon. After the race, she planned to go to her Reisterstown home and start cooking Thanksgiving dinner, glad to begin the day with a good run. "The hills were a killer," Toni Frieman said, referring to the race route near Owings Mills, often too narrow for a car to squeeze past runners.

Submitting sports notices The deadline for submitting sports copy is 9 a.m. Monday. We prefer email (howardcountysports@patuxent.com). Questions? Call 410-332-6578. Running The Rudolph 5k Run or Two-Person Relay will be held Dec. 3 at Rockburn Branch Park. Run the whole 5k or team up with a friend and do a two-person relay (each teammate runs 2.5k, which is slightly more than 1.5 miles). Enjoy a nice trail run as the holiday season begins and feel free to dress festively.

On Thanksgiving morning, Havre de Grace-area residents can burn off some calories before the big feast and raise money for a public safety cause by participating in the fourth annual Bulle Rock Turkey Trot benefiting the Susquehanna Hose Company. Open to all age groups and fitness levels, the 5K walk/run will be Nov. 25 at the Residents' Club at The Residences at Bulle Rock (1200 Bulle Rock Parkway). Registration will begin at 8 a.m., a warm- up will be at 8:45 and the race will kick off at 9 a.m. A combination of road and trail, the route will travel from the Residents' Club down Bulle Rock Parkway across the Zachman Way pedestrian bridge, down Blenheim Road to the five-star Bulle Rock Golf Course and back to the Residents' Club.

More than 30 years ago, physical-education teachers at Bel Air Middle School started a Turkey Trot, a fun run held around Thanksgiving. The program has grown each year, with more than 1,250 students participating. Unlike other Turkey Trots, which are designed to raise money for a charitable cause, the Bel Air Middle event is a fun run to promote fitness, said Jeff Eaton, the physical-education department chairman who heads the program. Five other teachers at the school also work with Eaton on the program.

Anticipating their coming Thanksgiving feast, Steven Levin and his family got an early jump on burning the excess calories. Along with 1,500 other runners and walkers, the Levins participated yesterday in the 24th Annual Green Valley Turkey Trot near Owings Mills, an informal charity event that attracts strolling families as well as hard-core runners.

Striders -- Striders' Series Race 7 (2M, 10K, 15K) is to be run at 2 p.m. Sunday at Longfellow Elementary School in Columbia. Steve Zelenak, 410-884-9267; Melissa Burger, 443-325-0579, Marsha Demaree, 410-444-9796. The Thanksgiving Turkey Trot - Prediction Run (10K) is scheduled for Nov. 22. Registration is to begin at 9:30 a.m. at Jeffers Hill Elementary School in Columbia. The closest finish to 11 a.m. wins. Watches are not permitted. The winner gets a brass turkey trophy. Dave and Judy Tripp, 410-730-4499.

TURKEY TROT Walk or run for charity Before you gobble, run in the 23rd annual Green Valley North Turkey Trot. There's a 5-mile run or 3-mile walk, all to raise money for Crohn's dis ease and colitis research at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of Maryland Medical System. The turkey trot begins at 9 a.m. (registration at 8 a.m.) at 12109 Ridge Valley Drive in Owings Mills. Call 410-252- 2834 or visit greenvalleytur keytrot.com. FYI J. Wynn Rousuck is on as signment. Her theater column does not appear today.

Ken Fowler went into the year with one goal; he will leave it with at least three personal records.Nov. 19, JFK 50 Mile, Boonsboro, 7 a.m., (301) 739-7004.Nov. 19, Turkey Trot 10K, Newark, Del., 9:30 a.m., (302) 654-6400.Nov. 19, BRRC Grand Prix Cross Country Championship, Baybrook Park, Brooklyn, 5 miles, 10 a.m., (410) 789-7560.Nov. 20, HCS Metric Marathon, Columbia, 8 a.m., (410) 964-8258.Nov. 20, RASAC Bel Air Parking Garage 5K, Bel Air, 9 a.m., (410) 879-7679.Nov. 20, United Negro College Fund Walk-A-Thon, Inner Harbor, 10 a.m., (410)