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Sarah Johnson sets course
record in two-miler
By KEVIN SPRADLIN
hevin@masoncou;~ty.com
Daniel Tomko couldn't
catch Mark Cook dfiring the
Goldsborugh, Creek seven-
mile run on June 2 in Shel-
ton.
Immediately after cross-
ing the finish line in second
place, however, the 35-year-
old Bellevue resident had
more important things on
his mind.
Tomko, who brought his
family to Mason County to
visit relatives for the week-
end. had to retrace his steps
along Railroad Avenue to-
ward Highway 101 to find
his children.
Still on the seven-mile
course were his daughter,
4-year-old Elsa, and his
son, 7-year-old Reid. Both
had chbsen slower related
adult companions to run
with instead of their father.
In hindsight, Elsa, at least,
might start out with her
dad next time.
"I lost my running speed
when I was with my grand-
ma." said Elsa, who exhib-
ited a precocious talent for
talk.
It was Elsa's first orga-
nized running event and
first-ever run at the seven-
mile distance.
But, said Tomko, "she
runs all the time."
Unfortunately for Tomko,
so does Cook. The 39-year-
old from Keyport cruised
to a first-place finish in 40
minutes and 54 seconds --
eight seconds faster than
last year's winning time.
The runner-up fin-
ish didn't put a damper
on Tomko's praise of the
weather -- a runner-friend-
ly 55 degrees at the 8 a.m.
start -- or the nature of the
course.
"Really, really nice,"
Tomko said of the paved
road race that began near
Shelton Valley Christian
School, completed a loop
around Shelton Valley and
West Deegan roads before
finishing the last two miles
down Railroad Avenue to
the Shelton Post Office.
"Beautiful scenery,"
Tomko said.
Tomko was even with
Cory Woodard 44, of Shel-
ton, for the first few miles
but pulled away early in the
second half of the race. Wo-
odard finished fifth overall
in 45:57, 74 seconds faster
than his performance in
2011. Tomko secured sec-
end place with a time of
42:19.
Paul Bliss, 47, of Tumwa-
ter, was third in 44:31 and
Erik Heimann, 40, of Olym-
pia, took fourth in 45:01.
Heather Dodge, 32, of
Shelton, earned the wom-
en's title in the seven-mile
run with a time of 54:48
-- 20 seconds ahead of last
year's winning time.
Dodge said she's training
for her first marathon
the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon
on June 23 in Seattle. Her
training, she said, seems to
be typical of any parent.
"I've gotfour. kids."
Dodge said.
As Dodge approached the
first hill in the road course
at about mile 2.2, just be-
fore runners turned ieft
onto West Deegan Road, she
was behind only 12-year-old
Tayler Geiger, of Shelton.
She passed her, and held
off Olympia resident Sonja
Purtteman. Purtteman
stopped the clock in 55:47.
Keri Davidson, 38, of
Shelton, placed third in
57:02 and Geiger finished
fourth in 58:05.
But Dodge, who placed
second in the Mother's Day
Dash four-mile run in Shel-
ton on May 13, knew the
extra three miles contested
on Saturday afforded her
plenty of time to catch up.
Dodge averaged 8:04 per
mile on May 13. On Satur-
day, she improved to 7:49
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Joining the day-long activities will be former
UW Football Coach - Don James!
Handicap and Non-Handicap Divisions
• Longest Drive and Straightest Drive prizes l!i
Scramble format- foursome
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per mile.
Dodge took second last
year in the Goldsborough
race. She was on the heels
-- literally -- of the woman
ahead of her and clipped her
opponent's heel. The result-
ing crash. Dodge said, gave
her a fractured right leg.
It wasn't so close in the
two-mile races.
Cody Williamson, an m-
coming junior for Shelton
High School's cross country
program, cruised to what
seemed an easy win in 9:56.
Darius Burke. 16. of
Shelton, was a distant sec-
ond in 10:32 and Zacharie
Taylor. 17, of Grapeview,
placed third in 10:42.
Williamson said he had
difficulty judging his pace
on the point-to-point course,
which features a slight
downhill from the starting
line.
"I took off way too fast,"
he said. "Road races are
just so hard to pace."
Sarah Johnson, a 2010
Shelton High School gradu-
ate, made sure the women's
two-mile race could barely
be considered a competi-
tion.
Johnson. 19. entered the
2012 event as the three-
time defending champion
and the course recordholder
(11:52).
Her primary motivation
was no~ winning a fourth
consecutive title. Instead,
it was to try and beat her
father. 43-year-old John
Johnson.
The strategy paid off.
The two Johnsons cruised
through the one-mile mark
in a blistering 4:58 -- only
18 seconds behind William-
son.
"I just heard him say,
'oh. God,'" Johnson said of
her father's reaction at the
midway point.
The younger Johnson
placed fourth overall in
10:46 while her father
was next to cross the line
(10:53).
Anika Parker, 12, of
Shelton, was the second fe-
male to finish with a time
of 12:46. Lindsey Goldsby,
14. of Shelton, took third in
Journal ano[o Dy Kevln Soradlln
Daniel Tomko, left, runs the Goldsborough
Creek seven-mile course with his daughter
Elsa, 4, on June 2.
ost my running speed
when l was with my
grandma."
13:40.
Nearly 220 runners and
walkers crossed the finish
lines of the five distances.
Proceeds from the Golds-
borough Creek Fun Runs,
which includes a quarter-
mile "junior jog" for chil-
dren, benefit the Mason
General Hospital Founda-
tion.
For more information,
visit www.masongeneral.
com and click on "events."
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