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SPORTS Jinua Daily Abuancc Sunday September 23 1990 Outdoors 5 Scoreboard 9 2 lzlif IS Jim Steinmiller flV Jr Sports Editor Ten Miler turns into reunion While John Halvorsen Mark Curp Diane Brewer and Ju lie Isphording make the Vir ginia Ten Miler a prestigious race it's folks like Bob etherston's clan that make the event successful etherston 61 two of his sons and his daughter in law got together this weekend to run the race Nothing unusual there except for the fact that sons Bob and Scott and daughter in law Honor are intown from Northern California Neat concept plan your annual family reunion around a road race It all began back in the mid 70s when the running craze soared ather Bob got caught up in it and by the '79 Ten Miler convinced his kids and daughter in law to enter the Ten Miler with him Dad's idea intrigued the kids all grown up then and they agreed What resulted was a new found enthusiasm for physical fitness "At 28" son Bob said "I gave up my sedentary life for an active one" His wife Honortook this running business even more to heart She had run track in high school but as an adult those days were long gone She became so enthused so competitive that she planned to run in the Olym pic Trials a few years back until an in jury put her on the sidelines Saturday she was gunning for a fin ish among the top 10 women and to perhaps even better her mark of sixth "place in last Ten Miler She reached the top 10 by finishing se venth with a time of 64:07 race is amazing with the Humber of elite runners in it" she said year I ran a 62 something 62:30 I think I want to be in the top 10 again because you get to stand up there for the awards ceremony with the elite runners" Scott looks at his brother and sister in law with respect the mega he said 'Tin a micro runner run and 8W minute mile and it'll take me twice a long to finish as them My mainover riflingtheme is just to have a good day" Scott finished with an 89:13 Tire arc not a family of superstar athletes no football scholarships no baseball draftees out of high school They're everyday normal folks who it appears have more common sense than this every day overweight sports writer who could run 10 miles in 12 days What running has done is provide a form of recreation that keeps them healthy ran small amounts in father Bob said "I recognized then that there were benefits involved Years later living on Langhorne Boad I saw all these sweaty bodies and it just looked like something I Should get into does a lot for me it's great for my health I have allergies hnd it keeps my nerves subsided It's also great for me spiritually" ather Bob like Scott did not run Sat urday for the sake of improving their times He finished with a time of 79:10 They were in it for the fun and the camaraderie "Back in 1979 when I was getting the whole family involved I said to the kids you don't have any middle aged spread yet So why don't you run in it They said it sounded like a good idea" And a tradition was established riday night like every night be fore the race the family gathered around for pasta Saturday morning they gathered around EC Glass High School for the start of the race always ask myself at the starting line what is this fat her Bob said get going good Son Bob who came in at 6509 didn't take to running like his dad In fact his niche is the grueling compe tition of a triathlon Bicycle riding he finds is more enjoyable than running Nonetheless he wouldn't want to miss the trip to Lynchburg is a beautiful he said all the people arc frien dly I come into town and go out with Please see REUNION Page 8 Jim Steinmiller is sports editor of Thb News Daily Advance Debut quickly becomes runaway win Other women can't match Cathey's fast start Please see Page 8 Ten Miler Race results additional stories and photos begin on Page 6 By Jeff Motley Staff writer run the race before So she loaded up from her Colorado home and headed East only to be met with a steady rain for the duration of the event run a little better in the rain ac Cathey said I kind of like the rain cool and relax ing" One person who couldn't relax was Brewer who spent the entire race chasing Cathey legs really have the spring in them that they normally do but overall I was moderatley Brewer said knew Kel lie would be tough and I just ran in a half marathon in Philadelphia last week and that took something out of never felt like it was in the bag either I remember that tortoise and the hare story and 1 know if I would have stopped and walked then someone would have passed Unlike many runners who rely on that final kick Cathey used a strong start as her springboard to victory am very good running downhill because my legs are better for that" Cathey said gets me are the steep hills I run uphill very well at all I decided to run as hard as I could go on all the downhills and then do the best 1 could going uphill 1 have any serious problems with any of the hills except there is one in the (Riverside) park that was a lot steeper than 1 thought it Cathey said she came out and looked at the course on riday but didn't run the course Cathey made the decision to run because of several friends who had Kellie Cathey made her first ap pearance Saturday in the Virginia Ten Miler and after seeing her per formance the competition probably wishes she had stayed in ort Collins Colo Cathey ran away from the field and toured the hilly course in 55 minutes 27 seconds to easily outdistance se cond place finisher Diane Brewer who won last race "I was really surprised that 1 was able to break Cathey said I really never felt Cathey said she feel like the race was in the bag until she hit the eight mile mark see anyone for a while but when I got to the eight mile mark I knew if I stayed steady that I was in good Cathey said 1 Kellie first In her first Ten Miler Staff photo by Jimmy Riploy Cathey hits the tape to finish Cavs again in 50s Hokies let Gamecocks UVa rocks Duke rolls record to 4 0 By Scott Mlchaux Staff writer DURHAM NC or what was billed as the ACC grudge match of the year this one was a laugher All the animosity and intensity brought into Wallace Wade Stadium on Saturday by last ACC co champions Virginia and Duke got swept away in a flurry of turnovers and touch downs It resulted in the most one sided game in the league's 38 year history a 59 0 blowout by the Cavaliers over the Blue Devils UVa ranked 10th coming into the game took advantage of seven Duke tur novers in piling up all 59 points before the fourth quarter not that much better that Duke" said Cavalier head coach George Welsh helped us a lot They moved the ball but they had too many turnovers and gave up a couple of big It was UVa's widest margin of victory over a conference opponent (eclipsing a 45 0 win over NC State in 1084) and marked the first time the Cavs have shut the Blue Devils out since 1964 (30 01 Duke had not been shut out in 31 games and had lost by more points only once before when Notre Dame blanked them 64 0 in 1966 were as good as they were bil said first year head coach Barry Wilson of Virginia (4 0 2 0 in the ACC) certainly didn't do a great deal to offset it You can't give a Top 10 football team the ball seven times and expect to beat offense which had not lost a fumble in its first two games turned the ball over five times in the first half (two interceptions and three fumbles) UVa took no longer than 2:11 to convert four of them into touchdowns and took a 38 0 lead into halflime game was virtually lost in the Hyu Nr A i Art fl Shawn Moore who passed for 3 touchdowns Anderson In 59 0 win Saturday AP photo sheds Preston first said Wilson whose team dropped to 1 2 and 01 are too good to come back on from that big a de ficit" The Cavaliers have outscored their opponents 52 0 in the first quarter and Please see UVA Page 8 get away By Steve Heisler Staff wriier BLACKSBURG Quarterback Will fumble was but the last of a trio of misfortunes to hit the Hokies late in the fourth quarter as South Carolina overcame an 11 point deficit in the final eight minutes to win 35 24 on Saturday afternoon inability to handle a handoff first fumble this season with six minutes left gave the Gamecocks the ball on the 19 yard line inree plays and one penalty later Gamecock quar terback Bobby uller found wide receiver Eddie Miller slipping inside cornerback Greg Lassiter for a touch down It gave South Carolina a 28 24 lead it never relinquished "Yeah it got away from said ur rer who passed for 196 yards and three touchdowns just came at the wrong Of the uller pass against a Tech man for man defense outside linebacker Ar chie Hopkins said had all the mo mentum and let them have the big play We had the momentum for 53 minutes they had it for seven and they beat us by 10 points" After South Carolina (3 0) had exten ded its lead to 11 points as tailback Mike Dingle capped a 137 yard rushing day with a late score Tech coach rank Beamer and his players could look back on what made everything go bad in a game that had looked so bright for the Hokies Tech (2 2) jumped out to a 14 0 lead midway through the second quarter and led 24 13 early in the fourth quarter The Hokies should have known such results couldn't last however entering the game South Carolina had outscored Tech 55 9 in the second halves of the last four games The 22 points it erupted for at Lane Stadium tied the record it set with a 22 point final period against No tre Dame in 1984 think about Beamer said Please see TECH Page 8 Martin Earnhardt duel but it's almost anybody's race By Jeff Motley Staff writer MARTINSVILLE or most Win ston Cup races there is usually a favorite going in Someone who is hot or who normally runs the particular track well But when the green flag drops at 12:30 pm today on the 500 at Martinsville Speedway everyone in the office pool may have an excellent shot at a little pocket money The first candidate is the Winston Cup points leader and pole sitter Mark Martin Before qualifying on riday talk around the pits had Mar tin being lucky to finish close to his nearest competitor in the points standings Dale Earnhardt But after the strong qualifying run Martin is 500 making people take notice that he only out to win the champion ship but win other races as well want to win the Winston Cup no question there but we also want to win every race we Mar tin said have run here at every level and I feel like 1 know the track very well Our qualifying run is en couraging and 1 hope that will carry over to the Earnhardt is just 21 points behind Martin in the points race Earnhardt has seven wins this year and knows that a win at Martinsville could mean Please see MARTINSVILLE Page 9 Special teams carry LU to 4th straight win By Jeff Motley Staff writer With all the talk about Liberty Uni explosive offense its defense has been forgotten But after Saturday night's 42 13 win over Morehead State at Willard May Stadium the Eagles will remember the lames defense and spe cial teams long after they leave Lynch burg The lames' blocked two punts inter cepted a pass ran a punt back for a touchdown and limited the Eagles to just 37 yards rushing while giving its offense two possessions that started inside the Morehead 20 Both cf the drives that started inside the 20 ended in touch downs The win was fourth without a loss always said that footbalj games are played in said Morehead State coach Cole Proctor "There is offense defense and special teams and the one thing you don't ever want to get beat in is the special teams We got whipped in the special teams The lames special teams first made their presence known on the second drive of second possession The lames Shelton Lewis bolted through the line and blocked Brian lynn's punt On Liberty's first play fol lowing the block Leroy Kinard strolled into the endzone from 11 yards out "Clarence Shelton just cleared that side out for me and through a great said Kinard who rushed for 109 yards in the game "I could have walked into the end zone if I had wanted The next lame touchdown came via its potent offense Three passes from Robbie Jus 1 Please see LU Page 0 8.