The deadline to register online for the St. Albert 10-Mile Road Race is 6 p.m. Thursday.
The online entry fee is $45 at www.eventsonline.ca
On the morning of Sunday’s race, registration is $65 at Grandin mall. The start time is 9:30 a.m.
Travis McKay, last year’s winner, will defend his King of the Road crown. The Edmonton runner broke the tape in a time of 53 minutes and one second.
Matt Norminton of Edmonton, the course record holder, is also entered. His time of 50:46 in 2007 broke the long-time mark of 50:55 set by Tom Boone of Calgary in 1991. Norminton was also the runner-up behind Canadian Olympic triathlete Paul Tichelaar in the 2008 race that was staged in a blizzard.
The 10-miler is hosted by the St. Albert Roadrunners and Triathlon Club.
Visit www.starrt.com for more information.
Organizers for the inaugural RunWild Leading Edge Marathon on May 15 are accepting registrations online at www.RunWild.ca or in person at any Running Room location.
The 42-kilometre marathon route includes the Red Willow trail system and the streets of St. Albert. It starts at 7 a.m. in front of St. Albert Place. The finish line for the marathon, the half-marathon walk/run and the five and 10 km walk/run is Millennium Park.
The event is also a fundraiser for the Edmonton-based Zebra Child Protection Centre, a non-profit organization that deals with child abuse. The fundraising goal is $100,000.
St. Albert wrestler Sabrina Kelly was selected as the outstanding female rookie of the year at the University of Alberta Green and Gold Athletic Awards on Friday.
The science student won her 67-kilogram weight class at the Canada West level and was the silver medallist at nationals as the Alberta Pandas’ wrestling team won its first-ever CIS championship title in program history.
The graduate of Paul Kane High School was recently named the outstanding female wrestler at junior nationals. She went undefeated in three matches in the 67-kg division with the Bears Wrestling Club, the gold medallists in the female team event.
Last year the product of the Lorne Akins Crush junior high wrestling program was the 72-kg silver medallist at junior nationals and the Junior Pan-Am Championships in Managua, Nicaragua.
Kelly also plays rugby for the St. Albert premier women’s team.
