SPORTS

GEORGETOWN, DE – Snapping droughts. Billy Pauch Jr. and Amanda Robinson both snapped long winless droughts at Georgetown Speedway in the ‘Deron Rust Memorial’ on Thursday night. Frenchtown, N.J.’s Billy Pauch Jr. led all 25 laps of the Millman’s NAPA Modified feature for his first Georgetown Speedway...

With summer comes the Lewes Cup, which is the official start of the Lewes Yacht Club sailing season. With favorable weather conditions, the race, under the direction of principal race officer Michelle Bland, went off as scheduled at 11 a.m and ended around 4:30 p.m., June 22. The overall Lewes...

One of the area’s favorite summer events, the Jungle Jim’s 5K, attracted 340 runners to the starting line in Rehoboth Beach June 22. A 3.1-mile trek to the lazy river brought out runners from 10 states. They ranged in age from 4 to 85 and were of all shapes, sizes and ability levels. Team 360, a group of athletes, captains and wingmen, always puts the Jungle Jim’s race on the schedule, as members love the atmosphere of a family-friendly, inclusive, fun event. Masser and Father’s Day champion Dylan Smiley ran all alone once again, breezing through the country club at a sub-five-minute pace and hitting the finish line in a time of 15:09. Smiley has dominated every race he’s entered this summer. He may get a challenge at the Firecracker 5K Saturday, July 6. Eion Nohilly of New York ran 14:35 at Firecracker last year, so time will tell. Two minutes back on this day was Mike Wardian, winner of the masters division, in a time of 17:09. Owen Oliver, 17, of Oxford, Pa., rounded out the top three in 17:39. Eve Hoffman, 37, of Washington, D.C., won the overall female championship in 20:07. Hoffman has won the Jungle Jim’s race several times. Karen Cathell of Berlin, Md., won the women’s masters division in 22:43, good for 30th place. Team 360 brought three athletes to the race, and the amount of love and support for these kids is just incredible. I presented each athlete with a gold medal when they crossed the line, and just to see them smile is worth all the work that started at 4 a.m.

This 19-year-old Marshall University distance runner from Keyser, W.Va., won the Dewey Beach Patrol 5K June 23 for the second year in a row, clocking a time of 16:41. His dad, Andrew, won the men’s 50-54 age group in 20:14, while his sister, Bailey, won the 15-19 female age group in 20:25. Garrett won the 2023 race in 16:07. “I was sidelined for spring track because of injury, so this is my first race running hard this summer,” Garrett said after taking a break following his cool-down run in 90-degree weather. Garrett, who completed his sophomore year at Marshall, owns personal-best times of 19:32 in the 6K, 25:22 in the 8K and 32:27 in the 10K. “My personal-best time for the 5K is 15:18,“ Garrett said. He also owns a personal best of 8:34 in the 3,000, which converts to 9:14 for two miles.