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Annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s event held in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The Alzheimer’s Association’s Western Carolina Chapter held its annual Walk To End Alzheimer’s event in Charlotte Saturday morning. Queen City News’s Chief Meteorologist Tara Lane and Anchor Julian Sadur co-emceed the opening ceremony. Around 2,000 participants honored those impacted by Alzheimer’s with a ‘Promise Garden’ ceremony. Walkers carried flowers of […]
2024 Baltimore Running Festival: First-timers Willy Fink, Sara Kenefick win marathon
First time running a marathon? No problem. Willy Fink, 30, of Gaithersburg, and Sara Kenefick, 23, of Charlotte, North Carolina, won the men’s and women’s marathon at the 2024 Baltimore Running Festival on Saturday. The pair finished the race in 2 hours, 21 minutes and 38 seconds and 3:03:42, respectively. Fink opened up a significant lead over the rest of the pack about 90 minutes in and finished eight minutes ahead of the next-closest runner. Alexander Loper of Abingdon (2:29:50) and Louis Levine of Arlington, Virginia, (2:31:14) finished second and third, respectively, in the men’s marathon, while Simiao Li of Princeton, New Jersey, (3:07:10) and Michelle Johnston of Dayton, Ohio, (3:07:50) followed Kenefick in the women’s race. The Baltimore Running Festival marathon, which included slight tweaks this year to the path, such as a new turn at Light and Pratt streets and a detour by Lake Montebello to avoid an ongoing sinkhole repair, is internationally certified allowing runners to use their results to qualify for other races such as the Boston Marathon.
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