Idyllwild women run in L.A. Marathon
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The Los Angeles Marathon was Sunday, March 17, and two Hill residents completed the 26-mile jaunt.
In her second marathon, Jana Baker’s time was 4:17:19 and Molly Newman, running her first marathon, completed it in 4:31:01.
Running with more than 24,000 other marathoners, both women finished ahead of 18,000 other runners.
Brendan Steele played back in form in last week’s Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas. In four, all under-par, rounds, he carded 60-67-70-67 for a 273 total. The 11-under-par performance earned him a tie for 13th place and added $72,500 to his official money-list earnings for this season. Steele drove well…
Idyllwild’s Lauren Salter finished fourth in the 2012 U.S. National Skeleton Championship title races this weekend at Mt. Van Hoevenberg, near Lake Placid, N.Y. Salter finished only 1.66 seconds behind the winner, Megan Henry. The competition was composed of four heats over the weekend. Salter was second after the first three, but incurred a bad…
Brendan Steele collected his second top-10 finish in three tournament weeks Sunday in the Northern Trust Open at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades. He carded a 9-under-par 68-71-67-69 — 275, finishing tied for 10th and earning $174,200 in prize money and 72.5 FedExCup points. Steele has four top-25s this year and has made…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, Feb. 20, regular monthly golf tournament held at Menifee Lakes Golf Club on the Palms Course. The early morning fog burned off to reveal a beautiful sunny day with mild temperatures, and the course was in good shape. Crandall (course…
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, gave this report about the Friday, July 17, regular monthly golf tournament held at Menifee Lakes Country Club’s Lakes course. It was a hot day and the course was in good shape. Dave Robb (course handicap 15) and Scott Schroeder (22) tied for first place…
Brendan Steele opened the new PGA Tour season ending 2015 with a solid top-25 finish. The Idyllwild native negotiated the Silverado Country Club North course in the Frys.com Open in Napa last week in a 7-under-par 72-70-69-70 — 281. His performance tied him for 21st place by the end of play on Sunday and earned…
