Run to compete
KEVIN PIERSON The Marietta Times
Kyle Bankes, far left, Patrick Lowe, center, and Bradley Ullman lead runners on a jog during the Valley Distance School at Hervida 4-H Camp Thursday afternoon. About 20 athletes from four different schools attended the camp to learn more about the sport of distance running.
WATERFORD — There are a lot of techniques involved in being an outstanding distance runner. A group of more than 20 athletes from four different schools got some experience in a great many of those techniques at Hervida 4-H Camp in the first Valley Distance School. “My goal was just to expose them to as much as I could,” said Fort Frye cross country coach Alana Lupardus, who organized the camp. Athletes from Fort Frye, Waterford, Warren and Crooksville got instruction in aspects of distance running ranging from how to prevent injuries to what it’s like running on the collegiate level. They got that instruction from some of the best sources available with former University of Alabama runner and state record holder Brian Hesson, Caldwell cross country coach Dugan Hill, Marietta College track and cross country coach Derek Stanley and Marietta College head of sports medicine Sam Crowther all delivering lessons. “We had amazing speakers.
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