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Home My WebLink AboutUCF Triathlon - 1988 ILI Thursday,March 31. 1988 Chuluota Area 33i Community Notes By John Horner & Loris Boutwell UCF hosts • A communitywide Easter egg hunt will commence proceedings follow- Wellness will be held Saturday for all area ed by the hunt and ending with the children sponsored by the First Bap- serving of refreshments in the form triathlon list Church on the field adjacent to of hot dogs and soft dnnks Parents the building. The 10 a.m. affair is are urged to bring their children as being chaired by Mrs Juanita Lane. well as a dozen colored eggs BY JOHN HORNER She reports that a comic puppet show *** Corretpmden: _ The newly organized 4-1I club WINTER SPRINGS—The biggest f with Cindy Cox as leader has chosen sporting event in town will be the se- Talent show its name It is the Chuluota cond annual Wellness Scholarship Challengers,aptly describing its ac- triathlon to be swum,cycled and run held by FFA twines which are centered around early Saturday morning on the cam- rocketry and wildlife During spring pus of the University of Central OVIEDO—The talent show with break the members will hold a pic- Florida. There may be as many as Shawn Mc—Th as mistress th me at Lake Mills where they will 11,000 entrants, according to Dean of hawn sponsored by str stare pick up aluminum cans to clean up Geraghty, of the College of Farmers ceremonies. Amsored ylt ed to a the environment and to sell same for Health.of packed p y g purchase of club T-shirts. Any and 1.000 id there will ib the e 500 a ked house in the Oviedo High voung people from 8-I8 who would School auditorium Tuesday like to join may call Mrs Cox at sios of the triathlon, which is be- Sixteen acts paraded before 365-1111 ing run by the Central Flonda parents and friends, with winners ** Triathlon Association on the campus declared in each of four categories The annual Spring Fling recently Saturday from 8 a m. to noon. Winning vocal act was Marcie King, held by the Southeast Seminole He said the "open" division, who sang "Where Do Broken County Voters Association Inc ,ac- which starts at 8 a m. with the one- Hearts Goo" Derek Bates and Mark cording to its general chairman Fran third-mile swim in chilly Lake Richards teamed up to win the com- Freeman,was a tremendous success Claire,is open to anyone who wants edy category, imitating the popular due to the full cooperation of peo- to compete—youngsters, oldsters, Blues Brothers ple in the community and county. alike, in both individual (head-to- A beguiling troupe called"Private She thanked Barbara Wedge of head)or relay races Then comes the Dancers" won the dancing entry, Chuluota for singing and extended national collegiate competition start- while the "Steel Breeze." a band special thanks to the news media for ing the same course at 9 a.m He said group,grabbed grand prize for band broadcasting the event so well, in- that the collegiate event has receiv- competition All won inscribed eluding a picture in last week's ed nationwide publicity in track and trophies, plus $25 cash to each Outlook Proceeds will aid their field publications and will draw category winner various charity projects some of the top tnahlon competitors Judges included Connie Clark, in the country. Winter Park High School teacher, a Awards will be given to winners Susanne Barnett, drama instructor. in both events as soon as they are and Melody Heath,data processor, finished All will be staged on the both from OHS Proceeds will UCF campus, which he reported is benefit sponsoring FFA projects. all decked out for the gala event Ron Priest, president of the ' Tuscawilla Rotary Club, one of the sponsors—along with a number of businesses including Publix,Church Street Station, Freedom Savings, Ronlee Mobile Homes—said club members on the committee include Mark Stansbury,Leo Cooper,Steve Norton and Roger Owen Other na- tional sponsors are the Triathlon Federation,CFT Sports, Clermont, Fla , Fleet Feet, Burger King. Crystal Water,Exceed Sports Nutri- tional System and the National List Council, Last year Tuscawilla Rotary donated $2,000 to UCF for the Wellness Scholarship Fund of the UCF College of Health Priest said he expected that amount would be much larger this year Seminole Outlook Thursday,April 7, 1988 Mks to \ 1 Triathlon tivities -• - winners iracle—I'm sure you h announced 1111,7.-,,4:44:, . seedling becomes a tree --7- '� - ,�,�' - By JOHN HORNER branches—you and me. �* Correspondent ;a better place to live,It, WINTER SPRINGS—Tuscawilla that we can give, " a'' ^� " Rotary's own Ron Priest, the ;reen against the blue, `r a �,� '"`• organizer of the Wellness Triathlon >ur dreams and make " � . fund raiser conducted at Saturday at ome true. +' •°" ti the University of Central Florida, s to stand as one k ' ,� not only participated but also won ; tree second place in his event.Priest join- ; sun. ;� - .. ed fellow Rotarian Steve Norden and «, overall winner Jim Calhoun of s a better place to live ` , , Altamonte Springs to swim one-third that we can give, .41* ;, t of a mile, bike 12 miles and run ogreen against the blue, - \ three miles in Saturday morning's ur dreams and mak � a: ° r sunshine on the UCF campus off ;ome true. Alafaya Tr. at University Blvd. seedling becomes a - In the USA National Collegiate ;branches—you and me p championship Florida State carried seedling becomes a tr:• ; off both the individual and team vic- e branches—you and m ' i; t. tories with Kip Karnes taking it all branches—you and me. • in 56 minutes, 3 seconds. Linda are copyrighted and ar- Tuition of Indiana won the women's ,y Hatton's own coin collegiate competition. i and Sky Music Pub- # Other universities represented , BMI, P.O. Box 4157, were North Carolina,second overall k, 32793. rater in the second annual Wellness Scholarship Triathlon winner, followed by FSU, third; mposer is to submit at last Saturday morning. This was the start of the open divi- Emory, fourth, and Rutgers, fifth. e to the publishing comp for the one-third-mile swim. After the swim they jumped Men's team winners were Colorado, winner will be picked thi for three more miles. (Ray Lucas photo) first,and Rutgers,second.Colorado coeds won the women's team event, • •t followed by Purdue. ,,_:'', ' Calhoun posted a respectable '` *`; T� - 56:52 for men in the overall with ` Brooke Messerole, second, with a i}'"d" `; it masters overall time of 59:29. In the a it ... ,� -- ,Q', .r! i . • 80-and-over age category Ed Root d ,,# k* : amazed the hundreds of spectators as mow, '' he posted a fine time of 1:47.52. His•' r 3 ki time bettered 70-year-old Ralph 1s = Smith by over three minutes.Entries competed in all age classes, from e l 14-18 through 80 in the men's and I 18 and under to 45 in the women's. "' Laura Harrington won the 'i.;-'f-11 women's overall with a time of ..;••• 1 4.13, with Chris Runkle talking the masters overall with 1:25.44. Sponsored by the Rotary and other •4.• ,A,— local and national firms,the triathlon r•••- drew as many spectators as entrants " in its second annual running. Accor- - ding to Priest, Rotary chairman of the event,he hoped they would raise more than the$2,000 they donated 1 "= . . to UCF last year for the College of • Health Wellness Scholarship fund. He and UCF Dean Ron Gerughty awarded trophies to the winners and / jj/ ' thanked the Rotarians who helped with the food and other ar- rangements. They were Mark Stansburg, Tom Brown and Roger - . Owen. a Book • .,.. . Beat Lf ,, ,'` , From the Seminole Crnintti 1 ihrar ,