Preakness 5K kicks off festivities
Derby winner's team runs the course
Lava Man leading the Preakness 5KPhoto: Mike Kane, Maryland Jockey Club
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Posted: 05/12/2012
BALTIMORE - Over six hundred people followed Stable Pony Lava Man out of the gates at Pimlico Saturday to run in the "Down the Stretch for SGK" Preakness 5K. The 3.1 mile race, which includes a lap around the track, marks the unofficial kick off of Preakness festivities.
A California couple won the men and women’s divisions respectively.
Neville Davey, a 37-year-old from Menlo Park, Ca. finished in 16:01, 62 seconds ahead of Gabriel Rodriguez of Baltimore. Davey's girlfriend, Heather Tanner won the female division in 18:21, 40 seconds ahead of Eldersburg’s two-time defending champion Sherry Stick.
"What a great experience," said Davey. "We are in town to visit Heather's parents for Mother's Day and decided to run about a week ago. Her father and sister also ran today. I run in a lot of road races back in San Francisco so it was fun to run on the track. We'll be back next year and plan on staying through the Preakness."
Doug O'Neill, the trainer of Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another participated as did every member of Team O'Neill.
"We just want to embrace everything about the event," O'Neill said. "Who knows if we'll ever be back so why not enjoy the entire Preakness experience and be part of the Baltimore community."
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
PRINT
| |
Special Reports
-
SPECIAL REPORT | Day care inspections
SPECIAL REPORT | Thousands of child care center inspections reports are NOW AVAILABLE. Find out what inspectors founds inside day care centers across the state.
-
Inside a Criminal Mind | Jason Scott
SPECIAL REPORT | When it's out of your hands, when your life is at the mercy of an armed, masked man staring down at you from the barrel of a gun in your own home, you grasp at whatever it is you can control; breathing, composure, or faith.
-
SPECIAL REPORT | Bad Medicine
SPECIAL REPORT | ABC2 Investigator Joce Sterman has reviewed thousands of pages of documents for her Bad Medicine report.
More Baltimore City News
-
Local search & rescue crews on the ready
While Oklahoma is more than 1300 miles away, search and rescue crews here in Baltimore stand on the ready if needed.
-
Banking industry job fair
-
Man convicted of killing his mentor
-
Beechfield School to close at 12:30 p.m.
-
Find loved ones with 'Safe & Well'
- Stay Connected
