Posted by crow news on November 20, 2007, 11:25 am

"It was just a beating," Chester said. "We had 11 kids on that team, and 11 kids went to the hospital." There were broken noses, broken ankles, bruises and strained tendons....

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Posted by crow news on November 20, 2007, 11:30 am, in reply to "we've never heard of anything worse than this"

Sheri Piers of Falmouth and Kristin Barry of Scarborough became the third and fourth Mainers to qualify for the 2008 U.S. Olympic women's marathon trials, scheduled for April 20, the day before the Boston Marathon. Running together, the training partners completed the Philadelphia Marathon on Sunday in 2 hours, 45 minutes, 36 seconds -- beating the 2:47 qualifying time. They join two other Maine women who already have qualified for the trials: Emily LeVan of Wiscasset and Joan Benoit Samuelson of Freeport.

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Posted by j rolfe on November 21, 2007, 8:57 am, in reply to "or better than this"

Penny (Osborne) McDermott, from Farmington and an All-American at USM, qualified last Dec. at Cal. Int'l in 2:46:47. lives in Oregon now but won the BH half and Bridgton 4 on the 4th a couple of years ago. I count her as a Mainer.

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Posted by gary on November 26, 2007, 12:16 pm, in reply to "Re: or better than this "

I think you are a Mainer if you were born here or like me spent most[all]of your life here. (I am a Californian [maybe explains alot...no comments!] Anyway, I agree Penny can live where she wants but she is and will always be one of us! --Previous Message-- : Penny (Osborne) McDermott, from Farmington and : an All-American at USM, qualified last Dec. : at Cal. Int'l in 2:46:47. lives in Oregon : now but won the BH half and Bridgton 4 on : the 4th a couple of years ago. I count her : as a Mainer. :

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