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The
field
of
runners
was
smaller
than
usual,
but
it
didn’t
slow
down
the
competitors
who
did
show
up
for
the
27th
annual
Grundy
Kiwanis
5K
Run/Walk
event
Saturday
morning
in
downtown
Grundy.
A number of other events taking
place
in
the
area,
including
a
couple
of
well-attended
track
meets,
left
only
about
two
dozen
runners
and
walkers
vying
for
top
prizes
in
many
different
age
categories
in
this
year’s
event.
The husband-wife duo of Steve
and
Allison
Pastorek,
of
Jonesborough,
TN,
blistered
the
field
in
their
respective
male
and
female
divisions
to
win
the
overall
titles
with
Allison
setting
a new
course
event
record
for
the
females.
Steve ran the 3.1 mile course
in a
time
of
17:41,
a
tick
slower
than
last
year‘s
winning
time
of
17:30,
to
capture
the
overall
male
winner’s
trophy.
Allison, a past winner of the
race,
turned
in an
impressive
and
record-setting
time
of
20:21,
somewhat
faster
than
last
year’s
winning
time
of
20:37,
to
capture
the
top
overall
female
trophy.
Last
year’s
winner,
Adome
Hailemariam
of
Mountain
Mission
School,
held
the
course
record
prior
to
Allison’s
run
on
Saturday.
Each winner received a $100
U.S.
Savings
Bond
and
trophy.
Also, special trophies and $50
U.S.
Savings
Bonds
were
awarded
to
winners
in
the
Master’s
Division
—
those
runners
40
years
of
age
and
older
with
the
fastest
times.
The top male finisher in the Master’s Division
was
Phillip
VanDyke
of
Grundy,
turning
in a
time
of
20:11,
and
the
top
female
finisher
in
the
Master’s
Division
was
Debby
Stollings
of
Mosheim,
TN,
with
a
time
of
26:27.
In the male 14-and-under age division,
Adulaen
Zewedu
of
Mountain
Mission,
captured
the
top
prize
with
a
time
of
19:43.
Buck
Ratliff
of
Vansant,
came
in
second
in
the
division
with
a
time
of
34:11.
In the male 15-19 division,
Bryan
Fields
of
Grundy,
took
first
place
with
his
time
of
33:03.
In the male 30-34 division,
Michael
Davis
of
Abingdon,
captured
first
place
with
his
time
of
23:58.
Scott Butcher of Richlands
finished
second
with
a
time
of
24:30
and
Jerry
Nesamony
of
Grundy,
came
in
third
with
a
time
of
34:29.
Ricky Owens of
Grundy,
won
first
place
in
the
male
40-44
age
division.
Randy Fletcher of Grundy,
captured
top
honors
in
the
male
45-49
age
division
with
a
time
of
22:02,
while
Terry
Campbell
of
Bakersville,
NC,
finished
second
with
a
time
of
22:23.
Ron
Phillips
of
Clintwood,
came
in
third
with
a
time
of
23:35.
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by Lloyd Combs
Sports Reporter
Kevin Viers set a school
record for threes in high school.
Now he’s headed for a
college program that’s setting all kinds of three-point records.
The Haysi senior signed a
letter-of-intent Monday to play college basketball at Emory & Henry College.
It’s a marriage made in
basketball heaven. Viers, who finished with a school-record 227 three-pointers
during a stellar four-year career for the Tigers, playing for veteran coach Bob
Johnson, who the past couple of years has employed a wide-open style that
includes dozens of three-point attempts per game.
“It’s a perfect fit,’
says Haysi Coach Dave Sutherland, who has coached Viers the past four seasons.
“Coach Johnson has shown an interest in Kevin playing at Emory since he first
went to camp with us there when he was a freshman.”
Viers, who will graduate
from Haysi with a 3.85 GPA, is more than just an outstanding three-point
shooter.
A four-year regular at
the point, the 6-foot Viers scored 1,414 points and was a three-time All-BDD and
two-time All-Region D player.
As a senior, Viers
averaged 18.8 points, 3.2 assists and 1.4 steals and set a single-season school
record with 81 threes.
“Coach Johnson said (81
threes) would have been second on the team this year at Emory,” Sutherland
added. “It really turned out to be the perfect fit for Kevin and for Emory &
Henry.
“He’s perfect for
their style, what coach Johnson calls the ‘run-and-fun’. Kevin likes coach
Johnson and he’s gotten close to (E & H assistant) Coach Jamion Christian.”
Viers, Sutherland
says, has the option to play baseball as well as basketball for the NCAA
Division III school.
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