10 Years Ago – September 2016

10 years ago this month

  • 11-year-old Ashton Tolson of Bel Air outran a field of 90 mostly adult competitors to win the Digital 5K at the Equestrian Center by three seconds. Young Tolson’s father, Jeff Tolson, was a former Harford County cross country champion.
  • It took 11 years for Bonnie Fry of Bel Air to claim her second Maryland State Golf Association Women’s Championship. Fry shot an impressive one-over-par at Sparrow’s Point Country Club to capture the title.
  • Jimmy Shane of Havre de Grace won his fourth consecutive Unlimited Hydroplane National Championship in San Diego. The Shane family now has four drivers who have won similar national titles.
  • Harford Christian’s field hockey team continued its winning ways by capturing the Tome Invitational Tournament championship. HC’s Lily Loomis was named MVP of the event, which featured teams from Pennsylvania and Delaware. The Eagles improved to 5–0 on the season.
  • Bel Air junior Kiernan McDermott destroyed the course record at the Spiked Shoe 5K. Finishing 22 seconds ahead of the second-place runner, McDermott established a new course record by 12 seconds.

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