Summer Sizzler #2 - 8K
April 21st, 2010

Nine Year Old Bill Carroll Wins With Age Record

   You read that right.  Harrier Bill Carroll not only set an age record for nine year old boys on the Harrier 8K Summer Sizzler course, he won the race outright, becoming the youngest winner in Summer Sizzler history…. by far.   On a cool, overcast evening the speedy youngster was leading before the one kilometer mark, with only fellow GSHers Dan McNair and Rogina Modestow, and 11 year old sister Julie able to keep pace.   By mid race history was in the making as Bill pulled away from all challengers, and cruised to a 33:53 win, looking just as fast in the last kilometer as the first.  He thus joins the Summer Sizzler Hall of Fame (a list of all previous winners ranked by number of wins) by erasing a nearly thirty year record, the under 10 record of 34:51 set by Aaron Murphy (also age 9 at the time) on May 19, 1981.  For those counting, that’s twenty years before Bill was born.  

   Rogina won the women’s race and masters title for the second race in a row, finishing second overall in 34:41.  Dan held on to 3^rd in 35:10 with Julie 4^th  overall  in 36:28.  Doug Bielefeld was again the first senior in 37:28 while Art Roberts made it a Harrier division sweep by winning the veterans division (over 60 per USATF) in 38:27.

   The series returns to the 5K cross country course next Wednesday as the 31^st Summer Sizzler season is now in full swing.