By James Day Michael Traeger of Silverton captured the Homer’s Classic 8K covered bridge run in 28:47.2 on Sunday under stellar running conditions with a cover of clouds and the temperature about 70 degrees. Traeger, 28, finished about 25 seconds ahead of runner-up Steven Schaefer, a Portland resident and former Silverton High School athlete. Schaefer ran 29:12.7. Michael Snyder, 45, […]
By James Day The Silverton High School and Kennedy High School football teams are burning the calories in conditioning drills this week, with the first full practices scheduled for Aug. 19. The Foxes are coming off a magical 12-1 season in which they won the Mid-Willamette Conference title and advanced to the OSAA Class 5A semifinals before losing to eventual […]
By James Day The annual Homer Classic run/walk is set for 9 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 4. The event, which benefits track and field and cross country programs at Silverton and Kennedy high schools, include an 8-kilometer run and a 2-mile run-walk. Both races start and finish on the track at the Silverton Schlador Street campus. The courses are flat […]
No one participating in or cheering on the runners at the Homer’s Classic 8K on Aug. 8 will be surprised that there are women running in the 27th annual edition of this Silverton road race. In recent years, females as young as 8 and as old as 80 have participated in the Homer 8K, a distance just under 5 miles.
