Runners will hit the streets this weekend for the 22nd running of the annual Great Race, sponsored by the Los Gatos Rotary Club.
Runners will toe the starting line at 9 a.m. in Saratoga for the four-mile run to Los Gatos. Race day registration will begin at 7 a.m., and the fee is $25 (including a race T-shirt).
Bobbie Palmer is the defending champion. He outsprinted former champ Kendrick Sealy to the finish line last year, winning by just a second.
Ben Turman, the 1997 winner, was third.
Nearly 3,000 runners were entered in the popular race, and more than 2,200 of the starters reached the finish line.
Barbara Acosta defended her title in the women's division. Acosta, who also won the Great Race in 1997, finished almost a minute ahead of her nearest rival.
Track Clinic
A track and field rules and officials clinic will be held Feb. 27, 9 a.m., at Los Gatos High School. The cost is $25 ($20 before Feb. 19). For more information, call Rick Milam at 241-6578.
Soccer Tryouts
The Los Gatos United Soccer League will hold Class I (select) tryouts for boys and girls ages under-10, under-11, under-12, under-13 and under-14 on Feb. 27-28 and March 6-7. For details, call the Los Gatos commissioner John Cleveland at 358-9289, ext. 4.
Coaches needed
The Los Gatos United Soccer League is looking for coaches in the Class 1 (select) and Class 3 (comp) divisions for the 1999 season. Anyone interested in coaching a Class 1 team should contact John Cleveland at 358-9289, ext. 4. Anyone interested in coaching a Class 3 team should contact Scott Keesling at 358-9289, ext. 7.
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