Sports Briefs
Dammit Run is back for 27th year
The 27th annual Dammit Run returns to Los Gatos on Aug. 12.
As races go, this is a tough one. And anyone who has ever made the dusty climb to the face of Lexington Dam and back knows it.
The race will start tamely enough on the track at Los Gatos High School, and it will finish in the same location. But in between, runners had best be prepared for the rocky, dusty trip into the foothills to Lexington.
Race-day registration will begin at 6:30 a.m., and the starting gun will blast at 8:30 a.m. Runners can preregister at Athletic Performance, 55 W. Main St., or at the Runners Factory, 51 University Ave., through Aug. 10.
The preregistration entry fee is $8 ($20 with a T-shirt), and the fee is $15 on race day ($30 with a T-shirt). T-shirts alone are priced at $15 and will be sold at the track on race day or in advance at Runners Factory and Athletic Performance. Proceeds from the Dammit go to benefit the Los Gatos High School Track Repair Fund.
For more information, call 408.354.7365 or 408.395.4311.
Special Olympics
With the summer season drawing to a close, plans are already under way for the Special Olympics fall season.
Volunteers are needed for sports training in soccer, long distance running and power lifting. Coaches are needed for the eight-week season, and no experience is necessary.
A volunteer orientation meeting is set for Aug. 8, 7 p.m., at the Special Olympics office on Chambertin Drive in San Jose. For more information, call 408.267.2734 or check their website at www.sonc.org/sccso.
Impact Tryouts
The De Anza Impact, a girls under-11 Class 1 soccer team, is holding tryouts for the fall season on Aug. 9 and 11. Players born after July 31, 1989, are eligible. The team is coached by Nicole Leonard, a former Santa Clara University goalie. For more information, call the coach at 408.985.9992, or call team manager Laura Watkins at 408.399.9190.
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