Road race
The online registration deadline for the Landrex St. Albert Road Race is April 20 at midnight.Visit www.zone4.ca to enter the 33rd annual 10-miler or the fourth annual 10- and five-kilometre races as well as the one-km fun run for kids.
The April 22 road race, presented by Active Physio Works, includes a school and run club component.
The start times are 9 a.m. for the 10-miler, 9:05 for the 10 km, 9:10 a.m. for the five km and 11 a.m. for the one km.
The start/finish line is in front of the St. Albert Curling Club on Sir Winston Churchill Avenue.
The event’s website is www.stalbertroadrace.com.
Volunteers can also register at www.volunteersignup.org/P3TQ4.
As of Monday, 137 males and females were confirmed for the road race, including 65 in the 10-miler.
Last year’s road race in the snow and cold featured 105 finishers in the 10-miler, 45 in the 10 km, 61 in the five km and 73 in the one km.
The 10-mile winner was Kieran McDonald of Edmonton in one hour and eight seconds and the fastest female was Kelly Marcotte, a St. Albert Catholic High School alumna, at 1:11:10 for 10th place overall.
Also crossing the finish line in first place were Robert Gustas in the 10 km at 37:48, Luke Hanson in the five km at 17:40 and Samuel Dean in the one km at 7:26.
Proceeds from the road race support You Can Ride 2, a free program that teaches youths with special needs or coordination challenges how to ride a two-wheel bicycle.
Badminton action
High school badminton resumes this week after the spring break in the metro Edmonton league.Today at 4 p.m. in division four, the St. Albert Skyhawks (3-1) play the St. John Paul II Patriots (5-3) of Fort Saskatchewan and Edmonton Islamic Academy (0-10) at the SkyDome.
Thursday in division two, the first-place Paul Kane Blues (6-1) host the O’Leary Spartans (4-2) at 4 p.m. and the Bellerose Bulldogs (2-5) are in Sherwood Park for matches against the Holy Trinity Trojans (3-1) and St. Joseph Saints (3-1) starting at 4:45 p.m. at Bev Facey High School.
Tuesday’s division three scores for the Sturgeon Spirits (4-3) against the visiting Memorial Marauders (7-1) and Oscar Romero Ravens (2-4) were unavailable at press time.
