Sports & Rec

Los Alamos Pony Club’s Horsemasters Group Hosts International Coach

Los Alamos riders learning mounted games techniques from international coach Robert Taylor. From left, Laura Johnstone on Azizah, guest instructor Robert Taylor, Joanna Casson on Strawberry, Ruth Schulte on Rohan, and Dorothy Brown on Wildfire Trailprincess. Courtesy/Los Alamos Horsemasters
 
LA PONY CLUB News:
 
Robert Taylor, equestrian coach of national and international mounted games teams, national-level eventing rider and instructor of carriage driving, came to teach in Los Alamos April 13.
 
“It always amazes me that such top-ranked instructors are
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Los Alamos Tennis Club Extends Winning Streak to 4-0

Chris Lee of the Los Alamos Tennis Club (LATC) serves during a doubles match against the team of Jojola/Wall of the Jim Cline Tennis Club of Albuquerque. Lee and his partner Gordon Medford defeated JojolaWall 6-1, 6-2 in a match played at Urban Park Sunday, April 13. Photo by John Sarracino
Shuh-Rong Chen of the Los Alamos Tennis Club (LATC) drives a backhand ground stroke in a singles match against his opponent Mark Howard of a team from the Jim Cline Tennis Club of Albuquerque. Chen won his match in two sets 6-2, 6-2. The match was played at Urban Park Sunday, April 13. Photo by John Sarracino
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Laura McClellan Best Predictor In Weekly Pace Race

Courtesy photo

Courtesy photo

ACR News:

Good running weather accompanied 32 runners and walkers on Tuesday night’s pace race that started and ended at the Los Alamos County Ice Rink. 

Five runners achieved estimated running times with an error under 25 seconds. Best predictor was Laura McClellan (9 sec.), followed by Heidi Bjorklund (18 sec.), Liz Mcdonald (21 sec.), Nikol Strother (22 sec.) and Roy Cope (24 sec.).

Fastest female and male runners on the one mile course were Patricia Burnside (8:59) and Paul Elkins (14:12). Fastest female and male runners on the 3 mile course were Read More

Dr. Rebecca Hammon From Los Alamos Running Boston Marathon to Raise Funds for Her Hospital

Rebecca Hammon and her dad, Duncan Hammon, at the Los Alamos Dog Jog last summer in White Rock. Courtesy photo
 
Rebecca Hammon, left, and a Team Eye and Ear teammate posed with Bill, the Heartbreak Hill Gorilla, during a 20-mile training run.Courtesy photo
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Rebecca Hammon grew up in Los Alamos watching her dad, Duncan Hammon, run marathons. As a bored kid, she swore she’d never be a runner. That changed in the summer of 2012 when Hammon took up running as a way to get some exercise. Now she’s slated to run the Boston Marathon April 21 as part Read More

Lobos’ Alex Kirk Declares For NBA Draft!

Alex Kirk

SPORTS News:

The Kirk Family of Los Alamos just told the Los Alamos Daily Post that Lobos basketball player Alex Kirk will forgo his senior season and declare for the NBA Draft.

is a graduate of Los Alamos High School and will graduate from the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque in May with a business degree.

His father Alan Kirk, a longtime Los Alamos coach, addressed his son’s decision to go pro.

“Alex has an opportunity to pursue a dream and we support him in his decision,” Kirk said.

Kirk will begin tryouts for NBA this summer. Read More

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