European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 photo by Pat Jackson Karl and Joanne Rodefer rest after a Long weekend said Joanne i cant Drain myself or else i wont finish Rodefer were on the run at Safe track meet by Timothy Boivin staff writer England the running Rodefer Are splitting not splitting up but splitting pair Force style As Joanne goes Back to Maxwell for schooling while Karl Waits until next summer to the running for the Continental sports conference out of spent a lot of time mounting the awards platform at the Safe track and Field championships Here last Joanne took second place in the runs and third in the 800meter Karl took second in the and third in the and Joanne faced a particularly difficult having to run against the Mediterranean sports conferences record Carol Langmaack set Safe championship records in the and but that didst faze she i ran against her in Safe and air Force Cross so i knew what to i just had to keep in mind to know what my own Pace should i cant Drain myself or else i wont Joanne also had to compete at the women open level at the Safe track and Field championships be cause there we rent any runners in the seniors 3039 age she thinks the Competition is out there some but the first few runners Are hesitant about stepping she a lot of women dont think there competitive enough to just like i thought when Karl brought it its Tough to find Good Competition for my age group in Ger i know theres a lot of women jog Gers out there at the masters and seniors level who could probably do pretty Well at the Safe and air Force they just have to give it a we owe it to the women coming Down the Road to the programs will be taken away and there wont be anything for the women coming up through the open division in the next few the who met at Holloman have been married five they both have qualified for air Force this Joanne will miss this years air Force Cross country championships be cause she will be attending the air Force command and staff course at air Force regulations do not allow service members to compete while attending a Joanne i know what the but in still going to try to get if i dont get then 1 guess i wont Karl and Joanne carry on a version of a runners Kontak running with the German running in Karl id advise anyone who is interested in running to join one of these its a Way of meeting a lot of interesting people put in the German Community and stay in shape to Joanne seconded her husbands com in Able to compete in my own age group when these clubs hold a meet instead of in the open the Competition is also very Tough and helps me improve on my style and a native has been running Only two the last year who hails from and ran at the air Force facade took up running four years ago when his weight shot up to 200 he i wanted to lose weight and ended up taking off 45 pounds in six i was pleased with that since i haunt run in five Karl was also instrumental in getting Joanne to run Joanne i started running competitively for Cross country in septem Ber but when Karl first brought it up i just prior to that i ran because i was working 12 to 14 hours a i had to run so i just kept going after now in up to 50 Miles a hahns Branske bolsters Lead in by Crak dooms staff writer Berlin first round Leader Donald Branske of Hahn survived a Dou scram Lepir finish wednesday in route to a 3ovcrpar 73 to increase his Lead to two strokes in the mens open division in the Safe Golf Champi Branskey today total of moved him one More stroke ahead of Naples Ken who carded a 74 wednesday for Greg Milan of Hahn finished six strokes Back at 148 following a 73 the gusting winds thai boosted scores and frazzled nerves tuesday subsided to gentle breezes for the second round of this 72hole event As the Sun drenched the Sce Nic Berlin Golf and country club course for the first time in almost a tied at 150 for fourth place were Rhei Mains James who fired wednesdays Best round of and Mike Suess of Suess carded a second round in the masters division 40 and Hal Sharber of Bent Waters surged into a two stroke Lead Over Zaragoza Bobro Guigues with a 2ovcrpar 72 for a 151 who shot owned a two stroke Lead at the Start of wednesdays upper he Fords Ellen Connors re bounded from a disappointing first round 101 and overtook Laken heals Donna Leach for the women division after shooting 92 could manage Only 99 wednesday and dropped into third four strokes wether Fields Pat Houck moved into Sec Ond one stroke behind Leach with a after firing an even Par 35 on the front Branske took bogey on 1 1 before going Back to even Par for the Day with a 9foot Birdie putt on 1 but he played the next two holes in 3over Par when he bogeyed the par4 then drove into the Ravine that protects the front of the 144yard 17th where lie took he then saved his par5 on is despite driving Only 75 Yards into the lefthand Trees before losing distance on his second shot when it chromed backward off a Large a powerful 6iron Combina Tion and a 50foot putt that fell averted further tragedy for the i made some mistakes toward the but it really Coul Dve been Branske when it was time to come through and hit the shots i had to i was Abl to do it instead of falling who toured the course wednesday without the Benefit of a turned in steady nines of 3737 for his who said his goal is to finish in the top three Here and gain an interservice tournament recorded one two bogeys and a double bogey in fashioning his who finished in a tie for third place last ran in four Birdie putts to produce the Best score of the Torrejos Tom tied for second place with Westmoreland after the first encountered a Host of problems while posting an 84 that dropped him into the pack at 1 the biggest turnaround of the Day be longed to Laken heaths Mike much to the Delight of the local crowd that remembers his two club championships while stationed Here in 1979 and Arnold shot 74 after an unexpected x8 in tuesdays sharers deadly Putter was the key to his March into the masters needing Only 25 putts on the he surpassed front runner Rodrigues with a 30foot Birdie at before taking a two stroke Lead with another Bird on i he knocked in everything he looked said playing partner had the misfortune of burning the Hole time after time in his Birdie less i really knew the Green when i was stationed Here from 1968 to i guess its just coining Back to said who had 33 putts in claiming the women Connors notch six pars but also had an icy Putter that could not produce a c Regruth double clinches it Brussels beats 98 for Little league Crown Torrejon Spain Brussels won a Little league thanks to the managers Chris son of manager Joel re doubled in the winning run in the Bottom of the eighth inning to boost Brus Sels Over the Al stars 98 in wednes Days final of the senior division Little league the Victory vaulted Brussels into the world series for 1315yearolds 12 17 at Brussels won the eight Day european tourney with a 71 the finished at saudi Arabia Rota Torrejon Naples Bonn 16 and Cairo Chris Regruth had entered the title game As a defensive replacement in right Field in the top of the he stepped up to Bat with two outs and John Moynihan on Sec Ond Regruth responded with a drive to right scoring Moynihan and ending the who relieved in the fourth in got credit for the he struck out starter Vince Jackson fanned Chris Hill went the distance for the he struck out the rallied for two runs in the top of the seventh to Force the extra Hill reached on an stole Advance to third on a fielders Choice and scored when Brussels failed to catch James Landers stealing Landers came Home on an error and a
