Newcastle Days 5K Run/Walk Registration is Open

The 3rd annual Newcastle Days 5K Run/Walk, presented by Valley Medical Center, will be held on Sept. 11 at Lake Boren Park and for the first time will be combined with the Newcastle Days Festival. The course will cover just over three miles of trails and byways through Newcastle with mixing terrain and will begin and end at Lake Boren Park.

Sign-ups for the Saturday event are available at www.active.com or in-store at The Balanced Athlete in the Renton Landing, as well as FootZone stores in Bellevue and Issaquah. Mail-in registration is also available with details at www.newcastle5k.com. Groups of four or more will receive a discounted registration rate of $20 per person while individuals will pay a fee of $25, which includes a t-shirt. Medals for the top three finishers in each gender and age group will be presented also.

Registration is $25 for individuals or $20 each for groups of 4 or more. All participants will receive a t-shirt and medals will be awarded to Top 3 finishers by gender and age groups. There will also be a Kid’s Dash following the run/walk.

Newport aces headed to Pac-12 rivals

Both Bellevue-area prep baseball players who were selected in the MLB first year player draft have elected instead to head to the Pac-12.

Neither Jared Fisher and Cole Wiper will be beginning their professional baseball careers just yet.

Wiper was unable to reach an agreement with the Toronto Blue Jays and will instead play for coach George Horton and the University of Oregon, where he began classes earlier this week.

Fisher, who was selected by the Houston Astros, was also unable to get a deal done and will play baseball and study at the University of Washington.

“Even though I would have liked to get my pro career started, I can’t go wrong with a few years of Pac-12 baseball,” Fisher said, adding he is excited for the opportunity Washington presents. Players who elect to play baseball at a four-year college are not again eligible to be selected until they have completed their junior or senior year of college or are 21 years old.

Bellevue Club swimming represented at Junior National Championships

The Bellevue Club swim team competed at the Speedo Junior National Championships at Avery Aquatic Center on the campus of Stanford University. Top-25 finishers were:

Women’s 200 meter breaststroke 23rd – Kim Williams (14) 2:38.59

Women’s 400 meter individual medley21st Kim Williams 4:49.76

Men’s 100 meter freestyle 24th Ed Kim (15) 52.10

Men’s 50 meter freestyle 20th Ethan Hallowell (17) 8:24.79