Register for coed volleyball league in Port Angeles
PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Parks and Recreation’s adult coed volleyball league is kicking off, with games starting the week of Oct. 12.
Teams are made up of three men and three women.
Games will be held on weekdays at Stevens Middle School, and will continue through February.
There is a team sponsor fee of $305, and individual player’s fees of $28 for a city resident or $42 for those living outside of the city limits.
The deadline for registration is Friday.
Registration packets are available at the Parks and Recreation office, 308 E. Fourth St.
Players without a team can phone 360-417-4557 and ask to be put on a free-agent list.
Safe families run
PORT ANGELES — The third annual Run for Safe Families, presented by Healthy Families of Clallam County, will be held Saturday.
All runners, walkers, joggers, strollers and dogs on leashes are welcome to participate.
Runners and walkers can choose from a 5- or 10-kilometer race course from City Pier and back along the Olympic Discovery Trail.
Participants should check in by 9:30 a.m. with the race following at 10 a.m.
The costs are $25 for adults age 18 and older and $10 for children ages 10-17, or $45 for a family of three, $50 for a family of four and $55 for a family of five or more.
To register, visit tinyurl.com/PDN-SafeFamilies15.
Race-day registration also will be available at 9 a.m. at City Pier.
Commemorative water bottles will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Child runners will receive a finisher’s medal.
All proceeds from the event will benefit adult and children survivors of domestic violence in the area.
Rowing results
PORTLAND, Ore. — Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association had three entries in the 3.2-mile Head of the Dog Regatta on the Multnomah Channel last Saturday in Portland, Ore.
Port Angeles High School junior Hannah Officer competed in the Women’s Junior single, finishing with a time of 25 minutes, 3.024 seconds.
Officer’s classmate, Gabe Wegener, raced in the Men’s Junior Single, posting a time of 25:17.282.
Sean Halberg finished with a time of 22:38.190 in the Men’s Masters (40 and older) single.
Youth basketball
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Parks and Recreation Pee Wee and Jr. Hoops basketball registration is underway.
To register, visit www.countyrec.com or stop by the Rec Center, 620 Tyler St., or Public Works office, 623 Sheridan St., in Port Townsend.
The registration deadline is Monday, Nov. 2.
The costs are:
■ $55 for Pre-K and Kinder in two separate coed divisions and includes a custom T-shirt.
■ $60 for first- and second-graders (coed) and includes a custom T-shirt.
■ $75 for third-through sixth-graders (third- and fourth-grade and fifth- and sixth-grade divisions) and includes a numbered, reversible polyester jersey.
If players have their jersey from last year the fee drops to $60.
For more information, phone Chris Macklin at 360-385-2221, or email: cmacklin@countyrec.com.
Indoor playground
PORT ANGELES — Klahhane Gymnastics is hosting a series of indoor playground playtimes for children from walkers up to age 5.
With parent’s active supervision, young children can play, jump, run, climb, swing, bounce, roll and hop on Klahhanne’s wide variety of gymnastics equipment.
This is a drop-in program, no pre-registration is required.
Fall dates are all held on Wednesdays and are planned from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 14 and 28, Nov. 18 and Dec. 9 and 16.
A maximum of two children per parent is allowed.
The cost for children enrolled in a Klahhane class is $5 for one child, and two for $9.
For children not currently enrolled, the first session is $12 and includes a Klahhane membership.
Additional sessions will be priced at member rates.
For more information, phone 360-457-5187.
Spooktacular run
SEQUIM — Friends of Jefferson County Parks and Recreation will host the Valley of the Trolls Spooktacular Run on Saturday, Oct. 24.
The Halloween-themed event will be held at Troll Haven, 950 Gardiner Beach Road, with late registration opening at 2 p.m., a costume contest at 4 p.m. and the race starting at 5 p.m.
Runners can choose from a 1-mile or 3-mile course.
Cost is $10 for the 1-mile and $20 for the 3-mile course.
Prizes are awarded for best costumes and also for best family themes. Glow light sticks, bracelets and glow necklaces are encouraged, along with a flashlight or headlamp to see the way.
To register, visit jeffcofriends.com or phone Jane Storm at 360-385-2291.
Maxwell selected
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Alison Maxwell of Port Angeles, a 2015 Middlebury College graduate, has been selected as one of the Top 30 honorees for the NCAA Woman of the Year award.
Presented annually by the association since 1991, the award honors graduating student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership.
The 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year will be announced on Sunday, Oct. 18 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
In July, Maxwell was nominated for the award by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
She is the first Middlebury woman to be selected in the final 30 student-athletes since Margo Cramer in 2012.
Maxwell graduated summa cum laude with high honors in biochemistry and she was a Dean’s List selection and College Scholar every semester.
She also was a nine-time NESCAC All-Academic honoree and was recently named the United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association’s Co-Scholar Athletes of the Year for Division III.
Athletically, Maxwell served as a senior captain during the cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field seasons.
The fourth-year Panther opened a banner final year by winning the 2014 NESCAC Women’s Cross Country Championship and garnering All-America accolades.
Maxwell went on to win the mile run at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships to help Middlebury place fourth as a squad.
She was also a two-time All-American as a member of the distance medley relay, and the school record holder in the indoor 3,000-meter run.
During her outdoor track and field career, Maxwell was a two-time NCAA qualifier in the 1,500-meter run and wrapped up her career as an All-American in the 5,000-meter run last spring.