Today's Sports

Dan Rees was the best predictor at this week’s Pace Race by quite a bit.
The Pace Race, a weekly event hosted by the Atomic City Roadrunners, was Tuesday. The race was held on an old wagon road in the hills overlooking Los Alamos National Laboratory’s S-Site.
Rees, running on the 3-mile course, was off by just four seconds on his predicted race finish Tuesday. Linda Vance was the next-best predictor, 27 seconds off, while Sue Elkins was the best predictor on the 1-mile course, missing by 42 seconds.
The fastest finisher on the 1-mile course was Inez Ross, who finished with a time of 16:02. Ted Romero was the fastest finisher on the longer course, coming in at 22:11.
The next Pace Race will be 6 p.m. Tuesday. The race will begin at the Quemazon Trailhead, just off Trinity Drive and 48th Street. There will be a pavement course available for competitors wanting to bring strollers.
More information on the next Pace Race is available by calling 662-4107, 672-1639 or visiting the Roadrunners’ website, atomicrunners.com.
 

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Kreider proudly wore the Broadway Hat in the victorious New York Rangers dressing room as he tried to describe the feeling of saving his team's season.

Kreider deftly steered in a pass from Rick Nash 7:03 into overtime, and the Rangers stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

"It is so surreal," the 22-year-old Kreider said. "It's not something that can really be explained. It is something that just has to be felt, but it was awesome. I'm just excited to give these guys an opportunity to play another game.

"There is no quit in this room."

New York, which erased 2-0 and 3-2 deficits, still trails the Eastern Conference semifinal series 3-1.

The Rangers will need to win again on Saturday in Boston to force a Game 6 back in Madison Square Garden.

The Rangers, who were outshot 40-32, won a faceoff deep in their zone, and Nash rushed the puck up ice. He stopped above the right circle and fed a hard pass in front that Kreider skated into and tipped past goalie Tuukka Rask for his first of the playoffs.

New York, 0-3 in overtime in these playoffs, was eliminated from the conference finals last year by New Jersey in extra time in Game 6.

Los Alamos will once again host the Jemez Mountain Trail Runs.
The Jemez Mountain Trail Runs, which is returning for its eighth consecutive year, is set for Saturday starting at the Los Alamos Posse Lodge on North Mesa.
The runs include a 50-mile ultramarathon, a 50-kilometer race and a half-marathon. The courses run from North Mesa toward Pajarito Mountain, to the Valles Caldera and back again.
Little has changed from last year’s race to this year’s race. Race officials said there will be a little more single-track running at the ski hill which shortens the distance that will be run at the Caldera, but beyond that most runners won’t notice a difference.
The 50-mile race will start at 5 a.m., the 50K race at 6 a.m. and the half-marathon at 8 a.m.
One of the features that attracts runners to the event is that several stretches of the runs take place above 10,000 feet in altitude.
Coloradoans were the top finishers in the 2012 50-mile race. Patrick Garcia of Denver and Diana Finkel of South Fork were the top male and female finishes, with Finkel — who was the No. 4 overall finisher, man or woman — holding off Los Alamos’ Erica Baron. Finkel won with a time of 9 hours, 26 minutes, 29 seconds, while Baron clocked in at 9:29:17.

A pair of Los Alamos Hilltopper softball veterans were invited to participate in the North-South All-Star series.
Los Alamos’ Micaela Christensen and Erin Kirk were selected for the Class 4A/5A North All-Star team. The All-Star selections were announced Tuesday by the New Mexico High School Coaches Association.
Selections are made by high school coaches across the state. Only graduating seniors are eligible to participate.
Christensen, one of the most dangerous hitters in Los Alamos program history, was named as a shortstop to the North team. Christensen, a home-schooled student, will attend and play softball for Taylor University in Upland, Ind., next semester.
Kirk, meanwhile, was picked to play first base for the North All-Stars.
This will be a busy summer for Kirk, who is also scheduled to play in the All-Star girls basketball game.
The North-South series will be played June 14-15 at the Farmington Sports Complex, a week after Kirk is scheduled to appear in the All-Star basketball contest.
Piedra Vista, the Class 4A champions this season, placed three players on the North team — pitcher Krissy Fortner, catcher Alex Moreno and third baseman Jordan Montoya — while 4A runner-up Aztec and Albuquerque High, along with Los Alamos, had two selections.