01 Sunday Jan 2023
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anderson, barton, crispin, deshon, edwards, fair hill, hubbard, kaliakin, lennon-edwards, repetti, Ring in the New, rose, trail run, Wring Out the Old
An unusually mild and damp New Year’s Eve morning greeted the runners with thick fog on this, the second Wring Out the Old, Ring in the New trail run since the pandemic struck. Thanks to CRR Bill Rose for once again organizing this annual event.
15 Friday Oct 2021
CRR Dave Edwards, professor of kinesiology and applied physiology at the University of Delaware, has been inducted into the National Academy of Kinesiology. His area of expertise deals with the effects disease and other factors, such as diet and exercise, have on vascular physiology. He is currently the principal investigator on a National Institutes of Health grant and is consistently published in leading physiology and clinical journals. He also started a Renal Rehabilitation Program to serve patients with kidney disease.
His department chair says, “Dave Edwards is an outstanding scientist who has contributed seminal research to understanding the physiology of exercise…. It is a well-deserved honor to be inducted into the National Academy.”
Creek Road Runners add our collective congratulations too!
20 Sunday Dec 2015
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edwards, farquhar, fishing, galloway, Go Baby Go, salt, schuster, University of Delaware, white
CRR Bill Farquhar writes in the News Journal about new sodium labeling—“salt bombs”—restaurants are using. Farquhar is Professor and Chair in the Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at the University of Delaware. He studies the role of diet and exercise on human health. In addition to his academic prowess, Farquhar is a serious runner. Now that his training is back on track, you can be sure he’s watching his own salt intake too.
Read News Journal article. (CRR Dave Edwards, Farquhar’s colleague, is also mentioned in the article.)
Recently, CRR Skip White, who was on sabbatical this fall from his day job as a professor in the Department of Accounting at the University of Delaware, did some fishing with recent retiree CRR John Schuster. Sure, it was a nice catch, but the real story here is how nice and new White’s shirt looks. Displaying the group T-shirt is always a good look, whether the fish is just big or “this big.”
CRR Cole Galloway and his Go Baby Go mobility program at the University of Delaware was injected with some new funding from the organization Kids with Confidence. His research will ultimately provide information to improve the lives of children with many kinds of mobility and learning issues, but those with Down syndrome are the focus of the initial Go Baby Go research. Galloway is professor of physical therapy in the College of Health Sciences.
11 Sunday May 2014
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crispin, cucciarre, Delaware Marathon Festival, edwards, farquhar, firestone, kaliakin, lennon-edwards, relay, schultz, schumacher, shenton
Three 4-person-relay teams comprising Creek Road Runners competed in Wilmington this morning in the Delaware Marathon. Out of the 160 teams competing, the two top CRR teams each placed in the top 20 and took top three honors in their respective divisions.
The Creek Road Runners team of Dave Edwards, Shannon Lennon-Edwards, Bill Farquhar, and Keith Crispin took 3rd in their 4-person relay division.
The Creek Road Runners team, a standard and competitive entrant for the past several years at this event, placed 11th overall, just two-tenths of a second out of the top 10, with a 3:09:27. This year’s team of CRR Keith Crispin (43:21), CRR Shannon Lennon-Edwards (48:15), CRR Dave Edwards (52:33), and CRR Bill Farquhar (45:18) placed third in their relay division.
The Creek Road Runners “B” team (Run Profs Run) of Tripp Shenton, Jeremy Firestone, Vic Kaliakin, and Thomas Schumacher took 2nd in their 4-person relay division.
CRRs Dave and Christine Schultz, half of The Tails of Two Christines team, ran well too, helping their team place 31st overall in the 4-person relay.
The Run Profs Run (a.k.a. Creek Road Runners 2) team missed winning its division by a mere seven seconds, placing 17th overall in 3:26:11. The team took second place behind the efforts of three civil engineering professors—CRR Thomas Schumacher (46:13), CRR Tripp Shenton (51:09), and CRR Vic Kaliakin (56:36)—and marine policy prof and new CRR Jeremy Firestone (52:12), who was a last-minute bereavement sub.
The Tails of Two Christines (a.k.a. Creek Road Runners 3) featured two husband-wife duos and placed 31st overall in 3:42:52. CRR Christine Schultz and husband, CRR Dave Schultz, held their own with times of 54:59 (1st leg) and 54:23 (3rd leg), respectively, while the two newest Creek Road Runners—CRR Christine Cucciarre (1:01:19, 2nd leg) and husband, CRR Frank Cucciarre (52:10, 4th leg), played their part.
07 Tuesday Jan 2014
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cardiovascular disease, edwards, kidney disease, kukich, research grant, riordan, University of Delaware
CRR Dave Edwards recently received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine the effects of exercise on vascular function in people with chronic kidney disease.
“Studies have shown that patients with chronic kidney disease are more likely to die of a cardiovascular disease such as a heart attack than of end-stage kidney failure, so we’re very interested in studying vascular function in this population,” says Edwards, associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at the University of Delaware. “Once we have a better understanding of the reasons for poor blood vessel function, we can develop better interventions.
See story, written by CRR Diane Kukich.
CRR Charlie Riordan was recently honored by the American Chemical Society with the Delaware Section Award. Riordan, vice provost for research at the University of Delaware, and his research team are known for their work in bioinorganic chemistry, an area of inquiry that seeks to understand the function of metals in biology, human health, and disease diagnosis and treatment.
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