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â€" (LASSG PAGE 20 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1981 The starting line was no place to doddle Sunday morning on Seagram Drive as some 1,350 competitors broke from the gate in the fourth annual Waterioo 10K Classic. Damp cool weather reduced late registrations keeping the field to about oneâ€"half of that estimated earlier last week. Though the quantity was below expectations, the quality was right up front in more ways than one Sunday during the fourth annual Waterloo 10K Road Race Classic. Poor weather conditions in and around Waterloo region were blamed for holding down the number of lastâ€"minute entrants which usually account for a sizeable portion of the race field. But for those who did turn out, the fluctuating winds and relatively cool temperatures providâ€" ed an almost ideal setting for the event. With preâ€"race forecasts calling for as many as 2,800 runners, the official count was just about Thousandâ€"plus finish Waterloo 10K Classic yhe Whtevane, ‘sQ. E Because the course was shortened to a certified 10 kilometres this year from a slightly longer distance last year, times were not exactly comparable, but Toronto‘s Greg Lockhart, running in the 20â€"29 age group category, looked machineâ€"like as he was first to reâ€"appear at the Seagram Stadium finish line in a time of 29 minutes 47 seconds. The top local competitor was Rich Hughson of St. Agatha in a time of 31:09 which was good enough to take the 30â€"39 yearâ€"old men‘s categoâ€" ry. Lockhart had little time to spare however, as wellâ€"known Toronto distance runner Paul Wilâ€" liams came home five seconds later, followed by another Toronto runner, Terry Goodenough in Top wor rousing C gathering Kitchener Top woman in this year‘s field, receiving a rousing cheer from the sizeable spectator gathering at Seagram was Linda Staudt of Kitchener in 34: 16. The oldest competitor of the day was 70â€"yearâ€" old William Hughes of Brantford who gamely crossed the finish line in 58:56, while the youngest was sevenâ€"yearâ€"old Rod Elliot of Kitchener in 59: 31. half that, with some 1,341 runners breaking from the start line on Seagram Drive just up from the main entrance to University of Waterloo. The most unique runner, obviously a veteran of many such classics, was a fourâ€"legged canine which matched his master stride for stride and brought howis of laughter from spectators as he crossed the finish line in the wniddle of the pack. in this year‘s field, receiving a from the sizeable spectator Seagram was Linda Staudt of 1: 16. One of the biggest rounds of applause at Sunday‘s Waterioo 10K Classic was reserved for the first women across the finish line, Linda Staudt of Kitchener in a time of 34:16. ‘{,'r | Â¥\W J & P d 4 \’4“_. ‘"'k ai’ H. $+