RU football looking to maintain high level of play
15 starters return for Scarlet Knights; opening game on Labor Day
BY DAN NEWMAN Sports Editor
      PISCATAWAY — The goal in many Rutgers football observers' opinion is to get back to the level of play that the Scarlet Knights had in 2006, when the team finished with an 11-2 record, a Texas Bowl victory and a national ranking.
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Plenty of locals turn out for Asbury Park 5K
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer
      More than 1,000 people registered and over 900 of them crossed the finish line Saturday at the Asbury Park 5K road race, according to race director Phil Hinck. As has been the case most of the summer, Noel Brock won with a time of 16:52 on the double-loop course that ends on the boardwalk.
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Kayaking presents a different way of hitting the high seas
BY PAUL DANIELCZYK Correspondent
      The kayak is not new, going back hundreds of years if not longer. The Inuit tribe has been hunting and fishing the northern waters from the Arctic Ocean to the North Atlantic by kayak, very successfully putting food on the table for their families, as well as using it as a reliable mode of transportation. This craft has served them well.
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Maren's Meadow cruises to win in Monmouth Oaks upset
      River Ridge Ranch's Maren's Meadow looked like a winner every stride as she led from gate to wire to upset the $150,000 Monmouth Oaks (G3) at Monmouth Park on Saturday. aren's Meadow, trained by J.
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