Running: Race For the Cure getting closer

NEWPORT BEACH - The 2001 Komen Race For the Cure is set for Sept.

23 at Fashion Island and this year’s should be the best competition in

the event’s history.

Joining the hundreds of runners will be USA Running circuit’s No. 1

ranked athlete, Milena Glusac of Fallbrook as well as second-ranked

Sylvia Mosqueda of Los Angeles.

Glusac, 25, was the 2000 winner of the Race For the Cure with a time

of 16:49 and was the top American at the World Championships.

Mosqueda was a runner-up at the 1994 Los Angeles Marathon and was a

NCAA national champion in the 10,000 meters in 1988.

First prize for the race is $1,500. For information, call (714)

957-9157.