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By Patrick SweetStaff Writer 

WILKES-BARRE — Kelly Cira-volo has kept her streakalive,win-ningthe Wilkes-BarreDuathlon onSunday for the third time in threeoutings.

Ciravolo may have donefour in arow, though, but the fastest femalecompetitor waspregnant with herdaughter, Gemma, during lastyear’srace. Scott Ciravolo, her hus-band, waited at the finish line onPublic Square for Ciravolo withtheir daughter.

“They’remy support team,” KellyCiravolo said, smiling as she stoodnextto her daughter’s stroller.

The 31-year-oldfrom Shavertownbeatthe second-placefinisher, Moni-ca Obsitas of Wilkes-Barre, by morethan five minutes.Ciravolo’s officialtime was 1:25:32.95, roughlytwo-min-utesslower thanin previous years.

Transitioning back from preg-nancy to hitting the pavementmight seem a little overwhelmingor difficult, but Ciravolo took it instride.

“I ran 10 days after I had (Gem-ma),” Ciravolo said. “It felt weird,like I had noorgans.”

Coincidentally, the top male com-petitor hasalso finished first in allfour of his appearances, except aknee injury kept him out of lastyear’s competition.

Jeff Miller, 42, of Lewistown fin-ished witha timeof 1:12:54.65.

“It think it’s one of the harderyears we’ve had up here,” Millersaid.

The race — which begins andends with a 3-mile run with a 16-mile bike in between — began on

Public Square. Racers went acrossthe Market Street Bridge andaround Kirby Park on foot. Afterhopping on the bikes, competitorspedaled down Main Street beforeturningaround at theSears Distri-bution Center to return to PublicSquare.

Mayor Tom Leighton competedin therace with a relay partner forthe seventhtime. He completed thebike portion and Mike McDade, 20,ran.

“It’s a tremendous day for Wil-kes-Barre,” Leighton said after therace.

Each year, the race has grown.Th e n u mbe r o f pa rtici pan ts

 jumped from roughly 160 in 2008and 200 in2009, to213 this year.

Theracers said they enjoyed thecourse, but some were sent in thewrong direction at the bike turn-around.Miller, following a sheriff’scar leading the race, took the cor-rect route, while other racerswereincorrectly directed the wrongway,extending the race by roughly amile.

“I got down there and thought,‘that’snot goodnews,’” Chris Garg-es, the second-place finisher, said.

Both Gargesand third-place fin-isher Sean Robbins said theyshout-ed outto thesheriff’sdeputydirect-ing riders that she was sendingthemin thewrong direction.

Race officials said the mistakesdidn’t significantly affect resulttimes.

By Jonathan Bombulie

Staff Writer 

Betweenthe long hours,the hardtravel andthe utter lack of jobsecu-rity, it’s not easy being a hockeywife and mother.

Elie Patrick,wife of formerWil-kes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

c o a ch G l e nn a n dmother of former Pen-guins player Curtissand his sister Veroni-

ca, was anall-starin thefield.

Diagnosed with a brain tumorin February 2009, she died Satur-day at age 60 at her home in Dal-las.

“Thebest way I can say itis shewas Glenn’s rock,” Penguins CEOJeff Barrett said. “She wasso sup-portive, and not just in Wilkes-Barre.They hadhardtimes like allcouples. Glenn had a business inVirginia and the shipyard closedand it was hard. But she wasalways supportive and alwayspos-

itive. Shewas oneof the mostposi-tive people youcouldever meet.”

Like many hockey families, thePatricks moved frequently asGlenn’s career took them to vari-ous parts of the country. OnceGlenn got the job as the Penguins’firsthead coach in 1999, they madethe Back Mountain their perma-nent home.

Through the ups and downs of Glenn’s coaching career — he wasletgo bythe Penguins in2003before

coaching the ECHL’s WheelingNailers from 2005-08 and WyomingSeminary last season — Elie wasby hisside.

“Coaches are almost always onthe hot seat and their wives sit inthestandsand listento peoplecom-plain and listen to people boo,”Barrett said. “Coaches are peopletoo, andit’s a tough job, especiallyfor their families. Coaches put inso many more hours thanplayers.It’s just the nature of the job, and

their wives can be like single par-ents sometimes. I think that’s whyyou see so many marriages thatdon’t make it in hockey. It’s a trib-uteto both of them, howtheystucktogether.”

A memorial service will be heldat 2 p.m.Fridayat High Point Bap-tist Church in Larksville. The fam-ily will receive friends from 5 to 7p.m. Thursday at Harold C. Snow-donFuneral Home in Shavertown.Online condolences may be sent to

snowdonfuneral@frontier.com.

DUATHLONDELIGHT

Ciravolo, Miller post race victories

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Mayor Tom Leighton competes in Sunday’s event.

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Jeff Miller, left, and Kelly Ciravolo race to victory Sunday.

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Competitors race down Market Street during the annual Wilkes-Barre Duathlon on Sunday morning.

Elie Patrickloses battlewith cancer

Obituarycan be foundon page 24

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