Vollmer comes close in Freedom Mile
Baton Rouge, LA - July 4, 1998
Lafayette's Dan Vollmer finished a very close second in the 1998 Freedom Mile open division held July 4 in Baton Rouge. Vollmer finished the road mile in 4:35 one second behind winner Tre Hendry of BR. Alan Gerstle from Opelousas finished 6th in 4:56. In the Masters/Grandmaster division, Lafayette's Scott Christopher was 3rd overall in 5:04 while Tom Hopkins was 7th in 5:19 only two weeks after running the Rock and Roll Marathon in San Diego.