Dave Frederick

El Hombre Blanco - Martin Rodriguez jokingly calls me “Mi Amigo Blanco.” I call Martin “Mi Amigo Rapido.” Martin injured his foot Aug. 2 in the Race for the Paws 5K (ironic) and had to be carted off the course. Martin broke the second metatarsal in...

Mike Wardian, 51, of Rehoboth Beach won the Community Matters 5K Aug. 9 in Dewey Beach, running 17:46.5 to hold off a late charge from Andrew Garcia, 33, who ran 17:46.9. Wardian also won the Rehoboth Beach Patrol 5K the next morning, Aug. 10, and...

Confabulation - I chose the word to describe old coaches kicking around sports stories and shared histories blended with current issues, something I find fun as I sit on the bumper of my 4Runner. On Monday at 7:30 a.m. at Cape, by random...

The Cape field hockey squad held its first play day Aug. 16, with the Vikings playing four 25-minute running clock games and one seven-on-seven tilt to close out the day. The scoreboards were not lit, as teams have been together less than a week,...

Soul searching - I move about in a world of fit people pursuing healthy lifestyles. In 2016, I was taking race photos of the Run for the GOAT in Milford on a Friday evening. A man on a bike, smoking a cigarette, meshed with the runners. He rode past...

Chapter and verse - I am well versed in the sport of running. Just open the book to any chapter and I am the human search engine. On Sunday morning, I stopped Damali Thomas at the Outlet Liquors 5K for a pre-race photo because she was repping Black...

Ronnie Mac - Why don’t you hurry back? Jim Murray (1938-2025) was an American professional football executive who was the co-founder of the Ronald McDonald House and a general manager of the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL. A native of West...

Lost in transition - The running season transitions from summer to fall with barely a wobble. The Seashore Striders Labor Day Last Blast Prediction 5K ended the summer series, which is a prelude to the fall longer-distance marathon season. A total...

Chattahoochie - Allen Jackson is a good kid. He is a fireman/first responder at Station 85 in Milton. He is strong and fit with solid values, an uncomplicated personality, and he’s loyal like a lab or Welsh corgi – pick your breed. A good kid at 57...

Wisecracker - I stood at the podium for the girls’ state championship lacrosse banquet at the Lewes Yacht Club overlooking the Delaware Bay. It was 2017 and Cape had beaten Saint Mark’s in the final game. I talked about how classy Saint Mark’s...