BHS, Berkshire Orthopaedic Associates Present Sports Injury Prevention Event

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The physicians of Berkshire Orthopaedic Associates, an affiliate of Berkshire Health Systems, will be on hand, in collaboration with experts in rehabilitation and concussion care, for a free community event focusing on preventing sports injuries.

"We Know You Love Your Sport: Here's How You Can Stay Safe and Healthy" will be held on Monday, Sept. 9, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Country Club of Pittsfield. Specialists will discuss concussion management, knee injury prevention, and lower leg, ankle and foot injury prevention.

The program will feature doctors Kevin Mitts, Anthony Defelice, Jarod Goodrich, James Parkinson, Mark Sprague, and the two newest additions to the Berkshire Orthopaedics team, doctors Christina Kane and Ashley Miller. Dr. Alan Kulberg, the medical director of the BMC Concussion Evaluation & Rehabilitation Clinic, and physical therapists Tony DeMartino and Brian Duquette from BOA and Jessica Plumley from the Center for Rehabilitation at BMC, will also be on hand and presenting at the event.

Healthy snacks and prize drawings also will be featured. To register, visit the BHS website.

Local Runners Compete at Boston Marathon

09:16AM / Tuesday, April 16, 2024

BOSTON, Mass. -- Laura Stephen of Great Barrington finished 26th in the women's 60-64 age group at Monday's Boston Marathon, the top Berkshire County finisher in their division at the 128th running of the event.

 

Stephen crossed the finish line in 3 hours, 42 minutes, 52 seconds, 12,633rd in the overall field of more than 30,000 runners who made the trek from Hopkinton to Copley Square in Boston.

 

More than a dozen Berkshire County residents are listed among the finishers on the Boston Athletic Association website.

 

The fastest of that group was Dalton's Alex White, who finished in 2:38:34 to place 358th overall and 291st among men aged 18 to 39.

 

The race was won by Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia in 2:06.17. Kenya's Hellen Obiri was the fastest woman in the field, hitting the tape in 2:22:37.

 

Berkshire County finishers, with time and position in their age group, included:

 

Nicole Armbrust, Williamstown, 3:47:11, 683rd

Jon Bakija, Williamstown, 3:39:43, 584th