Scarver gave it a try and then went the distance

L.J. Scarver liked to run lengthy distances just to keep in shape for sports such as basketball and track and field.

But he said he never envisioned winning awards for cross country prowess.

Yet there he was, on Oct. 19 at the DODEA-Japan finals, where the E.J. King senior came in as the surprise winner. And again 2½ weeks later at Misawa Air Base, where in just his fourth cross country race, Scarver took third overall and became the Far East Division II champion.

“I don’t think it hit me until three weeks after” the Far East meet, said Scarver, a basketball guard and track sprinter who found he could also conquer the art of distance running in very short order.

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