Hewitt's William Ash and Bill Bosmann of Sparta turned in gold medal performances in the 2004 Ridgewood 5K Run on Memorial Day. The 53-year old Bosman paced a pack of 13 local runners across the line, finishing 44th overall in a field of 1036 competitors who finished the 3.1-mile course. He was clocked in 18:56. Oak Ridge's 27-year old Sarah Papke was the first local woman to complete the course, placing 12th out of 431 females with a time of 20:28. She was runnerup among the 25 to 29-year old women, turning in a clocking of 20 minutes, 28 seconds. Ash was fastest to the finish among the 60 to 64-year old males, as the 61-year old posted a time of 21:33. In the Ridgewood 10K Run, the endurable Bosman led a pack of 15 local residents to the finish, crossing the line 28th in the field of 775 participants who completed the 6.2-mile course. Bosmann was clocked in 37:37 as he picked up the first place award in the 50 to 50-year old age bracket. Vernon's Beth Carabello was the first local distaff runner to finish, placing 52nd out of the 229 females in the event. The 33-year old was clocked in 47:54. Andover's 70-year old Ben Schwartz was runnerup in the men's 70 & older category, turning in a time of 57:03. Newton's 53-year old Roberta Robertozzi placed third in the women's 50 to 54 age group when she was clocked in 52:19. 2004 Ridgewood 5K Run 44. Bill Bosmann, Sparta, 18:56; 60. John Burke, Green Township, 19:38; 79. Patrick Phalon, Oak Ridge, 20:12; 85. Sarah Papke, Oak Ridge, 20:28; 123. William Ash, Hewitt, 21:33; 182. Edward Neighbour, Sparta, 23:02; 313. Richard Freiberger, Sparta, 25:04; 398. Genevieve Jeuck, Hewitt, 26:11; 598. Hernando Giraldo, Oak Ridge, 28:32; 599. Randi Kulp, Oak Ridge, 28:32; 908. Halima Alaoui Taff, Sparta, 33:19; 935. Virgilio Caraballo, Vernon, 34:19; 986. Anne Schwartz, Andover, 36:38 2004 Ridgewood 10K Run 28. Bill Bosmann, Sparta, 37:57; 64. Christian Robertozzi, Newton, 39:58; 83. Fred Clark, Sparta, 41:07; 89. Kevin Freiberger, Sparta, 41:32; 208. Edward Neighbour, Sparta, 45:43; 232. Richard Bryan, Hewitt, 46:02; 300. Beth Caraballo, Vernon, 47:54; 321. Michael Fusco, Vernon, 48:16; 388. John Dorney, Franklin, 50:09; 469. Roberta Robertozzi, Newton, 52:19; 605. Jennifer Sheeran, Hewitt, 56:12; 628. Ben Schwartz, Andover, 57:03; 660. William Grennille, Montague, 58:22; 697. John Kinney, Oak Ridge, 1:00:04; 700. Susan Jones, Oak Ridge, 1:00:12 -30-