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Baltimore Grand Prix Flag Girl and Towson University junior Sarah Wolfe,
Start your engines
Junior waves flag for female Grand Prix racer
LAUREN SLAVIN
Editor-in-Chief
Junior Sarah Wolfe might
not have been on the track, but
at the Baltimore Grand Prix,
just as many spectators were
looking at her as they were the
racing cars.
The business administra¬
tion major was one of the 11
original checkered flag girls
at Baltimore's first Grand
Prix, held Sept. 2 - 4.
At age 20, she was
also one of the
youngest check¬
ered flag girls.
Grand Prix
officials chose
Wolfe in April
to participate
out of more than
100 flag girl appli¬
cants.
The girls in black
and white have been
promoting the Labor Day
Weekend races since May.
“You feel important because
everyone’s like, ‘These are
the checkered flag girls,’ and
you’re like cool, they actually
know who I am," Wolfe said.
Wolfe is carrying the flag
of 23-year-old Simona de
Silvestro.
"I know there’s very few
women in [the Grand Prix], so
I’m kind of excited about hold¬
ing her flag,” Wolfe said.
Flag girl applicants were
expected to have modeling
experience and some knowl¬
edge of racing.
While her knowledge of the
sport is limited to the few
times she has watched races
on television with her family,
Wolfe’s modeling career start¬
ed two years ago at the
White Marsh _ a
T.G.I. Friday’s.
“I was hosting and a woman
came up to me and said I was
tall and was what she was
looking for in a model, so she
asked me to be in her runway
show," Wolfe said.
Wolfe modeled at the
Maryland Academy of Couture
Arts runway show, and from
there met photographers and
continued to expand her port¬
folio.
When a photographer sug¬
gested she apply to be a check¬
ered flag girl, the experience
was too good to pass up.
Because the race is in what
officials are calling its "trial
year," there have been plenty
of bumps in the months prior
to Labor Day weekend.
While the original flag girl
contract stipulated pay¬
ment, Wolfe said she
was disappointed
when she was told
she had to sign
a new contract
making it a vol¬
unteer experi¬
ence.
w “Since you're not
getting paid, we
have to take off
~ work to work these
shifts to promote the
Grand Prix," Wolfe
said.
"I was still somewhat doing
it to get my face out there, to
promote myself. I’ve met a lot
of people and I got free tickets
to the race, so it was still an
exciting experience."
Being a checkered flag girl
isn’t without its fair share of
drama.
See FLAG, page 23
Casey Prather/ The Towerlight
Recent Lackawanna College transfer and quarterback Grant Enders rushes 18 yards for a touchdown in
the Tiger s’ 42-3 win over Morgan State Saturday. Enderswas 15-19 for 197 yards passing and three TDs.
Enders Game
Offense takes off
with transfer QB
ALEX GLAZE
Staff Writer
Towson racked up 534 yards of
total offense in the 42-3 dismantling
of cross-town rival Morgan State
Saturday night. The Tigers offensive
performance marks the first time
since 2006 that Towson has gone for
more than 500 yards of total offense
in one game.
Morgan's Tyrone Hendrix
returned the opening kickoff 85
yards for the Bears, making it all
the way to the Towson 14-yard line.
But the Tigers defense made an
early stand and forced a field goal.
The Tigers then scored 42 straight
points, winning without much of a
fight from the Bears.
Prior to kickoff, fans had one ques¬
tion left unanswered: who would be
Towson’s starting quarterback?
That question lingered until the
Tigers lined up for their first offen¬
sive drive on their own 31-yard line
and transfer quarterback Grant
Enders crouched under center.
"We progressed through camp
and really gave all these kids [an]
equal opportunity," Head Coach Rob
Ambrose said. “Grant showed the
greatest amount of consistency, mov¬
ing the offense over and over and
over again. When it comes down to
See BEARS, page 22