Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris
County, New Jersey
On Sunday, December 15, 2013
Copyright, Madeline Bost, 2013
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. We have the snow to go with the season and
now Morristown will have Santa to go with the snow. Make that Santas, as in plural.
The folks who have given you Super Hero races, now are
bringing you the Super Santa 5K next Saturday in Morris Township. Yes, of course, costumes are invited and
welcomed.
“We want people to dress up like Santa, anything Christmassy,
elves, reindeer, you name it, “ said
Chris Russo, co event director along with Heather Gardiner of Morristown. “We’re going to give out prizes to the
fastest runners, naturally, and for the best costumes.”
“Depending on the weather we are expecting anywhere from
eight hundred to a thousand runners,” said Russo.
When we talked on Friday the race had already registered
over five hundred and fifty and he could be right. People tend to wait to sign up and in the
case of a December race it might be prudent to wait and see what the weather
will be like on race day.
Although just about any runner in Morris County has run the
Morris Township course that starts and ends at Ginty Field just off Woodland
Avenue, but it is the first for a Super Hero organized race. Because
It’s the first time that a Super race has used the course
though, said Russo, although the Super Hero half marathon is run from the same
staging area.
Age group winners will receive medals, but the overall
winners will have shiny new Pearl Izumis to run in. Other prizes will be gift certificates to local
restaurants. The Best Costume division
will have three selected from each gender and will receive similar prizes.
In a nod to the season the Morris Township Firehouse will be
opened for the runners to shelter from the cold. The race starts at 10:00 a.m.
NEW BALANCE GRAND PRIX HAS BEEN POSTED
After a delay in posting the USATF New Jersey individual New
Balance Grand Prix due to a tardy race report the final results have been
posted. As has been reported here Ken
Goglas, the former Randolph High School standout has won. His fellow Garden State Track Club teammate
Stephen Mennitt of Edison choose to run in the Big Chill at Rutgers last
weekend thus bypassing a chance to add two points to his score and tie with
Goglas. Mennitt could have easily won
one of the 5K’s that was held last weekend that were in the grand prix. The Rutgers Big Chill does not participate
so despite his win there in 15:52 he stays in second.
On the women’s side there was no such drama. Elena Rozhko of Morristown had twenty points
on her nearest rival, Misa Tamura of Ridgewood. Polly Harrison of Basking Ridge finished in
seventh place and Susan Bessin of Madison took ninth.
Morris area men were also well represented in the top
ten. Gary Rosenberg of Morristown placed
fourth, outscored by his fellow Garmin Running club teammate Brian Crowley of
Hillsborough. In a race tighter than
Goglas and Mennitt, Scott Isgett of Rockaway took ninth with 5522 points while Antonia
Massa of Budd Lake was just one point back with 5521.
The first grand prix races of 2014 start on January 1st.
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A calendar of USATF sanctioned events can be found at www.usatfnj.org or at www.raceforum.com for running and tri and
biathlon events.
Contact Madeline Bost at madelinebost@verizon.net.
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