Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris
County, New Jersey
On Sunday, September 28, 2014
Goglas wins the half marathon in Jersey City
Ken Goglas of Port Reading and formerly of Randolph is on a
roll. Goglas won the state cross country
5 kilometer championship two weekends ago and last Sunday proved that he has as
much staying power as speed when he easily won the BATS Global Markets
Newport Liberty Waterfront Half Marathon in Jersey City in 1:11:26. Goglas was all alone when he crossed the
line having dropped three other men along the way from a four pack that had
passed the two mile mark together.
Cheyenne Ogletree of Port Reading placed second to Jodie
Robertson of Melville New York who finished in 1:18:35 but was the first New
Jersey woman to finish. Ogletree’s time
was 1:21:33.
The first local runner was also the first masters man to
finish. Gary Rosenberg, 43, of
Morristown finished in 1:17:29 and was 12th overall.
Roberta Groner, 36, of Randolph was the first local woman to
finish and the fourth woman overall. Her
time was 1:24:39
Lauren Gregory of Denville finished in ninth place overall
with her time of 1:27:36 but the most remarkable performance on the women’s
side was Jeanne Pare of Chester who at
age 53 finished in 1:28:24 in tenth
place overall. That earned her a
spot on the top of the list of fastest age graded times with an 87.54%. Second went to Nora Cary, 59, of Morristown
whose 1:39:24 was age graded at 84.34%.
On the men’s masters side Rodrigo
Caceres, 53, of Elizabeth whose time of 1:19:02 age graded at 86.87% was at the
top of that list. Next on the list was Beau
Atwater, 56, of Bernardsville who scored 83.93% for his 1:24:01.
Cary lead her Randolph based Do Run
running team to second place in the W50 division. Atwater went one better than his women’s
teammates and his Do Run M50 team took first place. In the M40 division the Do Run runners placed
second and the Morris area Sneaker Factory team placed third.
The Morristown based Garmin runners held their own in the
open women’s team division by placing third to the Adidas Garden State Track
Club that has been dominating the open divisions. They moved up one spot in the W40 division
Close to twenty-eight hundred
runners filled the streets in Jersey City and at Liberty State Park. Last to finish was eighty-five year old Bill
Welsh of Staten Island whose time was 4:47:28.
Welsh is a fixture on the racing circuit with his cheerful spirit as he
fights to continue in the sport he loves.
Welsh races for the Central Jersey Road Runners on their M80 team.
Closer to home, the Cheshire Home 5K
in Madison that was also run last Sunday was won by Ted Mussano of Wayne in
18:07. Clovis Ribeiro of Madison was
second in 19:42. Christine Kimak of
Pequannock won the women’s division in 21:44.
Just seventy runners finished the race, demonstrating how dominant the
draw of the Jersey City race with its high level of competition.
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