Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris County, New Jersey
On Sunday, September 6, 2015
STAMPEDE AT NATIRAR PARK
William Appman of Hoboken won the USATF-NJ cross
country 5 kilometer race this past Sunday at Natirar Park in Peapack. All runners raced together which gave me a
birds-eye view of the top men as they hurtled down the graveled road from the
upper field as I was still ascending. Out
in my home state of Washington they have a huge cowboy event called the Omak
Stampede. It is also known as the
Suicide Race. Look it up.
While the cross country hill that the New Jersey
elite runners were coming down might not quite compare to a suicide race,
watching those runners stampeding down toward the finish certainly reminded me
of that Washington horse race.
I was told that the lead positions didn’t change
after the hill so it was Appman who was leading the charge. He finished in 16:13, with Robert Nihen of
Glen Rock second in 16:28 and Mark Hess of Morristown third in 16:33.
Corinne Fitzgerald, from Rockaway finished in 18:46
to win, a good minute ahead of second place Nicola Hallenborg of Summit. Third place was Katie Castroagudin of River
Edge in 19:53.
Outstanding performances by masters runners were
recorded. Mark Zamek, 52, of Lavalette
was the first over age forty man to finish followed by Brian Crowley, 50, of
Hillsborough and Gary Rosenberg, 44, of Morristown. Their times were 17:36, 17:53 and 18:04. It is worth mentioning that all three are on
the Garmin racing team out of Morristown that won the M40 team division by a
margin of 29 points and the M40 by only four points – being chased by the Shore
Athletic Club.
Masters women also had their stars. The first masters woman to finish was 47 year
old Karen Perlman of Neshanic Station who finished in 19:56, followed by 49
year old Misa Tamura of Ridgewood whose time was 20:35. Although she finished after those two, 52
year old Mary Christian of Flanders finished in 21:12 and placed third as well
in the Age grading list, bested only by Perlman and the remarkable Nora Cary of
Morristown whose time of 22:16 at age 60 was age graded at 83.23%.
On the men’s side, Zamek and Crowley were split by
Reno Stirrat, 61, of Rockaway whose time of 18:57 hit 84.95% on the age grading
tables.
The open team division was dominated by the Adidas
Garden State Track Club. On the men’s
side they took the first six spots. Their
women took the first three spots. The
Garmin women were fourth.
The Garmin team was seventh in Open men and won both
the M40 and M50 divisions. The Do Run
team placed third in the M40 and fifth in the M50 division.
The unbeatable Garmin women took first in both the
W40 and W50 divisions and their B team was fourth in the W40. In the W50 the Do Run Runners were tied with
Raritan Valley Road Runners for third.
The Morris County Striders had an A and B team in
the W70 and a team for the W80 division.
Their W60 team placed fourth in their division.
At the Belmar Chase 5K on August 22nd, the
Garmin men won the M40 division of the Masters Men division. The Do Run Runners were third and third as
well in the M50 division. The Garmin
team was pushed back to second place in the M50 by the Shore Athletic Club
competing on their home turf.
Next up is the Newport Liberty Half Marathon on September
20th.
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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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