Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris County, New Jersey
On Sunday, November 20, 2016
RANDOLPH’S GRONER WINS GIRALDA 10K RACE
Sunny skies, a slight breeze. It could not have been any better for a fast
10K on the challenging Giralda Farms 10K that was run this past Sunday in
Madison. Roberta Groner of Randolph
handled the tough course with ease to finish first woman in 35:09 and amid the
top ten men.
Sean Stetler of Quakertown PA was first overall in
32:32. Jonathan Frieder, formerly of
Randolph and now from Rye Brook NY finished in sixth place and was the first
masters man to finish. The race was the
masters men’s USATF championship. Frieder’s
time was 34:05, which age graded to 84.89% PLP.
Karl O’Reilly was the first Morris area man to finish and
Elena Rozhko the first masters woman and third woman overall. Both O’Reilly [33:56] and Rozhko [38:30] are
from Morristown.
Also from Morristown was the 61 year old Nora Cary whose
finishing time of 43:27 earned her 90.69% on the age graded scale. Beau Atwater, 58, of Bernardsville was the
top age graded man at 88.00% for his 36:35.
Gary Leaman, 57, of Hardwick was next on the age graded scale with
86.79% for his time of 36:46, just eleven seconds back from Atwater.
Eleven M60 teams entered the race and twelve M50. Both divisions were won by the Morristown
based Garmin teams. The Morris County
Striders team placed sixth in the M40 division.
Fueled by the Baby Boomers, the largest division was the M60
with fourteen teams. Reno Stirrat of
Rockaway was on the winning Shore Athletic Club team in that division and Mark
Washburne of Mendham lead his Do Run Running club team to third place.
Ricardo Garcia of Carteret won the 5K in 16:19 and Chelsea
Callan of Westfield won the women’s race in 19:06. A surprise entry in the 5K was 800 meter world
masters champion Anselm LeBourne, 57, of Maplewood who finished sixth overall
and whose 18:07 was age graded at 85.93%.
THANKSGIVING MORNING RACES ABOUND
Only four more days and everyone can race again. For the USATF competitors, the Horace
Ashenfelter 8K in Glen Ridge will be the place to be on Thanksgiving
morning. A quick unofficial tally of the
team grand prix with the addition of the Giralda Farms 10K and only two masters
men’s teams can afford to stay away; the Shore Athletic Club’s M50 team and
it’s M60 team have insurmountable leads in their divisions. All the other masters men’s teams need to
race to hold their position or move up.
The Garmin open men’s team can take the day off, as can the
Clifton Road Runners W40, W50, and W60 A teams. They can’t be caught. On the other hand, some of those various
squad members may need to make it to the race in order to improve their individual
standings in the New Balance Grand Prix.
There is a plethora of races on Thanksgiving morning and
many quite large and well organized. The
Flemington Turkey Trot, the oldest Thanksgiving Day race in New Jersey will
attract over four thousand runners and some of those up front could be quite
fast like last year’s winner Liam Boylan Pett who finished in 15:37, and the
women’s winner Heather Wilson and Ashley Higginson whose times were a near tie
at 16:47. That trio of talent is with
the NY/NJ track club.
The upper Saddle River Run 5K will attract about 2,500
runners, and the Ashenfelter will have three thousand. The Krogh’s Turkey Trot in Sparta will have
over two thousand. Closest to home will
be the Interfaith Food Pantry and Literacy Volunteers Turkey Trot 5K that will
take place at the Ginty Field location in Morris Township that could have over
2,600 runners. That means a lot of hungry runners
Thanksgiving afternoon.
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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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