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Sunday, Oct 7, 2018
MASTERS SHINE AT LITTLE SILVER
Kyle Price of Milltown returned to Little Silver this
past Sunday to win once more the 5K race that he won in 2017. His win this year in 15:17 beat his own time
of 15:23 in the 2017 race. Aaron Leskow
of Morristown was second in 15:38 and Mathew Slocum of Montclair was third in 16:10.
The race was the New Jersey masters men’s championship
and it was fitting that Jonathan Frieder, age 47, of Rye Brook, NY, who is on a
hot streak this season was fourth overall in 16:21. His brother Elliott of Montville was the next
master in 16:40. Eight hundred meter
specialist Mark Williams of Columbia rounded up the top three masters in 16:45.
Kristin Andrews of Manalapan finished in 17:48 for first
place on the women’s side. Kiera Russo
of Eatontown was second in 18:28 and Robyn Evangelist of Egg Harbor Township
was third in 18:45.
The Frieders lead their M40 Garden State Athletic Team
New Balance to first place in their division, with Williams leading in his
Garmin Runners team to second. Garden
State’s B team was third, followed by the Shore Athletic Club.
The Garmin Runners M50 team placed first in their
division, lead in by Mark Zamek, 55, of Allentown PA whose 17:01 put him in
first in the age graded file at 90.12%.
Jonathan Frieder was second with 88.21%.
Brian Crowley, 53, of Hillsborough finished in 17:12 for an 87.77% to
place third.
The Shore AC team was second in the M50 and Garden State
was third. The Garmin Runners took first
in the M60 division with the Shore’s A and B teams following. The Shore team hit first in the M70 division
with the Clifton Road Runners second and third with their A and B teams
respectively. In a first for this year,
the Shore club fielded an M80 team.
Although the race was the masters men’s championship,
prize money was also awarded to masters women and Lorraine McPhillips, 64, of Basking
Ridge whose time of 23:55 was age graded at 81.49% will receive the top prize
purse. Dawn Wilcox, 45, of Little Silver
who finished in 20:13 was next with a PLP of 77.72%. Debbie Brathwaite, 59, of Garfield finished in
23:43 to round out the age grading top three at 77.22%.
WILLIAMS MEDALS IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
We’d been watching him train on Facebook and reading his posts as
he prepared for the WMA meet in Malaga Spain.
That hard work paid off for Mark Williams of Columbia in September. Over eight thousand masters athletes from
around the world gather together every two years to compete in a nearly two-week
long masters track and field championship meet.
Williams, who grew up in Hopatcong, specializes in mid distance
events, with the 800 meters being his prime target. Williams first had to qualify for the event,
which he did handily in 2:01.05 placing second in his heat. Then came the final and running against the
fastest men age 45 to 49 in the world, Williams finished in 2:01.26 for second
place.
In the 1,500 meter final he finished in eighth place out of 16
runners in a time of 4:17.20. On the last
day of the meet his American team finished in fourth place in the 4 X 400 relay,
finishing in 3:35.27.
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Contact Madeline Bost at madelinebost@verizon.net
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