Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris County, New Jersey
On Sunday, September 29, 2013
Copyright, Madeline Bost, 2013
TEAMS
FLOOD HALF MARATHON AT THE LIBERTY WATERFRONT
Over
one hundred USATF teams contributed to the massive field of 2,700 runners at
the Direct Edge Liberty Waterfront Half Marathon at Newport Town Square in
Jersey City this past Sunday. The big
story of the day was the first through fifth place sweep in the open men’s team
division by the Garden State Track Club.
Race
winner Chris Croff of Summit won the race and lead in the club’s first place B
team. The D team was second and the A
team was third. The C team was fourth,
lead in by former Randolph High School standout Ken Goglas who now lives in
Port Reading. Their E team was
fifth. Yes, the finishing order looks
strange, but the club’s teams are basically competing against each other and so
are quite evenly matched in ability.
The
Garden State Track Club dominated the women’s division as well, although not to
quite the same depth.
Cheyenne
Ogletree of Garfield took over a minute off her winning 2012 time of 1:22:02 to
win the 2013 edition in 1:20:45. Her A
team had a clear margin over the clubs C team that took second. Their B team took third.
The Morris area based Garmin Runners
placed sixth in the open men’s division and their open women were fourth in
theirs. Their W40 team was once again
in first place with Susan Bessin of Madison second woman on the team in
1:35:57. Polly Harrison of
Basking Ridge finished in 1:33:15 to help her Sneaker Factory team place third.
It
was all about Morris based teams in the M40 division. The Sneaker Factory took first with a
combined five man time of 7:04:08 to the Garmin team’s 7:04:22. In a half marathon that is almost a tie. Gary Rosenberg of Morristown, the Garmin team
captain finished in 1:18:11. John
Sabatino of Morris Plains, captain of the Sneaker Factory team finished in
1:25:09
The
Do Run Runners were third, lead in by Beau Atwater of Bernardsville who
finished in 1:23:41 to win the individual M55 title. Atwater lead the Do Run Runners M50 team in
but they were pushed back to third by the Shore AC and Sneaker Factory teams.
Ed
Smith of Mountain Lakes won the M70 division in 1:48:28 and helped his Shore
Athletic Club win the M60 team division.
Bill Bosman, 63, of Rockaway won his division in 1:31:53
Nora Cary, 58, of Morristown lead her Do Run Runners team to
third place in the W50 division with her 1:37:46 that put her at the top of the
women’s age grading list at 84.58% PLP.
In the W60 team division Jane Parks of Morristown brought
her Rose City Runners team to first place with her 1:42:34, which age graded at
82.88% for third in the age graded division.
DEADLINES
USATF National Masters Championship cross country race and
Garden State Classic open championship deadline looms with the turning of the
calendar. Tomorrow, Monday September 30th
is the last day to register for the races at the discount price of $25.00. A notice of the rate increase was emailed to
all long distance runners on Friday along with a question and answer
information packed message about the events that will take place on Sunday,
October 20th at Deer Path Park in Hunterdon County.
Another loaming deadline is for the Shades of Death Half
Marathon that is being held in Allamuchy on Sunday, October 13th. In keeping with the sinister theme is the new
Devil’s 6.6 mile run that will be part of the New Balance Grand Prix, as is the
half marathon. On-line entries must be in by October 7th to avoid
the bump in the race registration fee.
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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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