Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris County, New Jersey
On Sunday, October 11, 2015
MORRIS RUNNERS BRING HOME MEDALS FROM NATIONAL MEET
New Jersey was well represented at the National 5K masters
championship this past Sunday in Syracuse, NY. The Syracuse Festival of Races is one of only
a handful of road races that run the men’s and women’s races separately. The course is mostly flat with only three
turns and the red line painted on the roadway makes it easy to run the tangents.
While most races have a marker or clock at the miles the
Syracuse race also marks the kilometers.
Many racers take kilometer splits and find it much more helpful to evaluate
their pace as they race since they are getting feedback four times, instead of
just two; 4 kilometers versus two miles.
New Jersey has four
clubs that can be considered “travel teams”; Garmin Runners from Morris County,
the Shore Athletic Club, the Clifton Road Runners and the Raritan Valley Road
Runners. All but the Raritan Valley club
competed as did several New Jersey individuals who competed sans a team. Several
medals came home to New Jersey and some of them to the Morris area.
The Garmin Runners with Gary Rosenberg of Morristown a
scoring member of the team placed second in the M40 division. Bill Bosmann of Rockaway placed fourth in the
M65 individual division and was a non-scoring man on the M40 team. Rosenberg’s time was 16:51 and Bosmann’s was
20:18.
Joel Garrell of Morristown was also a non scoring member of the team.
Joel Garrell of Morristown was also a non scoring member of the team.
The Shore Athletic Club placed second in the M60 division;
lead in by Reno Stirrat of Rockaway who placed third in the individual M60
division with a time of 18:27. Bill
Trengove of Wharton was fourth man on the team, running 20:42.
The Shore’s M70 team also placed second in their division
while the Clifton Road Runners placed fourth with Craig Wunderly of Hackettstown
leading the team in. His time was 24:14.
Running without his Raritan Valley Road Runners team, Roger
Price of Randolph finished in the M65 division in 20:56.
The Shore’s W60 team placed second with Susan Stirrat of
Rockaway first woman on the team in 24:19.
Cande Olsen of Chatham placed third in the W65 division with a time of
25:32. Madeline Bost of Randolph placed
first in the W75 division in 34:21.
Next up for these teams is the national 5 kilometer masters cross
country race championship on Sunday, October 18th in Saratoga Spa
State Park in Saratoga Springs, New York.
WOMEN’S 5K WASHED OUT LAST WEEK, REPLACEMENT RACE IN
NOVEMBER
The Little Silver 5K that was to host the open women’s 5K
state championship was washed out by the nor’easter that hit last weekend. The Harrington Park 5K in on Saturday,
November 14th has been selected to replace the Little Silver race. Harrington Park is a small borough in Bergen
County. In 2014 the race had 568
finishers; a number sure to be exceeded with the addition of the championship
status.
LOCALS WIN FAST FIVE
Roberta Groner of Randolph and Gary Rosenberg of Morristown
placed first in their division of the Fast Five grand prix.
Rosenberg competed in all five of the possible races that
began with the Ridgewood 10K in May and ended with the Belmar Chase in
August. Other races were the College
Avenue Mile, the President’s Cup Night Race 5K, and the Lager Run all in June.
Groner won the Ridgewood race and the Lager Run, and while
not winning the other races she did well enough to beat all other women.
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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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