Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris County, New Jersey
On Sunday, December 27, 2015
RANDOLPH’S GRONER WINS THE NEW BALANCE GRAND PRIX SERIES
Roberta Groner, 37, of Randolph
has won the New Balance long distance running grand prix only three points shy
of a perfect score of 5,700. Misa Tamura of Ridgewood placed second and
Mary Christian of Flanders was third.
The surprise winner on the men’s
side is Kyle Price of Milltown who pulled off a jump from 46th place
on November 12 to first by placing 10th at the Ashenfelter 8K on Thanksgiving
morning and winning the Red Cross 5K on the last possible day in December. Those two races put him ahead of Atilla
Sabahoglu of Somerset and Mathew Slocum of Montclair.
Plenty of Morris area runners did
well in the age divisions in the grand prix including Gary Leaman of Hardwick
who finished in fourth place overall and won the M55 division. Gary Rosenberg of Morristown was only a dozen
points behind Leaman and won the M45 division.
Mark Minervina of Stanhope placed
second in the under 35 division and Michael Azarez of Parsippany took first in
the M35 division.
Robert Skorupski of Rockaway won
the M40 division, John Sabatino placed second in the M45 division after
Rosenberg, and Scott Isgett of Rockaway was third.
David McLaughlin of Rockaway
placed third in the M50 division and Beau Atwater took second in the M55
division after Leaman. Charlie Slaughter
of Parsippany won the M60 division with Peter Auteri of Pompton Lakes second
and Reno Stirrat of Rockaway third.
In the M65 division Bill Bosmann
of Rockaway took first and Carl Weaver of Morris Plains was third. George Studzinski of Kinnelon placed second
in the M80 division.
Karen Auteri of Hackettstown won
the women under 35 division with Kate Polles of Morristown in second. Iris Aceituno of Mine Hill was second in the
W35 division as was Susan Kinsella of Millington in the W50 division.
Nora Cary of Morristown who was
featured here earlier this month won the W60 division. Shirley Pettijohn of Chatham and Diane Stone
also of Chatham went one – two in the W80 division. Patricia Tummey of Randolph placed first in
the W85 division.
LOCALS DID WELL IN THE SUB SET GRAND PRIXS
Laura Delea of Sparta was the overall winner of the Mini One
grand prix that features the shorter distances.
Youssef Rochdi of Rockaway was the male winner.
John Doyle of East Hanover was first in the M55 division of
Mini One and Betty Langenkamp of Wharton won her W65 division. Bill Trengove, also of Wharton was third in the
M60 division, Arch Seamans of Rockaway was first in the M80 division and Paul
Williams of Gillette was second in the M40 of Mini One.
Courtney Clark of Millington was second in both Mini One and
Mini Two in the W40 division. Gretchen
Atwater of Bernardsville placed second in the W55 division and Derek
Shendell of Chatham placed second in the M40 division of Mini Two.
Bruce Langenkamp of Wharton was first in the Mini Two and
second in the cross country series in the M65 division. Another multiple winner was Ed Neighbour of
Sparta who placed second in Mini Two, first in Mini Three and second in the
cross country series in the M50 division.
Roseann Svihra of Gillette was first in the Mini Three
series in the W65 division, and Mark Washburne of Mendham was second in both Mini
Two and Three in the M55 division.
CROSS COUNTRY GRAND PRIX
Notable local performances were registered in the cross
country grand prix led in by Robert Skorupski of Rockaway who won the series,
followed by Reno Stirrat also of Rockaway in second place.
Brian Davenport of Lake Hopatcong placed first in the M50
division Charlie Castiglioni of Lake
Hopatcong took third in the M55 division and Charlie Slaughter of Parsippany
was second. Roger Price of Randolph won
the M65 division Arch Seamans of Rockaway lead in the M80 division.
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