Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris County, New Jersey
On Sunday, May 28, 2017
RIDGEWOOD RUN TOMORROW -
10K IS THE MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP
How can you tell if a race is being organized by a runner,
or runners? Look to see if their website
lists the course records.
The upcoming Roxbury Community Benefit 5K on Monday, June
12, has the course records listed on its website. The race is organized by the Morris County
Striders.
The Ridgewood Run (s)
is organized by the North Jersey Masters running club. The runs are a 10K, 5K and the road
mile. This Monday, the Ridgewood Run 10K
is the USATF masters championship. All
the age division records are there to study and contemplate.
It is fascinating reading, and the records are not likely a
goal for most runners, but might be for
some. For instance, the W60 record of
44:47 was set by Toshiko d’Elia of Ridgewood many years ago. Will Morristown’s Nora Cary be able to take
that age division record away? Don’t bet
against her. Cary finished this year’s
Cherry Blossom 10K in 43:44 and at the Giralda Farms’ 10K this past November in
43:27.
No one has taken the other d’Elia records; W70 is 48:53, and
the W75 is 55:13. d’Elia died in 2014 at
age 84 with a lot of records in her running log.
There are no soft records for the race that has been in
existence for 41 years. Is there a 45 to
49 man who can beat Hugh Sweeney’s 33:15?
Former Randolph runner Jonathan Frieder, now living in Rye Brook New York
but still running in New Jersey, is having an outstanding season. Maybe he can do it. Frieder finished third at the Dedham MA 10K
national masters championship the end of April in 33:35. The Dedham course has a killer hill midway in
the race and is far tougher than Ridgewood’s.
How about Peter McArdle’s 34:00.7 in the M50, or his more
astonishing 33:44.9 in the M55 division.
Brian Crowley of Hillsborough or Mark Zamek of Lavallette might have a
shot at the M50 record. The M55
record? That’s out of sight. McArdle has since returned to his native UK
so unlikely to challenge any of the older age divisions.
Reno Stirrat of Rockaway did go after and take the M60
record in 2016, finishing in 38:28.01.
Will he top that this year?
Stirrat had some down time a few months ago but appears to be coming
back into top form. His 38:39.83 at
Newport is mighty close.
Will Misa Tamura of Ridgewood beat her own record of
38:43.95 that she set in 2016? Lisa
Swain of Fair Lawn finished in 43:38.2 in the W55 division in 2014 and did a
43:43 in 2015. Now 59 Swain would have
to improve a lot on her Newport 10K of 45:55 earlier this month to top that
time in 2017.
Registration begins at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, with the 10K the
first running event in the line-up starting at 8:20, five minutes after the
wheelchair athletes go off.
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LOCALS
STARRED IN THE SUPER HERO HALF MARATHON
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The Super Hero Half Marathon had a local touch with all the
top runners of note being from Morris County.
The exception is Karen Auteri who won the women’s race in 1:30:22. Auteri is from Belvidere in Warren County.
Second place woman was Alix Jennings, 46, of Madison, who
was also the first masters woman. She
finished in 1:32:18. Brenda Epstein of
Morris Plains was third in 1:33:6.
Sebastian
Nicewicz of Madison won the race in 1:19:58.
Second place was also the first place masters man. Kevin Fitzgerald, 43, of Wharton finished in
1:21:57. Trevor Emmitt of Morristown
was third in 1:23:48.
The masters age grading
was topped by sixty-two year old Nora Cary of Morristown who finished in
1:39:40 – age graded at 86.77% PLP.
Second in age grading was 68 year old Kay Rees, also of Morristown, whose
time of 1:58:58 age graded at 79.33%.
On the
masters men side, Carl Weaver, 68, of Morris Plains finished in 1:43:02 while
Kevin Fitzgerald, 43, of Wharton finished in 1:21:57. Both tied at 74.88% PLP.
The
men’s relay team division had 18 teams, the women’s teams had 52, and the coed
division had 46 teams, indicating that the organizers really hit the jackpot by
promoting the relay concept. That’s 116 teams participating out of the 1,135 finishers.
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Race Results can often be found at www.compuscore.com or at www.bestrace.com
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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