CLUB RACE RESULTS
Women Win 17th Straight USATF-NJ Grand Prix Race
Bloomfield- The adidas Garden State Track Club women won their 17th straight Grand Prix race on Thursday night, running away with the USATF-NJ 5 Mile Championship at the Sunset Classic 5 Miler. Averaging 31:19 for their top five scoring women, they finished fifteen minutes and forty-eight seconds ahead of the second place team.
The aGSTC women's streak now extends for over two years, dating to May 6, 2012. The men have won 26 straight races, dating back to September of 2011. Both streaks are USATF-NJ association records.
Maria Danna, in her third team race, finished as the team's #1 runner,coming in as the #3 overall finisher and 11th overall in 30:11. This breaks the old club record set in May of last year, as Erika Meling ran 30:53 in the Spring Lake Five Miler. Cheyenne Ogletree was just steps behind, hitting the tape at 30:18. From there, teammates Robyn Evangelist (26th/31:22), Katie Chaput (30th/32:01), Karen Auteri (41st/32:45), Chelsea Callan (50th/33:34), and Diana Stavrou (328th/44:36) rolled in to clinch the win for the Gold.
The 40s masters team of Stephanie Edwards (45:55), Prudence Jones (56:04), and Alicia Vilas (63:36) finished 10th in the Masters 40s category.
A few men competed, including Atilla Sabahoglu, who finished 2nd in 26:49, and Henley Hage, who averaged 6:12 to finish in 31:04.
Results can be found here. See the start here, filmed by the talented half miler Mark Parisen.
aGSTC Big List: Women's 5 Miles
30:11 Maria Danna Sunset Classic June 26, 2014
30:18 Cheyenne Ogletree Sunset Classic June 26, 2014
30:53 Erika Meling Spring Lake Five Miler May 25, 2013
31:22 Robyn Evangelist Sunset Classic June 26, 2014
32:01 Katie Chaput Sunset Classic June 26, 2014
32:45 Karen Auteri Sunset Classic June 26, 2014
32:49 Kristin Cupido Our House 5 Miler May 6, 2012
33:34 Chelsea Callan Sunset Classic June 26, 2014
aGSTC Big List: Men's 5 Miles
25:02 Jeff Perrella Spring Lake 5 Miler May 26, 2012
26:38 Andrew Capizzi Our House 5 Miler May 6, 2012
26:41 Chris Croff Our House 5 Miler May 4, 2014
26:49 Atilla Sabahoglu Sunset Classic June 26, 2014
27:08 Ken Goglas Our House 5 Miler May 6, 2012
27:34 Ash. Anantharaman Our House 5 Miler May 6, 2012
27:49 Mike Anis Our House 5 Miler May 6, 2012
27:51 Chuck Schneekloth Our House 5 Miler May 6, 2012
29:39 Edsel Flores Our House 5 Miler May 6, 2012
Hep for LaCosta, Lewis; Licorish Wins 5k
Lenape- Erin LaCosta and Kelsey Lewis finished 2nd and 4th, respectively, out of ten competitors in their first ever heptathlon at Lenape HS this weekend. LaCosta racked up 3363 points in seven events, while Lewis accumulated 3371 points. LaCosta's efforts broke the club record of...no one, as she was the first to compete in the event.
Miler Dennie Waite participated in the decathlon. Our favorite result was his pole vault clearance of 2.20 meters, just shy of the club high jump record of 2.22m.
Shawnee High School- Liz Licorish won the Independence Day 5k in 21:29. Not only was she the first woman, she was 11th overall out of 464 finishers as she PRed in the south jersey race.
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