Club Race Results
Esperanza, Heck Finish First Marathons at Wineglass Two old friends and consistent GSTC'ers had a rough go in the final month build-up to the Wineglass Marathon. Despite nagging injuries for both, they decided to forgo a race for time and, instead, to run together. Adrianne Esperanza and Hannah Heck ran 4:33:31 and 4:33:41, respectively, to complete their first marathons.
Williams, Roberts Go 1-2 in Steeplechase 10k  Amy Williams (above) and Leah Roberts finished 1-2 at the Steeplechase 10k this past weekend. Williams ran 40:06, a solid 6:27 average, for the win, while Roberts ran 41:53, her first race with a broken wrist.
#BoysinBlack Prep for Club Nats at Paul Short Invite  Seven GSTC studs took on the Paul Short Invitational, run on the famous Lehigh course that will host the 2019 club national XC championships.
Evan Ward was the crew' top finisher (and top moustache, for that matter) with a 26:44 time. Following him were teammates Garrett Derringer (26:54), Steve Rathbun (27:31), Brad Kilheeny (27:46), Brendan Conway (27:57), Steve Skydel (28:17), Nate Wojick (28:39), and Mark Minervini (29:09).
Stachura, McKenna Crush Bronx Ten Miler Several GSTC'ers had a great day at the Bronx Ten Miler. Highlighting the group was Shannon McKenna, who had a huge breakthrough with a 65:19, or 6:32/mile. She is posing with teammate Chelsea Stachura, above, who ran 1:15:59, and several other rando guys who don't seem interested in joining this GSTC picture.
Will Appman ran 54:54, masters Steve Segaloff finished in 62:21, and masters Joyjit Kundu was at 68:13.
Things Escalate Quickly for Redden After Team Half Marathon 
FERRUGGIA WINS SOCIAL MEDIA POST OF THE MONTH AWARD Also impressive to break 17:00 for the first time...at age 41!
Nochta Counting Down Days to Chicago Marathon,
Counts Them All on His Fingers
FRIEDER TWINS NOT IMPRESSED WITH YOUR PR LAST WEEKEND "Sure, you broke your PR, but why didn't you run a few seconds faster? Anyone can dig down deep for a little something more. The more we think about it, the more we are disappointed."
M40s CLINCH USATF-NJ GRAND PRIX TEAM TITLE  After too many races and too long of a USATF-NJ season, the M40s needed one more win to clinch the club's first-ever M40 USATF-NJ team title. Despite several top runners being unavailable, including Thom Knowles, Sam Teigen, Jason Gers, and Gabby Rodriguez, the masters crew flexed their muscles down at the Little Silver 5k, resulting in a huge win and a USATF-NJ association record for the fastest masters M40s 5k average: 16:47.
As they usually do, the Frieder brothers were the team's frontrunners, as Jonathan (16:21) ran away with the individual title, followed by twin Elliott (16:40) and Chuck Schneekloth (16:53). David Ferruggia cracked 17:00 for the first time in his career with a 16:59, while Shawn Williams (17:01) rounded out the crew's scoring top five. Joe Hegge (17:10) and Jason Timochko (17:13) were the squad's #6 and #7 men.
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Along with the 40s B team (Rich Osifchin, Gary Leaman, Javier DeJesus, Sam Valentin, Carlos Pineiro) snagging third, the M50s were also third (Osifchin, Leaman, Brian Harris, Russ Forsythe, Karl Leitz) and the M60s wre 4th (Forsythe, Peter Auteri, Fran Beideman).
Overall, the GSTC had eight in the top ten and fourteen in the top twenty. Kyle Price won the race in 15:17, his second dubya in a row, with Aaron Leskow (2nd/15:38), Ricky Garcia (5th/16:32), Matt Eder (6th/16:33), and Mannek Kumar (7th/16:34) all cracking the top ten.
Robyn Evangelist had a great race, running 18:46 to finish second overall. Aya Leitz was the top female masters runner with her impressive 20:32.
GSTC, FTPD, & GARDEN STATE 10 RAISE $14,000 FOR CANCER CALL OUT CHARITY After two years of managing the Garden State 10, the Garden State Track Club has now donated a total of $14,000 to the Nick Magos Cancer Call Out, a charity that supports children with cancer.
In a presentation to charity president John Dapkins (far right) and FTPD Officer Bobby Brown (second to left) last week, GSTC and race representatives Mike Terruso and Chuck Schneekloth presented the check to the organization during their yearly Cancer Call Out event in Hillsborough, NJ.
GSTC YOUTH TEAM OUT OF THE GATES FAST THIS FALL GSTC youth track club has been practicing XC since late August. They opened their season at Natirar on 9/23 against Wolfpack Track Club. Sarah Dolan was 2nd in 8&U Girls. Will Van Etten and Kate Shaw won the 9-10 Boys and Girls race with Kayla Devine 2nd. In 11-12 Boys race Max Huang, Kennan Byers, and Matt Califano went 1, 2, 3. Jack Szczepanski was 2nd in 13-14 Boys. The club also had many athletes running their 1st meet ever.
The following weekend the team competed in Lakeland XC series. Will Van Etten won the 9-10 boys and the team had top 10 performances by Jack Szczepanski, Kai Winston, Mikey Bord, Kayla Devine, and Sarah Dolan. They also had teammates in their town uniforms putting up some solid performances. The same day Max Huang, Matt Califano, and Alex Califano went 1, 2, 5 in 11-12 race at Van Cortlandt Park. Max Huang went 2nd all time on the course and Matt Califano was 3rd all-time.
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Practices are in full swing!
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