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 Local running teams circled Central Park in full force. The Westchester Track Club led all open men’s teams, and the Nike Central Park Track Club snagged the top open women’s team spot. |
 Tim Monti Wohlpert, 35, Brooklyn Road Runners, put in a strong effort on the hilly course and finished in 38:22. |
 Local superstar Demesse Tefera, 24, WTC, placed an incredible third overall in a PR 28:31. Tefera was the 2006 NYRR Fred Lebow Runner of the Year. |
 Long Island native Patrick Gildea, 27, New York Athletic Club, took the number-10 spot, finishing in 29:29. Gildea won the NYRR Al Gordon Snowflake 4-Mile in February, and was 12th at the USA 8K Championships in March. |
 Fourteen seconds after Gildea’s finish, Stephen Chemlany, 24, WTC, finished 11th in 29:43. |
 Thirteenth-place finisher Timothy Psitet, 26, WTC, broke the half-hour mark with his 29:50 finish. |
 Averaging just under a five-minute-per-mile pace, Abraha Hadush Asefa, 25, West Side Runners, finished strongly in 30:57. |
 WTC’s Kabiso Kassahun, 23, Westchester Track Club, turned in a 31:13 finish that earned him 18th place. |
 Hailing from Long Island City, Elmustafa McHkirate, 26, WTC, rounded out the top 20 with a 31:32 performance. |
 Jorge Pardo, 38, Urban Athletics, finished 24th overall and fifth in his age group in 32:26. Seventeenth-place age group finisher Fabian Daza, 25, WSX, clocked a 32:21. |
 Averaging a 5:15-per-mile pace, Jeffrey Rios, 29, Brooks Manhattan Track Club, pulled into 29th place (32:34). |
 Ethiopian Olympic team hopeful Alemtsehay Misganaw, 26, WTC, broke the tape in the women’s race in 35:31. She was the 2006 NYRR age 20-29 Runner of the Year. |
 Former Columbia University standout Caroline Bierbaum, 23, was the women’s runner-up (35:50). Bierbaum hopes to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women Marathon. |
 Third-place female finisher Michelle Rorke, 23, NYAC, has already qualified for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. Today she finished in 36:04. |
 Age-group winner Kathryn Masselam, 30, CPTC, raced to the finish in 36:10. |
 NYAC’s Lesley Higgins, 26, finished fifth among women and fourth in her age group (36:44). |
 Kathryn Boyles, 24, Urban Athletics, was the sixth woman across the finish line, in 36:54. |
 Allison Lind, 26, Central Park Track Club, placed 14th among women with her 38:35 effort. |
 Second in her age group, Jill Vollweiler, 38, WTC, concluded her race in 38:19. |
 The 36th woman finisher (40:33), Suzanne La Burt, 44, WSX, placed sixth in her age group. |
 Diane Kenna, 42, New York Harriers, finished in 40:19 and placed fourth in her age group. |
 Heather Williams, 31, Greater New York Racing Team, charged happily toward the finish line to complete the race in 39:38. |
 A 43:28 finish earned Amanda Kennedy, 25, The Reservoir Dogs, a 36th place in her age group. |
