NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix Presented by Continental Airlines: Brooklyn Local Gallery[Results] [Story] [Event Gallery] |
 John Henwood, a New Zealand Olympian representing the New York Athletic Club, won the race with a strong move in the final two miles. His time was 1:08:37 |
 Jorge Eliecer Real, of West Side Runners, dueled with Henwood for most of the race. He took a brief lead in the 10th mile on the race’s biggest hill, but Henwood reclaimed the advantage on the downhill. Eliecer Real finished second in 1:08:56. |
 Eduard Gapak of the Warren Street Social & Athletic Club went out hard and hung on for third place in 1:09:58. |
 Joseph McElhoney (left) of the Nike Central Park Track Club and Elmustafa McHkirate of WSX fought for fourth place; McElhoney prevailed, 1:10:29 to 1:10:59, but their teams finished in the opposite order at the top of the open men’s competition. |
 Olympic Trials Marathon qualifier Karl Dusen of the Brooks Manhattan Track Club ran this race as a hard workout—and still took sixth place in 1:11:06. |
 Jorge Pardo of Urban Athletics led his team to a strong third-place finish in the open men’s division. He was seventh in 1:11:50. |
 David Nash of MTC seemed unimpressed by his excellent 1:11:55—good for eighth overall. |
 Because of work-related travel, Thom Little of CPTC trained for this race in six different countries. He ran 1:12:03 for ninth place. |
 Michael Cassidy of the Greater New York Racing Team and Chris Ellis-Ferrara of NYAC finished 10th (1:12:04) and 11th (1:12:17), respectively. |
 Piotr Karasiewicz, 46, of the Polish Runners Club finished 13th overall in 1:13:09, which put him more than six minutes ahead of anyone else in his age group and first in the age-graded competition. |
 Sara Vergote of CPTC started the race as a training run but pushed the second half and won in 1:20:19, leading her open women’s team to a second-place finish behind perennial rival NYAC. |
 Arianne Field took second overall in 1:21:34 to lead the NYAC women to a resounding victory over yearly team-points leader CPTC in the open women’s competition. |
 Amanda Pisano was NYAC’s second scorer with her 1:23:07 performance—good for fourth overall among women. |
 Victoria Ganushina of WS ran 1:24:16 to take sixth place; she led her team to a fourth-place finish in the open women’s division. |
 The second scorer for CPTC’s open women’s team was Felice Kelly who ran 1:24:37, good for seventh place among women. |
 Kristin Harper was NYAC’s fifth finisher—and 10th in the women’s race—in a time of 1:25:25; she won the women’s 30-39 age group. |
 Deborah Gaebler, 43, of GNY was the top woman master at 1:26:28. She was 16th overall and led GNY to the 40+ women’s team title. |
 The finest age-graded women’s performance was turned in by Cindy Pomeroy, 46, of the Westchester Track Club, who won the 45-49 age group—and finished third among all 40+ women—in 1:28:03. |
 Emily Conlon was the final scorer on the CPTC women’s open team. Her time of 1:29:16 put her 31st in the women’s race. |
 Emily Sanderson of the Prospect Park Track Club made good use of her home-field advantage; she was fourth in her age group in a time of 1:30:18, and she led PPTC to a second-place finish among 40+ women’s teams. |
