Sixth Annual Run as One, TGL Classic Presented by JPMorgan Chase – Local Gallery[Results] [Story] [Event Gallery] |
 What a race! Festus Langat (left) won a hard-fought victory in 18:21, an event record. Dagne Alemu (center) was second, and Wegayehu Tefera (right) took third; both were timed in 18:22. |
 Worku Beyi of the Westchester Track Club (WTC) placed fourth in 18:34; he was the first local team member across the line. |
 Making it look easy at 4:35-per-mile pace, the lead pack rolls through Central Park. |
 Art Gunther, 36, of Upper Nyack ran 19:39 to place eighth overall and first in his age group. |
 With only four miles to show what they’re made of, the chasing runners set their sights on the lead pack. |
 Nike Central Park Track Club’s (CPTC) Carl Dambkowski and Warren Street’s Brian Dalpiaz finished ninth (19:39) and 10th (19:41) respectively. |
 Orest Babyak, 40, of the Polish Runners Club won his age group and was 22nd overall in 20:42. |
 The New York Athletic Club’s (NYAC) Chris Ellis-Ferrara ran 5:11-per-mile pace; he finished 24th in 20:45. |
 Ted Towle of Urban Athletics (UATH) was 25th overall in 20:48. |
 Ian Seeney represented the Hoboken Harriers with his top-50 finish in 21:36. |
 After running in a tight pack of four women until the final half-mile, Aziza Aliyu of WTC sprinted to the victory in 21:46, three seconds ahead of runner-up Aileen Conlon of CPTC. |
 Eighteen-year-old Firehiwot Tesfaye of WSX (right) and Lesley Higgins of NYAC ended up third and fourth in 21:49 and 21:54, respectively. |
 Atalelech Ketema of WTC toughed it out for a fifth-place finish in 22:11. |
 Kate Irvin, a 1500-meter specialist, was the third scorer on CPTC’s winning open-division team, and seventh overall, in 22:41. |
 Lauren Gustafson of CPTC ran 22:47 to take eighth place. She finished second at the New York Colon Cancer Challenge 15K on March 9. |
 NYAC’s Celene Menschel was her team’s fourth scorer with her 21st-place 24:22. |
 Michelle Peltier of the Greater New York Racing Team ran 24:44, good for 29th place. Just one week earlier she placed sixth at the More Magazine Half-Marathon. |
 Shebna Olsen, 37, of WTC took fifth in her age group with a time of 25:25, which put her 34th overall. |
 Gayle Edgerton, 43, of WS was third in the 40-44 division in 26:51 and 50th overall. |
 Placing 99th among the race’s 2,862 female finishers was Susan Berotti, 29, of UATH, in a time of 28:47. |
