First Annual Diocese of Camden iRace for Vocations 5k

 

First Annual iRace for Vocations 5k

   Sunday April 21, 2013
Washington Lake Park,  Washington Township NJ

  Place          Name                           Age    Gender  Time   Age Group Place Pace

1	Jake Durante-Koller	17	M	17:47.2	1 M 15-19	5:43
2	Jim Downey	38	M	17:53.3	1 M 30-39	5:45
3	Peter Gallagher	18	M	17:54.9	2 M 15-19	5:45
4	Stephen Sigwart	24	M	17:57.4	1 M 20-29	5:46
5	Robert Cleary	17	M	18:18.6	3 M 15-19	5:53
6	Michael Patterson	18	M	18:20.2	4 M 15-19	5:54
7	Juan Perez	16	M	19:58.4	5 M 15-19	6:25
8	Marc Acchitelli	15	M	19:58.7	6 M 15-19	6:25
9	Ben Rottler-Gurley	15	M	20:01.2	7 M 15-19	6:26
10	Adam Day	21	M	20:03.4	2 M 20-29	6:27
11	Roland Malfitano	21	M	20:23.7	3 M 20-29	6:33
12	Andrew Sigwart	26	M	20:35.9	4 M 20-29	6:37
13	Matthew Pluta	17	M	20:36.1	8 M 15-19	6:37
14	Emanuel Lopez	18	M	20:39.7	9 M 15-19	6:39
15	Chase Knechtel	14	M	20:42.8	1 M 0-14	6:40
16	Liam Duffy	12	M	20:43.2	2 M 0-14	6:40
17	Bobby Zaccaria	12	M	20:55.9	3 M 0-14	6:44
18	John Rossi	31	M	21:01.7	2 M 30-39	6:46
19	Joseph Tyrell	18	M	21:06.9	10 M 15-19	6:47
20	Dan Garcia	19	M	21:39.2	11 M 15-19	6:58
21	Thomas Anselmi	12	M	21:40.3	4 M 0-14	6:58
22	Christa Wesley	28	F	21:41.0	1 F 20-29	6:58
23	Jose Mejia	17	M	22:02.0	12 M 15-19	7:05
24	Kim  Vesper	15	M	22:11.5	13 M 15-19	7:08
25	Cameron Locantore	15	M	22:11.9	14 M 15-19	7:08
26	Aimee Abbott	18	F	22:39.0	1 F 15-19	7:17
27	Michael Packi	15	M	22:49.0	15 M 15-19	7:20
28	Stephen Rynex	17	M	23:36.3	16 M 15-19	7:35
29	Rob Tyrrell	51	M	23:42.9	1 M 50-59	7:37
30	Anthony Tamborello	38	M	23:44.2	3 M 30-39	7:38
31	Angela Ebbert	12	F	23:51.3	1 F 0-14	7:40
32	Erin Williams	12	F	23:51.8	2 F 0-14	7:40
33	Jim Williams	44	M	23:54.4	1 M 40-49	7:41
34	Christopher Giacobbe	13	M	24:12.1	5 M 0-14	7:47
35	Cristo Marroquin	19	M	24:14.8	17 M 15-19	7:48
36	Michael Moleski	11	M	24:15.2	6 M 0-14	7:48
37	Chris Jones	14	M	24:15.6	7 M 0-14	7:48
38	Cristel Lopez	15	F	24:16.8	2 F 15-19	7:48
39	Monica Lopez	20	F	24:17.2	2 F 20-29	7:49
40	Brenda Leonetti	17	F	24:17.6	3 F 15-19	7:49
41	Paul Sigwart	54	M	24:18.9	2 M 50-59	7:49
42	Paul Worthington	49	M	24:30.8	2 M 40-49	7:53
43	John Carlucci	50	M	24:41.6	3 M 50-59	7:56
44	Joseph Montanez	52	M	24:54.6	4 M 50-59	8:01
45	Bobby McSorley	17	M	24:56.7	18 M 15-19	8:01
46	Carolyn Bujak	61	F	24:57.2	1 F 60-69	8:01
47	Michael Quigley	17	M	24:59.9	19 M 15-19	8:02
48	Daniel Petito		M	25:02.3	8 M 0-14	8:03
49	Brian Wilcockson	52	M	25:16.5	5 M 50-59	8:08
50	Louis Morrison	17	M	25:29.1	20 M 15-19	8:12
51	Daniela Martinez	19	F	25:33.9	4 F 15-19	8:13
52	Vinnie DiCarlo	49	M	25:41.9	3 M 40-49	8:16
53	Gemma Peebles	22	F	26:05.1	3 F 20-29	8:23
54	Adam Stetser	11	M	26:06.7	9 M 0-14	8:24
55	Mike Griggel	27	M	26:08.8	5 M 20-29	8:24
56	Jean Smith	65	F	26:10.0	2 F 60-69	8:25
57	Sarah Gettings	22	F	26:12.0	4 F 20-29	8:25
58	Robert Petrie	15	M	26:13.6	21 M 15-19	8:26
59	George Creel	15	M	26:14.8	22 M 15-19	8:26
60	Richard Smith	58	M	26:16.0	6 M 50-59	8:27
61	Matt Morrow	10	M	26:31.8	10 M 0-14	8:32
62	Roberto Salas	17	M	26:32.2	23 M 15-19	8:32
63	Michael Griggel	54	M	26:33.4	7 M 50-59	8:32
64	Amanda Willis	12	F	26:33.9	3 F 0-14	8:33
65	Rene Lopez	45	M	26:38.0	4 M 40-49	8:34
66	Regina Wright	15	F	26:42.9	5 F 15-19	8:35
67	Francis Ryan	59	M	26:43.6	8 M 50-59	8:36
68	Thomas Houck	40	M	26:50.7	5 M 40-49	8:38
69	Samantha Simila	16	F	26:52.2	6 F 15-19	8:38
70	Kate Creel	21	F	26:55.9	5 F 20-29	8:40
71	Kathleen MacFarlone	51	F	27:18.2	1 F 50-59	8:47
72	Diane Cunniff	37	F	27:20.1	1 F 30-39	8:47
73	Gabriella Iacono	12	F	27:45.5	4 F 0-14	8:56
74	Hannah Malfitano	15	F	27:50.4	7 F 15-19	8:57
75	Zachary Mai	34	M	27:52.0	4 M 30-39	8:58
76	Jesse Hornblum	25	M	28:08.3	6 M 20-29	9:03
77	Jeanine Morrow	11	F	28:08.8	5 F 0-14	9:03
78	Erico Baptista	13	M	28:21.4	11 M 0-14	9:07
79	Christian Garcia	16	M	28:22.5	24 M 15-19	9:07
80	Diana Gerstenbacher	33	F	28:22.8	2 F 30-39	9:08
81	Jennifer Lopes	27	F	28:27.1	6 F 20-29	9:09
82	Stephanie Gettings	29	F	28:36.5	7 F 20-29	9:12
83	Joshua Romano	22	M	28:37.3	7 M 20-29	9:12
84	MEeghan Lyons	10	F	28:38.3	6 F 0-14	9:13
85	Justin Mirenda	12	M	28:43.6	12 M 0-14	9:14
86	Laura Mirenda	42	F	28:44.4	1 F 40-49	9:15
87	Josue Martinez	22	M	28:45.1	8 M 20-29	9:15
88	Mike Cunniff	38	M	28:49.9	5 M 30-39	9:16
89	Raymond Mariano	39	M	28:56.6	6 M 30-39	9:18
90	Claire Gallagher	16	F	29:07.7	8 F 15-19	9:22
91	Michael Menz	47	M	29:10.9	6 M 40-49	9:23
92	Larry Lopez	14	M	29:38.8	13 M 0-14	9:32
93	Paola Sandoval	18	F	29:41.5	9 F 15-19	9:33
94	John Paul Moleski	10	M	29:41.9	14 M 0-14	9:33
95	Miriam Gilbert	54	F	29:44.3	2 F 50-59	9:34
96	Colin Lambe	14	M	29:55.0	15 M 0-14	9:37
97	Tom Osler	72	M	30:02.2	1 M 70-99	9:40
98	Denise Custer	50	F	30:11.8	3 F 50-59	9:43
99	Jessica Brino	26	F	30:22.2	8 F 20-29	9:46
100	Thuy Le	32	F	30:22.8	3 F 30-39	9:46
101	Jon Domzalski	23	M	30:23.3	9 M 20-29	9:46
102	Vincent Malfitano	50	M	30:30.8	9 M 50-59	9:49
103	Rose Malfitano	13	F	30:31.1	7 F 0-14	9:49
104	Jonathan Gilbert	52	M	30:33.6	10 M 50-59	9:50
105	John Mirenda	48	M	31:03.4	7 M 40-49	9:59
106	Lauren Misata	13	F	31:08.1	8 F 0-14	10:01
107	Tom Brino	61	M	31:10.1	1 M 60-69	10:01
108	michele roskey	29	F	31:13.5	9 F 20-29	10:03
109	Oanh Le	29	F	31:26.1	10 F 20-29	10:07
110	Marisol Lopez	17	F	31:43.3	10 F 15-19	10:12
111	Jennifer Salas	18	F	31:51.7	11 F 15-19	10:15
112	Cynthia Martinez	19	F	31:52.1	12 F 15-19	10:15
113	Stephen Dages	25	M	31:55.8	10 M 20-29	10:16
114	Linda Sigwart	50	F	32:02.4	4 F 50-59	10:18
115	Tammy DelleFave	49	F	32:13.1	2 F 40-49	10:22
116	Rick DelleFave	50	M	32:13.6	11 M 50-59	10:22
117	Steven Willis	15	M	32:15.8	25 M 15-19	10:23
118	Emily DeCarlo	22	F	32:16.4	11 F 20-29	10:23
119	Thalia Garcia	16	F	32:20.2	13 F 15-19	10:24
120	Mason Klenick	13	M	32:25.2	16 M 0-14	10:26
121	Cynthia Cifelli	50	F	32:29.3	5 F 50-59	10:27
122	Rodolfo Limtag	49	M	32:34.4	8 M 40-49	10:29
123	Natalie Grove	25	F	32:40.9	12 F 20-29	10:31
124	Rudy Velazquez	23	M	32:55.7	11 M 20-29	10:35
125	Sara Monostra	18	F	32:56.1	14 F 15-19	10:36
126	Alexandra Bartolomeo	23	F	33:00.6	13 F 20-29	10:37
127	John Hampton	40	M	33:02.3	9 M 40-49	10:38
128	Stephen Morrow	13	M	33:37.3	17 M 0-14	10:49
129	David Rosenberg	13	M	33:38.8	18 M 0-14	10:49
130	Mike Domzalski	30	M	33:40.9	7 M 30-39	10:50
131	Patti Houwen	50	F	33:44.7	6 F 50-59	10:51
132	Margaret Fogerty	46	F	33:45.2	3 F 40-49	10:51
133	John Erwin	49	M	33:51.3	10 M 40-49	10:53
134	Sarah Creel	17	F	33:51.9	15 F 15-19	10:54
135	Colleen Clart	29	F	34:51.9	14 F 20-29	11:13
136	Samantha Cifelli	15	F	35:02.5	16 F 15-19	11:16
137	Brian Grigas	44	M	35:08.3	11 M 40-49	11:18
138	Brianna Grigas	9	F	35:08.8	9 F 0-14	11:18
139	Saimm Balbuena	13	M	35:12.3	19 M 0-14	11:19
140	Kathy Amigon	18	F	35:12.7	17 F 15-19	11:20
141	Danny Hernendez	15	M	35:17.3	26 M 15-19	11:21
142	Jeremiah Buttram	15	M	35:33.9	27 M 15-19	11:26
143	Monica Moleski	9	F	35:38.1	10 F 0-14	11:28
144	Noriel Averion	55	M	35:39.1	12 M 50-59	11:28
145	Janel Still	45	F	35:46.1	4 F 40-49	11:30
146	Miriam Tanguay	42	F	35:50.5	5 F 40-49	11:32
147	Steven  Dellemonacle	11	M	35:55.8	20 M 0-14	11:33
148	Nicole Domingo	29	F	36:11.7	15 F 20-29	11:39
149	Karen Creel	49	F	36:21.3	6 F 40-49	11:42
150	Ryan Cummings	16	M	36:46.4	28 M 15-19	11:50
151	Cari Montanez	49	F	36:49.8	7 F 40-49	11:51
152	Anthony Roskey	30	M	37:03.4	8 M 30-39	11:55
153	Sean Reed	14	M	37:26.8	21 M 0-14	12:03
154	Gerald Logan	30	M	37:27.9	9 M 30-39	12:03
155	Tracy Misata	43	F	37:45.4	8 F 40-49	12:09
156	Caitlyn O’Sullivan	13	F	37:45.8	11 F 0-14	12:09
157	Giovanni Amigon	15	M	37:47.2	29 M 15-19	12:09
158	Norm Bauman	54	M	38:32.4	13 M 50-59	12:24
159	Emma Chavenson	10	F	39:07.7	12 F 0-14	12:35
160	Teresa Reed	40	F	39:16.6	9 F 40-49	12:38
161	Nicole Umali	18	F	39:32.7	18 F 15-19	12:43
162	Emily Bonfigli	10	F	39:36.8	13 F 0-14	12:45
163	Florence Bonfigli	47	F	39:37.3	10 F 40-49	12:45
164	Sarah Barbella	51	F	39:38.1	7 F 50-59	12:45
165	Jacquelyn Torres	17	F	40:06.8	19 F 15-19	12:54
166	Andrew Hampton-Pusey	8	M	40:50.7	22 M 0-14	13:08
167	Megan Hampton	32	F	40:51.3	4 F 30-39	13:08
168	Joshua Lee	15	M	41:41.2	30 M 15-19	13:25
169	Lisa Knechtel	42	F	41:48.6	11 F 40-49	13:27
170	Matthew Custer	12	M	42:13.4	23 M 0-14	13:35
171	Terry Ryan	60	F	45:01.5	3 F 60-69	14:29
172	Victoria Still	15	F	45:21.8	20 F 15-19	14:36
173	Britany Sheilds	26	F	47:27.7	16 F 20-29	15:16
174	James Sheilds	9	M	47:28.5	24 M 0-14	15:16
175	Kathleen Sheilds	11	F	47:29.2	14 F 0-14	15:17

 

Notes: A 1 ½ mile walk was also held.

Bishop Dennis J Sullivan celebrated an outdoor Mass before both events.

A free BBQ followed the race for the over 1000 participants.

 

Walkers follow a "tall" leader as they get ready to start their 1.5 mile walk. Photo by Alan M. Dumoff

Link to the Catholic Star Herald Article on the race: http://www.catholicstarherald.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7726:hundreds-just-do-it-for-vocations-&catid=102:latest-news
 

1964 Olympian Oscar Moore Speaks to Gloucester Catholic Cross Country Team

By Anne Forline

Gloucester City News

Oscar Moore, 1964 U.S. Olympian and six-time All American runner, was the featured guest and motivational speaker at a recent gathering for Gloucester Catholic’s Cross-Country team.

Moore, of Glassboro, NJ,  reflected on his extensive and impressive running and coaching career with the team and guests at the Colonial Diner in Woodbury, NJ.

Moore began running when he was in White Plains High School in New York as a way of earning a letter in sports prior to graduating.

After dismissing football and basketball as viable lettering options, he turned to track as a last resort.

When Moore’s coach asked him if he would like to be a sprinter, he declined because, “Those guys were too fast.”

So the coach put him on the 800 meter (half-mile) where he always finished in second place one second behind his teammate, who usually threw up after crossing the finish line.

Unlike his teammate, Moore said he always felt “fresh” after a race. Because he did not feel sick afterwards, he thought, “I must be doing something wrong.”

Coach Moore and Gloucester Catholic Cross Country Team
Photo by Anne Forline

In reality, it was a sign of Moore’s natural talent for distance running.

After graduating, Moore did a stint in the Marines from 1956-1960 where he continued to run and won “All Services Mile” in Japan.

Following his military service, Moore won a track scholarship to Southern Illinois University, where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in recreation.

He still holds school records for the indoor 3,000 meters (7:59.98), 5,000 meters (13:51.20) and the outdoor 5,000 meters (13:51.20).

He eventually returned to New York and joined the New York Pioneers, a running club. He had been training with the group for about six months when he was asked what race he would like to run.

Moore said he would like to run the mile. That weekend there was a 10-mile race, which he entered and won.

Moore was surprised by this because he had only been running about 20 miles a week.

Although he was encouraged to run marathons, Moore said he only participated in two of them and won both but added, “I didn’t like them.”

He further elaborated how he prepared for those marathons on race day:

Coach Moore accepting award at Van Cortland Park, NYC
Photo courtesy Gary Corbitt

“I would warm up by running 10 miles. Then, I would rest on the grass away from everyone else before the marathon started. When it was time to start, I ran the 26 miles. After that, I would cool down to relax by running 9 more miles after the race.”

As for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Moore finished in eighth place in the 5,000 meters with a 14:24 time.

Following those games, Moore was selected by the United States Olympic Committee to participate in an elite athletic training program in Alamosa, Colorado, for the purposes of studying high altitudes and its effects on athletes. This was also to prepare him for the 1968 Olympics in Mexico.

Although Moore trained hard and was favored to win the 10,000 during the 1968 games, he unfortunately ruptured his Achilles tendon while training and was not able to compete.

 

In the hospital, the doctors told him he would not run again, but he prayed that God would give him another chance. His prayers were answered when he came back to make NCAA All-American again.

Other highlights of Moore’s running career include qualifying three times for the US Olympic Trials team and being named a six-time All-American and also NCAA champion.

Moore came to New Jersey in the early 1970s after accepting a job offer from Glassboro State University (now Rowan) to start a track program at the school.

At the university, Moore served as an assistant professor in the health and exercise department and retired from there in 2003.

Under Moore’s leadership, Glassboro/Rowan University qualified for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships for 20 consecutive years. They clinched five national titles from 1980-84, with the men’s team taking second place in 1978 and 1979.

Rowan Coaches Fritz and Moore
accepting NCAA Coaches Hall of Fame Award

Of his coaching career, Moore was named NCAA Division III “Coach of the Year” five times, was inducted into the US Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame and was just recently inducted into the White Plains High School Hall of Fame, his alma mater.

Moore had great influence on many local runners. He coached Bellmawr’s Jack Heath, who has been Gloucester Catholic’s Cross-Country coach since 1981.

Of his former coach and mentor, Heath said, “Besides being a great runner, Coach Moore was a true gentleman who was always very approachable. His running style is smooth and classy and so is he.”

     He remembered Moore as always being friendly. Heath reflected on his toughest practice in college: “It was an eight mile cross-country run with Coach Moore. He was in his 40’s and probably the top master’s runner in the country. He ran with the team one day, about 25 of us, and we were running at the pace of whoever wanted to lead the run. He let the other runners dictate the pace, but he didn’t let it slow down too much!

Coach Moore running at Rowan University

“He wouldn’t go any faster than the person setting the pace, which was right around a 5 to 5:30 mile. People kept falling off the pace until it was only the two of us and another runner.”

Moore officially retired from coaching in 1993, but remains active. He still runs occasionally, despite being injured in a car accident in 2002 that left him with vision difficulties.

An ordained minister, with a black belt in Bando and a red belt in Tae Kwon Do, Moore makes regular visits to nursing homes.

“I enjoy that a lot,” he said.

Addressing the runners of Gloucester Catholic’s Cross-Country team, Moore told them, “There are no secrets to running. You must sacrifice and eat a proper diet. You need desire, focus and devotion. You also have to work for it and listen to your coach.”

He encouraged them to continually train, even in the summer.

On race day, the coach instructed the group to “stay focused.”

He also advised runners against getting carried away with race-day excitement by slapping high fives and joking around.

“Save that for after the race when you win,” he said.

He even shared a tip on how to tell if an opponent is getting tired.

“Just look at the veins on the back of their neck,” he advised. “If you see their veins bulging out, then you know you can pass them.”

Then he quickly quipped, “Just don’t let them see the veins in your neck.”

Gloucester Catholic senior Bridgette Heisler, a member of Gloucester Catholic’s Cross-Country team for three years, took Coach Moore’s words to heart.

She said, “I thought Coach Moore was a motivational and inspirational speaker who was also very humorous. I loved hearing his stories. He reminded me that as a cross-country runner that I have to keep working at what I do.”

 

Anne Forline blogs at anneforline.blogspot.com.

 

-To read more about Coach Moore: http://ramscrosscountry.blogspot.com/2010/05/great-oscar-moore.html

-To see Coach Moore running in 1964 AAU Championships: http://home.comcast.net/~coachheath/MultiMedia.html

Emily Ward wins Bridgton, Maine 4 Miler

Emily Ward takes the women's run, Silas Eastman wins men' s run in the "Four on the Fourth".


By Kevin Thomas kthomas@mainetoday.com
Portland Press Herald Staff Writer http://www.pressherald.com/

BRIDGTON — Silas Eastman of Chatham, N.H., and Fryeburg Academy won the 36th annual Bridgton Four on the Fourth this morning, completing the four-mile road course in 21 minutes, 33 seconds. Emily Ward, 30, of Richmond Va., won the women's race in 24:26

Emily Ward wins Bridgton, Maine 4 miler in 24:26
Photo by Tim Greenway, Portland Press Herald

A record 2,100 runners registered for the race, which is its capacity. Officially, 1,882 runners finished the race.  Eastman, 17, the two-time Class B Maine high school state cross country champion, broke out in a two-man race with friend and Fryeburg Academy alum Tim Even. Eastman took over with about a mile to go.    Even, 23, who just finished a stellar career at the University of Southern Maine (17th in the NCAA Division III nationals in the 1,500), placed second in 21:41.Peter Bottomley, 50, of Cape Elizabeth, finished third in 22:08.

Ward, who is in town vacationing with family, was racing the course for the first time. The former University of Richmond runner won by 49 seconds, ahead of runner-up Cathleen Balantic, 25, of Niantic, Conn.
April Werning, 36, a former Bowdoin College runner now living in Portland, was third in 25:21.

Ward was thinking the same thing. She escaped the heat of Richmond this week, vacationing with family on Long Lake.
"The conditions were perfect," Ward said. "I'm so used to humidity. I think this past week it was 102 every day in Virginia."

Ward used to run for the University of Richmond. She moved on to marathons and is now training for triathlons.

"It has made me a little faster," said Ward, who was 49 seconds ahead of runner-up Cathleen Balantic, 25, of Niantic, Conn.

April Werning, 36, of Portland finished third in 25:21. Werning used to run for Bowdoin College, then did road races. She is just getting back into competition after nearly a 10-year layoff.
"It's really hard," Werning said of her first time on Bridgton's hilly course.

The three male leaders have loads of Four on the Fourth experience.
Eastman, Even and Bottomley finished in the top 10 the previous two years. Bottomley, a former runner for Oxford High and the University of Maine, first ran here in 1979 and contended for the title often in the 1980s.
"I was this close to winning it a couple of times," said Bottomley, his thumb and index finger almost touching. On Wednesday, Bottomley stayed with Eastman and Even, and there was hope.
"I was running with these two young guys," Bottomley said, "and I was thinking, 'hey I have a chance.' Then they beat me by 35 seconds the last half."

Even, 23, of Stoneham, just completed a stellar senior track season at the University of Southern Maine – named Little East Conference male track athlete of the year and placing 17th in the 1,500 meters in the NCAA Division III nationals.
Eastman, who attends Fryeburg although he lives in Chatham, N.H., has won the past two Maine Class B high school cross country championships.

On Wednesday, Eastman pulled away as they went downhill with a mile to go.
"Silas is made for cross country running," Even said. "I'm made for the track. Whenever we get into a battle like this, whenever we open it up on downhills and stuff, I'm always at a disadvantage.

"He's extremely talented. And he's a great guy. I'm never upset losing to him."
Eastman called it "a nice run during the summer to keep your racing up, keep you in the right mind-set."

Note: Emily Ward (2000), is a Gloucester Catholic NJ Cross Country Meet of Champions Qualifier  in 1999, and  is also the winner of the first Browning Ross Bob Kupcha 5k Run in 2005 (19:09).
After an outstanding career at the University of Richmond, Emily has won a number of races and has been among the top finishers of the Broad Street Run (Philadelphia), Philadelphia Marathon Half Marathon, and the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run (Washington DC).
http://ramscrosscountry.blogspot.com/search?q=emily+ward