Club championships in NYC

Marist Running Alums Conor Shelley and Girma Segni continued to represent their current racing teams very well. At last Saturday’s New York Road Runners Club Championships 5-mile race in Central Park, Girma was sixth man on the runner-up West Side Runners (WSX) team and Conor was 12th man on the very deep championship team from New York Athletic Club (NYAC). Girma was 16th overall and fifth in his age group in 25:06; Conor was 31st overall in 26:11. The top 10 runners from each team score. NYAC’s composite time was 4:07:55 to WSX’s 4:10:54. Imagine that 26:11 is 12th man on a team. We can only hope for such depth in the coming weeks and months …