Walkway races: Half marathon results

Great day for several women in our program: Recent graduate Christine Coughlin was third overall in her half-marathon debut (1:29:05). Rising senior and XC captain Bianca Luparello (1:31:31) was fourth overall and first in her age group, and this clearly shows she’s ready for a breakthrough senior year. Marist Running Alum Dayna McLaughlin had a great race 1:35:14, second in the 19-29. Marist Running Alum Kelley Gould had a tough day but her superior fitness level still enabled her to get third in the 19-29 (1:38:34). And recent grad Lizzy Peper (1:39:39) had a strong PR effort.

Our men (current and former) dominated the top finishers and the age-group awards. However, if it weren’t for that pesky Sammy (Sam I Am) Heraghty, Marist Running would have had a clean sweep of the top spots in the half marathon. This may have been cause for consternation somewhere, but not here! We watched Sam grow up at the Spackenkill track under the watchful eye of Mr. Bucket and with behind-the-scenes guidance from Hild. Now a rising junior at Geneseo, Sam has developed into a solid long-distance runner, the type of hard-working kid that has inhabited our program through the years at Marist. And so with him taking the top spot in the half marathon in 1:16:57, wearing his trademark bandana, he nudged by the Running Red Army of alums and current team members behind him. Sam was wearing the colors of the Middle Aged Machines (a misnomer for the college-aged kid) and he did the MAMs proud. He trains with those men (of which Bucket is a member) and they were thrilled to see one of their own take the top spot. Nicely done, Sammy!

Many other results here, but a personal highlight was hanging out with Lurch (“Todd Coulson”) for much of the day on Sunday. Lurch graduated from here 20 years ago, but he is aging better than most of us and remains loyal to his Foxes.

Half marathon results and notes

--Billy Posch (Marist Running Alum) 1:17:30, second overall

--Steven Morrison (rising junior, XC/track) 1:18:56, third overall

--Nick Webster (Marist Running Alum) 1:19:36, fourth overall, first in 19-29

--Mark Valentino (Marist Running Alum) 1:19:36, fifth overall, second in 19-29

--Dietrich Mosel (rising junior, XC/track) 1:20:08, sixth overall, third in 19-29

--Palmer Weimann (rising sophomore, XC/track) 1:21:14, seventh overall, fourth in 19-29

--Patrick Hickey (rising junior, XC/track) 1:22:37, eighth overall, fifth in 19-29

--Kyle Hannafin (Marist Running Alum) 1:23:40, ninth overall, sixth in 19-29

--Dan Hillman (rising sophomore, XC/track) 1:24:55, tenth overall, seventh in 19-29

--Christine Coughlin (Marist Running Alum) 1:29:05, third overall

--Will Duggan (rising junior, XC/track) 1:30:09

--Bianca Luparello (rising senior, XC captain) 1:31:31, fourth overall, first in 19-29

--Michel Joseph (Middle Aged Machines) 1:33:03, second in 40-49

--Billy Hild (Marist Running Alum) 1:34:27, 27^th overall

--Anthony Ferreri (Marist alum) 1:34:55, third in 50-59

--Dayna McLaughlin (Marist Running Alum) 1:35:14, second in 19-29

--Todd Coulson (Marist Running Alum) 1:36:12, third in 40-49

--Neil Grencer (Middle Aged Machines) 1:36:50, fourth in 40-49

--Kelley Gould (Marist Running Alum) 1:38:34, third in 19-29

--Kieran Stack (Iona College alum, parent of incoming XC freshman) 1:38:34, fourth in 50-54

--Lizzy Peper (Marist Running Alum) 1:39:39, sixth in 19-29

--Kim Bartlett (Marist Running Alum) 1:52:43

--Bernice Patten (Marist Running Alum) 1:57:54

--Elizabeth Edwards (Marist Running Alum) 2:06:06

--Aarti (Kapoor) Comstock (Marist Running Alum) 2:06:40

--Alli Kline (Marist Running Alum) 2:14:29

--John Peper (Lizzy’s dad) 2:19:24

--Susan Grencer (Neil’s wife, cancer survivor, first half marathon) 2:37:43