We’ve written about the Hilltopper Half Marathon before. It’s
a low-key, 13.1-mile race out in central Dutchess County, organized and run by
our good friends in the Junk Yard Dogs running club. The course is quite hilly,
rural and scenic. I’ve often said that you see more cows and livestock than
cars on the rural roads on an early Sunday morning. Connie Seigh has had the
race record – men and women – for years at 1:25:30, and it has always been a
goal to have some of our Marist Running family to get up early and get out
there to run it. This year, it was mission accomplished, as Billy Posch (1:19)
and Omar Perez (1:21) went 1-2 and easily set a new race standard. Kelley Gould
(1:42) was the women’s winner and Catherine Ferreri (1:53) was third. Very
impressive run for all of them, but especially Catherine, a middle distance
runner in college who has really taken to the longer distances. And it was a
beautiful, cool morning with low humidity. Great run for them all.
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