Alumni race update: Bronx 10-miler

Marist Running was well represented at yesterday’s steamy Bronx 10-miler, with three men among the top finishers in the race.

--Girma Segni, one of the greatest runners in school history, is on the comeback trail back to elite status and it showed with his sixth-place finish in 51:52 (5:12 pace). A post-race text to Girma revealed that he has been training hard for fall marathons (yes, plural … stay tuned for updates!).

--Ryan Fitzsimons, who races (and races extremely well!) for Central Park Track Club, was 15^th overall in 54:21 (5:27 pace). Later, I noticed on Facebook the following post from Fitz: “Pretty #blessed / #stoked to announce that I have been officially accepted into the Sub Elite category for the 2017 NYC Marathon. Six more weeks until the gun goes off and I put all of this hard work to the test but to be recognized prior to race day as someone legit who will run fast is v exciting/gratifying. So to my NYC family, consider this your call to action. Come November 5th I need you all to be out on course helping me get after it cuz this time I'm gonna put on a show .” (Did those emojis come out on the blog?)

--Finally, our good friend and loyal Marist Running Alum Luke Shane ran with metronome-like consistency for a strong time of 57:18 (5:44 pace). Check THIS out: His 5-mile split was 28:39, which means his second 5-mile split was … 28:39. That’s crazy!

Nicely done to one and all.