Marist Running at NYC Marathon

By all accounts, yesterday was a perfect day for the return of the NYC Marathon. The weather was perfect. The crowd was perfect. Being back in person, through the five boroughs, was perfect. All race reports were filled gratitude and an appreciation of the perfection of the day.

Marist Running alums and friends basked in the glory of a great day. Here are the results we culled, along with some notes about them:

Conor Shelley, 2:44:45. A very strong effort from Conor, who is now juggling work and two young children since the last time he set foot on a marathon starting line.

Tim Keegan, 3:05:12. Keegs was hoping for a sub-3 but enjoyed a great run out there and from what we heard even made a cameo TV appearance!

Bryn Gorberg, 3:17:05. Great debut, see race report below.

Ken Schneider, 4:15:05. My good pal and training partner had his named called out hundreds of times, running on the Team For Kids charity and with his name on his shirt. A head cold slowed him over the final 7-8 miles but it didn’t damper the great feelings.

Anthony Ferreri, 4:15:06. Tony ran every step with Ken and enjoyed it immensely. He was coming off a hard effort at Boston a few weeks ago so he had no desire to push the pace.

Kent Rinehart, 4:29:29. On Saturday, Marist’s dean of admission led the 3:30 pace group at Indianapolis. On Sunday, he paced the 4:30 group at NYC. What a weekend and what a way to cap a strong fall of marathon racing.

Molly Weeks, 4:42:50. Our smiling former record holding sprinter moved up to the marathon and seemed to enjoy every step!

Miy Mahran, 6:49:13. A pesky knee injury resurfaced for Miy and she said in a post-race text that she had to walk a lot as a result of it but still got through it.

Here’s Bryn’s race report: Yesterday was a dream! Couldn't have asked for a better day for my first marathon. I had so much support from family and friends scattered along the course to look forward to and have as checkpoints for when it got harder. I'm really proud of how fairly even I was able to run and the fact that I was able to pick it back up a bit in the final two miles. I'm very excited to do another, but I don't think any other race can compete with the energy of NYC Marathon (maybe Boston)!