Thanks to loyal alums, blog followers and avid group texters Omar Perez and Billy Hild for constantly updating me on the NYC Marathon on Sunday. Good thing! My piece of crap phone is so old that I failed to download the marathon app, which was the only way to track the runners (of course, this could yet another "user error" scenario too). Anyway! Omar took this awesome photo of Spencer Bossi-Johnson, apparently startling him. Here is an email I sent to folks across campus who might be interested in our Forever Foxes still running strong.
--Spencer Bossi-Johnson was 25th American finisher (43rd overall) in 2:23:14. Earlier this year, Spencer competed in the US Olympic Team Trials Marathon in Orlando. Spencer and his wife Lauren just moved to Poughkeepsie, and Spencer occasionally trains with the current Marist team. Lauren was just hired as an assistant track coach at Vassar College. Picture attached taken from Marist alum and teammate Omar Perez.
Other Marist alums who finished in the top 1,000 out of more than 55,000 finishers:
169-Sam Goldzweig 2:32:38
207-Graham Strzelecki 2:34:03
587-Bryan Buttigieg 2:43:52
639-Christopher Rivas 2:44:39
Other Marist alums that I could find (with help from Billy and Omar):
--Will Duggan 2:52:59
--Anthony Ferreri 3:40:55 (139 of 1,378 in 60-64 age group)
--Kathryn (Sheehan) Hayes 3:49:36
--Kent Rinehart 4:04:35 (dean of admission, pacing the 4:05 pace group)
--Rachel Lichtenwalner 4:17:03
If I come across more results and additional pictures, I will post (them) here.
