10th Annual Bradley Beach 5k Draws Record Turnout
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Five runners competed in the male 70-79 age bracket and Olie Nelson of Farmingdale was first with a time of 26:33.
He was followed by Joseph LaBruno 27:16, Bayonne; William Richardson 28:40, Mantoloking; Patrick J. Molloy 30:44, Spring Lake Heights and Arthur Hoenig 35:06, Lakewood. The top three men got awards and there were no females in that age bracket.
The Clarence Lurch Award, for
those aged 80+ was, of course, won by its namesake, wholl be 87 years old in October. Lurch, a WWII Seabee and founder of Lertch (sic) Wrecking Company, finished in a time of 49:15.
Jeff Coburn, Captain of the Bradley Beach First Aid, was glad to report, No major troubles today.
He informed that two Bradley Beach medical vehicles were available for emergencies along with two from Avon as well as the Neptune OEM.
This annual event actually began at 6:30 p.m. the night before with the Kids Races held on Bradley Boulevard and was organized by hometowners Gail and Dennis Mayer, wife and husband, along with Todd Migdon.
Distances of 25 yards to a half mile were raced by nearly 100 children of ages under 4 years-old to 12, who each received a medal and were accompanied by parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, siblings and friends many being very busy taking lots and lots of pictures.
I think its fantastic, said Rolf Weber of Island Heights who was holding Anthony his 2-year-old who had just finished the 25-yard challenge.
We lucked out on the weather, he said, it had been threatening prior to the 6:30 p.m. start.
Everybodys smiling so it must be well organized, he added.
Richard Held, race director for all ten years, awarded gift certificates and winged-foot designed trophies to the aforementioned 5K winners and age-group leaders at the area next to the Gazebo with its many benches where the wilted racers were relaxing and enjoying refreshments of bagels, fruit,, power bars and bottled water provided by members of the race committee headed by Amanda Wheeler.
Many prizes were offered due to the generosity of the Bradley Beach business community.
John MacGillivray, past New Jersey Representative of the Road Runners Club of America, was on hand to help with the many activities at the finish line.
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