
All hands were in for the Nike Central Park Track Club’s (CPTC) pre-race cheer. |

Runners cross “the Flats” at Van Cortlandt Park in an attempt to break from the pack. |
Catherine Mullen of the New York Athletic Club (NYAC) led the field to the finish line in 17:41.
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CPTC’s Aileen Conlon came in strong for a second-place finish. |
The second NYAC finisher, Arianne Field, placed third overall in 18:22.
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The first Shoe for Africa runner to cross the finish line, Erin Boyle beat out some tough competition in 18:35.
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Megan Guiney rounded out the top three for NYAC with a finish time of 18:46, which earned her fifth place.
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Bec Wassner fought the infamous Van Cortlandt hills to represent Moving Comfort NY with her sixth-place finish in 18:50.
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Kate Irwin, a familiar face at NYRR races, kept 6:06 per-mile pace to earn seventh place in 18:57.
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NYAC’s Lesley Higgins ran to an eighth-place finish in 19:05.
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CPTC’s Felice Kelly kept her stride to finish ninth on Sunday. |
Following her teammates’ strong performance, Sarah Alaei chased those orange tank tops to the finish in 19:26.
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Keeping up with the best runners at the race, 15-year-old Elizabeth Briasco of Forest Hills amazed the spectators with a 20:31 finish.
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Monika Schnee, in 20:32, was the first New York Harriers woman to cross the finish line. |

Jean Chodnicki-Stemm placed second in her age group in 20:48. |
Jackie Peace kept her pace under 7 minutes per mile to cap at 21:37.
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Christina Bilsky, MCNY, averaged a 7:09 pace per mile to finish in 22:10 |
Josephine Patten of Orangeburg, NY, finished in 22:46 to take second in her age group.
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Beverly Paulis, Hellgate Road Runners, fought the afternoon sun to finish in 23:13. |
New York Flyers’ Eileen Burns kept a 7:35-per-mile pace to pull in a 23:32 finish.
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Regina Cahill of Prospect Park Track Club earned a fourth-place finish in her age group. |
Nube Vivar, West Side Runners, was the 60th woman to finish, in 24:07.
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Karen Davies, from Cortlandt Manor, finished eighth in her age group in 24:47. |

Catherine Mullen pushed the pace for the women’s race until the very end, winning by five seconds. |
NYAC, the top-performing team of the day, is all smiles after the race.
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