Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile
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 First-place George Sheehan Memorial Mile 60 to 69 race winner Harold Nolan of the Shore Athletic Club pulled in a speedy 5:14 finish. |
 Julio Aguirre of Greater New York was the runner-up in 5:24. |
 Noel Haynes of Brooklyn RRC rounded out the top three in 5:31. |
 Sylvie Kimche of the Nike Central Park Track Club (CPTC) lead the 60 to 69 women’s race in 6:13. |
 A few meters from the start of the George Sheehan Memorial Mile 70+ race, the competitors begin to break away. |
 The top-three finishers, all in a row: Inocencio Cantu of Richmond, Texas, first in 6:01 (left, bib #3920); Alfred Finger of Millrose AA, third in 6:25 (middle, bib #1126); and Witold Bialokeer of Witold’s Runners (right, bib #393), second in 6:07. |
 The leading lady in the 70+ women’s race was Eve Pell of Greenbrae, CA (7:04). |
 Abraham Weintraub of Greater New York, was the most senior runner—at 98 years old, he finished the mile in 18:49. |
 Atalalech Ketema of Westchester Track Club (WTC) takes off in a sprint at the start of the women’s NYRR Road Mile Championships. |
 Natalie Gingerich and her CPTC teammates try to catch Ketema as she leads the pack down Fifth Avenue. |
 Catha Mullen out-kicked Ketema and crossed the finish in 4:41.7. |
 Taking second, after leading for much of the race, Atalalech Ketema gives it her all to finish in 4:42.8. |
 Aileen Conlon, CPTC, keeps up the fast pace to take fifth in 4:49.9. |
 The men run head-to-head down Fifth Avenue at the start of the NYRR Road Mile Championships race. |
 Demesse Tefera, WTC, stays close to Matt Deshane, as they lead the pack early in the men’s race. |
 Tefera illustrates pure determination as sprints ahead of the pack. |
 WTC teammates Demesse Tefera and Stephen Chemlany lead the final kick. |
 Chemlany channels his energy to pass the others and finish in 4:05.6, two seconds ahead of Matt Deshane. |
 Twelve-year-old Alberto Rivera rocked Fifth Avenue in 5:28 for an eight place finish. |
 Ann Powers, 15, raced to the finish line in 5:25 to take second place. |
 At 15, Elizabeth Briasco of Forest Hills, won the 15 to 29 race in 5:12. |
 Alison Chiu, WTC, took fifth in her race with a 5:31 finish. |
 Mark Ryall of the New York Harriers took first in 4:20 flat in the men’s 15 to 29 race. |
 CPTC’s Les Page makes it all look easy with his fourth place finish in 4:32. |
 Samuel Sayden, WTC, finished seventh in 4:37. |
 Terry Ballou (right) placed first in the women’s 30 to 39 race, but not without some tough competition. |
 Sean Fortune of the Central Park Track Club was first in the 30-34 race, finishing in 4:33. |
 Matt Chaston (4165) and Christopher Stewart (4197), both of Urban Athletics, placed second (4:28) and sixth (4:38), respectively, in the 30-39 race. |
 Joshua Scherer was third 35-39 with a 4:32. |
 Benjamin Kaufman was ninth 35-39 at 4:45. |
 Esteban Vanegas was seventh 35-39 with a 4:41. |
 Catherine Stone (3238), 45, ran 5:13 to win the 40-9 race; Laura DiMarino (922), 40, ran 5:27. |
 Stephanie Hodge of the New York Harriers was fourth 40-45 at 5:45. |
 Charmaine Esh, 46, of the Greater New York Racing Team finished in 6:56. |
 Adriana Onstwedder, 44, of the New York Harriers ran a 6:31. |
 Patricia Sequiera, 45, of Front Runners New York ran 13:17. |
 Kevin Forde, 43, the eventual winner of the 40-49 race, is in sunglasses at the far left. Christopher Collins (747), 41, and two-time U.S. Olympic Trials steeplechase finalist Tommy Nohilly (2505) share the lead. |
 Top 50-59 men: Tom Hartshorne (1439), third 50-54 in 4:51; Paul Mascali (2178), first 55-59 in 5:00; Mark Richtman (2810), second 50-54 in 4:50; and Alan Ruben (orange vest), fourth 50-54 in 4:52. The 50-54 winner, Colin Corkery, ran 4:42. |
 Mary Rosado, CPTC, won the 55-59 age group at 7:09. |
 Mercury Masters' Ilene Kent ran 7:25 to take 11th in the 50-54 age group. |
