Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Tuskers, Alum race well in 5K

It turned into a great night for The Tuskers, past and present, as over 20 toed the line at Somers HS for the last Westchester Twilight Meet.  Josh Kneer ('06) ran away with the title but fellow alum Niko Viglione ('05) paced current team captain Robert Gorecki to a solid 17:10 effort despite the hot and very humid conditions.  

Doug Swiatocha ('06) and Patrick Hashmall ('09) also competed as Hashmall gets geared up to try and make his college team in two weeks.  Coach Fulton ('94) ran the 3K instead.  Other Alumni on hand as spectators
 were Alex Bean ('06), Devin Irwin ('08), Evan Delfs ('05), Kyle Brazeil ('07), Dana Mitchell ('06), and Avery Faeth ('08).  Even Don and Lorraine Swiatocha were spotted watching the race.

Scott Friedman and Isaac Shelby turned in solid low 18:05 times while Albert Tunas, Mike Rosillo, and Frankie LiCursi all ran right around 19 flat.  Mike Persic broke 20 and Alex Fusco ran a PR 20:15. 

For the girls, Rachel O'Connell and Eve Marenghi ran 12:37 for the 3K while newcomer Maggie Hashmall had a great debut running 12:59.  Crosby Tillman ran 13:12 and Jen Gross made her long distance debut in 15:30.  All good times for a summer workout.  The girls appear ready for XC camp.