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Saturday saw 120 teams cross the finish line in the 14th annual Runner’s Edge Bethpage 3 runner x 2 Mile Trail Relay, hosted by the Greater Long Island Running Club.
The event was the biggest ever with the trails in good condition at Bethpage State Park given the mild winter.
Post race refreshments – cream of mushroom and chicken noodle soup, chili, All Round Foods’ muffins, cupcakes, and other pastries, cookies, and hot chocolate. The event was sponsored by Bob Cook & The Runner’s Edge, Rob Suarez and the members of the Bethpage Federal Credit Union, and Glen Wolther & All Round Foods. Raffle prize donors included Croxley Ales, the Library Café, and Blimpies. Nassau County Legislator Rose Marie Walker served as the official starter.
The winning teams in each of the nine divisions of the relay were:
- Men’s Open: Runner’s Edge (Matt Walsh, Conor Shelley, Franklin Diaz)
- Women’s Open: Bellmore Striders (Noni DeGirmenci, Tara Wilson, Jill Skelly), outkicking the Hofstra Women’s team by two seconds!
- Mixed Open: Bellmore Striders (Boyd Carrington, Chris Mammone, Meaghan Crimmins)
- Men’s Masters: GLIRC (Todd Rowley, George Schroeder, John Theissen)
- Women’s Masters:Northport Running Club “Trying Our Best” (Sue Murray, Dianne Finneran)
- Mixed Masters: Cheetahs (Jim Murray, Eliana Themsitocleous, Matt Conroy)
- Men’s Senior Masters: New Hyde Park Silent Assassins (Jon Wallach, Gary Klein, Tom O’Leary)
- Women’s Senior Masters: GLIRC Fast Feet (Linda Ottaviano, Debbie Blair, Sue Fitzpatrick).
- Mixed Senior Masters: GLIRC (Mike Robles, Kellie Stamm, Bill Gironda)
