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August 25, 2024, Peapack-Gladstone, NJ: A fabulous assemblage of Shore AC harriers beam with confidence before the start of the USATF-NJ 5K Cross Country race in Natirar Park.  Front row, left to right: Hal Leddy, Paul Deykerhoff, John Delaney, Danielle Wilkinson, Scott Linnell and Diane Rothman.  Second row, left to right: Rich Luettchau, John Larkin, Leslie Nowicki, Rebecca Keenan, Natacha Smith, Natacha's son, Bob Shields, Kerry Dyke, Adnrew Yearsley and Debi Brathwaite.  Back row, left to right: Tim McQueen, Justin Scheid, Gary Wiesinger, Jim Wright and Kyle Spector.

Shore AC Results for the 2024 USATF-NJ 5K XC Race

Race date: August 25, 2024                                                  Full results from CompuScore
                                                                                             Link to the race web site.
                         
SHORE AC TEAM RESULTS:

Open Men:
  1     SHORE AC "A" OPEN MEN                        27
      1.Justin Scheid               Succasunna,NJ          38 M    36           U    88     17:01.85*
      3.Kyle Spector                Englishtown,NJ          22 M    36            U    92     17:25.35*
      4.Richard Ii Luettchau     Bridgewater,NJ          39 M    36            U    57     18:05.23*
      5.John Larkin                  Sparta,NJ                  35 M    36            U    51     18:41.69*
     14.Andrew Yearsley         Holland,PA                 43 M    36    86    U  109     22:02.58*
     23.Scott Linnell                Colts Neck,NJ            68 M    36  136    U    54     26:26.17

40+ Men:
  1     SHORE AC "A" MEN 40                          26
      2.Robert Shields             Parsippany,NJ           56 M    86   136    U     89     21:39.47*
      3.Andrew Yearsley         Holland,PA                 43 M    36     86     U   109     22:02.58*
      5.Harold Leddy               Bridgewater,NJ           69 M    86  186     U    52     22:45.30*
      7.John Delaney              Toms River,NJ            55 M    86   136    U    16      23:06.12*
      9.Timothy Mcqueen        Ogdensburg,NJ          53 M    86   136    U    64      24:29.72*

50+ Men:
  2     SHORE AC "A" MEN 50                          35
      1.Robert Shields             Parsippany,NJ           56 M    86   136    U     89     21:39.47*
      5.John Delaney              Toms River,NJ            55 M    86   136    U    16      23:06.12*
      6.Gary Wiesinger           Somerset,NJ              66 M   136  186     U  105     23:21.55*
      8.Timothy Mcqueen        Ogdensburg,NJ          53 M    86   136    U    64      24:29.72*
    15.Scott Linnell                Colts Neck,NJ             68 M    36   136    U    54     26:26.17*

60+ Men:
  1     SHORE AC "A" MEN 60                           9
      2.Harold Leddy               Bridgewater,NJ           69 M    86  186     U    52     22:45.30*
      3.Gary Wiesinger           Somerset,NJ              66 M   136  186     U  105     23:21.55*
      4.Reno Stirrat                 Rockaway,NJ             70 M   186  236     U    94     23:46.34*
      8.Paul Deykerhoff           Little Silver,NJ            72 M   186  236     U    19     29:13.14
      9.Przemek Nowicki         Holmdel,NJ                 79 M   186  236     U   74     29:55.25
     11.James Wright              Sea Bright,NJ             71 M    186  236    U  108    30:21.32

70+ Men:
  1     SHORE AC "A" MEN 70                           6
      1.Reno Stirrat                 Rockaway,NJ             70 M   186  236     U    94     23:46.34*
      2.Paul Deykerhoff           Little Silver,NJ            72 M   186  236     U    19     29:13.14*
      3.Przemek Nowicki         Holmdel,NJ                 79 M   186  236     U   74     29:55.25*
      4.James Wright              Sea Bright,NJ             71 M    186  236    U  108    30:21.32


Open Women:
  1     SHORE AC "A" OPEN WOM                        17
      1.Kerry Dyke                   Perth Amboy,NJ         27 F   336           U    22     19:41.94*
      2.Danielle Wilkinson       Blairstown,NJ             34 F   336           U  106     20:00.96*
      3.Rebecca Keenan         Mount Arlington,NJ     49 F   336   386  U    46     22:54.13*
      5.Natacha Smith             Flemington,NJ            49 F   336   386  U    91     24:15.06*
      6.Kim Anicito                  Parlin,NJ                     44 F   336   386  U      4     28:25.62*
      8.Leslie Nowicki             Holmdel,NJ                 61 F   336   486  U     73    29:55.55

40+ Women:
  1     SHORE AC "A" WOM 40                           8
      1.Rebecca Keenan         Mount Arlington,NJ     49 F   336   386  U    46     22:54.13*
      3.Natacha Smith             Flemington,NJ            49 F   336   386  U    91     24:15.06*
      4.Kim Anicito                  Parlin,NJ                     44 F   336   386  U      4     28:25.62*

50+ Women:
  1     SHORE AC "A" WOM 50                           9
      2.Debi Brathwaite           Garfield,NJ                 65 F   436   486  U      9     26:21.96*
      3.Diane Rothman            Leonardo,NJ              66 F   436   486  U     87    26:25.27*
      4.Susan Stirrat                Rockaway,NJ             68 F   436   486  U     95    28:04.39*

60+ Women:
  1     SHORE AC "A" WOM 60                           6
      1.Debi Brathwaite           Garfield,NJ                 65 F   436   486  U      9     26:21.96*
      2.Diane Rothman            Leonardo,NJ              66 F   436   486  U     87    26:25.27*
      3.Susan Stirrat                Rockaway,NJ             68 F   436   486  U     95    28:04.39*
      4.Leslie Nowicki             Holmdel,NJ                 61 F   336   486  U     73    29:55.55
August 25, 2024, Peapack-Gladstone, NJ: Some of Shore AC's U40 superstars cross the finish line at the USATF-NJ 5K Cross Country Meet in Natirar Park.  Upper left: Kyle Spector, 3rd overall in 17:25.  Upper right: Rich Luettchau, 4th overall in 18:05.  Bottom left: Kerry Dyke, 1st female in 19:41.  Lower right: Danielle Wilkinson, 2nd female in 20:00.  Photographs by Terry Mullane.

Shore AC Rocks USATF-NJ 5K XC Race with a Skeleton Crew

It is always a pleasure to witness the stunning depth of the Shore Athletic Club.  Saturday's USATF New Jersey Association 5K Cross Country race was a perfect example.  Missing most of our top runners due to injury, race fatigue (some had run the national 10 mile race in Flint, Michigan, the day before) and vacation, we still cobbled together a team in every age group in which we compete.  And we won every one of those age groups save one!

Our ladies achieved a clean sweep in this race.  Every team from 60+ down to Open won!  Debi Brathwaite led the charge for both the 60+ and 50+ teams despite have busted her gut the day before in the USATF Masters National 10 Mile race in Flint, MIchigan.  She stormed through the final mile of this XC race to trip the timer in a superb 26:21.  Fellow 65-year-old Diane Rothman closed right behind in a magnificent 26:25.  Susan Stirrat, who also pulled double duty this weekend with the Flint 10 miler, squeezed out a terrific 28:04 from her tired legs to complete team scoring for both the 60+ and the 50+ teams.  And get this: Brathwaite, Rothman and Stirrat went 1-2-3 in the 65-69 age group!  Leslie Nowicki nailed a fabulous 29:55 as backup runner for the 60+ team.  Nowicki even claimed first place in the 60-64 age group!

The women's 40+ squad for Shore AC consisted of a dynamic trio that also keyed the Open team's victory.  Rebecca Keenan rippled her marathon-ready leg muscles as she roared through the hilly course in a blazing 22:54.  Meanwhile, Natacha Smith coaxed a marvelous 24:15 from a body that had endured a sprint triathlon the day before.  Kim Anicito followed with a fine 28:25 to wrap up a dominant 40+ team win.  Our ladies posted a low-low score of 8 points, well ahead of the 18 points racked up by the second-place team.

Our Shore AC women's Open team nailed their race.  Kerry Dyke took time out from her busy hospital schedule to hammer out a heart-palpitating 19:41 and place first among women.  Rookie sensation Danielle Wilkinson sailed over hill and dale to cross the timing strip in a speedy 20:00 flat as the #2 female finisher.  Add in the contributions of Keenan, Smith, Anicito and Nowicki and you've got a commanding victory by the SAC Open crew over rival Raritan Valley.  With this win, our women's Open team claws back to within 4 points of Grand Prix leader Raritan Valley.  Keep up the good work, ladies!
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Shore AC's good fortune extended to the men's competition as well.  For starters, just as with the women's side, we had enough men to enter teams in every age group from Open through 70+.  No other club was able to muster the numbers to do the same.  But not only did we have superior numbers, we had outstanding talent as well!

That talent was on display with the Shore AC men's 70+ team.  Former USATF Masters National Athlete of the Year, Reno Stirrat, led this squad with his usual dash.  He crossed the finish line in a torrid 23:46 despite "taking it easy".  After all, Reno had driven his legs to their limit the day before at the USATF Masters National 10 Mile race in Flint, Michigan.  Most runners would have taken the next day off.  But this ex-Marine lives the Semper Fidelis motto and runs whenever the team needs him.  Longtime Shore AC member Paul Deykerhoff scored next for the team, crossing in a solid 29:13.  Third man Przemek Nowicki, one month shy of his 80th birthday, sped over the finish line soon thereafter in 29:55 to complete team scoring.  Venerable Jim Wright provided the team with all-important backup when he triggered the timer in 30:21.  Though this 70+ quartet ran unopposed, one can believe that they would have won handily had other teams been in the mix!

By contrast, our 60+ men's team did face competition.  In fact, the Clifton Road Runners made it close.  They came within 3 points, scoring 12 to our 9.  Spearheading the Shore AC mission was 69-year-old Hal Leddy.  Finally healthy after myriad setbacks, Hal ripped a stunning 22:45.  Not only did he win the 65-69 age group, but Hal also achieved the top masters age grading with 75.7%.  Hal's teammate and fellow high school coach, Gary Wiesinger, found an up-tempo gear and finished in 23:21 as second team scorer.  Stirrat closed out team scoring while Deykerhoff, Nowicki and Wright displaced runners from other teams in classic cross-country style.  Well done, gentlemen!

​The competition from Clifton proved to be too much for our men's 50+ team.  They edged us by a mere 4 points, winning 31-35.  Shore AC 2023 Comeback Runner of the Year, Bob Shields, got the Shore AC effort started with a bang, taking the #1 scoring position in the 50+ competition with his 21:39 blast.  Race regular John Delaney came through with an excellent 23:06 as our second man.  After Wiesinger crossed, it was the resilient Tim McQueen who notched the team's fourth spot with a solid 24:29.  Alas for the team, Linnell was its final scorer.  Had he been in shape, we might have beaten Clifton.  But instead, Linnell's 15 points pulled our SAC M50+ crew down to second place.

​Shore AC returned to its winning ways with the men's 40+ team.  Led again by Shields, the squad took advantage of a magnificent race by Andrew Yearsley.  His 22:02 earned Andrew the 3-point slot in team scoring.  Leddy, Delaney and McQueen fleshed out team scoring with marvelous 5-, 7- and 9-point contributions.  The team score of 26 surpassed the 43- and 51-point efforts by the competition.  Way to go, guys!

Lucky you, reader: we saved the best for last.  The Shore AC men's Open team knocked it out of the park!  SAC hot rod Justin Scheid left all other runners in the dust with his checkered-flag 17:01 win.  After Clifton's Damian Alvarado made it interesting with a terrific 17:10, Shore AC's Kyle Spector -- fresh from the NCAA circuit -- contributed a magnificent 17:25 to notch third place overall.  National-level Shore AC race walker Rich Luettchau switched to his running gear and pounded out a superb 18:05, good for fourth overall.  SAC's John Larkin, a high school teacher, taught a lesson in physiology with his awesome 18:41.  With our top 4 guys going 1-3-4-5 in scoring, Yearsley easily wrapped up the team win with his hard-fought 14 points.  Somewhere much further back, Linnell provided insurance as sixth man.

Thanks to our outstanding crew at this race, the Shore AC Open Men have taken a commanding lead in the 2024 Grand Prix with 65 points compared to 51 points for second-place Raritan Valley.  But we musn't get complacent.  RVRR has assembled an excellent and dedicated squadron of young harriers.  They will surely take advantage of any slack we give them.

The same holds true for all of the other age group team competitions.  We are in hotly contested battles in most of those categories.  We were fortunate at this 5K XC meet to assemble complete teams in every one of those age groups, and to win every category save M50+.  Let's flood the upcoming USATF-NJ team races with SAC singlets.  Those races are:
  • Sunday, September 15, 9:00 am: By Hook or By Crook 12K, Sandy Hook, Highlands, NJ: USATF Masters National; USATF-NJ All Divisions.
  • Saturday, September 21, 9:30 am: Haworth 5K, Haworth, NJ: USATF-NJ Masters Men & Open Women.
  • Sunday, September 29, 9:30 am: Steeplechase 10K, Hillsborough, NJ: USATF-NJ Masters Women.​
August 25, 2024, Peapack-Gladstone, NJ: Left: Shore AC young studs Justin Scheid, John Larkin and Rich Luettchau savor the early morning sunshine.  Right: Shore AC's Chris Rinaldi takes a break from volunteer duties for a quick pic.  Photographs by Terry Mullane.
SHORE AC INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:

Sakes alive, where to begin?  Shore AC flooded the leaderboard at the USATF-NJ 5K Cross Country Meet.  Bang the drums with gusto for our top 3 finishers!
      Name                                   Age       Place                        Time          Age Grading​
  • Justin Scheid                    38        1st MOvervall           17:01              78.29%   <== #1 age grading overall
  • Kerry Dyke                        27        1st FOverall              19:41              74.79%
  • Danielle Wilkinson           34         2nd FOverall             20:00             73.91%
  • Kyle Spector                     22         3rd MOverall            17:​25              73.71%

Trumpet the horns for these Shore AC athletes who scored among the top 3 in their 5-year age groups.
      Name                                   Age       Place                        Time          Age Grading​
  • Matt McQueen                   15        1st M15U                  19:57             66.61%
  • Andrew Yearsley                 43        3rd M40-44                22:02            62.76%
  • Kim Anicito                        44        1st F45-49                 28:25            54.68%
  • Rebecca Keenan               49        2nd F45-49                22:54            71.17%
  • Natacha Smith                    49        3rd F45-49                 24:15            67.21%
  • Robert Shields                   56        1st M55-59                21:39           70.81%
  • John Delaney                      55        3rd M55-59                23:06            65.82%
  • Leslie Nowicki                   61        1st F60-64                 29:55            62.55%
  • Harold Leddy                     69        1st M65-69                22:45            75.72%   <== #1 age grading masters men
  • Gary Wiesinger                   66        3rd M65-69                 23:21            71.64%
  • Debi Brathwaite                 65        1st F65-69                 26:21            74.70%   <== #3 age grading masters women
  • Diane Rothman                  66        2nd F65-69                26:25            75.49%   <== #2 age grading masters women
  • Susan Stirrat                       68        3rd F65-69                  28:04           72.98%
  • Reno Stirrat                       70        1st M70-74                 23:46            73.32%
  • Paul Deykerhoff                   72        3rd M70-74                29:13             61.20%
  • Przemek Nowicki                79        2nd M75-79              29:55             67.73%

​Bring the hills alive with the Sound of Music for these alpine Shore AC harriers who placed among the top 10 in their age groups.
      Name                                   Age       Place                        Time          Age Grading​
  • Richard II Luettchau           38        4th M16-39                18:05            74.22%
  • John Larkin                        35        5th M16-39                 18:41            69.83%
  • Timothy McQueen              53        4th M50-54                 24:29            61.09%
  • Scott Linnell                        68       5th M65-69                 26:26            64.49%
  • James Wright                      71       4th M70-74                 30:21            58.14%
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