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IT'S TIME TO SAY "AU REVOIR" ----- JACK BLACKBURN REMEMBERED; OHIO STATE ALUMNUS WAS TOP RUNNER AND RACE WALKER

1/19/2022

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By Elliott Denman

The race took place over a half-century ago. But to the participants - there were at least two dozen of us - it remained etched in our memories, as long as we kept on circling the tracks of our respective lifetimes.
Two hundred laps was the assignment that mid-April morning of 1971, our date with the Eastern Regional AAU 50-mile race walking championship at Monmouth College in West Long Branch, New Jersey.
You get to know a lot about fellow participants when you sign up for a race like this one. You know there will be miles and miles to simply cruise around the oval, with them, no problem whatsoever. Eventually and inevitably followed by a list of mysterious cramps in an array of body parts, followed by blisters, sometime oozing bright red through your shoes of choice, followed by miles and miles of blessed relief as your body miraculously adapts to its changing status, some parts working quite well, others not so.
All this felt by the respective racers to differing degrees. At last-at last-at last, if you have the patience to handle such irritations, along with an aid-station team that can keep you upright no matter the physical challenges, the finish line will
eventually approach.
I got there on April 18, 1971, in eight hours, 55 minutes and 26 seconds.
Mr, George Braceland, a Philadelphia corporate printing executive, had tracked my footsteps the entire way. At the end - for George in 8:58.05 - the margin of difference represented only the time he took to change out of a pair of blistered/bloodied track shoes.
Mr. Jack Blackburn of Ohio would place third in 9:46.29, Mr. Larry O'Neil of Montana fourth in 9;49.26.
I'd been a 1956 Olympic 50K walker but this would be the biggest race I'd win over a 10-year span, And, on reflection now, the last big one I'd ever win.
The 2-3-4 finishers all had claims to fame. George Braceland was a jack-of-all-sports, a founder of the Philly Masters movement, a noted pole vaulter and decathlete and proud father of an Olympic rower-daughter. Ohio State alumnus Blackburn had reached major success as both a runner and race walker, And O'Neil, a lumber company executive, was setting an array of American walk records - at distances up to 100 miles - well into his late 60's. When Masters competition raged into popularity, all were among the first to embrace the world of new competitive opportunities.
    Braceland and O'Neil were to say their goodbyes to this world some years ago, but I write this now because the third of that 2-3-4 trio has just reached that other finish line, as well.
Such is life in the world of Masters athletics. The sadness of departure is tempered by the joys of achievement, for all the successes of a life well spent, by the smiles brought back by remembrances of years-ago races well-run or well-walked .
I remember Jack Blackburn as a young man who'd smiled his ways through life. His most cherished wish would have to earned membership on a USA Olympic team, and he gave it the most valiant of tries - three times - only to fall narrowly short each time, after finishing sixth in the 1956 Olympic Trials 10,000-meter run, fourth in the 1960 Trials 50-kilometer walk, and sixth in the 1964 Trials 50K walk.
The planet kept spinning and Jack Blackburn - true to form - would continue smiling through life nevertlheless, a Masterful man.
Jack's final years were difficult. Dementia would steal so much of his essence. His best of friends was another Ohio Jack - Mortland - who did indeed get to be an Olympic 20K walker in 1964. The two Jacks had driven to the qualifying race in Buffalo together.
"I felt some guilt on our trip home but he expressed nothing but joy for me," Mortland said recently.
"Jack was a true friend."
The two Jacks were founder-publishers of the "Ohio Racewalker" magazine that amazingly built a loyal subscriber-base of over 700 at a time when information about their speciality event was brutally difficult to come by.
Jack Blackburn was a best man in at least two other ways. He drove to North Carolina to be best man at OSU teammate Dick Payne's wedding, Dick Payne happened to be an African-American.
"Dick's wedding was held in North Carolina at a time when mixing of the races was verboten," said Mortland.
"But Jack held no silly prejudices,"
Later, Mortland was introduced to a young lady who was a Blackkburn co-worker at the Columbus Recreation Department.
"A year later, Marty and I were married," said Mortland, "With Jack (Blackburn) as our best man."
And, to this day, Jack and Marty Mortland continue to smile at all those memories, all these years and races later, at their Columbus home.
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WE'VE SAID OTHER GOODBYES to dear Masters friends and notables in recent weeks and months. Shore AC member and Lynchburg College graduate Todd Scully was the first man to racewalk a mile under six minutes (with his historic 5:55.8 win at the 1979 Millrose Games) but never got the universal recognition he truly deserved as "The Roger Bannister of Racewalking," A two-time USA 20K Olympian (Montreal 1976 and the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games), he excelled at all distances up to 50 kilometers….And famously wearing those great “Hush Puppies” straight out of his local Thom McAn. Anyone out there remember Thom McAn?.

New York City product Rudy Haluza, who competed for Queens College, the NY Pioneer Club, the Southern California Striders and the US Air Force, was a two-time USA Olympic 20K walker and his fourth place at the 1968 Mexico City Games remains the highest-ever 20K American placing in Olympic history.
And Capt. Rudy flew the world for years and years – for USAF and then United Airlines.

Don DeNoon was a world-record-breaker in the 1-mile racewalk, one of the swiftest “sprint walkers” in track and field history. He excelled at all distances and continued excelling through the Masters ranks – yes, as a World Masters champion. And Don was as good a coach as he was a competitor. Who was Mary Decker’s first coach as a California age-group prodigy? Don DeNoon, of course. And he did a terrific job, too, at Drake U. And Southern Illinois U. And at the National Training Center in Clermont, Fla.

John Knifton learned all about the racewalking game through his growing-up years in England.
And he added immensely to his credentials once he emigrated to the USA, to New York, and then to Texas, to pursue a distinguished career in catalytic chemistry, and author or co-author over 225 patents.   He joined the American walking corps and proudly
represented his new nation in the Pan American Games and World Cup walks and as a multi- U.S. champion at an assortment of distances, usually the longer ones.

Col. Alan Sherman of West Long Branch, a graduate of Rutgers University, with advanced credentials from NYU, Princeton and Army War College, was a finisher in 32 NYC Marathons and an array of other distance events in New Jersey and Florida,

Richard "Dick" Hill was a varsity distance runner in his Rutgers days, and rose to top corporate positions in the insurance industry. Competing for Shore AC, he was a divisional gold medalist in the USATF National 15K road racing championship, and in numerous events far and wide at assorted distances. His sons and grandchildren continue adding to the Hill family legacy.

Au Revoir, dear friends and frequent companions on racing trails far and wide.

For those reading this at home – Be Well, Be Strong, Be Well, Be Fast (if possible) and wherever possible, be the best you can possibly be.

Elliott Denman. 732-222-9213. Elliottden@aol.com
28 North Locust Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ USA Planet Earth. Galaxy #11,975

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roberta qualifying for the olympic trails!!

1/18/2022

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Great news on the marathon front this morning as Roberta Groner, in her Shore AC gear, finished 4th overall in the women’s race at the Houston Marathon in 2:32:02, easily qualifying for the Olympic Trials at age 44.

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IN MEMORY OF DICK HILL, AN EXTRODINARY TEAMMATE

1/4/2022

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SHORE A.C. TEAMMATES -

Shore AC has lost a giant. Those of you with the club before 2015 will remember Richard “Dick” Hill. He stood tall, not just in physical stature but as a teammate and friend. Kind and affable, Dick was always eager to lend a hand. He was a top age group runner and committed to helping Shore AC put its best foot forward in team races. I say this based on knowing Dick only for the final few years of his illustrious running career. Those who knew him longer can do a far better job chronicling his accomplishments. We will all miss this true gentleman.

The Hill Family invites members of the running community to a visitation on Wednesday afternoon. Please refer to the announcement below for details.

In fond memory of a great man,
-Scott Linnell

CLICK TO READ FULL OBITUARY

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VERY LOUD AND MAJOR CHEERS FOR OUR AMAZING TEAMMATE, MR. RENO STIRRAT !!!

1/3/2022

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JUST CONSIDER: HE HAS RUN THE EQUIVALENT OF SEVEN TIMES AROUND PLANET EARTH !!!
INCREDIBLE! STUPENDOUS!! ASTOUNDING!!!

As he tells all of us in his New Year's Message - "With my last run of the year I did 3079 miles and 14 races. This brings me to lifetime totals of 174,561 miles and 1054 races in 52 years of running. I won the NJ Grand Prix. This year I had 6 injuries but 3 were non-running related. Our Shore AC mens 60 team finished 2nd in the National Grand Prix and first in NJ Grand Prix. On to another competitive year! May everyone reach their goals in 2022!"

SHORE AC IS SO PROUD OF TEAMMATES RENO AND SUSAN STIRRAT AND ALL THEY HAVE ACHIEVED !!!TRULY WELL DONE,

Most sincerely,
Elliott Denman AND Family AND Shore AC Teammates..

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SHORE AC AND FRIENDS SAY THEIR SAD GOODBYES. AU REVOIR, DEAR FRIEND, TEAMMATE AND WALKING PARTNER, COL. ALAN SHERMAN

1/3/2022

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By ELLIOTT DENMAN

It took Superstorm Sandy to keep Alan Sherman from doing the NYC Marathon in 2012.
Of course, he was in very good company. At least 50,000 others from around the world were kept on the sidelines, too, told to stay away when their obvious preference that November Sunday morning was to run 26.2 miles from the Staten Island end of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to Tavern on the Green in Central Park, Manhattan, NYC.

But the 50,000 – Alan Sherman’s fellow entrants - were in very good company, too.
Alan Sherman was never a guy to back away from a serious challenge. He’d answered the call of the NYC Marathon 32 times previously and finished it respectably along with all his fellow racers from around the planet – all 50 states, everywhere else from England to Ethiopia to East India, Kenya to Croatia to Kazakhstan.

My good friend and training partner Alan beat back a lot of other serious challenges in his 85 wonderful years striding over this planet. I know about all this because we walked lot of training miles together all those years, getting ready not only for marathons but races of all descriptions, at assorted distances, at assorted places but most often the Monday evening summer 5Ks at Lake Takanassee in Long Branch, the gathering place of kindred souls for well over half a century, organized by our beloved home team, the Shore Athletic Club.

Our favored training miles came on the terrific boards of the Long Branch boardwalk and its great vistas – “who needed the French Riviera, who needed Waikiki Beach? We told each other. There was always a friend to be encountered, going North to South, And if not, South to North. Often joined by fellow “Boardwalk Amigo” Doug Friedman and sometimes by Norm Krueger, those outings were always filled with lively chatter about what’s going on around town. For a newspaper guy like me, it was like a gold mine of new info. But when marathon time of year rolled around, we had to up the distances we covered, and so we’d stroll out to Sandy Hook, or lope around Little Silver, or do The Tour De Rumson.
So much fun, so many memories.

With all that time on our feet, it was natural that we tell the other guy our life’s story.
I learned that Alan had experienced a tough boyhood, losing his father at an early age. But he was bright enough to overcome all of life’s subsequent challenges, moving on from Long Branch High School to Indiana University (where he’d been a contemporary of fellow New Jersey guy Milt Campbell, the Olympic decathlon champion and as such the world’s greatest athlete), then Rutgers University, then NYU, then Princeton, then Army War College, and then much more. He met Judy, the Freehold girl who’d become the love of his life, and they’d bring three wonderful children into the world.

He was a key man at CBS, before moving on to the US Army Command at Fort Monmouth as well as the Army’s reserve officer ranks, rising to full colonel. This once-upon-a-time buck private at Fort Benning never forgot to salute Col. Sherman, who might easily have become General Sherman, too. Amateur radio was his big thing, too, and a quick glance at his license plate number – W2NIR – told you where you’d find him.

The 50th Anniversary NYC Marathon was run on Nov. 7th, 2021. Neither Alan nor I was up to the five-borough challenge this time. But we never admitted to it being “never again,” either. “Maybe next year,” we smilingly told ourselves, as we took a brisk-as-we-could walk around a West Long Branch block several weeks ago. Our intentions were the very best, but we were overtaken by a greater power. And his name was not Billy Rodgers or Frank Shorter

Pictured Above: Col. Alan Sherman took great pride in his 32 NYC Marathon completions, and many other full and half-marathon finishes around the nation.

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PEDERSEN, DYKE RUN TO VICTORIESAT 58TH ANNUAL ASBURY PARKPOLAR BEAR RACES ON BOARDWALK;PAUL AND LOGAN LEAD RACEWALKERS.

1/3/2022

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By ELLIOTT DENMAN

ASBURY PARK - The Asbury Park Polar Bear Races - held to a limited few participants by the Covid pandemic raging at Holiday Time 2020 - were back at virtually full strength for their 58th annual edition on Sunday morning, December 26th, 2021.

That was the very good news delivered at the Day-After-Christmas special, the gala event whose history dates back to 1964, which attracted nearly 300 participants and crowds of onlookers to the Asbury Park boardwalk. All the racers were sent on their way by the
honorary starter, Asbury Park councilwoman Eileen Chapman.

The featured 5K race winners were a coast-to-coast combination.

As Robert Pedersen Jr. of Santa Rosa, California was racing to a men's 5K triumph in the Polar Bear record-time of 15:14.18, Perth Amboy resident Kerry Dyke, a star member of
host Shore Athletic Club's women's distance racing team, was leading the women's division in 18:49, quick but not up to her own Polar Bear-record pace of 17:35, dating to 2019.

Maria Paul of Long Branch and Bruce Logan of New York City captured top honors in the 5K racewalking event, with respective second-places earned by Panse Geer of Hazlet Township and Fred Linkhart of Ocean Township.

Pedersen did something very special - cracking the Polar Bear 5K record of 15:23 set by the famed Marty Liquori 46 years ago.

It was the remarkable Liquori, then of Cedar Grove, whose brilliant career started at Essex High School in Newark and continued on at Villanova University, and reached both the
1968 Mexico City Olympic Games and the top echelons of the world track and field scene, with brilliant performances from the on-mile distance to the 5K (3.1 miles), who had clocked that 15:23 in 1975.

Polar Bear racing distances have varied over the years - often adjusted to the severe weather conditions that have beset past editions - but the 5K route is now the distance of choice, and is run over a two-loop course, a two-miler, and a 1.1-miler - on the boards south of Convention Hall, to Ocean Grove and return.

For Pedersen, it was a return to his New Jersey roots - and he wore a "CR" running vest, in tribute to his father's racing days at Cedar Ridge High School of Old Bridge Township.

"Wow!" he said, "to break a Marty Liquori record, that is a really cool fact !!
"I'm going back to California, where I've moved after college, and where I now coach and run for the Empire Runners Club of Santa Rosa. "But I'm glad I had the opportunity to run in the race. And I hope to visit New Jersey again soon."

Recent Monmouth University star Kyle Mueller ran second in 15:45.27, with Middletown brothers Brian (15:45.30) and Kyle Hill (15:46.44), both former Christian Brothers Academy stars, in 3-4. Completing the top five was Kyle Spector of Manalapan (16:02.04), now excelling at Georgian Court University.

Racing home on Dyke's heels in the women's division were Howell's Kellee McEwen (20:07.90), Jennifer Malavolta of Reeders, Pa. (20:20.23), Jillian Dowling of Princeton Junction (20:29.75) and Michelle Navarro of Red Bank (20:40.01.)

Just one Polar Bear runner has been at the event for all 58 years - and that is Middletown's Harold Nolan, a member of both the Shore Athletic Club and National Masters Halls of Fame. A nine-time Polar Bear champion over the years, Nolan continues in excellent form. He was clocked in at 25:55.47 in 93rd place, and second spot just nine seconds back of Monmouth Beach's Mike Washakowski atop the men's 70-74 division.

Nolan was given special recognition at the start of the race by Shore AC president Walter MacGowan, he was serving as meet announcer.
"Thanks for the personal mention of my 58 years," said Nolan.
"Good job on (organizing) the Polar Bear," Nolan told event director Erin O'Neill. "It was nice to see a big turnout; it was a good day for racing."

In additon to New Jersey, New York and California, states represented included Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Kansas, Nebraska and Texas.

And a big part of the event, once again and as as he's been doing it for many years, was Mr. Dave DeMonico of Ocean Township.
Clad as Santa Claus, DeMonico, the former Rutgers University track and cross country star, again saluted the nation and the event with his pre-start trumpet rendition of the
national anthem. And when it was over, he led a small parade of participants in the traditional dip into the Atlantic Ocean.

"Of course, it was cold, " said DeMonico. "But not that bad, either. Over the years, you get used to these things."

RACE RESULTS HERE

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"GORDON’S JUNIOR OLYMPICS WIN EARNS HER USATF ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONORS" - USATF

1/2/2022

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"INDIANAPOLIS — Winning the 15-18 girls’ race at the USATF Junior Olympics, Liliah Gordon (Columbus, New Jersey) earned recognition as the 37th USATF Athlete of the Week award winner for 2021.

Representing Shore Athletic Club at the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships in Paris, Kentucky, Gordon overcame unfriendly weather conditions to dominate the 15-18 age division 5K race in 19:21.6, almost 24 seconds ahead of the next finisher in the 129-athlete race. That performance earned Gordon the age 15-16 title."

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TWO YOUTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, CONGRATULATIONS TO SHORE A.C./ GONE RUNNING, JESS ABBOTT AND LILIAH GORDON!!!!

1/2/2022

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TWO USATF Junior Olympics National Champs here!!! Jessica Abbott won for the third year in a row, 13-14 year age group. Liliah Gordon (North Burlington HS – NJ Freshman XC athlete of the year and #8 finisher at the MOC at Holmdel) won the 15-16 year age group championship!

This took place in Paris, Kentucky in horrendous conditions the morning after the violent tornadoes swept through the state.

In total 6 of our athletes ventured to the meet. A very special thank you to Jessica Abbott, Liliah Gordon, Emerison Muir, Justin Romano, Sabrina Roselli and Clay Stevens!

WAY TO GO ONE AND ALL!

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Shore AC Star Teammate Overcomes Injuries and More to Dominate Masters Throwing Ranks

12/22/2021

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TAKE NOTE: TEAMMATES -

THE USA NATIONAL MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IS COMING TO THE ARMORY TRACK CENTER IN N.Y.C. NEXT YEAR AND ANYONE AGE 25 OR OVER IS ELIGIBLE TO ENTER AND TAKE PART. THE MEET HAS OFTEN BEEN HELD IN DISTANT PARTS OF THE NATION, BUT ON MARCH 18-19-20, 2022, IT TAKES PLACE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD!!!! THUS, WE URGE ALL OF YOU TO:(A) TRAIN HARD, GET IN SUPER SHAPE.(B) MAKE PLANS TO BE AT MASTERS INDOOR NATIONALS MARCH 18-19-20 AT THE ARMORY. ENTRIES CLOSE QUITE EARLY AND USATF-NJ MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED TO REPRESENT SHORE AC....SO GET THIS DONE, SIGN UP EARLY, AND GET READY FOR A TRULY TREMENDOUS EVENT...THE PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AND HERE IS A TERRIFIC ARMORYTRACK.COM STORY FEATURING OUR OWN ILLUSTRIOUS TEAMMATE, ONEITHEA "NENI" LEWIS.

(Reprinted courtesy of Track.Com) STORY BELOW

By Owen Mittenthal, Armorytrack.com

Resilience is one of the most important qualities that an athlete can possess. No matter how much talent one has, there will inevitably be setbacks on the path to greatness, and it takes mental grit and tenacity to overcome these obstacles. One such challenge would be overcoming a major injury and returning to one’s previous level of performance. Not hard enough? Try beating a dozen or so major injuries.

That would describe Neni Lewis, a diminutive figure who has beaten the odds over and over to become arguably the world’s top thrower at the Masters level. The 61-year-old New York native holds eleven age group world records in the weight throw, hammer throw, and throws pentathlon, despite suffering serious injuries to her neck, shoulder, knees, and hand over the course of her career, to list just a few. She will look to add to her world record haul when she competes at next year’s USATF Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships. This meet, scheduled for March 18th-20th, 2022, will take place at the New Balance Track & Field Center at The Armory.

“I just bounce back all the time. I’m a glutton for punishment,” said Lewis. “In 2012, I hurt my neck and had cervical spine surgery. I have 19 pins and screws and a plate in my neck, they told me I would never throw again. This past summer [at the USATF Masters Championships in Ames], I broke the age group world record in the hammer throw and the American record in the weight throw. I was told I would never ever do this again, so I think that’s a highlight for me.”

Lewis began her athletic career in middle school, playing volleyball and basketball, and competing as a sprinter on the track & field team. Fittingly, it took an injury to recognize her innate throwing talent. Lewis broke her leg while playing soccer in high school gym class, and she began lifting weights while in recovery. Her track coach suggested that she try the shot put, and before long she was placing second in New York State and fourth in the country.

Lewis went on to attend St. John’s University, where she would earn All-American honors in the shot put. She competed at the Olympic Trials in 1980 and 1984, before qualifying for a third Trials in 1988. Lewis had thrown nearly 60 feet that season, putting her in a great position to make the Olympic team. However, her bid was cut short when a car accident injured her hip and back.
While she was unable to achieve her Olympic dream, Lewis got her first taste of big-time international competition at the 1981 World University Games in Bucharest, Romania. Going up against the formidable women of the Eastern Bloc nations, many of whom have been implicated in state-sponsored doping programs, was an intimidating experience for Lewis, but she held her own.

“Just seeing the sheer size of those women was scary,” said Lewis, who stands at just 5’3. “I mean they were hairy, they were twice the size of me. One day in training I was practicing with a little ball that looked like a shot because I had an injury to my hand, and I'm throwing this thing really far. They all came over to see what I was throwing, and they were relieved because they thought I was going to beat them really badly. Even with the real shot, they were surprised I could throw as far as I did.”

Despite her already impressive resume, it was not until Lewis graduated to the Masters ranks that she truly hit her stride. She began focusing more on the weight throw and hammer throw, setting world records in the 40-45, 45-50, and 50-55 year-old age groups in the weight, and the 45-50, 50-55, and 60-65 year-old age groups in the hammer. She also started competing in the throws pentathlon, a grueling event that combines the hammer, shot, discus, javelin, and weight throw. Demonstrating her versatility as a thrower, Lewis has set world records in the 40-45, 45-50, and 50-55 year-old age groups in this event as well. She also holds two indoor age group world records in the weight throw, and too many age group American records to list.

Lewis has accomplished all of this in spite of her staggering injury history. Multiple car accidents, falling off a ladder, torn hand ligaments, bulging spine discs, knee issues, a bad shoulder, a thyroid problem, she has been through it all. A lesser athlete would have quit long ago, but for Lewis, the obstacles only make her more determined.

“My mom was asking me why I keep doing this,” she said. “And I said ‘because I enjoy it.’ Especially if someone tells me that I can’t do something, then I’m really motivated to prove them wrong. You have to do things while you can, because you never know when you won’t be able to. I’m going to keep going until the end. I met this 90-year-old woman who set all sorts of records in Ames, and I told her that I hope to live long enough to break her records.”
Outside of structured training, Lewis enjoys lifting weights recreationally, recently squatting 700 pounds and bench pressing 315 pounds. She lives with her husband in New York City, and works as an administrative assistant. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and driving one of her husband’s Corvettes.

Heading into next year’s USATF Masters Indoor Championships at The Armory, Lewis says that she has her eyes on the age group world record in the weight throw, and the American record in the super weight, a rarely-contested event that features a larger throwing implement. She plans to also compete in the shot put, where she hopes to throw beyond 11 meters (36 feet, 1 inch).

For the first time, any athlete ages 25 and over can compete at the USATF Masters Indoor Championships. For more information about this meet that will feature Lewis and many other inspiring athletes, please visit https://www.armorytrack.com/gprofile.php?do=view_event&event_id=14267&mgroup_id=45586&year=2022

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SAM AND RYAN ALLEN RANK AS USA'S VERY BEST YOUNG RACE WALKERS!!!

12/13/2021

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By ELLIOTT DENMAN

Cheers once more to Shore AC teammate Sam Allen.

For the second consecutive year, Sam has been announced by the USA Track and Field National Racewalk Committee as winner of the Henry Laskau Memorial Award as
the nation's outstanding men's under-20 racewalker.

A brilliant sixth place in the USA Olympic Trtials 20K Racewak at Springfield, Oregon in July was a highlight of
Sam's 2021 season.

Now a sophomore at Cornell University, the Kingsway (NJ) High School graduate has big plans to rise up in the
senior ranks of USA senior men's racewalking.

And Sam isn't the only star racewalker in the Allen family.

Younger brother Ryan Allen is the national scholastic racewalking champion and hopes to go on to further great things
in 2022, his senior year at Kingsway High School.

Way to go - The Allen Family !!!

We cheer your exploits !!

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IT'S TIME TO SAY "AU REVOIR" ----- JACK BLACKBURN REMEMBERED; OHIO STATE ALUMNUS WAS TOP RUNNER AND RACE WALKER

roberta qualifying for the olympic trails!!

IN MEMORY OF DICK HILL, AN EXTRODINARY TEAMMATE

VERY LOUD AND MAJOR CHEERS FOR OUR AMAZING TEAMMATE, MR. RENO STIRRAT !!!

SHORE AC AND FRIENDS SAY THEIR SAD GOODBYES. AU REVOIR, DEAR FRIEND, TEAMMATE AND WALKING PARTNER, COL. ALAN SHERMAN

PEDERSEN, DYKE RUN TO VICTORIESAT 58TH ANNUAL ASBURY PARKPOLAR BEAR RACES ON BOARDWALK;PAUL AND LOGAN LEAD RACEWALKERS.

"GORDON’S JUNIOR OLYMPICS WIN EARNS HER USATF ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONORS" - USATF

TWO YOUTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, CONGRATULATIONS TO SHORE A.C./ GONE RUNNING, JESS ABBOTT AND LILIAH GORDON!!!!

Shore AC Star Teammate Overcomes Injuries and More to Dominate Masters Throwing Ranks

SAM AND RYAN ALLEN RANK AS USA'S VERY BEST YOUNG RACE WALKERS!!!

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