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By ELLIOTT DENMAN
Has there ever been a full family team completing the same TCS NYC Marathon? Just don't know about it happening in the 53 previous years of the classic event, but certainly know so now !!! Very/very/very well done, sons Ryan and Sam Allen, and parents Reid and Tammie Allen, Who comprised The Truly Terrific Family Quartet of Woolwich Township, NJ and Shore Athletic Club !!... The 1-2-3 Shore AC finishers over the line at Tavern On The Green were proud graduates of Kingsway High School and it was Tom Cooke, who also ran for Felician University, first of them at 2:32:14. And the Allen brothers, Kingsway grads, too, were close behind ;teammate Tom. Ryan clocked in at 2:33:41 and Sam at 2:38:37. They then had a brief respite before the arrival of their parents. Dad Reid Allen and Mom Tammie Allen came through quite excellenty, too, in the 26-mile 385-yrd journey from Staten Island to Central Park on November 2, 2025. In a world-record-size marathon field of ,59,115 finishers (WABC=TV told us that over 55,000 were running) but the array of participants continued to soar and went nearly 3,000 over the 2024 field. Ryan Allen, 21, a senior at Villanova University, led his family (and so many more) over the line as one of the top finishers (and most promising) runners that young in the field.His career goal: Veterinary science, Sam Allen, 23, is a graduate of Cornell University now busily engaged in graduate studies.His concentration: Mechanical engineering. : Great as these marathon running performances surely were by Ryan and Sam Allen, the brothers are still best known as star young members of the USA National Racewalking Team, with a flock of international credits and numerous National USATF medals already in their portfolios. (Of course, we’ve seen them star in the one-mile racewalk at the Elliott Denman/NJ International Track and Field Meet at The Joe Compagni Track, Monmouth University, too.) The Tom Cooke-Ryan Allen-Sam Allen threesome also gave Shore AC a solid seventh place in the vast field of club teams, and a huge international entry. Marc Blanco of West Long Branch was the fourth Shore AC runner over the ine in 2:42:27. . Another West Long Brancher, Farnese DaSilva, punched in at 2:45.33, good for seventh place among all 55-59 division runners. How did Farnese warm up for the Big Apple? By winning the Deal Trick or Trot four-miler on October 27.
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By ELLIOTT DENMAN
What a great Saturday at Holmdel Park !!! Getting it going (at 8.30 am) was the 8th annual Bill Bruno Alumni XC Race - proudly hosted by Shore AC and open to all - which attracted its largest ever field (nearly 200) and was won by host club's men's champion Brian Hill in 15,43 over Julian Bonk 16.40/ Third was SAC;s Kyle Spector 16.46 and fourth Mike Margeliane 16.53. Women's champion was Easton,Pa's Adelyn Davis 18.27, with the Shore AC duo Kerry Dyke 18.42.02 and Amanda Huneke 18.42.60 terrific in 2-3, and Gypsy Cooper next, 19.13 . Truly great event !! Then, of course, came the classic 53rd NJSIAA Meet of Champions twinbill, girls at 11 am, boys at noon. For only the fourth time in MofC history, the Shore Conference provided both individual champions (according to my calculations). After Ocean Township sensational sophomore Leah Starkey edged Union Catholic sensational junior and defending champion Paige Sheppard 17.15 to 17,17 in the girls race with UC's Caylee Kaiser 17.45 third ahead of another brilliant sophomore, Middletown South's Amelia Patwell of the famed Patwell family, 17.52. Then the boys: CBA teammates Luke Hnatt 15,23 and Gavin Schmitt 15.26 ran 1-2 in the boys race, just ahead of Manalapan's Clay Stevens.15.35, and Chatham's Marcus Valenzuela. All these times - individual and team totals - rank right up there with the very/very best in Holmdel history. After its debut at Ocean County Park in 1972. the Mof C has been staged at Holmdel ever since 1973 (excepting Covid year 2021/). Top four boys teams: CBA,Haddonfield, Union Catholic, Manalpan; Top four girls teams Union Catholic,Ridgewood, Paul VI, Cherokee. It was CBA's superb 28th title and fourth straight. !!! (Only previous Shore Conference individual sweeps I denote: Craig Forys (Colts Neck) and Danielle Tauro (Southern Regional) both 2005 and 2006; both going on to stardom at Univ of Michigan, then CBA's Joe Barrett (now of Univ North Carolina) and Freehold Township's Emma Zawatski 2023.) |
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