Roberta crosses the finish line at the Gate River Run 15K in Florida on March 22, 2021.

PHOTO COURTESY LAURA DELEA

New Shore AC member Roberta Groner continues to do what she has done for the past ten years: amaze and inspire the running world.  A busy mother of three and full-time registered nurse, somehow she finds the time to engage in the sport of running at a near-Olympic level.  Roberta owns the third-best time in the marathon among masters (age 40+) American women with her jaw-dropping time of 2:29:07 in the 2019 Rotterdam Marathon.

Roberta kicked off her 2021 competitive campaign with that same red-hot speed.  On a windy March 22 in Florida at the USATF Open 15K National Championships, she shredded the tough course with a phenomenal 51:56 performance.  This feat earned her the women’s masters crown with a margin of more than 2 minutes over second place.  And get this: her time was a mere 4 seconds behind the top masters male, multi-year USATF champion David Angell.  Read all about it here in an article by USATF Running Professor Paul Carlin.
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We look forward with great anticipation to see what Roberta conquers next in 2021!