By SARI ZEIDLER
An untimed Family Fun Run and the more competitive 5K and 10K events attracted local athletes and out-of-towners, first-timers and veteran racers.
Eric Kessler, 17, of Rockville Centre, finished first among 290 competitors in the 5K. Kessler's time of 18 minutes, 13 seconds was 57 seconds faster than his finish in last year's race. Suzanne Dillmeier, 35, of Manhasset was the top women's finisher, with a time of 19 minutes flat.
In the 10K field of 435 runners, Paul Murphy, 44, of West Sayville, was the winner, finishing in 35:54. The fastest competitor from Rockville Centre, 17-year-old David Colletta, crossed the line in third, just 13 seconds behind Murphy. The first woman to finish was Jean Bohan, 39, of Oyster Bay, in 40:19.
For some, the race was about more than winning. For the Markward family, the event was something of a reunion. Jill Markward, 28, traveled from her home in Boston to run with her father, Ed, and her sister Jane, 23. "I did some previous [races], and asked them if they wanted to do it with me," Jill said.
For local runner and first-time competitor Christine Plackis, racing was a personal achievement. Plackis's home is along the race route. "I've watched the runners for 10 years now, and I decided it was time to be a part of it," she said.
To others, the annual race is an opportunity to put a new spin on a favorite hobby. "I run almost every day," said Lance Margolin, 49. "For me this is just another day."
Every child who took part in the Family Fun Run walked away with a trophy - and for many, a sense of accomplishment. "It felt pretty good," said 10-year-old Kevin Kane, who ran with his father and grandmother, and afterward proudly displayed his award. "I felt really tired, and it was just really hard."
"We're super runners," said 3-year-old Jonathan Tassani as his father, Andrew, ran beside him with a stroller, just in case the boy tired out. "We're always looking for things to do in the community," said Jonathan's mother, Tara. "Drew and I love to run, and we wanted Jonathan to get started early developing some healthy habits."
Gray skies and a sprinkling of rain failed to dampen runners' enthusiasm. "It's a good day for running," said Ed Markward. "Not hot, a little misty - good."
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10K results for Rockville Centre participants:
DAVID COLLETTA 17 36:07:00
RICHARD MORIN 18 37:19:00
THOMAS GREENBERG 39 40:10:00
CYNTHIA ADONAILO 42 40:24:00
CHRIS HANC 42 40:38:00
JIM LAWYER 38 40:41:00
PHILIP BRANCACCIO 38 40:55:00
CHRISTOPHER MEAD 33 41:00:00
KYLE O'NEIL 16 41:18:00
JARLATH BYRNE 47 42:06:00
KYLE CURNUCK 34 42:29:00
RICHARD LEONARD 46 42:33:00
ANNEMARIE ITGEN 38 42:47:00
JOHN KOZIARZ 43 43:15:00
MICHAEL MCDADE 15 43:19:00
MICHAEL BLACKFORD 26 43:28:00
CHRIS DUNN 43 44:25:00
KEVIN ALEXANDER 17 44:31:00
PETER SKELOS 53 44:46:00
NICOLE EASTLER 22 44:50:00
ROBIN REDEKER 53 45:05:00
DONALD
MAYERHOFER 31 45:14:00
VINCENT QUEZADA 25 45:16:00
DAVID DEMILT 37 45:19:00
BEN KUTNER 16 45:44:00
TARA SHELLEY 17 45:48:00
RICH HERMAN 38 45:51:00
MATTHEW
KUCHARSKI 22 46:39:00
DAVID RESNICK 46 47:02:00
SCOTT CUNNINGHAM 42 47:12:00
JOHN VLAHAKIS 37 47:35:00
CHRISTINE DUNN 41 47:41:00
JOHN OMARRA 28 47:46:00
ZIV YIRMIYAHU 33 48:25:00
DENNIS CONNOR 46 48:27:00
NANCY DRISCOLL 37 48:46:00
KATHLEEN FALLON 46 49:05:00
JOSH CALLAHAN 33 49:17:00
CHARLES
COMPETELLO 49 49:19:00
ALLEN STEERE 35 49:24:00
PAUL PETTERSEN 53 50:08:00
WARREN REDEKER 51 50:14:00
JOSEPH HISSONG 44 50:19:00
MICHAEL ARLEO 37 50:27:00
JOHN MCDAID 32 50:41:00
SPENCER LEITMAN 65 50:44:00
JENN SULLIVAN 35 50:44:00
CHRISTOPHER DUCA 42 50:55:00
JOSEPH KELLY 66 50:57:00
JOHN JOYCE 24 51:07:00
SEAN CULKIN 14 51:17:00
BRAD FREY 55 51:35:00
KAREN ESRICK 25 51:40:00
KAREN FITZGERALD 42 51:55:00
ROBERT ARNOTT 35 52:00:00
ELIZABETH ARNOTT 34 52:01:00
MICHAEL PENN 32 52:08:00
JENNIFER OLEKSIAK 27 52:13:00
MICHAEL LUVIN 49 52:15:00
MARK HULLSMANN 35 52:27:00
KRISTIN O'SULLIVAN 39 52:31:00
ANDREW STEIN 40 52:35:00
JOE KELLY 66 52:39:00
JOSEPH MURPHY 49 52:50:00
ALANNAH O'ROURKE 13 53:06:00
JAMES HENNESSY 44 53:13:00
PAT BROWNE 25 53:19:00
DELORES PARKER 38 53:34:00
LUKE BIGELOW 41 53:47:00
MICHAEL GALLAGHER 41 53:55:00
RYAN FENNELLY 34 54:08:00
KEVIN EDELL 41 54:08:00
JOE FALLON 46 54:10:00
JULIE DERKATCH 42 54:15:00
EMILY LAWLESS 14 54:19:00
JEANINE GIBBONS 43 54:25:00
DANIELLE OMAR 28 54:26:00
MARYKATE KROL 18 54:30:00
TERRY BAYDALA 50 54:35:00
TOMMY MCCLAIN 10 54:44:00
NED ZELLER 33 54:52:00
BRIAN MADDEN 34 54:53:00
MATT ESRICK 22 55:00:00
PETER GIACONE 41 55:04:00
TARA AMBROSI 39 55:10:00
ANNE O'BRIEN 39 55:11:00
JEN MCCLAIN 40 55:13:00
BOB CROKE 41 55:19:00
MARY TESTA 43 55:25:00
KIMBERLY
DETWILLER 26 55:26:00
LIZ MARSHALL 29 55:43:00
LEYLA SAHIN-COSAR 35 55:57:00
MICHAEL DEVINE 57 55:58:00
MICHAEL O'ROURKE 62 55:59:00
NICHOLAS CANCRO 54 55:59:00
MICHAEL CORMICAN 41 56:01:00
RICH MICELI 35 56:03:00
TOM KANE 44 56:09:00
ANTHONY AMORESE 38 56:23:00
BOB VILENSKY 52 56:30:00
MELISSA BARRETT 39 56:30:00
GREGG WEISS 51 56:30:00
MICHAEL DAVIS 40 56:34:00
ROY CURRLIN 49 56:41:00
CAROLYN MARIN 22 56:53:00
DENIS BRADY 58 57:02:00
LYNNE ESPIRITU 41 57:20:00
EILEEN SCHWAGERL 45 57:21:00
GREGORY DETWILLER 28 57:22:00
BRIAN KREBS 37 57:27:00
TRACEY ANDERSON 27 57:29:00
BRIAN NEVILL 32 57:37:00
DEBRA SIEGEL 46 57:39:00
BRIAN SHIELDS 31 57:42:00
CHRISTOPHER
FINEGAN 44 57:44:00
DAVID BAKER 50 57:46:00
BRYAN BAKER 38 57:47:00
MICHAEL CASSATTO 47 57:54:00
JOHN LAMONICA 26 58:24:00
CHRISTIAN BROWNE 32 58:33:00
COLLEEN MALONE 41 58:46:00
ED SIDDONS 63 58:46:00
JOSEPH NOLAN 54 58:53:00
CHRISTINE BINGHAM 34 58:54:00
JILL NASS 43 58:58:00
KERRY HAMILTON 22 59:04:00
CHRISTINE GRILLO 42 59:08:00
EDWARD MILANO 55 59:09:00
MARIA ZAPPA 23 59:15:00
JAMES GILLEN 38 59:30:00
SABINA MARTINKO 27 59:34:00
KEITH DETWILLER 23 59:38:00
DANIEL MUNRO 33 59:51:00
MARC ZUKERMAN 38 59:52:00
RON PALANDRANI 51 59:58:00
PHYLIS BYRNE 42 59:59:00
KERRY MAHONEY 29 1:00:20
CHRIS BERMAN 36 1:00:22
SEAN CURTIS 36 1:00:27
THOMAS GISH 50 1:00:34
JANICE MATTHEWS 54 1:00:39
DAN MARSHALL 30 1:00:45
JOSEPH FERRICK 41 1:01:01
ALLISON KLEIN 22 1:01:17
PATRICK GREENFIELD 32 1:01:32
KEITH REICH 41 1:01:37
ALAN DAVIS 61 1:01:41
PATRICK MANZI 39 1:01:49
JAMES RYAN 58 1:01:53
SEAN KILDUFF 38 1:01:55
RICHARD ROE 69 1:01:59
SIOBHAN WULFF 36 1:02:10
GLENN YARRIS SR 49 1:02:14
DANIELLE TARULLI 29 1:02:22
ANDREW TURRO 55 1:02:30
JOHN LINDSTROM 63 1:02:31
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN 45 1:02:36
CHRISTINE CURTIS 32 1:02:37
ASHLEY BRENNAN 24 1:02:38
RICHARD FISK 43 1:02:45
DEANA FINORA 34 1:03:03
SCOTT MCCLELLAND 33 1:03:03
LISA NASOFF 47 1:03:27
JOHN DRISCOLL 56 1:04:17
JIM PARKER 40 1:04:34
ALLISON MICELI 26 1:04:38
LAURA BROWN 25 1:04:38
JACQUELINE MURPHY 44 1:05:34
MARY BETH DARCY 36 1:05:34
LONNIE ROONEY 40 1:05:34
MARC DERKATCH 45 1:05:46
DIANE MCGAUGHEY 48 1:05:49
MARY MARIN 55 1:06:00
STUART RICHNER 52 1:06:30
RENEE DUNCAN 47 1:06:35
PETER FRUCCHIONE 36 1:06:48
ANTHONY SILECCHIA 33 1:07:36
JENNIFER RYAN 41 1:08:12
GLENN YARRIS JR 24 1:08:31
SHEILA GALKE 40 1:08:51
TED MUELLERS 72 1:09:22
DEIRDRE CLEMENS 46 1:10:42
MARIE LAMONICA 27 1:11:15
ELLEN BELLAND 56 1:11:16
CHRIS PARKER 35 1:11:18
SARAH MCGRATH 25 1:14:05
LAUREN MCGRATH 23 1:14:07
FRANK LINCKS 40 1:17:38
ANDREW COEN 30 1:18:36
ROCCO ZAPPA 59 1:19:09
NICOLE ALFORD 37 1:23:15
JULIE CRYSTAL 52 1:31:57
CATHERINE
KISLOWSKI 26 1:32:56
FRAN KISLOWSKI 58 1:32:57
CHRISTINE PLACKIS 37 1:33:01
MICHAEL
MCDONOUGH 71 1:34:26
5K results for Rockville Centre participants:
ERIC KESSLER 17 18:13
PAUL LOOMIE 50 19:52
RYAN PORTER 17 20:55
IAN BECKELMAN 17 21:18
GIOVANNI
IACOBELLIS 41 21:52
BARBARA EGAN 43 22:30
JAMES EXLER 46 22:35
LAUREN
MCDONOUGH 12 22:39
PAUL DONNELLY 41 22:40
DAVID MACNAIR 45 22:48
WILL DUGGAN 13 22:50
BRENDAN EMMONS 13 23:04
ALAN STEIN 60 23:09
JOSEPH VASTOLA 17 23:20
DAVE RUSSO 35 23:33
JOHN PLATT 13 23:45
LUCAS FITZGERALD 14 23:46
CONNOR POWERS 13 23:47
NICHOLAS HISSONG 11 24:08:00
SAMUEL RESNICK 12 24:09:00
LIZ WALTER 41 24:13:00
KYLE LOOMIE 14 24:25:00
LIZ FERNANDEZ 29 24:27:00
SEAN SALLIE 29 24:34:00
JOHN GIRALDO 40 24:34:00
EMILY DORFLEIN 11 24:38:00
ROBERT ROSS 45 24:42:00
JULIA MAUGHAN 12 24:42:00
TOM FABIAN 43 24:45:00
ELISABETH SCHMITZ 45 24:51:00
SAMUEL MODICO 13 24:56:00
WILLIAM EVANS 74 24:57:00
PERRY MALLOR 52 25:00:00
JOE HANNON 65 25:02:00
CONOR CICIONE 12 25:07:00
JOHN EGAN 46 25:09:00
WILLIAM JOHNSON 64 25:12:00
IRENA BROBSTOW 34 25:21:00
TREVOR SHELLEY 12 25:22:00
TRACY LAWLESS 45 25:23:00
COLIN WILLOX 39 25:31:00
ANTHONY PARADISO 44 25:40:00
KENT MARTINO 43 25:44:00
MARGARET MURPHY 23 25:45:00
GINI FITZGERALD 54 25:49:00
JAMES VARLEY 39 25:55:00
MICHAEL BILELLO 55 25:59:00
MIKE DUNN 42 26:11:00
PETER ROEDER 41 26:12:00
MICHAEL
MAYERHOFF 34 26:16:00
ROBERT CORBETT 31 26:22:00
SEAN KELLY 39 26:27:00
JACQUELINE BAKER 16 26:27:00
PETER DIZDAR 31 26:29:00
JUSTIN LAWLESS 9 26:30:00
SEAN TESTA 11 26:32:00
BRUCE WAXMAN 51 26:34:00
NICOLE TESTA 14 26:37:00
CHRISTOPHER
MULLOOLY 13 26:37:00
CHRISTOPHER
AGRESTI 13 26:40:00
JAMES TESTA 9 26:44:00
PATRICK O'BRIEN JR. 12 26:48:00
HOWARD ROSENBERG 34 27:00:00
LIAM BAKER 13 27:01:00
ANTHONY COLLETTA 45 27:03:00
AUDREY WALSH 10 27:05:00
MARIA WAXMAN 13 27:05:00
PETER MCGOWAN 39 27:14:00
LISA CONNOR 43 27:16:00
MAGGIE MODICO 9 27:19:00
TIMOTHY MADDEN 28 27:35:00
NANCY O'BRIEN 39 27:37:00
MAX KIMMEL 14 27:40:00
LISA WILSON 45 27:53:00
CATHY CROUTIER 44 27:53:00
MARIA RAVN 17 27:53:00
CHRISTINA BELLING 36 27:56:00
HELEN FENNELLY 33 27:56:00
KENNETH FORMES 37 28:06:00
SCOTT MOHR 35 28:07:00
MORGAN O'BRIEN 10 28:08:00
MEGAN TURNER 11 28:15:00
ANNE MARIE MOHR 34 28:17:00
PATRICK O'SULLIVAN 10 28:20:00
KELLEY JACKSON 13 28:33:00
PHILLIP CICIONE 43 28:42:00
PAUL ROONEY 37 28:46:00
MEG SHANNON 42 28:50:00
CONNOR O'BRIEN 7 28:51:00
JILL MARKWOOD 28 29:08:00
JANE MARKWOOD 23 29:08:00
JILLIAN LEONARD 10 29:09:00
KELLY O'SULLIVAN 10 29:09:00
MARY BAKER 43 29:22:00
TERESA WATTERSON 47 29:23:00
KATIE KID 23 29:28:00
LUCY GILLETT 15 29:31:00
THOMAS ALTERSON 32 29:40:00
BARI KEITH 58 29:43:00
BRITTANY TURNER 12 29:52:00
JENNIE VERSAGGI 26 29:58:00
KEVIN REICH 38 30:02:00
MARK NASS 45 30:02:00
LARA MCCARTY 39 30:09:00
BRIANNA BIGELOW 10 30:12:00
EDWARD MARKWOOD 61 30:29:00
JEN FOX 26 30:30:00
COURTNEY MAUGHAN 10 30:34:00
ROBERT KURTZ 67 30:39:00
ANGELA MARTINO 44 30:49:00
ALFIA PASSARELLI 49 30:53:00
MARIA PASSALLI 15 30:53:00
JAMES DELEGIANIS 60 30:58:00
HEIDI AMORESE 37 30:59:00
MEGHAN MAUCH 38 31:18:00
DANA SCALARE 29 31:18:00
SARA ROSENTHAL 16 31:25:00
JAMIE DEVINE 42 31:30:00
TERRY EDELL 44 31:39:00
CHRISTINA LEONARD 43 31:46:00
KRISTEN RUDDY 35 32:06:00
MICHAEL MAZUN 63 32:09:00
HENRY GILLETT 17 32:23:00
SUZANNE ANDERSON 55 32:34:00
BRENDAN SCHMIDT 8 32:36:00
DILLON BURKE 13 32:36:00
TOM SCHMIDT 48 32:37:00
GREGG MCCLAIN 41 32:47:00
JOHN ERIC OLSON 60 32:51:00
KEITH GRIFFIN 36 32:57:00
TINA BARRICELLI 13 33:04:00
ANDREA MILLER 46 33:06:00
TODD GOETZ 40 33:12:00
DEBORAH GOETZ 39 33:12:00
JAMES BRENNAN 58 33:46:00
LAURIE MCCLELLAND 32 33:57:00
MARCIA ROTHSCHILD 38 34:07:00
KATIE SCALARE 35 34:27:00
BARBARA EVANS 71 34:38:00
FRANK YANNELLI 71 34:59:00
RICH INTRABARTOLA 44 35:10:00
JOHN UDAY 54 35:20:00
LORRAINE HANNON 55 35:23:00
DOROTHY NOLAN 47 35:24:00
JOANN BRENNAN 55 35:24:00
GRETCHEN BROWNE 58 35:54:00
CHRIS CALLAHAN 12 36:04:00
DREW O'NEIL 13 36:14:00
ERIC O'NEIL 48 36:14:00
CHRISTINE BUSCHING 42 36:15:00
LINDSAY TIGHE 7 36:24:00
KATHLEEN TIGHE 44 36:24:00
KATHLEEN
CALLAHAN 45 36:32:00
DIANE FORNIERI 49 37:04:00
CHRISTINE BERMEL 47 37:24:00
MARY ROSENTHAL 46 37:26:00
LAUREN DEMAIA 17 37:50:00
ROBERT FURLONG 54 37:59:00
MARY FURLONG 18 37:59:00
JAMES GILLETT 51 38:54:00
JANICE MICHAUD 54 41:39:00
STEPHEN SPRAGUE 31 42:02:00
LINDA VANELLA 56 43:44:00
KATIE GILLEN 10 47:32:00
TARA GILLEN 36 47:33:00
