Farmingdale runners Theresa Gannon, Chris Bartlett, Patty Baker and Jenine Cottone each came home with an award from the Blue Ribbon 10 kilometer and 5 kilometer runs for Prostate Cancer at Syosset-Woodbury Community Park.
In the 10K, Gannon was the first finisher in the women’s 25-29 age group, Bartlett took second place honors in the men’s 40-44 age group, and Baker won the first place award in the women’s 40-44 age group. Cottone scored third in the women’s 40-44 age group in the 5K.
The Farmingdale contingent was part of a record field of 576 finishers—368 in the 5K and 208 in the new 10K. Both runs were co-hosted by Integrated Medical Foundation and the Greater Long Island Running Club.
Special thanks to Grand Marshall Curtis Sliwa of the Guardian Angels, himself a survivor of prostate cancer, for his support and his inspirational speeches at the awards ceremony.
—Submitted by the Greater Long Island Running Club
