Long Island’s speediest women congregated in Farmingdale on July 11 to compete in the Runner’s Edge Long Island Women’s 5 Kilometer Run. Several athletes from the Massapequas were among those winning awards.The top local finisher was Angela Cruz of Massapequa Park, who was the 29th runner overall to cross the finish line on the track at Farmingdale High School. She took fourth place honors in the 35-39 age group with a finishing time of 21 minutes and 29 seconds.
Other local award winners included Geralynn Kreba of Massapequa (fifth, 45-49 age group, 23:21), Monica Enright of Massapequa (fifth, 50-54 age group, 21:53) and Ruth Maller of Massapequa who placed first in the 85 and over age group with a finishing time of 1:01:17.
Special thanks to race director Debbie Blair of the host Greater Long Island Running Club for another outstanding job of putting the pieces together, and to Mike Fernandez for a great job as the coordinator of volunteers.
A special thank you to the very generous sponsors of the run: Bob Cook and The Runner’s Edge running and multisport store in Farmingdale, Danny Kulchinsky and Mayfair Jewelers, Steve Jonas and Jonas Chiropractic and Dave Kuhnline and Sleepy’s.
Proceeds from the run will once again benefit The Opening Word, the program hosted by the Dominican Sisters, which teaches the English language and job readiness skills to undereducated and/or underemployed immigrant women.
