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Manchester Road Race 2017 - Newington's Best
Some of the top performances by runners from Newington in Thursday's 81st edition of the Manchester Road Race.
MANCHESTER, CT — The 81st running of America's oldest 5-mile road race (actually, 4.748 miles, but who's counting) turned into one of the most memorable competitions of all time, with a photo finish for the women and a three-way duel for the men's title.
On the other side of the coin was the usual silliness: costumes ranging the full spectrum from The Incredible Hulk and elves to crayons and Santa himself.
In between were literally thousands of competitors - 12,757 racers started, and 11,280 crossed the finish line - striving for personal bests, or merely soaking in the unique atmosphere that is Manchester's alone on Thanksgiving morning.
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The world-class athletes got the majority of the publicity - and rightly so - but this story intends to highlight the little heralded - the age division winners - and the unheralded - those who participated from Patch towns in Hartford and Tolland counties.
Here are the age division winners:
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- F13 - Peyton Bornstein, Tolland
- M13 - Aidan Puffer, Manchester
- F1418 - Hayley Collins, Tolland
- M1418 - Thomas Arbeiter, Ellington
- F1929 - Buze Kejela, Albuquerque NM
- M1929 - Paul Chelimo, Colorado Springs CO
- F3039 - Molly Huddle, Providence RI
- M3039 - Chris Thompson, England
- F4044 - Renee Tolan, Clifton Park NY
- M4044 - Bernard Lagat, Tucson AZ
- F4549 - Kathleen Shaw, East Hartland
- M4549 - Brian Murray, Coventry
- F5054 - Nancy Fitzgibbon, Rocky Hill
- M5054 - Kent Lemme, Pittsfield MA
- F5559 - Debra Fraser, Willington
- M5559 - Chris Chisholm, Farmington
- F6064 - Susan Dana, West Hartford
- M6064 - Kevin Glenn, Bolton
- F6569 - Rebecca Stockdale-Woolley, Chaplin
- M6569 - Martin Keibel, Manchester
- F7074 - Barrie Robbins-Pianka, Middletown
- M7074 - Tony Hollister, Glastonbury
- F7579 - Lynette Walker, Simsbury
- M7579 - Hal Bennett, Columbia
- F8084 - Joan Youngs, Tolland
- M8084 - Tom Butterfield, Windsor
- F8589 - Anny Stockman, Rensselaer NY
- M8589 - Harvey Goldstein, Natick MA
- F90+ - Sarah Seger, West Suffield
And now, what you've all been waiting for: the top two finishers who reside in Newington, with their overall place number, and the top Newington finishers by age division (if they placed in the top 100 of the division).
- Newington top two - Brian Krusell (57), Thomas Doyle (83)
- F13 - Molly Lenehan
- F1418 - Celia Chacko
- F1929 - Kimberly Krusell
- F3039 - Kristina Miner
- F4044 - Rebecca Bialkowski
- F4549 - Elizabeth Danilewicz
- F5054 - Linda Cruff
- F5559 - Maura Stamm
- F6569 - Flo Dickie
- F8084 - Muriel Maschi
- M1418 - Thomas Doyle
- M1929 - Brian Krusell
- M3039 - Mark Knibbs
- M4044 - David Rodriguez
- M5559 - Jay Krusell
- M6064 - Geoffrey Anderson
- M6569 - Gus Constantine
- M7074 - Ronny Torres
Photo credit: Chris Dehnel
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