Marathon Runner Named Patch Athlete of the Week

West Islip native Karen Greco, who also happens to be the mother of the three, yesterday morning after taking a 20-month hiatus due to knee surgery. 

Her time of 3:12:30 was incredible.  It was good enough to rank 26th in her age range (38), 146th in her gender range and 1,917th overall. 

Although Greco, a Greenlawn resident, told Pam Robinson of Patch that she'd be "very, very happy" with a sub 3:05 time, she can't be disappointed with a sub-3:15 time, especially since she beat out over 43,000 other registered marathon runners. 

Greco took up running when she was a student at St. Bonaventure University as a way of staying in shape. She ran her first New York City marathon in a time of 4:02 and told Robinson that post-race, her husband George will "fill the bathtub with ice and when I get out, I'll feel like a brand-new person."

Honorable Mention:

Hunter not only eclipsed the 200-yard rushing mark for the sixth time in eight games, but he led the Cougars to a 42-3 victory of Cardinal Spellman in the first round of the CHSFL AA - A playoffs.  

carried the ball 26 times for 241 yards and two touchdowns, and also returned the opening kickoff 96 yards to the house.

The stud senior now has an incredible 1,965 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns on the season.  No. 1 SJB will host the winner of the Bishop Ford/St. Peter's winner on Saturday at 1 p.m.