It was a banner day for the Running Redfox family at the Walkway Marathon weekend! Leading the way were former Red Foxes Nicki Nesi and Stefan Morton with their convincing wins in the College To College 5k's to start the day! Later on we all witnessed grad student Spencer Johnson absolutely crush his marathon debut with a margin of victory of 18:03!! Spencer is shown receiving his award among a sea of Running Red Foxes.
Although this was just a few of the great highlights of the day, the most convincing statement was made in the women's 5k with a 1-2-3 sweep of Coach Nicki (18:05), Ali Bartolotta (18:36) and Jordan Casey (18:38)!!! Considering that we are just doing base building mileage and nothing more pretty impressive in the heat!
On a lighter two of our lovely Sophomores, Boushra & Alyssa missed the start of the 5k and had to play catch up with the field!! As they traversed through the McCann parking lot towards the homestretch they were absolutely hysterical as they explained to me mid-race what had happened. The funny part is since our Boushra still has yet to turn 19 she placed top-3 in her age group despite missing the start. That has to be a first in the short history of the event!!!
All in all it was a great day sand a great event!! In addition to the group of current ladies who ran the 5k we had a great turn out of alums who ran in both the 5k and half-marathon!! It is always great to see different generations of Running Lady Foxes get together to cheer each other on. We also had a great turnout of those who weren't there to race, but to simply cheer on their teammates and take pride in all those who donned a Marist singlet on this steamy Sunday morning!
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