May 2010 Newsletter FINAL

May 2010

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE BY DEBBIE PESA

Volume XXX Issue 5

The Alley Pond Striders is a running and walking club with over 250 members and serves the communities of Eastern Queens and Nassau County, NY. Now in our 29th year The Striders continue to actively promote the enjoyment of walking and running in Alley Pond Park. The Alley Pond 5 Mile Challenge is one of the largest local races in the New York City area. The only membership requirement is a desire to take in the sights of Queens’ largest forested area on your own two feet. A group of Alley Pond Striders can be found any day of the week at the Park House located on Winchester Blvd. near the intersection of Union Turnpike. Members enjoy walks and runs of various distances and paces through the Park and surrounding area. WALKS AND RUNS BEGIN at 9:00 am at Alley Pond Park House on weekends and at 9:00 am during the week.

For Membership Information Please contact Lynn Henry at

516 437-8715 or [email protected]

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 1

RUNNING OF THE GREEN 2

RACING AROUND 3

TALK ON THE PATH 4

FIVE MILE CHALENEGE RACE RESULTS

5-10

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

12

‘THE EXTRA STRIDE’ (AN E-SUPPLEMENT ONLY AVAIL-

ABLE ON THE WEB VERSION OF THE NEWSLETTER)

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

The StriderThe StriderThe Strider The Newsletter o f the

Al ley Pond Str iders P.O. Box 298

Bel lerose , N.Y. 11426-0298

The rains came down and the crowds still poured into the Park House! Almost 200 runners and walkers participated in this year’s edition of the Five Mile Challenge. Even drenched, everyone appeared to be having a wonder-ful time. Congratulations to all those who swam…I mean, ran or walked from the beginning to the end.

I want to give a shout out to all those involved in making it happen. Where would we be without the dozens of people who were involved with bringing this thing together? Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

This year’s race was run in the memory of Mel Kaplan. After the race, there was a small ceremony dedicating a bench to Mel. The bench is located on the pathway that runs between the Park House and the playground. Stop by to sit a while and remember our friend.

Now that the race is past, we look forward to the glory of spring and the beginning of summer. Finally, we can pack away the gloves and hats and pull out the shorts and sunglasses. The crowds on the green line will ap-pear like magic. Everyone keep their heads up and stay safe out there.

NEW MEMBERS: Welcome to Stephen Phil-lips of Kew Gardens and Tanampreet Sandhu of Bellerose. Welcome back Nancy Mancini of Albertson and Jennifer Ransom of Douglaston.

SPECIAL FIVE MILE CHALLENGE RESULTS ISSUE

NOTE: WEEKEND WALK AND RUN TIMES MOVE TO AN

8:30 AM START BEGINNING SATURDAY, MAY 31st.

RUNNING OF THE GREEN BY JOE GAMBINO PAGE 2 THE STRIDER MAY 2010

Overall Gender Age Finish Pace/ Last Name First Name Place Place Place Time Mile

Suffolk 5K Pasqual Rob 2 20:25 6:36 Pasqual Helen 42:00 13:33

New York Half Pasqual Rob 6 1:37:55 7:29 Kraus-Schmidt Fran 1:51:00 8:57

JFK Runway Leers Yariv 27 2 20:11 6:31 Mezhberg Leo 221 183 16 26:28 8:32 Pesa Debbie 27:09 8:46

Homes for Heroes 5K Kraus-Schmidt Fran 4 1 23:26 7:36

Boston Marathon Miles David 1403 1323 43 3:00:24 6:53 Brunot Jonathan 17572 10776 3925 4:14:00 9:42 Gamez Suzanne 17570 6796 1090 4:13:59 9:42 Whalen Laughlin 21278 12462 185 4:59:46 11:26

Run for the Parks 4 Mile Opsahl Randi 1889 441 1 33:13:00 8:18 Ruiz Gerry 3673 2234 142 38:50:00 9:42

Run As One 4M Opsahl Randi 2338 573 5 33:24:00 8:21 Ruiz Gerry 3925 2461 155 37:15:00 9:18

Scotland Run 10K Opsahl Randi 4291 1350 15 56:55:00 9:10 Pesa Debbie 5202 1880 172 59:51:00 9:39

Bronx Zoo--Making Tracks for the Tigers Jablonski Sara 26:03:00 8:24 Kaiser Ken 27:05:00 8:44 Georges Astrid N/R Jablonski Bill N/R

Alley Pond 5 Mile Challenge Gambino Joe 6 2 32:27.93 6:29 Pasqual Rob 20 3 35:35.94 7:07 Hirsch Elik 26 5 36:46.63 7:21 Joseph Marlon 38 1 38:09.12 7:37 Reinle John 49 4 40:38.25 8:07 Pesa Debbie 77 5 44:30.80 8:54 Mezhberg Leo 81 9 45:02.11 9:00 Case Tom 82 9 45:03.37 9:00 Leon Lynn 83 5 45:05.24 9:01 Appel Steve 104 49:52:28 9:53 Case Terri 143 8 59:29.55 11:53 Ruiz Gerry 146 12 01:00:47.76 12:09

PAGE 3 THE STRIDER MAY 2010

RACING AROUND IN MAY

Running of the Green upcoming

Date Day Event Location Information

5/01 Saturday LIM Festival of Races 1M &

5K

Mitchell Field, Uniondale

Call 516-986-5537

5/09 Sunday Mc Namee Me-morial 5K &

1M Run/Walk

West Islip Call 631-321-0806

5/16 Sunday 9th Annual NYPD

Memorial 5K

Lower Man-hattan

NYPDRunningClub.com

5/22 Saturday Hance Family Foundation 5K

Run/Walk

Floral Park [email protected]

5/22 Saturday Brooklyn Half

Brooklyn NYRR

TRACK WORKOUTS BEGIN WEDNESDAY, MAY 5TH AT QUEENSBOR-

OUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRACK - 6:30PM. The weekly work-outs for May and June will be conducted by Astrid Georges.

"No one ever drowned in sweat."

"Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts."

-Dan Gable


THE TALK ON THE PATH Happy May Birthday to: Vince del Cid (1st), Andy Hodas (4th), Harjit Sandhu (6th), Joseph Mirabella (10th), Darlene Ritchie (21st), Yariv Leers (22nd), Ingram Chang (23rd), Sandy Shapiro (23rd), John Sommo (24th), Arthur Fettner (29th), Elik Hirsch (30th), Letisha Bell (31st), Barry Jonas (31st) and Tina Gimmi. Congratulations : To Tom Case and Terri Arena who were married on Friday, April 2nd. To Carol Herzlinger and her husband David on the marriage of their daughter Jessica on March 28th in California. Sue Gamez on the birth of her first grandchild. Boston Marathon runners Dave Miles, Jonathan Brunot, Vince del-Cid, Sue Gamez and Laughlin Whalen. To all of us for putting on another successful Alley Pond Strider 5 mile Challenge. Condolences to: Herb Carp on the passing of his son Robert on April 9th. Debbie Pantano on the passing of her father Aaron Braun on April 7th Striders on the Mend Thoughts and prayers are with Blanche Ascher who is in the hospital. Thoughts and prayers are with Sonia Rodney and family as her son deals with a serious illness. Looking forward to seeing George Schafer back at the park after his knee surgery. Happy to see Bea Kee back on the path after hip replacement surgery. Reminders! Track workouts begin on Wednesday night, May 5th at 6:30 pm at the Queensborough Community College track. All levels and abilities are welcome.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL OUTING!

This year the Striders have once again secured prime tickets to a minor league baseball game. On Sun-day, July 11th, the Staten Island Yankees will be taking on the Batavia Muckdogs (St. Louis Cardinals "A" affiliate). The game begins at 4pm at Richmond County Bank Ballpark.

The ball park is just a few minutes walk from the SI Ferry landing. An $18 ticket includes all you can eat snacks and a baseball hat.

Tickets are going quickly. Contact Rob Pasqual for more details.

Memorial Day Weekend Hiking, Biking and Walking Trip in Northern Vermont -

May 28 to 31 (Friday to Monday) All members of the Alley Pond Striders are in-vited to Miramar Ski Club's annual Memorial Day Weekend Hiking, Biking and Walking Trip in northern Vermont, led by Diane and Allen Grunthal. Stay at Miramar Ski Club's lodge in picturesque, Waits-field ,Vermont. We will be hiking some of northern Vermont's biggest, most beautiful peaks, and offering guided & self-guided biking & walking tours. Other activities include swimming in the Mad River, visiting Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory, sightseeing and lounging on our beautiful deck at the lodge. There is something for everyone in and around Waitsfield. Bring your spouse/lover/significant other.

The Miramar Ski Club lodge has rooms with two beds, with each room sharing a bathroom with an-other room. The lodge also two, six person bunk rooms, each with their own bathroom. Miramar Ski Club mem-bers have priority on room assignments. The lodge has a big dining room, and a big lounge with full bar and dancing floor.

We are thrilled to be able to offer this trip at an affordable price. Cost of $275 includes 3 nights lodg-ing, 3 breakfasts, 2 bag lunches, 2 dinners, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres before dinner & open bar after din-ner. Early registrations are strongly suggested as our prior trips have sold out. For registration or additional information, contact leaders Diane and Allen Grunthal a t ( 9 7 3 ) 7 2 8 - 8 0 5 7 b e f o r e 9 p m o r [email protected]


ALLEY POND STRIDERS FIVE MILE CHALLENGE

2010 RACE RESULTS SECTION

Overall Awards

Male Female

Aakaash Pillalamarri Francisco Diez Rua

Tommy Pyon

Mimi Boyle Cinthya Sandoval Melaine Amador

The Alley Pond Striders have always called our five mile annual running and walking event through the park a “challenge.” Last year’s challenge was the unseasonably warm weather. This year the challenge was the rain. While everyone was enjoying the great mild and sunny skies on Saturday, the Striders were worried and preparing for Sunday’s race.

Despite the rains and chilly temperatures, YOU showed up! YOU came out! YOU signed up (some were pre-registered, but some signed up that day), YOU ran, YOU walked, YOU enjoyed the park. In addition to the runners and walkers, there were the volunteers. THEY signed you in, THEY pointed the way, THEY handed out the water, THEY got your time, THEY feed you, THEY handed out raffle prizes and THEY announced the awards.

Although there were challenges, WE had fun. WE enjoyed each other’s company, WE enjoyed the feeling of completing the race course, and WE are proud of OUR accomplishments!

The Alley Pond Striders are thrilled that you joined us and made our race a success. And, finally, we hope you will mark your calendar and join us again in 2011. The early forecast is for great weather <wink>!


List of Finishers 1 30:49.12 AAKAASH PILLALAMARRI M15

2 30:59.11 FRANCISCO DIEZ RUA M31

3 31:20.31 TOMMY PYON M32

4 32:01.23 MARC SMITH M26

5 32:01.62 JEFF POWELL M38

6 32:27.93 JOE GAMBINO M38

7 32:39.46 AURELIO DIMAS M38

8 33:06.05 YORKI MUNOZ JR M19

9 33:23.73 JON WALLACH M53

10 33:25.76 JAIME SEQURA M48

11 33:51.52 WINTHROP JACOBS M54

12 34:05.26 AARON MALDONADO M19

13 34:12.67 LEN RICHARDS M48

14 34:19.70 RAYMOND CUADRADO M32

15 34:20.42 MIMI BOYLE F37

16 34:33.60 WALTER BRYANT M18

17 34:38.98 ARTHUR VENDRYES M41

18 35:07.16 THOMAS BROGAN M49

19 35:16.66 BOB O'REILLY M25

20 35:35.94 ROBERT PASQUAL M50

21 35:45.38 PHILIP BROWN M54

22 35:54.45 HECTOR JARAMILLO M38

23 36:02.30 CINTHYA SANDOVAL F25

24 36:25.43 CHRIS EZZO M44

25 36:30.53 MELAINE AMADOR F32

26 36:46.63 ELIK HIRSCH M37

27 36:56.02 DAVID GONZALEZ M31

28 37:02.72 ARTHUR WEISBERG M65

29 37:10.30 TRACY BUXTON F30

30 37:13.70 JAMES SAMMON M68

31 37:24.31 APRIL LEMIEUX F33

32 37:25.02 ALEX GONZALEZ M44

33 37:29.30 STEVEN S MOSS M49

34 37:54.29 ANTHONY RIOJAS M21

35 37:56.99 JOHN VON HOLTEN M46

36 38:01.60 DAVID CABRERA M34

37 38:02.97 XIMENA NINAHUANCA F42

38 38:09.12 MARLON JOSEPH M55

39 38:10.94 SONIA SANTANDER BALLESTI F31

40 38:38.95 MARTIN GLADWYN M45

41 39:03.78 ANITA BONESTEEL F28

42 39:06.47 DANNY SHUM M44

43 39:13.50 RAGUI SELWANES M35

44 39:42.66 DAVID FRISONE M65

45 40:09.25 JACKIE NOVAK F43

46 40:23.09 BRIAN O'KEEFE M43

47 40:30.67 PERRY ZEICHNER M61

48 40:34.73 SCOTT FAIRGRIEVE M59

49 40:38.25 JOHN REINLE M33

50 40:39.46 YORKI MUNOZ M40

51 40:42.26 SANDRA J SANTANA F33

52 40:44.34 GAIL MARINO F48

53 40:47.58 BARRY BLUM M56

54 41:07.63 RAFAEL ZAMOT M48

55 41:26.31 JANINE LEVEQUE F44

56 41:30.70 RAY NIEVES M52

57 41:40.04 KENNETH TOBACK M51

58 41:46.08 JULIO MELENDEZ M57

59 41:53.82 CHARLS MANDELBAUM M53

60 41:57.78 THOMAS CARTON M55

61 42:00.80 ALBERT TOSKAS M38

62 42:03.05 STEVEN FRIEDLAND M45

63 42:09.31 HECTOR MORENO M66

64 42:16.56 TRISHA LAFORCE F22

65 42:21.07 BOBBI NIGRO F48

66 42:26.56 TOM BREWER M55

67 42:32.38 ANGELA MEIKLE F44


68 42:46.94 NANCY JU F28

69 43:10.94 JAMES DURSTON M68

70 43:34.67 TATJANA KORAC F35

71 43:35.99 REGINA JOYNEL F45

72 43:47.14 MITCHELL COVEN M52

73 44:00.43 LETISHA JENKINS F26

74 44:08.94 SIMON LIM M62

75 44:22.18 ARTHUR STERENBUCH M64

76 44:27.01 PAMELA WEESS F51

77 44:30.80 DEBORAH PESA F44

78 44:44.75 BERNADETTE BOYLE F36

79 44:50.79 JOSEPH SALOW M63

80 44:58.87 PAULINE SETO F46

81 45:02.11 LEO MEZHBERG M45

82 45:03.37 THOMAS CASE M53

83 45:05.24 LYNN LEON F48

84 45:13.20 JACKIE BEATTIE F55

85 45:26.77 KRISTEN LIM F23

86 45:28.47 PAMELA LEE F28

87 45:36.66 ALAN SANGEAP M48

88 45:47.59 NELISA ROACH F26

89 45:57.31 MARIE BREWER F55

90 46:19.06 MICHAEZ OGAZON M69

91 46:32.35 JOHN RODRIGUES M35

92 46:48.06 LILLY SEHAYEK F43

93 46:57.34 JOSEPH SPILBERG M64

94 47:00.25 JENNY TURZER F29

95 47:04.76 MARIA FERRARO F52

96 47:18.93 KAREN ROSE F40

97 47:42.49 GARY M KATZ M41

98 48:48.46 WILSON VARGAS M72

99 49:01.20 STEVEN J SHPAK M28

100 49:04.55 DOMINGO PEREZ M58

101 49:33.55 JAVED MINHAJ M37

102 49:34.76 VENUS MUI F39

103 49:50.80 ANNE REINHART F41

104 49:52.28 STEVEN APPEL M61

105 50:00.85 DEBORAH SERRANO F46

106 50:17.11 PAMELA LEE F57

107 50:31.77 ALLISON L TAYLOR F39

108 51:11.59 KATHY SHERIDAN F54

109 51:27.63 JACOB CYSNER M67

110 51:30.10 DAVID J CHAN M35

111 51:44.27 CHARLES CALITRI M56

112 51:58.39 BILL SHERIDAN M54

113 53:00.62 MARIAH BRICK F52

114 53:02.32 ROBERT NIES M55

115 53:03.75 STEPHEN SCIORTINO M17

116 53:11.00 CARLOS A MORALES M75

117 53:31.10 SUDIP DAS M24

118 53:33.03 ELIZABETH HIRSCH F39

119 53:38.63 JENNIFER COGAN F30

120 53:41.98 JAGJIT SINGH M32

121 53:49.01 SAYED BAKAR M40

122 53:51.15 CHARLES GRAHAM M66

123 54:50.09 JOAN MARIE KENNEDY F32

124 54:50.58 JONATHAN GOLDEN M56

125 54:52.23 JOSEPH YONDA M59

126 54:57.83 WARREN VANDERWATER JR M55

127 54:58.60 MICHELLE ACKERMAN F46

128 55:06.07 ANNMARGRETT RODRIGUEZ F30

129 55:06.84 JONATHAN RODRIGUEZ M31

130 55:13.87 WAI-CHUN CHAN F39

131 55:49.96 MASUD RAHMAN M43

132 55:51.99 ELAINE E FUELLO F55

133 56:00.12 EVELYN FRANCO F25

134 56:09.67 AMIR RASHID M41

135 56:49.66 AYIESHA SELWANES F35

136 56:50.21 MUNIRA MEGHJI F57


A WARM THANK YOU FROM THE KAPLAN FAMILY In spite of unfavorable weather conditions, it was a joyful experience to pull into the parking lot and discover so many “ready for action” ath-letes! The warmth and consideration on our Dad’s behalf and the entire Kaplan Family’s behalf made the day totally sunny. Our Dad would have been overjoyed to see so many friends and acquaintances participating in such a worthwhile event. We hope that each of you walk the trail and enjoy sitting on the bench just relaxing while admir-ing the beauty of the park. We truly appreciated the photos, banners, t-shirts and balloons that added such a nice personal touch, and we would specifi-cally like to acknowledge and thank Lynn Henry, Ken Kaiser and Janice Melnick for making the day a reality.

137 56:56.58 DONNA HAHL F63

138 57:19.54 MYRON MEDINE M67

139 57:20.58 PAUL DUPLATRE M71

140 57:44.70 JACK BERGER M50

141 57:45.46 MARGARET CARINCI F73

142 58:25.56 MICHAEL REINHART, JR. M36

143 59:29.55 TERRI CASE F47

144 59:48.17 JOHN PLATA M47

145 59:50.47 LINDA FAIRGRIEVE F56

146 00:47.76 GERARD RUIZ M50

147 01:02.48 LINDA CHESLOCK F44

148 01:03.25 ELENA KILLEEN F47

149 05:02.07 TRACEE ROSLONOWSKI F35

150 05:05.97 OLGA RAPALO F61

151 06:35.77 GEORGE SHILLING M72

152 07:06.03 MIKE MONTOVANO M45

153 07:33.39 MOHAMMED KHALED M45

154 07:36.19 RENA ALIM F47

155 07:54.92 GEORGE HADDEN M68

156 15:50.63 SHM ISLAM M33

157 15:52.06 BITHI DAS F30

158 15:59.58 SAIED ALIM M55

159 17:01.32 SHAHNAZ QURESHI F44

160 17:16.59 ETI CHOWHURY F37

161 28:33.05 BEGUM TAHMINA F45

162 28:43.21 QUAMRUL HAQUE M59

163 28:43.87 REHANA HAQUE F49

164 28:50.10 ERIC GOTTESMAN M51

165 28:50.20 ELINOR SCHOENFELD F54

Wishing all a Happy and Safe Memorial

Day Holiday!


Age Group Awards

Male Female

13 - 19 Yorki Munoz Jr.

Aaron Maldonado Walter Bryant

20 - 24 Anthony Riojas

Sudip Das Trisha Laforce

Kristen Lim

25 - 29 Marc Smith

Bob O'Reilly Steven J. Shpak

Anita Bonesteel Nancy Ju

Letisha Jenkins

30 - 34 Raymond Cuadrado

David Gonzalez David Cabrera

Tracy Buxton April Lemieux

Sonia Santander Ballesti

35 - 39 Jeff Powell

Joe Gambino Aurelio Dimas

Tatjana Korak Bernadette Boyle

Venus Mui

40 - 44 Arthur Vendryes

Chris Ezzo Alex Gonzalez

Ximena Ninahuanca Jackie Novak

Janine Leveque

45 - 49 Jaime Sequra Len Richards

Thomas Brogan

Gail Moreno Bobbi Nigro

Regina Joynel

50 - 54 Jon Wallach

Winthrop Jacobs Robert Pasqual

Pamela Weess Maria Ferraro

Kathy Sheridan

55 - 59 Marlon Joseph Scott Fairgrieve

Barry Blum

Jackie Beattie Marie Brewer Pamela Lee

60 - 64 Perry Zeichner

Simon Lim Arthur Sterenbuch

Donna Hahl Olga Rapalo

65 - 69 Arthur Weisberg James Sammon David Frisone

70 and over

Wilson Vargas Carlos A. Morales

Paul Duplatre Margaret Carinci


Janet Ameerally Arash Real Estate & Management Company 251-12 Northern Blvd. Little Neck, NY 11363 Azzarone Contracting Corp 110 East Second Street Mineola, NY 11501 Trudy Bauer BGES Group 216A Larchmont Acres W Larchmont, NY 10538 Attn: Gary Wallach

Crabtree's Restaurant 226 Jericho Turnpike Floral Park, NY 11001 Richard Creditor, ESQ 118-21 Queens Blvd. Suite 309 Forest Hills, NY 11375 Cross Island YMCA 238-10 Hillside Avenue, Bellerose, NY 11426 Lucille S. DiGirolomo, ESQ 118-21 Queens Blvd Suite 505 Forest Hills, NY 11375 Fame Diner 176-19 Union Turnpike Flushing, NY 11366 Attn: Steve Holmes H. Goodman Furs 116-07 Queens Blvd. Forest Hills, NY 11375 Marilyn & Judge Maurice Harbater Horing Welikson & Rosen, P.C. 11 Hillside Avenue Williston Park, NY 11596 Attn: Niles Welikson, Esq. Jr's Bagel Factory, Inc. 222-10 Union Turnpike Oakland Gardens, NY 11364-3643 Glenda & Ray Lascot

Jay Ledner, DDS 64-04 Marathon Parkway Douglaston, NY 11362 New York Community Bank Queens County Savings Bank 615 Merrick Avenue Westbury, NY 11590 Attn: Nancy Spurdic New York Dirt Contracting Corp 121 E. 2nd Street Mineola, NY 11501 Pictures Picasso 71 Jericho Turnpike Mineola, NY 11501-2902 Pump It Inc. 4 Fourth Street Huntington Station, NY 11746 Quantum Athletics 188-13 Union Turnpike Fresh Meadows, NY 11366 Queens Village Diesel 218-02 Hillside Avenue Queens Village, NY 11427 Rachel's Waterside Grill 281 Woodcleft Avenue Freeport, NY 11520-6337 Judi & John Rettmer Dr. Leonard Rickman Doctor of Podiatric Medicine & Surgery 116-22 Metropolitan Avenue Kew Gardens, NY 11418 John G Sassone, CFP Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 1001 Franklin Ave., Suite 202 Garden City, NY 11530 Howard & Linda Schultheiss Scoring by the ‘Z Team’ Dr. Howard Solomon, Dermatology & Dermatologic Surgery 104-60 Queens Blvd. Room 1-C Forest Hills, NY 11375

Valley Printing & Engraving 241-23 Braddock Avenue Bellerose, NY 11426 Zaharenia Specialty Chocolates/Cupcakes 222-20 Union Turnpike Oakland Gardens, NY 11364 Stan & Marcia Zibulsky

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL

OUR SPONSORS AND RACE VOLUNTEERS. OUR SUCCESS IS

DUE TO YOUR EFFORTS!

THANK YOU!

Australian - Thoinks, Moite!

Chinese (Mandarin) - Xie_Xie (shieh shieh)

Chinese (Cantonese) Mh goi (m-ghoh-ee) (informal: thanks)

Czech – Dekuji (deh'-ku-yih) French - merci (mehr-see')

German - Danke (dahn'-kuh) Greek - Efharisto (ef-har-ris-tou')

Hebrew - Toda (toh-dah') Hungarian - Köszönöm

(kuh'-suh-nuhm) Irish - Go raibh maith agat

Italian - Grazie (grahts'-yeh) Japanese - Arigato (ah-ree-gah'-toh) or A_Ree_Ga_Tou_Go_Zai_Ma_Su

Korean - Kamsa hamaida (kam'-sah hum-nee-dah' )

Lithuanian - Achu Philippines Tagalog - Salamat

Polish - Dziekuje (dsyehn-koo-yeh) Romanian - Multumesc

(phonetic: mooltzoomeask) Russian - Spasiba (spah-see'-boh)

Spanish - Gracias (grah'-syas) Turkish - Tesekkurler (teh-sheh-

keur eh-deh-rim) Yiddish - A dank

FIVE MILE CHALLENGE RACE SPONSORS 2010


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Calendar of Events

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Board of Directors President: Debbie Pesa

Vice President: John Kwasnik Treasurer: Laughlin Whalen

Recording Secretary: Ken Kaiser Corresponding Secretary: Ronit Guriel

Social Secretary: Alan Bouknight Runners Rep.: Joe Gambino

Walkers Representative: George Schafer

MAY 2010:

Wednesday, May 5th: Track workouts begin 6:30 pm at Queensborough Commu-nity College track. All are welcome.

Thursday, May 6th: Membership Meeting at 8 pm. Please join us at the Alley Pond Park House for our monthly meeting. {Note: the Executive Board will meet at the Park House starting at 7:00 pm. All members are welcome to attend these meetings.}

Saturday, May 15th: Refreshment Day. Come join your fellow Striders for re-freshments after our walk/run. And don’t forget to bring a treat to share.

Saturday, May 31st: Memorial Day Weekend - the unofficial start of summer. Weekend walk and run times move to 8:30 am.

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Well, it was another successful Strider Five-Mile Challenge Race. Despite the bad weather, the sunny Striders kept the mood high. As the editor of “The Strider” and “The Extra Stride”, this edition of the publication is always most difficult. There are many pieces that must come together to create an im-pressive paper.

Just so you know, I am not bragging and I am not taking credit. This edition is the product of the hard work of Lynn Henry, Joe Gambino, George Zink, Debbie Pesa, Helen Pasqual and Elik Hirsch. With the articles, results and pictures this edition of “The Strider” would be little more than a list of folks who ran a race. Because of their contributions and hard work, this paper tells a great story...YOUR story. We all hope you enjoy reliving the day.

Kenneth J. Kaiser

Editor, “The Strider” and ”The Extra Stride”

NOTE: WALK AND RUN TIMES MOVE TO AN 8:30 AM START BEGINNING SATURDAY, MAY 31st.

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PEOPLE AND PLACES - Answering that important question of who, what, where are the Striders!

Striders were out at Flushing Meadow-Corona Park on April 3rd to run the Queens 13.1 “Marathon” (actually a half marathon distance. Running were Fran Kraus, past presidents Gerry Ruiz and Rob Pasqual, and Elik Hirsch.

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THANKS TO ALL THE RUNNERS< WALKERS, SPONSORS AND VOLUNTEERS! SEE YOU IN 2011!

Alley Pond Strides: Five Mile Challenge Age/Sex Sorted Results

Prepared by Elik Hirsh

Female Overall

Number Time First Name Last Name Age

1 34:20.42 MIMI BOYLE F**

2 36:02.30 CINTHYA SANDOVAL F**

3 36:30.53 MELAINE AMADOR F**

Female Under 14


Female 15-19


Female 20-24


1 42:16.56 TRISHA LAFORCE F22

2 45:26.77 KRISTEN LIM F23

Female 25-29


1 39:03.78 ANITA BONESTEEL F28

2 42:46.94 NANCY JU F28

3 44:00.43 LETISHA JENKINS F26

4 45:28.47 PAMELA LEE F28

5 45:47.59 NELISA ROACH F26

6 47:00.25 JENNY TURZER F29

7 56:00.12 EVELYN FRANCO F25

Female 30-34


1 37:10.30 TRACY BUXTON F30

2 37:24.31 APRIL LEMIEUX F33

3 38:10.94 SONIA SANTANDER BALLESTI F31

4 40:42.26 SANDRA J SANTANA F33

5 53:38.63 JENNIFER COGAN F30

6 54:50.09 JOAN MARIE KENNEDY F32

7 55:06.07 ANN MARGRETT RODRIGUEZ F30

8 1:15:52.06 BITHI DAS F30

Female 35-39


1 43:34.67 TATJANA KORAC F35

2 44:44.75 BERNADETTE BOYLE F36

3 49:34.76 VENUS MUL F39

4 50:31.77 ALLISON L TAYLOR F39

5 53:33.03 ELIZABETH HIRSCH F39

6 55:13.87 WAI-CHUN CHAN F39

7 56:49.66 AYIESHA SELWANES F35

8 1:05:02.07 TRACEE ROSLONOWSKI F35

9 1:17:16.59 ETI CHOWHURY F37

Female 40-44


1 38:02.97 XIMENA NINAHUANCA F42

2 40:09.25 JACKIE NOVAK F43

3 41:26.31 JANINE LEVEQUE F44

4 42:32.38 ANGELA MEIKLE F44

5 44:30.80 DEBORAH PESA F44

6 46:48.06 LILLY SEHAYEK F43

7 47:18.93 KAREN ROSE F40

8 49:50.80 ANNE REINHART F41

9 1:01:02.48 LINDA CHESLOCK F44

10 1:17:01.32 SHAHNAZ QURESHI F44

Female 45-49


1 40:44.34 GAIL MARINO F48

2 42:21.07 BOBBI NIGRO F48

3 43:35.99 REGINA JOYNEL F45

4 44:58.87 PAULINE SETO F46

5 45:05.24 LYNN LEON F48

6 50:00.85 DEBORAH SERRANO F46

7 54:58.60 MICHELLE ACKERMAN F46

8 59:29.55 TERRI CASE F47

9 1:01:03.25 ELENA KILLEEN F47

10 1:07:36.19 RENA ALIM F47

11 1:28:33.05 BEGUM TAHMINA F45

12 1:28:43.87 REHANA HAQUE F49

Female 50-54


1 44:27.01 PAMELA WEESS F51

2 47:04.76 MARIA FERRARO F52

3 51:11.59 KATHY SHERIDAN F54

4 53:00.62 MARIAH BRICK F52

5 1:28:50.20 ELINOR SCHOENFELD F54

Female 55-59


1 45:13.20 JACKIE BEATTIE F55

2 45:57.31 MARIE BREWER F55

3 50:17.11 PAMELA LEE F57

4 55:51.99 ELAINE E FUELLO F55

5 56:50.21 MUNIRA MEGHJI F57

6 59:50.47 LINDA FAIRGRIEVE F56

Female 60-64


1 56:56.58 DONNA HAHL F63

2 1:05:05.97 OLGA RAPALO F61

Female 65-69


Female 70-74


1 57:45.46 MARGARET CARINCI F73

Female 75-79


Female 80-84


Female 85-89


Female Over 90


Male Overall


1 30:49.12 AAKAASH PILLALAMARRI M**

2 30:59.11 FRANCISCO DIEZ RUA M**

3 31:20.31 TOMMY PYON M**

Male Under 14


Male 15-19


1 33:06.05 YORKI MUNOZ JR M19

2 34:05.26 AARON MALDONADO M19

3 34:33.60 WALTER BRYANT M18

4 53:03.75 STEPHEN SCIORTINO M17

Male 20-24


1 37:54.29 ANTHONY RIOJAS M21

2 53:31.10 SUDIP DAS M24

Male 25-29


1 32:01.23 MARC SMITH M26

2 35:16.66 BOB O'REILLY M25

3 49:01.20 STEVEN J SHPAK M28

Male 30-34


1 34:19.70 RAYMOND CUADRADO M32

2 36:56.02 DAVID GONZALEZ M31

3 38:01.60 DAVID CABRERA M34

4 40:38.25 JOHN REINLE M33

5 53:41.98 JAGJIT SINGH M32

6 55:06.84 JONATHAN RODRIGUEZ M31

7 1:15:50.63 SHM ISLAM M33

Male 35-39


1 32:01.62 JEFF POWELL M38

2 32:27.93 JOE GAMBINO M38

3 32:39.46 AURELIO DIMAS M38

4 35:54.45 HECTOR JARAMILLO M38

5 36:46.63 ELIK HIRSCH M37

6 39:13.50 RAGUI SELWANES M35

7 42:00.80 ALBERT TOSKAS M38

8 46:32.35 JOHN RODRIGUES M35

9 49:33.55 JAVED MINHAJ M37

10 51:30.10 DAVID J CHAN M35

11 58:25.56 MICHAEL REINHART JR.

Male 40-44


1 34:38.98 ARTHUR VENDRYES M41

2 36:25.43 CHRIS EZZO M44

3 37:25.02 ALEX GONZALEZ M44

4 39:06.47 DANNY SHUM M44

5 40:23.09 BRIAN O'KEEFE M43

6 40:39.46 YORKI MUNOZ M40

7 47:42.49 GARY M KATZ M41

8 53:49.01 SAYED BAKAR M40

9 55:49.96 MASUD RAHMAN M43

10 56:09.67 AMIR RASHID M41

Male 45-49


1 33:25.76 JAIME SEQURA M48

2 34:12.67 LEN RICHARDS M48

3 35:07.16 THOMAS BROGAN M49

4 37:29.30 STEVEN S MOSS M49

5 37:56.99 JOHN VON HOLTEN M46

6 38:38.95 MARTIN GLADWYN M45

7 41:07.63 RAFAEL ZAMOT M48

8 42:03.05 STEVEN FRIEDLAND M45

9 45:02.11 LEO MEZHBERG M45

10 45:36.66 ALAN SANGEAP M48

11 59:48.17 JOHN PLATA M47

12 1:07:06.03 MIKE MONTOVANO M45

13 1:07:33.39 MOHAMMED KHALED M45

Male 50-54


1 33:23.73 JON WALLACH M53

2 33:51.52 WINTHROP JACOBS M54

3 35:35.94 ROBERT PASQUAL M50

4 35:45.38 PHILIP BROWN M54

5 41:30.70 RAY NIEVES M52

6 41:40.04 KENNETH TOBACK M51

7 41:53.82 CHARLES MANDELBAUM M53

8 43:47.14 MITCHELL COVEN M52

9 45:03.37 THOMAS CASE M53

10 51:58.39 BILL SHERIDAN M54

11 57:44.70 JACK BERGER M50

12 1:00:47.76 GERARD RUIZ M50

13 1:28:50.10 ERIC GOTTESMAN M51

Male 55-59


1 38:09.12 MARLON JOSEPH M55

2 40:34.73 SCOTT FAIRGRIEVE M59

3 40:47.58 BARRY BLUM M56

4 41:46.08 JULIO MELENDEZ M57

5 41:57.78 THOMAS CARTON M55

6 42:26.56 TOM BREWER M55

7 49:04.55 DOMINGO PEREZ M58

8 51:44.27 CHARLES CALITRI M56

9 53:02.32 ROBERT NIES M55

10 54:50.58 JONATHAN GOLDEN M56

11 54:52.23 JOSEPH YONDA M59

12 54:57.83 WARREN VANDERWATER JR M55

13 1:15:59.58 SAIED ALIM M55

14 1:28:43.21 QUAMRUL HAQUE M59

Male 60-64


1 40:30.67 PERRY ZEICHNER M61

2 44:08.94 SIMON LIM M62

3 44:22.18 ARTHUR STERENBUCH M64

4 44:50.79 JOSEPH SALOW M63

5 46:57.34 JOSEPH SPILBERG M64

6 49:52.28 STEVEN APPEL M61

Male 65-69


1 37:02.72 ARTHUR WEISBERG M65

2 37:13.70 JAMES SAMMON M68

3 39:42.66 DAVID FRISONE M65

4 42:09.31 HECTOR MORENO M66

5 43:10.94 JAMES DURSTON M68

6 46:19.06 MICHAEZ OGAZON M69

7 51:27.63 JACOB CYSNER M67

8 53:51.15 CHARLES GRAHAM M66

9 57:19.54 MYRON MEDINE M67

10 1:07:54.92 GEORGE HADDEN M68

Male 70-74


1 48:48.46 WILSON VARGAS M72

2 57:20.58 PAUL DUPLATRE M71

3 1:06:35.77 GEORGE SHILLING M72

Male 75-79


1 53:11.00 CARLOS A MORALES M75

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