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Brian Auer and Winnie Ng coasted to victories at the weekly SIAC Run for Fun at Clove Lakes Park. Auer covered the three-mile course in 17:29, narrowly defeating second place Scott LaMorte (17:43) after trailing at the halfway point. Frank Connelly (18:03), Luis Oyola (18:18) and Mark Vogt (18:46) placed third through fifth overall.

Ng won the women's division in 19:17, easily defeating second place Alma Ramos (22:04). Phylllis Spencer of the NYPD (22:26), Andrea Dorman (24:21) and 9-year old Christine Connelly (24:40) rounded out the top five females.

Brian Auer tracked Scott LaMorte for the entire first loop, finally overtaking Scott just before Martlings Avenue in the second loop. I spoke to Brian's mom during the race, and told her I expected Brian to catch Scott during the second loop, but then get a quick response from Scott. But Scott told me afterwards he didn't have a response in him today.

Winnie Ng cruised to victory over Alma Ramos O'Neill. Yes, Alma's grandmother's name is O'Neill, and Alma added it to her name in honor of St. Patrick's weekend.

It's a slow news day when the highlight was the after-race dusting of several runners by a bird eager to relieve some excess baggage from the sky. We thought it was some drops of rain, since light rain had begun to fall, but Gene Galasso noticed his head was a different kind of wet, and his white tank top had new green designs on it. But few were spared, as I, Mark Vogt and Bobby Guidera were dusted as well. Somewhere, a bird is having a few beers with his flock laughing about us.

Daniel Bisceglie has promised to put his correct age on the Wolfes Pond race application next week. His age on the Fun Run sheets has ranged from 5 to 59. We all want to know what age category he's in, to properly handicap next week's field. No Fun Run next week, incidentally.

Place	Name			Time	
1.  	Brian Auer 		17:29
2.  	Scott LaMorte 		17:43
3.  	Frank Connelly 		18:03
4.  	Luis Oyola 		18:18
5.  	Mark Vogt 		18:46
6.  	Gene Galasso 		18:54
7.  	Ken Pickell 		19:04
8.  	Steve Woitkowski 	19:12
9.  	Daniel Bisceglie 	19:14
10.  	Winnie Ng 		19:17
11.  	Kevin Campbell 		20:02
12.  	Bobby Guidera 		20:05
13.  	Anthony Skomina 	20:29
14.  	Scott Hall 		20:37
15.  	Fred Rigolini 		21:31
16.  	Jesse Allert 		21:59
17.  	Ed Manganel 		22:02
18.  	Bill Allert		22:03
19.  	Alma Ramos 		22:04
20.  	Dom DelPrete 		22:24
21.  	Phyllis Spencer 	22:26
22.  	Jonathan Cane 		22:26
23.  	Jason Paderon 		22:27
24.  	Carl Fiorillo 		23:08
25.  	Alex Liberatore 	23:45
26.  	Andrea M. Dorman 	24:21
27.  	Christine Connelly 	24:40
28.  	Tony Celentano 		25:29
29.  	Paul Forster 		25:44
30.  	Anthony Catania 	26:14
31.  	David Yue 		26:24
32.  	Ruth Fairbrother 	27:04
33.  	John Ladley 		27:24
34.  	Mike Garone 		27:26
35.  	Elizabeth Quinones 	27:34
36.  	Marie Garone 		34:57