Off and running in Rockville Centre

The horn sounded and the runners took off. At 9 a.m. last Saturday, behind the LIRR station, the Rockville Centre Family Fun Run was beginning. Just minutes later, a local teen was the first person to cross the finish line on Front Street.

“I’m so happy and grateful for finishing first,” said an out-of-breath Mary Schwagerl after winning the race. “This is all so exciting and cool to be a part of.”

Schwagerl, a 12-year-old South Side Middle School student, wore a big smile after finishing the 1-mile run in 7 minutes, 37 seconds. An estimated 250 to 300 people took part in the annual Fun Run, which kicked off a beautiful Saturday morning that also featured a 5K and 10K race, which started an hour later in front of the Fantasy Theater on North Park Avenue.

The longer races drew an estimated 900 runners. Dan McGrath, a 27-year-old from Queens, was the first 5K competitor to cross the Front Street finish line, with a time of 15:23, and he sounded surprised to have taken first place.

“This was my first year running in the Rockville Centre race,” McGrath said. “I was actually battling a sinus infection just last week and was unsure if I would even participate in the run. I’m very happy and honored with my finish.”

Strangely enough, one of McGrath’s good friends finished first in the 10K race. Anthony Vernaci, 25, of Bellerose, was the winner with a time of 34:20. Like McGrath, Vernaci had attended Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, and, like McGrath, he expressed shock at finishing ahead of all other competitors.

“I was really just trying to get back into shape,” he said. “I haven’t run in a competitive race in about two or three years.”

The Department of Parks and Recreation and the village Chamber of Commerce sponsored all three races, and this was the 33rd year that running events have been staged in the village. Mayor Mary Bossart and village trustees presented trophies and medals to the top three finishers in a variety of age groups, and Rockville Centre residents who ran well were also honored with awards.

Members of the Police Department, the Auxiliary Police and the Fire Department lent their services during the races.

Below listed is a chart of each runner who participated in the races this year, his/her age, and the time it took to complete the race.

Rockville Centre 5K Participants

SEAN CULKIN 16 18:15

THOMAS WALSH 24 18:32

LARRY MAIER 42 19:17

MATT DELLAVA LE 27 19:23

WILL DUGGAN 15 19:27

SHAUN COLLINS 13 19:55

PAIGE DUCA 13 19:57

LAUREN HENKEL 28 20:18

PAUL LOOMIE 52 20:28

MICHAEL MCDADE 17 20:50

JOHN ST PIERRE 14 20:57

MAX KIMMEL 16 21:01

RYAN CULLEY 15 21:02

BRIAN MCMULLAN 35 21:12

DREW ONEIL 15 21:13

DAVID CACACE 15 21:14

CHRIS COLLINS 10 21:22

CHRISTOPHER F. DUNN 4 21:36

DEIRDRE LEWIN 12 21:38

JOHN OMARRA 30 21:38

THOMAS ALTERSON 34 21:49

DAVE RUSSO 37 22:02

ALAN STEIN 62 22:11

MICHAEL O’BRIEN 33 22:16

KEVIN CULLEY 45 22:25

STEVEN COLLINS 42 22:25

GRACE OHANIAN 14 22:41

LARA O’ROURKE 14 22:42

JOHN IACOBELLIS 42 22:45

CAITLYN DUNN 13 22:48

CHRIS FARRELL 29 22:53

MICHAEL ARLEO 39 22:58

PETER AUSTIN 33 23:00

BRIAN MARCKESANO 14 23:03

JIM EXLER 48 23:03

AUDREY WALSH 12 23:08

DENNIS KATSMAR 22 23:09

MOLLY QUINN 12 23:17

DANIEL COLLINS 13 23:19

SOFIA TAVELLA 12 23:22

CHRISTINA GOLDSTEIN 12 23:34

KEVIN COLLINS 11 23:38

JAMES COLLINS 46 23:42

ROBERT RAAB 60 23:48

ROBERT ROSS 47 24:00

SHANNON MCMAHON 12 24:07

JULIA MAUGHAN 14 24:13

LESLEE FELDMAN 51 24:16

JANE PATERNOSTRO 38 24:36

FRANK SEIPP 46 24:38

THOMAS COOK 39 24:51

CONOR CICICONE 14 25:00

JENNA LUCCHESE 23 25:06

GREGORY DETWILLER 30 25:08

SEAN TESTA 13 25:10

SAM MODICO 15 25:12

MICHAEL MAYERHOFER 36 25:22

JUSTIN SEPLOWE 9 25:22

CHRISTOPHER SIM 37 25:26

PHILIP BRANCACCIO 40 25:34

MAGGIE FERGUSON 14 25:38

CAROLINE TURANSKY 12 25:38

BEN DESMOND 36 25:44

ALEX SOBEL 9 25:45

BLAZE KELLY 13 25:52

BRENDAN SCHMIDT 11 25:52

SEAN DONNELLY 12 25:57

PAUL DONNELLY 43 25:57

GARY WALDRON 41 26:01

ROBERT MAINA 39 26:02

ERIC RIVARA 35 26:07

JASON MILLER 34 26:12

JEAN-PIERRE HOURANI 46 26:16

WILLIAM BATH 37 26:17

TARA JOHNSON 39 26:25

RUSSELL PORTER 37 26:39

KATHLEEN KUNTZ 25 26:42

WILLIAM EVANS 76 26:57

KERI WASSON 23 27:07

KIM DETWILLER 28 27:15

LEE ANN TROIANO 49 27:16

WILLIAM CROUTIER 57 27:16

MATTHEW SEPLOWE 9 27:18

ELISABETH SCHMITZ 47 27:24

JEANINE KUCHER 39 27:29

PEGGY REYNOLDS 51 27:36

CHRIS LUCAS 47 27:40

MEGAN TURNER 13 27:41

CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD 7 27:42

BRIDGETT CUNNINGHAM 11 27:43

JULIANA HADJIYANE 14 27:55

OLIVIA SUEIRO 14 27:55

THOMAS GOETZ 11 27:55

CHRISTINE BEAUDET 14 27:56

KAYLA DOYLE 14 27:56

CAROLINE CULKIN 14 27:57

KRISTIN O’SULLIVAN 41 28:04

JOSEPH LICALZI 11 28:04

PATRICK O’SULLIVAN 12 28:04

CHRISTINE UMSTATTER 24 28:05

KAREN BILLIAS 39 28:12

JARED MROZ 34 28:15

RALPH BUMBACH A 49 28:17

JILL GRABEL 31 28:18

MARISA SPIVEY 12 28:18

CAROLINE SPADARO 13 28:24

ANDREW JONES 33 28:33

MEREDITH UMSTATTER 26 28:34

KELSEY MARIGLIANO 12 28:36

ANDREW TURRO 57 28:39

TOMMY MARIGLIANO 14 28:41

CHARLES JOYCE 28 28:42

CHRISTOPHER TESTA 46 28:44

STUART RICHNER 54 28:45

MATTHEW TRANI 8 28:45

BRENDAN CORRIGAN 36 28:49

AMETHYST MCGRATH 25 28:49

BRIDGET CROUTIER 22 28:50

MEGHAN KIRRANE 22 28:57

KIMBERLY TRANI 36 29:00

ALYSSA SEPE 44 29:00

FRANK TRANI 36 29:01

KERRY SPATZ 31 29:10

KRISTEN HAGGERTY 28 29:12

MEGAN UMSTATTER 30 29:12

ERIC ONEIL 50 29:13

JULIA DUNN 13 29:17

SOPHIA GRILLO 13 29:20

KAREN WECKSLER 27 29:20

VALERIE BERMAN 13 29:21

MARK LOMARD 29 29:23

KAITLIN O’SULLIVAN 8 29:25

REBECCA BATH 39 29:25

ERIN TESTA 8 29:27

MARY O’SULLIVAN 8 29:29

MARY TESTA 45 29:30

ED SIDDONS 66 29:36

CHRISTY SILECCHIA 40 29:39

LYNDA RUBINO 42 29:40

ALFIA PASSARELLI 51 29:48

PATRICIA COGHLAN 54 29:50

KENNETH CLARK 44 29:52

NAURA GROARKE 30 29:54

MARY MCDONALD 49 29:55

JILL CURTIS 41 29:57

JOSHUA CURTIS 11 29:57

ROBERT BEE 35 30:06

SALLY MORROW 28 30:09

PHILLIP CICIONE 45 30:14

TOM SCHMIDT 50 30:15

LEE ANNE SHARGEL 42 30:28

DANIELLE BELLANDO 16 30:30

PAMELA ANDORFER 37 30:35

EVE RODRIGUEZ 11 30:37

JENNIFER ARLEO 39 30:38

PIA JOHNSON 35 30:40

RYAN MCDERMOTT 26 30:41

NANCY GALLAGHER 41 30:43

MEAGHAN HAMPEL 25 30:51

ALLISON CREAGH 35 30:51

VICTORIA SHEEHAN 51 30:56

NICOLE TESTA 16 30:56

KEVIN ST PIERRE 43 30:58

MEGHAN LOOMIE 11 30:59

BERNADETTE GREENWALD 45 31:01

JOHN GLYNN 33 31:01

MARGARET QUINN 23 31:05

KATLEYN CHEESMAN 8 31:21

KATHERINE BOHAN 7 31:21

WARREN CHEESMAN 38 31:23

CHRISTOPHER BELLANDO 46 31:29

CATHLEEN MEYERS 27 31:32

NICOLE CANGELOSI 37 31:48

NICOLE CURIA 38 31:50

JENNIFER BOHAN 38 31:51

JENNIFER RYAN 43 31:56

JOHN COGHLAN 54 32:02

JOHN BELLANDO 54 32:05

KELSEY QUINN 11 32:12

SUZANNE ANDERSON 57 32:15

JANIS SOPER 40 32:28

ROB TAYLOR 37 32:43

THOMAS CONROY 63 32:45

SUSAN LICALZI 40 32:52

ROBERT CLARK 62 32:55

MARGARET O’CONNELL 46 32:57

GINGER CREEGAN 57 33:00

DANIEL BAGATTA 40 33:00

JAMES DELEGIANIS 62 33:04

JEAN HIGGINS 49 33:12

DINA POTARIS 36 33:14

MELISSA WARNER 29 33:16

JOANNA ONORATO 39 33:17

ANTHONY DELL’UNTO 7 33:20

ROB DELL’UNTO 38 33:20

AIDAN ODAY 8 33:22

CONOR FERRICK 12 33:23

MEGAN FERRICK 43 33:23

JIM BRENNAN 60 33:46

LOREEN LAWARENCE 25 34:09

KEITH SPADARO 49 34:09

LISA GEGERSON 28 34:12

TERI WAXMAN 48 34:30

MEGHAN BAGATTA 37 34:32

ELLEN BELLANDO 58 34:53

DANIELLE DESMOND 34 35:21

KATHY CALLAHAN 47 5:35

JENNIFER AUSTIN 41 35:46

MARY MARIN 57 35:47

JILL DELL’UNTO 36 35:50

JOHN ODAY 56 35:51

ERIN TRUESDELL 41 36:00

LIZ MUSNISKY 41 37:06

SUE DELUCA 38 37:28

MADELINE MICALIZZI 42 37:30

SABRINA THOMSEN 23 37:30

LORRAINE HANNON 57 38:23

MAEVE O’LEARY 8 39:53

JOHN BUSCHING 45 40:02

CHRISTINE BUSCHING 44 40:03

KATHY BAXLEY 46 40:11

JEANNE MANZI 42 40:51

AIDAN DOWD 8 41:09

JAMES DOWD 45 41:09

THOMAS ZIMMERMAN 64 41:33

LISA SOBEL 42 41:36

ELIZABETH GUARARRA 13 42:01

MARIANNE LAWLESS 46 42:20

MADELINE KEARNS 10 42:35

ROSEANN MOROLLA 42 44:04

STEVEN KAHN 52 44:12

GINA BRUNETTA 40 45:13

BARBARA EVANS 73 46:08

CONNOR LAWLESS 13 58:38

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Rockville Centre 10K Participants

BRIAN MONGEON 25 35:20

BRAD WEST 36 37:28

ROCCO SINISI 47 38:50

CHRIS MEAD 35 39:44

JEREMY PAGIRSKY 18 40:06

JONATHAN SEPLOWE 46 41:12

TOM UMSTATTER 28 41:48

ALEXANDRA TAYLOR 30 41:53

DONALD MAYERHOFER 33 42:20

PETER SKELOS 55 42:40

JARLATH BYRNE 49 43:02

CHRISTOPHER J DUNN 45 43:05

ROBERT MOLONEY 23 43:58

JOHN KOZIARZ 45 44:09

BOBBY SCHAEFER 33 44:17

MARK HULSMANN 37 44:18

DANIEL FELDMAN 17 44:37

KEVIN RILEY 24 44:44

PATRICK BROWNE 27 45:39

DONALD MARIGLIANO 45 46:19

MICHAEL MURRAY 39 46:25

DAVID KYNE 37 46:31

DENNIS GRAHAM 25 46:48

MICHAEL LUCCHESI 26 47:01

JOHN MCDAID 34 47:17

KATHY QUINN 42 47:22

MARY WALSH 47 7:24

MICHAEL JORDAN 53 47:26

TOM EHRLEIN 31 47:27

JAMIE PAGIRSKY 18 47:45

GAVIN MCCUTCHAN 27 48:00

BETHANY TAYLOR 35 48:10

DAVID DEMILT 39 48:12

JENNIFER SULLIVAN 37 48:18

DAVID CREO 43 48:25

THOMAS QUINLAN 32 48:37

KAREN GANDLEY 25 48:49

PETER RING 35 49:12

BRENDAN QUIGLEY 31 49:33

JOSHUA CALLAHAN 35 49:34

SCOTT CUNNINGHAM 44 49:39

JAMES GILLEN 40 49:45

ROBERT KASNA 36 49:50

JIM HIGGINS 50 50:09

MICHAEL BLACKFORD 28 50:29

KYLE CURNUCK 36 50:34

ALANNAH O’ROURKE 15 50:39

CATHRYN RYAN 16 50:39

PETER FERNANDEZ 34 51:03

SANJEY GUPTA 36 51:10

BRIAN KILGALLEN 47 51:12

WILLIAM MAUGHAN 48 51:17

MIKE BENOIT 28 51:19

MICHAEL LUVIN 51 51:27

JOHN KRALJIC 38 51:31

BRAD FREY 57 51:37

PETER CLEARY 43 51:39

AIMEE MAY 39 51:39

CATIE ZIENTARSKI 33 51:42

SEAN CURTIS 38 51:49

WARREN REDEKER 53 52:03

CRAIG JACOBS 38 52:24

JOE BARKWILL 51 52:32

JENNIFER LEWEK 34 52:35

JOHN MCMAHON 46 52:35

JAMES DONOGHUE 56 52:45

BRUCE WAXMAN 53 52:45

JOHANNA FESSLER 36 52:48

DEVON SWITZER 6 52:53

BILL KERRY 46 53:09

SPENCER LEITMAN 67 53:13

KYLE ROSE-LOUDER 49 53:16

BRIAN SHIELDS 33 53:16

VINNY PONTRELLI 20 53:39

MORGAN MCCOURT 28 53:39

JULIE DERKATCH 44 53:55

RICH HERMAN 40 54:00

JAMES VARLEY 41 54:12

JIM HENNESSY 46 54:16

JOSEPH MURPHY 51 54:26

SCOTT GEGERSON 31 54:27

TOM KANE 46 54:31

TARA AMBROSI 41 54:33

NOELLE ZOLA 43 54:34

FRANCESCA ASARO 31 54:38

LAURENCE HINTON 47 54:41

JENNIFER OLEKSIAK 29 54:43

JOE DAVIDOFF 36 55:05

JOSEPH ALDUINO 39 55:06

DENIS O’LEARY 41 55:09

LYNNE ESPIRITU 43 55:30

BRIAN NEVILL 34 55:30

BRIAN MADDEN 36 55:31

SUE MURPHY 50 55:33

TERRY BAYDALA 52 55:33

BRIAN BARKWILL 22 55:38

CHRISTOPHER DUCA 44 55:45

THOMAS WORAM 40 55:47

JENN TICE 42 55:50

CHRISTINE D’ALESSANDRO 39 55:53

MARY BETH STINES 36 56:01

ANNE O’BRIEN 41 56:03

LAUREN BENZONI 27 56:11

COLLEEN MALONE 43 56:22

SARA SCHAFFER 29 56:29

PAT HANLEY 53 56:35

KATHERINE BELLANDO 24 56:45

LANA DELLICARPINI 24 56:46

DEBRA SIEGEL 48 57:01

PATRICK LELLACHAN 41 57:11

LIGIA HANC 42 57:42

MICHAEL O’ROURKE 64 57:44

CHARLES FONTANELLI 33 57:45

MICHAEL CASSATTO 49 57:56

PEGI CONNORS 35 57:58

RACHEL BLACKBURN 25 58:03

CHRISTOPHER FINEGAN 37 58:07

CHRISTINE MILLER 22 58:21

SARA REARDON 32 58:22

THOMAS MARSHALL 37 58:22

ALLISON WILLIAMS 27 58:25

PAUL KENNEDY 45 58:26

JOE FERRICK 43 58:31

TODD BUCELLO 37 58:33

DAN ZARETSKY 30 58:50

CHRISTIAN BROWNE 34 58:52

MARK NASS 47 59:07

JANET VERUTES 36 59:14

BRIAN LYNCH 36 59:24

JOE HANNON 67 59:24

PAULETTE JOYCE 48 59:27

MARGARET MURPHY 25 59:38

HOPE WEINER 42 59:54

YVETTE SAYAGE 36 1:00:00

KEVIN REICH 40 1:00:01

RACHEL PULEO 26 1:00:12

DENNIS BRADY 60 1:00:14

LAUREN GAFFNEY 31 1:00:18

JACKIE VLAHAKIS 36 1:00:25

JILL NASS 45 1:00:35

JOANNE WITKOWER 54 1:00:45

JANINE DEMILT 38 1:00:50

TRE MARIGLIANO 38 1:00:50

THOMAS GISH 52 1:00:56

CAROL O’LEARY 41 1:01:10

MARC DERKATCH 47 1:01:15

LISA BARRY 44 1:01:16

ALISON KLEIN 24 1:01:17

TINA FAHY 42 1:01:30

KEITH REICH 43 1:01:30

JAY PAGIRSKY 54 1:01:31

MARGARET PANZARINO 27 1:01:42

WILLIAM SCHAFER 31 1:01:48

PATRICK MANZI 41 1:01:56

CHRISTINE PLACKIS 39 1:01:57

JILL SMITH 34 1:02:14

RICHARD FISK 45 1:03:13

CATHLEEN CAVANAGH 46 1:03:40

JOHN LINDSTROM 65 1:04:02

BRANDON SMITH 35 1:04:15

LENORE FURLONG 52 1:04:21

JAMIE DEVINE 44 1:04:22

KEVIN EDELL 43 1:04:52

MICHAEL GENTILE 58 1:04:55

MARY ROSENTHAL 48 1:05:15

LINETTE GENOVESE 39 1:05:45

KATIE KID 25 1:06:06

BRIANNE DOOLEY 25 1:06:09

MARC ZUKERMAN 40 1:06:34

DIANE MCGAUGHEY 50 1:07:23

CHRISANNE PICCOLA 38 1:08:05

CYNTHIA ENCARNACION 40 1:08:11

COURTNEY COLETTI 36 1:08:17

BARBARA MCCARTHY 27 1:09:13

EDWARD MILANO 57 1:09:54

ANTHONY SILECCHIA 35 1:10:09

KEN KAVANAGH 68 1:10:17

RENEE CLARKE 34 1:11:01

PETER FRUCCHIONE 38 1:13:10

TED MUELLERS 74 1:13:35

DOREEN HALLICK 26 1:14:56

VALERIE SUTERA 34 1:16:42

STEPHEN SPRAGUE 33 1:19:41

JULIE CRYSTAL 54 1:38:38

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