HMRRC 5.64 Mile Run

September 26, 1971 at 10 am
SUNY Campus

    2.82M 5.64M
1 Tom Robinson 15:00 29:01
2 Tom Osler 15:48 31:55
3 Louis Brikman 17:16 34:19
4 Lindsey Childs 17:20 34:28
5 Vernon Hoffman 17:16 34:59
6 Al McKinley 19:15 39:07
7 Marbry Pulver 19:33 40:08
8 Mel Katz 20:21 41:00
9 Martin King 19:04 41:41
10 Ed Thomas 21:02 42:06
11 Dick Hornblower 21:02 42:06
12 Richard Berkum 21:58 42:57
13 Bill Shrader 22:44 45:39
14 Kathy Shrader 24:40 52:15
15 David Shrader 29:34 66:48

Tom Robinson, New York A.C. standout, ran away with the first road race sponsored by the newly organized Hudson Mohawk Association Road Runners Club. Robinson averaged a good 35 seconds per mile faster than second place finisher Tom Osler. Lou Brickman, Mathematics Professor at the State University firished third. Vern Hoffman, somewhat fatigued by a 22 mile training run the previous morning dropped from thir place on the first lap to fifth.