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Alter and Mascoli Win 695-Runner Blue-Gray Half Marathon

By mitchpa on May 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

by Clay Shaw

Gettysburg, PA, Blue-Gray Half Marathon, April 25, 2021—Nathaniel Alter of Lancaster won the Gettysburg Blue-Gray Half-Marathon in 1:12:23. I thought it might be an “easy” victory, but one can never can assume. I was photographing around mile 11 in the battlefield, and later that day I did not see Alter listed in the results. I’m thinking, “Uh oh, possibly off course?” Checking the next day, the results looked normal. Loc O of Williamsburg, PA was second overall in 1:13:39, and was the top master as well. Matthew Marino of Hanover was third in 1:14:55. Luis Miranda of Lebanon was fifth in 1:15:03.

Rosie Mascoli of Philadelphia won overall by twelve minutes, touring the Gettysburg course in 1:21:16. Rosie is a regular diamond winner at the Run for the Diamonds in Berwick each Thanksgiving. Meg Griffith of Manheim, and the F&M Track Club, took second in 1:32:36. Natalie Trait of Landenberg, PA was third and top master in 1:33:21. Sherry Stick of Sykesville, MD was fourth overall and second master in 1:33:42. Jen Esposito of Kutztown was the third master runner, as she took fifth overall in 1:35:17. Of note was Jeanne Pare of Chester, NJ, who at 60 was eighth overall in 1:37:23!

As noted in the title, 695 runners finished the half marathon. 289 finished the marathon, and they ran same course with a double loop. There was also a low-key 5K as well, making this the largest event in Central Pennsylvania since March 2020.

Top Women

1:21:16 Rosie Mascoli, 29, Philadelphia, PA
1:32:36 Meg Griffith, 33, Manheim, PA
1:33:21 Natalie Trait, 40, Landenberg, PA
1:33:42 Sherry Stick, 42, Sykesville, MD
1:35:17 Jen Esposito, 47, Kutztown, PA
1:35:41 Victoria Regitz, 17, Rockville, MD
1:37:20 Meredith Ricciardi, 40, Morristown, NJ
1:37:23 Jeanne Pare, 60, Chester, NJ
1:37:27 Maria Vido, 26, Glenside, PA
1:37:51 Maggie Kanak, 55, Newtown, PA

Top Men

1:12:23 Nathaniel Alter, 29, Lancaster, PA
1:13:39 Loc O, 44, Williamsburg, PA
1:14:55 Matthew Martino, 28, Hanover, PA
1:15:03 Luis Miranda, 30, Lebanon, PA
1:15:55 Samuel Altland, 26, Middletown, NJ
1:18:06 Easton Eberwein, 19, Dalton, MA
1:21:17 Connor Stengel, 29, Carlisle, PA
1:21:22 Peter Zhang, 22, Gettysburg, PA
1:22:11 Matthew Silver, 23, Frederick, MD
1:23:49 Sean Prescott, 39, Frederick, MD

Nathaniel Alter of Lancaster races past Civil War monuments and the marathon runners who started earlier, on his way to a 1:12:23 victory in the half marathon.
Luis Miranda of Lebanon, PA races by the marathoners on his way to fourth overall in the half-marathon in 1:15:03.
Rosie Mascoli of Philadelphia dominated the women’s division of the Gettysburg Blue-Gray Half-Marathon with a 1:21:16, and an eleven minute win.
Meg Griffith of Manheim. PA is all business as she races to second woman overall in 1:32:36. Some of the marathoners think I’m taking their picture, uh nope.
Jen Esposito of Kutztown was fifth overall and one of three masters women in the top five. Jen ran 1:35:17.
Brianna Payson of Lancaster placed 19th in 1:42:20.
Sherry Stick of Sykesville, MD was fourth overall in 1:33:42 and second master.
Brooke Schellhase of Fayetteville, PA was 12th in 1:38:46.
Emilia Eberwein of Fairfax, VA ran 1:45:55.
Courtney Lorenz of Hanover ran 1:58:22.
Jessica Seltzer of Chambersburg, PA ran 2:05:37.
Stephanie Barrick of Harrisburg ran 1:44:24 wearing the York White Rose Run shirt. (44th running is on September 25, 2021.)
Jeanne Pare of Chester, NJ was an elite back in the 1980’s, and she’s elite now as well. At age 60, she was eighth overall in 1:37:23.
Saad Bajwa of Fairfax, VA ran 1:42:43. VT gear helps !
Laurie and Mike Borysewicz of O’Fallon, IL do the half marathon.
Loc O of Williamsburg, PA was second overall in the half-marathon and first master in 1:13:39.
Matthew Martino of Hanover, PA was third overall in the half-marathon, in 1:14:55.
Easton Eberwein of Dalton, Massachusetts was sixth overall in 1:18:06.
Maggie Kanak of Newtown, PA placed tenth among women and was one of six masters runners in the top ten. Her time was 1:37:51.
Victoria Regitz of Rockville, MD placed sixth in the half-marathon in 1:35:41. Regitz age 17, was the youngest top ten finisher. Marathon runner Matt Craig #48 of Baltimore, did a SUB4 with a 3:57:19.
Seeing double: Nancy LaRochelle #1595, and Phoebe Kammerer #1570, both of Park Hall, MD, did the half-marathon.