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Ashenfelter 8k Classic

Thursday November 28th, 2024
Glen Ridge, NJ
Distance: 8K · Tom Fleming Mile
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The Ashenfelter 8K Classic (A8K) is a United States Track & Field-NJ Championship Road Race which is open to everyone... walkers, joggers, runners and racers. The race is produced by the Glen Ridge Educational Foundation.

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Malcolm
To know that a race like this attracts such top notch athletes and runners and I've run it is an honor may Mr ashenfelter RIP honor to run in a race named after a legendary athlete as you.only thing is the weather it was so cold last time.
Ashenfelter 8k Classic, Race Date: 2023-11-23, Distance: 8k
Division Time Name Age Home
Male 24:07 Jean Uminski 23 NJ
2nd Male 24:13 PELLE NOGUEIRA 24 NJ
3rd Male 24:27 Jaoued El Jazouli 36 NJ
4th Male 24:29 Jacob Heredia 19 NJ
Female 26:39 ROBERTA GRONER 45 NJ
2nd Female 28:41 EMILY ROSARIO 33 NJ
3rd Female 28:59 JENNIFER PESCE 43 NJ
4th Female 29:11 KELSEY LARKIN 25 NJ
Division Time Name Age Home
M 40-49 23:58 THOMAS YOUNG 44 NJ
M 50-59 28:25 MARCO CARDOSO 51 NJ
M 60-69 27:44 NAT LARSON 61 MA
M 70+ 34:16 JAMES LINN 71 PA
F 40-49 26:39 ROBERTA GRONER 45 NJ
F 50-59 31:27 HORTENCIA ALIAGA 52 NJ
F 60-69 32:01 SUZANNE LA BURT 60 NY
F 70+ 43:05 CATHY WRIGHT 71 NJ
Ashenfelter 8k Classic

Horace Ashenfelter, the Olympic Gold Medalist that the race is named after, was one of America’s premier distance runners during the 1950s, winning 17 national championships at a variety of distances. But his most remarkable achievement was winning the gold medal in the 1952 Olympic 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Ashenfelter was the first American since James Lightbody in 1904 to win the Olympic steeplechase beating the favorite, Vladimir Kazantsev of the Soviet Union. Horace Ashenfelter also won the 1952 Sullivan Award as the nation’s outstanding amateur athlete.

Ashenfelter served in World War II and then attended Penn State. He won the NCAA 2-mile run in 1949, the IC4A outdoor 2-mile in 1948 and 1949, and the IC4A indoor 2-mile in 1948. He was also AAU national champion in cross-country, 1951, 1955 and 1956; the steeplechase, 1951, 1953, and 1956; the 3-mile run, 1954 and 1955; the 6-mile, 1950; and the indoor 3-mile, 1952 through 1956.


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