1984

This year, to me, marks the beginning of the alumni race's modern era. Nearly 150 crazies toed the line for the second annual race, firmly establishing it on the Rockland County race calendar. Eight schools fielded full teams, and Pearl River put together the first full women's team, sweeping the men's and women's titles (a feat they would duplicate eight years later). The Pirate men, in fact, run a combined time of 78:40 for five runners, still the second-fastest total in race history; that stat, combined with their 2-5-7-13-16 finish, ranks them as the third best alumni team ever.

More runners meant better competition. Ten athletes dipped under Pat Chambers' winning time from the previous year. Chambers himself ran 17:29, a time which would have placed him sixth in 1983 but landed him in 25th this year. Goshen's Brian Nierstedt forever established the presence of non-Rockland schools in the race by winning the title, but since then only two athletes from outside the regular Alumni Race field (in which I include Monroe Woodbury, which might as well be in Rockland) have captured the men's title. Aileen O'Shea repeated for the women, beating out a field of 14, including Nanuet's Rita Keahon, an alumni race legend in the making.

Men's Top 30

1. Brian Nierstedt (Goshen '81) 14:59
2. Barry Conway (PR '81) 15:09
3. Dan Glynn (CS '86) 15:15
4. Jamie Kempton (AM '76) 15:16
5. Andy Kohlbrenner (PR '81) 15:22
6. John McNulty (Nan '75) 15:36
7. Mike Kohlbrenner (PR '76) 15:51
8. Mike Humiston (St. Joe's '77) 15:55
9. Bob Kingsland (CN '83) 16:01
10. Karl Gehsmann (CN '83) 16:03
11. Brian Kelly (AM '75) 16:04
12. Kurt Gehsmann (CN '83) 16:06
13. Bob Enright (PR '68) 16:06
14. Brian Crowley (AM '82) 16:11
15. Howie McNiff (AM '78) 16:11
16. Tom Dempsey (PR '82) 16:13
17. Jim McCarthy (CS '81) 16:18
18. Bob Wanamaker (CN '77) 16:26
19. Larry Beckerle (AM '73) 16:49
20. Gavin Holihan (TZ '84) 16:57
21. Rob Magrino (PR '84) 16:58
22. Chris Craig (AM '82) 16:58
23. Steve McNutt (Avon, CT '74) 17:15
24. Jay Kaplan (SV '67) 17:19
25. Pat Chambers (AM '76) 17:29
26. Rich Fitzpatrick (CS '83) 17:33
27. Tom Decker (Wash '82) 17:33
28. Gary Wirchansky (CN '84) 17:46
29. Neil Anderson (CN) 17:56
30. John Leonard (AM '74) 17:59

Women's Top 10

1. Aileen O'Shea (PR '83) 19:33
2. Rita Keahon (Nan '83) 19:46
3. Marianne Balogh (Valley Central) 21:04
4. Sue Gulla (PR '83) 22:01
5. Diane Iriate (PR '83) 22:59
6. Debbie Strathy (CS '78) 23:13
7. Liz vonWurmb (Nan '66) 23:43
8. Angela Simpson (Ny)23:47
9. Barbara Noyes (TZ '75) 24:30
10. Tami Magaletta (CN '83) 24:56

Total Number of Runners: 148

Team Participation: 1. Clarkstown North 36, 2. Pearl River 32, 3. Nanuet 17, 4. Albertus Magnus 14, 5. Tappan Zee 9, 6. Spring Valley 7, 7. Clarkstown South 6, 8. Suffern 5, 9. (tie) North Rockland and Washingtonville 3, 11. Nyack 2

Men's Team Scoring

1. Pearl River 43 (Conway, A. Kohlbrenner, M. Kohlbrenner, Enright, Dempsey)
2. Albertus Magnus 63
3. Clarkstown North 77
4. Nanuet 172
5. Clarkstown South 202
6. Tappan Zee 243
7. Spring Valley 325
8. Suffern 382
   

Women's Team Scoring

1. Pearl River 37 (O'Shea, Gulla, Iriate, Bodnar, Sussman)

No other complete teams