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Runners start the Great Bonac Footraces on Labor Day morning in Springs. KYRIL BROMLEY
Runners start the Great Bonac Footraces on Labor Day morning in Springs. KYRIL BROMLEY
Runners start the Great Bonac Footraces on Labor Day morning in Springs. KYRIL BROMLEY
Overall 10K champion Erik Engstrom KYRIL BROMLEY
Overall 10K champion Erik Engstrom KYRIL BROMLEY
Women's 10K champion Avery Lambert. KYRIL BROMLEY
Overall 5K winner Neil Falkenhan. KYRIL BROMLEY
Women's 5K champion Lara Jacobs. KYRIL BROMLEY
The Great Bonac Footraces, which includes one of the longest running 10Ks on Long Island, along with a 5K, kept its annual Labor Day tradition alive on Monday morning with over 165 competitors taking part in the races that start and end in front of the Springs Fire Department.
Erik Engstrom and Neil Falkenhan, a pair of avid East Hampton runners who both won the 10K and 5K, respectively, in 2022, returned this year as champions. Engstrom, 26, of Amagansett won this year’s 6.2-mile race in 34:24.65, a mile pace of 5:32. Sam Schindel, 22, of New York City placed second in 36:20.89 and Jonathan Schindel, 59, of New York City placed third in 38:42.
Avery Lambert, 21, of New York City was this year’s female champion of the 10K, crossing the finish line in 43:30.24. Lily Laurencio, 24, also of New York City placed second among females in 44:18, while Nicole Furlong, 34, of East Hampton, who won last year’s race, placed third in 47:09.02.
Falkenhan, 40, of East Hampton won the 3.1-mile version of the race in 16:52.41, a mile pace of 5:26, and a solid three minutes-plus ahead of the next finisher. Baker Brodlieb, 15, of New York City finished second in 20:03.15 and he was followed in by the first two females, Lara Jacobs, 25, of East Hampton and Zoey Falkenhan, 9, also of East Hampton, who finished in 20:05.35 and 21:28.73, respectively. Luke and John Cinelli, 9 and 44, finished third and fourth among males in 21:33.68 and 21:33.84, respectively. Jessica Anzalone, 25, also of East Hampton, finished third among women in 26:44.82.
Last year’s overall champion, Sergey Avramenko, did not return this year, nor did last year’s top female runners Dylan Cashin or Ryleigh O’Donnell, each of whom are starting their first years of college.
Full results can be found at elitefeats.com.
Proceeds from the race are shared between the Springs Fire Department and the Old Montauk Athletic Club, which puts on the race. OMAC has been supporting local athletes for decades, and in a number of different ways, such as scholarships — they provide three $1,000 scholarships to East Hampton High School graduating seniors each year. But it also helps time the wellness race that the school district puts on and also helps the cross country program get to its out-of-sate invitational each year.
