ual competition.Marathon December 10, 2005 8:30 am. 20-25 degrees at start, sunny |
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Ken Merrick easily captured the second annual Roxbury Marathon, covering the icy 26.2-mile course in 3-hours, 23-minutes and 1-second over a field of 11 challengers in the individual competition.
Merrick, 36, a former football player at Danbury High School, took the lead in the Saturday, Dec. 10, event after Nick Gracie, 33, who lives in the New York City borough of Manhattan, failed to turn onto Judds Bridge Road on the 8.3-mile loop at the beginning of the race.
Gracie returned to the course after running part way up Route 199 and placed second in 3:25.52.
Merrick’s time was slower than the winning time in last year’s marathon. Mike Abraham, 46, of Roxbury captured the inaugural run last December in 3:11.38.
This year Abraham, a social studies teacher at New Milford High School, placed third in 3:37.32.
Caroline White and Jeff Field combined to win the team competition in 3:40.
Bob Lewis - the head director of the Roxbury Road Race Series, which sp
onsored the marathon – said that he was impressed that even though there was major snowstorm the day before, the field of individual competitors grew from eight finishers last year to 12 this year.
"We were pleased that runners from as far away as Salem, Mass., and Manchester, Conn., came," he said.
Participants in the weekly road race series have measured the course with an Oerth-counter and plan to submit the appropriate paper work soon to seek to have it certified so that starting next year entrants could qualify for the Boston Marathon by meeting their age-group standard.
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Pictures
There were lots of cameras out on the course, and reporters from The New Milford Times were on hand to document the race. Send us your photos for inclusion on this page.
Up top is a picture of the 2nd Annual Roxbury Marathon Champion - Ken Merrick. Below that the intrepid runners start their engines. At right are Al Mletzko and Mike Zuback. More assorted race photos are below next to the results.
Many Thanks
Many thanks to all the folks that were out on the course handing out water, gatorade and lots of encouragement. It was a tough day to be a marathon spectator, and their efforts were much appreciated.
The Roxbury Races are now listed on the Internet both on RunningInTheUSA and on HiTekRacing.com
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Created December 10, 2005
