for breaking news visit www.qns.com NOVEMBER 19, 2015 • times 51 FLYERS FINISH CROSS COUNTRY SEASON WITH ‘GOLDEN’ PERFORMANCES BY ANTHONY GIUDICE [email protected]/ @A_GiudiceReport The St. Margaret’s/Resurrection Ascension Flyers finished their cross country season this year by bringing home the gold in the Diocesan Championship. Senior boys Ivan Boyadzhiev, Michael Hubert and John Ostling were the first across the finish line, earning them the first place trophy in their diocesan race. The novice girls consisting of Aileen Mitarotonda, Nora Olmo, Olaia Higgins and Isadora Mulligan received a trophy for placing third in their diocesan championship race. The final Flyers team to bring home a trophy for placing fourth in their diocesan race were junior boys Kacper Niepokoj, Nicholas Catapano, Victor Ostling, Elias Mulligan, Joseph Browne, John Boger, Andrew Savino and Ciaran Mcaree. The players who received medals for their race were novice boy Adrian Ithurradle and bantam boys Ricky Hubert and Conor O’Leary. Also receiving medals were peewee girls, Camiile Ithurradle, Ciara Reilly and Emily Pedicini. The Flyers would like to congratulate all the runners on their valiant efforts during the cross country season. Runners who put in great work and had impressive seasons include novice boys Unai Higgins, Conn Reilly, Gavin McMahon, Kevin Isca, Anthony Pedicini and Steven Honan; bantam girls Mackenzie Collin, Gabriella Savino and Athalia Mulligan; bantam boys Sean Walsh, Sean Reilly, Shane Rooney, Luke Trinchillo, Seamus Mcentee and Justin Trinchillo; and junior girls Claire Rooney, Jayde Sabin, Ella McPartland, Isabella Cedeno and Emily Browne. The Flyers will be back in action this winter to compete in their indoor season starting in January at St. Anthony’s in Huntington, Long Island. The team is continuing to look for any new members that wish to join. The practices take place from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays at Resurrection Ascension School, located at 85-25 61st Rd. in Rego Park, and from 8 to 9 a.m. Saturdays at St. Margaret’s School located at 66-10 80th St. in Middle Village. sports Photo courtesy St. Margaret’s/Resurrection Flyers The Flyers ended their cross country season by taking home several medals at the Diocesan Championship over the weekend. Queens Distance Runners help create first Queens Marathon BY ANTHONY GIUDICE [email protected] @A_GiudiceReport One Queens-based running group is bringing the borough its very first marathon next year. A group of local athletes came together to bring a unified running community to Queens. They founded their running organization, Queens Distance Runners (QDR), in 2013 with only three members, and have grown to more than 160 runners in two years. “The Queens Distance Runners came to fruition on the premise that Queens, the largest and most populated borough in the city of New York, lacked a true running community that could unite not only runners living in Queens, but encourage new runners from all communities to join us and be a part of our running community,” said Kevin Montalvo, founding member of QDR. “We like to think of ourselves as the diverse family of runners that lives in Queens and uses its streets and parks as our personal backyard.” Montalvo has had the vision to bring a marathon to Queens for a long time, and now, with the help of the runners of the QDR and their sponsor, they are about to make his vision a reality. Montalvo believes that bringing a marathon to Queens will not only vitalize the borough’s running community, but also bring runners from other cities to Queens. “Our team has been blessed with selfless and enthusiastic members that have done nothing besides help and boost our running community,” Montalvo said. “I’ve traveled to other cities ranging from Albany to Rio de Janeiro to Yonkers, Miami and Boston, and I believe that the effects of hosting a marathon within a city is inspiring and truly gives the city an opportunity to demonstrate to the runners coming by — and to the community itself — what the city and community culture is all about. The bottom line is, since taking part in all these events, I want people to come to Queens.” The inaugural Queens Marathon is scheduled to take place on April 30, 2016, with registration to open earlier in the year. “The course will be five loops of Flushing Meadows Park, and while on a normal day you would have little around you besides Meadow Lake and plenty of open road, we are promising to stack spectators, music groups and beyond to fill our course with entertainment and keep you inspired along the way,” Montalvo said. The QDR is inviting the all communities to come out and be a part of this historic event for the city. “We at the Queens Distance Runners don’t just want runners, we want everyone to be involved in this event one way or another; whether you are interested in spectating, supporting our efforts by volunteering or simply asking their friends and family to come be a part of history, we want this event to honor our great borough for everything it stands for,” Montalvo said. ORTHODONTICS WWW.GLENRIDGEORTHODONTIST.COM Est. 1976 FREE* Consultation and Exam Medicaid Approved Diplomate, American Board of Orthodontics 65-34 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, NY 11385 Most Insurance Accepted As Partial or Full Payment 1-718-381-2965 1-718-386-8728 ©Times Newsweekly 2015-GLENRIDGE WWW.GLENRIDGEORTHODONTIST.COM Vincent J. Bilello, D.D.S., ABO Diplomate, Specialists in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
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