Local runners had a strong showing at a recent run through the streets of Plainview.
The Greater Long Island Running Club held its 11th annual Heart & Sole 5 Kilometer Run on Sunday, July 20, with a near-record field of 531 runners and walkers completing the run — only 10 less than the record set last year. The run started on Radcliffe Road in Plainview and finished on the grounds of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School.
The 5K was preceded by a fun run for the youngsters, with about 40 young runners completing a lap around the Middle School track.
Lots of runners from Plainview-Old Bethpage walked away with awards from their hometown race. Top local finishers were David Drebsky of Plainview, who scored in 19th place overall and third in the 30-34 age group, and Shari Klarfeld of Plainview, who was the third woman finisher and earned first place honors in the women’s 30-34 age group in a race that was staged only a few blocks from her home.
Other local award winners included Claire Ackerman of Plainview, third woman in 12 and under; Jacob Biren of Old Bethpage, third in 12 and under; Christian Schiavone of Plainview, first in the 13-15 age group; Jason Steier of Plainview, second, in the 13-15 age group; Stacianne Lester of Plainview, second woman in the 20-24 age group; Lindsay Klausner of Plainview, third woman in the 30-34 age group; Barbara Moskowitz of Plainview, third woman in the 35-39 age group; Robert Taubenfeld of Plainview, second in the 45-49 age group; Eddie Arbeiter of Plainview, third in the 60-64 age group; Howard Sitomer of Plainview, first in the 75-79 age group; Howard Kestenbaum of Plainview, third in the 80-84 age group; Karen Friedman of Plainview, first in female physicians; and Gary Plotkin of Plainview, second among North Shore-LIJ employees.
