Fifth Annual Run as One, TGL Classic Presented by JPMorgan Chase

Men's Gallery

The male-dominated start line featured a diverse array of local running teams in the third NYRR team points competition of the year. More than 5,700 runners lined up to fund-raise and raise awareness for lung cancer research.	As the men charged forward, Worku Beyi (#6146), 20, of the Westchester Track Club (WTC), checked out his competition. Within half a mile, ascending Cat hill, the pack thinned slightly.	WTC teammates Beyi and Demesse Tefera, 24, train, live, and race together. The pair trounced the competition and finished nearly neck-and-neck in 18:43, with Beyi crossing the line less than one second before Tefera.	Jorge Real, 36, of West Side Runners, edged past Karl Dusen, 24, of the Manhattan Track Club, during the race, but Dusen pulled ahead to finish fourth in 19:34. Real placed sixth in 20:04.
Top-20 finishers Retta Feyissa, 31, WTC, and Jorge Pardo (#6205), 38, of Urban Athletics, led this pack. Feyissa clinched ninth place in 20:27 and Pardo finished 12th in 20:37.	Beyi broke the tape a mere second before teammate Tefera. The duo’s efforts cemented the WTC’s first-place finish in the men’s open points competition.	Beyi has been running extremely well so far in 2007, with a recent second-place finish at the Coogan’s Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks 5K. He was also second at the 2006 NYRR Team Championships...	…with Tefera less than one second in front as champion! Tefera also won the FRNY Lesbian and Gay Pride Run, the Hope & Possibility 5M, and the Joe Kleinerman 10K (the latter in 29:48 and again just in front of Beyi) in 2006.
John Henwood, 34, a coach and member for the New York Athletic Club, competed in the 10,000 meters at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and placed an impressive 13th in the ING New York City Marathon in 2005.	Dusen turned in a record-breaking performance at the 2007 Scotland Run on April and will compete in this year’s U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s Marathon on November 3.	An avid marathoner, Retta Feyissa of WTC won the 2004 Marine Corps Marathon in 2:25:35, and placed 34th at the ING New York City Marathon (2:27:29) that same year.	William Berriel, 25, of the Nike Central Park Track Club, placed 10th in 20:30; he was sixth in last year’s Run as One.
Mike Lyons, 34, of Warren Street Social & Athletic Club, is accustomed to placing in the top 20 at NYRR races, including this year’s Run as One (20:45, 13th), and the Brooklyn Half (1:15:01, 13th).

Women's Gallery

It was a three-peat for Alemtsehay Misganaw, 26, as she won the Fifth Annual Run as One, TGL Classic Presented by JPMorgan Chase in a sizzling 21:21! Misganaw previously won this race in 2006 and 2005. .	Misganaw, of the Westchester Track Club, took control early and never looked back, winning by more than a minute. The race raises money and awareness for lung cancer research.	Aileen Conlon, 25, of the Nike Central Park Track Club finished second in 24:24. Conlon was the 2007 NYRR Al Gordon Snowflake 4-Mile Champ in February.	Former Columbia University standout Caroline Bierbaum, 23, took third place, running 22:44. Bierbaum won two NYRR races in 2006: the Hot Chocolate 10-Mile and the Holiday 5-Mile.
Catherine Robbie, 26, of the New York Athletic Club placed fourth in a time of 22:46, leading NYAC to the women’s open team title.	Sarah Alaei, 24, of CPTC was the ninth woman to cross the finish line; her time was 23:32. CPTC placed second in the women’s open division.	Representing Urban Athletics, Katherine Boyles, 24, placed 13th in a time of 23:46. Urban was the fourth-place women’s open team.	Katrina Bruckschwaiger, 25, another CPTC runner, ran an impressive 23:47 to place 14th. As an NYRR team points race, the Run as One brings out the best among members of area teams.
Victoria Ganushina, 27, of the Warren Street Social & Athletic Club was 15th, running 23:48. Ganushina ran an awesome 2:42 at the ING New York City Marathon 2006.	Kelly Chin, 26, was 16th in 23:51, leading Moving Comfort NY to third place among the open women. Chin had placed fourth in the NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix: Brooklyn on April 14.	Jean Chodnicki-Stemm, 41, of WSSAC, a longtime competitor in NYRR races, placed 26th overall and second among over-40 finishers.	Winners all (l-r): John Henwood (third), Demesse Tefera (second), Worku Beyi (first), Tom Labrecque, Jr., Alemtsehay Misganaw (first), Aileen Conlon (second), Caroline Bierbaum (third).