Staten Island is unique in hosting this race, which is a 5K race among all of the schools on Staten Island, which include private and public schools, including Catholic Schools. See below for a video with interviews with several of the coaches, including the winning team’s coach and the executive director of the group in charge of this event every year:
From the St. Joseph By The Sea announcement about the race;
Finally, after 9 long years the S.I. Champs return home to Clove Lakes over the traditional, although slightly modifed, 5k course. The Varsity girls have their best meet of the season so far with a strong 3rd placer finish. Capt. Giuliana Collegio runs her best race of the season with a 2nd place time of 20:12; its the #3 time in Sea History! Sofia Drotarovsky cracks the top 10 (8th – 22:20) and is now #10 SO AT. Frosh Alexa Doskocil continues her fine running while earning a medal in 23:40 – #9 FR AT. Michael Sclafani runs 17:05 which is #13 AT and #4 JR AT. Frosh Daniel Grutman his 18:38 which is #2 FR AT. It’s the fastest Sea frosh time over the course since 1997! Frosh Frank Volpe and Mathew Wolicki lead the JV to a 3rd place finish. Four frosh boys break 21 minutes! Veronica O’Donell, Audrina Dorazio and Giuliana Panzica finish in 4th-5th-6th to pace the JV girls to 2nd place overall!
See below for a photo of the winning teams at the race:
About the 5K race at Clove Lakes Park again for the first time since 2019, Jeff Benjamin said:
Staten Island 5K race. Image Credit – Staten Islander News
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