Seven South Orange Runners To Race In 2018 New York City Marathon

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A total of seven South Orange runners will be among the more than 50,000 to tackle one of most popular road races in the world — the 2018 New York City Marathon on Nov. 4.

The 48th TCS New York City Marathon course runs 26.2 miles through the five boroughs of NYC. Of the 51,278 runners that entered the 2017 race 50,773 completed it.
Among the prominent runners to hit the pavement in 2018 are:

• Women: 2017 champion Shalane Flanagan, 2018 Boston Marathon winner Desiree Linden and Molly Huddle all of the United States.
• Men: Defending champion Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya, four-time U.S. Olympian Abdi Abdirahman and Shadrack Biwott.
• Wheelchair: Tatyana McFadden and Marcel Hug.

Here is a list of the seven including their Name and Age. (Please note, this list does not encompass the whole field from NJ, just runners who have agreed to share their information with media):

• Laura Morley, 37
• Katherine Mankoff, 38
• Michelle Reback, 47
• Alan Noel, 58
• Bram Spiessens, 34
• Dan Cohen, 45
• Julie van der Poel, 50

You can cheer on these fellow local runners' during the 26.2 mile race in New York City, New York live on Sunday, Nov. 4 on TV, computer, tablet, or smartphone.

Watch the broadcast live on race day on WABC-TV, Channel 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET. Live streaming is available on the ABC App and ABC7NY.com from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET.

For more information visit tcsnycmarathon.org.

(Image via Getty Images/ Michael Heiman / Staff: 2017 New York City Marathon)

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