Results For 19 Westfield Area Runners In 2018 NYC Marathon

A total of 19 runners from the Westfield area were among the more than 50,000 to tackle one of most popular road races in the world — the 2018 New York City Marathon on Sunday. And we have their times (see below).

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 were:

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 local runners including their name, age and their times (please note, this list might not encompass the whole field, just runners who have agreed to share their information with media):

• Lara Rothschild, 38 (4:48:27)
• Colleen Power, 23 (4:04:03)
• Jane Liang, 55 (3:57:05)
• Mary Konsolaki, 57 (4:23:41)
• Michael Blancato, 56 (4:16:58)
• Hong Zhang, 45 (4:06:14)
• Pawel Kierzkowski, 37 (4:19:46)
• David Wood, 48 (3:46:38)
• Robert Wilkes, 45 (3:49:14)
• Arthur Salom, 67 (4:53:32)
• Corinne Zbranak, 38 (3:49:45)
• Bill Rabbitt, 35 (4:42:34)
• Nora Gallagher, 37 (4:21:51)
• Dennis McGorty, 48 (1:38:18)
• Maureen Higgins, 56 (5:11:25)
• Elyssa McMullen, 42 (5:16:54)
• Michael Blancato, 56 (4:16:58)

Registered: Results not reported

• Madeline Berry, 20
• David Palmer, 57

For more information visit tcsnycmarathon.org.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 05: Runners run down 4th Ave as they compete during the 2017 TCS New York City Marathon on November 05, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Michael Heiman/Getty Images)

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