By Sharon
Robb STAFF WRITER Posted February 6 2005
Fernando Marrero is beginning to see progress in his training
for the upcoming triathlon season.
The Hollywood Beach
lifeguard defended his title in Saturday's second annual Maroone
Rotary 5K Run in downtown Fort Lauderdale in 15 minutes and 59
seconds, shaving 46 seconds off last year's winning time.
Marrero
topped a field of 600 runners and walkers for his second win in five
weeks. He won the Orange Bowl Trek For The Coast 5K despite 20 to 25
mph winds. On Saturday morning, he enjoyed the 50-degree weather and
wind along the scenic course through residential sections.
"I
am very happy. I can see I am getting better, such a big difference
from last year," Marrero said. "This was my first race last year
when I started running. I can't race every weekend, but I am getting
better and better. This is good."
Cardinal Gibbons sophomore
Billy Zenga, preparing for the upcoming track season, was second in
16:54. It was his sixth and final road race before track season,
which opens unofficially next weekend with the inaugural Broward
County Athletic Association 3K High School Run.
"The course
was nice except for the bridge ... that was steep," said a winded
Zenga.
Marrero, who led the entire 3.1-mile race, has been
running for one year and is training for triathlons and lifeguard
competitions. He defected from Cuba four years ago, though his
parents and two brothers still live there. He has been training with
Boris Fernandez and Manny Huerta for the triathlon season that opens
in April with the FAU Wellness Triathlon at Spanish River Park in
Boca Raton.
Laura Hruby, 44, one of the nation's top masters
runners and former Olympic marathon trials qualifier, won the
women's title and finished sixth overall in 18:19. Kim Delaney was
second in 18:36.
Hruby, former flight attendant who lives in
Pittsburgh with her family, also has a place in Boca Raton and comes
down a few times a year to run road races in the warmer weather. It
was her third South Florida race this year and second
victory.
"It's cold but I would rather be here than
Pittsburgh right now, and we're not going to the Super Bowl," said
Hruby who didn't start running until her late 20s when she gave up
smoking. "This is great, my times are coming down and hopefully they
will keep coming down.
"They said there were hills out here
but being from Pittsburgh a bridge is not a hill," Hruby said,
laughing. "You may not have hills, but you have
headwinds."
Manuel Pietra, 45, [18:34] and Sharon Picolo, 41,
[21:41] won the masters men's and women's titles.
Jeffrey
Tait, 10, of Miami, won the 10-12 age group and finished 26th
overall in 20:19 just six days after finishing his first half
marathon at the Toyota Prius Miami Tropical Half Marathon. The
fourth-grader was scored with the 14 year olds last weekend since
there were no younger age groups.
5K RESULTS
MEN OPEN:
1. Fernando Marrero 15:59, 2. Billy Zenga 16:54, 3. Alcides
DeQuesada 16:56; MEN MASTERS: 1. Manuel Pietra 18:34. MEN AGE GROUP:
9-and-under: 1. Andrew Iglesias 23:29, 2. Weston Broache 31:34;
10-12: 1. Jeffrey Tait 20:19, 2. Nathan Northrup 35:03; 13-15: 1.
Stefon Napier 18:51, 2. Stephan Chung 19:54, 3. Ricky Campbell
25:23; 16-19: 1. Billy Zenga 16:54, 2. Allan Guevara 18:17; 20-24:
1. Li Luo 25:44, 2. Charlotte Schubert 37:14; 25-29: 1. Brian Roush
18:25, 2. Charles Wilcox 22:18, 3. Denis Goonen 22:23; 30-34: 1.
Alcides DeQuesada 16:56, 2. Damon Halback 22:42, 3. Dan Kempinger
24:05; 35-39: 1. Jon Williams 17:40, 2. Seth Waller 18:25, 3. Ronald Correia 18:44; 40-44: 1. John Banke 18:36, 2. Matt Triggs 18:59, 3.
Humberto Vidal 19:07; 45-49: 1. Jim Crandall 19:08, 2. Luis Acuna
21:05, 3. Shawn McManus 21:51; 50-54: 1. Edward Bates 18:49, 2.
Louis Molina 19:29, 3. Gustavo Schmidt 21:34; 55-59: 1. Dan Healy
18:35, 2. Larry Starr 20:20, 3. Larry Byrne 23:22; 60-64: 1. Wayne
Boynton 21:13, 2. Al Shamoun 22:09, 3. Alan Yap 22:33; 65-69: 1.
Michael Goldman 23:05, 2. Ron Brant 23:47, 3. Bob Schultz 28:49;
70-74: 1. Harold Wright 28:16, 2. Harold Clare 32:26; 75-79: 1.
Glenn Workman Jr. 27:22; 80-and-over: 1. Donald Marks
44:48.
WOMEN OPEN: 1. Laura Hruby 18:19, 2. Kim Delany 18:36,
3. Jennifer Costello 19:21; WOMEN MASTERS: 1. Sharon Picolo 21:41.
WOMEN AGE GROUP: 9-and-under: 1. Melody Morgan 26:03, 2. Kayla Bell
26:51, 3. Samantha Fine 30:45; 10-12: 1. Ebony Rose 22:03, 2. Akeeba
Rose 24:15, 3. Marisa Flit 31:20; 13-15: 1. Caitlyn Head 24:11, 2.
Aubrey Hill 31:18; 16-19: 1. None; 20-24: 1. Jacquelyn Fernandez
25:06, 2. Janelle Vina 28:00, 3. Andrea Cobaugh 28:22; 25-29: 1.
Heather Whitten 22:32, 2. Denise Mendez 23:06, 3. Anabel Nogueiras
24:20; 30-34: 1. Jennifer Costello 19:21, 2. Tracey Bunce 20:33, 3.
Helen Thompson 21:49; 35-39: 1. Kim Delaney 18:36, 2. Joanne
Gillespie 20:51, 3. Diane Calloway 21:07; 40-44: 1. Louise LaFlamme
22:39, 2. Debbie Weiner 23:44, 3. Christine Balke 23:47; 45-49: 1.
Pam Derolf 23:53, 2. Patricia Gordon 24:26, 3. Nancy Goddard 25:11;
50-54: 1. Cynthia Raes-Barnard 22:13, 2. Michaela Constantin 26:08,
3. Melissa Aiello 26:09; 55-59: 1. Molly Gray 25:46, 2. Mirtha
Toledo 27:16, 3. Lynne Wolf 28:53; 60-64: 1. Helga Brandenburg
24:11, 2. Traudi DeGiacomi 33:09, 3. Barbara Belluardo 38:03; 65-69:
1. None; 70-74: 1. Sylvia Weiner 30:39.
Sharon Robb can be reached at
srobb@sun-sentinel.com.
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