• Daniel leads charge through Times Sq. Photo cred: Richard Brounstein
  • John second from right, Tim far right, Photo cred: Richard Brounstein

VDOT athletes and coaches represented three of the top 10 spots at the NYC Half. Daniel Mesfun, fresh off his his record-breaking win at Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Half in 1:01:12 (over 2-min PR), led the charge for most of the race. Daniel, coached by Jay Bawcom on VDOT O2, ended up second overall in 1:02:16. [Full Results]

Not far behind were VDOT O2 athletes and coaches Tim Ritchie and John Raneri of McKirdy Trained. Both finished officially with identical times (1:02:51) but Tim got the edge in 7th place overall and John 8th place.

All three athletes are gearing up for the Boston Marathon next month.