About the author:
Rupantar has been the race director of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team since 1985, having been asked by Sri Chinmoy to serve in that capacity. As well as working on the big races the US Marathon Team organise each year - the 3100 Mile Race and the Six and 10 Day Race - he also spends a considerable amount of time archiving the Marathon Team's 40 year history on this website.
"Sri Chinmoy Half-Marathon" (Press Release). November 24, 1982. Retrieved 2013-01-28. Archive copy at Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team office, Queens, New York.
"Familiar faces lined the front field of the Sri Chinmoy Half Marathon, November 21 at Flushing Meadow Park, Jamaica, NY, but it was Mike Feurtado, NYTFC, a New York newcomer from Jamaica, West Indies who broke the tape at 1:07:57. Second was West Side Y's Placido Cruz-Martin, who clocked 1:08:20. It was Cruz-Martin who surged in the eleventh mile to pull away from the steady six-man lead pack, taking only Feurtado with him. However, Feurtado caught and passed Cruz-Martin one mile later to open then maintain his finishing 23-second lead.
Woman's Division was headed by two up-and-coming runners: first place Inez McLean, 1982 Spanish Championship Marathon winner (2:46+) who set a new course record at 1:20:41; and second place Monica Scarborough (1:1:41, from Brooklyn), the eleven year old who clocks grown-up times. A record holder since age 10, Monica won this event in the 1981 running, but was ineligible to claim her award because she failed to register before the race.
Other top metro area finishers included Luis Borja (1:09:22), Remulus Della Valle (1:09:36), Paul Schwartz (1:08:20) and Cahit Yeter (1:17:46). and wife Sharon..."
There were 652 finishers in the marathon.
