Skip to main content

United StatesSri Chinmoy Marathon Team

  • About us
  • Our races
  • Results

Search form

Founded by Sri Chinmoy in 1977, the Marathon Team is one of the world's largest organisers of endurance events.
read more »

Media Coverage

Articles & TV clips

History

From 2 to 3100 miles

Sri Chinmoy

Marathon Team Founder

Marathon Training

Our seven-step guide

Next Event:

10 May - New York
Sri Chinmoy 5K, Half-Marathon & Relay (May)
Details »

More events:

New York
San Diego
Seattle
View all events »

Worldwide:

View full list »

Latest results:

19 April - New York
3, 6 and 10 Day Race 2025
Details »

Previous races

View all results »

Worldwide results

Full list »

The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team History 1989; the 50 Km/50 Mile Race

By Rupantar LaRusso author bio »
22 October

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.

The Sri Chinmoy 50 km/50 Mile Race, from the original press release:

"...The Sri Chinmoy races had an unusually large field of 55 ultra runners. Many, from the local area, were in training for the up-coming 100 Mile National Championship, being held on the same course three weeks later, April 1. Winners of the 50 km race were Sammukh Sheridan, Jamaica, NY (323:35) and Christine Gibbons, Elmwood, NJ (3:40:51). Winners of the 50 mile event were Ed Finnegan, West Haven, Connecticut (6:34:48) and Suprabha Schecter, Washington, DC (7:44:35). All four lowered the existing race records for the events.

Local favorites who placed well in the 50 Mile Race include men's over 60 winner Dictino Mendez of Flushing (9:48:22); men's over 70 winner Willie Rios of Bellrose (9:18:42); and in the under 50 category 4th place finisher Stanley Paccione of Astoria, NY (7:08:56) and 6th place finisher Trishul Cherns of South Ozone Park (7:25:45).

Local favorites in the 50 kilometer race included men's under 50 2nd place finisher Arpan DeAngelo of Jamaica (3:27:35) and 7th place finisher Jeff Spera of Middle Village (3:59:36); over 50 winner Tim Kourounis of Rosedale (4:06:33) and second place Saurjya Clark of Jamaica (4:27:33). Top local winners in the women's division were 6th place Pragati Pascal of Jamaica (5:48:32) and 8th place Maria Klein of Bayside (6:07:38)."

The results from the original documentation:

 

Results 1989

Go to event page Find more results »

Stories from around the world

Latest News
3, 6 and 10 Day Race 2025
3100 Mile Race
3100 Mile Race - Past and Present
3100 Mile Race
2024 Final Results of 3100 Mile Race
3100 Mile Race
Sri Chinmoy 3100 mile race. The first 10 days.
Worldwide
Start of 3100 Mile Race 2024
Worldwide
Dipali Cunningham Inducted into AUTRA Hall of Fame

About us

  • About the Marathon Team
  • Sri Chinmoy, Team Founder

Our races

  • View all events

Results

  • Previous races
  • Worldwide results
Global homepage »

Country Websites

  • W.Europe
    • Austria
    • Finland
    • France
    • Germany
    • Great Britain
    • Iceland
    • Ireland
    • Italy
    • Netherlands
    • Norway
    • Portugal
    • Switzerland
  • Central & E. Europe
    • Belarus
    • Bulgaria
    • Croatia
    • Czech Republic
    • Hungary
    • Latvia
    • Macedonia
    • Moldova
    • Russia
    • Serbia
    • Slovenia
    • Slovakia
    • Ukraine
  • N. & S. America
    • Brazil
    • Canada
    • Guatemala
    • United States
  • Asia
    • Japan
    • Mongolia
  • Oceania
    • Australia
    • New Zealand

Other sites

  • Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team
  • SCMT Channel Swimming
  • SCMT Climbing
  • 3100 Mile Race

Popular Pages

  • Sport and Meditation - a guide
  • Recent media coverage
  • History 1977-Present
  • 7-step marathon training
  • Our members
  • Books by SCMT members
  • Privacy Policy
  • Log in

Contact Information

Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team
New York • 718 297 2556 • Email us
Creative Commons License

Except where explicitly stated otherwise, the contents of this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License read more »

SriChinmoyRaces.org is a Vasudeva Server project.