It was another beautiful day for the Self-Transcendence Swim-Run despite rain in the weather forecast. The water temperature for Lake Welch was a balmy 79 degrees. The corn and vegetarian picnic was scrumptious. Everyone, from participants to volunteers, had smiles on their faces.

This year, in addition to the Swim-Run aquathlon race we also had a 1K Swim and a 10K Run as separate events. Please see results below and congratulations to all participants!

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Swim/Run Individuals

Overall Place	Name	Time			Division	Division Place	Swim Place	Run Place
Overall Place	Name	overall	swim	run	Division	Division Place	Swim Place	Run Place
1	J Daniel Ferguson	54:05	14:40	39:25	Male Under 50	1	1	1
2	Sean Dillon	59:46	17:38	42:08	Male Under 50	2	5	2
3	David Lin	1:04:23	20:17	44:06	Male Under 50	3	10	3
4	Thomas List	1:05:44	18:47	46:57	Male 50 to 59	1	7	4
5	Kelly McPherson	1:10:14	14:50	55:24	Female Under 50	1	2	17
6	Stutisheel Lebedev	1:10:45	22:41	48:04	Male Under 50	4	17	5
7	Gabriel Lopez-Walle	1:11:24	20:56	50:28	Male Under 50	5	14	8
8	Laurance Cyran	1:11:59	17:13	54:46	Male 50 to 59	2	4	15
9	Rachel Cutler	1:12:32	18:23	54:09	Female Under 50	2	6	14
10	Jesus Martinez jr	1:13:01	20:30	52:31	Male Under 50	6	11	10
11	Pedro Yupa	1:13:29	25:19	48:10	Male Under 50	7	29	6
12	Harita Davies	1:13:57	21:13	52:44	Female Under 50	3	15	11
13	Sarvagata Ukrainskyi	1:14:09	24:23	49:46	Male Under 50	8	24	7
14	Peter Wick	1:14:15	19:11	55:04	Male 50 to 59	3	9	16
15	Matt Dixon	1:14:51	19:03	55:48	Male Under 50	9	8	18
16	Scott Snyder	1:15:06	23:38	51:28	Male Under 50	10	20	9
17	kim Dixon	1:18:01	25:16	52:45	Female Under 50	4	28	12
18	Banshidar Medeiros	1:19:21	21:41	57:40	Male 60 to 69	1	16	22
19	Jillian Krebsbach	1:20:21	24:18	56:03	Female Under 50	5	23	19
20	Kalpa Lazarev	1:21:24	28:33	52:51	Male Under 50	11	34	13
21	Monique Kosse	1:21:55	23:14	58:41	Female Under 50	6	19	24
22	Rachel Hokanson	1:22:32	22:49	59:43	Female Under 50	7	18	25
23	Tom Hokanson	1:22:33	24:57	57:36	Male 60 to 69	2	26	21
24	Kirsty Devine	1:24:08	20:31	1:03:37	Female Under 50	8	12	28
25	Roderick Rooks	1:26:19	27:53	58:26	Male Under 50	12	33	23
26	Claire Dougherty	1:27:20	24:34	1:02:46	Female 50-59	1	25	27
27	Pulak Viscardi	1:28:12	26:30	1:01:42	Male 60 to 69	3	31	26
28	Claude Trent	1:29:12	20:54	1:08:18	Male 50 to 59	4	13	33
29	Claudia Yanos	1:31:05	17:08	1:13:57	Female Under 50	9	3	36
30	Susan Burke	1:31:21	23:43	1:07:38	Female 50-59	2	21	32
31	Robert Seibert	1:31:46	27:27	1:04:19	Male 50 to 59	5	32	29
32	Jill Murray	1:32:08	25:11	1:06:57	Female Under 50	10	27	31
33	Ellen Goldem	1:33:56	29:30	1:04:26	Female 50-59	3	37	30
34	Guiterd Stephanie	1:35:16	26:00	1:09:16	Female Under 50	11	30	35
35	Varsneya Grevulovic	1:35:54	39:29	56:25	Male Under 50	13	41	20
36	Peeyush Bhardwaj	1:39:06	30:15	1:08:51	Male Under 50	14	38	34
37	Sakshama Kolosi	1:46:16	29:22	1:16:54	Male Under 50	15	35	37
38	Adiratha Keef	1:48:09	23:55	1:24:14	Male 60 to 69	4	22	39
39	Saudamini Siegrist	1:51:28	29:25	1:22:03	Female 60 to 69	1	36	38
40	Jimbeth Myers	2:04:06	34:35	1:29:31	Female Under 50	12	40	40
41	Craig Goodwin	2:06:54	30:18	1:36:36	Male Under 50	16	39	41
DQ	Hilton Binguit	1:34:00		1:34:00	Male 50 to 59	DQ	DQ	DQ

Swim/Run Relay

Overall	Name	Time			Swim Place	Run Place
Overall	Name	overall	swim	run	Swim Place	Run Place
1	Sugar/Pelletier	1:17:39	32:03	45:36	4	1
2	Arturi/Jarfas	1:20:19	31:45	48:34	3	2
3	Yoon/Kim	1:21:36	19:18	1:02:18	1	5
4	Atkin/White	1:26:32	30:25	56:07	2	4
5	Genis/Drekounja	1:28:06	34:14	53:52	5	3

1K Swim

Overall Place	Name	Time	Division	Division Place
1	Tim Alarcon	15:26	Male Under 50	1
2	Sean Harrington	19:22	Male Under 50	2
3	Krista Palmer	20:14	Female Under 50	1
4	Diana Alarcon	21:39	Female 60 to 69	1
5	Kanala Bolvanska	24:31	Female Under 50	2
6	Bhagirathi Savage	24:39	Female 50-59	1
7	Laura Rodriguez	27:29	Female Under 50	3
8	Gangadhar Rocherolle	27:41	Male 70 and Over	1
9	Snigdha Fitch	28:43	Female 60 to 69	2
10	Bashata Cimesa	29:33	Female Under 50	4
11	Mary Isakson	29:36	Female 50-59	2

10K Run

Overall Place	Name	Time	Division	Division Place
1	Stephen Mulvihill	42:07	Male Under 50	1
2	Dan Dougherty	43:30	Male 60 to 69	1
3	Jowan Gauthier	45:37	Male Under 50	2
4	Jagadhata Amrhien	47:57	Male Under 50	3
5	Arpan DeAngelo	49:08	Male 60 to 69	2
6	Katherine Mayhew	52:17	Female Under 50	1
7	Andrew Mästers	54:11	Male Under 50	4
8	Dhanu Alaimo	55:07	Male 50 to 59	1
9	Kelly Young	56:19	Female Under 50	2
10	Michael Dudzienski	1:00:22	Male Under 50	5
11	Jonathan Miles	1:00:54	Male Under 50	6
12	Maria-Eugenia Medina	1:01:26	Female Under 50	3
13	Keiko Tanaka	1:03:23	Female Under 50	4
14	Karina Cuesta	1:04:59	Female Under 50	5
15	Marc Leffer	1:06:50	Male 50 to 59	2
16	Kalyanika Forester	1:08:14	Female Under 50	6
17	Billy Tillman	1:10:14	Male Under 50	7
18	Rebecca Oyer	1:10:25	Female Under 50	7
19	Fernando Pedraza	1:12:15	Male 50 to 59	3
20	Steven Boccia	1:12:57	Male 50 to 59	4
21	Tara Bhardwaj	1:12:59	Female Under 50	8
22	Luis Palma	1:22:51	Male 50 to 59	5
23	Peggy Doyle	1:26:47	Female 50-59	1
24	Sheila McGroddy	1:26:48	Female 50-59	2

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.

Almost 90 participants enjoyed the beautiful weather and somewhat warm water at Lake Welch in Harriman State Park for the 2015 Self-Transcendence Swim/Run Trio. Utpal Marshall captures the event in its entirety with a 101 photo essay on the Swim/Run Trio. See Perfection-Journey.

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On Saturday morning, race set-up day, I packed my tent and supplies with some concern as the weather forecast predicted rain the whole weekend. The race would go on rain or shine but still… setting up all day in the rain, camping in the rain and putting on the race in the rain would certainly be uncomfortable. With this and some other concerns in my thoughts I headed outside with another load of gear when some color caught my eye. I looked up and saw the most beautiful and bright rainbow I had ever seen - as if to say – don’t worry, just play your role and let Grace take care of the rest.

For the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team (SCMT) in New York the Self-Transcendence Swim-Run is a day of pure joy. This year some 50 enthusiastic volunteers made the trek north from the City to enjoy the sparkling waters of Lake Welch, the peaceful green of the surrounding forest and the fresh air of this tranquil location… all the while decked out with bright orange vests, t-shirts and flags, encouraging and guiding the race participants with lots of smiles and energy.

Of course, the participants thoroughly enjoyed the race as well. The water temperature was nearly 80 degrees Fahrenheit and the weather was perfect as predicted by the rainbow the previous day. Participants in the swim/run, swim/run relay, and swim only race finished the 1K swim between 14:40 and 34:35 – the fastest swimmer was also the fastest runner and overall swim/run winner – Daniel Ferguson – completing the 10K run in 39:25 and the whole race in a time of 54:05. The fastest woman, Kelly McPherson, came in just 10 seconds behind the leader on the swim in a time of 14:50 and went on to place 5th overall and 1st for the women in the swim/run in a total time of 1:10:14. The fastest woman runner, Katherine Mayhew, competing in the 10K only race, finished the distance in 52:17.

This year we added online registration and the option to do the 1K swim or 10K run as separate events. We also did a lot of flyering at other races. As a result, we had a total of 87 people in the race this year – more than we’ve ever had before. Thinking back on this year’s event I smile at the memory of the relay team of Yakov and Nicholas – 82 years of age and 23 years of age – reminiscent of the SCMT’s long ago Green Leaves and Ripe Fruits races. I think of our SCMT member, Paree, who told me she’d been looking forward to this race all year and that she sincerely looks forward to it every year. And I think of Rambha, who grills the best corn at every race, with that secret barbeque sauce! May the smiles continue. Thank you Grace, for all the blessings.

More comments from Boijayanti Gomez-Badillo, race director:

This year’s Self-Transcendence Swim Run, held on Sunday, September 13 at Lake Welch Beach in New York, proved to be a joyous, sweet and unique event. With over 87 participants spanning 3 events (a swim/run, a 1 k swim, and a 10 k foot race), this year saw the largest number of participants the race has ever seen! Adiratha Keefe, a participant in the swim-run this year, said “I like the swim run because it encourages so many different levels of athletes.” He also said he enjoyed seeing the variety of age groups. Adhiratha received particular joy when he saw a relay team with an 83 year-old swimmer and a 24 year-old runner.

Rhamba Chapelle, a volunteer said it best when relating her experience: “The race was very well-organized, it was a beautiful day, and personally, it was a great experience for me, I truly felt as though I was serving humanity! Everyone should come to this race!”

Comment from Nemi, race volunteer:

This year my job was to flag the runners around a bend as they returned, three times, toward the starting point of their loop – a very simple job, but so many runners smiled and thanked me. Having been at the back of the pack myself for many years, I know how much it means to receive encouragement – and to be guided in the right direction! Sri Chinmoy taught us how to serve the participants in our races, and there are moments when we can feel that we are serving their souls.