The Shore Athletic Club

12/24/2024

Happy Holidays to all our ShoreAC friends and family! 💙❤️🤍

12/23/2024

We’re just 5 days away from the 61st Annual Polar Bear Races, starting and finishing in front of Convention Hall on the famous Asbury Park Boardwalk. Bib and shirt pickup will be this Friday December 27 from 4-6 pm at The Outpost Running & Walking Store in Little Silver. Shirts are available for the first 500 people to pick theirs up, and we have over 400 signed up as of today. Register at RunSignup and join us on Saturday for 5K & 1 mile races.

12/23/2024

11 Degree weather didn’t stop this festive Shore AC group from a fun Holiday run this morning!
Lots of food, hot coffee and great company warmed them up afterwards. ☕️🎄💙❤️🕎

12/18/2024

10. Days. Away. If you’re not signed up yet for the 61st Annual Polar Bear Races in Asbury Park, you’ll want to do so soon. The 5K & 1 mile races are limited to 600 people this year. Bib & shirt pick-up starts Friday December 27 from 4-6 pm at The Outpost in Little Silver. Race day is Saturday December 28, starting and finishing on the famous Asbury Park Boardwalk.

12/15/2024

Congratulations to all of our 60s Women on
another spectacular (2024) season!!!
A few of the ladies picked up the glorious “Banner” at the National Award Ceremony in Tacoma! 🥇 We’re so proud of you!

12/15/2024

Club XC Nationals made for some muddy fun yesterday in Tacoma! Our teams did great!
(Results and recap to follow)

12/13/2024

Master of the Road 👏🏆

69-year-old distance runner Nora Cary age graded over 100% and won three USATF championships to earn USATF Masters Long Distance Running Athlete of the Year.

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12/11/2024

Indoor track began with a bang at last nights Monmouth Showcase meet!🔥
Great racing team!

12/10/2024

Shore AC Nearly Clinches Series in Exciting Co-Ed Team Finale
Recap from Captain Scott:
Although close may count only in horseshoes and grenades, it was a thrilling race nonetheless. With first place in the 2024 USATF-NJ Association's Co-Ed Team Grand Prix on the line, Shore AC and Fleet Feet / Essex put on a show. A Shore AC win would clinch the series for the harriers in the white singlets. On the other hand, a Fleet Feet victory would leave the two clubs embraced in a series tie. Which outcome would ensue?

Mike Salamone launched the Shore AC campaign on the right foot, scorching the hilly course in a time of 20:01 to age grade at 82.81%. Tacoma-bound Miles Hersey tuned up for Club XC Nationals by ripping a huge 20:17, which equated to a superb 79.56%. Reno Stirrat shook of a case of sniffles to pound out a stunning 22:21 on his 70-year-old legs, contributing a magnificent 77.96% to the cause.

With its top three age-grading men now accounted for, the question became whether Shore AC could gather enough age grading points from its best three women to beat Fleet Feet. But having only four women total on its roster, none of whom had approached 80% PLP in recent memory, things did not look promising for Shore AC. Well, up stepped Rebecca Keenan! She clobbered a towering 21:08 to finish second among all women and nail a surprise 77.95% age grading. Susan Stirrat followed with a strong 27:54 on the hilly course to deliver a valuable 74.42% AG. When Leslie Nowicki powered across the finish line in 26:18, the team scoring was completed with her fine 71.15%.

A steady stream of excellent backup performances ensured a high finish for Shore AC. 80-year-old Przemek Nowicki led the way (76.22%), followed by Ken Wilson (75.33%), John Larkin (74.33% and second overall in 17:33), Scott Linnell (73.26%), Chris Moye (71.08%), John Delaney (70,65%), Luz Ravines (69.56%), Frank Novak (68.62% and fifth overall in 18:46) and Shore AC legend Bill Indek (36.16%). Hooray to all of our athletes!

But did our average score of 77.31% get the job done? Alas, no. Fleet Feet / Essex edged us by four-one-hundredths of a point, compiling a 77.35% average score for the win. That left each club with two victories and two second-place finishes in the four-race Co-Ed Grand Prix. Even the tie-breaking rule left them dead even, as the two clubs battled to a 2-2 draw in head-to-head competition. Congratulations to the members of both clubs for an exciting Co-Ed drama!

12/09/2024

Congrats to Nora Cary of The Shore Athletic Club (the USATFMasters LDR Athlete of the Year) & all the legendary award winners!

12/09/2024

Way to go Nora! Thank you USA Track & Field!

Master of the Road 👏🏆

69-year-old distance runner Nora Cary age graded over 100% and won three USATF championships to earn USATF Masters Long Distance Running Athlete of the Year.

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12/08/2024

Shore Athletic Club’s Nora Cary being honored at the USATF National Annual Meeting in Orlando FL.

USATF Masters Long Distance Running Athlete of the Year!!

12/08/2024

USATF Masters Long Distance Running Athlete of the Year. Congratulations Nora Cary! We are so incredibly proud of and inspired by you!

12/03/2024

GIVING TUESDAY

December 3, is Giving Tuesday. As you know, the Shore Athletic Club is a registered 501c3 non-profit. Another "thank you" to those who have made a donation to the club in addition to their membership renewals already this year. If you would like to make a donation, becomes a sponsor or know someone who does, this can be done one of 4 ways:
a) You can donate through our club website at the link below on the: Shore AC "Support Us" page
b) Checks can be sent to our Treasurer, Kerry Gillespie, written to Shore A.C. and mailed to P.O. Box 74, Belford, NJ 07718
c) You can Venmo us (business acct)
d) Businesses or organizations who would like to be a sponsor of a specific event or sponsor any club initiative can reach out to one of our officers - Erin O'Neill, Joe Compagni or Kerry Gillespie. They can also learn more and sign up through our Shore AC "Support Us" page.

https://www.shoreac.org/support-us.html #/