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| Occhino |
Posted - November 29 2018 : 16:18:53
Hello Jeff,
I crossed the Taco run off my bucket list last week. I was talking with father and son runners the Whelan's and was impressed too find out that Joseph has run a OTQ time 2:16.
I know that J.Krolick had gotten his time's down over the last couple year's and it got me thinking who holds the fastest marathon time's.
When you get a chance is it possible too list the top 10 fastest marathon time's run by local runner's male and female. Your call on who is considered a local runner and how far back you want to go. Thanks in advance.
PS. The Taco run was one and done |
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| Ken C |
Posted - April 22 2025 : 13:08:34
As always please don't hesitate to post any corrections or additions. Women's list is incoming, I forgot about it for a while but today's updates reminded me of it.
2 Updates:
- Steve Haagsma's 2022 race is added (thanks Greg, should've been on there a while ago. The official results show a slightly different time but still inside my arbitrary benchmark)
- Joe Whelan's new PR from yesterday's 2025 Boston Marathon now listed, he is still #2 for this list.
men's criteria:
- sub 2:25 performance
- from, or strongly connected to, WNY
Mark Finucane 2:11:55 1984 Houston Marathon
St Francis HS
Joe Whelan 2:12:16 2025 Boston Marathon
Hamburg HS
Lyle O’Brien 2:13:56 2024 Grandma's Marathon (Duluth, MN)
East Aurora HS
David O'Keeffe 2:16:22 1993 San Sebastián, Spain (World Marathon Cup)
Ralph Zimmerman 2:17:16 1979 New Orleans’ Mardi Gras Marathon
Matt Hellerer 2:18:11 1983 Boston Marathon
St Joseph's Collegiate Institute
Mike Deren 2:18:29 2018 CNO Indianapolis Monumental Marathon
Frontier HS
Jake Krolick 2:19:01 2020 Houston Marathon
Pioneer HS
Jeff Kumm 2:19:32 1983 New York City Marathon
from Niagara Falls
Scott Loforte 2:19:56 2024 Buffalo Marathon
Canandaigua Academy, University at Buffalo
Bernie Prabucki 2:20:01 1984 Orlando Festival Marathon
Seneca Vocational HS
note: may have run faster?
Todd Witzleben 2:21.23 2005 Austin Marathon
Orchard Park HS
James Dickinson 2:23:37 2024 Grandma's Marathon (Duluth, MN)
Steve Haagsma 2:24:59 2022 Houston Marathon |
| zFg |
Posted - June 27 2024 : 10:54:24
Steven Haagsma- 2:24:55 - 2022 Houston Marathon
"If you ain't first you're last" |
| Admin |
Posted - June 26 2024 : 20:10:20
Hey Ken, That's a great idea!
Here's a list off the top of my... er the top of the BuffaloRunners computer's head.
https://buffalorunners.com/Top_Buffalo_Marathoners_Female.htm
JJ
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| jimnyc75 |
Posted - June 26 2024 : 12:01:59
Nancy Mieszczak
10/09/83: Miller Lite Marathon, 2:39:15 (6:07), 1st place
Jennifer Colgrove-Martin
Pittsburgh Marathon – 4th (2:36:11) – 1987 |
| Ken C |
Posted - June 25 2024 : 10:03:07
I'd like to start a women's list for WNY performers under 2:54. Please post any thoughts / names / results that I can look into or compile.
my scoring cutoff is arbitrary but in case you're wondering:
women's 2:54 is 908 points per WA scoring tables.
men's 2:25 is 909 points.
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| Ken C |
Posted - June 25 2024 : 09:59:54
O'Brien, Loforte, and Dickinson added. O'Brien should've been added years ago but thanks to Joe Whelan for creating another thread about his recent PR. Congrats to all of you. Please don't hesitate to post any corrections or additions.
criteria:
- sub 2:25 performance
- from, or strongly connected to, WNY
Mark Finucane 2:11:55 1984 Houston Marathon
St Francis HS
Joe Whelan 2:12:16 2025 Boston Marathon {post edit 04/22/25, replaced previous best of 2:13:39}
Hamburg HS
Lyle O’Brien 2:13:56 2024 Grandma's Marathon (Duluth, MN)
East Aurora HS
David O'Keeffe 2:16:22 1993 San Sebastián, Spain (World Marathon Cup)
Ralph Zimmerman 2:17:16 1979 New Orleans’ Mardi Gras Marathon
Matt Hellerer 2:18:11 1983 Boston Marathon
St Joseph's Collegiate Institute
Mike Deren 2:18:29 2018 CNO Indianapolis Monumental Marathon
Frontier HS
Jake Krolick 2:19:01 2020 Houston Marathon
Pioneer HS
Jeff Kumm 2:19:32 1983 New York City Marathon
from Niagara Falls
Scott Loforte 2:19:56 2024 Buffalo Marathon
Canandaigua Academy, University at Buffalo
Bernie Prabucki 2:20:01 1984 Orlando Festival Marathon
Seneca Vocational HS
note: may have run faster?
Todd Witzleben 2:21.23 2005 Austin Marathon
Orchard Park HS
James Dickinson 2:23:37 2024 Grandma's Marathon (Duluth, MN) |
| millar1987 |
Posted - January 22 2020 : 08:27:58
Looks like he didn't make the Trials after all due to the tenths of a second. https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=9802441 |
| old milwaukee |
Posted - January 21 2020 : 16:30:53
 quote:
Originally posted by Occhino
Congratulations to Jake who was accepted into the Olympic trials along with Joe.Can't wait to watch this. What Superbowl ?
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| Occhino |
Posted - January 21 2020 : 13:55:18
Congratulations to Jake who was accepted into the Olympic trials along with Joe.Can't wait to watch this. What Superbowl ?
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| Occhino |
Posted - January 19 2020 : 10:43:23
quote:
Jake Krolick (Pioneer HS) 2:19:01 2020 Houston Marathon {post edit 1/19/20, replaced previous best of 2:24:15}
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| JF |
Posted - June 25 2019 : 12:34:21
I know Rochester is not Buffalo, but I must mention my old pal, the late and great Charlie McMullen.
In the mid-1970’s Charlie ran the mile in 3:56 and the marathon in 2:15. He was a national class master runner and world-class person.
John Furgele |
| RunnerXC |
Posted - June 22 2019 : 19:04:19
Great job Joey Whelan and Jake Krolick! |
| Occhino |
Posted - June 22 2019 : 10:27:03
quote:
Originally posted by Ken C
I am confident Mark is the fastest WNYer in the marathon. This list is no doubt incomplete but the criteria for this list are
- sub 2:25 performer
- from, or strongly connected to, WNY
Mark Finucane (St Francis HS) 2:11:55 1984 Houston marathon
Joe Whelan (Hamburg HS) 2:13:39 2019 Grandma's Marathon (Duluth, MN) {added 06/22/19 via post edit, removed previous best of 2:16:28}
David O'Keeffe (didn't grow up in WNY) 2:16:22 1993 San Sebastián, Spain (World Marathon Cup)
Ralph Zimmerman (I don't know his origin) 2:17:16 1979 New Orleans’ Mardi Gras Marathon
Matt Hellerer (St Joseph's Collegiate Institute) 2:18:11 1983 Boston Marathon
Mike Deren (Frontier HS) 2:18:29 2018 CNO Indianapolis Monumental Marathon
Jeff Kumm (from Niagara Falls) 2:19:32 1983 New York City Marathon {added 01/22/19 via post edit}
Bernie Prabucki (Seneca Vocational HS) 2:20:01 1984 Orlando Festival Marathon [may have run faster?]
Todd Witzleben (Orchard Park HS) 2:21.23 2005 Austin Marathon
Jake Krolick (Pioneer HS) 2:24:15 2019 Grandma's Marathon (Duluth, MN) {added 6/22/19 via post edit, removed previous best of 2:24:48}
Great job Jake, bad-ass !!!!
Thanks for the update on Jake's race this morning I tried following him online but sometimes old folks and new technology don't mix well. |
| Rano |
Posted - December 07 2018 : 11:01:34
This is a really funny topic on the BR Forum. The Mighty Mile is probably about as "opposite" of a style of racing compared to a marathon as you can get... Fueling with one meat cheese lettuce & tomato Mighty between all 4 quarter miles definitely rewards runners with a different skill set than enduring the 26.2.
The Mighty Mile was a lot of fun though! Now onto 2019 running goals... should I train on inhaling tacos sub 10 seconds or increasing my mileage???
Rano |
| Jeff |
Posted - December 06 2018 : 12:13:06
Albion IS on the list of "local" communities. |
| Allen |
Posted - December 06 2018 : 10:12:22
Jeff, is Albion on that list of 122 "local" towns? When I run sub-2:40 at Wineglass next year, it would be cool to get on the top-100 list! Ah, just kidding, but I am aiming for 3:00. At age 60, though, that does age-grade to 2:26 :) |
