Central Park Track Club

We had 91 people running in Saturday s NYRR Club Championships and the depth of our performances rivaled and may well have eclipsed anything in the history of our club. Our Women s Open Team took 1st place in an incredibly close finish with NYAC. We re having to check the records to see if [...]

The details for a simple memorial service for Carol Tyler have been fixed and her sons have asked me to shared this with you. A Memorial Service for Carol Tyler Saturday, August 25, 2007 11:30 am to 12:30 pm The Dwyer Funeral Home 90 North Broadway Tarrytown, NY 10591 (914) 631-0621

Carol Tyler, a member of CPTC and a leading woman s master runner in the 1990s and early 2000, died July 31, 2007, after a long and courageous battle against cancer. Carol, 68 years old, retired in November 2006, after a long and distinguished career as Grants Manager at The Rockefeller Foundation.

Dave Blackstone has compiled the following early National and International performances by members of the Central Park Track Club: In 1976 Kevin McDonald, a 2:19 marathoner, represented the club in the US Olympic Marathon Trials. In 1980, Pete Squires (2:19), Jack Brennan (2:20) and Sheldon Karlin (2:21) represented the club in the US Olympic Marathon [...]

With the Empire State Games less than a week away, the Poughkeepsie Journal wrote a nice article about CPTC member Norman Goluskin, who will participate in the 1500M, 5000M and 10,000M track races at the ESG. Read the article here.

A memorial service is being held for former Central Park Track club president Ed Coplon on Monday, July 16th at 6:00 pm at the Ethical Culture Society. The announcement from Ed s sons Ben and Jon follows: On June 19th, our father passed away after suffering from Alzheimers disease for over a decade. While the [...]

Doug Stern, an important and notable member of the New York running scene, passed away yesterday. Club President Alan Ruben wrote the following remembrance: Anyone who met Doug — and there are many on CPTC who have, either through his deep-water running programs, swim coaching or through our running community — came away a better [...]

EDWARD M. COPLON February 16, 1939-June 19, 2007 Ed Coplon, the third president of the Central Park Track Club, died on June 19. He had been suffering with Alzheimer’s Disease for the last 13 years. Ed, an architect, joined the Club in 1977 and was an active competitor in distances from 400 meters to the [...]

The Memorial Day Ridgewood Run is one of the oldest and most popular running events in NJ, and a short train ride or drive from the city. It attracts world-class athletes, local elites, weekend warriors, and of course many CPTC members. This year, five of the ten CPTC members competing took home age group trophies. [...]

We would like to field several five-person teams for this year s Philadelphia Distance Run scheduled for Sunday, September 16. This well-organized race, on a fast, flat course, is one of the premier half-marathons in the country and is an excellent tune-up for a fall marathon. Jim McQuade will be doing the organizing, so if [...]