Congratulations to all Stanners and friends who ran the New York City Marathon last weekend! We are aware of several alumni who ran, including Dr. Frank Dorsa ’77, Rob Jennings ’88, Ashley Joyner ’04, Jillian Hubert ’17, and Shannon Pizzella ’14.
For Rob, a reporter for NJ.com, it was his fourth NYC Marathon overall. After finishing with a time of 4:32:02, Rob wrote an opinion piece reflecting on running the 50th anniversary race after just turning 50 years of age. Click Here to Read Rob’s Story at NJ.com. This year’s race was the first for Ashley Joyner, who ran on behalf of Fred’s Team and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Her final time was 6:54:54. What made Ashley’s race special, beyond it being her first, was she had a cheering section of her Molloy classmates including Diana Rayappa ’04 and Lisa Izquierdo ’04. .Jillian Hubert, Molloy’s Valedictorian in 2017, also ran the race for Fred’s Team in support of research at MSK. Her official time was 4:11:47. Frank Dorsa finished his 16th NYC Marathon with an official time of 4:20:43. It was a great milestone for Frank, who five years earlier completed his 15th NYC Marathon with a broken hip. Shannon Pizzella finished with an official time of 5:08:07, and she was featured in The Tablet newspaper leading up to the race.
There may be more Stanners who ran the race! If you or an alumnus you know ran the NYC Marathon this year, or any past year, please contact [email protected] and share your official time and your best time to date. We will add it to our ongoing list of NYC Marathon participants, which you can review at the following link (*Note: not yet updated with 2021 results). | Click Here for List of Stanner NYC Marathon Participants
Pictured Above left: Ashley Joyner; Above Right: Dr. Frank Dorsa and family.