W70-74: Nora Cary Runs Away from the Field in 1:43:39

• Nora Cary wins in 1:43:39 (7:54/mi), finishing more than an hour ahead of 2nd place — the dominant performance of the W70-74 group.
• Jerri Baccus Glover clocks 2:42:16 (12:23/mi), the second-fastest time among the 20 listed finishers, yet places 17th — a reminder of how spread this 58-woman field truly is.
• Marie Wickham (2nd, 2:48:18) and Judith Hudson (3rd, 2:52:13) both made strong moves in the second half, each posting finishes that climbed significantly through the women's field in the closing miles.
• Annette Eccles (4th, 3:23:13) faded in the back half, dropping from 6,862nd to 7,862nd among women on the 15K–20K stretch — the most notable fade among the top finishers.

On a crisp 40°F March morning, Nora Cary turned the W70-74 race into a solo statement. The 71-year-old from Morristown, NJ, ran 13.1 miles at 7:54 per mile — a pace that would be formidable at any age — and crossed in 1:43:39, more than 64 minutes clear of 2nd place. She was quietly threading her way through the broader women's field the entire race, climbing from 891st among women at the first checkpoint all the way to 739th by 15K before settling at 791st at the finish. Her 10K–15K split ranked 656th-fastest among all women in the race — a genuinely sharp mid-race effort.

Behind Cary, the real story was the second half. Both Marie Wickham (2nd, 2:48:16, 12:50/mi) and Judith Hudson (3rd, 2:52:13, 13:08/mi) found another gear late. Wickham climbed from 5,136th among women at 15K to 4,574th at the finish, while Hudson surged even more dramatically — from 5,547th to 4,993rd — each posting a second-half split that outpaced her earlier effort. The margin between them, under four minutes, was the closest battle on the podium.

Susie Marnell (5th, 3:03:19) and Bette Clark (9th, 3:02:34) offer one of the day's more interesting footnotes: Clark's finish time was actually 45 seconds faster than Marnell's, yet she placed lower — a reflection of how the timing played out across the full 58-woman field. Claudia Wolfe, the group's oldest finisher among those listed at 74, completed the course in 3:19:15 (15:12/mi), placing 19th. Fifty-eight women in their seventies finished 13.1 miles through Brooklyn and Manhattan on a cold March morning — that alone is worth noting.