Spring Lake Five Mile Run

Spring Lake, NJ, May 25, 2002

A Celebration of Running at the Jersey Shore

View of start from the back

A record crowd of over 9000 was treated to ideal conditions for this year's Spring Lake 5. The town of Spring Lake was gracious as ever in supporting and cheering on the huge throngs of runners who traversed the ocean front, tree lined streets, downtown and around the three large lakes in the beautiful Jersey Shore borough. The weather was near ideal with a with a bit of a Northerly wind which the runners had to struggle through for the first mile and final few hundred yards to the finish. The men's winner was Scott Defillipis of Normandy Beach in a time of 24:50. For the women it was Spring Lake Heights resident Alicia Kelly in 29:08 coming back to win her fourth Spring Lake crown. Alicia won her first Spring Lake 5 in 1992 so her domination of the event has lasted 10 years. Coming in second for the women was 11 year old Brianna Jackucewicz of Farmingdale in a time of 29:30. For Defillipis this was his first Spring Lake victory. He split from the lead pack at mile 3 and from there on was never challenged. Coming in second was Pat Hennigan of San Diego, Ca in a time of 25:33. On Friday evening over 2000 kids participated in the Kid's races along Ocean Avenue.