Liberty Half-Marathon Newton’s Andrew Latincsics paced a large contingent of local runners to the finish of 13th Annual Newport Liberty Waterfront Half Marathon in Hudson County on Sunday. The 40-year-old crossed the line tenth in the field of 784 runners, posting a time of 1:11:23. Lake Hopatcong’s 41-year-old Julie Amsallen was the first local female runner to finish, pacing 28th among the 298 females in the event with a time 1:34:22. Oakland’s 65-year-old Hilary Peterlin won the men’s 65 to 69-year-old age division with a time of 1:29.39. Local finishers 10. Andrew Latincsics, Newton, 1:11:23 56. William Roemer, Hampton, 1:20:52 71. Charles Castiglioni, Lake Hopatcong, 1:23:22 77. Bill Plough, Hamburg, 1:24:20 125. Brian Davenport, Stanhope, 1:29:12 131. Hilary Peterlin, Oak Ridge, 1:29:39 159. Raymond Kennedy, Hampton, 1:31:27 171. Craig Morgan, Oak Ridge, 1:32:03 196. Julie Amsallen, Lake Hopatcong, 1:34:22 212. Edward Neighbour, Sparta, 1:35:39 232. Scott Myer, Branchville, 1:36:55 265. Kristiana Haini, Lake Hopatcong, 1:38:57 285. Tom Faruolo, Lake Hopatcong, 1:39:41 292. John Fitzpatrick, Vernon, 1:40:05 355. Jack Niemynski, Andover, 1:44:10 374. Len DiPaola, Netcong, 1:45:49 433. Stephen Martinez, Netcong, 1:48:43 469. William Ash, Hewitt, 1:51:16 478. Mary Matullo, Andover, 1:51:39 483. Mary Olive Sullivan, Branchville 490. Karen Titus, Hamburg, 1:52:33 610. Glenn Bachmann, Sparta, 2:00:53 616. George Bishop, Andover, 2:01:30 644. Vanessa Carroll, Stanhope, 2:05:05 648. Paul Rockwood, Newton, 2:05:20 650. Kim Ivanov, Hamburg, 2:05:43 657. Pam Conlan, Sparta, 2:06:36 695. Lisa Bengtson, Lafayette, 2:11:24 697. Joanne Browne, Lafayette, 2:11:38 762. Jane Gardner Lake Hopatcong, 2:27:05 Liberty 5K Run 88. George Aspinall, Sussex, 26:25 134. Lori Izzo, Sussex, 29:36 LBI 18-Miler Hamburg’s trio of Jacob Valeich, Jeff Staple and Lauren Kelly turned in impressive performances on Sunday in the 34th Annual Commerative 18-Mile Run on Long Beach Island in Sunday. The 33-year-old Valeich was clocked in 2:23:29 as he crossed the line 87th in the field of 618 runners, while the 31-year-old Staple followed in 88th place, posting a clocking of 2:23:35. Kelly finished 90th overall, as the 26-year-old placed 11th among the 205 females in the event with a time of 2:23:51. In the boys 17-and-under age division, Stanhope’s 14-year-old Steven Lange posted the fastest time of 2:25:59 while Sparta’s 15-year-old Michael Yanoso was runnerup with a clocking of 3:18.46. Local finishers (Compliments of CompuScore and njroadrunning.com) 87. Jacob Valeich, Hamburg, 2:23:29 88. Jeff Staple, Hamburg, 2:23:35 90. Lauren Kelly, Hamburg, 2:23:51 101. Steven Lange, Stanhope, 2:25:59 138. Tim Ryan, Sparta, 2:32:08 220.Dennis Yanoso, Sparta, 2:39:36 261.William Gafner, Hopatcong, 2:43:42 336.Tracy Berge, Sussex, 2:49:58 337.Meghan Miller, Lafayette, 2:49:59 513.Jacqueline Kaufman, Newton, 3:14:15 534.Micheal Yanoso, Sparta, 3:18:46 547.Brett Cooper, Wantage, 3:22:37 Newark 5K Andover’s Gregory Pompei crossed the finish line 20th in a field of 438 runners who completed the 2006 Newark Corporate 5K Run on Wednesday, Oct. 4 in New Jersey’s largest city. The 23-year-old was clocked in 19:47. Oak Ridge’s 55-year-old Dennis Chaplin picked up the runnerup award in the men’s 50 to 59-year-old age division with a time of 21:38. Local finishers 20. Gregory Pompei, Andover, 19:47 30. Brian Davenport, Stanhope, 20:30 35. James Furman, Hopatcong, 20:52 45. Dennis Chaplin, Oak Ridge, 21:38 114. Lydia Seeland, Sparta, 24:42 115. Randy Koncelik, Sparta, 24:45 118. John Saarmann, Stanhope, 24:48 228. Steven Kohler, Haskell, 29:10 239. Gary Greiner, Lafayette, 29:32 381. Diana Mario, Hopatcong, 49:27 396. Stacey Harder, Andover, 51:55 437. Teena Sukul, Stockholm, 55:41 (Results compliments of CompuScore and njroadrunning.com)