Long Branch - Guy and Laurie Gordon of Sussex County scored a pair of age-group victories on Sunday, April 30, at the Long Branch Half Marathon. Guy Gordon placed first in the 40-49 age group, while his wife was first in the 30-39 age category. Guy Gordon finished as 10th overall male and Laurie Gordon was eighth overall female in a field of 4,000. The Gordons are volunteer race directors of the annual Stillwater Stampede 5-K and also coach the Bears youth running program each fall. This year’s Stampede will benefit Newton Memorial Hospital’s Heart Center, and will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, at Swartswood State Park. Other Sussex County finishers in the Long Branch Half Marathon: Tina Flemming, Newton, 110th Jen Welsh, Newton, 166th Dan Holt, Newton, 306th Eileen Hartmann, Newton, 438th Patrick Scully, Newton, 476th Kevin O’Hearn, Sparta, 581st Eric Dau, Sparta, 582nd Michael Hepp, Sparta, 587th Pat Klebiz, Sparta, 698th Joe Paziora, Newton, 755th Deb Paziora, Newton, 756th Vince Minettti, Sparta, 797th David Malpiedi, Sparta, 801st Mark O’Brien, Sparta, 821st Erinn McCarthy, Oak Ridge, 1059th Meghan McCarthy, Oak Ridge, 1082nd Thomas Slocum, Blairstown, 195th Denise Spina, Lafayette, 232nd Nick Kazimierczak, Blairstown, 234th