46th Annual Spring Lake 5 rings in Memorial Day weekend

SPRING LAKE — With sunny skies and clear weather, thousands of participants once again took to the streets for the 46th Annual Spring Lake Five to mark the start of the summer on Saturday, May 25.

Cheered on by family and friends, runners and walkers from near and far gathered at the starting line on Ocean Avenue near Sussex Avenue to participate in the largest five-mile race in the state.

Ed Hale, Spring Lake Councilman and Race Director for the Spring Lake Five, told The Coast Star that registration for this year’s event sold out in just one day, and accounts on social media showed people from all over attempting to grab last minute bibs for the event on Friday.

“Every year we get about 12,500 registered runners and we get about 11,000 finishers,” he said.

The first place overall winner was JP Flavin, 25, of Rochester, New York, with a final time of 23 minutes and 45.7 seconds.

The first finishing female racer was Shannon Chiappone, 40, of Hoboken, with a final time of 28 minutes and 12.7 seconds.

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