Remember how Joan Benoit won the 1984 Olympic Marathon by over a minute? This isn’t like that at all. Three team championships are so close this year that they will be decided in the last points race of the year this weekend. 

Two of the contests are within two points and the other is just 11 points apart.

Here are the standings:

Open Men:

West Side Runners: 120

CPTC: 118

Greater New York RT: 86

 

Open Women:

NYAC: 147

CPTC: 135

Running Divas: 102

 

Men 40+

CPTC: 127

Warren Street: 126

West Side Runners: 121

 

Women 40+

Running Divas: 139

Greater New York: 113

CPTC: 107


Men 50+

CPTC: 153

Taconic: 111

Witold’s Runners: 89

 

Women 50+

CPTC: 127

Taconic RR: 116

NY Flyers: 87