BCC team strikes gold, silver at Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run

Broward Community College’s mens’ teams finished first and second in the Education Division and women’s teams finished second and fourth in the 11th annual Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run, held April 3 at Huizenga Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

The college’s fastest finisher on the 5-kilometer (3.1 miles) course was Marvin Conerly, an academic resources technical support supervisor from the A. Hugh Adams Central Campus. Conerly covered the course in 18 minutes, 37 seconds.

The race returned to its original home after six years at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, and drew 4,385 participants from corporate and government entries. Like many of the squads competing in the run, BCC’s 42-member team wore T-shirts specially designed for the race. Students in Professor Alicia Sobchak’s graphic design class were asked to submit designs and student Carl Engelsman, whose design combined elements of a stylized runner and BCC’s logo, was judged the winner.

Members of the BCC Corporate Run team are: Women – Antonia Armstrong, Irma Avila, Lois Bolton, Rosa Benavides, Veronn Benjamin, Lisa Bernstein, Sondra Braeseker, Primrose Culmer, Sheila Dawson, Penny Deal, Amanda Evans, Jean Griffin, Donna Henderson, Clarissa Lopez, Kim McCartin, Avis McCoy, Jennifer Nieves, Alberta Parker, Sharon Rifkin, Dianne Ruggiero, Connie Soini, Juwel Watson, Sondra Weiss-Goldman, Suzanne Whitney, Gwendolyn Williams and Peggy Ziccardelli.

Members of the men’s team are: David Asencio, James Blake, Howard Cahen, Neil Cohen, Marvin Conerly, Sanford Geraci, Jose Lopez, Roger McCoy, Alan Nichols, Steven Rifkin, James Rogge, Egan Saint-Michael, Norm Seavers, Patrick Smith, Alton Weaver and Kenneth Williams.

Members of BCC's Corporate Run team are all smiles before the race at Huizenga Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale on April 3. With a first-place finish and a pair of second-place finishes in the Education Division, many of the runners were still smiling after the race's end.

BCC's team competed in style in T-shirts specially designed by BCC graphic arts student Carl Engelsman.