Let’s Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K road race on Feb. 16 in Surf City, proceeds to benefit Alliance for a Living Ocean and Long Beach Island’s volunteer fire companies. The four race coordinators, Natalie Aftanis, Jane Kleber, Catherine Snyder and Chloe Snyder, had an excellent turnout for this first-of-its-kind event.

Registration table the morning of the race. Let’s Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K road race on Feb. 16 in Surf City.Jack Reynolds

Registration table the morning of the race. Let’s Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K road race on Feb. 16 in Surf City. Jack Reynolds

Let’s Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K road race on Feb. 16 in Surf City.Jack Reynolds

Let’s Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K road race on Feb. 16 in Surf City. Jack Reynolds

Let’s Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K road race on Feb. 16 in Surf City.Jack Reynolds

Let’s Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K road race on Feb. 16 in Surf City. Jack Reynolds

Let’s Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K road race on Feb. 16 in Surf City.Jack Reynolds

Let’s Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K road race on Feb. 16 in Surf City. Jack Reynolds

Let’s Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K road race on Feb. 16 in Surf City.Jack Reynolds

Let’s Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K road race on Feb. 16 in Surf City. Jack Reynolds

Let’s Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K road race on Feb. 16 in Surf City.Jack Reynolds

Let’s Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K road race on Feb. 16 in Surf City. Jack Reynolds

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Riley Derion holds a sign for the Stafford Intermediate School group Girls Helping Girls, which created a Love Song for Long Beach Island and showed it off at the start of the race.Jack Reynolds

Riley Derion holds a sign for the Stafford Intermediate School group Girls Helping Girls, which created a Love Song for Long Beach Island and showed it off at the start of the race. Jack Reynolds

The Stafford Intermediate School group Girls Helping Girls created a Love Song for Long Beach Island and showed it off at the start of the race.Jack Reynolds

The Stafford Intermediate School group Girls Helping Girls created a Love Song for Long Beach Island and showed it off at the start of the race. Jack Reynolds

Runners prepare for the start of the race.Jack Reynolds

Runners prepare for the start of the race. Jack Reynolds

Runners sprint out from the start line.Jack Reynolds

Runners sprint out from the start line. Jack Reynolds

Start of the race.Jack Reynolds

Start of the race. Jack Reynolds

Runners make their way onto the course.Jack Reynolds

Runners make their way onto the course. Jack Reynolds

Heading down Barnegat Ave on the course.Jack Reynolds

Heading down Barnegat Ave on the course. Jack Reynolds

Runners on the course.Jack Reynolds

Runners on the course. Jack Reynolds

Race winner makes one of the final turns on the course.Jack Reynolds

Race winner makes one of the final turns on the course. Jack Reynolds

Leaders in the front of the pack make their way towards the finish.Jack Reynolds

Leaders in the front of the pack make their way towards the finish. Jack Reynolds

Tom Smith makes his way down the home stretch.Jack Reynolds

Tom Smith makes his way down the home stretch. Jack Reynolds

Runners making the turn onto Barnegat ave.Jack Reynolds

Runners making the turn onto Barnegat ave. Jack Reynolds

Directing race traffic at the turn.Jack Reynolds

Directing race traffic at the turn. Jack Reynolds

Chuck Schnell makes the last turn to the finish.Jack Reynolds

Chuck Schnell makes the last turn to the finish. Jack Reynolds

Racing to the finish line.Jack Reynolds

Racing to the finish line. Jack Reynolds

Racing to the finish line.Jack Reynolds

Racing to the finish line. Jack Reynolds

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Finishing up strong.Jack Reynolds

Finishing up strong. Jack Reynolds

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