Seven hundred and seventeen runners fought strong, sustained head winds to cross the finish line of the 41st annual Long Beach Island Commemorative 18-Mile Run last Sunday. Geoffrey Shute, 38, of Woodbury was fastest in the race from Holgate to Barnegat Light, clocking a time of 1:44:40.54. He was followed by Craig Segal, 29, of Highlands at 1:46:52.25, and Benjamin Hutterer, 24, of Red Bank, who finished in 1:48:43.70.

Among Island men, Jonathan Wert, 33, of Haven Beach was number one, with Timothy Ryan, 37, of Barnegat Light and Jerry…