Sat, Nov 21, 2026
Piscataway, NJ
A track race held in Somerset, this one draws high schoolers chasing personal bests alongside adult runners doing the same. The surface is flat, with no turns sharper than a banked curve and no elevation to manage. It sits at the tail end of cross-country season, so many runners arrive with a full fall of training behind them and legs ready to move.
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Going by the 2025 results, this is a small, friendly field, and the field is fairly quick, so expect a competitive front.
Top 3: Christopher Velez (0:36) · Shashaank Kapa (0:36) · Kirthik Ram Saravanaraj (0:37)
Top 3: James Cognata (1:05) · Charlie Dalles (1:06) · Sebastian Ruiz (1:12)
Top 3: Omar Mohallim (15:46) · Caleb Apuzzo (15:52) · Jacob Newman (16:28)
Top 3: Giuseppe Quaglia (4:38) · Davian Simon (4:40) · Ernesto Botteon (4:42)
Top 3: Darin Cofield (9:30) · Ivan Timochko (9:33) · Kayla Devine (10:37)
The Garden State Showcase #2 has been held every year since at least 2022. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
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How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Nov 12, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the race field finished slower than 0:43, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:23, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
It is a small race (53 finishers), which is friendlier and less intimidating than a big-city event, though the field thins out. There is no qualifying time, and the finish-time spread above shows how varied the field really is. If it is your first race, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The race winner ran 0:36 while the median finisher took 0:43. That spread points to a relatively quick field, so expect a competitive front end.
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