Cooperstown junior reaches goal of marathon finish before 16th birthday By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A Cooperstown Central School junior achieved his goal of running a marathon before his 16th birthday. Fred Hodgson, who turns 16 Friday, Oct. 22, finished the Syracuse Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 17, in 3 hours, 55 minutes and 13 seconds. His time placed Hodgson 58th out of 178 runners. He placed first in his age bracket, but that was expected, he said. “I…