The fourth try was the charm for Christine Ramsey, who broke the tape at the Pike’s Peek 10k Sunday morning in 34:43.
The Baltimore runner debuted here in 2008, finishing 5th in 36:19. Four years later, she returned, running more than 90 seconds faster but finishing two spots lower. Last year, another solid showing got her 11th.
Enter 2014. This morning, two miles in, Ramsey, 31, found herself in the lead pack with about half a dozen women all running well under six minutes per mile. “I felt pretty strong, so I picked it up,” she said. “They were still pretty close behind me, but nobody went with me.”
[button-red url=”https://www.mcrrc.org/pikes-peek-10k-8″ target=”_self” position=”left”] 10k Results [/button-red] At mile 4, Ramsey surged again, holding onto a slim lead over Alexandria’s Lindsay O’Brien, on the way to a new personal best of 34:43 and a $500 pay day. “It was great because we pushed each other,” she said of her competitors.
Ramsey, as of late, has been more focused on reaching the finish line of her PhD program than on trying to win races. She recently turned in her dissertation; the defense is in two weeks. “So it felt good to have a good race,” said Ramsey, who will move to New Haven, Conn., soon to start a post-doctoral position.
All but 70 seconds separated Ramsey from Selamawit Lemma in 5th. O’Brien was 2nd; it was her second-straight sub-35-minute showing here. Columbia’s Julia Roman-Duval was 3rd in 35:05, followed by Loring Crowley of Winston Salem, N.C., in 35:23. Kensington’s Cindy Conant, 53, was the top master in 38:08.
On the men’s side, Nahom Mesfin, running his first Pike’s Peek, took the lead early and never looked back. He was all alone, pumping his arms on the long downhill to the finish line and waving to the crowd, winning in a net time 28:28, 22 seconds off Julius Kogo‘s event record set in 2011.
Mesfin, a former Olympic steeplechaser, is living in Alexandria, and is transitioning to longer races, he said. To that end, he recently returned from a four-month training trip to his native Ethiopia.
Early in the race, Mesfin questioned the feedback he was getting from his watch, he said. He was seeing kilometer splits in the low 2:30s, but the pace felt a slower than that, he said. “I was not in a good mood.”
Less than a half hour later, his mood had changed.
“I am so excited, and so happy,” said Mesfin, who had been disappointed with his performance at the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run earlier this month.
Baisa Moleta, also of Alexandria, was 2nd in 29:04, followed by Dereje Deme of Silver Spring in 29:09. Gurmessa Megerssa, a Washington, D.C., resident via Ethiopia who reigned supreme over the local roads in 2006 and 2007, closed hard down the final straight to clock 29:19. Getachew Asfaw of Silver Spring rounded out the top five.
Bethesda’s Conrad Laskowski, 7th in 30:12, ran with the lead pack early on alongside Gaithersburg’s Chris Sloane, 8th in 30:33.
“I was trying to run under 30,” Laskowski said. “Came up a little short, but I am happy with it. It’s a PR.”
Philippe Rolly, 41, of McLean, was top master in 31:37.
Downhill, fast, and cool
For Pike’s Peek, runners start on Redland Road near the Shady Grove Metro station, make a quick left on Route 355 and bee-line it south past the White Flint station, where a big downhill covers the last .2 miles. “It is probably the fastest 10k you can get without going on the track,” Ramsey said.
That, as it happens, is only part of its appeal. In addition to professional-level competition, former race director Jean Arthur can only remember two years when this Montgomery County Roads Runners event had bad weather. This year, the temperature was cool, and the way the finish line banner was flapping, you knew the wind was at runners’ backs.
“I ran it for the first time last year, and I thought it was so good I came back again,” said Brian Carlson, a nine-time marathoner who started running in 1988. The Reston Runners member, who is 67, likes the net-downhill course. Plus, he said, “It’s a very well-run race.”
“You know it’s net downhill, so you know you’re going to get a pretty good time,” said Jody Gil, who came close to achieving her goal of breaking 53 minutes.
Gil ran with her longtime friend Jared Sher for six-plus miles. “He turned on the guns at the end,” she said.
Leland Hao ran the race with his son, Kelvin Hao, 11. It was Kelvin’s first 10k, and the smile on his face afterward suggested he’ll have no problem finishing the Disneyland 10k in late August.
When Kelvin’s younger sister was hospitalized for cephalitis, he met other kids his age fighting a rare childhood disease called ataxia-telangiectasia, also referred to as Louis-Bar syndrome, Leland Hao said. In Anaheim, Calif., Kelvin’s race will raise money for the A-T Children’s Project, which seeks a cure.
The race had a wave start to accommodate about 2,500 participants, and for the first time offered pacing teams. Bethesda’s Danny George, typically a 36-minute 10k runner, helped about 10 runners meet their goal of breaking 45 minutes.
“I just wanted to stay even and give them a little head start,” George said. “That way, once they got to the top of the hill, they could just coast right in.”
By Steve Nearman
Rockville, MD
April 29, 2012
For the Washington Running Report
The Kenyans came from Chapel Hill, NC and from Royersford, PA. The Ethiopians came from the Bronx and Washington, DC. They all came in pursuit of a $1,000 first prize, not bad for running a 10-kilometer race not far from their home bases.
Credit the Kenyans from Ben Kurgat’s Chapel Hill camp with sweeping the overall win, but the Ethiopians sure showed depth at the 17th Kaiser Permanente Pike’s Peek 10K today in Rockville.
But the biggest winner of the morning goes to the weather. Some 1,307 men and 1,445 women who finished the downhill trek from the Shady Grove Metro to White Flint Mall down the usually car-congested Rockville Pike were treated with perfect weather – bright sun, 50s warming into the 60s, and a slight tailwind.
“It was nice weather, not as hot as last year,” said Kristin Rapp, who enjoyed a personal best 53:39 after running here in 2009 and 2011.
The elites made the best of the weather as well. Although the tailwind was not quite as strong as it was last year – producing seven of the nine fastest men’s times and six of the nine fastest women’s time in race history – the elite man still rewrote a bit of the record books today.
Julius Kogo successfully defended his 2011 title, falling just six seconds short of last year’s time in 28:12. His 28:06 is the event record, so now he owns the No. 1 and 2 fastest times. But he might have broken his record today had there not been slick pavement from overnight rain. Finishing shortly after Kogo was training mate Hellen Jemutai, who moved up from sixth last year to capture the victory in 32:54, the exact same time as last year and etching her name twice in the top 10 times ever.
Both earned $1,000 and a plaque for winning the Road Runners Club of America Eastern Regional 10K Championships.
The manner in which Kogo and Jemutai achieved their victories could not have been more different.
After the start was delayed about 10 minutes due to a fender-bender on Rockville Pike, Kogo, bearing bib #1, vaulted from the start with fellow Kenyans and the Ethiopians in pursuit. In fact, 12 East Africans were in the lead pack by one mile, swiftly passed in 4:35.
The pack, with its frequent lead exchanges, began to disintegrate to six members as they tackled a short uphill approaching the third mile marker and just four as they crossed the halfway point in 14:10. By the end of the fourth mile, Kogo and Ethiopians Abiyot Endale and Zenbaba Yigeze finally dropped another Ethiopian Fikadu Lemma, who would eventually finish sixth.
Then Kogo began to execute his plan.
“I felt good and I just started picking it up from four miles,” said Kogo, 26, who also was runner-up in 2010. “Then just approaching six miles, I picked it up again.”
Kogo gapped Endale and Yigeze by 10 meters through five miles and slowly was pulling away until Endale made a last-ditch effort to catch Kogo before the last steep downhill to the finish. Kogo was too fast.
“I know Kogo,” said Endale, who was training at altitude in Ethiopia for three months until arriving back in the Bronx last week. “He’s a very good runner. I’ve never been this close to him before. Around 4 ½ miles, I was pushing the pace. I made a mistake by pushing too early.”
Endale bettered his third-place finish last year but one spot in 28:16 for $750 and training mate Yigeze was third in 28:20 for $650. Endale’s time was the fourth-fastest ever here and Yigeze earned the #6 clocking all time.
Jemutai (in photo) left no doubt very early whose name was going in the $1,000 check. She bolted from the started and took a large lead by the end of first mile, hitting 5K in 16:16 and winning by 56 seconds. With no women to push her, she was ably paced by training mate Nicholas Kurgat, who was second last year but coming back from an Achilles injury.
Third-placer Tezeta Dengersa, a Washington-based Ethiopian, said it best about Jemutai’s fast start. “She said ‘OK, goodbye, thank you’!” mused Dengersa, a 31-year-old Turkish citizen born in Ethiopia.
Jemutai enjoyed the win but fell short of her goal. “I wanted to run 32 minutes today,” said the 30 year old from Kapsabet, Kenya. “I realized at mile four that I was starting to slow down. I felt like I needed more water.”
Yihunish Delelecha, a 30-year-old Washington-based Ethiopian, was second in 33:50 and Dengersa was eight ticks behind her. Elena Orlova, a 42-year-old Russian training in nearby Gaithersburg, was top master and sixth overall in an impressive 34:26.
Top male master was 41-year-old Chris Juarez of Alexandria, the 2002 Marine Corps Marathon champ, 14th overall in 30:46. Jack McMahon of Silver Spring was the second oldest finisher, at 81, running 56:58 and beating 422 younger men to the finish.
After the race in the White Flint Mall parking lot, runners did their share of sun-bathing, chatting with friends and family, and eating healthy foods such as Dunkin’ Donuts, Chinese fried rice, pizza, and Popeyes fried chicken.
Sean Dixon, 45, from Waldorf, MD, took some time to relax after the race.
“I’m glad I’m here,” said Dixon, newly retired from the Marines and Coast Guard but now working in Human Resources at the Office of Homeland Security while going to the University of Maryland Baltimore County for his degree in information systems management.
No wonder he does not have the time to train as he used to.
“This was my third Pike’s Peek 10K, but I’m nowhere near race shape,” said Dixon, whose wife Kristy stayed home with their three children Israel (15), Simone (13), and Ashley (12) so he could enjoy the morning. “I ran a pretty even race (51:26) but I’ve run faster here, 44 minutes in 2007, 46 minutes in 2010. My allergies, the pollen, have made me fatigued, under the weather. Threw my training out the window.” He said he does hope to participate in a sprint or Olympic triathlon this year.
Mark Malander also said he was not near race shape. He ran a stellar 33:05 here six years ago but has been hampered for the past year by an Achilles injury. However, the fiercely competitive Malander was happy to be able to run.
“Last year, I was injured and I was the driver for the elite athletes,” said the 54-year-old Malander of Herndon, a geologist for 30 years for Exxon Mobil. “This is the slowest I’ve run on this course (36:24). It’s frustrating to get clobbered by all those 50-year-old guys.” He said his training now turns to the New York City Marathon this fall.
Kristin Rapp, on the other hand, said she was in better shape than last year. Training for the Boston Marathon two weeks ago certainly helped, she said. And Pike’s Peek was the longest run she has had since the rather-toasty Patriots’ Day marathon in Beantown.
“I wasn’t trying to run a fast time,” said the 34-year Rapp, who lives in nearby Kensington and works close to the finish as an accountant at CAS. “I just wanted to get back out there after Boston.”
Open & Masters By Gun Time, Age Groups By Net Time
No Duplicate Prizes
MALE OPEN Gun Time
1 1 Julius Kogo 26 Chapel Hill NC 28:12# 1000
2 3 Abiyot Endale 25 Bronx NY 28:16# 750
3 76 Zenbaba Yigeze 29 Bronx NY 28:20# 650
4 25 Tariku Bokan 30 Herndon VA 28:48# 600
5 7 Kitema Nigusse 31 Bronx NY 28:49# 550
6 12 Fikadu Lemma 28 Bronx NY 28:54# 500
7 24 Birhanu Alemu Feyissa 30 Silver Spring MD 28:55# 450
8 4 Deresse Deniboba 29 Bronx NY 28:56# 400
9 15 John Itati 38 Royersford PA 29:00# 350
10 14 Kennedy Kemei 33 Chapel Hill NC 29:21# 300
# Under USATF OPEN guideline
FEMALE OPEN Gun Time
1 18 Hellen Jemutai 30 Chapel Hill NC 32:54# 1000
2 3216 Yihunish Deleiecha 30 Washington DC 33:50 750
3 19 Tezeta Dengersa 31 Washington DC 33:58 650
4 20 Tiringo Shiferaw 27 Washington DC 34:18 600
5 16 Gladys Asiba 34 Royersford PA 34:26 550
6 40 Elena Orlova 42 Gaithersburg MD 34:26* 500
7 22 Christine Ramsey 29 Baltimore MD 34:53 450
8 72 Lisa Thomas 36 Alexandria VA 35:48* 400
9 46 Laura O'Hara 32 Alexandria VA 35:54 350
10 37 Lindsay Donaldson 26 Washington DC 35:57 300
# Under USATF OPEN guideline
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
MALE MASTERS Gun Time
1 1005 Chris Juarez 41 Alexandria VA 30:46* 250
2 2778 Douglas Woods 43 Gaithersburg MD 34:19 200
3 68 John Piggott 46 Williamsburg VA 34:40* 150
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
FEMALE MASTERS Gun Time
1 45 Alisa Harvey 45 Manassas VA 37:35* 250
2 43 Denise Knickman 43 Baltimore MD 39:30 200
3 2863 Darcy Strouse 48 Frederick MD 39:34 150
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
MALE GRANDMASTER Gun Time
1 50 Mark Neff 50 Derwood MD 35:00*
2 51 Greg Cauller 52 York PA 35:07*
3 65 Stephen Chantry 57 Williamsburg VA 35:26*
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
FEMALE GRANDMASTER Gun Time
1 71 Cindy Conant 51 Kensington MD 39:47*
2 932 Win Persina 52 Washington DC 41:34
3 53 Alison Suckling 56 Arnold MD 41:39*
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
MALE SR-GRANDMASTER Gun Time
1 60 Roland Rust 60 Bethesda MD 38:07*
2 66 Rick Platt 61 Williamsburg VA 39:02*
3 1083 Timothy Morgan 61 Damascus MD 39:36*
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
FEMALE SR-GRANDMASTER Gun Time
1 301 Alice Franks 63 Rockville MD 46:39*
2 1472 Ann Rosenthal 62 Bethesda MD 50:32
3 2520 Joann Szczepkowski 66 Rehoboth Beach DE 51:41
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
MALE AGE GROUP: 15 - 19 Net Time
1 3041 Stephen Alexander 15 Gaithersburg MD 36:05 75
2 715 Andrew Lu 18 Rockville MD 41:08 50
3 3291 Nicholas Miller 16 Arnold MD 43:16 25
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 15 - 19 Net Time
1 291 Abby Peterson 15 Rockville MD 46:08 75
2 683 Mary Marg Sheridan 18 Chevy Chase MD 46:18 50
3 649 Nina Geleta 16 Manassas VA 46:18 25
MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 24 Net Time
1 2898 Gregory Decker 23 Rockville MD 35:04 75
2 2982 Kyle Grimm 24 Frederick MD 36:49 50
3 2550 Kevin Hom 24 Arlington VA 41:02 25
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 24 Net Time
1 57 Kelsey Budd 22 Oakton VA 37:17 75
2 2675 Elizabeth Laseter 23 Washington DC 37:44 50
3 44 Jillian Pollack 23 Arlington VA 37:59 25
MALE AGE GROUP: 25 - 29 Net Time
1 74 Eric Chirchir 28 Jackson Heights NY 29:38# 75
2 6 Worku Beyi 25 Bronx NY 29:41# 50
3 26 Karl Dusen 29 Rockville MD 30:05 25
# Under USATF OPEN guideline
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 25 - 29 Net Time
1 36 Susan Hendrick 26 Washington DC 36:23 75
2 35 Lauren Woodall 26 Washington DC 37:28 50
3 3052 Lindsay Larose 29 Arlington VA 39:39 25
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 34 Net Time
1 77 Seife Geletu 30 Washington DC 31:22 75
2 30 Jake Klim 31 North Bethesda MD 31:32 50
3 64 Dickson Mercer 30 Washington DC 32:31 25
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 34 Net Time
1 39 Elizabeth Young 32 Washington DC 36:11 75
2 249 Robin Wrightson 32 Washington DC 38:07 50
3 101 Kristin Andrews 30 Chevy Chase MD 38:21 25
MALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39 Net Time
1 33 David Wertz 36 Arlington VA 31:58* 75
2 347 Philippe Rolly 39 McLean VA 32:19* 50
3 1072 Edi Turco 39 Arlington VA 33:14 25
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39 Net Time
1 1615 Mary Davison 39 Bristow VA 38:41 75
2 1014 Cristina Burbach 37 Washington DC 39:16 50
3 1708 Lisa Reichmann 38 Gaithersburg MD 39:33 25
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44 Net Time
1 2545 Joerg Schroeder 44 Rockville MD 36:10 75
2 559 Kris Simms 40 Baltimore MD 36:14 50
3 3002 Scott Koonce 40 Gaithersburg MD 36:20 25
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44 Net Time
1 876 Amanda Turner 40 Gettysburg PA 40:47 75
2 991 Sarah Johnson 41 Bethesda MD 42:10 50
3 1024 Janice Lunenfeld 42 Rockville MD 42:25 25
MALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49 Net Time
1 2891 Frank Perna 49 Bethesda MD 35:01* 75
2 556 Jim Nielsen 46 Broadlands VA 35:35 50
3 67 Greg Dawson 46 Williamsburg VA 35:48 25
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49 Net Time
1 624 Sandra Griffin 45 Upper Marlboro MD 44:53 75
2 3078 Laura Gurney 47 Bethesda MD 45:02 50
3 2848 Janet Braunstein 45 Washington DC 45:54 25
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54 Net Time
1 50 Mark Neff 50 Derwood MD 34:59* 75
2 51 Greg Cauller 52 York PA 35:06* 50
3 1009 Jean-Chri Arcaz 51 Rockville MD 35:46* 25
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54 Net Time
1 71 Cindy Conant 51 Kensington MD 39:44* 75
2 932 Win Persina 52 Washington DC 41:31 50
3 1553 Janeth Scott 50 Columbia MD 41:55 25
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
MALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59 Net Time
1 65 Stephen Chantry 57 Williamsburg VA 35:25* 75
2 2714 James Cooper 56 Potomac MD 35:50* 50
3 56 Dan Lawson 56 Gaithersburg MD 36:32* 25
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59 Net Time
1 53 Alison Suckling 56 Arnold MD 41:36* 75
2 3072 Debbie Flynn 55 Cross Hill SC 42:37* 50
3 2452 Betty Blank 59 Falls Church VA 44:49 25
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64 Net Time
1 60 Roland Rust 60 Bethesda MD 38:04* 75
2 66 Rick Platt 61 Williamsburg VA 39:00* 50
3 1083 Timothy Morgan 61 Damascus MD 39:33* 25
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64 Net Time
1 301 Alice Franks 63 Rockville MD 46:33* 75
2 1472 Ann Rosenthal 62 Bethesda MD 49:24 50
3 414 Nancy Avitabile 64 Bethesda MD 49:43 25
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
MALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69 Net Time
1 1316 Donald Hensel 67 Gaithersburg MD 45:54 75
2 2191 William Rowell 68 Olney MD 46:06 50
3 1259 Walter Brown 68 Montgomery Vill MD 47:13 25
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69 Net Time
1 1042 Chris Craun 66 Bethesda MD 50:26* 75
2 2520 Joann Szczepkowski 66 Rehoboth Beach DE 50:36* 50
3 2957 Gretchen Bolton 66 Bethesda MD 55:50 25
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
MALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74 Net Time
1 3150 Gerry Ives 72 Washington DC 47:21 75
2 745 Jack Mangold 70 Chevy Chase MD 55:48 50
3 2860 Nils Borj Tallroth 70 Bethesda MD 59:50 25
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74 Net Time
1 578 Linda Carter 70 Potomac MD 66:15 75
2 2432 Betty Smith 71 Rockville MD 68:03 50
3 1443 Jamie Wollard 73 N.Bethesda MD 84:29 25
MALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79 Net Time
1 2958 Skip Grant 76 Chevy Chase MD 48:43* 75
2 2521 Alan Rider 76 Reston VA 54:28* 50
3 1327 Bob Archibald 79 Fayetteville PA 58:08 25
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79 Net Time
1 138 Pat Cuff 75 Montgomery Vill MD 66:42* 75
2 180 Marianne Parakkal 76 Gaithersburg MD 68:55 50
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
MALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 99 Net Time
1 441 Jack McMahon 81 Silver Spring MD 56:58* 75
* Under USATF Age-Group guideline
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 99 Net Time
By Brenda Barrera
Richmond, VA
November 12, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
It is not always the case, but sometimes everything just comes together perfectly on race day. Like ideal weather in the 40s on a historic course along lush fall scenery with a competitive field that pushes you to your best. That was the case for the many runners at this year’s SunTrust Richmond Marathon, McDonald’s Half Marathon and HCA Virginia 8K that set a record with 17,073 runners.
SunTrust Richmond Marathon
Kennedy Kemei (left) did not let a field that included the defending champion, Mark Chepses, and two-time winner Jynocel Baswetti, intimidate him. No, the 33-year-old Kenyan based in Chapel Hill, NC took command of this year’s SunTrust Richmond Marathon and smashed the course record winning in 2:13:45. Njoroge Maina, 27, from Kenya took the runner-up spot in 2:15:16 and Baswetti, who missed last year’s contest, had to settle for third place in 2:16:00.
Patterson Wilhelm, 24, from Lynchburg, VA was the top American to finish in his inaugural marathon. The William and Mary graduate posted an impressive 2:20:27.
“I was probably too aggressive in mile 13 to 18,” he said and added this was only his second road race. In September he ran the Virginia 10 Miler where he finished 6th overall in 52:48.
Richard “Skeeter” Morris, 23, from Burkeville, VA is heading to New Zealand in a few weeks and will savor his 2:29:47 race. “I wanted to run a sub-2:30,” he said.
Baltimore’s Kris Simms, 39, ran 2:53:39 and at the finish line exclaimed, “I would definitely do this again.”
With no past champions entered in the women’s competition the top spot was up for grabs. Mekides Bekele, 25, from New York (right) ran 2:47:50 to capture the crown. Aimee Phillippi-Taylor, 34, from Spring Grove, PA was aiming for a U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials qualifying time of 2:46:00 and finished in 2:49:53 but earned the runner-up spot.
“I realized at mile 16 it wasn’t going to happen [finishing in 2:46:00] so I just wanted to place as high as I could,” said Phillippi-Taylor who won some prize money for her effort. When asked what she was going to do with her earnings, she looked at her husband and they both laughed and said it was already spent—they just bought a house.
Hirut Mandefro, 26, from Ethiopia took third in 2:53:26.
McDonald’s Half Marathon
Kenyan George Towett, 27, defended his title and breezed through the 13.1 course to win again. His time was 1:04:34. Kipyegon Kirui, 31, also from Kenya, finished two minutes later in 1:06:31. Jay Lumpkins, 26, from Lakeland, FL tried to catch Kirui down the final stretch but had to settle for third place with his 1:06:34 finish.
The top Richmond finisher was Piotr Dybas, 24, (left) originally from Poland and who was a top runner for Virginia Commonwealth University. His time of 1:09:11 placed him 11th overall.
Sterling Parker, 46 was impressed with the organization and all of the spectators along the course. “My favorite band was the drummers [University of Richmond Taiko Ensemble,]” said the Glen Allen resident who finished under two hours in 1:58:25.
The women’s competition had a clear winner in Bekelech Bedada, 19, from Ethiopia who set a course record with her 1:13:33 finish. Esther Erb, (below) who grew up in Richmond and now lives in Blowing Rock, NC ran 1:16:50 for second place. Sporting a Green Dragon tattoo on her cheek, the Maggie Walker graduate was cheered on by her parents. Erb would have liked to run faster but said her focus right now is on the upcoming U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials in January. She qualified with a 2:39:47 marathon in Spain.
Richmond’s Rena Chesser, 29, finished third in 1:19:27. The fact that she was able to compete was a surprise. “I had the flu for ten days and couldn’t run at all,” said Chesser who was hoping to finish in 1:15:00.
The Capital Area Runners had several team members competing. Cristina Burbach who finished in 1:29:36 was pleasantly surprised by the course. “It had nice hills in the middle which was a nice variation,” and she added, “It was also a visually interesting course.”
American record holder for the mile, Alan Webb, was on hand to welcome the participants and had the role of official starter for the half marathon. His wife, Julia, took fourth place in 1:20:17.
HCA Virginia 8K
To say it was a nail biter finish is no exaggeration as the morning’s first race came down to the wire with Donnie Cowart from Charlottesville, VA (left in photo) battling it out with Kenyan Julius Kogo down the homestretch and breaking the tape together. Last year Cowart finished fifth overall and this year he had a different plan.
“I wanted to win this year or at least battle for the win,” said Cowart who ran for VMI.
All went according to plan as the lead pack of ten runners whittled down to four around 3.5 miles. At mile 4 Cowart said he and Kogo separated from the others and tested each other with neither taking a break. When Cowart saw the finish line banner he admits to having a fleeting thought about the prize money which was $1,000 for first place and $500 for second place. That gave him the extra nudge he needed because even though their times show up the same as 22:57, he squeaked ahead of Kogo, 22:56.20 to 22:56.26.
Kenyan Samuel Ndereba, 34, who set the course record in 2006, had to settle for third place with his 23:01 this year.
Ethiopia’s Alemtsehay Misganaws no stranger to this course having won the half marathon in 2008 and 2009. Afterward, Misganaw said she took off after the second mile and no one gave chase. She won in 26:17 to add the HCA Virginia 8K title to her résumé VCU. Lilia Marlita, 23, from Kenya finished next in 26:26 and hometown favorite Nicol Traynor, 22, was very pleased with her third place finish.
“My coach originally told me to go 27:30 and then we changed that to 27:00,” said Traynor who completes for the Richmond Spiders. Apparently her training is going well because she surpassed that goal finishing in 26:35.
Next year’s SunTrust Richmond Marathon is scheduled for November 10, 2012. A special $55 marathon entry fee and $45 half marathon entry fee is available through 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, November 17.
By James Moreland
Crystal City, VA
July 23, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
A look at the start before the runners lined up.
This race is an event. Wandering around the center you could easily see this event was fully prepared with food and drink, from Budweiser to Muscle Milk with a side of ice cold water in between. Some of the other events closed up shop with the record heat wave this week but Pacers knew that runners are a tenacious bunch.
They knew they would be coming in record numbers. Some would be reveling in the fact that it was so hot. Last weekend Rockville Rotary Twilight 8k proved that a well planned can handle just about anything. Those who did not know they could not handle it… handled it. Michael Wardian coming off a treadmill marathon the night before was all smiles before launching into a solid 16:24 that made him the top submaster.
Wardian, (left) among a long list of Chuck Moeser fans, echoed his credo that anything is possible just go after it was zest. Mega mile Mike has already qualified for the Olympic Trails qualifying PR at Grandmas (2:17:49). Still, he was justly even more proud of his third place finish at the where few dare to tread Bad Water Ultra Marathon where he ran 135 miles in 26:22.
Steve Hallinan, winner of last fall’s Capital Running Company Veterans Day 10k in 29:54, was the clear favorite as the massive field pressed across the starting line. Make no mistake even with tough conditions; this field like past years is packed with elite runners. Last year was nearly as hot as Julius Kogo hosed the field with an incredible 14:03. This year while much of the field was winding past the finish line at the halfway of the double out and back course, Hallinan was easily winning in the 11th time in the first four years that was faster than 15:00.
Seventy meters back Birhanu Feysa glanced nervously over his shoulder like he was making a jail break. Then he turned back realizing that he had number two in the bag with a swift 15:02. The next three came in with a rush, led by Fasil Bizuneh of Flagstaff, AZ. Frank Devar had his fastest time of three races in 15:10 though the first two years was a slightly different course that was perhaps slightly hillier.
This course is pancake flat though runners seem pleased by the downhill (maybe a foot) in the first mile versus the dreaded last mile (maybe two feet up hill). Maybe there were just a little more heated then ya think?
Fifth place Andrew Dumm may have felt the heat even more as the last two years he had been well under 15:00. His time of 15:13 was just ahead of Bert Rodriguez who had been faster than 15:00 when he won it all at the Clarendon 5K last fall.
The top master was no surprise though it was well off Edmund Burke’s overall win at the Crystal City Friday race in the spring. Anytime you have 25 men faster than 17:00 who know you have a competitive race.
For the women, before the race Alisa Harvey, 45, was alluding to how hard hot weather can be on racers. Modest but realistic, when she is not expecting to be the overall winner, you know you have a tough field. Last year another masters runner Elena Orlova won it all in 17:20, and she was 20th overall. Did we mention that it was hot this year? After the race Harvey was asked if she saw Orlova. Her answer was “Briefly at the start and then whoosh!”
Tezata Dengarsa has been dominating all year winning the spring rankings. She raced Pike’s Peek in 33:59 while Orlova has been regrouping for the first six months of the year and had a tepid race there in 38:12. Last week she ran the Twilight 8K to a masters victory in 29:36 but Dengarsa had a 5K victory in June at 16:42. At the gun Dengarsa pulled away to win in 17:11. That was the same time that Orlova ran in 2009 to finish third overall.
This year Erin Koch moved ahead at the finish in 17:36 to edge Orlova (17:38) and hard charging Lisa Thomas (17:41). Thomas had been third overall last week in Rockville with 28:47 so it is clear that Orlova is making her way back to the full speed that earned her the highest ranking for a master runner in 2010.
Alisa Harvey (left) is at her best in the first mile of a race with world class middle distance speed. Still her masters win in 18:34 would have made all but seven of the women jealous. She had been third overall in the inaugural year with 17:42.
For the grandmasters, Jean Christophe Arcaz continues to make it look easy with a blazing 18:25. Heather Sanders, 56, whipped all the runners 50-59 by at least a minute, and there were appropriately fifty of them.
Before the race runners were continuously warned about the heat. There were two water stations on the course as well as and sponge station and a mist making machine. We all sweated copiously anyway. At the finish there were many barrels of iced water bottles. Eager runners clustered around the first couple of barrels which were refilled a number of times. Smarter, stronger runners moved past them to the still full and ultra chilled barrels further back.
Just past the liquid was the food tent. After runners walked through grabbing chips and fruit there was a Muscle Mile stand. Following that was the McCafe truck and then the King of Beers as runners circled back around to their bag check area. Hundreds hung around listening to the invigorating music. Now the breeze seemed almost cooling in the shaded park in the middle of the square. That is where the awards started promptly at 9:30.
With plentiful free parking and all these amenities, it is no wonder why this twilight race continues to grow.
AWARDS LIST
FEMALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2653 Tezata Dengarsa 29 Arlington VA 17:10.40 17:10.40
2 16 Erin Koch 23 Chevy Chase MD 17:35.79 17:35.79
3 2109 Elena Orlova 41 Gaithersburg MD 17:38.00 17:38.00
4 2075 Lisa Thomas 35 Alexandria VA 17:40.69 17:40.69
5 2375 Stefanie Slekis 23 Dumfries VA 17:58.69 17:58.69
MALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 11 Steve Hallinan 25 Washington DC 14:50.08 14:50.08
2 2650 Birhanu Alemu Feysa 29 Silver Spring MD 15:01.32 15:01.32
3 1153 Fasil Bizuneh 31 Flagstaff AZ 15:06.21 15:06.21
4 1152 Frank Devar 23 Washington DC 15:09.45 15:09.45
5 67 Andrew Dumm 26 Arlington VA 15:12.84 15:12.84
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 5
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1607 Ella Harrison 5 Falls Church VA 44:43.6 42:20.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 5
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1638 Alex Horowitz 5 Washington DC 37:43.4 34:55.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 6 - 10
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2122 Anissa Cheikh 10 Annandale VA 30:45.5 30:30.4
2 1759 Michelle Emery 10 Arlington VA 34:11.9 32:53.5
3 2364 Olivia Nammo 8 Arlington VA 36:37.1 35:16.7
MALE AGE GROUP: 6 - 10
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1610 Rheinhardt Harrison 7 Falls Church VA 24:27.3 24:13.2
2 1578 Blake Deterding 7 Alexandria VA 29:48.4 29:00.4
3 2946 Michael Halpern 7 Anchorage AK 32:50.4 32:19.1
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 11 - 14
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2005 Brenda Rosas 12 Silver Spring MD 23:34.2 23:34.2
2 2035 Katie Rogers 13 Alexandria VA 24:17.7 23:55.8
3 2451 Adriana Rosas 11 Silver Spring MD 24:38.8 24:38.8
MALE AGE GROUP: 11 - 14
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2381 John Rangel 14 19:43.0 19:42.4
2 1540 Alex Min 14 Burke VA 25:05.7 23:21.2
3 1921 Lozie Goolsby 14 Alexandria VA 24:03.5 23:40.9
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 15 - 18
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1281 Amanda Parker 18 Burke VA 22:31.6 22:06.3
2 2053 Kendall Cowne 16 Chantilly VA 24:00.3 22:22.8
3 2413 Nina Srikongyos 17 Springfield VA 23:19.3 22:30.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 15 - 18
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2909 Lou Colson 15 Alexandria VA 16:42.1 16:40.7
2 2048 Dagmawi Abebe 17 Gaithersburg MD 17:09.1 17:09.1
3 2113 Luke Levan 18 Burke VA 17:14.2 17:13.7
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 19 - 29
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2649 Keneni Chala 28 Washington DC 18:24.4 18:24.4
2 2038 Erin Swain 29 Arlington VA 18:38.4 18:38.4
3 68 Laurel MacMillan 21 Arlington VA 19:07.5 19:07.5
MALE AGE GROUP: 19 - 29
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 60 Will Viviani 29 Arlington VA 15:24.0 15:24.0
2 57 Jeff Brannigan 22 Washington DC 15:27.2 15:27.2
3 2356 Ryan Foster 26 Arlington VA 15:33.4 15:33.4
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2040 Lindsay Wilkins 33 Arlington VA 18:17.7 18:17.7
2 2929 Jackie Gruendel 36 Clifton VA 18:52.6 18:52.5
3 100 Annie Grondin 38 Arlington VA 20:22.6 20:17.4
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1807 Bert Rodriguez 31 Arlington VA 15:18.4 15:18.4
2 2652 Tareku Bokan 30 Herndon VA 15:30.4 15:30.4
3 2248 Michael Wardian 37 Arlington VA 16:23.2 16:23.2
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 18 Alisa Harvey 45 Manassas VA 18:34.2 18:34.2
2 58 Kristi Markowicz 41 Arlington VA 19:09.5 19:09.5
3 1682 Corky Sturtevant 41 Springfield VA 22:51.7 22:36.3
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 53 Edmund Burke 42 Burtonsville MD 16:54.0 16:54.0
2 1446 Bill Pemberton 40 Alexandria VA 17:17.5 17:16.0
3 2666 Derik Thomas 45 Alexandria VA 17:38.6 17:38.6
Female Age Group: 50 - 59
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2627 Heather Sanders 56 Mclean VA 23:40.4 23:33.4
2 2010 Linda Kennedy 50 Alexandria VA 24:52.0 24:08.7
3 2805 Dorothy Wright 53 Dumfries VA 27:18.0 26:56.1
Male Age Group: 50 - 59
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2613 Jean-Christophe Arcaz 50 Rockville MD 18:25.1 18:25.1
2 1107 Peter Cini 53 Fairfax VA 19:57.1 19:55.2
3 1141 Scott Livingston 51 Pittsburgh PA 20:27.5 20:24.5
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 69
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1755 Mary Kessler 62 Wallingford PA 26:41.9 26:30.4
2 1754 Melanie Brennan 61 Alexandria VA 32:20.2 32:07.9
3 1932 Wilma Uribe 61 Alexandria VA 35:48.4 34:49.8
Male Age Group: 60 - 69
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2209 Bob Hersh 60 Arlington VA 25:20.9 24:39.6
2 1716 James Carey 60 Alexandria VA 27:28.7 26:47.9
3 2698 Richard Turner 60 Washington DC 28:25.7 26:49.9
Female Age Group: 70 - 99
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1428 Frances Widmann 76 Chapel Hill NC 32:48.2 31:52.6
Male Age Group: 70 - 99
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1515 Ken Quincy 73 Vienna VA 29:18.1 29:14.7
2 2134 Robert Gurtler 76 The Plains VA 33:40.0 32:54.6
3 1251 John Finney Jr. 71 Arlington VA 34:15.0 33:09.4
By Jim Hage
Rockville, MD
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Kenyans Julius Kogo and Risper Gesabwa took advantage of a prevailing tailwind to set men’s and women’s course records of 28 minutes 6 seconds and 32:07 at the 16th Kaiser Permanente Pike’s Peek 10K in Rockville.
And while the point-to-point course notably features a net loss in elevation, give the winners, four new age-group record holders, the many who lowered their PRs, and all of the 2,558 finishers their due: Rockville Pike rolls down and up and the early-morning wind was gusty and changeable. The day the wind blows steadily from the north, even these formidable records will fall.
But for now, Kogo, 25, and Gesabwa, 22, are at the top of their games; gone are the old marks of 28:30 by Tesfaye Bekele (2009) and 32:45 by Jen Rhines (1998). Last year at Pike’s Peak, Kogo was the runner-up – by one second–to Ethiopian Bado Worku, who won in 28:43.
Photo left: The men’s lead pack about 3.5 miles into the race. “I didn’t want to be second again,” Kogo (Bib #2) conceded, and with a quick third mile he winnowed a pack of 15 to just three. Only Nicholas Kurgat (#21), who trains with Kogo in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Abiyot Endale (#10), the affable Ethiopian from the Bronx, stayed close. Kurgat finished second in 28:14 and Endale took third in 28:19, a 55-second personal best established at last year’s race when he finished ninth.
“My dream was to break 29 minutes,” Endale said, “so I am very happy. I am recovered from a knee injury [chondromalacia] and am training good again.” Endale, 24, ran 29:18 and finished third at the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K in Richmond on April 4.
Another surprised but happy runner was Jeffrey Eggleston, 26, seventh and the first American in 28:34, a personal best by a whopping 83 seconds. “My PR was kind of soft, but I’m really excited,” said Eggleston, primarily a marathoner who is training for the World Championships in South Korea this summer.
“My plan today was to hang as long as I could. And we needed someone to represent the U.S.!” Eggleston added. “It was a great field but I wasn’t afraid. I beat Girma Tola [eighth in 28:45] who ran 10K at the Sydney Olympics. So that’s cool.”
Former Georgetown University track standout and now medical student Maggie Infeld, 25, was the top American woman, 10th in 34:07.
Gesabwa’s one-second win over Ethiopian Alemtseha Misganaw was another in a series of close races between not-quite-friendly rivals. Gesabwa complained afterward that Misganaw ran too close, clipping her heels repeatedly.
“She was right here!” Gesabwa said, slapping her hip. Gesabwa nearly won this year’s Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile, where Misganaw took fourth. Gesabwa also bested Misganaw by two seconds at the Azalea Trail 10K Run (Mobile, Ala.) in March.
Denise Knickman (photo left), 42, ran 37:02 to win the women’s masters race and Joseph Ekuom, 41, took the men’s masters title in 31:39.
Some 15 members of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase rescue squad–emergency medical technicians, firefighters, and paramedics–completed the race. Two more members rode bikes along the course to provide first aid support.
The rescue squad’s Craig Pernick, 50, from Chevy Chase, ran his first 10K, competing admirably if not quite finishing alongside team members such as Oliver Vickery, 18. “It was good to finish,” Pernick said. “I’ll do it again as long as my knees hold out.”
Award Winners
Open & Masters By Gun Time, Age Groups By Net Time No Duplicate Prizes MALE OPEN Gun Time $$$ 1 2 Julius Kogo 25 Chapel Hill NC 28:06# 1000 2 21 Nicholas Kurgat 31 Chapel Hill NC 28:14# 750 3 10 Abiyot Endale 24 Bronx NY 28:19# 650 4 7 Kumsa Adugna 24 Bronx NY 28:23# 600 5 4 Deresse Deniboba 28 Bronx NY 28:28# 550 6 13 Reuben Mwei 26 Marietta GA 28:32# 500 7 5 Jeffrey Eggleston 26 Flagstaff AZ 28:34# 450 8 6 Girma Tola 35 New York NY 28:45# 400 9 22 Kipyegon Kirui 30 Chapel Hill NC 28:47# 350 10 3 Tesfaye Assefa 27 Bronx NY 28:57# 300 # Under USATF OPEN guideline FEMALE OPEN Gun Time 1 16 Risper Gesabwa 22 Marietta GA 32:07# 1000 2 17 Alemtseha Misganaw 30 New York NY 32:08# 750 3 32 Aziza Aliyu 25 New York NY 32:22# 650 4 18 Malika Mejdoub 28 Jackson Heights NY 32:42# 600 5 20 Hirut Mandefro 25 Flagstaff AZ 32:48# 550 6 24 Hellen Jemutai 29 Chapel Hill NC 32:54# 500 7 35 Yihunlish Bekele 29 Washington DC 33:20# 450 8 23 Divina Jepkogei 25 Chapel Hill NC 33:22# 400 9 34 Tezeta Dengersa 30 Burtonsville MD 33:39# 350 10 1465 Maggie Infeld 25 Washington DC 34:07 300 # Under USATF OPEN guideline MALE MASTERS Gun Time 1 41 Joseph Ekuom 41 High Falls NY 31:39* 250 2 28 Elarbi Khattabi 43 Westchester PA 31:58* 200 3 43 Curtis Cox 43 Trinidad WI 32:02* 150 * Under USATF Age-Group guideline FEMALE MASTERS Gun Time 1 42 Denise Knickman 42 Baltimore MD 37:02* 250 2 45 Alisa Harvey 45 Manassas VA 37:45* 200 3 25 Elena Orlova 41 Gaithersburg MD 38:12 150 * Under USATF Age-Group guideline MALE AGE GROUP: 15 - 19 Net Time 1 2593 Dagmawi Abebe 17 Gaithersburg MD 34:10 75 2 2507 Patrick Ochoa 17 Derwood MD 40:14 50 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 15 - 19 Net Time 1 1760 Allison Marella 15 Damascus MD 42:22 75 2 2485 Alex Starnes 15 Manassas VA 46:01 50 MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 24 Net Time 1 56 Andy Sovonick 24 Gaithersburg MD 32:16 75 2 2738 Benjamin Bartlett 23 Columbia MD 34:03 50 3 234 Alex Booth 23 Bethesda MD 34:29 25 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 24 Net Time 1 1923 Rebecca Parks 22 Reisterstown MD 39:14 75 2 3029 Alison Case 23 Rockville MD 41:15 50 3 607 Amy Greenberg 23 Potomac MD 46:41 25 MALE AGE GROUP: 25 - 29 Net Time 1 36 David Berdan 29 Owings Mills MD 29:30# 75 2 75 Birhanu Feysa 28 Silver Spring MD 29:34# 50 3 71 Tarikii Bokan 29 Herndon VA 29:34# 25 # Under USATF OPEN guideline FEMALE AGE GROUP: 25 - 29 Net Time 1 31 Dirbe Hunde 27 New York NY 34:09 75 2 69 Keneni Chala 29 Washington DC 34:36 50 3 33 Muliye Gurmu 27 Bronx NY 35:33 25 MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 34 Net Time 1 8 Kitema Nigusse 30 Bronx NY 29:24# 75 2 38 Mark Stallings 30 Atglen PA 30:06 50 3 15 Wilson Komen 33 Washington DC 30:18 25 # Under USATF OPEN guideline FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 34 Net Time 1 30 Michelle Miller 30 Damascus MD 35:36 75 2 603 Elizabeth Young 31 Washington DC 37:30 50 3 60 Lynn Knothe 33 Wilmington DE 39:03 25 MALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39 Net Time 1 14 Michael Wardian 37 Arlington VA 30:21* 75 2 40 Troy Harrison 35 Waterfall PA 31:38* 50 3 1804 David Wertz 35 Arlington VA 32:03* 25 4 1295 Kris Simms 39 Baltimore MD 35:08 25 5 1113 Keith Freeburn 37 Centreville VA 35:49 25 * Under USATF Age-Group guideline FEMALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39 Net Time 1 2680 Brenda Schrank 39 Winchester 36:56 75 2 1256 Sandra Bonilla 35 Kensington MD 42:03 50 3 2657 Christie Yang 39 Falls Church VA 42:57 25 4 274 Kaari Lii Linask 37 Rockville MD 43:29 25 5 1651 Kimberly Price 38 Gaithersburg MD 44:26 25 MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44 Net Time 1 2767 Mike Colaiacovo 41 Ellicott City MD 33:30* 75 2 44 Jordan Snyder 44 Rockville MD 33:52* 50 3 3008 Brian Davis 40 Rockville MD 36:39 25 4 1913 Joerg Schroeder 43 Rockville MD 37:04 25 5 2101 Eric Lawrence 43 Potomac MD 38:02 25 * Under USATF Age-Group guideline FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44 Net Time 1 47 Paula Pels 43 Bethesda MD 40:34 75 2 2159 Cheryl Young 41 Reston VA 42:14 50 3 1639 Janice Lunenfeld 41 Rockville MD 42:52 25 4 2612 Theresa White 41 Annandale VA 43:36 25 5 2807 Alida Anderson 41 Potomac MD 44:18 25 MALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49 Net Time 1 382 Mark Neff 49 Derwood MD 34:41* 75 2 48 Jhonny Camacho 48 Torrington CT 36:55 50 3 2797 Howard Frost 45 Falls Church VA 37:40 25 4 1033 George Lane 45 Ashburn VA 37:43 25 * Under USATF Age-Group guideline FEMALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49 Net Time 1 49 Linda Foley 49 Oak Hill VA 39:08 75 2 3254 Leslie Anchor 48 Rockville MD 44:12 50 3 633 Lynn Zipf 46 Silver Spring MD 45:29 25 4 3018 Kris Barner 45 Rockville MD 46:06 25 MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54 Net Time 1 1699 Henry Wigglesworth 53 Washington DC 34:20* 75 2 65 Dave Berardi 50 Baltimore MD 34:43* 50 3 51 Greg Cauller 51 York PA 34:44* 25 * Under USATF Age-Group guideline FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54 Net Time 1 1359 Deedee Loughran 52 Oak Hill VA 40:01* 75 2 2420 Win Persina 51 Washington DC 42:09 50 3 1460 Paula Galliani 51 Gaithersburg MD 45:59 25 * Under USATF Age-Group guideline MALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59 Net Time 1 59 Chuck Moeser 59 Sterling VA 35:55* 75 2 1285 Roland Rust 58 Bethesda MD 37:36* 50 3 55 Peter Darmody 55 Gaithersburg MD 37:48* 25 * Under USATF Age-Group guideline FEMALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59 Net Time 1 2672 Betty Blank 58 Falls Church VA 44:11* 75 2 2571 Heather Sanders 55 McLean VA 45:14 50 3 324 Linda Mattingly 56 Hyattsville MD 48:17 25 * Under USATF Age-Group guideline MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64 Net Time 1 2117 Timothy Morgan 60 Damascus MD 39:17* 75 2 1751 Richard Adams, Jr. 60 Herndon VA 40:06 50 3 2676 Jim Wright 61 Gaithersburg MD 40:42 25 * Under USATF Age-Group guideline FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64 Net Time 1 2176 Nancy Avitabile 63 Bethesda MD 48:28 75 2 2458 Alice Franks 62 Rockville MD 48:28 50 3 2276 Anne Forsha 60 Derwood MD 50:53 25 MALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69 Net Time 1 2095 Donald Hensel 66 Gaithersburg MD 44:35 75 2 684 Michael Golash 67 Washington CA 45:19 50 3 1345 Gregory Chaconas 65 Washington DC 46:38 25 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69 Net Time 1 2517 Dee Nelson 67 Gaithersburg MD 49:37* 75 2 914 Joann Szczepkowski 65 Rehoboth Beach DE 49:44* 50 3 2143 Chris Craun 65 Bethesda MD 49:45* 25 * Under USATF Age-Group guideline MALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74 Net Time 1 2624 Gerald Ives 71 Washington DC 44:26* 75 2 61 John Elliott 72 Columbia MD 46:18* 50 3 2675 Chan Robbins 73 Arlington VA 51:39 25 * Under USATF Age-Group guideline FEMALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74 Net Time 1 2473 Betty Smith 70 Rockville MD 70:03 75 2 2189 Jamie Wollard 72 N.Bethesda MD 76:17 50 MALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79 Net Time 1 2515 Skip Grant 75 Chevy Chase MD 48:07* 75 2 1717 George Yannakakis 79 Sparksglencoe MD 51:31* 50 3 2725 Henry Guyot 76 Washington DC 54:03* 25 * Under USATF Age-Group guideline FEMALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79 Net Time 1 3016 Jacquelin O'Neil 79 Washington DC 77:37 75 MALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 99 Net Time 1 1419 Jack McMahon 80 Silver Spring MD 54:39* 75 * Under USATF Age-Group guideline FEMALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 99 Net Time
