By Dickson Mercer
Washington, DC
June 9, 2012
For the Washington Running Report
Four miles into this morning’s Lawyers Have Heart 10K, Barb Fallon Wallace started falling behind.
“Just a few steps,” she said. “I was getting tired.”
But with a little encouragement from her Pacers racing team teammate, Lisa Thomas, Fallon Wallace – a 38-year-old physical therapist who gave birth to twins just 18 months ago – summoned some reserve strength. Inside the final mile, the Alexandria, VA resident pulled away to claim the win and a new personal best of 36:10.
Thomas, 36, also of Alexandria, finished second in 36:18. Lisa Goldstein, 25, of Washington, DC was third in 37:54.
Thomas said she was pleased with how the race turned out and happy to make Fallon Wallace “earn it.”
She was also pleased with the conditions that featured a cooler-than-usual starting time temperature hovering in the mid-70s. (Last year’s race, which Thomas won, was shortened to 5K to spare runners from temperatures that soared well above 90 degrees.)
As for the men, this year’s Lawyers Have Heart 10K was Gurmessa Megerssa’s from the start.
“He took off right away,” said Pacers’ Jordan Zwick, 26, who placed 2nd in 31:36, ahead of 21-year-old Mark Allen, an American University runner who ran 31:44 in his first road 10K.
“Around 4 miles, [Megerssa] kind of slowed down a little and I tried to catch him,” Zwick added.
No such luck.
The Lawyers Have Heart 10K’s out-and-back courses starts and finishes in Washington, DC’s Georgetown neighborhood under the Whitehurst Freeway. And as Megerssa came into view on the downhill that returns runners to the finish, he unleashed a wild kick that carried him through the tape in 31:17.
In 2006, shortly after Megerssa moved to DC from his native Ethiopia, where he competed for the East African country’s national team, he ran 29:51 to set the event record.
Megerssa’s win today makes him the race’s third repeat victor in its now 22nd running. Philippe Rolly, 39, of McLean, VA, who ran 32:50 today, won three years in a row starting in 1999 and added a fourth title in 2004. Jim Hage won in 1993 and 1996.
But the Lawyers Have Heart 10K has its own story. Since 1991, the race has raised more than $8 million to benefit the American Heart Association.
And as Ted Boling, the Deputy Solicitor for Land Resources at the U.S. Department of the Interior, put it after the race, surrounding Lawyers Have Heart is a “whole subculture that trades around times.”
Teams are created as well. In the finishing area today, one saw an array of made-for-the-event shirts bearing the names of firms like Hogan Lovells and Sutherland and of course the U.S. Department of Justice. An Alexandria patent office team’s shirt read, “Landon IP Has Heart.”
Avid local runner Hanna Chouest, 29, of DC and Lisa Jones, 43, of Arlington, who both work at the law firm Sidley Austin, said that one of their co-worker’s office spaces is decorated with years worth of Lawyers Have Heart 10K memorabilia.
“That’s how I learned about it,” Jones said.
The support from the region’s legal community has helped draw thousands of runners annually to this race, making it the biggest 10K in Washington, D.C.
To lawyers like Ted Bennett, 47, who works for Williams & Connolly in DC, the race, he said, was about being with colleagues and friends while supporting a good cause.
Williams & Connolly’s team was 15 strong, Bennett said.
But for Bennett, who said he “used to be a runner,” this was his first time participating.
“I’ve been always been doing kid’s stuff,” he said. “I’ll do that later today.”
After the race, participants gathered in Washington Harbour for post-race snow cones, drinks, and music. Dogs, though not welcome on the course, were more than welcome here. Several restaurants were open for brunch.
Shannon Franks, 35, of College Park, MD was the top wheelchair athlete, covering the course in 31:07.
In the masters division, Stephanie Evans, 41, of Washington, DC posted a time of 40:16 to take the title by close to four minutes. Derik Thomas, 46, of Alexandria, was the top male master in 34:52.
At the post-race ceremony, awards were offered for age groups as well as special categories, including lawyers, legal assistants, law librarians, administrators, summer associates, law students, and survivors of cardiovascular disease.
FEMALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3075 Barbara Fallon Wallace 38 ALEXANDRIA VA 36:09.4 36:08.7
2 30 Lisa Thomas 36 Alexandria VA 36:17.8 36:17.0
3 3105 Lisa Goldstein 25 WASHINGTON DC 37:53.1 37:53.1
4 3005 Kerry Allen 23 WASHINGTON DC 39:14.5 39:14.1
5 3272 Sarah Spalding 31 WASHINGTON DC 39:28.1 39:27.0
MALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2388 Gurmessa Megerssa 32 WASHINGTON DC 31:16.4 31:16.4
2 3985 Jordan Zwick 26 ARLINGTON VA 31:35.4 31:35.4
3 3006 Mark Allen 21 WASHINGTON DC 31:43.4 31:43.4
4 3480 Andrew McCann 23 Washington DC 31:44.4 31:44.4
5 3511 Wilson Komen 34 WASHINGTON DC 32:10.1 32:09.8
FEMALE MASTERS RESULTS
Place No. Name Ag City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2468 Stephanie Evans 41 WASHINGTON DC 40:16.0 40:11.6
2 670 Julia Taylor 40 ARLINGTON VA 44:08.0 43:57.9
3 2528 Lynnette Simpson 40 WASHINGTON DC 45:17.0 44:36.0
4 1561 Carol Hobson 45 SPRINGFIELD VA 45:38.7 40:00.6
5 3599 Kristin McCann 40 ALEXANDRIA VA 45:49.1 45:45.5
MALE MASTERS RESULTS
Place No. Name Ag City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 29 Derik Thomas 46 Alexandria VA 34:51.3 34:50.7
2 1808 Henry Wigglesworth 54 WASHINGTON DC 35:38.2 35:37.9
3 3160 Max Lockwood 42 WASHINGTON DC 38:04.2 38:04.2
4 2365 Reynolds Wilson 40 ARLINGTON VA 38:16.7 38:06.8
5 43 Peter Sloan 49 Silver Spring MD 38:45.3 38:44.0
ADAPTIVE ATHLETE RESULTS
Place No. Name Ag City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2831 SHANNON FRANKS 35 COLLEGE PARK MD 31:06:3 31:06.3
AGE-GROUP RESULTS
Lawyers Have Heart 10K
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FEMALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 19
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3379 Anna Stone 17 Vienna VA 41:26.8 41:17.0
2 3380 Amanda Swaak 15 Vienna VA 44:39.1 44:29.2
3 3798 Katherine Salamido 15 MCLEAN VA 46:17.4 45:27.8
MALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 19
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 813 Connor Ryan 18 WASHINGTON DC 33:27.0 33:27.0
2 3162 Ian Lutz 19 WASHINGTON DC 33:51.2 33:51.2
3 722 Mitch Clements 17 ASHBURN VA 38:34.1 38:12.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 24
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3811 Danielle Schaub 24 WASHINGTON DC 40:43.0 40:11.0
2 123 Angell Garrigan 24 ALEXANDRIA VA 46:31.5 41:12.6
3 2682 Kathleen Cave 23 BETHESDA MD 43:15.5 42:37.2
MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 24
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3154 Mark Leininger 21 WASHINGTON DC 32:27.8 32:27.8
2 1483 Kyle Stanton 21 COLUMBIA MD 33:19.4 33:18.8
3 1049 Andrew Koehlinger 23 MIDLAND MI 34:40.3 34:39.7
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 25 - 29
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3281 Kelly Swain 27 ARLINGTON VA 39:49.8 39:48.7
2 3134 Melody Jones 28 ARLINGTON VA 40:24.5 40:20.8
3 2435 Julia Pudlin 27 WASHINGTON DC 40:33.0 40:30.8
MALE AGE GROUP: 25 - 29
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2382 Kumssa Ethicha Wodajo 27 WASHINGTON DC 34:58.4 34:58.4
2 3375 Tim Kogge 28 Arlington VA 35:43.4 35:42.0
3 1011 William Rawson 29 WASHINGTON DC 35:43.2 35:43.2
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 34
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 571 Jillian Holmes 34 STAFFORD VA 45:12.7 40:38.9
2 2612 Robyn Bernardy 30 WASHINGTON DC 41:56.9 41:50.9
3 1294 Elizabeth Oyer 33 WASHINGTON DC 42:31.7 42:20.4
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 34
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2821 Colin Fishwick 34 WASHINGTON DC DC 32:56.8 32:56.8
2 671 Daniel Yi 32 ALEXANDRIA VA 34:53.5 34:53.1
3 3953 Clete Willems 32 WASHINGTON DC 34:57.3 34:56.8
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3061 Mary Davison 39 BRISTOW VA 40:05.1 40:03.3
2 815 Laura Zeilinger 39 WASHINGTON DC 40:29.0 40:26.7
3 1807 Julie Sapper 39 ROCKVILLE MD 42:06.6 42:00.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3784 Philippe Rolly 39 MCLEAN VA 32:49.9 32:49.7
2 3285 Matthew Thomas 37 ALEXANDRIA VA 34:05.4 34:05.4
3 3441 Scott Anderson 38 Washington DC 34:32.8 34:32.6
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2628 Colette Boulin 42 WASHINGTON DC 48:58.4 46:25.1
2 2160 Lisa Jones Foose 43 ARLINGTON VA 47:04.4 46:32.8
3 1989 Esther Lander 43 VIENNA VA 49:25.9 48:19.6
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
===== ===== ===================== === ================== == ========= =========
1 3157 Malcolm Lester 44 WASHINGTON DC 39:25.1 39:24.1
2 2558 Andrew Goldfarb 43 CHEVY CHASE MD 39:29.4 39:27.6
3 710 Norman Wong 40 WASHINGTON DC 40:25.8 40:10.8
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3056 Patricia Cuff Donahue 47 ALEXANDRIA VA 46:14.7 45:56.3
2 2557 Janet Braunstein 46 WASHINGTON DC 46:18.1 46:04.6
3 3572 Brenda MacKintosh 46 SPRINGFIELD VA 47:24.9 47:06.4
MALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2124 Eugene Holmes 47 ARLINGTON VA 39:30.6 39:27.6
2 429 Jamey Burden 46 ALEXANDRIA VA 39:55.7 39:51.7
3 49 Alan Thatcher 48 Manassas VA 40:27.9 40:26.8
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1062 Maureen Mitchell 51 CURTIS BAY MD 51:23.7 47:51.6
2 366 Susan Hyre 53 ALEXANDRIA VA 49:57.4 49:51.8
3 3803 Isabela Sardas 50 MEQUON WI 50:43.2 50:05.3
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3679 Sean Oatmeyer 50 WILLIAMSBURG VA 41:17.8 41:06.5
2 2467 Robert Dunne 53 OAK HILL VA 41:31.2 41:26.6
3 3074 Stefan Falk 53 WASHINGTON DC 42:14.0 42:10.6
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2675 Manuela Carvalho 57 WASHINGTON DC 52:18.8 51:33.5
2 448 Mary Lopatto 57 WASHINGTON DC 54:51.5 54:32.3
3 2047 Nancy Kuhn 56 BETHESDA MD 56:05.2 54:51.2
MALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1528 Hugh Hilliard 55 WASHINGTON DC 41:43.9 41:18.2
2 1836 Gary Morgans 59 ARLINGTON VA 43:13.6 43:10.6
3 3973 William Xu 58 SPRINFIELD VA 43:34.7 43:20.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
===== ===== ===================== === ================== == ========= =========
1 3088 Alice Franks 64 ROCKVILLE MD 47:35.7 47:27.6
2 3188 Linda Mills 62 SALISBURY MD 49:07.4 48:53.2
3 3434 Jane Serues 64 Cherry Grove Beach SC 49:07.3 48:54.1
MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1722 Joe Hollingsworth 64 WASHINGTON DC 41:04.7 35:57.6
2 3968 Jim Wright 62 GAITHERSBURG MD 40:18.2 40:17.0
3 3942 Michael Wesbecher 64 OAKTON VA 43:50.6 43:29.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3870 Dianne Stoddard 66 VIENNA VA 1:05:31.7 1:02:38.2
2 497 Susan Crosson 66 HERNDON VA 1:09:13.7 1:04:10.2
3 2973 Wendy Jordan 65 WASHINGTON DC 1:07:10.6 1:05:48.5
MALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3350 James Daly 68 Alexandria VA 50:08.0 50:06.3
2 2696 John Churchman 69 ARLINGTON VA 51:09.2 50:39.6
3 2269 John Brittain 68 ALEXANDRIA VA 54:06.0 53:18.2
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3821 Rosemary Schwartzbard 70 ARLINGTON VA 1:03:36.2 1:01:16.1
2 1712 Martha Witebsky 70 SILVER SPRING MD 1:05:50.7 1:03:40.6
MALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2774 Mike Driskel 71 WASHINGTON DC 58:34.1 58:27.1
2 3647 Alan Morrison 74 WASHINGTON DC 1:03:31.8 1:01:48.4
3 1137 Skip Hartquist 70 WASHINGTON DC 1:05:16.7 1:04:55.6
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3055 Pat Cuff 75 MONTGOMERY VILLAGE AA 1:11:15.5 1:09:18.2
MALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3779 Alan Rider 76 RESTON VA 58:32.6 58:30.9
2 3586 Joe Marhoefer 76 RESTON VA 1:02:19.8 59:36.6
3 2891 Robert Gurtler 77 THE PLAINS VA 1:05:26.1 1:04:08.7
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 99
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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MALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 99
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
===== ===== ===================== === ================== == ========= =========
1 63 George Yannakakis 80 Sparks Glencoe MD 1:00:26.8 1:00:23.1
2012 Lawyers Have Heart 10K
CATEGORY AWARDS LIST
CVD-SURVIVOR FEMALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1702 Elizabeth Westbrook 28 WASHINGTON DC 1:01:48.5 59:08.6
2 2796 Simone Elliott 40 WASHINGTON DC 1:01:10.2 1:00:45.7
3 3655 Deborah Muller 27 WASHINGTON DC 1:03:06.3 1:01:10.7
CVD-SURVIVOR MALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1274 Rod Vieira 44 CHEVY CHASE MD 48:20.5 46:26.8
2 2729 Darrell Darnell 53 WASHINGTON DC 51:55.5 51:09.9
3 1632 John Gifft 40 WASHINGTON DC 55:28.3 54:23.2
LAWYER FEMALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2468 Stephanie Evans 41 WASHINGTON DC 40:16.0 40:11.6
2 815 Laura Zeilinger 39 WASHINGTON DC 40:29.0 40:26.7
3 2435 Julia Pudlin 27 WASHINGTON DC 40:33.0 40:30.8
LAWYER MALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 671 Daniel Yi 32 ALEXANDRIA VA 34:53.5 34:53.1
2 3953 Clete Willems 32 WASHINGTON DC 34:57.3 34:56.8
3 535 P.J. Martinez 31 WASHINGTON DC 35:32.9 35:32.9
LEGAL-ASSISTANT FEMALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 571 Jillian Holmes 34 STAFFORD VA 45:12.7 40:38.9
2 556 Tracy Buro 25 ARLINGTON VA 43:15.5 43:04.1
3 945 Natalie Stoll 23 WASHINGTON DC 46:44.9 45:37.4
LEGAL-ASSISTANT MALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1787 Sam Araia 32 ALEXANDRIA VA 42:51.9 42:41.6
2 1564 Mike O'Donnell 24 WASHINGTON DC 42:55.4 42:42.0
3 1169 Jeffrey Nelson 24 WASHINGTON DC 46:17.2 45:25.6
LEGAL-SECRETARY FEMALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2628 Colette Boulin 42 WASHINGTON DC 48:58.4 46:25.1
2 1062 Maureen Mitchell 51 CURTIS BAY MD 51:23.7 47:51.6
3 2444 Bettina Myers 42 WASHINGTON DC 50:42.3 49:13.9
LEGAL-SECRETARY MALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1131 Todd Robinson 33 WASHINGTON DC DC 46:12.6 46:04.1
LAW-LIBRARIAN FEMALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 670 Julia Taylor 40 ARLINGTON VA 44:08.0 43:57.9
2 583 Allison Rainey 32 ARLINGTON VA 49:45.2 48:44.0
3 1322 Carol Gruenburg 58 ALEXANDRIA VA 58:46.5 55:28.3
LAW-LIBRARIAN MALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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ADMINISTRATOR FEMALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 123 Angell Garrigan 24 ALEXANDRIA VA 46:31.5 41:12.6
2 1398 Alyona Richey 33 ARLINGTON VA 44:06.7 44:04.2
3 199 Monica Phillips 38 WASHINGTON DC 46:37.9 46:12.9
ADMINISTRATOR MALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1297 Steven Claremon 27 WASHINGTON DC 40:26.5 40:15.6
2 2467 Robert Dunne 53 OAK HILL VA 41:31.2 41:26.6
3 148 Jeremy Phelps 36 CENTREVILLE VA 43:05.0 42:39.2
SUMMER-ASSOCIATE FEMALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3105 Lisa Goldstein 25 WASHINGTON DC 37:53.1 37:53.1
2 934 Tiffiney Carney 32 WASHINGTON DC 48:10.7 45:58.2
3 2174 Kelly Rosencrans 25 STANFORD CA 49:37.9 46:56.7
SUMMER-ASSOCIATE MALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2377 Daniel Riegel 28 WASHINGTON DC 39:14.7 39:10.4
2 2296 Gabriel Tabak 28 ANN ARBOR MI 40:12.5 40:10.1
3 2374 Stephen Bosco 30 ARLINGTON VA 41:54.8 40:34.1
LAW-STUDENT FEMALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 890 Allison Federoff 25 BETHESDA MD 42:15.9 42:04.9
2 2272 Erin Herrero 28 WASHINGTON DC 48:45.1 45:59.4
3 600 Jessica Parisi 23 STATE COLLEGE PA 48:54.3 48:12.8
LAW-STUDENT MALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 57 Terence Baptiste 28 Akron OH 36:33.3 36:32.7
2 892 Eric Johnson 24 HALF MOON BAY CA 37:27.6 37:14.8
3 2783 Peter Dysart 24 BURLINGTON VT 38:19.6 38:14.2
By Dickson Mercer
Alexandria, VA
April 22, 2012
For the Washington Running Report
Sean Graham almost backed out. In the week leading up to today’s George Washington Parkway Classic, the 32-year-old Pacers athlete missed three days of training due to illness. By Friday, Graham was feeling better. By Saturday, elite athlete coordinator Jordan Zwick was urging him to give it a shot.
[button-red url=”http://www.swimbikerunphoto.com” target=”_self” position=”left”] Photos [/button-red]Good thing Graham took Zwick’s advice. Near the 7-mile mark, Graham took the lead and proceeded to put 61 seconds on runner-up Eddie Jones, 35, of Boise, ID. He won Pacers Event’s annual 10-mile race in 51:03.
Running his first race in the DC area, Jones was impressed. “I started pulling away and he just came out of nowhere,” he said of Graham at the finish in Old Town Alexandria.
Graham moved to Arlington from Oregon three years ago. Both he and Jones have sub 14-minute 5K speed and are relatively new to the 10-mile race distance.
Runners were greeted at the start in Mount Vernon with overcast skies, a cool temperature, and an off-and-on drizzle. For the first hour or so, rain was not much of a factor. And even though the rolling point-to-point course on the George Washington Parkway featured a fairly steady headwind, runners mostly praised the conditions.
“It was not too hot, not too cold, pretty much perfect for 10 miles,” Graham said.
Matthew Barresi, 29, of Falls Church was third in 52:18. Jordan McDougal, 24, and Charlie Ban, 29, of McLean ran 52:52 and 53:24, respectively, rounding out the race’s contest for top Americans. Ethiopia’s Seife Geletu broke up the contingent with a time of 52:41, good for 4th overall.
Geletu lives in Washington, DC with fellow Ethiopian and course record-holder Demesse Tefera, who in 2007 posted 47:30. (The women’s course record-holder is Tatiana Chulakh of Russia, who the same year clocked 55:39.)
Derik Thomas, 46, of Alexandria was top master in 57:33.
“There was a headwind,” Thomas said. “It was steady. Once you got to mile 8, you were exposed to it. It hit hard.”
Thomas, however, had the benefit of a pack to work with – five guys working together, running in a line – that carried him through a negative-split effort, he said.
Thomas’s wife, Lisa Thomas, was second in 1:00:25, bested only by Ethiopia’s Tiringo Getachew Shiferaw.
“The weather was hard,” said Shiferaw, who was pleased to get the win in 58:50.
Thomas, 36, competed in the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in January but has nonetheless maintained a steady spring racing schedule. This was her best finish at the GW Parkway Classic yet.
“It usually takes something like this … to get me concentrated for the summer and fall,” said Thomas.
Laura O’Hara, 32, of Alexandria was third in 1:01:04. Michaela Courtney of Arlington (1:02:24), Kerry Allen of DC (1:02:39), and Jenny FitzGerald (1:02:55) of Woodbridge, VA rounded out the top 5 Americans. Samantha Kirby Cole, 43, of Arlington was top master and 9th overall in 1:04:48.
With more than 8,000 runners registered, the 10-miler had nearly 5,000 finishers and the 5K had more than 800.
For Andrea Ricketts, 28, of Alexandria, who wore a Boston Marathon shirt, today’s 10-mile race gave her confidence that recent injury troubles are behind her, she said. Ricketts finished in 1:12:33 and is plotting a return to Hopkinton.
From the finish chute, runners had just a short walk to the post-race celebration in Oronoco Bay Park.
Before heading there, Greg Gonzalez, 41, sporting the T-shirt from his first race –
October’s Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon – took a second or two to catch his breath.
Gonzalez’ friend and coach, Noah Simon, 36, of Arlington, a runner of 15 years, was congratulating him for running a huge “PR,” except Gonzalez had no idea what the term meant.
“I don’t know what that means … Oh, personal best,” he said.
As it happens, Gonzalez had entered the GW Parkway Classic, his second race, with the simple goal of averaging faster than the 8:28 pace he had averaged in October. But, pushed by Simon, Gonzalez gutted out 1:16:44, nearly a minute-per-mile faster than that.
Just a year ago, the lawyer discovered that running helped him solve problems he was having with his back.
10 Mile
FEMALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 52 Shiferaw Tiringo-Geta 27 Alexandria VA 58:49.2 58:49.2
2 32 Lisa Thomas 36 Alexandria VA 60:24.2 60:23.9
3 8 Laura O'Hara 32 Alexandria VA 61:03.6 61:03.6
4 5 Michaela Courtney 28 Arlington VA 62:23.9 62:23.9
5 4092 Kerry Allen 23 Washington DC 62:38.9 62:38.2
6 4449 Jenny Fitzgerald 32 Woodbridge VA 62:55.6 62:54.9
MALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 4 Sean Graham 32 Alexandria VA 51:02.6 51:02.6
2 2 Eddie Ernest-Jones 35 Boise ID 52:03.1 52:03.1
3 3144 Matthew Barresi 29 Falls Church VA 52:17.9 52:17.9
4 49 Seife Geletu 30 Washington DC 52:41.0 52:41.0
5 38 Jordan McDougal 24 Warrenton VA 52:51.8 52:51.8
6 18 Charlie Ban 29 McLean VA 53:23.1 53:22.9
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 10 - 19
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 3222 Katie Necochea 17 Springfield VA 1:12:25.5 1:11:57.8
2 4379 Mary Johnson 18 Alexandria VA 1:30:01.4 1:27:46.2
3 925 Lyssa Bantleon 19 Sewickley PA 1:29:08.8 1:27:59.8
4 4984 Tate-Louisa Mikkelsen 14 Alexandria VA 1:33:33.3 1:32:07.0
5 3518 Kayla Stamey 17 Herndon VA 1:34:36.0 1:34:02.2
MALE AGE GROUP: 10 - 19
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 1300 Lewis Millholland 16 Falls Church VA 1:04:38.4 1:04:35.7
2 3970 Murray Iv Johnston 14 Alexandria VA 1:17:51.2 1:17:12.6
3 5265 James Culcasi 16 Merchantville NJ 1:19:49.3 1:17:36.3
4 2412 John Green 16 Arlington VA 1:19:19.5 1:18:55.0
5 1793 Eric Esposito 14 Sterling VA 1:20:07.7 1:19:52.2
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 29
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 2063 Kyra Rathbun 25 Alexandria VA 1:03:02.6 1:03:01.2
2 5201 Lauren Woodall 26 Washington DC 1:03:10.6 1:03:10.2
3 1839 Phoebe Markle 28 Alexandria VA 1:04:52.7 1:04:50.3
4 6091 Sarah Brown 25 Washington DC 1:05:32.0 1:05:30.9
5 4469 Katie Schettig 29 Washington DC 1:05:39.0 1:05:34.1
MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 29
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 51 Chalie Bitew 24 Washington DC 54:00.1 54:00.1
2 19 Garret Martucci 23 Arlington VA 55:06.0 55:06.0
3 1066 Gregory Mariano 26 Arlington VA 55:41.3 55:41.3
4 4089 Brian McCabe 26 Washington DC 56:22.2 56:22.2
5 1119 Tripp Southerland 27 Washington DC 57:08.4 57:08.4
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 4209 Stephanie George 30 Chevy Chase MD 1:06:59.0 1:06:55.6
2 2726 Georgeanne Fayrweathe 33 Annandale VA 1:07:10.4 1:07:05.7
3 4353 Amanda Juratovic 33 Alexandria VA 1:08:47.1 1:08:34.8
4 5712 Abigail Stiles 32 Norfolk VA 1:09:09.8 1:09:03.8
5 57 Kimberly Gayton 37 Wellington VA 1:10:49.1 1:10:34.5
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 1495 Hugh Toland 31 Fairfax VA 55:31.4 55:31.4
2 1643 Jose I Gonzalez 33 Arlington VA 55:34.3 55:34.3
3 5747 Keith Levasseur 33 Columbia MD 57:31.9 57:31.9
4 4676 Jeremiah Doyle 31 Arlington VA 58:42.8 58:42.8
5 179 Richard Rapine 39 Alexandria VA 59:12.8 59:12.4
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 9 Samantha Cole 43 Arlington VA 1:04:47.5 1:04:47.2
2 5710 Suzanne Himes 42 Alexandria VA 1:05:48.3 1:05:42.6
3 7 Bridget Bowers 41 Alexandria VA 1:07:08.2 1:07:06.8
4 2086 Lori Wallace 41 Alexandria VA 1:12:15.9 1:07:27.5
5 3541 Amy Smith 41 Fairfax VA 1:09:58.1 1:09:48.7
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 4423 David Kent 40 Arlington VA 59:59.5 59:59.5
2 4323 Evan Weisel 40 Alexandria VA 1:00:13.9 1:00:13.9
3 4063 Andrew Pugh 42 Washington DC 1:00:47.6 1:00:43.1
4 116 Dave Cahill 40 Arlington VA 1:01:27.7 1:01:26.4
5 4036 Reynolds Wilson 40 Arlington VA 1:01:48.8 1:01:47.1
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 770 Mary Gellerup Bolich 49 Plymouth WI 1:10:24.1 1:10:19.7
2 2659 Elizabeth Dann 45 Arlington VA 1:14:58.5 1:14:41.1
3 5064 Barbara Noe 47 Alexandria VA 1:16:10.8 1:16:10.8
4 5838 Nancy Lopez 46 Alexandria VA 1:21:11.5 1:16:34.8
5 5755 Patricia Cuff 47 Alexandria VA 1:18:13.4 1:17:48.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 35 Derik Thomas 46 Alexandria VA 57:33.0 57:33.0
2 5987 Chris Rotunno 49 Washington DC 1:02:46.3 1:02:44.2
3 629 John Rhodes 46 Herndon VA 1:03:25.1 1:03:23.0
4 4132 Shawn Buettner 45 Washington DC 1:05:18.6 1:04:01.4
5 2518 Kenneth Springer 45 Alexandria VA 1:04:18.4 1:04:05.6
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 2657 Lorraine Ross 51 Arlington VA 1:12:20.3 1:12:11.1
2 952 Teresa Lent 50 Arlington VA 1:14:22.7 1:14:04.4
3 4891 Blake Rushin 50 Vienna VA 1:17:09.9 1:17:00.3
4 2941 Linda Kennedy 51 Alexandria VA 1:19:42.3 1:19:06.3
5 409 Darcy Gruttadaro 51 Arlington VA 1:20:30.3 1:19:13.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 48 Greg Cauller 52 York PA 59:33.2 59:33.2
2 5986 William Clem 52 Bethesda MD 1:06:26.5 1:06:23.8
3 5988 Philip Bender 50 Washington DC 1:10:16.8 1:10:10.2
4 1682 Gregg Brinegar 51 Alexandria VA 1:10:19.9 1:10:15.6
5 2336 Gerald Bruce 51 Alexandria VA 1:11:40.8 1:11:31.9
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 4972 Carole Jones 55 Ashburn VA 1:13:35.5 1:13:20.4
2 2817 Julie Lee 55 Arlington VA 1:23:53.5 1:23:38.7
3 3521 Joanne Hampton 55 Purcellville VA 1:24:15.9 1:23:42.2
4 1619 Tobin Gatto 56 Alexandria VA 1:26:48.2 1:25:28.0
5 3575 Martha Martin 55 Burke VA 1:26:36.0 1:25:58.7
MALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 1873 Bruce Halpin 55 Ashburn VA 1:04:55.1 1:04:53.1
2 4278 Dan Mendelson 55 Washington DC 1:08:36.6 1:08:35.7
3 2553 Peter Blair 56 Alexandria VA 1:10:49.8 1:10:31.8
4 5084 Ken Krehbiel 58 Washington DC 1:12:57.5 1:12:54.9
5 586 Steve Thienel 59 Columbia MD 1:13:08.8 1:12:58.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 793 Lynne Kidder 61 Frederick MD 1:31:21.4 1:30:57.7
2 2425 Leslie Stanfield 62 Reston VA 1:32:32.7 1:30:58.5
3 2465 Shirley Compton 63 New Middletown OH 1:36:57.1 1:33:30.2
4 1951 Tom Montgomery 62 Woodbridge VA 1:36:18.9 1:34:20.0
5 888 Mariam Morad 62 San Diego CA 1:40:19.9 1:39:03.7
MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 6356 Chris Arey 61 Stafford VA 1:11:13.0 1:11:00.6
2 2798 Donald Kearns Jr 60 Falling Waters WV 1:13:22.6 1:13:08.3
3 1833 Harry O'Hara 63 Fredonia NY 1:13:15.4 1:13:11.7
4 3120 Frank Spicer Jr 60 Clifton VA 1:16:32.9 1:16:27.0
5 4798 Norm Seip 60 Alexandria VA 1:17:29.2 1:17:08.4
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 1780 Mary Napoleon 66 Batesville VA 1:33:53.6 1:32:24.1
2 1192 Lucia Davidson 66 Arlington VA 1:34:46.2 1:33:07.6
3 3852 Shelley Prince 65 Mc Lean VA 1:39:57.7 1:39:57.7
4 2881 Donna Casey 65 Annandale VA 1:51:10.5 1:47:01.8
5 135 Maryellen Cameron 68 Falls Church VA 2:01:28.3 1:59:06.4
MALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 4678 Bob Chase 66 Falls Church VA 1:15:02.6 1:14:55.7
2 4351 Alan Ryder 65 Big Flats NY 1:22:13.9 1:21:43.0
3 4350 Stephen Banks 66 Springfield VA 1:22:23.7 1:21:45.5
4 2776 Gary Chase 67 Lorton VA 1:23:55.7 1:23:00.2
5 4390 Krupakar Revanna 68 Falls Church VA 1:25:25.3 1:24:37.7
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 4907 Nancy Linck 70 Alexandria VA 1:45:56.1 1:43:44.1
2 4661 John Finney Jr. 72 Arlington VA 1:54:12.1 1:52:06.2
MALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 3663 Leon Sample 72 Alexandria VA 1:27:44.4 1:27:23.2
2 609 Bill Earner 70 Crownsville MD 1:42:16.4 1:40:15.4
3 633 Gene Simaitis 74 Bowie MD 1:56:45.2 1:52:47.2
4 1360 Eric Thompson 70 Chevy Chase MD 2:08:47.8 2:03:43.4
5 2808 Robert Mulholland 73 Accokeek MD 2:16:23.8 2:13:38.5
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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MALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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FEMALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 84
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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MALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 84
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 1 Don Trilling 84 Alexandria VA 3:18:12.4 3:18:12.4
5K
FEMALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8936 Jackie Gruendel 5K 37 Clifton VA 18:03.9 18:03.9
2 8682 Alexandra Smargiassi 5K 20 Washington DC 20:21.3 20:20.9
3 9008 Helen Knudsen 5K 31 Washington DC 22:11.6 22:08.9
MALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8613 Keith Freeburn 5K 38 Centreville VA 17:49.1 17:49.1
2 8436 Brad Byrnes 5K 32 Alexandria VA 18:07.9 18:07.9
3 8367 Connor Pearson 5K 17 Alexandria VA 18:37.1 18:37.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 09
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8931 Eva Haddock 5K 9 Alexandria VA 36:12.7 34:53.8
2 8483 Khalean Honesty 5K 9 44:21.3 42:53.8
3 8754 Samantha Uhrin 5K 8 Alexandria VA 43:59.3 43:24.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 09
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 9182 George Pacious 5K 8 Alexandria VA 27:22.5 26:31.3
2 8296 Charlie McCoy 5K 8 Arlington VA 27:30.5 27:30.5
3 8692 Ian Magnell 5K 9 Woodbridge VA 30:55.7 30:00.5
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 10 - 19
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8435 Elley Donnelly 5K 16 Fort Belvoir VA 25:55.9 25:25.2
2 8060 Kassie Smith 5K 16 Virginia Beach VA 26:55.6 26:23.9
3 8438 Catherine Logrande 5K 13 Alexandria VA 26:36.8 26:28.7
MALE AGE GROUP: 10 - 19
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8439 Michael Logrande 5K 15 Alexandria VA 18:51.9 18:51.8
2 9052 Tucker Burnett 5K 15 Alexandria VA 22:33.8 22:06.7
3 8596 Andrew Wright 5K 11 Indian Head MD 22:24.8 22:24.8
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 29
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8154 Aliza Caplan 5K 25 Philadelphia PA 22:18.0 22:08.9
2 9035 Lauren Groth 5K 28 Washington DC 24:01.7 23:59.8
3 1543 Emily Godenschwager 5K 27 Reston VA 24:04.1 24:03.2
MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 29
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8111 Miguel Matta 5K 27 Arlington VA 19:24.2 19:24.0
2 8187 Thomas Johnson 5K 28 Alexandria VA 20:40.5 20:39.5
3 8169 Wade Meyers 5K 23 Raleigh NC 22:14.3 21:30.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8179 Laura Scott 5K 35 Arlington VA 24:33.6 24:14.9
2 8878 Laura Bryan 5K 32 Springfield VA 25:30.3 25:26.4
3 8723 Sara Olsen 5k 33 Gaithersburg MD 25:50.8 25:36.1
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8775 Ellins Thomas 5K 31 Gainesville VA 18:46.2 18:46.2
2 8901 Jason Bryan 5K 32 Springfield VA 19:27.9 19:27.9
3 9009 Brian Knudsen 5K 33 Washington DC 20:36.2 20:35.6
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8186 Rebecca Cranna 5K 43 Annandale VA 26:57.9 26:49.5
2 8651 Stephanie Ruiz 5K 43 Arlington VA 27:34.4 27:29.6
3 8328 Liz Brinson 5K 41 Silver Spring MD 28:42.6 27:33.2
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8678 Matt Erskine 5K 42 Arlington VA 22:29.2 22:28.0
2 8581 Alex Garrett 5K 43 Fairfax VA 23:17.7 23:04.9
3 9188 Daniel Twomey 5K 43 Alexandria VA 23:24.5 23:20.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 9059 Lorraine Wilson 5K 46 Great Falls VA 25:08.2 25:04.8
2 8180 Cheryl Logan 5K 46 Arlington VA 26:29.1 26:05.9
3 9115 Sharon Hancock 5K 46 Ashburn VA 27:52.5 27:26.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8607 Robert Martin 5K 48 Fairfax Station VA 20:05.0 20:05.0
2 8635 Jack Tade 5K 47 Falls Church VA 20:45.6 20:45.5
3 8948 Mark Harris 5K 49 Alexandria VA 21:28.7 21:10.6
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8380 Sandy Thurston 5K 54 Arlington VA 27:06.8 27:00.2
2 8057 Victoria Nguyen 5K 52 Arlington VA 27:02.8 27:02.8
3 8056 Paige Jones 5K 50 Alexandria VA 28:12.3 27:54.7
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 9053 Wally Burnett 5K 53 Alexandria VA 27:48.9 27:21.2
2 6066 Chuck Tyrpak 5K 51 Reston VA 28:25.1 27:48.7
3 8015 Scott Smith 5K 50 Dumfries VA 28:23.6 27:51.4
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8560 Merrilee Seidman 5K 57 Alexandria VA 25:25.2 25:25.2
2 8817 Grace Rascati 5K 55 Alexandria VA 28:01.0 27:58.0
3 8206 Rita Cook 5K 57 Bethesda MD 28:58.4 28:54.9
MALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8542 Gary Presuhn 5K 57 Burke VA 20:22.6 20:22.6
2 8559 Paul Bousel 5K 58 Alexandria VA 20:50.6 20:50.6
3 8529 Kenyon Erickson 5K 58 Vienna VA 21:00.0 20:59.6
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8401 Shannon Burcroff 5K 61 Alexandria VA 32:18.3 32:00.0
2 8053 Margaret Stancampiano 5K 62 Vienna VA 34:30.7 33:41.2
3 8309 Lynn Amende 5K 61 Edgewater MD 34:27.4 34:10.4
MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 9012 Fred Protopappas 5K 63 Silver Spring MD 22:44.3 22:41.7
2 9016 Edwin Patout 5K 63 Washington DC 26:31.8 26:26.3
3 9011 Curt Demars-Johnson 5K 61 Okemos MI 28:29.9 28:03.5
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 79 Linda Kornett 5K 65 Annandale VA 37:50.9 36:57.6
2 8355 Teresa Revanna 5K 65 Falls Church VA 46:09.8 45:30.2
3 8386 Susan Scott 5K 66 Spotsylvania VA 51:17.7 50:27.9
MALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8881 Keith Padgett 5K 65 Alexandria VA 26:28.0 26:25.8
2 8297 Ernesto Reyes 5K 66 Arlington VA 30:49.8 30:40.4
3 9017 Warren Snaider 5K 65 Washington DC 33:00.4 32:30.4
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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MALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8908 John Gluck 5K 74 Alexandria VA 25:53.2 25:49.0
2 8141 Jim Verdier 5K 70 Alexandria VA 30:13.9 30:13.8
3 9176 Carl Magnell 5K 71 Woodbridge VA 42:21.2 41:25.9
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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MALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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FEMALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 84
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8359 Marilyn Karoly 5K 82 Alexandria VA 1:08:47.0 1:08:09.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 84
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8612 Larry Dickerson 5K 80 Burke VA 28:29.8 28:28.3
“At this time last year,” Gonzalez admitted, “there was no way I could envision ever running a 10-mile race.”
By Steve Nearman
Washington, DC
March 17, 2012
For the Washington Running Report
There was little drama determining the champions of today’s Rock ‘n’ Roll USA Marathon and Half Marathon around the four quadrants of Washington, DC. There was plenty of drama, however, from the thousands of runners whose bodies were not so acclimated to the unseasonably warm temperatures.
Local favorite Michael Wardian of Arlington and George Washington University medical student Meghan Bishop ran dominating races and easily tamed the field of 3,181 starters (3,129 finishers) at the seventh annual race. Wardian, who outruns the field in what seems like at least a marathon or ultra a weekend, covered the 26.2-mile course on autopilot, winning here for the sixth time in seven years in a pedestrian 2:26:35. He earned $1,000.
Wardian opened a big gap early, but had to fight off eventual runner-up Travis Barczak, a 22-year-old Detroit native in his marathon debut. Barczak charged a mile down North Capital Street and drew even with Wardian at 11 miles. But the rookie was no match for the 37-year-old veteran, and six miles later Wardian dismantled Barczak’s hopes for a marathon victory.
“I was smelling blood,” said Barczak, who competes in cross country and is on spring break from Wayne State University this week. “I saw the front guy was relaxed. You’ve got to take advantage of the down hills.”
Wardian was unfazed.
“I started throwing in some 5:17 miles and putting some distance on him,” Wardian recounted. “He was running pretty fast. It was cool. I like to race. And if somebody wants to race, let’s get it on.” Wardian traveled solo from the Southwest Waterfront past Nationals Stadium and all through Anacostia back to the finish.
Barczak slowed considerably over the second half (1:16:41) and ended in 2:28:56. Scott Allen of Washington, DC (2:36:05), Benjamin Emmanuel of Arlington (2:38:24) and Philippe Rolly of McLean (2:41:34) followed.
“I was hoping to run 2:35 but I ended up at 2:41,” said Rolly, who turns 40 this year and is prepping for a successful masters campaign.
Bishop, meanwhile, had no visions of grandeur in her first race over 10 miles. Wearing headphones on a course full of live bands, the 26-year-old from Blue Bell, PA, said she was just happy to be running again after three busy years of medical school, working 80 hours per week to become an orthopedic surgeon.
“I was not expecting to win,” said Bishop, whose last long race was two years ago at the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile. “I was just hoping to go under three hours.” Bishop, who was a top distance runner for the College of William and Mary, came close – 3:01:40 – leading the entire course. She took home a $1,000 check for her sweat.
Immediately upon cross the finish line, she took up residency in the medical tent. “My legs were wobbly near the end,” Bishop admitted. “It is probably from dehydration.”
Bethany Sachtleben, 20, from Manassas, trailed her by nearly 10 minutes in 3:11:25. Silvia Baage of Washington (3:13:50), Noalig Montagnon of New York City (3:15:05) and Patricia Soumoff of Southampton, NY (3:16:13) were next.
Four hours into the marathon, drama began to consume the finish area as many runners collapsed or nearly collapsed. The culprit most likely was the temperature, which was mid-50s with haze at gun time 8:00 a.m. but rose into the 70s and full sun by the afternoon.
“We were ready for everything, heat, cold, you name it,” said Dan Cruz, head of media relations for the Rock ‘n’ Roll series. “There were about five minutes when it looked like a war zone.”
In the accompanying half marathon, which drew 16,477 starters and 16,291 finishers, Ricky Flynn nailed his only goal, which was to win, speeding around 13.1 miles in 1:06:39. Flynn, with a personal best 1:04:15 last fall, said he signed up for the race more as a workout as he transitions from marathon training to track sharpening for this June’s Olympic track and field trials. Flynn placed a surprising 12th in the Olympic Marathon trials in January in a debut 2:12:29.
“I was using it as more of a workout than a race, trying to get back in track shape,” said the Lynchburg, VA, resident who grew up in nearby Damascus, MD. His “workout” banked him $1,000.
Flynn said he traded the lead with Washington-based Ethiopian Gurmessa Mergerssa for the first five to six miles. Once they hit Mile 7, Mergerssa abruptly backed off the pace and Flynn turned it on for the next mile. “I just pushed the pace to make sure he didn’t come back on me,” he explained. Mergerssa fell back more than a minute and posted a 1:07:57 time. Italian Paolo Natali was third in 1:08:07.
Ethiopians Askale Merachi and Tiringo Getachew swept the women’s half in 1:16:52 and 1:20:42 respectively. Local favorite Lisa Thomas of Fairfax was third in 1:22:17.
Just before noon, Janette Ray and her training partner Dexter proudly completed the half marathon. Both received their finisher medal around their neck and their water. Then Dexter rolled over onto the pavement in total content.
Not to worry, Dexter is a 6-year-old white lab who has assisted Janette in four marathons and now her fourth half marathon in the past two years. Dexter is Janette’s right arm, a limb she lost to cancer as a baby.
“He needs exercise and so do I,” said Janette, a Kingstowne, VA, resident who was united with Dexter five years ago after a second surgery on her left arm. “I couldn’t move the arm so he minimizes the load.” Janette said Dexter pulls laundry out of the dryer and carries things on his back, along with walking with her five to six miles every day after her work at the Office of the Secretary of Defense Washington Headquarters Services.
Janette was waiting for her husband John to complete the full marathon.
“I’d like to do marathons again but I have a balance problem now and I’m afraid of falling on my face,” the 49-year-old said. “Today we ran 10 minutes per mile which is pretty good for us. Dexter ran all the way through nine miles; then we walked. This is the first race where they actually gave him a finisher’s medal!”
Marathon by division
| Div | Name | Sex | Age | City | ST | Net |
| 1 | Patrick Hearn | M | 21 | Sykesville | MD | 2:46:46 |
| 2 | Steel Flynn | M | 23 | Mount Washington | PA | 2:49:55 |
| 3 | James Graves | M | 21 | Winston Salem | NC | 2:56:26 |
| 1 | Benjamin Emmanuel | M | 26 | Arlington | VA | 2:38:23 |
| 2 | Jesse Contario | M | 28 | Arlington | VA | 2:46:59 |
| 3 | Andrew Zernovoj | M | 26 | Emerald Hills | CA | 2:50:31 |
| 1 | Nick Gramsky | M | 34 | Vienna | VA | 2:39:46 |
| 2 | Richard Velazquez | M | 31 | New York | NY | 2:42:16 |
| 3 | Daven Oskvig | M | 34 | Amherst | NY | 2:45:55 |
| 1 | Karsten Brown | M | 37 | Front Royal | VA | 2:48:18 |
| 2 | Chris Farley | M | 35 | Arlington | VA | 2:51:59 |
| 3 | William Uher | M | 37 | Odenton | MD | 2:53:21 |
| 1 | Camerino Ortega | M | 41 | Chantilly | VA | 3:02:44 |
| 2 | Joerg Schroeder | M | 44 | Rockville | MD | 3:04:43 |
| 3 | Stephen Sundown | M | 44 | Upper Montclair | NJ | 3:06:44 |
| 1 | Kelly Ricke | M | 46 | Olathe | KS | 3:04:53 |
| 2 | Robert Denmark | M | 46 | Arlington | VA | 3:06:04 |
| 3 | Gary Obert | M | 46 | Arlington | VA | 3:10:19 |
| 1 | Mark Neff | M | 50 | Derwood | MD | 2:47:27 |
| 2 | Glenn Trimboli | M | 50 | Bloomfield | NJ | 3:16:29 |
| 3 | Jim Cummings | M | 51 | Mannington | WV | 3:21:25 |
| 1 | Robert Towne | M | 59 | Spokane Valley | WA | 3:27:06 |
| 2 | Vernon Loeb | M | 56 | Wynnewood | PA | 3:28:12 |
| 3 | David Pinnick | M | 55 | Manassas | VA | 3:31:58 |
| 1 | Dana Beyeler | M | 60 | Russell | PA | 3:10:51 |
| 2 | Skotin Leonid | M | 62 | RU | 3:15:01 | |
| 3 | Von Jennings | M | 64 | Clarksville | MD | 3:53:14 |
| 1 | Gregory Chaconas | M | 66 | Washington | DC | 4:01:53 |
| 2 | Robert Walker | M | 67 | Pittsburgh | PA | 4:13:04 |
| 3 | Lynn Brown | M | 66 | Crownsville | MD | 4:22:01 |
| 1 | Won Yub Lee | M | 73 | Salamanca | NY | 5:14:29 |
| 2 | Benito Vazquez | M | 72 | PR | 5:15:45 | |
| 3 | James Simpson | M | 70 | Huntington Beach | CA | 5:36:17 |
| 1 | Elizabeth Bleuer | F | 22 | Arlington | VA | 3:16:37 |
| 2 | Esther Kendall | F | 24 | New York | NY | 3:18:22 |
| 3 | Alyssa Tewksbury | F | 23 | Wyalusing | PA | 3:22:40 |
| 1 | Ashley Duerr | F | 27 | Falls Church | VA | 3:15:30 |
| 2 | Sarah Moore | F | 29 | Aliso Viejo | CA | 3:18:21 |
| 3 | Keelin Wellott | F | 26 | Rochester | NY | 3:19:45 |
| 1 | Noalig Montagnon | F | 30 | New York | NY | 3:11:29 |
| 2 | Patricia Soumoff | F | 33 | Southampton | NY | 3:14:53 |
| 3 | Kathryn Claiborn | F | 31 | Philadelphia | PA | 3:20:13 |
| 1 | Ayano Murase | F | 35 | Washington | DC | 3:26:39 |
| 2 | Janie Hayes | F | 38 | Washington | DC | 3:29:15 |
| 3 | Leslie Kasmir | F | 36 | Arlington | VA | 3:30:56 |
| 1 | Sandrine Falgon | F | 41 | Washington | DC | 3:20:03 |
| 2 | Cathy Ross | F | 40 | Burke | VA | 3:21:51 |
| 3 | Melissa Senall | F | 40 | Fairport | NY | 3:24:46 |
| 1 | Ellen Komesarook | F | 47 | Gaithersburg | MD | 3:21:42 |
| 2 | Anne Helsabeck | F | 45 | York | PA | 3:39:20 |
| 3 | Phyllis Sevik | F | 47 | Ellicott City | MD | 3:43:00 |
| 1 | Barbara Haney | F | 53 | Fort Washington | MD | 3:45:05 |
| 2 | Theresa Gusman | F | 52 | Dickerson | MD | 3:52:39 |
| 3 | Patricia Keating | F | 50 | Dayton | MD | 3:55:25 |
| 1 | Myong Dunn | F | 55 | Hanover | MD | 3:52:29 |
| 2 | Elizabeth Baumgarten | F | 55 | Stone Ridge | VA | 3:53:50 |
| 3 | Stephany White | F | 56 | Grovetown | GA | 3:56:46 |
| 1 | Colleen Piccone | F | 60 | Pittsford | NY | 4:17:01 |
| 2 | Sandra Bradley | F | 60 | Portland | OR | 4:21:12 |
| 3 | Mary Fredlake | F | 62 | Washington | DC | 4:30:37 |
| 1 | Joanne Murphy | F | 66 | Baltimore | MD | 4:55:05 |
| 2 | Ruth Liebowitz | F | 69 | Staten Island | NY | 5:33:52 |
Half Marathon by division
| Div | Name | Sex | Age | City | ST | Net |
| 1 | Woohyun Kim | M | 14 | Centreville | VA | 1:59:20 |
| 2 | Jake Edwards | M | 14 | Sykesville | MD | 2:10:21 |
| 3 | Brandon Marquart | M | 14 | Ellicott City | MD | 2:12:21 |
| 1 | Thomas Selishev | M | 16 | Silver Spring | MD | 1:19:37 |
| 2 | Kevin Clark | M | 17 | Fayetteville | NC | 1:33:23 |
| 3 | Cory Staton | M | 15 | Fairfax | VA | 1:35:18 |
| 1 | Chris Hague | M | 23 | Kensington | MD | 1:14:37 |
| 2 | John Clark | M | 18 | Carlisle | PA | 1:17:17 |
| 3 | Conor Murphy | M | 18 | Greenlawn | NY | 1:18:11 |
| 1 | Darryl Brown | M | 29 | Exton | PA | 1:09:29 |
| 2 | Joe Kelly | M | 26 | Arlington | VA | 1:13:09 |
| 3 | Patrick Murphy | M | 27 | Washington | DC | 1:13:29 |
| 1 | Daniel Blouin | M | 33 | CA | 1:09:00 | |
| 2 | Phil Reutlinger | M | 33 | Alexandria | VA | 1:12:43 |
| 3 | Eddie Valentine | M | 32 | Arlington | VA | 1:16:02 |
| 1 | Matthew Thomas | M | 37 | Alexandria | VA | 1:13:21 |
| 2 | Tim Fahey | M | 38 | Arlington | VA | 1:15:02 |
| 3 | Mike Carriglitto | M | 36 | Pottstown | PA | 1:16:01 |
| 1 | Michel Couillard | M | 44 | CA | 1:19:12 | |
| 2 | Andrew Pugh | M | 42 | Washington | DC | 1:22:20 |
| 3 | Mike Bloemker | M | 43 | Shawnee | KS | 1:25:27 |
| 1 | Thomas Jensen | M | 48 | Oakton | VA | 1:21:07 |
| 2 | David Phipps | M | 48 | Severna Park | MD | 1:23:35 |
| 3 | John Michael Chapin | M | 45 | Alexandria | VA | 1:24:37 |
| 1 | Kevin D’Amanda | M | 50 | Bethesda | MD | 1:21:26 |
| 2 | Christopher Ryan | M | 53 | Washington | DC | 1:24:58 |
| 3 | John Whitridge | M | 50 | Rockville | MD | 1:26:52 |
| 1 | Bill Raabe | M | 57 | Washington | DC | 1:24:23 |
| 2 | William Loomis | M | 57 | Silver Spring | MD | 1:33:50 |
| 3 | Ken Krehbiel | M | 58 | Washington | DC | 1:41:21 |
| 1 | Bob Albritton | M | 60 | Vienna | VA | 1:28:04 |
| 2 | Carl Randall | M | 60 | Fredericksburg | VA | 1:31:10 |
| 3 | Bob Becker | M | 60 | White Hall | MD | 1:31:48 |
| 1 | John Morris | M | 67 | GB | 1:32:57 | |
| 2 | Michael Luke | M | 65 | Roslindale | MA | 1:53:13 |
| 3 | Michael Serene | M | 66 | Akron | OH | 1:53:40 |
| 1 | Malcolm Cohen | M | 70 | Ann Arbor | MI | 2:22:10 |
| 2 | David Loprinzi | M | 72 | King City | OR | 2:22:35 |
| 3 | Ken Morrison | M | 71 | Manassas | VA | 2:27:01 |
| 1 | Lou Wilson | M | 75 | The Woodlands | TX | 3:21:43 |
| 1 | Kerry Lane Magalis III | F | 13 | Front Royal | VA | 1:52:10 |
| 2 | Bryanna Leyen | F | 14 | Perry Hall | MD | 2:05:58 |
| 3 | Sarah Harmer | F | 14 | Wall Township | NJ | 2:07:27 |
| 1 | Rachel Labella | F | 16 | Bristow | VA | 1:41:19 |
| 2 | Mary Brass | F | 17 | Dunwoody | GA | 1:46:25 |
| 3 | Madison Oliver | F | 15 | Clifton | VA | 1:52:34 |
| 1 | Kerry Allen | F | 23 | Washington | DC | 1:26:40 |
| 2 | Susan Bentley | F | 23 | Jamestown | NY | 1:27:04 |
| 3 | Caitlin Dorman | F | 24 | Washington | DC | 1:29:20 |
| 1 | Teal Connor | F | 26 | Washington | DC | 1:24:17 |
| 2 | Wendi Robinson | F | 25 | Washington | DC | 1:24:39 |
| 3 | Laura Hutchinson | F | 29 | Holyoke | MA | 1:26:57 |
| 1 | Jeanna Composti | F | 31 | New York | NY | 1:24:42 |
| 2 | Bridget Holt | F | 33 | Gambrills | MD | 1:25:09 |
| 3 | Kendra Goffredo | F | 31 | EC | 1:26:47 | |
| 1 | Susan Dominowski | F | 35 | Germantown | MD | 1:24:31 |
| 2 | Chrissy Graham | F | 38 | Olney | MD | 1:28:01 |
| 3 | Jennifer Sober | F | 38 | McHenry | MD | 1:28:36 |
| 1 | Leslie Cohen | F | 44 | North Potomac | MD | 1:24:32 |
| 2 | Jennifer Smith | F | 41 | Baltimore | MD | 1:32:12 |
| 3 | Sally Foster | F | 40 | Linthicum Heights | MD | 1:33:19 |
| 1 | Grace McElroy | F | 45 | Sleepy Hollow | NY | 1:29:51 |
| 2 | Andrea Meuser | F | 45 | Vienna | VA | 1:33:07 |
| 3 | Shannon Smith | F | 46 | Washington | DC | 1:35:19 |
| 1 | Kathleen Russo | F | 52 | Salisbury | NC | 1:40:04 |
| 2 | Ruth McArthur | F | 54 | Boerne | TX | 1:42:23 |
| 3 | Teresa Lent | F | 50 | Arlington | VA | 1:42:46 |
| 1 | Linda Ottaviano | F | 56 | Cold Spring Harbor | NY | 1:44:42 |
| 2 | Susan Gold | F | 56 | Fairfield | CT | 1:45:26 |
| 3 | Linda Sheaffer | F | 56 | Washington | DC | 1:54:06 |
| 1 | Serge Harrison | F | 62 | Cockeysville | MD | 1:54:05 |
| 2 | Anne Forsha | F | 61 | Derwood | MD | 1:55:21 |
| 3 | Ann Rosenthal | F | 62 | Bethesda | MD | 1:57:10 |
| 1 | Chris Craun | F | 65 | Bethesda | MD | 1:56:59 |
| 2 | Janice Jacobs | F | 65 | Arlington | VA | 2:07:39 |
| 3 | Lucia Davidson | F | 66 | Arlington | VA | 2:17:00 |
| 1 | Sharon Leicham | F | 70 | Memphis | TN | 2:23:12 |
| 2 | Mary Dowell | F | 72 | Lynn | MA | 3:09:58 |
| 3 | Betty Wright-Thomas | F | 70 | Washington | DC | 3:15:34 |
| 1 | Anne Morris | F | 75 | Springfield | VA | 3:22:57 |
| 2 | Matilda Lowe | F | 78 | Sarasota | FL | 3:43:42 |
| 1 | Katy Curnyn | F | 91 | Littleton | NH | 3:11:16 |
By Mollie Zapata
December 3, 2011
National Harbor, MD
For the Washington Running Report
This event certainly had some problems. WRR plans to follow up on these in our upcoming Jan/Feb issue.
More than 15,000 runners competed in the Inaugural Hot Chocolate 15K and 5K at National Harbor just across the Woodrow Wilson Bridge from Washington, DC on Saturday, December 3. The Hot Chocolate race series, tagged as “America’s sweetest race” already exists in five major U.S. cities and made a chocolate splash at its 2011 DC debut. Runners’ packets include racing jackets. The post-race party promised Ghirardelli hot chocolate and a chocolate fondue fountain for all competitors in both the 15K and 5K races.
But before the chocolate party could commence, the runners had to complete the beautiful course, located along the Potomac River at the National Harbor.
First place out of 10,150 total finishers in the 15K went to top local Stefan Kolata, 30, of Washington, DC who led for most of the race and finished in 49:25.
“The course was good, very hilly, but it was nice having so many people cheering,” commented Kolata on the switch-back format of the route. Dustin Whitlow, 25, of Arlington, VA took second place in 51:24, and Mark Torres, 36, of Chevy Chase, MD finished third in 5:38.
Lisa Thomas, 35, of Alexandria, VA handily won the women’s division of the 15K race in 54:50 and it was also fast enough to place her 10th overall.
“It was tough, that’s a killer hill at the end,” said Thomas who is training for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials in Houston, TX this January. She described her race strategy as, “staying strong on the up hills and pushing it on the down hills.” Behind her, Felicity Brower, 22, of Cincinnati, OH took second in 57:21, and Barb Fallen-Wallace, 38, rounded out the top three in 57:36.
The only downside of the day was due to a combination of bad luck and race logistics. A traffic accident blocked the main route to the start, causing race organizers to delay both the 15K and 5K start times. Due to limited parking, race organizers provided a shuttle service from Crystal City Metro Station and required carpools for anyone parking at the National Harbor.
The 5K, which was scheduled to start at 7:30 a.m. went off at 8:15 a.m., which caused the scheduled 8:00 a.m. start for the 15K to be pushed to 9:00 a.m. Runners huddled and shivered and jumped and jiggled to stay warm as they waited for the gun on a brisk December morning. Despite the logistical setbacks, spirits remained high among many participants and an enthusiastic DJ kept the crowd excited.
In the 5K, 5,293 runners and walkers completed the course. Bert Rodriguez, 32, of Arlington, VA won the men’s’ race in 16:54, and Kelly Swain, 26, of Washington, DC won the women’s competition in 18:46. Both noted problems with course markings. “I didn’t feel really warmed up until a mile and a half in,” commented Swain. “I wasn’t quite ready to race a 15K, but maybe next year if they get the logistics figured out I’d do it.”
While there were a portion of runners disgruntled at the delayed start, one runner noted, “You had to look on Facebook, they actually did notify us of all the important information.”
Though 15K (9.3 miles) is not a common race distance, runners embraced it as a comfortable mid-way between 10K and Half-Marathon. Both races started on a downhill and ended with an uphill, adding an extra challenge to the event. “It’s probably the hilliest race in the area,” noted Swain.
“Once we got started, the course was beautiful and it was actually perfect running weather,” commented DC runner Cristina Burbach who competed in the 15K. “I wanted to get a good training run in,” she said.
Her sentiments were echoed by many of the runners, most who came with the goal of running a fun and pretty race. The entire morning was festive, with competitors running in costumes that ranged from cups of hot chocolate to Santa hats – “Why not? It’s fun and functional for the cold!” said 15K runner Patrick Kelly of Washington, DC.
One team of four particularly enthusiastic high school runners from the Osborne Park Cross Country Team ran the race in matching decorated T-shirts to celebrate the end of their racing season. “We loved it. It was a really fun time and people loved our outfits!” said Rachel Labella.
And, of course, the post-race party provided a well-deserved sugar high for all. Runners meandered around tents, enjoying fondue platters, and sipping hot chocolates. Most agreed that it was worth the effort, “It was the first year, so next year the logistics should be better. I’d definitely do it again,” concluded Burbach.
By Dickson Mercer
Washington, DC
May 15, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
Name a local road race and Wilson Komen has probably won it. In 2005 and 2006, not long after the Eldoret, Kenya native moved to Washington, DC, the now 33-year-old runner more or less ruled the local roads. After winning the Capitol Hill Classic, though, Komen admitted that today’s race was his first taste of victory in quite some time.
“I just wanted to get a race in and see how I could do,” Komen said shortly before the awards ceremony. “I’m happy with it. It’s been awhile since I won a race.”
Komen won the Capitol Hill Classic, a challenging 10K race that starts and finishes at Stanton Park, at 5th and C streets in northeast Washington, DC, on a sunny, slightly humid morning in 32:24. Garrett Ash, 27 from Connecticut took second in 33:29. He then cruised to victory in the 3K, held about two hours after the 10K in 10:14.
This year’s Capitol Hill Classic, which offers a 10K, 3K, and fun run on historic Capitol Hill, had about 3,000 participants who traveled to the event from more than 20 states.
Kumsa Eticha, 27, of Washington, DC took third in 33:49, a day after placing second in the We’ve Got Your Back 5K in Reston, VA.
Local ace Maggie Infeld, 25, of Washington, DC was the top female, running 36:37 to hold off Alexandria, VA’s Lisa Thomas, 35, by 29 seconds. Kristi Markowicz, 41, of Arlington, VA took third in 38:24.
Top finishers received prize money of $200, $150, and $100, respectively. The top male masters finisher was DC resident Rodney Loeppky, running 35:51to place fifth overall. Markowicz was the top female masters finisher in matching her time that earned her second place in the Winter Runner Rankings.
Although Komen is losing track of the exact number, the Georgetown Running Company employee and Reebok-sponsored runner guesses he has run at least 30 marathons. In peak form, he ran 2:18:26, good for 14th place at the 2006 Boston Marathon. That same year, he placed third at the hilly Under Armour Baltimore Marathon in 2:17:06. More recently, Komen, who has dealt with hamstring problems in recent years, took third at the SunTrust National Marathon in 2:31:00.
“I’m going to pick it up now, just see what I can I do,” Komen said.
Sheika Brown, 29, of Frederick, MD finished 391st out of almost 1,000 female finishers in 58:29. She ran the Frederick Half Marathon on May 7 but said she had always wanted to run the Capitol Hill Classic.
Steve Coles, on the other hand, had run the race before. In 2000 the 53-year-old Frederick resident said he took up running as an incentive to quit smoking cigarettes. Eleven years later, Coles said he no longer smokes, and mixes the Capitol Hill Classic in with two marathons and several 10Ks he races every year. The course, he said, passes by the DC native’s former rival high school, Eastern Senior.
The Capitol Hill Classic was founded 32 years ago. Proceeds from the nonprofit race benefit Capitol Hill Cluster, a public school with three campuses: the Peabody Early Childhood Center, Watkins Elementary, and Stuart-Hobson Middle School.
Traditionally the race has started at 8:30 a.m., race director Don Montuori said. Due to events related to National Police Week, this year’s race started an hour earlier so Independence Avenue would not be blocked to traffic after 9:00 a.m. Also, to stay clear of Independence Avenue, the 3K course was rerouted on race day (and measured at 2 miles by the police patrol car).
After directing the race for his sixth year, Montouri, a runner and Capitol Hill resident, said the cost for putting on the Capitol Hill Classic has been on the rise since 2002. Combined fees to Metropolitan Police and the city have quadrupled since then to about $33,000, which used to be roughly equivalent to the amount that the race would raise for Capitol Hill Cluster.
“It’s a question for the PTA next year to decide whether we can afford to have it,” Montouri said.
The course, which takes runners along Massachusetts Avenue, around Lincoln Park and down to East Capitol Street before sending runners back for a loop around the U.S. Capitol, has not changed much since the event was founded, Montouri said. Race volunteer Mike Soderman called it a “runner’s course.” Komen, who ran the last four miles alone, described it as a “little challenging.”
The course record for men is 30:38, set by Gurmessa Kumsa in 2006. The women’s course record is 35:27, run by Heather Hanscom in 2002.
Afterward, an awards ceremony was held in Stanton Park. In front of the statue of American Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene, mats were laid out in the grass and many runners cooled down with a yoga session.
It would be a shame to lose this longest-running 10K race in the District of Columbia. This one has grown very nicely, and has become more than just a neighborhood event, attracting runners from all over the region as well as 27 different states. As typical of races today, this one included a wide range of ages from toddler to octogenarians; the sexes tip back and forth for majority participation, with women today holding the edge.
Awards Listing
Age Group Awards Based on Net Times
MALE
Place Name Ag City Time
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1 Wilson Komen 33 Washington DC 32:24
2 Garrett Ash 27 Manchester CT 33:29
3 Kumsa Ethicha 27 Washington DC 33:49
FEMALE
Place Name Ag City Time
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1 Maggie Infeld 25 Washington DC 36:37
2 Lisa Thomas 35 Alexandria VA 37:06
3 Kristi Markowicz 41 Arlington VA 38:24
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 9
1 Ava Cavanaugh 8 Washington DC 51:30
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 10 - 14
1 Jackson Todd 12 Washington DC 48:47
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 10 - 14
1 Taylor Knibb 13 Washington DC 47:08
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 15 - 19
1 Thomas Smyth 18 Washington DC 40:03
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 15 - 19
1 Margaret Haley 18 Usaf Academy CO 45:02
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 Alexander Wepsala 23 Washington DC 39:01
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 Anna Novick 22 Hayama Machi 39:19
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 Matt Shechtman 26 Atlanta GA 36:11
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 Susan Hendrick 25 Washington DC 38:45
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 Daniel Yi 30 Alexandria VA 36:39
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 Laura Ramos 32 Silver Spring MD 40:59
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 Andrew Lipscomb 36 Alexandria VA 36:43
Photo below: Arrington Peterson (#2205) and Mary Robison (#2439), both 12, hold hands to finish the 2-mile race in 16:35.
By James Moreland
Leesburg, VA
August 14, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
As Michael Wardian was finishing his preparations he had a big grin on his face. He noted that he had just won a 10K but the race was “almost too short.” This year would be his fifth time racing the 20K and he had won the last three years. There were three other submasters in the elite field. Frenchman Philippe Rolly who back in 1999 had won the St. Patrick’s Day 10K in 30:27, well ahead of Wardian’s 30:55 PR. Rolly had dappled in Wardian’s forté winning a fifty miler in 2008 in just over seven hours. Wardian had won the JFK 50 Miler in 2007 in 5:50:34.
Italian Edi Turco loves to run. He told us at the DCRRC Landon Cross Country Saturday night that he looks for a race every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Like Michael he runs fifty plus races a year. Often onlookers wonder if these guys would not be faster with fewer races. Perhaps Wardian might improve on his 14:55 PR, which does seem a little out of touch with his new marathon PR of 2:17:49 set this year. And of course he always maintains, “I love to toe the line.”
Third in that group of mega runners is Karsten Brown of Front Royal. About ten years ago, he was just getting started and trying to quit his clove cigarettes. Now he runs a hundred miles a week and will race close to a thousand miles this year. After falling in one 50K in July he bounced back on August 6 to run fifth overall at the Dahlgren Heritage Rail Trail 50K. The next day he took on the Dog Days Cross Country 8K. Still, more than 75 races already this year and a really busy week of racing, he was not feeling to optimistic about a victory.
Tall and slender with his cap on backwards Wardian stayed right with the 10K leaders as the masses roared down Harrison Street. The next three miles plus are all up hill and the wheat, which was a little soggy from the morning’s rain, would soon get separated from the chaff. Jared Abuya, 34, of Gainesville, VA had the best of the race coming up the final hill alone in a 1:05:50 for the second fastest time ever on the course. Aaron Church set the record in 2006 with 1:04:29. The next runner was Wilson Komen of Washington, DC. The lanky Komen has run sub thirty for a 10K and been ranked number one in the Washington Running Report Running Rankings. Though he loves to run, lately he had not been racing as much. His 1:06:19, the third fastest time for the event, proved he still has his stuff. Wardian floated in next in 1:08:10. It will probably mean he will have to go and find another long race to run. He has scheduled the North Face Endurance Challenge Kansas City 50K on August 27.
The next two runners ran close together and almost did not seem aware they were in a battle. Neither surged, and Matt Logan bested Oberst Enzian by five seconds in 1:10:36 to round out the top five. The top master was hard charging Derik Thomas who always seems to finish near the top. At 45, his 6:02 pace on a very muggy day was marvelous. As Rolly crested the hill in 1:13:45 he did not seem to be aware that Edi Turco was coming up behind him in 1:13:57. But the savvy racers always know where their competition is. Brown rolled in just behind Thomas in 1:15:17 and at least at that point it looked as if he might be considering a day off. By Tuesday we expect to see him back out running the Paul Thurston 4.5 miler at Burke Lake.
For the women, Elena Orlova eschewed the 20K in favor of the 10K. That would have been a battle royale. Orlova had set the submaster record in 2009 in 1:17:34 while finishing second overall, followed by Meghan Ridgley. Last year on the short course (12 miles), Orlova won it all at an identical pace with Lisa Thomas of Vienna, VA less than a minute behind. This year Thomas was being pushed ever so close to the record. Ridgley was again third overall with a very nice 1:19:21. The battle for the gold was not decided until the final meters as Lindsay Wilkins, also of Vienna, clung on tenaciously. Thomas touched down in 1:17:40 with Wilkins five seconds behind. Erin Swain out dueled Sarah Bard for the fourth spot 1:20:35 to 1:20:47.
The 20K event is in its 8th year. This year the two races combined for the second largest crowd behind the perfect weather 2008 event which produced 137 ranked runner times, which is 10% of the field. Normally the course is very hot and the bright sun can whittle down the runners. This year the weekend was wet. The early morning rain cooled the air but left it drenched. There were no new records set in the 10K. In the 20K there were two. Grandmaster DeeDee Loughran, 53, finished ninth overall knocking 35 seconds off her record set in 2008. Right behind her Lanie Smith, 19, of Reston, VA (left) set the new teen standard with 1:26:55 and that was with a 30 second late start.
The 10K race is similar to the fabled Greasey Gooney 10k, the first 5K plus is a winding uphill that gets steeper as you go. When you turn around all but the final hundred meters is downhill ride to the finish. Even the four mile marker was eager to get to the finish line. It ended up about a quarter mile closer to the finish line by the time runners caught up with it. While that made for an awful long fourth mile split, mile five was really, really fast. For those hurrying back to the front of the Tuscarora Mill Restaurant at the finish line, there were no worries. The crew that supports the food and drink know their work. For nearly ten years, they have made a science of producing lots of great snacks and plenty of cold drinks. One runner looked at all the iced drinks and said, “They all have sugar in them.” Yes!!
The race always brings out the elite racers and especially the durable ones. Charging down past mile four the race was not yet decided. Lucinda Smith, 29, of Darnestown, MD had a slim lead but Julia Webb easily had Smith in her sights. They were racing with the top men as well, Smith winning in 37:23. That was one spot behind masters winner John Zimmerman’s 37:18. Webb came in soon after as sixteenth overall in 37:33. Speaking of masters, top ranked master and today’s race director Ray Pugsley said of Elena Orlova’s race, “Once you reach, forty everyone is aware of age.” Peggy Yetman, 43, of Leesburg, VA is nearly back to full form and held off Orlova for third place in 38:15. Orlova, 41, finished in 38:24, the same pace she ran the last two years in the 20K. Melissa Rittenhouse, 35, was next among the seven runners who qualified for the open division of the Runner Rankings.
For the men, everyone said that the winner looked like a kid. Joshua Hardin is a junior at William and Mary. Last year he struggled on the hot and hilly Cascades course in 36:47, finishing second among the five teens in the top six. The year before he was Rookie of the Year, breaking 31 minutes twice with a 30:37 10K best as a freshman. Today, he blasted ahead a prerace favorite Seife Geletu to a crushing 32:23 victory. Geletu’s worse race of the summer had been a 16:04 Run through History 5K overall win. He had won his age group at the prestigious Rockville Rotary Twilight 8K in 25:28. His runner-up finish in 33:18 had some runners eyeing their Garmins. Kevin Shirk was third with a solid 33:44. Top teen Patrick Spahn had run the Twilight 8K in 26:47 (34:01 10K equivalent). At Leesburg, he mustered a 35:47 for sixth overall.
Ronnie Wong and Jim Noone both belong to the 50 Plus Club. Wong turns 65 in September and won his division in 44:57. Noone, 67, easily won his division in 45:45. For the even older, jovial Leesburg resident Terry McCarthy, 76, bested mega racer Bob Gurtler, 76. Gurtler projects to again finish with more than fifty 5Ks and 100 races in a year. Of the 11 men older than 70 in the race, Dixon Hemphill, 86, is the oldest by a decade. Hemphill is still the race director for the popular Goblin Gallop 5K, which is run of the Let Freedom Run 5k course in the fall.
With all the food and drink after the race, some runners were hoping for some beer to fill the classy commemorative pint glasses each runner received in their packet. The race course has changed a few times over the years but after 23 years, the race is still a summer classic.
Awards Listing for the 10K (No Duplicate Prizes)
MALE OVERALL
1 477 Joshua Hardin 20 Sterling VA 32:23 V
2 803 Seife Geletu 29 Washington DC 33:18 V
3 785 Kevin Shirk 31 Winchester VA 33:44 V
FEMALE OVERALL
1 105 Lucinda Smith 29 Darnestown MD 37:25 V
2 537 Julia Webb 28 Charlottesville VA 37:33 V
3 536 Peggy Yetman 43 Leesburg VA 38:15 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 14
1 745 Tyler Lichtenberg 14 South Riding VA 40:04 V
2 433 Joe Haberlin 14 Ashburn VA 50:33 V
3 266 James Wroe 14 Ashburn VA 51:19 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 14
1 267 Annie Akagi 10 Leesburg VA 61:55 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 15 - 19
1 697 Patrick Spahn 18 Fairfax Station VA 35:44 V
2 361 Ian Rappaport 19 Vienna VA 37:00 V
3 462 Jarret Cutsail 18 Warrenton VA 38:49 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 15 - 19
1 618 Karissa Love 17 Leesburg VA 48:06 V
2 663 Abbey Cademartori 16 South Riding VA 48:53 V
3 85 Jaclyn Shepherd 18 Leesburg VA 50:07 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 521 Rich Saunders 23 Alexandria VA 34:14 V
2 346 Keith Flanders 24 Silver Spring MD 36:22 V
3 149 Michael Nordlund 24 Arlington VA 37:40 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 109 Jillian Pollack 22 Winchester VA 40:53 V
2 30 Kailey Gotta 22 Steubenville OH 42:21 V
3 733 Erin Landy 21 Burke VA 44:19 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 168 Brennan Feldhausen 26 Baltimore MD 35:58 V
2 750 Andrew Ciarfalia 28 Reston VA 36:44 V
3 780 Timothy Snyder 25 Frederick MD 38:06 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 518 Kelly Swain 26 Vienna VA 40:36 V
2 671 Tamara Shear 25 Washington DC 42:37 V
3 736 Bre Morton 27 Centreville VA 44:03 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 45 Hugh Toland 30 Fairfax VA 34:06 V
2 784 Matthew Lofkin 32 Winchester VA 35:52 V
3 783 Sean Allen 31 New Market MD 36:52 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 636 Andrea Cardy 31 Reston VA 42:02 V
2 644 Meredith Samson 31 Chantilly VA 42:06 V
3 637 Tasha Stryker 31 Arlington VA 42:16 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 659 Keith Freeburn 37 Centreville VA 37:25 V
2 576 Aaron Holley 36 Washington DC 39:17 V
3 273 Giovanni Cordova 35 Reston VA 41:22 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 652 Melissa Rittenhouse 35 Harrisonburg VA 40:09 V
2 299 Tatiana Sheptock 35 South Riding VA 44:45 V
3 718 Cristina Burbach 37 Washington DC 45:23 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 789 John Zimmerman 44 McLean VA 37:17 V
2 289 Craig Chasse 41 Reston VA 38:44 V
3 571 Matteo Mainetti 41 Fairfax VA 38:57 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 575 Elena Orlova 41 Gaithersburg MD 38:23 V
2 459 Kim Isler 43 Oakton VA 41:58 V
3 746 Cheryl Young 42 Reston VA 44:40 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 798 Matt Anderson 45 Fairfax VA 40:08 V
2 540 James Darling 46 Falls Church VA 41:54 V
3 172 Mark Peterson 49 Purcellville VA 45:52 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 737 Kristen Barner 46 Rockville MD 47:49 V
2 626 Marsha Demaree 46 Marriottsville MD 49:30 V
3 710 Judy Swain 46 Purcellville VA 52:07 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 153 Harry Linde 52 Sterling VA 40:50 V
2 283 Rhys Williams 50 Reston VA 43:45 V
3 274 David Lee 53 Arlington VA 45:57 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 207 Nina Van Winkle 51 Vienna VA 51:10 V
2 309 Betty Sutter 53 Reston VA 54:27 V
3 621 Susan Manning 51 Virginia Beach VA 56:28 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 417 Roland Rust 59 Bethesda MD 39:43 V
2 800 James Lee 56 New Market MD 48:24 V
3 557 Dennis Doyle 56 Arlington VA 49:34 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 531 Peggy Davis 59 Vienna VA 52:40 V
2 510 Leslie Kash 55 Round Hill VA 54:00 V
3 680 Carla Bourgeois 58 Montclair VA 60:53 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 678 Ronnie Wong 64 Baltimore MD 44:54 V
2 24 Robert Ring 63 Harrisonburg VA 54:38 V
3 666 Chris Wells 60 Sterling VA 55:32 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 458 Linda Kearney 64 Oak Hill VA 52:35 V
2 410 Freyda Greenberg 62 Falls Church VA 53:06 V
3 530 Laurel Clement 62 Haymarket VA 55:39 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 450 Jim Noone 67 Fairfax VA 45:40 V
2 572 Bob Chase 66 Falls Church VA 47:41 V
3 709 Paul Holley 65 Ashburn VA 62:48 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 342 Pat Welch 66 Vienna VA 60:40 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 74
1 451 Chan Robbins 74 Arlington VA 55:07 V
2 682 Ken Quincy 73 Vienna VA 56:47 V
3 812 Warren Pitts 73 Baltimore MD 59:01 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 74
1 463 Ecris Williams 72 Reston VA 64:21 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 75 - 99
1 814 Terence McCarthy 76 Leesburg VA 64:18 V
2 366 Robert Gurtler 76 The Plains VA 65:51 V
3 272 Dick Coogan 79 McLean VA 80:18 V
Awards Listing for the 20K (No Duplicate Prizes)
MALE OVERALL
1 2518 Jared Abuya 34 Gainesville VA 1:05:50 X
2 2572 Wilson Komen 33 Washington DC 1:06:19 X
3 2652 Michael Wardian 37 Arlington VA 1:08:10 X
FEMALE OVERALL
1 2504 Lisa Thomas 35 Vienna VA 1:17:40 X
2 2505 Lindsay Wilkins 33 Vienna VA 1:17:45 X
3 2118 Meghan Ridgley 32 Ashburn VA 1:19:21 X
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 01 - 19
1 2701 Thorpe Lichtenberg 17 South Riding VA X 1:12:25
2 2694 Brady Guertin 15 Ashburn VA X 1:17:17
3 2574 Austin Lushinski 16 Ashburn VA X 1:18:31
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 01 - 19
1 2292 Lanie Smith 19 Reston VA X 1:26:25
2 2712 Alexandra Ludtke 18 Purcellville VA X 1:35:25
3 2186 Laura Kinley 19 Jefferson MD X 1:41:26
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 2719 Oberst Enzian 24 Charlottesville VA X 1:10:40
2 2636 Alec Saslow 23 Arlington VA X 1:27:06
3 2656 Christopher Smith 24 Centreville VA X 1:38:28
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 2260 Juhie Kumar 24 Great Falls VA X 1:35:20
2 2454 Victoria Butler 24 Ashburn VA X 1:37:25
3 2634 Liz Cresswell 24 West Chester PA X 1:38:16
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 2739 Matt Logan 25 Washington DC X 1:10:36
2 2216 Mark Buschman 27 Ellicott City MD X 1:12:09
3 2611 Brian Carnes 26 Leesburg VA X 1:16:27
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 2509 Erin Swain 29 Vienna VA X 1:20:33
2 2639 Sarah Bard 27 Leesburg VA X 1:20:45
3 2507 Annie Feldman 29 Vienna VA X 1:25:07
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 2288 Jeremy Lynch 31 Falls Church VA X 1:22:26
2 2334 Tim Soltren 34 Fairfax VA X 1:25:35
3 2654 Matthew Van Auken 31 Alexandria VA X 1:27:53
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 2580 Megan McNew 32 Baltimore MD X 1:25:43
2 2225 Laura Ramos 32 Silver Spring MD X 1:26:41
3 2311 Jessica McGuire 31 Arlington VA X 1:27:36
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 2736 Philippe Rolly 38 McLean VA X 1:13:44
2 2264 Edi Turco 38 Arlington VA X 1:13:56
3 2716 Karsten Brown 37 Front Royal VA X 1:15:15
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 2132 Tenley Ludewig 36 Washington DC X 1:29:03
2 2021 Nancy Eiring 38 Washington DC X 1:30:13
3 2007 Jennifer Zimmerman-Ra 38 Purcellville VA X 1:36:02
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 2062 Kevin Bell 42 Reston VA X 1:19:57
2 2679 Christopher Green 42 Sterling VA X 1:24:17
3 2638 Chris McKee 42 Vienna VA X 1:24:58
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 2018 Tonya Stotler 44 Leesburg VA X 1:33:16
2 2635 Billie Boersma 40 Alexandria VA X 1:35:15
3 2397 Diane Lathom 40 Ashburn VA X 1:39:28
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 2553 Derik Thomas 45 Alexandria VA X 1:14:54
2 2655 Eugene Holmes 46 Arlington VI X 1:20:26
3 2690 Howard Frost 45 Falls Church VA X 1:24:42
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 2479 Mandana Mortazavi 47 Leesburg VA X 1:32:43
2 2005 Amy Perkins 47 Leesburg VA X 1:42:33
3 2297 Anna Bradford 47 Vienna VA X 1:47:26
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 2740 Bob Ferry 51 Vienna VA X 1:20:55
2 2541 Kevin Dix 52 Manassas VA X 1:27:09
3 2585 Elias Tinta 53 Rockville MD X 1:28:53
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 2503 Deedee Loughran 53 Oak Hill VA X 1:25:48
2 2230 Carole Jones 54 Ashburn VA X 1:34:28
3 2304 Ellen Mannion 50 Herndon VA X 1:42:58
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 2686 Bruce Halpin 55 Ashburn VA X 1:24:17
2 2587 Richard Morgan 59 Silver Spring MD X 1:28:31
3 2276 Clyde Rollins 56 Herndon VA X 1:33:15
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 2352 Marcy Foster 57 Reston VA X 1:47:38
2 2561 Maria Nusbaum 59 Reston VA X 2:01:03
3 2178 Marilee Seigfried 59 Purcellville VA X 2:02:28
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 2567 John Bolton 60 Leesburg VA X 1:43:24
2 2565 Richard Kaplar 60 Herndon VA X 1:47:48
3 2598 Robert Lewis 63 Washington DC X 1:48:14
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 2711 Linda Mills 61 Salisbury MD X 1:50:19
2 2023 Mary Fredlake 61 Washington DC X 1:59:52
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 2122 Bill Vislay 65 Bumpass VA X 1:43:16
2 2545 Lou Shapiro 69 Silver Spring MD X 1:45:33
3 2362 Patrick Brown 66 Reston VA X 1:51:59
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
===== ===== ===================== === ================== == ========= =========
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
===== ===== ===================== === ================== == ========= =========
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
===== ===== ===================== === ================== == ========= =========
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
