Elite Feld near Best Times for 2005
A strong field assembled at Hains Point amid sunny skies on the last full day of winter. The Scope It Out 5K Run/Walk for Colon Cancer Awareness attracted all types of runners and walkers to the flat, fast course-the fast and serious, the mid-packers, the fun runners, walkers, families pushing strollers, and people who came out in support of the cause.

The top three men all finished under 15 minutes, and the top three women in less than 18 minutes. For the men, lanky John Henwood, from New York and New Zealand, stood out from the crowd and beat second-place Chris Graff (29) of Arlington, VA by just five seconds, 14:43 to 14:48. Reston's Rick Rountree (27) (seen in photo above) rounded out the top three with 14:55 on the clock.

Henwood (32), a fitness instructor and Wellington, New Zealand native with a 10K personal best of 27:57.5, was last seen in this area in the fall of 2003, when he placed in the top 3 of the races he entered (2nd place Kentlands/Lakelands 5K in 14:42 and 3rd place Opus 5K in 14:29), and won the Army Ten-Miler in 48:39. John Henwood ran the Olympic 10,000 meters final in Athens last summer but dropped out with an Achilles injury; he has recently resumed training this year.

In the women's race, Susannah Kvasnicka (32) of Great Falls, VA, was first with a comfortable margin over Arlington's Mary Kate Bailey (30), 17:10 to 17:26. Vanessa Hunter (29), (seen in photo below) also from Arlington, finished 24 seconds later.

Kvasnicka and Bailey finished one-two at last week's St. Patrick's Day 10K in 35:18 to 35:50, and at the GW Birthday 10K in February, 35:39 to 35:49. Bailey, a Marine, won last fall's Marine Corps Marathon in 2:48:31. On November 3, 2004. USA Track & Field named Bailey Athlete of the Week.

The first annual Scope It Out 5K was a very successful event, which has already outgrown its venue. Participants came from 20 states and the District of Columbia to demonstrate their support for the cause or just to enjoy a well-organized run in a park setting in our nation's capital. The five-year age groups, to 80 and above, give all participants a fair chance at earning a prize.

Fast Hains Point Course Produces Fast Age Group Times
The sometimes-silent 20-34 divisions spoke loudly today. Each of those three divisions for the men had times that often win races. Matt Enders was a West Chester surprise in 15:27. Phillipe Rolly, who was missed at St. Patrick's Day 10K (new baby), was back wining his division easily in 15:25. In the middle 25-29 division, it was the battle of the Christophers. Christopher Nowakowski of Baltimore, MD bested ranked runner Christopher Bain of Bethesda 16:06 to 16:25. Does this portend the future, Baltimore challenging the local athletes just like in baseball?

Pascal Brazey of Washington, DC is another ranked runner with a fine time, wining the 35-39 in 16:57. George Buckheit (47) of Reston, in 16:47, is gearing up for a run at the top of the rankings.

For the women, local runners did most of the damage. Susannah Kvasnicka of Great Falls, VA won in 17:10 and seems to be gaining an edge over rival Mary Kate Bailey of Arlington, VA 17:26. Watch out! The top women in the area are headed on a collision course striving for the coveted top spot in the rankings. The soon to be published Winter rankings show the top six spots divided by the thinnest of margins. Already the Spring season has made those spots even tighter.

All the winners in the open divisions sported ranked times. Lisa Thomas of Alexandria, VA leading that charge with 18:23. Win Persina of Washington, DC raced a fine 20:59 before she will bid adieu to the 40-44 division. Not that Ofelia Perotti (48) of Alexandria, VA plans to make it easy. She ran 20:33.

Mega Racing Produces Results
So maybe you just like to race a lot. Will that help your times? Ask second place age group winner in the 50-54 division Peter Blank of Annandale, VA (far right in photo). He has run more than 1000 races in the last six years and more than fifty 5Ks in each of those years. Yet he seems to be getting faster. Jon Palks of Bowie, MD, winner of the 55-59 division, has in the past run as many as ninety- two 5Ks in a year. He is now gunning for the record of 111 set by Mitch Radella of Pittsburgh, PA; Palks has twenty-six 5Ks in the books so far this year. His times keep going down and his awards collection keep mounting up.

Female Award Winners

FEMALE OVERALL
Pl  Num Name                 Ag City             Net Tim Gun Tim 
1   810 Susannah Kvasnicka   32 Great Falls VA   17:08   17:10 
2     1 Mary Kate Bailey     30 Arlington VA     17:26   17:26 
3     6 Vanessa Hunter       29 Arlington VA     17:50   17:52 
AGE GROUP:  1 - 19
1   450 Laura Regensburg     17 Alexandria VA    19:54   19:56 
2   451 Brooke Regensburg    14 Alexandria VA    22:47   22:47 
AGE GROUP:  20 - 24
1   670 Sarah Spalding       23 Washington DC    18:44   18:46 
2   777 Eileen Kickish       24 Washington DC    19:27   19:30 
AGE GROUP:  25 - 29
1     2 Lisa Thomas          29 Alexandria VA    18:14   18:16 
2     4 Britton Stackhouse   25 Arlington VA     19:00   19:00 
AGE GROUP:  30 - 34
1     3 Genevieve Kiley      30 Washington DC    18:23   18:23 
2    10 Barb Fallon Wallace  31 Alexandria VA    19:02   19:02 
AGE GROUP:  35 - 39
1   427 Arlene Saitzyk       38 San Diego CA     25:45   25:51 
2   283 Karen Donohue        35 Silver Spring MD 25:40   26:18 
AGE GROUP:  40 - 44
1   806 Win Persina          44 Washington DC    20:57   20:59 
2    11 Martha Howar         40 Leesburg VA      21:42   21:45 
AGE GROUP:  45 - 49
1   334 Ofelia Perotti       48 Alexandria VA    20:32   20:33 
2   584 Karen Werber         46 Washington DC    22:43   22:51 
AGE GROUP:  50 - 54
1   407 Maryjo Valocchi      54 West Chester PA  29:17   29:44 
2    70 Mary Cosgrove        51 Chadds Ford PA   35:46   36:30 
AGE GROUP:  55 - 59
1   134 Mary Jean Griffin    55 Fairfax Stat. VA 30:47   31:44 
2   651 Susan Novick         55 Reston VA        34:35   34:35 
AGE GROUP:  60 - 64
1    97 Norma Salter         63 Mansfield Ctr. CT41:06   41:30 
2   493 Karen Sedar          61 Ashburn VA       58:02   58:45 
AGE GROUP:  65 - 69
AGE GROUP:  70 - 74
1   101 Catherine Anderson   72 Waldorf MD       50:49  51:39 
AGE GROUP:  75 - 79
AGE GROUP:  80 - 99

Male Award Winners

MALE OVERALL
Pl Num Name                  Ag City            Net Tim Gun Tim 
1  771 John Henwood          32 New York NY     14:43   14:43 
2  817 Chris Graff           29 Arlington VA    14:47   14:48 
3  723 Frederick Rountree    27 Reston VA       14:54   14:55 

AGE GROUP:  1 - 19
1  623 Brian Herscher        19 Washington DC   19:00   19:13 
2  298 Christopher Bailey    16 Port Tobacco MD 19:50   20:02 
AGE GROUP:  20 - 24
1  397 Matt Enders           23 West Chester PA 15:17   15:18 
2  312 Sebastian Wiedemann   21 Takoma Park MD  20:27   20:29 
AGE GROUP:  25 - 29
1  779 Christopher Nowakowski26 Baltimore MD    16:08   16:09 
2   29 Christopher Bain      27 Bethesda MD     16:25   16:28 
AGE GROUP:  30 - 34
1  818 Phillipe Rolly        32 Fairfax VA      15:25   15:25 
2  724 David Dudley          33 Washington DC   18:20   18:21 
AGE GROUP:  35 - 39
1  823 Pascal Brazey         36 Washington DC   16:58   16:58 
2  467 David Soria           36 Manassas VA     19:04   19:06 
AGE GROUP:  40 - 44
1  763 Stuart Pineo          43 Columbia MD     17:23   17:24 
2  521 Mark Drosky           44 Alexandria VA   18:50   18:51 
AGE GROUP:  45 - 49
1    7 George Buckheit       47 Reston VA       16:49   16:52 
2   27 Fernando Boccanera    48 Reston VA       19:15   19:17 
AGE GROUP:  50 - 54
1  522 Roger Mccleskey       51 Arlington VA    20:03   20:03 
2   30 Peter Blank           50 Annandale VA    22:16   22:20 
AGE GROUP:  55 - 59
1  769 Jon Palks             55 Bowie MD        21:56   21:59 
2  383 Arturo Politano       56 Springfield VA  25:11   25:14 
AGE GROUP:  60 - 64
1  750 Don Blue              63 Manassas VA     30:19   30:19 
2  371 William Anton         63 Henderson NV    35:41   35:51 
AGE GROUP:  65 - 69
1  565 Jerry Cherrington     67 Washington DC   30:21   30:26 
AGE GROUP:  70 - 74
1  726 Larry Dickerson       73 Burke VA        25:12   25:15 
2  847 Tony Measham          70 Chevy Chase MD  26:44   26:51 
AGE GROUP:  75 - 79
AGE GROUP:  80 - 99

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