Photo above by Brightroom.com: Third ranked Susannah Kvasnicka (33) of Great Falls, VA runs in the big races and won 8 of 12 times, including the Marine Corps Marathon and Annapolis 10 Mile.

Open Women
Photo by Kathy Freedman: On the rise, Marni Kruppa (24) of Alexandria improved her 10K from 38:16 in February to 37:57 in March, and again in April to 36:36.

The Sallie Mae 10K was a major factor in deciding the top three runners. Tatyana Chulakh of Gaithersburg, MD started the year at the Outback 8K in 26:47 (34:00) over Ann McGranahan of Newport, VA in 27:01 (10K = 34:18). They went south in March and Chulakh lost to runner-up McGranahan 26:30 (10K = 33:39) to 26:37 (10K = 33:47) at the Shamrock 8K.

When they traveled north again a month later, Tatyana Chulakh returned the favor at Sallie Mae 10K 33:54 to 34:12 with Susannah Kvasnicka next in 35:11. Chulakh capped the crown with her Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K in 33:08. Ann McGranahan won the Peaks of Otter in the best 5K of the year 16:50 (10K = 35:03)

Susannah Kvasnicka was coming off a fine Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile in 57:27 (10K = 34:32) over fourth place Emily Richard 57:42 (10K = 34:41). The week following Sallie Mae, Kvasnicka stepped up to a 34:39 at Pike's Peek 10K, also ahead of Richards in 35:39. She was seeking to conquer everyone, winning the GW Birthday 10K in February, and the St. Patrick's Day 10K in March.

During the summer, Susannah Kvasnicka became the first woman in many years to bust 60:00 at the Annapolis 10 Miler. Then she capped off her year by winning the biggest race in the area, the Marine Corps Marathon, in a national calibre time of 2:47:10 (10K = 35:44).

Fifth place Marina Bychkova of Gaithersburg, MD ran the SunTrust Richmond Marathon in 2:42:40 (10K = 34:46). Sixth place Anna Pichrtova of Richmond, VA ran the nTelos 8K in 27:28 (10K = 34:52). Seventh place Jill Krebs, of blazing 5K-speed, ran the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile in 58:12 (10K = 34:59). Her best 5K was an overall win at the 180s Shamrock 5K in 16:57 (10K = 35:17).

Eighth place Aurora Scott of Portsmouth, VA is just 15 years old. Still, she was the overall winner in all nine of her races. Her best effort was the Jingle Bell 5K in 16:55 (10K = 35:13). Ninth place Mary Kate Bailey of Arlington, VA ran 35:49 in three 10Ks, including St. Patrick's, GW Birthday, and Veterans. On Labor Day, she let loose a whale of a race, blasting the Rock n' Roll HM in 77:35 (10K = 35:03).

Vicki Cauller of York, PA garners tenth place with a special time at the Great Allegany 15K in 53:47 (10K = 34:58) with a downhill modification rating the race as 35:52.

Sallie Mae 10K, 32:31

Pl	Name              	Age	Hometown
 1	Chulakh, Tatyana	23	Gaithersburg, MD
 2	McGranahan, Ann 	26	Newport, VA
 3	Kvasnicka, Susannah	33	Great Falls, VA
 4	Richard, Emily    	28	Washington, DC
 5	Bychkova, Marina	29	Gaithersburg, MD
 6	Pichrtova, Anna 	32	Richmond, VA
 7	Krebs, Jill       	24	New Windsor, MD
 8	Scott, Aurora   	15	Portsmouth, VA
 9	Bailey, Mary Kate 	31	Arlington, VA
10	Cauller, Vicki   	33	York, PA
11	Turner, Laura    	25	Washington, DC
12	Allen, Johanna   	24	Woodbridge, VA
13	Lynch, Victoria 	31	Washington, DC
14	Hunter, Vanessa 	30	Arlington, VA
15	Thomas, Lisa    	29	Alexandria, VA
16	Concaugh, Jacqueline	30	Alexandria, VA
17	Harvey, Alisa    	39	Manassas, VA
18	Kiley, Genivieve	31	Arlington, VA
19	Kruppa, Marni    	24	Alexandria, VA
20	Spalding, Sarah 	24	Washington, DC
21	High, Renee     	23	Virginia Beach, VA
22	Stick, Sherry   	27	Eldersburg, MD
23	Burns, Megan    	41	Virginia Beach, VA
24	Pool, Diana        	24	Carrollton, MD
25	DiPietro, Lee    	47	Baltimore, MD
26	Mudge, Michelle 	28	Richmond, VA
27	Davison, Mary    	32	Chesapeake, VA
28	Knickman, Denise	37	Baltimore, MD
29	Ackerly, Maureen	37	Mechanicsville, VA
30	Whaley, Briana    	27	Richmond, VA
31	Stackhouse, Britton	26	Arlington, VA
32	Suvorova, Irina 	34	Washington, DC
33	Huizing, Marjan 	37	Gaithersburg, MD
34	Donovan, Sharon 	30	Washington, DC
35	Locke, Stephanie	23	Virginia Beach, VA
36	Goulet, Lindsay 	27	Arlington, VA
37	Hall, Maureen    	40	Lavale, MD
38	Buckwalter, Connie	35	Lititz, PA
39	Wallace, Barbara	31	Alexandria, VA
40	Cairns, Hilary   	35	Washington, DC
41	Fallon-Wallace, Barbara 31	Alexandria
42	Brand, Shelley   	27	Virginia Beach, VA
43	Tanner, Melissa 	24	Bethesda, MD
44	Selmer, Carrie    	21	Mt. Airy, MD
45	Humphrey, Robyn 	41	Ellicott City, MD
46	Grillo, Monica   	41	Arlington, VA
47	Quarles, Jennifer	33	Williamsburg, VA
48	Freix, Laura    	43	Centreville, VA
49	Liever, Kathleen	27	Kingstowne, VA
50	Fulton, Patti     	39	Silver Spring, MD
51	Kickish, Eileen 	25	Washington, DC
52	Sawvell, Linda    	40	Newport News, VA
53	Wallace, Heather	34	Reston, VA
54	Zerfas, Patricia	43	Kensington, MD
55	Post, Colleen     	26	Centreville, VA
56	Nelson, Laura     	39	Woodstock, VA
57	Haupt, Diane      	38	Virginia Beach, VA
58	Nappa, Laura      	27	Baltimore, MD
59	Conant, Cindy    	43	Kensington, MD
60	Jacobs, Eileen    	43	Richmond, VA
61	Olson, Ruth     	43	Spotsylvania, VA
62	Hoffman, Michele	33	Baltimore, MD
63	Plyler, Valerie 	46	Yorktown, VA
64	Hargis, Jill      	45	Annapolis, MD

19 & Younger Women
All nine of Aurora Scott's races were more than two minutes ahead of any other qualifier. In the teen divisions, many runners did not race enough to qualify. All nine races were overall wins! Hundreds of teens raced but did not qualify. Still, none of them closed on the dominating times of Scott. She easily made the top ten in the Open division. In 2004, her Jingle Bell 5K was 17:48. She was 14. Now at 15, she raced home in 16:55. Though most of her rapidly improving times are at the 5K, she also raced the Elizabeth River 6 Mile in 35:03.

Kristen Malloy of Phoenix, MD is the runner-up, running the BRRC WDF 5K in 18:53. In third place, BULLET Brittany Rooks has just turned 11! Her fastest race was the Bay Cafe 5K in 19:03. She also raced a half marathon, finishing third overall in 93:18. At the RRCA Challenge 10M, she bested Beth Links 69:12 to 69:42 to win the teen division. Karen Dickerson of Springfield, VA won her division in 13 of her 18 races before turning 20.

Jingle Bell Run For Arthritis 5K, 16:55, 10K = 35:13

Pl	Name             	Age	Hometown
 1	Scott, Aurora***	15	Portsmouth, VA
 2	Malloy, Kristen 	14	Phoenix, MD
 3	Rooks, Brittany 	11	Baltimore, MD
 4	Ralston, Shannon	16	Virginia Beach, VA
 5	Webb, Emily     	16	Gloucester, VA
 6	Links, Beth       	18	Westminster, MD
 7	Lasker, Sara    	15	Fredericksburg, VA
 8	Dickerson, Karen	19	Springfield, VA
 9	Schubel, Leah     	14	Fredericksburg, VA
10	Lang, Tiffany    	11	Columbia, MD
11	DiCarlo, Kristen	18	Virginia Beach, VA]

Women 35 - 39
BULLET Elena Orlova of Gaithersburg, MD turned 35 and quickly raced the fastest four times in the division. Though she raced in three divisions, she only qualified in one of the periods, overtaking Alisa Harvey in the fourth period, besting her at the Labrecque 4 Mile 22:34 to 22:47. Harvey had four of the five fastest times and won the spring and summer periods. In the fall she was runner-up and then moved on to win the masters division.

Denise Knickman of Baltimore, MD is a prolific runner with many overall victories. She has run 50 races in a year. This year, she won the Ocean City Marathon. She raced two more sub-3 hour ones, Frederick in 2:57:51 and Baltimore in 2:57:09. With more than 25 age group wins, she edges Maureen Ackerly of Mechanicsville, VA for the runner-up spot. In the fall, Ackerly had a super nTelos 8K in 29:28 (10K = 37:24). Knickman had nine races in between that race and Ackerly's next best effort, the King's Charter 8K in 30:30.

Marjan Huizing also had one special race. At the DARCARS Pike's Peek 10K, she won her age group in 37:54. On a much tougher Piece of Cake 10K in Seneca Park, she ran 39:36. Patti Fulton is next with her Race for Cooperative Development 5K in 18:40 (10K = 38:52).

Shamrock 8K, 27:21, 10K = 34:43

Pl	Name             	Age	Hometown
 1	Harvey, Alisa    	39	Manassas, VA
 2	Knickman, Denise	37	Baltimore, MD
 3	Ackerly, Maureen	36	Mechanicsville, VA
 4	Huizing, Marjan 	36	Gaithersburg, MD
 5	Fulton, Patty      	39	Silver Spring, MD
 6	Beven, Helen      	39	Kensington, MD
 7	Nelson, Laura     	39	Woodstock, VA
 8	Haupt, Diane      	38	Virginia Beach, VA
 9	Mancini, Jinx     	38	Midlothian, VA
10	Underdonk, Christy	36	Potomac, MD
11	Cottone, Elizabeth	39	Charlottesville, VA
12	Lang, Vicki     	36	Columbia, MD
13	Wigle, Barbara    	38	Centreville, VA
14	Nathan, Rebecca 	39	Arlington, VA
15	Dumbrell, Jeanette	36	Bailey Crossroads, VA
16	Takakusaki, Yuko	37	Arlington, VA
17	Miller, Beth      	35	Fairfax, VA
18	Feliciano, Tacy 	37	Columbia, MD
19	Lamb, Shelley     	36	Chesapeake, VA
20	Hansen, Mary Lynn	38	Woodstock, VA
21	Casey, Beth        	36	Oak Hill, VA
22	Kirby, Samantha  	36	Arlington, VA
23	Killeen, Karen    	36	Richmond, VA

Women 40 - 44
Since turning forty in the final period, BULLET Alisa Harvey of Manassas, VA has dominated the division. Watch out! Maria Spinnler won the spring with a pile of fast races including a 37:12 Sallie Mae 10K. Then she checked out of the racing scene.

Megan Burns of Virginia Beach, VA won the first and third periods and was runner-up to Harvey in the fourth. Burns had the five best races, from 5K to the marathon. Her only race of the second period was an overall win at the Shamrock Marathon in 2:58:28 (10K = 38:09). In the summer, she had overall 5K wins in the low 18:00s. By September, she was ready for her best race, the Rock 'n' Roll HM in 82:17 (10K = 37:11).

Now it gets dicey. Laura Feix of Centreville, VA won the first period with the next best time. Her Outback 8K was 30:24 (10K = 38:36). Monica Grillo bested Freix 64:27 to 64:44 at the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10M. Freix also won the Reston 10 Mile in 64:54 to win the runner-up spot. At the Annapolis 10 Miler, Robyn Humphrey, 65:02, beat both Grillo, 66:46, and fifth place Maureen Hall, 67:38. Humphrey adds a division win at the Bay Cafe 5K in 18:40 (10K = 38:52) and a four second victory at the Veterans Day 10K to narrowly pass Grillo. Hall split wins with Humphrey in 5Ks and she dominated her hometown Great Allegany 15K in 58:46

Thomas G. Labrecque Classic 4 Miler, 22:47, 10K = 36:39

Pl	Name            	Age	Hometown
 1	Burns, Megan      	41	Virginia Beach, VA
 2	Freix, Laura     	43	Centreville, VA
 3	Humphrey, Robyn 	41	Ellicott City, MD
 4	Grillo, Monica    	41	Arlington, VA
 5	Hall, Maureen     	40	Lavale, MD
 6	Cox, Vanessa     	43	Laurel, MD
 7	Zerfas, Patricia	43	Kensington, MD
 8	Conant, Cindy     	44	Kensington, MD
 9	Thienel, Julie    	41	Columbia, MD
10	Friedel, Cathy    	41	Solomons, MD
11	Jacobs, Eileen    	42	Richmond, VA
12	Olson, Ruth     	43	Spotsylvania, VA
13	Hargis, Jill     	44	Annapolis, MD
14	Kline, Sheryl     	42	Arnold, MD
15	McDonald, Bonnie	41	Roanoke, VA
16	Santarpia, Gloria	44	Odenton, MD
17	Black, Beverly    	44	Frederick, MD
18	Foley, Linda      	43	Oak Hill, VA
19	Fedon, Leslie     	40	Norlfok, VA
20	Boyd, Marjorie    	44	Annapolis, MD
21	Shannon, Laura    	43	Williamsburg, VA
22	Lovett, Pamela    	43	Newport News, VA
23	Danilkovitch, Alla	41	Columbia, MD
24	Ingersoll, Amelia 	42	Columbia, MD
25	Edeburn, Melissa	42	Washington, DC
26	Ware, Eizabeth   	41	Virginia Beach, VA
27	Tata, Kendall    	42	Virginia Beach, VA
28	Nanda, Sushila    	44	Arlington, VA
29	Wagner, Andrea    	42	Richmond, VA
30	Moore, Kimberly 	41	Richmond, VA
31	Krill, Carol      	41	Stafford, VA
32	Burns, Joann      	42	Herndon, VA
33	Hennessa, Annie 	41	Herndon, VA
34	Kinnecome, Susan	41	Bethesda, MD
35	Fichman, Lisa   	43	Columbia, MD
36	Layson, Lynda     	44	Severn, MD
37	Volk, Sherry    	44	Williamsburg, VA
38	Bevis, Gwendolyn	44	Washington, DC
39	Smith-Harden, Michele	42	Norfolk, VA
40	Walsh, Nancy      	44	Richmond, VA
41	Buckheit, Sarah 	44	Reston, VA

Women 45 - 49
Photo by Brightroom.com: Win Persina (45) of Washington, DC runs mostly 5Ks, continuing to lower her times and moving up in the ranks.

Two-time division champion Lee DiPietro of Ruxton, MD easily became three-time. She did not compete in the first two periods. Then starting in June, she came, she saw, and she conquered. All ten of her races were faster than any other woman. All were under a forty-minute 10K pace. She started sluggish with a 39:46 10K. She revved up immediately the next week, racing a 7-mile race in 42:33 (10K = 37:18). Six sub 6:00- minute pace 5Ks prepared her for a 3:01:26 Baltimore Marathon.

The next four spots were closely contested. Leisa Ensle of Virginia Beach, VA takes the lead with her Yorktown Battlefield 10M in 67:04 (10K = 40:18). Her Rock 'n' Roll HM in 1:29:45 (10K = 40:35) fortified her runner-up spot. Debi Bernardes ran a couple sub 20:00 5Ks with her fastest race being the Connect the Dots 3.446 M in 21:39 (10K = 40:16). Debbie Flynn is next with her 40:24 at the Pike's Peek 10K. (Note the spring period winner Patti Shull had the fastest 10K, winning St. Patrick's Day 10K in 38:40). Valerie Plyler ran an even larger bunch of 5Ks, besting with Follow the Children in 19:27 (10K = 40:30).

The BULLET of the division is Beverly Black of Frederick, MD. From off the radar, she moved up to 12th in the division in the fall. In the spring, she turned the Pike's Peek 10K into an Open qualifying 41:13. Since turning 45, her worst race was the Candy Cane City 5K in 20:47.

Photo by Brightroom.com: President of the Chesapeake Bay Running Club, Liza Recto (49) of Lexington Park, MD, always finds a way to get ranked (22nd this year).

Survivor Harbor 7 Mile Run, 42:33 - 10K = 37:18

Pl	Name              Age	Hometown
 1	DiPietro, Lee	  47	Towson, MD
 2	Ensle, Leisa	  47	Virginia Beach, VA
 3	Bernardes, Debi	  47	King George, VA
 4	Flynn, Debbie	  49	Gaithersburg, MD
 5	Plyler, Valerie	  46	Yorktown, VA
 6	Rosasco, Carole	  46	Arnold, MD
 7	Suckling, Alison  49	Arnold, MD
 8	Goodwin, Robin	  47	Timonium, MD
 9	Moon, Robin	  46	Yorktown, VA
10	Layson, Lynda	  45	Severn, MD
11	Persina, Win	  45	Washington, DC
12	Ferris, Nancy	  49	Goode, VA
13	Malin, Mary Cath. 46	McLean, VA
14	Black, Beverly	  45	Frederick, MD
15	Haghighian, Hosni 47	Charlottesville, VA
16	Teranto, Jane	  45	Columbia, MD
17	Parter, D'Ellen	  46	Virginia Beach, VA
18	Roed, Becky	  46	Springfield, VA
19	Carl, Joan	  46	Richmond, VA
20	Betz, Jean	  46	Cabin John, MD
21	Washington, Myra  48	Montgomery Village, MD
22	Recto, Liza	  49	Lexington Park, MD

Women 50 - 54
Betty Blank started the year with a minor injury. Few of us noticed as she had won the division. Two of the top four runners from last year moved on the next division. Naomi Stanford came out and controlled the spring with three monster races at Cherry Blossom, Sallie Mae, and Run vs. Row, but failed to qualify in any other period.

Blank's problems did not end. Oft times Margaret Starnes of Street, MD is overlooked. She hails from the northeast corner of the state. Most of her races are RASAC club races, including their major race, the Bel Air Town Run 5K. She had matched Stanford's best of the year 10 mile at the Credit Union Cherry Blossom with her 72:27 at the hilly RRCA Challenge 10M. Then she stoked the fire with an identical 72:27 for the Gunpowder 10 Mile in the summer.

These two top runners scrambled back and forth with Blank winning one period and Starnes one period. In the other two periods, they both topped each other once. Blank narrowly earns the crown with 12 of the top 20 times, including four major races. Street had seven of the top 20 with two major races. Starnes's best effort was the Run to the Rescue in 20:17 (10K = 42:14). Blank had two (10K equivalent) 42:20 races, the Alexandria Turkey Trot 5M in 33:42 from last fall and the Veterans 10K this fall.

The other top-20 race was Dorothy Winn's victory at the Elizabeth River 6M in 43:33. The next two spot are as close as can be. Jenny Rexrode was ahead of Linda Gulick in three of the four periods. Rexrode has the fastest times with her Jake's Reindeer 5K in 21:03 (10K= 43:49) and By the Bay 5K in 21:06 (10K = 43:56). When they met in the spring at the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K, Gulick won 44:12 to 44:24. Her fall nTelos 8K in 34:37 (10K = 43:57) gave her the edge.

The BULLET of the division is now Alison Suckling of Arnold, MD. She turned fifty in the final period and immediately shook things up. She blasted the fastest four times of the year, including taking down Blank at the Veterans Day 10K with her 42:06.

BWI Airport Run 4 Mile, 26:06, 10K = 41:47

Pl	Name              	Age	Hometown
 1	Blank, Betty      	52	Falls Church, VA
 2	Starnes, Margaret	50	Street, MD
 3	Winn, Dorothy     	50	Norfolk, VA
 4	Gulick, Linda    	54	Richmond, VA
 5	Rexrode, Jenny    	51	Fredericksburg, VA
 6	Smith, Linell   	53	Baltimore, MD
 7	Talley, Carol     	51	Williamsburg, VA
 8	Shipp, Stephanie	51	Great Falls, VA
 9	Davis, Peggy    	52	Falls Church, VA
10	West, Renee     	50	Bethesda, MD
11	Lang, Mary         	51	Pasadena, MD
12	Gilley, Patricia	52	King William, VA
13	Shields, Maria    	54	Davidsonville, MD
14	Nidds-Lund, Donna	54	Ashburn, VA
15	Lauzon, Jean      	52	Spotsylvania, VA
16	MacKintosh, Claudia	51	Norfolk, VA
17	Seidman, Merrilee 	50	Alexandria, VA
18	English, Carol     	50	Germantown, MD
19	Snodgrass, Patricia	50	Annapolis, MD

Women 55 - 59
Photo by Brightroom.com: Sixth ranked Freyda Greenberg (56) of Falls Church, VA is moving up after a swift 47:35 at Pike's Peek 10K.

Alice Franks of Rockville, MD had been used to the crown, having won the last two years. The latest class of 50-54 matriculated and pushed her back to third. The top four women only met each other three times. All three were major races where this period's champion, Sandra Adams of Winchester, VA, won convincingly over Franks.

Sandra Adams won at the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile in 71:10 (10K = 42:46) as well as at the DARCARS Pike's Peek 10K, 42:24. Both she and runner-up Barbara Mathewson of Virginia Beach, VA earn the division BULLET. Mathewson ran the monster Ukrop's 10K in 42:38 and the fastest half marathon at Pomoco in 1:35:05 (10K = 42:58).

After these two shared the top ten times, Franks narrowly earns the third spot with her Pike's Peek 10K in 44:42 and her Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10M in 74:24 (10K = 44:43). Franks had 31 qualifying times. Pride of the Annapolis Striders Rose Malloy races into fourth with her Cold Turkey 10K in 44:53. Linda Kearney and Freyda Greenberg take their spots at Pike's Peek 10K 47:13 to 47:35.

DARCARS Pike's Peek 10K, 42:24

Pl	Name            	Age	Hometown
 1	Adams, Sandra     	55	Winchester, VA
 2	Mathewson, Barbara	56	Virginia Beach, VA
 3	Franks, Alice     	57	Rockville, MD
 4	Malloy, Rose      	56	Annapolis, MD
 5	Kearney, Linda    	58	Oak Hill, VA
 6	Greenberg, Freyda	56	Falls Church, VA
 7	O'Brien-Dorner, Patty	56	Yorktown, VA
 8	Godfrey, Jane    	56	Takoma Park, MD
 9	Peters, Linda      	58	New Kent, VA
10	Derring, BJ      	56	Virginia Beach, VA
11	Van Brocklin, Cathy	59	Gaithersburg, MD
12	Bonta, Meredith 	59	Crofton, MD
13	Craun, Christine	59	Bethesda, MD
14	Price, Helene     	59	Williamsburg, VA
15	Brothers, Betty 	58	Virginia Beach, VA
16	Poole, Jane     	58	Falls Church, VA
17	St. Clair, Christy	56	Glen Arm, MD
18	Biasi, Barbara    	58	Yorktown, VA
19	Akers, Donna      	56	Narrows, VA
20	Stansfield, Leslie	55	Reston, VA
21	Himelright, Colleen	58	Fredericksburg, VA

Women 60 - 64
Photo by Kathy Freedman: BULLET Betty Smith (64) of Rockville, MD is running times that would have her leading the 65-69 division.

Four different runners won the division in 2005. Before mostly disappearing, Janice Stoodley narrowly won over Joan Coven. Coven had won the swift-course Governor's Landing 5K in 23:18 (10K = 48:31) while Stoodley ran the Alexandria Turkey Trot 5M in 38:28 (10K = 48:27). In a quirk of scheduling, the 2005 Governor's Landing 5K was also in this year. Coven, a full-time Williamsburg runner, ran an even faster 23:13 to capture the division. She had a slew of fast 5Ks, including the fastest four qualifying times.

In between, Priscila Prunella of Rockville, MD won the spring at the DARCARS Pike's Peek 10K in 48:47. Betty King won the summer (and the fourth spot) with her B&A Trail 10K in 49:47. Prunella's 10K was just fast enough to earn her the runner-up spot. Dee Nelson (with 1000 career races) of Gaithersburg, MD is right behind with her Race for Mental Health 5K in 23:25 (10K = 48:51). Judy Gilbert moved out of the area but not before earning the fifth spot for the second year. Betty Smith of Rockville, MD is this division's BULLET. She qualified for Boston, won the Annapolis 10M, raced an impassioned 50:59 at the Veterans Day 10K, and will soon be ready for the next division.

In June, four of the top six runners met at the Capital Crescent 5K. None had their best race that day. Still, the order (King, Nelson, Prunella, Smith) promises fierce competition.

Governor's Landing 5K, 23:13, 10K = 48:20

Pl	Name      	 Age	Hometown
 1	Coven, Joan	  64	Williamsburg, VA
 2	Prunella, Priscila 61	Rockville, MD
 3	Nelson, Dee	  62	Gaithersburg, MD
 4	King, Betty	  60	Crofton, MD
 5	Gilbert, Judy	  61	Stevenson, MD
 6	Smith, Betty  	  64	Rockville, MD
 7	Myers, Sharon	  61	Blacksburg, VA
 8	Welch, Pat	  60	Vienna, VA
 9	Hess, Andrea	  61	Midlothian, VA
10	Berge, Melinda	  60	Annapolis, MD
11	Linck, Nancy	  63	Alexandria, VA
12	Berglund, MaryKate 64	Richmond, VA
13	Stark, Barbara	  61	Suffolk, VA
14	Berger, Nancy	  60	Cockeysville, MD

Women 65 - 69
Every year Tami Graf of Lusby, MD is the one to beat. She races more than fifty races a year. Soon she will move on to dominate the next division. In 2004, after winning three periods she was upended by Ecris Williams. In 2005, Williams ran even faster at the Plaza America 5K, 27:12. This time, she did not qualify for the year-end ranking. Another top performer, Nancy Patron had a fine Fall Period but only ran in that period.

This left Arlowene Garland as her chief nemesis. She popped out quickly in the first week of the year with the fastest 5K, the Potter Homes Turkey Trot in 26:49 (10K = 55:50). If that had not been her only race of the period, she would have won that period. Graf did not have a 5K answer until October 2005 with a 26:52 at the Victims Fund Run 5K. Graf had seven of the top eight times and 13 of the top 15 times. Her Pike's Peek 10K victory in 55:38 won the division. The only other runner that had times in the top forty races was Shirley Wampler of Mechanicsville, VA. Her best effort was the Whistlestart 5K in 28:05

Gulf Coast Relief Fund 5K, 26:34, 10K = 55:19

Pl	Name      	 Age	Hometown
 1	Graf, Tami	  69	Lusby, MD
 2	Garland, Arlowene 67	Warsaw, VA
 3	Wampler, Shirley  69	Mechanicsville, VA
 4	Munden, Betty	  65	Norfolk, VA
 5	Mottus, Jill	  67	Baltimore, MD
 6	Ely, Pauline	  66	Hampton, VA
 7	Murray, Brenda	  66	Chevy Chase, MD
 8	Manciagli, Ann	  69	Williamsburg, VA
 9	Wollard, Jamie	  67	North Bethesda, MD

Women 70 - 74
Pat Ewell of Williamsburg, VA is an all-year runner. She had the top fifteen times of all the qualified runners. She was tops in the winter and the fall. In the spring and summer, she was toppled by one period wonders, neither of whom ran in a second period. Her best race was the Governor's Land 5K in 29:14 (10K = 60:52).

It should be noted that Margery Elliott came out and blistered the spring period with three 10K wins, two under 55:00, making her the BULLET. In the summer, Harriett Locke was tops with the fastest 5M in 44:24.

Jeanette Chambers went back and forth much of the year with third place Yvonne Aasen of Severna Park, MD. Chambers ran the National Race for the Cure 5K in 31:43 (10K = 66:02). Aasen took a run through the woods and down by the water's edge at the Down's Park 5 Mile in Pasadena in 54:05 (10K = 68:12).

Capitol Hill Classic 10K, 54:16

Pl	Name      	  Age	Hometown
1	Ewell, Pat	   72	Williamsburg, VA
2	Chambers, Jeanette 70	Arnold, MD
3	Aasen, Yvonne	   74	Severna Park, MD
4	O'Neil, Jacqueline 74	Washington, DC
5	Ibarra, Avelina	   70	Virginia Beach, VA

Women 75 - 79
Martha Trimmer of Grasonville, MD found 18 5Ks during the year but it was her lone 5 miler that won the division. Her Zoo Zoom 5 Mile was in 63:14. Mildred Lieder of Silver Spring, MD ran a bunch of Women's Distance Festival 5Ks for the next spot.

Komen Race for the Cure 5K, 31:26, 10K = 1:05:27

Pl	Name      	 Age	Hometown
1	Trimmer, Martha	 76	Grasonville, MD
2	Lieder, Mildred	 78	Silver Spring, MD

Women 80 & Up
Like clockwork the spring brings flowers and for 87 years Hedy Marque of Alexandria, VA. She owns so many national records for the long distances. Her trifecta for new records used to be Sallie Mae, GW Parkway 15K, and Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10M (now, GW Parkway is also 10 miles). This year she doubled up and came out for the biggest 10K in the region (St. Patrick's) as well. Louise Akers of Christiansburg, VA ran 5K races all just under 43 minutes to take the next spot.

Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile, 1:57:38, 10K = 1:10:42

Pl	Name       	Age	Hometown
1	Marque, Hedy	87	Alexandria, VA
2	Akers, Louise	81	Christiansburg, VA

See the Men's Best of 2005 WRR Runner Rankings