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 2006 Summer WRR Runner Rankings Men's Division By James Moreland November/December 2006 Washington Running Report Photo by Brightroom.com: Aaron Saft (28) of Christiansburg, VA won two summer 5Ks, leading to his third place age group finish ar the Rock 'n' Roll HM in 1:12:25
Open Men
Gurmessa Kumsa of Oxon Hill, MD wanted to make sure he could
retain the title. In the Open division, that is very hard to do.
He started the period with a Run Through History 10K win in
30:20. The following week former champion Wilson Komen appeared
at the Lawyers Have Heart 10K, towering over the shorter Kumsa,
looking sleek as a greyhound. The gun sounded and a trio,
including Urgessa Woyessa, bolted from the start. They soon
roared away from a classy field, shades of Gebrselassie versus
Tergat. Smooth as silk, Komen could not gain on Kumsa, who won
in the fastest time of the period, 29:51 to 30:00.
It was hardly consolation that Komen three-peated at the
Twilight 8K in 24:15 (10K = 30:46). It was his slowest victory
with the only pressure coming from seventh ranked Chris Raabe of
Washington, DC finishing in 24:44 (10K = 31:22). Raabe also fell
victim to Kumsa at the Cure Autism Now 5K 15:00 to 15:15. Peter
Chepkwony set the standard for the 5K, racing Damien's in 14:52
(10K = 31:01) to earn sixth place among his four wins. Ryan Deak
squeezed by him with five wins, including a 14:56 5K and the
Hartwood 10 Miler in 51:43 (10K = 31:07). The strength of the
field was so great that Aaron Church of South Riding's 25:53 at
the Twilight was only the 78th best-ranked time. Waiting until
August, at the Leesburg 20K, he toasted the field in 1:04:29
(10K = 30:47) to move into fourth place.
Perhaps the most ominous runner was third place Will Christian
of California, MD. While Kumsa was running a couple of 15:00
wins, he was running 15:15s in July. Then Labor Day weekend,
they met at the Kentlands/Lakelands 5K, a fair course though not
lightning fast. Christian dropped down to 15:02 forcing Kumsa to
run 14:54 for the win. The following day, Christian ventured to
Virginia Beach and ran an eye popping Rock 'n' Roll HM in
1:06:53 (10K = 30:21)!
PL Name Age Hometown 1 Kumsa, Gurmesa***** 27 Oxon Hill, MD 2N Komen, Wilson* 28 Washington, DC 3N Christian, William 23 California, MD 4N Church, Aaron* 30 South Riding, VA 5N Deak, Ryan***** 20 Glen Allen, VA 6D1 Chepkwony, Peter**** 28 Baltimore, MD 7N Raabe, Christopher 27 Washington, DC 8U2 Lavigne, Eric* 30 Leesburg, VA 9N Tarantino, William* 23 Gloucester Point, VA 10D6 Godsey, Brian** 25 Baltimore, MD 11N Berdan, David 25 Baltimore, MD 12U2 Wardian, Michael** 32 Arlington, VA 13U23 Pruitt, Chris 24 Vienna, VA 14N Baird, Michael* 24 Baltimore, MD 15D2 Banks, Chris* 28 Alexandria, VA 16N Burke, Edmund* 37 Burtonsville, MD 17N Bitok, John 26 Baltimore, MD 18N Kean, Erik 29 Arlington, VA 19D8 Barresi, Matt 23 Ashton, VA 20U10 Pugsley, Ray* 37 Sterling, VA 21N Kipchumba, Hillary* 23 Arlington, VA 22N Otstot, Adam 24 Williamsburg, VA 23D14 Saft, Aaron** 25 Christiansburg, VA 24U8 Hawkins, Jaron 23 Cumberland, MD 25N Green, Jake** 25 Martinsburg, WV 26D3 Estrada, Eric 34 Parkville, MD 27D18 Gelalcha, Haile 20 Oxon Hill, MD 28D6 Carroll, Ryan*** 23 Portsmouth, VA 29N Mammen, Ryan** 29 Woodbridge, VA 30N Johns, Jay 31 Blacksburg, VA
19 & Younger Men
It is fitting for this largest-ever division of 77 ranked
runners that the two fastest runners did not qualify, having
only one race apiece. In fact, eight other sub 34:00 times were
solo races. The Twilight 8K must have special appeal. An
incredible 31 young men qualified for the division. Larry
Contrella of Millersville, MD is the champion by way of his
second place age group there in 26:08 (10K = 33:09). His second
race was an easy victory at the Dawson's 10K in 33:52. Three
runners had faster 5Ks than Andrew Revelle of Clarksville, MD.
Only Nathan Brame of Shawsville, VA topped him for the runner-up
spot, racing third overall at the Shawsville 5K in 16:08
(10K=33:39). Anderson had the fastest 5K of the period at the
Bel Air Town Run in 16:06 (10K=33:35) but lost to Revelle at the
Orioles Advocates 16:16 (10K = 33:56) to 16:25. Graham Bazell of
Eldersburg, MD ran 16:08 (10K = 33:39) at the Rogue 5K on Labor
Day but lost to overall winner Revelle at the Oakland Mills 5K
in August, 16:36 to 16:56. Brame's second race was another third
overall in 16:22 (10K = 34:08).
Off the top fifty times, only eleven were not 5Ks run in less
than 17:00. Neal Darmody of Gaithersburg, MD celebrated turning
16 by winning his division at the Lawyers Have Heart 10K in
34:24. 12-year-old William Chase of Salem, VA ran 17:07 (10K =
35:42) to be the youngest male ranked runner.
PL Name Age Hometown 1 Contrella, Larry** 19 Millersville, MD 2 Brame, Nathan** 17 Radford, VA 3 Revelle, Andrew** 17 Clarksville, MD 4 Anderson, Erik**** 17 Parkville, MD 5 Bazell, Graham** 15 Eldersburg, MD 6 Klaschaus, Matt**** 19 Street, MD 7 Duty, Andrew** 17 Midlothian, VA 8 Abernethy, Mat* 17 College Park, MD 9 Darmody, Neal**** 16 Gaithersburg, MD 10 Judge, Eddie* 17 Virginia Beach, VA 11 McDaniel, Lance* 19 Draper, VA 12 Mahone, Andrew* 17 Bel Air, MD 13 Celesia, Charlie** 17 Virginia Beach, VA 14 Smalley, Ware* 19 Berryville, VA 15 Jaeger, Jesse* 18 Kingsville, MD 16 Schiavone, Clint** 17 Winchester, VA 17 Iventichev, Grisha** 17 Lutherville, MD 18 Smith, Tim** 17 Roanoke, VA 19 Saldana, Jesse 16 Leesburg, VA 20 Garland, William**** 18 Virginia Beach, VA 21 Holt, John** 15 Williamsburg, VA 22 Mlinarcik, Phillip 17 Alexandria, VA 23 Dewitt, Dan*** 18 Frostburg, MD 24 Bernstein, David* 19 Chevy Chase, MD 25 Graham, Garrett*** 19 Richmond, VA 26 Vandal, Nicholas 19 Annapolis, MD 27 Williams, Chase* 12 Salem, VA 28 Crowder, Josh* 19 Pulaski, VA 29 Bowser, Ryan**** 16 Grantsville, MD 30 Lilley, Michael* 15 Hagerstown, MD 31 Meehan, Kevin 19 Oakton, VA 32 Booth, Alex 18 Bethesda, MD 33 Cole, Justin** 17 Williamsport, MD 34 Loper, Alex* 19 Bel Air, MD 35 Morris, Eric* 15 Westernport, MD 36 Crofton, Matthew** 17 Roanoke, VA 37 Jaskot, Daniel* 17 Richmond, VA 38 Leathers, Arthur*** 15 Westminster, MD 39 Pesich, Daniel* 17 Virginia Beach, VA 40 Pickett, Josh* 16 Abingdon, MD 41 Conway, John* 17 Charlottesville, VA 42 Teferra, Gidney 17 Ashburn, VA 43 Ellenby, Sean 15 Bel Air, MD 44 Rigler, Andrew** 15 Altavista, VA 45 Simon, Ben 17 Potomac, MD 46 Williamson, Eric** 15 Chester, VA 47 Billaud, Keran* 17 Dublin, VA 48 O'Keefe, Jimmy* 16 Eldersburg, MD 49 Thornton, John 17 Columbia, MD 50 Stepek, Mickey* 17 Gaithersburg, MD 51 Kucharczyk, Jimmy* 17 Frostburg, MD 52 Orndorff, William 15 Rockville, MD 53 Bowers, Jeremy* 16 Beltsville, MD 54 Bhatia, Vikas 14 Gaithersburg, MD 55 Hairfield, Patrick 16 Abingdon, MD 56 Gillett, Devon*** 17 Jessup, MD 57 Lendway, Stephan* 16 Roanoke, VA 58 Sufczynsky, Chris*** 15 Baltimore, MD 59 Siebenhaar, Danny 14 Arnold, MD 60 Skarda, Timothy* 15 Baltimore, MD 61 Moody, Christopher* 17 Arnold, MD 62 Wakley, Henry 18 McCoy, VA 63 Grimsley, Kyle** 17 Springfield, VA 64 Bugos, Zachary** 16 Poquoson, VA 65 White, Daniel* 19 Union Bridge, MD 66 Williams, Brooks** 17 Richmond, VA 67 Negley, Chris 19 Frostburg, MD 68 McCauley, Jeffrey 18 Hagerstown, MD 69 Ozarowski, Ronald 17 Baltimore, MD 70 Snyder, Max 17 Roanoke, VA 71 Abe, Marc 17 Frostburg, MD 72 Derosa, Matt 17 Frostburg, MD 73 Collins, Vince 16 Baltimore, MD 74 Lent, Jeremy 16 Olney, MD 75 O'Berry, Christopher 15 Bokins, VA 76 Owens, Adam 14 Winchester, VA 77 Peters, David 19 Abingdon, VA
35 - 39 Men
One of the smallest divisions, the sub masters winner is really
an Open division runner. Though 37, Edmund Burke of
Burtonsville, MD continues to threaten to break the finish line
tape. Burke missed fourth overall at Twilight by three seconds
in 25:17 (10K = 32:04). A month later he was the overall winner
against a stacked field at the Gary Memorial 5 Mile in 25:28
(10K = 32:07).
Max Lockwood of Washington, DC has a feeding frenzy of races,
including 12 age group wins and 11 races under the 35:00 10K
equivalent. Indeed, he had his best race at the Leesburg 20K,
racing 1:09:11 (10K = 33:01). His lowest award was third at the
Twilight behind Ray Pugsley of Potomac Falls, VA. Pugsley had
four huge races, one for each month. In May, he broke the tape
at the Cascades 10K in 33:29. At the Race for the Cure in June,
he ran 15:30 (10K = 32:20) for second overall. At the huge
Twilight 8K race his 25:42 (10K = 32:36) was good for 13th
overall. Then he stood by to cheer Lockwood's finish at the
Leesburg race. He had already finished third overall in a swift
32:10 in the 10K.
Michael Mann of Hampton, VA continues to climb back while
battling cancer. His Elizabeth River 10K in 35:19 earned him
eighth place. "Don't give up . . . don't ever give up."
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Burke, Edmund** 37 Burtonsville, MD 2 Pugsley, Ray**** 37 Potomac Falls, VA 3 Lockwood, Max*12 35 Washington, DC 4 Breckenridge, Pete** 36 Norfolk, VA 5 Boyd, Matt** 36 Fredericksburg, VA 6 Rolagas, Stavros*** 37 Baltimore, MD 7 Colaiacovo, Michael* 36 Baltimore, MD 8 Mann, Michael* 37 Hampton, VA 9 Medley, Remus*** 36 Baltimore, MD 10 Thomas, Ben ** 37 Newport, VA 11 Harrington, Jeff**** 36 Lynchburg, VA 12 Schaffer, William 39 Arlington, VA 13 Lang, Phil* 39 Columbia, MD 14 Hillar, Andres* 38 Centreville, VA 15 Dolby, Andrew* 38 Fredericksburg, VA
40 - 44 Men
Ted Poulos of McLean, VA led the division with 12 age group
wins. Gerrit Labuschagne humbled the competition around Richmond
with nine age group wins. John Piggott of Williamsburg, VA
snatched back his crown, winning eight age group titles. All of
his eight races were from July 4th on. He seemed to get better
as the period went on. The competition started early with
newcomer David Meyer of Wytheville, VA winning the Chautauqua 5K
outright in 16:34 (10K = 34:33). Third place Rodney Timpson of
Baltimore, MD had already run 16:24 at MCVets 5K in May and
16:23 at the GBMC Father's Day 5K.
Piggott picked the Super Day 5K to make his move, winning the
race in 16:17 (10K = 33:58). But that was not enough. The very
next day, he reprised with a 16:11 (10K = 33:46) at the
Vineyards of Williamsburg 5K. That should do it because Labor
Day meant his specialty, the half marathon. He won in 1:14:21
(10K = 33:44). However, if he ever looked over his shoulder, he
would have seen Meyer running strong, perhaps gaining on him.
Meyer raced an excellent 1:14:44 (10K = 33:54) for the runner-up
spot.
Timpson needed a third hot 5K to maintain his hold on the third
post. At the Bay Cafe Labor Day 5K, he held off fourth place Tim
Schuler of Chambersburg, PA 16:17 to 16:20 (10K = 34:04). Chris
Chattin ran a couple of fine 10Ks in June for the fifth spot,
including the Race for our Kids 10K in 34:14. Five other top
runners ran a 10K or an 8K with a 34:37 or better for their only
race.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Piggott, John*8 40 Williamsburg, VA 2 Meyer, David* 41 Wytheville, VA 3 Timpson, Rodney***** 41 Baltimore, MD 4 Schuler, Timothy** 43 Chambersburg, PA 5 Chattin, Chris***** 42 Columbia, MD 6 Hoon, Mark***** 41 Kensington, MD 7 Hamley, Christopher*** 41 Silver Spring, MD 8 Purcell, Tom*** 40 Chesapeake, VA 9 Haaga, David 44 Rockville, MD 10 Labuschagne, Gerrit*9 44 Richmond, VA 11 Kileen, Sean**** 41 Richmond, VA 12 Henderson, Jerry** 40 Bel Air, MD 13 List, Daniel*** 40 Midlothian, VA 14 Clark, Carl*** 42 New Market, MD 15 Poulos, Ted*12 44 McLean, VA 16 Powell, Charles**** 40 Parkville, MD 17 Mersiowsky, Scott* 40 Fredericksburg, VA 18 Mickey, Dennis* 41 Ridgley, WV 19 Woodman, Michael** 41 Baltimore, MD 20 Yurko, Tony***** 43 Cumberland, MD 21 Samley, Chris*** 44 Charlottesville, VA 22 Degenhardt, Sheldon* 41 Marriottsville, MD 23 Smith, Gene** 41 Burke, VA 24 Claro, Antonio 44 Rockville, MD 25 Westrater, Brian**** 40 Yorktown, VA 26 DiFonzo, Dan 42 Rockville, MD 27 Speirs, Steve 40 Virginia Beach, VA 28 Rippey, Brad** 40 Bunker Hill, WV 29 Thatcher, Alan**** 42 Manassas, VA 30 Caudel, Kyle** 41 Annapolis, MD 31 Jacobson, Paul* 43 Gaithersburg, MD 32 Johnstone, Steve 41 Virginia Beach, VA 33 Morrell, Steve 42 Arlington, VA 34 Bailey, Curtis* 43 Baltimore, MD 35 Parker, Tim 40 Baltimore, MD 36 Anderson, Matt 40 Fairfax, VA 37 Lum, Frank 41 Boonsboro, MD
Lawyers Have Heart 10K, 33:55
Dave Berardi of Catonsville, MD, one of the usual top three
competitors, had five age group wins, including a solid win at
the Twilight 8K in 27:37 (10K = 35:02) over fifth ranked Jim
Hage of Kensington, MD (28:03, 10K = 35:35) and a less inspired
third place finish by Mark Malander of Herndon, VA in 28:09 (10K
= 35:42). Malander had nearly secured the division in early June
at the biggest 10K, crushing the competition by four minutes at
the Lawyers Have Heart 10K in 33:55.
Berardi saved his best race for the last day of the period,
racing the Bay Cafe Labor Day 5K in 16:29 (34:23), nearly
catching Malander for the runner-up spot. Greg Cauller of York,
PA moved up to the top spot on a single day of racing. Memorial
Day he began the period at 7:30 am, finishing third overall at
the MCVets 5K in 16:16 (10K = 33:56) ousting Berardi's crown
ambitions. He ran 17:07 (10K = 35:42). Then, with just a few
minutes of rest, Cauller doubled with the 8:30 am McVets 10K in
35:48 for another win. The following week at the Race for Our
Kids 10K Cauller demonstrated what he could do with a little
more rest, besting Berardi 34:03 to 35:01.
Fourth place Robert Johnson of Woodbridge, VA had six age group
wins, two of which were faster than Hage's Twilight, including
his best,16:59 (10K = 35:26) at the SPCA Run for Shelter 5K.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Cauller, Greg**** 46 York, PA 2 Malander, Mark* 48 Herndon, VA 3 Berardi, Dave*5 45 Baltimore, MD 4 Johnson, Robert*6 48 Woodbridge, VA 5 Hage, Jim* 48 Kensington, MD 6 Searson, Peter* 48 Baltimore, MD 7 Abernethy, Joe* 46 College Park, MD 8 Arcaz, Jean-Christophe**** 45 Rockville, MD 9 Hattar, Thomas** 45 Davidsonville, MD 10 Dunlap, Tim** 49 Lancaster, PA 11 McLaughlin, Terry** 45 Spotsylvania, VA 12 Spiekerman, Burkhard** 48 Charlottesville, VA 13 Horan, Marty* 46 Gaithersburg, MD 14 Coleman, Dennis**** 48 Montgomery Village, MD 15 Meadows, Mike**** 49 Martinsburg, WV 16 Cooke, David** 45 Baltimore, MD 17 Page, H.T.** 46 Wirtz, VA 18 Stewart, Thomas* 45 Baltimore, MD 19 Keating, Paul** 45 Dayton, MD 20 Cardwell, John** 48 Lynchburg, VA 21 Pickett, Larry* 45 Abingdon, MD 22 Morrison, Jack 46 Hartwood, MD 23 Hanle, Joseph 49 Columbia, MD 24 Cook, Tom** 47 Chantilly, VA 25 Buckheit, George* 49 Reston, VA 26 Fitzgerald, Andrew 48 Potomac, MD 27 McFadden, Weems* 48 Laurel, MD 28 Cox, Sam** 47 Roanoke, VA 29 Boman, Bret** 47 Forest, VA 30 Schuler, Greg** 45 Laurel, MD 31 Halpin, Bruce* 49 Ashburn, VA 32 Kirk, Peter* 49 Rockville, MD 33 Dolan, Kevin** 46 Baltimore, MD 34 Stiegman, Marty** 45 Richmond, VA 35 Braithwaite, Rhett*** 46 Winchester, VA
Race for our Kids 10K, 35:04
The top three runners in the division ran 11 of the top 12 races
among qualifiers. From the south comes this winter's champion
Stephen Chantry of Williamsburg, VA. From Montgomery County,
last period's champion Dan Lawson of Gaithersburg, MD. From the
north comes the challenger, prolific racer Maurice Pointer of
Baltimore, MD. None of these excellent runners have had an
opportunity to race head-to-head. Most of the time, they race
locally and usually 5Ks. In fact, since turning 50, the three
runners have only two races longer than 10K among them.
Since turning 50, Maurice Pointer has run 23 races with only
three-second age group setbacks. All three of his losses came
from reticent racer James Pryde of Churchville, MD. This period,
Pointer earned gold at 10 of 11 of his races. Chantry was four
for four and Lawson won all three of his ventures. Of the 18
races they ran, 16 were major races.
Chantry had the fastest race in August at the Vineyards of
Williamsburg 5K in 17:04 (10K = 35:36). Lawson had the next best
race the last weekend of the period at Kentlands 5K in 17:08
(10K = 35:44.4). Pointer had a virtually identical second
overall, yet second grandmaster, at the Check it Out 6M in 34:31
(10K = 35:44.7). Adding the Bay Cafe Labor Day 5K in 17:21 (10K
= 36:12) to his three of the top five and six of the top 11
pushes Pointer over the top.
Lawson and Chantry are virtually identical, with Chantry having
a small edge, enough to earn the runner-up spot. Using the
Moreland Racing Factor, Chantry was 47 versus Lawson's 39. A
fourth race by Lawson would most likely make their MRF
identical. When using the MRF, only the top five races are used.
Pointer had a MRF of 79. Impressively, his second best five
races rate a MRF of 69.
Barry Skiles of Pilot, VA, back from the winter, earns the
fourth spot at Chautauqua 5K in 17:33 (10K = 36:37). Norton
Compton moved back up to the fifth spot with a fine Leesburg 20K
in 1:17:22 (10K = 36:56).
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Pointer, Maurice*10 50 Baltimore, MD 2 Chantry, Stephen**** 51 Williamsburg, VA 3 Lawson, Dan** 50 Gaithersburg, MD 4 Skiles, Barry**** 50 Pilot, VA 5 Compton, Norton*6 51 Fairfax, VA 6 Darmody, Peter*7 50 Gaithersburg, MD 7 Fitzgerald, Michael** 51 Hagerstown, MD 8 Grimsley, Gary** 51 Springfield, VA 9 Hart, Mike*** 50 Washington, DC 10 Webster, David* 53 Stevensville, MD 11 Mears, Finley 50 Towson, MD 12 Sengebusch, Marc** 52 Catonsville, MD 13 Delaplaine, Bruce 51 Bethesda, MD 14 Sellers, Greg*** 50 Boonsboro, MD 15 Halpin, Bruce 50 Ashburn, VA 16 Serra, Paul***** 50 Lusby, MD 17 Riemenschneider, Neal***** 51 Winchester, VA 18 McDonald, Denis 51 Woodbine, MD 19 Pemberton, Alan 53 Silver Spring, MD 20 Anderson, Wilhelm* 50 Annapolis, MD
55 - 59 Men
This division rearranged itself all over again. Mick Slonaker of
Columbia, MD moved from champion in the winter to sixth in the
spring. He picked the largest 10K in the area, Lawyers Have
Heart, and announced to the division to come and get it. He
blasted the race in 38:30 with a three minute win over the three
competitors that qualified, climbing past Gerard Cabrol who was
third in the division the period before. He had taken down tenth
place Ronnie Wong at the Bel Air Town run the week before, 19:19
to 18:45. Later in July, he ramped up his 5K to 18:28 at the
Orioles Advocates, handling 15th place William Scott as easily
as he had at Lawyers.
He passed on the Twilight 8K where third place Jim Wright of
Gaithersburg, MD had another fine race. Wright, who like all the
top six runners had a minimum of four age group wins, bested
fourth place Tim Morgan 31:02 (10K = 39:22) to 31:40 (10K =
40:10). Morgan's best effort was at the Capital Crescent 5K,
racing 18:35 (10K = 38:46). Wright made it to that finish line
nine seconds sooner for his best race in 18:26 (10K = 38:27).
Last period's fifth place runner, Rick Platt of Williamsburg,
VA, landed the Warhill 5K in 18:37 to remain in fifth place. On
Independence Day, Richard Adams, Jr. had scored well against
Morgan at the Cure Autism Now 5K, 18:42 (10K = 39:00) to 19:34
(10K = 40:49). Adams had set the standard in the 5K in June at
the Tim Harmon, winning in 18:16 (10K = 38:06), escorted by 11th
place Dan Eddy of Alexandria, VA in 19:30 to earn the runner-up
spot.
Slonaker needed either a fast time or a win over both Wright and
Adams to move past them for the crown. Mid-August, at the
Leesburg 10K, he did both. Adams worked hard with Slonaker in
his sights the whole way but he could not close on a determined
Slonaker, who won in 38:02 to 38:29. It was just enough edge in
time over Wright's top race. Both Wright and Slonaker won 10
milers the last weekend in August. Wright's Hartwood race in
64:01 (10K = 38:31) was slightly faster. Slonaker's win at
Annapolis in 64:32 (10K = 38:50) was in the third largest race
of the period.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Slonaker, Mick***** 56 Columbia, MD 2 Adams, Richard**** 55 Herndon, VA 3 Wright, Jim**** 56 Gaithersburg, MD 4 Morgan, Timothy**** 55 Damascus, MD 5 Platt, Rick***** 55 Williamsburg, VA 6 Weiss, Doc**** 58 Pembroke, VA 7 Ennis, Daniel*** 56 Richmond, VA 8 Hart, Bill* 57 Virginia Beach, VA 9 Vaughan, Allen*** 55 Stafford, VA 10 Wong, Ronnie*6 59 Catonsville, MD 11 Eddy, Dan* 55 Alexandria, VA 12 Crawford, Dave*6 56 Arlington, VA 13 Stevens, Bobby*** 57 Stafford, VA 14 Coley, Larry 57 Chesapeake, VA 15 Scott, William** 58 Glenarden, MD 16 Swartzendruber, Earl* 55 Baltimore, MD 17 Gary, Patrick** 55 Manchester, MD 18 Carbary, James * 55 Clarksville, MD 19 Trueheart, Wilson*** 57 Baltimore, MD 20 Adkins, Gary* 55 Salem, VA 21 Wolfson, Marc* 56 Olney, MD 22 Senseney, Bill** 57 Winchester, VA 23 Wilson, Robert* 58 Toano, VA 24 Wind, Jay* 56 Arlington, VA 25 Guler, Frank* 55 Glade Hill, VA 26 Carlisle, Richard* 55 Springfield, VA 27 Celesia, Angelo* 57 Virginia Beach, VA 28 Pardee, William 57 Virginia Beach, VA 29 Whisler, Mark 55 Salem, VA 30 Holman, Dennis* 56 Mechanicsville, VA
Tim Harmon Memorial 5K, 18:34, 10K = 38:44
In the largest division older than 34, Patrick Griffith of
Alexandria, VA remains the supreme commander. Only two other
runners had a time as fast as any of his 14 age group wins. They
won 10 of the 11 races they ran. Griffith could only reset two
of his Best of 2006 times this summer. He was the overall winner
at the DCRRC Age Graded 4 Mile in 25:37, only his 11th best
time. He saved his best race for the match-up with runner-up
Jason Page of Hamilton, VA. At the Tim Harmon 5K, he roared out
in his trademark sprint start, winning in 18:34 (10K = 38:44).
Page responded with a 19:06 (10K = 39:51). At Leesburg,
Griffith's 10K in 38:52 was a mile ahead of second place. Page,
who had the best 5K in 2005, earned second with two more swift
5Ks in 19:10 & 19:12.
Ed Lecates of York, PA is too far north to match races with
Griffith. He won at four distances, 5K, 6K, 10K, and 7M. His
best effort was the Dundalk Heritage Independence 6K Run in
23:24 (40:08). Ben Dyer of Colonial Heights, VA is next with the
Delightfully Different 3.5 Mile in 22:40 (10K = 41:27). His 5Ks
were ahead of fifth place Piriya Pinit, but Pinit nearly moved
ahead with a fine win at Annapolis in 69:11 (10K = 41:38).
Look out for Ronnie Wong, who turned 60 on September 18! He was
ahead of Pinit at Annapolis. Also, he has run 20 marathons since
January 2005 when Griffith ran 3:09:38 at Disney. He has run
three marathons faster than the best of 2006 for 60-64 Men so
far this year and his time of 3:14:40 at Philadelphia in 2005 as
well as four other sub 3:20s may put him in position to slow the
Griffith juggernaut.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Griffith, Patrick*14 61 Alexandria, VA 2 Page, Jason** 61 Hamilton, VA 3 Lecates, Ed*8 61 York, PA 4 Dyer, Ben*** 62 Colonial Heights, VA 5 Pinit, Piriya** 60 Catonsville, MD 6 Noone, Jim* 61 Fairfax, VA 7 Kirkpatrick, John** 62 Annapolis, MD 8 Joyce, Bill***** 62 Herndon, VA 9 Becker, Jim**** 64 Greencastle, PA 10 Manske, Dennis**** 60 Williamsburg, VA 11 Shapiro, Lou**** 64 Silver Spring, MD 12 Bullock, Jim*6 63 Westminster, MD 13 Hensel, Donald 61 Gaithersburg, MD 14 Daley, James 62 Alexandria, VA 15 Haubert, John** 63 Alexandria, VA 16 Churchman, John 63 Arlington, VA 17 Villano, Leo** 60 Silver Spring, MD 18 Bell, Jim** 61 Charlottesville, VA 19 Kutzner, Richard 62 Alexandria, VA 20 Kilgore, Roger*6 62 Tall Timbers, MD 21 Long, William* 60 Baltimore, MD 22 Golash, Michael 62 Washington, DC 23 Ellis, Horace*** 64 Huddleston, VA 24 Merrill, Sammy* 64 Fredericksburg, VA 25 Clorety, Joe** 63 Crownsville, MD 26 Delambo, Nick* 64 Baltimore, MD 27 Horst, Elton* 60 Hagerstown, MD 28 Myers, Ray 60 Blacksburg, VA 29 Revanna, Krupakar* 62 Falls Church, VA 30 Trost, Bob* 60 Falls Church, VA 31 Carlson, Fred* 62 Fallston, MD 32 Howison, David 64 Lexington, VA 33 Chaconas, Gregory 61 Washington, DC 34 Brown, Walter* 62 Montgomery Village, MD 35 Baca, Ted* 60 Arlington, VA 36 McEvilly, Eamonn 63 Springfield, VA 37 Clark, Jack 62 Germantown, MD 38 Patterson, Mark 60 Virginia Beach, VA 39 Fleming, Mike 60 Columbia, MD 40 Hozak, James* 61 Great Falls, VA 41 Robier, Bernie 62 Baltimore, MD 42 Mullendore, Ted* 60 Sharpsburg, MD 43 Coleman, Jim*** 60 Norfolk, VA 44 Riley, Chris 62 Annapolis, MD 45 Behnke, Richard 62 Vienna, VA 46 Mayhew, Ed 60 Winchester, VA 47 Cavanaugh, Jim* 64 Arlington, VA 48 Casinghino, John 60 Kensington, MD
65 - 69 Men
John Elliott of Columbia, MD set all four of his Best of 2006
times in the cooler spring time. Then, he bookmarked the summer
period with the two best times to retain his crown. In June, his
Lawyers Have Heart 10K in 42:18 was just short of his year's
best, 41:53 at Pike's Peek, and a half mile ahead of sixth place
Steve Forman's second place finish. Then at the Kentlands 5K in
September, he missed his year's best by two seconds, running
20:31 (10K = 42:48).
Collin Winston of Newport News, VA earned the runner-up spot
with two swift 5Ks in mid-summer. At the Yorktown 5K, he ran
21:05 and improved to 20:59 (10K = 43:46) at the Coast Guard 5K
in August. Warren Prunella of Rockville, MD had times all over
the board as he is determined to race even when others would
call him injured. His Capital Crescent 5K in 21:36 (10K = 45:03)
was one of those feeling better days. Cal Fowler of Keswick, VA
edges Jack Pitarra of Baltimore, MD by a mere four seconds in
the 5-mile. Fowler ran 35:53 at the Glen Piper Challenge versus
Pitarra's 35:57 at the Too Hot to Trot. Fowler's next two races
were a lot faster than Pitarra's other race. Pitarra was ranked
first in the winter and second in the spring.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Elliott, John*** 67 Columbia, MD 2 Collins, Winston** 65 Newport News, VA 3 Prunella, Warren***** 65 Rockville, MD 4 Fowler, Cal*** 67 Keswick, VA 5 Pitarra, Jack** 65 Baltimore, MD 6 Forman, Stephen**** 65 McLean, VA 7 Blackwell, Lloyd**** 65 Warrenton, VA 8 Walker, Doug* 67 Woodstock, VA 9 Harris, Tommy** 66 Lynchburg, VA 10 Gallagher, Bernie** 65 Fairfax, VA 11 Hicks, Joel** 65 Radford, VA 12 Patton, Tom* 65 Virginia Beach, VA 13 Hamburger, Henry* 65 Bethesda, MD 14 Mack, Talbot 66 Middleburg, VA 15 Lougee, Duane** 69 Norfolk, VA 16 Morey, Art*** 68 Columbia, MD 17 Sanders, Gordan** 67 Sharpsburg, MD 18 Hager, Philip 69 Falls Church, VA 19 Pierce, Dick 67 Rescue, VA 20 Quincy, Ken 68 Vienna, VA 21 Skelton, Lowell* 65 Moneta, VA 22 Vazquez, Benito*** 67 Laurel, MD 23 Sollers, Bill 66 Silver Spring, MD 24 Gibrall, Patrick** 67 Quinton, VA 25 Hulings, Joseph 65 Burke, VA 26 Polinski, Joseph 68 Smithfield, VA 27 Delaney, Jim** 65 Frostburg, MD 28 Baziz, Mike** 65 Baltimore, MD
CHKD Run for the Kids 10K, 46:46
Richard Williams has ramped up his running. He won eight of ten
races. His two losses were to Jerry Lewis at the Twilight 8K by
25 seconds (both had their worst race of the period there), and
at the Tim Harmon 5K in June, 23:31 to 24:04. Skip Grant had
earned the runner-up spot, setting the 5K standard at the race
for the Cure in 22:36 (10K = 47:09). Tom Ray had run the
Elizabeth River 10K in May in 47:55. Now he needed to rebound
past Grant with his best race of the period, the CHKD 10K in
46:46.
Lewis raced the Leesburg 20K in 1:41:32 (10K = 48:28) to
increase his edge over Williams. Williams responded with an
Annapolis 10 Mile win in 1:20:33 (10K = 48:28). It was down to
the last weekend. Ray outlasted Lewis at the Rock 'n' Roll HM
1:47:05 (10K = 48:35) to 1:47:53 (10K = 48:57). Then Williams
popped off two swift 5Ks to edge past Lewis. He ran the Run for
Karen 5K the last day of August in 23:02 and then Bay Cafe Labor
Day 5K in 22:59 (10K = 47:57).
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Ray, Tom*6 73 Kitty Hawk, NC 2 Grant, Skip** 70 Silver Spring, MD 3 Williams, Richard*8 70 Alexandria, VA 4 Lewis, Jerry** 72 Reston, VA 5 Weyers, Maynard* 70 Alexandria, VA 6 Catoe, Chris*** 71 Virginia Beach, VA 7 Smith, Robert 72 Comus, MD 8 Kelly, Mike* 72 Newport News, VA
75 - 79 Men
This was a tough division. Nianxiang Xie of Rockville, MD had
the fastest race, winning the Race for the Cure in 26:38 (10K =
55:33) in early June. Jack McMahon of Rockville, MD also had a
couple of fast 5Ks. His June race was the Gaithersburg Cross
Country race in 27:20 (10K = 57:01). With four age group wins
and five best of 2006 times, how would he match up against Xie
who had set the standard for 10 Miles at Cherry Blossom in the
spring? It was a dark and muggy night at the Twilight 8K in
Rockville. The younger of two locals, Jack, won handily 45:49 to
49:20 to earn the ranking's crown. Charles Day of Sterling, VA
won the Lawyers Have Heart 10K for third in 61:58.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 McMahon, Jack**** 75 Rockville, MD 2 Xie, Nianxiang* 78 Rockville, MD 3 Day, Charles 75 Sterling, VA 4 Madden, Paul** 78 Virginia Beach, VA 5 Santory, Sal** 79 Hopewell, VA 6 Hui, Peter* 75 Wheaton, MD 7 Law, Bill** 78 Arnold, MD 8 Portner, Ferris* 77 King George, VA 9 Silversmith, Ernie** 75 Baltimore, MD 10 Freestone, Harry* 79 Keswick, VA 11 Zenchoff, Philip* 78 Silver Spring, MD
80 & Over Men
In this most fragile of divisions, it is hard to be there all
year round. After running 278 races in the last five years,
Vienna's Walt Washburn sustained some injuries that kept him out
of the rankings last spring. He came out this summer renewed and
promptly won his division in five of six races he ran. Though
nowhere near the 28:30 5K he ran when he first turned eighty, he
had his best race at the Tim Harmon 5K. So did fifth place Bill
Osburn. In a rare occurrence, this race had four over 80
runners, including Dixon Hemphill's only race and Paul Lackey's
29:03 (10K = 60:36), which won him the division. That race added
some emphasis to his Lawyers Have Heart 10K win in 60:56 the
week before. George Brown was runner-up, running the Check It
Out Challenge 5K in 34:44 (10K = 1:12:27) and Larry McGovern of
Virginia Beach, VA was third, racing an 8K July 4th in 61:45
(10K = 1:18:20).
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Lackey, Paul** 81 Arlington, VA 2 Brown, George* 80 Glen Arm, MD 3 McGovern, Larry* 81 Virginia Beach, VA 4 Washburn, Walt***** 83 Vienna, VA 5 Osburn, Bill 82 Bethesda, MD See the Women's Summer 2006 WRR Runner Rankings
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