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 2008 Fall WRR Runner Rankings Women's Division By James Moreland with Photos by Brightroom January/February 2009 For the Washington Running Report
Carrie Conley (34) of Gainesville, VA burst across the line
at the Veterans Day 10K in 38:28 for tenth overall, just
missing the top half of the monster 62-women Elite Division by
a spot in 32nd place. Last year Belainesh Gebre of Washington, DC was both the teen
and the Open champion. This year, at age 20, only one crown was
available to her. She earned it again racing the Baltimore HM,
improving her time by more than a minute to 1:13:14. Then in an
amazing weekend she traveled to Piney Point, MD the very next
day to win the Lower Potomac 10M in a world-class 56:33. After
that she was gone for the period. The next three runners vied
for the runner-up spot. Early in the period, all three met up at the swift PVI Runfest
5K. Alemgena Desta of Silver Spring, MD won this second of her
four races in 16:16 ahead of Hirut Mandefro and Samia Akbar of
Oak Hill, VA. Akbar nudged Mandefro 16:30 to 16:34 and also won
the Run for Awareness 8K in 28:06. Still, Mandefro had too much
other juice and earns third place with a Veterans Day 10K win
over Desta 34:32 to 34:37 as well as a top time at the Star Kid
8K in 27:54. She also won the Charlottesville Fall Classic 10K
in 35:24. Desta's other three 5K wins were tactical wins in the
low 17s. Mandefro did finish second overall at the United Way
5K in a scrumptious time but the course was not quite long
enough for a real 5K. Not to say that fifth place Phebe Ko does not belong in the
mix. She was a ways back at the PVI Runfest in 17:14 but
finished nicely at the Baltimore HM in October with 1:18:10.
She ended the period with a third overall at the SunTrust
Richmond Marathon in a spectacular 2:46:57. Cate Fenster (37) of Bethesda, MD won it all at the Marine
Corps Marathon in 2:48:55 ahead of Melissa Tanner's third place
effort in 2:51:30 and Lauren Manero's 3:00:51, to go six,
seven, and eight. In their second races that got them their
spot, Tanner just edges Manero at Army by one second in 59:52.
Ninth place Renee High dominated in southern Virginia with two
overall wins, including a 1:19:49 at the Fleet Week HM. Not all
halves are equal; Elena Orlova took the tenth spot with her
1:20:01 at the Baltimore HM. Sixty-three runners made the division.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Gebre, Belainesh* 20 Burke, VA 2 Desta, Alemgena**** 27 Silver Spring, MD 3 Mandefro, Hirut** 23 Silver Spring, MD 4 Akbar, Samia** 26 Oak Hill, VA 5 Ko, Phebe** 25 Baltimore, MD 6 Fenster, Cate** 37 Bethesda, MD 7 Tanner, Melissa** 27 Bethesda, MD 8 Manero, Lauren 27 Alexandria, VA 9 High, Renee** 27 Virginia Beach, VA 10 Orlova, Elena*** 38 Gaithersburg, MD 11 Mejdoub, Malika 26 Baltimore, MD 12 Delelecha, Yihunish 27 Washington, DC 13 Baker, Amy 24 Manassas, VA 14 Harvey, Alisa 43 Manassas, VA 15 Fallon-Wallace, Barbara 34 Alexandria, VA 16 Rudd, Julia* 25 Herndon, VA 17 Knize, Elizabeth** 26 Midlothian, VA 18 Saunders, Shannon 24 Forest, VA 19 Van Cleef, Aidan** 23 Chesapeake, VA 20 Nelson, Martha* 27 Chevy Chase, MD 21 Knickman, Denise** 40 Baltimore, MD 22 Swain, Erin 26 Arlington, VA 23 Nemmers, Erica 36 Herndon, VA 24 Jefferson, Laurel* 23 Bethesda, MD 25 Cunningham, Michelle 33 Centreville, VA 26 Davison, Mary** 36 Bristow, VA 27 Markowicz, Kristi** 38 Newport News, VA 28 Rodgers, Jilane* 24 Washington, DC 29 Cairns, Hilary 38 Washington, DC 30 Stick, Sherry* 30 Sykesville, MD 31 Fitzgerald, Jenny 29 Montclair, VA 32 Harburg, Michelle 26 Washington, DC 33 Conley, Carrie 34 Gainesville, VA 34 Uhl, Alice** 33 Fincastle, VA 35 Korbel, Faith 29 Washington, DC 36 Menk, Josephine* 47 Montpelier, VA 37 Swarts, Heidi* 34 Baltimore, MD 38 Pugsley, Cathy 39 Potomac Falls, VA 39 Smith, Julia* 40 Tappahannock, VA 40 Villani, Leisa* 50 Virginia Beach, VA 41 Kirby, Samantha 40 Arlington, VA 42 Oleynik, Anya 20 Gaithersburg, MD 43 Pak, Colleen 38 Virginia Beach, VA 44 Tripp, Ann 22 Fredericksburg, VA 45 Schrank, Brenda* 36 Winchester, VA 46 Foley, Linda 46 Oak Hill, VA 47 Russell, Danielle* 44 Ashburn, VA 48 Taylor, Kelley 23 Virginia Beach, VA 49 Perotti, Ofelia 52 Alexandria, VA 50 Sheppard, Rosalind 41 Bowie, MD 51 Freres, Anita* 43 Reston, VA 52 Schwab, Jessica** 26 Mechanisville, MD 53 DeFrancesco, Molly* 28 Suffolk, VA 54 Gauvin, Dionis** 34 Alexandria, VA 55 Tiernan, Amanda* 30 Gaithersburg, MD 56 Braner, Elyse 24 Washington, DC 57 Shannon, Laura** 46 Williamsburg, VA 58 Versendaal, Kendra 28 Alexandria, VA 59 Ramos, Laura* 29 Bethesda, MD 60 Flick, Ashley 27 South Riding, VA 61 Wilkerson, Pat* 49 Columbia , MD 62 Christopher, Mary 24 Washington, DC 63 Parks, Rebecca 20 Reisterstown, MD
19 & Under Women
Most of the teens must have been back at school and off the
roads, perhaps racing cross-country. Indeed, our champion had
her second race in the middle of November at the Access
Aidscare 5K Cross Country in 21:48 to qualify. She had the
swiftest race at the Hilton 5K in October with 19:03 to take
the division. Brittany Rooks is always a factor in the division. She is well
trained in every distance from 400M to the marathon. She raced
lightly though she won both of her races outright. She earns
the runner-up spot winning the Rockville 5K in 19:40. Kathyrn
Goode of Landsdowne, VA also had two overall wins to capture
the third spot. She won the Dash for Dad 10K in 41:56, easily
the fastest 10K among qualifiers and the second fastest of the
period among all the teens. Fourth place Christine Hubbard of Virginia Beach, VA won four
of her five races at the 5K distance. Her best two were overall
wins at both ends of the period, led by the Wounded Marine 5K
in 20:40. Appropriately, at just 14 years of age, fifth place
Nicole Durham had her best time at the Young Lives 5K,
finishing second there in 20:32.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Gresham, Casey** 17 Chesapeake, VA 2 Rooks, Brittany** 14 Baltimore, MD 3 Goode, Kathryn** 17 Lansdowne, VA 4 Hubbard, Christine***** 19 Virginia Beach, VA 5 Durham, Nicole** 14 Woodbridge, VA 6 Twigg, Elaine* 19 Falls Church, VA 7 Kennedy, Allie** 13 Columbia, MD 8 Roochnik, Naomi* 16 Bethesda, MD 9 Justice, Alexandra*** 13 Suffolk, VA 10 Farrell, Ava 14 Chevy Chase, MD 11 May, Abby**** 11 Forest, VA 12 McCelesky, Sarah** 12 Clifton, VA 13 Dawson, Nicole*** 14 Jessup, MD 14 Redd, Alaina** 15 Charlottesville, VA 15 Stockton, Jessica** 15 Front Royal, VA 16 Gelbrud, Margaret* 18 Charlottesville, VA 17 Walker, Brianna 16 Columbia, MD 18 Hunnicutt, Martine* 11 Hampton, VA 19 Sawyer, Laura 17 Chesapeake, VA 20 Glueck, Gaylin 13 Williamsburg, VA 21 Duvall, Melissa** 19 Annapolis, MD 22 Sutton, Courtney 19 Disputanta, VA 23 Keegan, Isabelle** 14 Newport News, VA
Mary Davison (36) of Bristow, VA had two overall wins as
well as an age group win at the Veterans Day 10K in 38:43 to
climb to fourth sub master. This division is usually smaller and easy to decide. This fall
the division fleshed out to the full 20 runners. The top two
were razor close. Elena Orlova of Gaithersburg, MD looks golden
to repeat as champion. She won her age group seven times and
she won overall at three distances in three different months.
First, she teased the division at the Kensington 8K, winning in
30:39. Perhaps she was a little tired from her fourth overall
journey at the Parks HM in 1:24:34. She finished October with
the Goblin Gallop 5K win in 18:17 following a marvelous 1:20:01
at the Baltimore HM. Then she nudged back her second overall
Awareness 8K in 29:31 to fourth best time with her win of it
all at the Rockville 10K in 37:16. It was going to take a lot. Cate Fenster of Potomac, MD was
tuning up for the Marine Corps Marathon. She started with an
overall win at Run for Kathy in 18:05. The next day she raced
Page's Run for third overall in 18:16. The following week she
tucked in behind third ranked Erica Nemmers at the Stone Ridge
5K, finishing in 18:18 to Nemmers' 18:11. Now she was ready.
She pulled out all the stops and won the prestigious Marine
Corps Marathon in a blistering 2:48:55 to win the division. Fourth place Mary Davison of Bristow, VA won the Designer
Fitness 5K in 18:15, while fifth place Kristi Markowicz also
won it all at the Battlefield 5K in 18:16. That takes their
duel to the second race. Nemmers edges Davison at Veterans Day
38:22 to 37:43. Marokowicz runs the Mariner's Museum Noland
Trail 10K in 39:35, an overall win.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Fenster, Cate*** 37 Potomac, MD 2 Orlova, Elena*7 38 Gaithersburg, MD 3 Nemmers, Erica***** 36 Herndon, VA 4 Davison, Mary*** 36 Bristow, VA 5 Markowicz, Kristi** 38 Newport News, VA 6 Cairns, Hilary*** 38 Washington, DC 7 Pugsley, Cathy* 39 Potomac Falls, VA 8 Pak, Colleen** 38 Virginia Beach, VA 9 Schrank, Brenda** 36 Winchester, VA 10 Kirby, Samantha** 39 Arlington, VA 11 Smith, Julia** 39 Tappahannock, VA 12 Sober, Jen** 35 McHenry, MD 13 Rocha, Petra** 37 Virginia Beach, VA 14 Spalla, Arlynne* 39 Yorktown, VA 15 Sporidis, Christy** 39 Potomac, MD 16 Sandrock, Marie* 36 Alexandria, VA 17 Greeson, Laura 38 Alexandria, VA 18 Ransom, Elizabeth** 36 Toano, VA 19 Trider, Tina Marie* 35 Cockeysville, MD 20 Yang, Christie 37 Falls Church, VA
40-44 Women
Runners age up and new ones appear. The division gets fifty
percent larger and yet it stays the same. Top-ranked Alisa
Harvey of Manassas, VA out battles runner-up Denise Knickman at
the steamy Parks HM 1:28:02 to 1:29:05. Fifth place Rosalind
Shepherd has a solid PVI Runfest 5K in 19:45. Harvey
discombobulates it all with a masters win in 18:05. In October, multiple Army winner Harvey settles for top master
in 60:57 ahead of third place Samantha Kirby of Arlington, VA
(64:48) as well as eighth place Kerr Rodgers (67:33), who was
fourth in the division at that race. Sixth place Anita Freres
of Reston, VA takes the masters at the Veterans Day 10K in
39:37 ahead of Becky Nathan's solid 40:04. Harvey is seventh
overall, just missing the 6:00 minute pace mark with 37:18. Only fourth place Danielle Rush of Ashburn, VA avoided a
thrashing from Harvey. Rush won the Women of Freedom 5K in
18:49. Run enough races and Harvey will get to you. Knickman rebounded nicely winning a cooler NCR Trail HM
outright in 1:25:54. That set her up for a solid time at the
Baltimore Marathon in 2:56:26 at perhaps the safest distance to
test oneself against middle distance world record holder Alisa
Harvey. Kirby padded her stats with an excellent 3:04:156 at
the Marine Corps Marathon. Freres won it all at the Boo! Run
for Life 10K in 39:39.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Harvey, Alisa*6 43 Manassas, VA 2 Knickman, Denise***** 40 Baltimore, MD 3 Kirby, Samantha* 40 Arlington, VA 4 Russell, Danielle** 44 Ashburn, VA 5 Sheppard, Rosalind*** 41 Bowie, MD 6 Freres, Anita*6 43 Reston, VA 7 Nathan, Rebecca* 43 Arlington, VA 8 Rodgers, Kerry 40 Washington, DC 9 Pels, Paula** 41 Bethesda, MD 10 Feldman, Elizabeth* 41 Chevy Chase, MD 11 Beven, Helen** 43 Kensington, MD 12 Morrissey, Sarah* 40 Leesburg, VA 13 Tingle, Lane* 42 Woodbridge, VA 14 Delaney, Nancy*** 42 Virginia Beach, VA 15 Bridges, Paula** 42 Cumberland, MD 16 Glueck, Connie** 44 Williamsburg, VA 17 Cochran, Mary Beth** 40 Bel Air, MD 18 Rico, Monique*** 40 Aldie, VA 19 Willingham, Lise** 44 Earlysville, VA 20 McLaughlin, Debbie** 43 Vienna, VA 21 Griffin, Sandra 41 Upper Marlboro, MD 22 Morgan, Cynthia 42 Alexandria, VA 23 Bates, Renee* 41 Germantown, MD 24 Wigle, Barbara* 41 Centreville, VA 25 Edgar, Suzanne** 42 Leonardtown, MD 26 Shouse, Karen** 41 Hanover, MD 27 Stotler, Tonya* 42 Leesburg, VA 28 Killeen, Karen* 40 Richmond, VA 29 Trout, Hallie* 42 Virginia Beach, VA 30 Krill, Carol** 44 Stafford, VA 31 Young, Karen** 40 Boyds, MD
Forty-Five year old Leslie Knibb of Washington, DC bounced
back from an age group win at the Baltimore Marathon to a solid
43:50 at the Veterans Day 10K to take the 20th spot in her
division. The division stays large with 45 qualifiers. With Martha Merz
absent (she ran one 5K the first weekend and then disappeared),
the battle would be between Josephine Menk and Linda Foley,
with former champion Andrea Wright mixed in. Foley, of Oak
Hill, VA, kicked off the season winning at the PVI Runfest in
19:38 while Wright was still getting on track with a 20:12 at
Maymount. Foley laid down the hammer in October with an excellent Army 10-
Miler in 65:17. She weathered a couple of nice 5Ks by Laura
Shannon in the low 19s. Then Menk of Montpelier, VA motivated
at the Eagle Challenge 5K in a spectacular 18:37 that would
have unbalanced even Merz. The following month Wright had a nifty 31:15 at nTelos to
snatch third. Menk was there 50 meters ahead in 30:55 to match
Foley's top race. Foley stays runner-up. Shannon makes fourth. Pat Wilkerson of Columbia, MD holds fifth with her short course
Baltimore United Way 5K in 19:28. The next two runners were not
far off but their second race was way off while Wilkerson was
the overall winner at the Police Pace 5K in 19:46.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Menk, Josephine** 47 Montpelier, VA 2 Foley, Linda** 46 Oak Hill, VA 3 Wright, Andrea* 47 Charlottesville, VA 4 Shannon, Laura**** 46 Williamsburg, VA 5 Wilkerson, Pat**** 49 Columbia, MD 6 Stewart Garbrecht, Patti*46 Bethesda, MD 7 Hunter, Joan** 45 Purcellville, VA 8 Kline, Sheryl**** 45 Arnold, MD 9 Persina, Win***** 48 Washington, DC 10 Conant, Cindy** 47 Kensington, MD 11 Lovett, Pamela***** 46 Newport News, VA 12 Olson, Ruth***** 45 Fredericksburg, VA 13 Santarpia, Gloria* 47 Odenton, MD 14 Trent, Jeanine** 47 Richmond, VA 15 Thumel, Kim*** 45 Virginia Beach, VA 16 Layson, Lynda* 48 Severn, MD 17 Haddad, Moana*** 46 Chevy Chase, MD 18 Cooke, Jennifer 45 Washington, DC 19 Boyd, Marjorie*** 47 Annapolis, MD 20 Knibb, Leslie* 45 Washington, DC 21 Nanda, Sushila***** 47 Arlington, VA 22 Turney, Lisa*** 49 Daleville, VA 23 Kerr, Eleanor 48 University Park, MD 24 Fowler, Joan 48 Silver Spring, MD 25 Blasey, Sandy** 46 Kensington, MD 26 Balcke, Pam*** 46 Charlottesville, VA 27 Kolish, Theresa 47 Alexandria, VA 28 O'Hara, Ruth** 45 Fairfax Station, VA 29 Rushin, Blake* 47 Vienna, VA 30 Bell, Laurel* 46 Crownsville, MD 31 Kennedy, Linda 48 Alexandria, VA 32 Benante, Susan 45 Washington, DC 33 Harrison, Kay*** 45 Hagerstown, MD 34 Randle, Andrea* 46 Richmond, VA 35 Smith-Harden, Michele** 45 Norfolk, VA 36 Mannion, Ellen 47 Chantilly, VA 37 Rall, Tammy 46 Stafford, VA 38 Gallagher, Catherine 48 Chevy Chase, MD 39 Black, Beverly** 48 Boonsboro, MD 40 Harrington, Kathy* 45 Millersville, MD 41 Rivas, Marcela* 47 Alexandria, VA 42 Gardner, Karen** 49 Keedysville, MD 43 Gerhard, Michelle* 48 Columbia, MD 44 Roed, Becky 49 Springfield, VA 45 Henderson, Debi 48 Newport News, VA
50-54 Women
Ofelia Perotti of Alexandria, VA was motoring toward another
title try. She had the fastest 5K in 20:12 to start the period.
Then she popped the fastest 5M, winning Navy in 32:30.
Cautiously optimistic, she won her division at Army in a solid
65:50. The following week, Lee DiPietro took on the Baltimore Marathon
as the grandmaster champion in 3:02:18. That was well ahead of
the 3:18:37 Perotti would run at Marine Corps later in the
month. However, DiPietro had just the one race. The following
day, Leisa Villani of Virginia Beach, VA edged past Perotti
with the fastest half, running the Fleet Week HM in 1:27:15.
Then she matched DiPietro with her second race, the Yorktown
10M in 64:50, and took the crown. Deborah Romig darted out of the back to third by improving her
second 8K (nTelos) by nearly three minutes to 32:19. Debi
Bernardes of King George, VA backed up her claim to fourth
place with three fast 5Ks in September. Her fastest was in
20:22. Debbie Flynn ekes out fifth place with five age group
wins, including a second overall in the Seaside 10 mile in
1:11:38. She was just ahead of Robin Goodwin and her eight
wins, along with an Executive Stampede 5K in 20:40.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Villani, Leisa** 50 Virginia Beach, VA 2 Perotti, Ofelia**** 52 Alexandria, VA 3 Romig, Deborah** 51 Chesterfield, VA 4 Bernardes, Debi**** 50 King George, VA 5 Flynn, Debbie***** 52 Gaithersburg, MD 6 Goodwin, Robin*8 50 Timonium, MD 7 Haghighian, Hosni** 50 Charlottesville, VA 8 Roeder, Carole* 51 Ashburn, VA 9 Washington, Myra*8 51 Montgomery Village, MD 10 Lewis, Donna*** 53 Bel Air, MD 11 Winn, Dorothy** 53 Norfolk 12 Abbamonte, Karen*** 50 Boonsboro, MD 13 Castillo-D'Amico, Mercedes*51 Newport News, VA 14 White, Cindy* 53 Virginia Beach, VA 15 Seidman, Merrilee**** 54 Alexandria, VA 16 Asao-Ragosta, Kiyoko** 50 Charlottesville, VA 17 Mady, Joyce* 50 Ellicott City, MD 18 Mowbray, Peggy* 53 Charlottesville, VA 19 Mertz, Leslie* 54 Arlington, VA 20 Snodgrass, Patricia* 54 Annapolis, MD 21 Sheimo, Linda** 52 Newport News, VA 22 Lang, Mary*** 54 Pasadena, MD 23 Uthe, Janice* 52 Bowie, MD 24 Mange, Joyce 52 Silver Spring, MD 25 Mutziger, Linda 51 Laytonsville, MD 26 Walls, Cindy* 51 Arlington, VA 27 Weeks, Dawn** 50 Floyd, VA
Suanne Shocket of Manassas, VA ran five fast races to rise
to fifth in her division, including he r best race at the
Designer Fitness 5K in 23:27. Betty Blank of Falls Church, VA does not just want the title.
She wants the fastest times at all the distances. She has the
top time in 11 race distances. At Richmond, her marathon time
of 3:37:40 missed another title by about a minute.
Only the really elite win the division with a marathon time.
Hers was the fourth fastest race in the division. She also had
the first at Army and the second, winning the Run! Geek! Run!
8K in 34:03. Lynn Swanson of Norfolk, VA has the goods. Still, she waited
till November to qualify. First, she mastered Carter Gunn 8K.
The course was not fast but she was the overall winner. Then a
week later she busted the fastest 5K of the year at the Kiwanis
Center in 20:47. That should keep Blank on her toes. Roseanna Norton (55) of Virginia Beach, VA arrived on the scene
with five age group wins, including the Race for Breath 5K in
22:57. She was the masters award winner at the Kiwanis Center
in 23:02, where Swanson had finished third overall. Maria
Shields of Davidsonville, MD waited till the last day of the
period to qualify, racing the Cold Turkey 10K in 48:06 for
fourth in the division.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Blank, Betty*** 55 Falls Church, VA 2 Swanson, Lynn** 55 Norfolk, VA 3 Norton, Roseanna***** 55 Virginia Beach, VA 4 Shields, Maria** 57 Davidsonville, MD 5 Shocket, Suanne*** 55 Manassas, VA 6 Jones, Helen* 55 Baltimore, MD 7 Godfrey, Jane* 59 Takoma Park, MD 8 Gustafson, Joan** 58 Portsmouth, VA 9 Bone, Jean* 55 Richmond, VA 10 Whittaker, Linda*** 59 Williamsburg, VA 11 St. Clair, Christy*** 59 Glen Arm, MD 12 Rose, Linda 57 Baltimore, MD 13 Cooper, Ellen* 57 Rockville, MD
Fourth place Alice Franks (60) of Rockville, MD took on five
major races from 8K to marathon, excelling best at the Army 10
Mile in 1:19:15. Chris Craun of Bethesda, MD took on all the big races and went
five for five, winning Army, Veterans Day 10K, Marine Corps
Marathon, Rockville 10K, and the Parks HM. Fourth place Alice
Franks was also at all five races. At four of those races, she
was second in the division, including her best race, the Army
10-Miler in 1:19:15. In the fifth and final race, Linda Kearney
of Herndon, VA stepped up at the Capital Running Company
Veterans Day 10K to pass her, 47:39 to 48:18. For the runner-up spot, Mary Saunders of Vinton, VA tapped two
half marathons at opposite ends of the period. She improved two
minutes at the Richmond HM in November to 1:42:48. That time
matched Craun's second fastest race at Veterans (46:27) to the
second. Craun's Army in 1:16:07 did the trick. With long races all around, fifth place B.J. King chose the 5K
in 23:32 to edge sixth place Marge Rosasco's 23:38.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Craun, Chris***** 62 Bethesda, MD 2 Saunders, Mary** 64 Vinton, VA 3 Kearney, Linda* 62 Herndon, VA 4 Franks, Alice* 60 Rockville, MD 5 King, BJ*** 63 Crofton, MD 6 Rosasco, Marge** 60 Joppa, MD 7 Glover, Elizabeth* 63 Bethesda, MD 8 Jacobs, Janice* 61 Arlington, VA 9 Biasi, Barbara** 61 Yorktown, VA 10 Hirn, Ann*7 63 Portsmouth, VA 11 Myers, Sharon* 64 Blacksburg, VA 12 Sutphan, Joyce*** 62 Parkville, MD 13 Bryant, Brenda** 63 Batesville, VA 14 Himelright, Colleen*** 60 Fredericksburg, VA 15 Clement, Laurel 60 Haymarket, VA 16 Tice, Linda** 63 Timonium, MD 17 Tapocik, Joan* 61 Germantown, MD 18 Kautz, Karen 64 Silver Spring, MD 19 Owens, Linda* 60 Earlysville, VA 20 Volet, Ellen 61 Pasadena, MD 21 Friend, Connie*** 62 Charlottesville, VA 22 Trapp, Julie** 64 Silver Spring, MD
65-69 Women
Joan Coven of West Point, VA gave away a couple of seconds to
last year's times but still commanded the title. She started
the period tepidly with a 6K in 30:31. Meanwhile, Dee Nelson of
Gaithersburg, MD, who has run 60 or more races per year for the
last dozen years, aged up. Nelson ran the cross-country
Needwood 10K in 56:32 and the battle was underway. Coven answered with a smart 24:09 at the Humane Society 5K. Two
weeks later she had the second fastest time at the William &
Mary Homecoming 5K in 24:25. In between that time, Kathleen
Phillips of Pasadena, MD had an unbelievable time of 22:52 at
the Jimmy K 5K and then was never heard from again. Nelson blasted November with three successive weekends of 5K
wins. Her best was the Rockville 5K in 24:41 and all were
faster than Coven's response at the nTelos 8K with 41:42. This
should make for some interesting racing in the coming months. Ecris Williams (69) of Reston, VA won at Army in 1:36:50 to
edge Rosemary Swartzbard of Arlington, VA (1:38:55) for the
third spot in the division.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Coven, Joan**** 67 West Point, VA 2 Nelson, Dee***** 65 Gaithersburg, MD 3 Williams, Ecris** 69 Reston, VA 4 Schwartzbard, Rosemary* 66 Arlington, VA 5 Berglund, Mary Kate*** 67 Richmond, VA 6 Linck, Nancy* 66 Alexandria, VA 7 Smart, Kathy** 65 Boyce, VA 8 McCann, Mary 65 Silver Spring, MD 9 Attardi, Barbara* 65 Rockville, MD 10 McEllingott, Lynn 65 Richmond, VA 11 Ely, Pauline 69 Hampton, VA
70-74 Women
Tami Graf of Lusby, MD capped off another successful title
defense with the three top races, all faster than 61:00 for a
10K equivalent. She took advantage of great racing weather to
win the Veterans day 10K in 60:14. Nancy Fraser of
Charlottesville, VA had two wins in the 5K, including the
Shelter for Help in Emergency 5K in 29:55. After that, the next eight runners battled for the rest of the
spots, nearly always winning their division in their races.
Nancy Welker of Roseland, VA won the Pepsi 10K to start the
period in 1:07:58. Janet Hughes ran the swift Green Circle Fall
Fitness Fair 5K course in 33:42 to hold fourth ahead of Betty
Dameron of Fredericksburg, VA who ran the Dash for Dad 10K in
1:10:50.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Graf, Tami*7 72 Lusby, MD 2 Fraser, Nancy** 71 Charlottesville, VA 3 Welker, Nancy*** 74 Roseland, VA 4 Hughes, Janet** 71 Winchester, VA 5 Dameron, Betty** 73 Fredericksburg, VA 6 Ely, Pauline* 70 Hampton, VA 7 Wollard, Jamie*** 70 Bethesda, MD 8 Chambers, Jeanette** 73 Arnold, MD 9 Manciagli, Ann* 72 Williamsburg, VA 10 Garland, Arlowene** 70 Warsaw, VA
75-79 Women
Peggy Bryant of Vinton, VA joined the division with splash,
winning the Hometown Vinton Fall Festival 5K in 44:37. Martha
Trimmer of Mount Airy will soon be 80. She ran a few 5Ks but
excelled best at the Rockville 10K with a gun time of 1:33:53.
Pat Eden of Williamsburg, VA ran the William & Mary Homecoming
5K in 45:36 for third place.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Bryant, Peggy*** 75 Vinton, VA 2 Trimmer, Martha**** 79 Mount Airy, MD 3 Eden, Pat 77 Williamsburg, VA
80 & Over Women
Victoria Chan of Arlington, VA had the fastest time of nine
runners, none of whom had two races. Mae Layne successfully
took on 87-year-old Tush Metcalf and won, though Metcalf
lowered her Virginia State record.
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