Tom Winkert of Potomac, MD has run all 13 years.
Nianxiang Xie (80) of Rockville, MD sets event age group record in 56:14.

Joel Melly waited until the final 200 meters to break free and win the 13th Pike's Peek 10K in 29 minutes 1 second on Sunday. But last minute was pretty much his modus operandi all morning long.

Melly and his Kenyan training partner, Reuben Chebii, somehow miscommunicated with their driver, who never picked them up from the race hotel for the three-mile drive to the start. So when the pair was still waiting around the lobby as the starting time approached, Hilton sales manager Rebekah Gallon took matters into her own hands.

"They looked like runners," Gallon said. "I asked if they needed to get to the start. They were excited. Hey, that's what we do here."

With no warmup, the two West Chester, PA, runners launched into 4:40 mile pace in a pack of five from the start.

Chebii finished second in 29:02, with Ethiopians Demis Tefera and Dagne Dadi, third and fourth in 29:03 and 29:07 close on his heels. Tefera and Dadi broke stride in the final sprint when a police pace car pulled off the course, and the two runners momentarily followed.

"I think I can win" without the interference, Dadi said.

Genet Gebregiorgis (33, photo left), who lives in Silver Spring, won the women's race in 33:58.

Last weekend, Gebregiorgis won the prestigious Vancouver (CAN) Sun Run. She is a former Ethiopian national team runner.

Tim Schuler (44), from Chambersburg, PA, won the masters race in 33:11, dethroning last year's winner, Andres Wright (41), who was third this year in 33:35.

Vanessa Cox (46, in photo below), from Laurel, won the women's masters race in 39:25.

Awards

     MALE OPEN Gun Time
         1    10 Joel Melly            24 West Chester PA    29:01#  $600 
         2     3 Reuben Chebii         25 West Chester PA    29:04#  $550 
         3    15 Demesse Tefera        26 Silver Spring MD   29:05#  $500 
         4    14 Dagne Dadi            27 Silver Spring MD   29:08#  $450 
         5     4 Abiyot Endale         21 Bronx NY           29:14#  $400 
         6    56 Derese Deniboba       25 Bronx NY           30:16   $350 
         7     7 Wilson Komen          30 Washington DC      30:19   $300 
         8    57 Samuel Wolseamudl     26 Wheaton MD         30:36   $250 
         9     8 Tariku Aboset         26 Addis Ababa        30:44   $225 
        10   618 Nathan Brigham        25 Washington DC      30:55   $200 
     # Under USATF OPEN guideline    
     FEMALE OPEN Gun Time
         1    13 Genet Gebregiorgis    33 Silver Spring MD   33:58#  $600 
         2     2 Hirut Mandefro        22 Silver Spring MD   34:24#  $550 
         3     5 Alemgena Desta        26 Silver Spring MD   34:34#  $500 
         4    28 Laura Turner          28 Washington DC      36:12   $450 
         5    20 Christine Ramsey      25 Baltimore MD       36:21   $400 
         6    12 Sarah Spalding        26 Washington DC      36:31   $350 
         7    22 Caroline White        22 College Park MD    36:43   $300 
         8    30 Lindsay Wilkins       30 Arlington VA       36:47   $250 
         9    36 Barbara Fallon Wallac 34 Alexandria VA      36:59   $225 
        10    11 Yihunilis Bekele      27 Washington DC      37:16   $200 
     # Under USATF OPEN guideline    
     MALE MASTERS Gun Time
         1    44 Tim Schuler           44 Chambersburg PA    33:11   $200 
         2    48 Greg Cauller          48 York PA            33:20*  $150 
         3  3793 Andres Wright         41 Frederick MD       33:35   $100 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline
     FEMALE MASTERS Gun Time
         1  3389 Vanessa Cox           46 Laurel MD          39:25*  $200 
         2  2208 Paula Pels            40 Bethesda MD        39:28   $150 
         3   794 Anne Colevas          42 Washington DC      39:44   $100 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline
     MALE AGE GROUP:  15 - 19 Net Time
         1  1040 Nicolas Escobar       16 Derwood MD         34:36*   75 
         2   564 Samuel Boimov         18 Montgomery Vill MD 34:55    50 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline
     FEMALE AGE GROUP:  15 - 19 Net Time
         1    19 Anya Oleynik          19 Gaithersburg MD    41:26    75 
         2  1089 Amy Ferro             15 Rockville MD       42:38    50 
     MALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 24 Net Time
         1   528 David Bernstein       21 Hyattsville MD     33:36    75 
         2  2939 Alvin Yew             22 Silver Spring MD   33:46    50 
         3  1757 Cooper Linde          20 York PA            33:52    25 
     FEMALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 24 Net Time
         1    23 Mary Christopher      23 Washington DC      38:53    75 
         2    24 Kelly Devine          24 Arlington VA       39:09    50 
         3  2552 Danielle Siebert      24 Rockville MD       39:25    25 
     MALE AGE GROUP:  25 - 29 Net Time
         1    16 Kyle Smits            29 Baltimore MD       31:44    75 
         2  3614 Paolo Natali          27 Washington DC      32:14    50 
         3  3255 Tim Schaefer          29 Gaithersburg MD    32:47    25 
     FEMALE AGE GROUP:  25 - 29 Net Time
         1  2306 Laura Ramos           29 North Bethesda MD  39:04    75 
         2    21 Erica Marrari         26 University Park MD 39:49    50 
         3  2374 Rebecca Robinson      27 Frederick MD       44:10    25 
     MALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 34 Net Time
         1    34 Michael Wardian       34 Arlington VA       31:21    75 
         2    32 Troy Harrison         32 Hustontown PA      32:06    50 
         3   473 Christoph Bain        30 North Bethesda MD  32:56    25 
     FEMALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 34 Net Time
         1  3159 Heidi Swarts          34 Rosedale MD        37:37    75 
         2    38 Alice Kassens Uhl     33 Fincastle VA       37:55    50 
         3    29 Tara Fenske           31 Washington DC      37:59    25 
     MALE AGE GROUP:  35 - 39 Net Time
         1    35 Philippe Rolly        35 Fairfax VA         31:42*   75 
         2    41 Ray Pugsley           39 Potomac Falls VA   31:53*   50 
         3   788 Mike Colaiacovo       38 Baltimore MD       33:01    25 
         4    37 Rob Magin             37 Olney MD           33:15    25 
         5  3608 Stavros Rologas       39 Baltimore MD       33:16    25 
         6  2642 Pekka Stenholm        35 Columbia MD        33:20    25 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline
     FEMALE AGE GROUP:  35 - 39 Net Time
         1  3438 Mary Davison          35 Bristow VA         38:22    75 
         2    39 Hilary Cairns         37 Washington DC      38:38    50 
         3  3380 Urike Robinson        36 Germantown MD      40:10    25 
         4  2270 Kimberly Price        35 Gaithersburg MD    41:39    25 
         5  3485 Peggy Cole            37 Germantown MD      43:24    25 
         6  3141 Colette Boulin        38 Silver Spring MD   44:14    25 
     MALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 44 Net Time
         1  1676 George Lane           42 Ashburn VA         36:10    75 
         2   907 Sheldon Degenhardt    43 Marriottsville MD  36:22    50 
         3  3611 Mark Hand             41 Arlington VA       37:41    25 
         4  3524 Dan Wallace           42 Alexandria VA      37:45    25 
         5   299 Trey Kinkead          44 Rockville MD       38:11    25 
     FEMALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 44 Net Time
         1  3190 Helen Beven           42 Kensington MD      42:15    75 
         2  1296 Laura Gurney          43 Bethesda MD        43:29    50 
         3  3444 Kris Barner           43 Rockville MD       44:15    25 
         4  2116 Debra O'Connell       40 Bethesda MD        44:30    25 
         5   614 Linda Brenner         44 Rockville MD       44:36    25 
     MALE AGE GROUP:  45 - 49 Net Time
         1    53 Dave Berardi          47 Baltimore MD       34:08*   75 
         2  3165 David Cascio          45 Reston VA          34:11*   50 
         3    46 David Haaga           46 Rockville MD       34:28*   25 
         4   224 Jean-Christophe Arcaz 47 Rockville MD       34:49    25 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline
     FEMALE AGE GROUP:  45 - 49 Net Time
         1    45 Sheryl Kline          45 Arnold MD          39:58*   75 
         2    47 Cindy Conant          47 Kensington MD      40:27*   50 
         3  2146 Rhonda Orndorff       47 Rockville MD       40:48*   25 
         4  2222 Win Persina           48 Washington DC      41:04*   25 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline
     MALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 54 Net Time
         1    51 Mark Malander         50 Oak Hill VA        33:59*   75 
         2    55 Peter Darmody         52 Gaithersburg MD    36:52    50 
         3   712 John Chall            50 Jessup MD          37:36    25 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline
     FEMALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 54 Net Time
         1  3357 Deborah Flynn         51 Gaithersburg MD    41:33*   75 
         2    50 Gretchen Triantos     50 Rockville MD       41:48*   50 
         3  2386 Carole Roeder         51 Ashburn VA         43:44*   25 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline
     MALE AGE GROUP:  55 - 59 Net Time
         1  3410 Ken Umbarger          56 Gaithersburg MD    38:06*   75 
         2  2016 Timothy Morgan        57 Damascus MD        38:19*   50 
         3  2433 Roland Rust           56 Bethesda MD        39:00*   25 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline
     FEMALE AGE GROUP:  55 - 59 Net Time
         1   552 Betty Blank           55 Falls Church VA    41:57*   75 
         2  2102 Shelley Niwa          55 Rockville MD       45:14*   50 
         3   248 Valerie Campbell      57 Silver Spring MD   45:45*   25 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline
     MALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 64 Net Time
         1  2923 Bernard Wright        61 Pomfret MD         41:04*   75 
         2   355 Herb Tolbert          61 Montgomery Vlg MD  41:31*   50 
         3  3115 Donald Hensel         63 Gaithersburg MD    43:49    25 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline
     FEMALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 64 Net Time
         1   844 Chris Craun           61 Bethesda MD        46:59*   75 
         2   297 Linda Kearney         61 Oak Hill VA        47:09*   50 
         3  3017 Nancy Avitabile       60 Bethesda MD        48:43*   25 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline
     MALE AGE GROUP:  65 - 69 Net Time
         1   339 Lou Shapiro           66 Silver Spring MD   41:08*   75 
         2   230 Sonny Barber          67 Falls Church VA    43:43*   50 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline
     FEMALE AGE GROUP:  65 - 69 Net Time
         1   701 Linda Carter          66 Potomac MD         63:03    75 
         2  2598 Betty Smith           67 Rockville MD       65:15    50 
     MALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 74 Net Time
         1  3067 Skip Grant            72 Silver Spring MD   46:50*   75 
         2  3136 Chan Robbins          70 Arlington VA       47:13*   50 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline
     MALE AGE GROUP:  75 - 79 Net Time
         1  1926 Jack McMahon          77 Rockville MD       51:42*   75 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline
     FEMALE AGE GROUP:  75 - 79 Net Time
         1  3221 Jacquelin O'Neil      76 Washington DC      70:57*   75 
         2   283 Lee Glassco           77 McLean VA          85:16    50 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline
     MALE AGE GROUP:  80 - 99 Net Time
         1  2924 Nianxiang Xie         80 Rockville MD       56:06*   75 
     * Under USATF Age-Group guideline

Tim Schaefer (29) of Gaithersburg, MD flies to the finish in 32:49.

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