Harris Teeter Presents YMCA Loudoun County Leesburg 10K and 20K
Autumnal Weather Brings Record Times for Happy Runners
By James Moreland
August 13, 2006
Leesburg, VA
For the Washington Running Report
Cool Weather Gets the Runners Started
Car 54 where are you? Last year's searing heat, which
frightened away runners, made runners skeptical. Rains earlier
in the week and prayers answered brought cool, dry weather for
the first time in recent history. With a morning low of fifty-
four degrees and humidity even lower, many were even a little
chilled before the new early 7:30 AM start, designed to avoid
the heat. Indeed, the day's high temperature of 81 was lower
than last year's starting temperature.Smacking the thermometer in disbelief did little to change the
crazy 54 degrees. Speaking of that, regular participant Chuck
Moeser, 54 until September, decided to watch us run today. He
says that all the 55-59 runners can relax because he is having
lots of fun without doing a lot of racing. Still, he noted with
a sly smile that though Patrick Griffith had his fourth course
record--38:52 for the 10K men 60-64 today, to go with his 20K
records for 55-59 (1:19:12) and 60-64 (1:23:29)--his 37:59
record for 55-59 men would have little chance in surviving
Chuck's next Leesburg 10K. Mick Slonaker (56) held off a
tenacious effort that began right from the word "Go" by Richard
Adams (55). Slonaker's hard-pressed victory in 38:02 nearly
erased Griffith's record this year.
In all there were fifteen records set or tied, three in the race
with seniority, the 10K. The 20K is only in its third year and
remembering the scorching heat from last year, it is no surprise
that the 20K had twelve new records.To set the stage, runners dash down a fairly steep hill to gain
some momentum at the mutual 10K/20K start. After winding through
town for about a mile, the runners hit the W & OD Trail. In
years past, the 10K went rolling through the countryside for
half the race. Now after one mile, runners charge up a gradual
hill to the turn around. For the 10Kers, it is all uphill to the
halfway point. That makes it a helpful downhill charge until the
final title maker 250-meter hill on Harrison Street. For the
20Kers, the hill gradually mounts through mile 5.5. Then they
are treated to about 1.5 miles of pretty serious downhill.
Mentally, once you have re-climbed that hill to mile eight, you
have four miles of straight road going downhill. Robyn Humphrey (42) of Ellicott City, MD may be a little miffed
at my little fib, "the worst hill is the last one at Harrison
Street." She was ninth overall in the 20K with 1:25:08. (In
photo left Nicola Elliott [in blue] makes her move at the bottom
of the
hill). The masters competition was very stiff with six of
the
top eleven women being masters. In fact, after Mary Kate
Bailey's (31) torching of Samia Akbar's 1:17:32 record last
year, the next ten women were all 35 and over. Bailey ran
1:13:49, which is about a minute for each ten degrees it was
cooler from last year.
10K Men
The course, nearly all on the trail, was shaded the whole way.
When the first runner in the 10K came back down the hill, he
had a police motorcycle following him. Eric Lavigne of
Leesburg, VA [Photo left] was blazing a sub-5:00 pace
back down the hill. Phlilph Lagat of Kenya was gamely trying to
stay with him. Lagat had run hard the day before as well. He
pushed Lavigne to tie the course record of 31:23, set by Peter
Sherry in 2000. We were in startled awe as they hurtled by with
the police lights chasing behind them. In third place, Ray
Pugsley of Potomac River Running tore down Brian Daugherty's
submasters record of 33:04 set in 1999 with a whale of a time,
32:10.After that, the youth movement charged home with only masters
champion Howard Nippert of Fork Union, VA (34:18) older than 23
years in the next thirteen finishers. Leesburg's Adam Crawford
(18) took a run at the 19 & under record of 33:20, finishing in
33:50. The 45-49 division had an out-of-town winner, Paul
Dominiy of East Haddam, CT in 40:01. Steve Giorgis (51) of
Herndon, VA is making a comeback, winning in 39:38 just ahead
of Kenyon Erickson (52) of Vienna, VA in 40:38. Erickson had
won the inaugural 20K back in 2004. Chan Robbins has not been
on the roads lately but he got to keep his 45:00 10K record
from 2002. Lloyd Blackwell (66) of Warrenton with 46:38 was the
leader of the spirited effort to rewrite the history books.
Omnipresent Robert Gurtler (71) of The Plains, VA was the only
male over 70. He was one of three age group winners who chose
to race again later today.
10K Women
For the women, we have not seen a lot of Susannah Kvasnicka of
Great Falls, VA [Photo left] lately. Would she be rusty?
At four mile, she was motoring along, oblivious to the fact
that Meghan Ridgley of Reston, VA (and Potomac River Running
stores) was about 100 yards back. Ridgley, feeling the pressure
from Margie Shapiro of Annandale, VA (also from Potomac River
Running), stoked her engines and pressed hard. Kvasnicka's lead
held and she crossed the line in 35:53 just four seconds off
the course record set by Kelly Cordell in 1998. Kvasnicka won
in 2004 and finished in the top three twice more.Moving up the divisions, Stephanie Hammond (38) of Springfield,
VA was eighth overall. Theresa Kolish of Alexandria, VA took
the 45-49, tenth place overall, quickly followed by the teen
winner, Diana Budreika of Haymarket, VA. Leesburg's Ann
MacCormac was the 40-44 champ. Alice Franks (58) of Rockville,
MD won her division for the fourth straight year. Her time of
46:05 was not far off her course record of 45:26. Pat Welch of Vienna, VA led the 60-64 women in 53:47, not all
that far off of Charlotte Edwards's 1997 record in 52:11. Tami
Graf turned 70 and obliterated the old record by more than
two minutes a mile in a fabulous 59:11.
Philiph Lagat (28) is second in the 10K with 31:30.
Awards Listing for the 10K (No Duplicate Prizes)
MALE OVERALL
1 12 Eric Lavigne 30 Leesburg VA 31:23 V
2 3 Philiph Lagat 28 Eldoret 31:31 V
3 7 Ray Pugsley 37 Sterling VA 32:10 V FEMALE OVERALL
1 6 Susannah Kvasnicka 34 Great Falls VA 35:53 V
2 10 Meghan Ridgley 27 Reston VA 36:22 V
3 13 Margie Shapiro 29 Annandale VA 37:08 V MALE AGE GROUP: 01 - 19
1 1406 Adam Crawford 18 Leesburg VA 33:49 V
2 1159 Sean Bernett 19 Leesburg VA 34:27 V
3 733 Jesse Saldana Iii 16 Leesburg VA 34:54 V FEMALE AGE GROUP: 01 - 19
1 926 Diana Budreika 15 Haymarket VA 44:24 V
2 1068 Ashleigh Ange 17 Ashburn VA 46:05 V
3 1197 Casey Henderson 16 Ashburn VA 47:04 V MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 34
1 1364 David Groft 20 Centreville VA 32:51 V
2 670 Brian Markley 21 Lovettsville VA 34:18 V
3 912 Robert Olsen 23 Strasburg VA 35:20 V FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 34
1 1091 Jenny Mlinarcik 27 Alexandria VA 40:37 V
2 386 Christine Goodrum 33 Leesburg VA 42:15 V
3 847 Sharon Adams 30 Reston VA 42:34 V MALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39
1 1378 Michael Kohler 37 Adamston MD 37:59 V
2 1398 John Eschman Iii 35 Fairfax VA 38:36 V
3 1392 Bill Blackstone 39 Winchester VA 39:29 V FEMALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39
1 130 Stephanie Hammond 38 Springfield VA 42:57 V
2 1171 Diane Lathom 35 Ashburn VA 44:05 V
3 459 Jen Norris 35 Arlington VA 45:23 V MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
1 916 Howard Nippert 41 Fork Union VA 34:14 V
2 320 Herman Vandermolen 42 Leesburg VA 39:26 V
3 1557 Ron Bryan 40 Herndon VA 39:33 V FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
1 454 Ann MacCormac 43 Leesburg VA 44:48 V
2 1530 Barbara Lawrence 40 Leesburg VA 45:27 V
3 132 Lucy Mondale 40 Reston VA 49:03 V MALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
1 1536 Paul Domniy 45 East Haddam CT 39:59 V
2 896 Michael Glover 46 Falls Church VA 42:27 V
3 531 Gary Dunlap 45 Leesburg VA 44:36 V FEMALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
1 885 Theresa Kolish 45 Alexandria VA 44:09 V
2 1111 Nancy Casares 45 Sterling VA 51:54 V
3 409 Jacqueline Cleland 45 Leesburg VA 55:13 V MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
1 1531 Steve Giorgis 51 Herndon VA 39:36 V
2 205 Kenyan Erickson 52 Vienna VA 40:35 V
3 1354 Brent Phillips 51 College Estates MD 42:12 V FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
1 75 Donna Blumenauer 50 Germantown MD 48:55 V
2 460 Margaret Davis 54 Vienna VA 49:50 V
3 1211 Debby Rosel 51 Round Hill VA 50:35 V MALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
1 31 Mick Slonaker 56 Columbia MD 38:02 V
2 786 Richard Adams Jr 55 Herndon VA 38:28 V
3 1347 John Weldin 57 Herndon VA 44:29 V FEMALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
1 154 Alice Franks 58 Rockville MD 45:59 V
2 471 Freyda Greenberg 57 Falls Church VA 48:47 V
3 690 Leslie Stanfield 56 Reston VA 51:12 V MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
1 29 Patrick Griffith 61 Alexandria VA 38:52 V
2 925 James Daley 62 Alexandria VA 43:43 V
3 155 John Maguire 62 Potomac Falls VA 52:50 V FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
1 180 Pat Welch 61 Vienna VA 53:29 V
2 1567 Lee Punkin 60 Middleburg VA 58:18 V
3 106 Blair Jones 62 Washington DC 64:22 V MALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
1 1526 Lloyd Blackwell 66 Warrenton VA 46:38 V
2 1281 Talbot MacK 66 Middleburg VA 49:32 V
3 1508 Ken Quincy 68 Vienna VA 49:40 V FEMALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
1 1352 Abbie Edwards 66 Reston VA 71:49 V MALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74
1 139 Robert Gurtler 71 The Plains VA 58:44 V FEMALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74
1 671 Tami Graf 70 Lusby MD 59:09 V
2 551 Betty Dameron 71 Fredericksburg VA 65:17 V MALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 99 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 99 MALE LEESBURG RESIDENT
1 1406 Adam Crawford 18 Leesburg VA 33:49 FEMALE LEESBURG RESIDENT
1 386 Christine Goodrum 33 Leesburg VA 42:15
Meghan Ridgley (27) is second in the 10K with 36:22.
20K Men
The Kenyans took a shot at the 20K too. Early on, Aaron Church
of Fairfax, VA [Photo left] proved that a cool day
provides a hot time. He hosed his course record 1:06:21 from
last year, replacing it with an incredible 1:04:29. That would
have put him right on the heels of the third place finisher in
the 10K with 10K more to go again. Kenyan Raphael Boit was
motoring but he looked out of his element and certainly no
threat to Church.Long distance warrior Michael Wardian of Arlington, VA was
uncharacteristically sluggish. His footfalls were stomps and it
looked like he might fade. He was running on empty after only
two hours of sleep, compliments of his new son. After a
pick-me-up at an aid station, he settled in and drove past Boit
for second place in 1:07:08. Ben Koch of Damascus was close in
1:08:34. Max Lockwood of Washington, DC loves to race. He did win his
age group and break John Piggott's submaster record of 1:09:51,
racing 1:09:11, thanks in part to Frank Sprtel of Silver
Spring, MD who was on his heels in 1:09:25. At 34, he is also
right on his heels for the submasters accolades. Note that the
submasters record goes to Boit who was third overall.
Christopher Hamley (41) of Damascus, MD knocked two minutes off
the 40-44 record in 1:12:49 and posted the masters record by
ten seconds over Paul Okerberg (45) set in 2004. Former 40-44
record holder Jean-Christophe Arcaz of Rockville, MD slowed
only a little to win the 45-49 division 1:15:54. He was just
behind Carl Clark (42) of New Market, MD. Clark enjoyed a
downhill finish. He won the Westminster Main Street Mile
outright in 4:13. Norton Compton won the 2004 10K race in 36:55 at age 49. Two
years later, he dashed home and won the 50-54 age group in
1:17:22, knocking almost two minutes off Patrick Griffith's
grandmasters (50-59) record (1:19:10). Gary Grimsley of
Springfield, VA was more than two minutes behind his cousin
(Compton) but well under the previous record. His 1:19:58 was
good for second place. Jay Wind of Arlington, VA had won the
55-59 division last year in 1:26:41. Oddly enough, he was one
of the few runners to run slower in the much cooler weather. He
settled for second in 1:28:35 in a close battle with division
winner Allen Vaughan of Stafford, VA (1:28:14). Bill Joyce (62) of Herndon, VA beat both of them, winning his
division in 1:28:05. Steve Forman (66) of McLean, VA boosted
more than a minute off the record, winning in 1:37:13. Jerry
Lewis (72) of Reston, VA crushed the record of a very solid
runner, Milton Taylor. His 1:41:32 knocked an impressive 21
minutes off the old record.
20K Women
Mary Kate Bailey (31) of Arlington, VA [Photo left] ran
alone. As she fired down the last few miles you could see that
she is driven. After running the Rock 'n' Roll HM last Labor
Day in 1:17:25, she moved up to 1:15:24 at the Shamrock HM this
March. Could this race be a tune-up for another run at the
Labor Day race? Cathy Pugsley of Sterling, VA (Potomac River
Running) knocked a solid four minutes off last year's sixth
place finish. Her 1:20:10 was a solid second place and easily
broke the previous record. Amy Pyles (39) of Hummelstown, PA
was next in a flashy 1:21:10, making her the favorite for the
masters record next year. In 2005, Monica Grillo faded to
second in the heat. This year she broke her own masters record
with a swift 1:22:35. Unfortunately for her, Laura Nelson (40)
of Woodstock, VA also broke the record and did it a dozen
seconds faster in 1:22:23.Cecilia Lutz (46) of Herndon, VA aged up and massacred Liza
Recto's 45-49 record by 12 minutes in 1:25:39. No matter,
Recto won herself a cowbell in her new grandmasters division.
Sandra Adams (56) is the only threat to Alice Franks's 10K
record, but she keeps on setting the 20K records. She ran
1:33:06, looking extra sleek this year. Helene Price (61) of
Williamsburg, VA ran 1:46:03 as the only woman over sixty.
Still, her time would have placed her second in the next two
younger divisions. There were plenty of cool refreshments for the slightly larger
crowd than last year--591 in the 20K and 615 in the 10K. Last
year's 20K race was the eighth largest in the country. The
band, Night Music, was well received. Even though the closest
parking lot was closed for repairs, there was plenty of easy,
free parking for all.
Michael Wardian (32) is second in the 20K with 1:07:08.
Awards Listing for the 20K (No Duplicate Prizes)
MALE OVERALL
1 1 Aaron Church 31 Fairfax VA 1:04:29 X
2 2 Michael Wardian 32 Arlington VA 1:07:08 X
3 4 Raphael Boit 37 Eldoret 1:07:25 X
FEMALE OVERALL
1 1303 Mary Kate Bailey 31 Arlington VA 1:13:50 X
2 8 Cathy Pugsley 37 Sterling VA 1:20:10 X
3 1507 Amy Pyles 39 Hummelstown PA 1:21:11 X
MALE AGE GROUP: 19 & Younger
1 866 Scott Dean 17 Sterling VA 1:17:01 X
2 1096 Gidey Teferra 17 Ashburn VA 1:17:01 X
3 1097 Christopher Larabee 17 Ashburn VA 1:21:39 X
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 19 & Younger
1 696 Megan McMullen 19 Leesburg VA 1:45:39 X
MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 34
1 1247 Ben Koch 26 Damascus MD 1:08:34 X
2 14 Frank Sprtel 34 Silver Spring MD 1:09:24 X
3 557 Michael Colucci 32 Leesburg VA 1:14:59 X
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 34
1 1239 Amanda Stickel 24 Leesburg VA 1:27:44 X
2 1368 Jill Fowler-Hakes 24 Chevy Chase MD 1:30:46 X
3 914 Meredith Alexander 30 Arlington VA 1:32:18 X
MALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39
1 9 Max Lockwood 36 Washington DC 1:09:11 X
2 1249 Mark Hand 39 Arlington VA 1:17:32 X
3 769 Theo Haast 39 Lansdowne VA 1:18:37 X
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39
1 703 Kristin Eddy 35 Reston VA 1:21:53 X
2 1383 Nancy Jeggle 36 Upper Arlington OH 1:23:34 X
3 1538 Jeanette Dumbrell 37 Baileys Xrds VA 1:28:26 X
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
1 1261 Christopher Hamley 41 Damascus MD 1:12:49 X
2 698 Carl Clark 42 New Market MD 1:15:29 X
3 1373 Robin Kane 43 Arlington VA 1:17:59 X
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
1 980 Laura Nelson 40 Woodstock VA 1:22:22 X
2 1048 Monica Grillo 42 Arlington VA 1:22:33 X
3 816 Nicola Elliott 40 Vienna VA 1:25:00 X
MALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
1 131 Jean-Christophe Arcaz 45 Rockville MD 1:15:53 X
2 1518 James Dunn 45 Leesburg VA 1:19:34 X
3 133 Peter McKeen 47 Vienna VA 1:22:56 X
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
1 1394 Cecilia Lutz 46 Herndon VA 1:25:35 X
2 708 Doris Windsand-Dausman 49 Frederick MD 1:31:00 X
3 768 Valerie Custer 46 Waterford VA 1:35:06 X
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
1 423 Norton Compton 51 Fairfax VA 1:17:20 X
2 545 Gary Grimsley 52 Springfield VA 1:19:56 X
3 54 Ken Krehbiel 52 Washington DC 1:26:49 X
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
1 33 Liza Recto 50 Lexington Park MD 1:44:19 X
2 791 Andrea Harris 50 Frederick MD 1:53:23 X
3 870 Sandra Knuth 50 Darnestown MD 1:58:42 X
MALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
1 104 Allen Vaughan 55 Stafford VA X 1:28:10
2 34 Jay Wind 56 Arlington VA X 1:28:30
3 401 Bob Ring 58 Harrisonburg VA X 1:31:05
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
1 32 Sandra Adams 56 Winchester VA 1:33:02 X
2 428 Peggy Richko 58 Hewitt NJ 1:50:02 X
3 208 Lynn Salvo 56 McLean VA 1:50:44 X
MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
1 83 Bill Joyce 62 Herndon VA 1:28:01 X
2 213 Lou Shapiro 64 Silver Spring MD 1:31:28 X
3 927 Donald Hensel 61 Gaithersburg MD 1:31:31 X
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
1 1215 Helene Price 61 Williamsburg VA 1:46:03 X
MALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
1 170 Stephen Forman 66 McLean VA 1:37:10 X
2 853 Benito Vazquez 67 Laurel MD 1:45:20 X
3 1083 Leo Wyne 69 Falls Church VA 1:56:59 X
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
No Finishers
MALE AGE GROUP: 70 & Up
1 108 Jerry Lewis 72 Reston VA 1:41:29 X
2 1270 Ken Schaeder 72 Columbia MD 2:15:52 X
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 70 & Up
No Finishers
MALE LEESBURG RESIDENT
1 557 Michael Colucci 32 Leesburg VA 1:14:59
FEMALE LEESBURG RESIDENT
1 1239 Amanda Stickel 24 Leesburg VA 1:27:44
Cathy Pugsley (37) is second in the 20K with 1:20:10.
Race Day Report for 2006
Full Race Day Results
Photo Gallery 2006
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