Welz & Weisel Communications, a strategic public relations firm focused on creating awareness and credibility campaigns for information technology companies, today announced that the first annual Run! Geek! Run! 8K was an overwhelming success with more than 600 individual registrants and more than a dozen teams competing for the title of fastest geek. The event took place on Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. in West Potomac Park, Washington, DC and was created and put on by Welz & Weisel Communications. All proceeds will go to support the Equal Footing Foundation, a Virginia based 501(C)(3) nonprofit focused on youth development and education and is the charitable arm of the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC).

The overall men's winner, Peter Silverman of Washington, DC finished in a time of 25:31 for a pace of 5:08 per mile. Second place was Pat Murphy of Washington, DC who finished in 26:29 (5:20 pace) and third was Dylan Keith of Arlington, VA in a time of 26:45 (5:23 pace). For the women, the overall winner was Laurel Jefferson of Bethesda, MD who finished in a time of 29:42 (5:59 pace). In second place was Julia Smith of Tappahannock, VA who ran a 30:38 (6:10 pace) and in third was Dionis Gauvin of Alexandria, VA who ran a 31:40 (6:23 pace). In the masters (40 and over) competition, William Bray of Fairfax, VA took first place in 28:42 (5:47 pace) and Betty Blank (55) of Falls Church, VA In photo below finished in first place with a time of 34:03 (6:51 pace).

Men's Awards

MALE Open
    1   421 Peter Silverman      24 Washington DC         00:26:16 
    2   424 Pat Murphy           24 Washington DC         00:26:31 
    3   425 Dylan Keith          24 Arlington VA          00:26:46 
MALE Masters
    1   389 William Bray         43 Fairfax VA            00:28:43 
    2   519 Chris Laszlo         49 Great Falls VA        00:31:45 
    3   552 Steven Viers         41 Washington DC         00:32:34 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 19
    1 Jordan Megna         18 M WASHINGTON DC         27:34 27:34  5:33 
    2 Matthew Galewski     18 M WASHINGTON DC         29:03 29:03  5:51 
    3 Lucas Mastalli-Kelly 16 M BETHESDA MD           30:51 30:50  6:13 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 20 - 24
    1 Daniel O'Brien       20 M WASHINGTON DC         33:48 33:30  6:45 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 25 - 29
    1 Thomas Govard        26 M ARLINGTON VA          30:39 30:38  6:10 
    2 Bradford Brecken     28 M WASHINGTON DC         32:17 32:14  6:29 
    3 Steven Schuler       29 M WASHINGTON DC         32:25 32:24  6:32 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 30 - 34
    1 Joel Adams           31 M MANASSAS VA           28:11 28:10  5:40 
    2 Jeffrey Flory        30 M COLLEGE PARK MD       28:14 28:13  5:41 
    3 Paul Mitchell        32 M WASHINGTON DC         30:45 30:39  6:10 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 35 - 39
    1 Paul Landry          38 M ALEXANDRIA VA         30:31 30:31  6:09 
    2 Matt Megary          38 M POTOMAC MD            30:52 30:51  6:13 
    3 Marc Harkness        39 M WASHINGTON DC         31:57 31:57  6:26 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 40 - 44
    1 Michael Marsh        43 M LEESBURG VA           33:11 33:10  6:41 
    2 Manuel Blanco        42 M WASHINGTON DC         37:09 37:04  7:28 
    3 Bill Rollins         42 M FAIRFAX VA            37:23 37:14  7:30 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 45 - 49
    1 Michael Sundel       48 M FALLS CHURCH VA       34:19 34:14  6:54 
    2 Foster Friedman      46 M ALEXANDRIA VA         40:17 40:16  8:06 
    3 Ralph Kerr           48 M WOODBRIDGE VA         41:23 40:36  8:10 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 50 - 54
    1 David Smith          51 M TAPPAHANNOCK VA       36:50 36:48  7:25 
    2 Tony Ioannidis       50 M CHEVY CHASE MD        37:05 36:55  7:26 
    3 Einar Olsen          51 M ARLINGTON VA          38:07 38:05  7:40 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 55 - 59
    1 Robert Peterson      58 M SPRINGFIELD VA        48:08 47:31  9:34 
    2 Daniel Griffin       57 M FRONT ROYAL VA        51:04 50:51 10:14 
    3 Thomas Woolheater    56 M N POTOMAC MD          51:44 51:41 10:24 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 60 - 64
    1 Phil Burton          62 M ARLINGTON VA          42:39 42:06  8:29 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 65 - 69
    1 Jim Verdier          68 M ALEXANDRIA VA         45:51 45:50  9:14 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 70 - 74
    1 Chan Robbins         71 M ARLINGTON VA          37:00 36:59  7:27 
    2 Maynard Weyers       72 M ALEXANDRIA VA         38:17 38:16  7:42 
MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
    1   110 Chris Ammon          37 M Alexandria VA   37:02 36:50  7:25 

In photo, Maynard Weyers (72) of Alexandria, VA races a solid second age group in 38:17.

Women's Awards

FEMALE Open
    1   601 Laurel Jefferson     23 Bethesda MD           00:29:43 
    2   263 Julia Smith          40 Tappahannock VA       00:30:38 
    3   376 Dionis Gauvin        34 Alexandria VA         00:31:41 
FEMALE Masters
    1    11 Betty Blank          55 Falls Church VA       00:34:03 
    2   543 Cynthia Olsen        42 Arlington VA          00:34:24 
    3   495 Blake Rushin         47 Vienna VA             00:35:48 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 01 - 19
    1 Megan Dunn           19 F WASHINGTON DC         34:04 34:01  6:51 
    2 Tara Moran           19 F ALEXANDRIA VA         39:30 39:15  7:54 
    3 Emily Allen          18 F WASHINGTON DC         41:13 40:55  8:14 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 20 - 24
    1 Allison Carney       24 F ARLINGTON VA          32:43 32:42  6:35 
    2 Leah Twardzik        23 F ARLINGTON VA          33:08 33:07  6:40 
    3 Angela Hiner         24 F WASHINGTON DC         35:28 35:25  7:08 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 25 - 29
    1 Melissa Wisner       25 F WASHINGTON DC         32:53 32:52  6:37 
    2 Jill Burkholder      28 F ARLINGTON VA          34:31 34:22  6:55 
    3 Lauren Kitchen       25 F WASHINGTON DC         36:27 36:25  7:20 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 30 - 34
    1 Jennifer Kauppi      30 F N BETHESDA MD         34:40 34:35  6:58 
    2 Linda Stone          34 F FAIRFAX VA            38:09 38:04  7:40 
    3 Dara Schulman        32 F ARLINGTON VA          39:02 38:59  7:51 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 35 - 39
    1 Stephanie Evans      37 F WASHINGTON DC         33:37 33:37  6:46 
    2 Nivea Berrios        38 F ALEXANDRIA VA         38:40 38:24  7:44 
    3 Jennifer Clark       35 F GAITHERSBURG MD       39:24 39:04  7:52 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 40 - 44
    1 Martha Huizenga      41 F WASHINGTON DC         37:58 37:56  7:38 
    2 Lark Dunham          40 F BETHESDA MD           38:04 37:59  7:39 
    3 Shelly Prescod       40 F WOODBRIDGE VA         43:40 43:22  8:44 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 45 - 49
    1 Elizabeth Kendler    49 F WASHINGTON DC         37:53 37:47  7:36 
    2 Denise Coll          48 F ALEXANDRIA VA         38:42 38:40  7:47 
    3 Michelle Gordon      47 F AMISSVILLE VA         46:06 45:25  9:09 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 50 - 54
    1 Merrilee Seidman     54 F ALEXANDRIA VA         39:34 39:33  7:58 
    2 Linda Kostic         50 F GAMBRILLS MD          44:54 44:49  9:01 
    3 Sheryl Romeo         53 F ACCOKEEK MD           45:48 45:01  9:04 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 55 - 59
    1 Jeanine Matte        59 F WASHINGTON DC         44:27 44:16  8:55 
    2 Connie Massaro       58 F ALEXANDRIA VA         70:29 70:21 14:09 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 60 - 64
    1 Gretchen Bolton      63 F BETHESDA MD           46:53 46:26  9:21 
    2 Ann Debortoli        60 F ALEXANDRIA VA         69:28 68:45 13:50 
FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
    1   346 Stephanie Evans      37 F Washington DC   33:37 33:37  6:46 

Six hundred runners fill up Ohio Drive as the race gets underway.

Full results can be found at www.runwashington.com.