Old met new at the 21st Back-to-School Classic, with a little something for everyone in between.

Old because this "classic," an event that actually earns the honorific, heads into its third decade as the paragon of a small-town, big-hearted family event, with a 2K and Kids Fun Run accompanying the main event. New because this year's race helped field test and perfect Capital Running Company's ChronoTrack system, which features a disposable, paper-thin "D- tag" that attaches to shoelaces and records start and finish times.

Peter Silverman (23, photo) also added to the new with a win in his first road race since graduating last May from Chapman University in Orange County, CA, where he is the 8K cross country school record holder.

Silverman, a native of Washington, led from the start, getting out fast with a 5-minute 17-second opening mile and finishing first in 26:46. But it is not as if he never looked back. "I was running scared the whole way," Silverman said, "trying to keep the intensity going. But I'm really happy with the win."

Silverman is the assistant cross country and track coach at Georgetown Day School in the District.

Mike Sheehy (36), from Washington, was second in 27:53 and former race winner Anthony Belber (35), from Washington, and the head distance running coach at GDS, took fifth in 28:30.

More old--okay, that is not really fair. But masters runner Anita Freres (43), from Reston, VA, (in photo) came from behind to earn what she said was her first win in several years, running 32:10. "Because of all the little kids around, I was really relaxed at the start," Freres said, "I went out nice and easy and worked my way to the front" about midway through the race.

Paula Pels (41), third here the past two years, moved up a spot and finished second in 32:35.

Really old? How about Bob Gurtler (73), who outran many runners a fraction of his age with a fine 49:54 performance. Gurtler helps organize Kelvy's 5K Run on October 4 in The Plains, VA, the town in which he also happens to be mayor. Gurtler, a rocket scientist (really) by profession, completed his 88th race of 2008.

"It's good to be on the top side of the grass rather than looking up at the roots," Gurtler said.

Old, but young at heart.

Welcome to the Human Race: Brendon Smith (14), a soccer player at St. Andrews, enjoyed some cross-training in the 2K, his first foray into road racing.

Welcome to the Race: Sasha (3), a Labrador and German Shepherd mix, wearing a T-shirt, a number and a smile, ran the 2K with Olivia Muro (11), from Somerset. "She's not a good runner," Muro said. "But she was really excited to run, until she saw another dog or a squirrel."

Jacqueline O'Neil (77) of Washington, DC is cheerfully escorted to the finish by Jose Ayala (65) of Kensington, MD.

Awards

OVERALL MALE  (GUN TIME)
Place Num   Name                Age City                  Time    
===== ===== =================== === ===================== ======= 
    1     4 Peter Silverman      23 Washington DC           26:46 
    2   141 Mike Sheehy          36 Washington DC           27:53 
    3     5 Allen Carr           25 Washington DC           28:30 
OVERALL FEMALE  (GUN TIME)
Place Num   Name                Age City                  Time    
===== ===== =================== === ===================== ======= 
    1   322 Anita Freres         43 Reston VA               32:10 
    2   355 Paula Pels           41 Bethesda MD             32:35 
    3   311 Patti Garbrecht      46 Bethesda MD             32:45 
MALE AGE GROUP:  1 - 11   (NET TIME)
    1   337 Richard Bartozzi    11 Chevy Chase MD          38:50 
    2   289 Jay Jadeja          11 Chevy Chase MD          40:39 
    3   288 Isaac Goldman       11 Chevy Chase MD          41:41 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  1 - 11   (NET TIME)
    1    75 Katrina McNeill     11 Chevy Chase MD          40:14 
    2    51 Taylor Knibb        10 Washington DC           46:58 
    3   121 Annie Mendelson     11 Chevy Chase MD          51:46 
MALE AGE GROUP:  12 - 15   (NET TIME)
    1    89 Derek Levinson      12 Washington DC           38:23 
    2   334 Luke Trinity        12 Washington DC           38:50 
    3   259 Thomas Reingruber   12 Chevy Chase MD          39:10 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  12 - 15   (NET TIME)
    1   210 Ava Farrell         13 Chevy Chase MD          37:41 
    2   102 Carravita Pape-Cala 14 Chevy Chase MD          40:36 
MALE AGE GROUP:  16 - 19   (NET TIME)
    1   213 Nikolas Theiss      17 Chevy Chase MD          32:01 
    2   258 James Reingruber    16 Chevy Chase MD          33:40 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  16 - 19   (NET TIME)
    1   304 Paige Donnelly      16 Chevy Chase MD          34:30 
    2   356 Devorah Haberman    17 Highland Park NJ        41:35 
    3   354 Wendy Silver        17 Chevy Chase MD          56:26 
MALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 34   (NET TIME)
    1   118 Rodee Schneider     27 Washington DC           28:57 
    2     8 Mike Cotterell      27 Bethesda MD             31:14 
    3     7 Chris Lombardi       30 WASHINGTON DC          31:47  
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 34   (NET TIME)
    1   306 Mary Clare Peate    28 Arlington VA            33:28 
    2   242 Anne Nutt           30 Rockville MD            34:13 
    3   281 Cristina Burbach    34 Washington DC           35:22 
MALE AGE GROUP:  35 - 39   (NET TIME)
    1   340 Anthony Belber      35 WASHINGTON DC           28:27  
    2   364 Robin Greiber       37 Bethesda MD             30:31 
    3   239 David Bradley       37 Silver Spring MD        33:37 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  35 - 39   (NET TIME)
    1   358 Christy Sporidis    39 Potomac MD              33:22 
    2   139 Ann Adkinson        38 Washington DC           36:16 
    3    85 Carole Kammel       39 Rockville MD            37:39 
MALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 44   (NET TIME)
    1   298 Trey Kinkead        44 Rockville MD            32:49 
    2   290 Seth Unknown        43 Chevy Chase MD          33:14 
    3   317 Dan Anderson        42 Rockville MD            34:34 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 44   (NET TIME)
    1   183 Helen Beven         43 Kensington MD           33:51 
    2   187 Ellen Grant         41 Chevy Chase MD          36:08 
    3    58 Amy Power           44 Chevy Chase MD          36:59 
MALE AGE GROUP:  45 - 49   (NET TIME)
    1   310 Paul Jacobson       45 Gaithersburg MD         29:58 
    2    49 Steven Guttentag    45 Chevy Chase MD          31:52 
    3   115 Dan Kuehn           45 Bethesda MD             32:35 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  45 - 49   (NET TIME)
    1   184 Moana Haddad        46 Chevy Chase MD          35:04 
    2   230 Susannah Budington  45 Chevy Chase MD          40:54 
    3    44 Bethany Mancilla    45 Bethesda MD             42:50 
MALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 54   (NET TIME)
    1   140 Brian Carroll       53 Silver Spring MD        33:13 
    2     3 Jim Hage            50 Kensington MD           33:25 
    3   113 Kevin Korban        53 Chevy Chase MD          34:51 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 54   (NET TIME)
    1    43 Julia Clark         52 Bethesda MD             41:00 
    2    12 Deedee Smith        54 Falls Church VA         41:43 
    3   234 Betsy Hanlon        54 Chevy Chase MD          44:37 
MALE AGE GROUP:  55 - 59   (NET TIME)
    1    80 David Donahue       56 Conneaut Lake PA        34:52 
    2   276 Webb Smedley        55 Silver Spring MD        38:31 
    3    55 Ira Leibowitz       57 Bethesda MD             39:19 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  55 - 59   (NET TIME)
    1    13 Jane Godfrey        59 Takoma Park MD          42:25 
    2   142 Behnaz Fardshisheh  55 Potomac MD              43:33 
    3   104 Barbara Zeughauser  56 Chevy Chase MD          47:14 
MALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 64   (NET TIME)
    1   265 Roger Mingo         60 Washington DC           38:09 
    2    84 Ron North           61 Washington DC           46:54 
    3    81 John Goodman        60 Bethesda MD             47:06 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 64   (NET TIME)
    1   185 Anne Longanecker    63 College Park MD         50:44 
    2    97 Myra Turoff         60 Kensington MD           56:06 
MALE AGE GROUP:  65 - 69   (NET TIME)
    1   144 Mike Golash         65 Washington DC           35:27 
    2   339 Lou Shapiro         66 Silver Spring MD        35:35 
    3   133 Malcolm O'Hagan     68 Chevy Chase MD          36:52 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  65 - 69   (NET TIME)
    1   124 Jeanette Kreiser    65 Chevy Chase MD        1:03:30 
MALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 99   (NET TIME)
    1    30 Robert Gurtler      73 The Plains VA           49:37 
    2   156 Gene Granof         72 Bethesda MD             50:06 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 99   (NET TIME)
    1   200 Jacqueline O'Neil   77 Washington DC         1:00:54 
MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
    1   239 David Bradley       37 M Silver Spring MD      33:37
FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
    1   167 Elise Morgan        34 F Jamaica Plain MA      40:37 

Paul Jacobson (45), from Gaithersburg, MD was the men's masters winner in 30:00.

Full Race Day Results