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1. About 200 children of all ages participated in the 200 meter and quarter mile Kentlands/Lakelands Kids' Fun Runs.


2. Bill Rodgers offers some pre-race comments, as Gaithersburg Mayor Sydney Katz (left) and race announcer Brian Tresp look on.


3. Nineteen-year-old Atalelech Ketema (#1427) hammers it down Gatestone Square with the male leaders about a half-mile into the race.

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1. Michael Wardian (#24) of Arlington led a pack of three through two miles in 9:41, as eventual winner Ben Cooke (number obstructed) and Kyle Smits (#3) follow in close pursuit.


2. With a half mile to go, Ben Cooke (#2) surges up Firehouse Lane followed closely by training partner Kyle Smits (#3), as Michael Wardian attempts to hang on.


3. Cooke puts the hammer down in the final quarter mile to finish first male overall in 14:52, smashing Troy Harry's one-year-old course record by 34 seconds.


4. Atalelech Ketema of Washington, DC pours it on in the homestretch, as 42-year-old David Hagga (#516) of Rockville follows closely behind. Ketema averaged 5:26 per mile to finish first female overall in 16:51, eclipsing Naoko Ishibe's 17:14 course record set last year.

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1. Curtis Davis of Gaithersburg finished in 17:58, for 4th place in the 40-44 age group, while his 6-year-old son, Miles, completed his first Kentlands/Lakelands Kids Fun Run. The last time Curtis raced with Bill Rodgers was 1989 in Little Rock, Arkansas.


2. New MCRRC club member Steve Vaughn is thrilled to shake hands with Bill Rodgers.


3. Quince Orchard High School cross-country runner Adam Danoff poses with Boston Billy.


4. Bill Rodgers signs autographs for running fans of all ages.

See the report of the race by Brian Ruberry.
See results of the race.