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Women Spring 2005
2005 Spring WRR Runner Rankings
Women's Division
by James Moreland
July/August 2005
Washington Running Report
Photo above: Emily Richard, age 28 of Washington, DC, is ranked fifth with her 57:42 performance at the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile.
Open Women
Sallie Mae 10K, 32:31
Huge, the Open division is huge, with 63 runners, including runners from four other divisions. Germantown, MD is flush with 22-year-old Tatyanas. Tatyana Petrova is the number one, beating Tatyana Chulakh, and everyone else, at Sallie Mae 32:31 to 33:54. The week before the story was same at the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K, albeit a closer finish (32:47 to 33:08). Last period's champion, Ann McGranahan, made a go at it, defeating Chulakh at the Shamrock 8K 26:30 to 26:37. At Sallie Mae she ran 34:12.
With no sign of Aurora Scott or Marina Bychkova, Susannah Kvasnicka might have moved up form last period's three place ranking. She did all the right things, racing Cherry Blossom in 57:27 and Pike's Peek in 34:39. You can see that each race she is getting faster. Starting with St. Patrick's in 35:18, she then dialed up Sallie Mae in 35:11. By the end of the summer, she may be ready for those sub-34:00 minute 10Ks needed to win the division.
Emily Richard takes fourth over Jill Krebs with her Cherry Blossom race in 57:42, which is knocking on Kvasnicka's back door. Krebs ran 58:12. Krebs also owns the fastest 5K so far this year in 16:57. Anna Pichrtova races out of Waynesboro, VA. She won the Carytown 10K in 35:02 to stay in contention at number seven.
Pl Name Age Hometown
1 Petrova, Tatyana** 22 Germantown, MD
2 Chulakh, Tatyana 22 Germantown, MD
3 McGranahan, Ann 26 Newport, VA
4 Kvasnicka, Susannah** 33 Great Falls, VA
5 Richard, Emily 28 Washington, DC
6 Krebs, Jill* 24 New Windsor, MD
7 Pichrtova, Anna** 31 Waynesboro, VA
8 Bauer, Cheryl* 23 Richmond, VA
9 Calle, Maria Elena 25 Richmond, VA
10 Turner, Laura* 25 Washington, DC
11 Bailey, Mary Kate** 30 Arlington, VA
12 Hanscom, Heather* 27 Arlington, VA
13 Lynch, Victoria** 31 Washington, DC
14 Hunter, Vanessa 29 Arlington, VA
15 Thomas, Lisa* 29 Alexandria, VA
16 Concaugh, Jackie** 30 Alexandria, VA
17 Kruppa, Marni* 24 Alexandria, VA
18 Reed, Ann* 31 Columbia, MD
19 Stick, Sherry**** 26 Eldersburg, MD
20 Harvey, Alisa 39 Manassas, VA
21 Pool, Diana 24 Carrollton, MD
22 Kiley, Genivieve 30 Washington, DC
23 Davison, Mary** 32 Chesapeake, VA
24 Whaley, Briana* 26 Richmond, VA
25 Mudge, Michelle 28 Richmond, VA
26 Knickman, Denise**** 37 Baltimore, MD
27 Suvorova, Irina 34 Washington, DC
28 Huizing, Marjan** 37 Montgomery Village, MD
29 Donovan, Sharon 30 Washington, DC
30 Spinnler, Maria 43 Hagerstown, MD
31 Locke, Steph* 23 Virginia Beach, VA
32 Schrank, Brenda* 33 Winchester, VA
33 Wallace, Barbara* 31 Alexandria, VA
34 Spalding, Sarah 24 Washington, DC
35 Stackhouse, Britton 25 Arlington, VA
36 Shull Patti 46 Ashburn, VA
37 Fitzgerald, Ellen 41 Washington, DC
38 Selmer, Carrie* 20 Mt. Airy, MD
39 Alaei, Sarah 22 Bethesda, MD
40 Freix, Laura* 44 Centreville, VA
41 Minnix-Wolfe, Leslie 43 Herndon, VA
42 Kickish, Eileen 25 Washington, DC
43 Malloy, Kristen 14 Phoenix, MD
44 Beven, Helen 40 Kensington, MD
45 Hagerbaumer, Jamie* 27 Washington, DC
46 Wallace, Heather 34 Reston, VA
47 Cox, Vanessa 43 Laurel, MD
48 Quarles, Jennifer* 33 Williamsburg, VA
49 Zerfas, Patricia 43 Kensington, MD
50 Hall, Maureen* 40 Cumberland, MD
51 High, Renee 23 Virginia Beach, VA
52 Humphrey, Robyn 41 Ellicott City, MD
53 Cooke, Jacqueline* 26 Alexandria, VA VA
54 Conant, Cindy 44 Kensington, MD MD
55 Haupt, Diane* 39 Virginia Beach, VA
56 Fulton, Patti 39 Silver Spring, MD
57 Friedel, Cathy 41 Solomons, MD
58 Nelson, Laura** 39 Woodstock, VA
59 Ruppel, Emily 19 Washington, DC
60 Harnett, Jennifer 27 Clean Spring, MD
61 Foster, Aspen* 17 Virginia Beach, VA
62 Olson, Ruth 42 Spotsylvania, VA
63 Didomenico, Kristin 38 Sterling, VA
Women 19 & Younger
Darcars Pike's Peek 10K, 39:08
Not sure where the trend is going but Kristin Malloy won the division with a win on the first weekend and the last weekend of the period. At the 180s Shamrock 5K in March she ran 19:06. By May, she lowered it to 18:53 at the BRRC WDF 5K. Emily Ruppel ran Sallie Mae in 40:24 to join with Kristen Malloy and Aspen Foster as three teens to make the Open division.
Aspen Foster won the Falcon 5K in 19:33. Shannon Ralston had a big Shamrock 8K ahead of Foster. Karen Dickerson continues to impress, winning five of the six races she entered.
Pl Name Age Hometown
1 Malloy, Kristen*** 14 Phoenix, MD
2 Ruppel, Emily** 19 Washington, DC
3 Foster, Aspen* 17 Virginia Beach, VA
4 Ralston, Shannon** 16 Virginia Beach, VA
5 Peter, Mary Margaret** 14 Virginia Beach, VA
6 Dickerson, Karen***** 19 Springfield, VA
7 O'Connell, Meghan** 15 Richmond, VA
8 Swim, Ashley** 14 Clifton, VA
9 Finnimore, Krista* 15 Midlothian, VA
10 McLellan, Claire* 15 Winchester, VA
11 Darling, Allie* 14 Clifton, VA
12 Kerrigan, Shannon 15 Fairfax, VA
Women 35 - 39
Photo by Brightroom.com: Diane Haupt of Virginia Beach, VA, had the best half marathon in her division; she is ranked fifth.
Capitol Hill Classic 10K, 37:19
Denise Knickman races a lot but she seems to do it in spurts. Of her nine efforts this spring, three were overall wins and five were age group triumphs. She started the first day of the period with a St. Patrick's Day 10K win in 38:56 and ended the last day with a BRRC WDF 5K overall win in 18:11. In between she won the Ocean City Marathon in 3:07:12 and her Frederick Marathon just missed in 2:57:51. Normally these credentials mean a championship. Alisa Harvey's 5K win at GW Parkway in 18:12 is in the neighborhood. The same May 22nd that Knickman is running her best race, Harvey is winning the Capitol Hill 10K in 37:19 and absconding with the division crown.
Marjan Huizing's Pike's Peek win in 37:54 easily sets aside Helen Bevan's 39:20. Beven is now forty and will be looking at new challenges as a masters division runner.
Pl Name Age Hometown
1 Harvey, Alisa** 39 Manassas, VA
2 Knickman, Denise*8 37 Baltimore, MD
3 Huizing, Marjan*** 37 Montgomery Village, MD
4 Beven, Helen* 39 Kensington, MD
5 Haupt, Diane** 39 Virginia Beach, VA
6 Mancini, Jinx* 38 Richmond, VA
7 Fulton, Patti* 39 Silver Spring, MD
8 Lang, Vicki 36 Columbia, MD
9 Nelson, Laura**** 39 Woodstock, VA
10 Didomenico, Kristin* 38 Sterling, VA
11 Nathan, Rebecca** 39 Arlington, VA
12 Gallagher, Deirdre 35 Arlington, VA
13 Dumbrell, Jeanette 36 Falls Church, VA
14 Feliciano, Tacy* 36 Columbia, MD
15 Tunnell, Caroline* 35 Midlothian, VA
16 Mahan, Christine 36 Arlington, VA
17 Takakusaki, Yuko* 37 Arlington, VA
18 Marsh, Andrea** 39 Washington, DC
19 Miller, Beth* 35 Fairfax, VA
20 Killeen, Karen** 36 Richmond, VA
21 Casey, Beth** 36 Oak Hill, VA
22 Wamsley, Elizabeth 35 Midlothian, VA
23 Kirby, Samantha 36 Arlington, VA
24 Lamb, Shelby* 36 Chesapeake, VA
25 Carvell, Taneen 38 Woodbridge, VA
26 Gardner, Jennifer 35 Richmond, VA
27 Wigle, Barbara** 38 Centreville, VA
28 Lewis, Suzanne 35 Richmond, VA
29 Armstrong, Lisa** 39 Abingdon, VA
Women 40 - 44
Photo: Patricia Zerfas of Kensington, MD, is MCRRC's reigning masters best; she is ranked seventh.
Sallie Mae Fund 10K, 37:22
Absent from the last rankings, Maria Spinnler dove into spring racing with a vengeance. She had the top four times, including in March the fastest 8K at Shamrock in 29:55 and the best 5K at the 180's Shamrock in 18:28. Then in April, she polished off the division with the first local masters award at Sallie Mae in 37:22.
Monica Grillo's second race was a windy Ocean City Marathon way down the list of top times. Still, she earns the runner-up spot with her head-to-head win over third place Ellen Fitzgerald and fourth place Laura Friex at the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile in 64:27. Freix ran 64:44, more than a few spots ahead of Fitzgerald's 66:18. Fitzgerald still gets the nod as her Capitol Hill 10K in 38:44 matches exactly Grillo's 10-Mile equivalent.
Leslie Minnix-Wolfe and Vanessa Cox also ran Cherry Blossom ahead of Fitzgerald and their places match that race. Sometimes when the times are very close the tiebreaker becomes the most recent race.
Photo: Sheryl Kline of Arnold, MD, was thumbs up as she finished the downhill final mile at Pike's Peek 10K. She is ranked 18th.
Pl Name Age Hometown
1 Spinnler, Maria***** 43 Hagerstown, MD
2 Grillo, Monica 40 Arlington, VA
3 Fitzgerald, Ellen* 41 Washington, DC
4 Freix, Laura**** 44 Centreville, VA
5 Minnix-Wolfe, Leslie 43 Herndon, VA
6 Cox, Vanessa 43 Laurel, MD
7 Zerfas, Patricia** 43 Kensington, MD
8 Hall, Maureen* 40 Cumberland, MD
9 Humphrey, Robyn*** 41 Ellicott City, MD
10 Conant, Cindy** 43 Kensington, MD
11 Jacobs, Eileen**** 42 Richmond, VA
12 Friedel, Cathy* 40 Lusby, MD
13 Olson, Ruth** 42 Spotsylvania, VA
14 Black, Beverly*** 44 Frederick, MD
15 Thienel, Julie*** 41 Columbia, MD
16 Foley, Linda*** 43 Oak Hill, VA
17 Fedon, Leslie* 41 Norfolk, VA
18 Kline, Sheryl* 42 Arnold, MD
19 Santarpia, Gloria*** 43 Odenton, MD
20 Frick, Trisha 40 Catonsville, MD
21 Edeburn, Melissa*** 44 Washington. DC
22 Danilkovitch, Alla** 41 Pikesville, MD
23 McDonald, Bonnie** 40 Roanoke, VA
24 Lovett, Pamela* 40 Newport News, VA
25 Wagner, Andrea*** 42 Richmond, VA
26 Persina, Win* 44 Washington, DC
27 Knapp, Marcella * 42 Arlington, VA
28 Ware, Elizabeth* 40 Virginia Beach, VA
29 Bevis, Gwendolyn 43 Washington, DC
30 Moore, Kimberly* 40 Richmond, VA
31 Hogge, Michelle* 40 Williamsburg, VA
32 Warring, Laeticia 42 Reston, VA
33 Bluher, Toni* 42 Ellicott City, MD
34 Blasey, Sandy 43 Kensington, MD
35 Gallagher, Catherine 44 Chevy Chase, MD
36 Walsh, Nancy 43 Richmond, VA
37 Niel, Laura* 40 Annandale, VA
38 Brophy, Christine* 40 Montgomery Village, MD
39 Bohlmann, Gina*** 41 Williamsburg, VA
40 Layson, Linda 44 Severn, MD
41 Huck, Tammy 41 Arlington, VA
42 Rushin, Blake 43 Vienna, VA
43 Smith-Harden,Michele*** 41 Norfolk, VA
Women 45 - 49
St. Patrick's Day 10K, 38:40
Patti Shull is the oldest woman to qualify for the Open division. She moved quickly to restore order in the division. In the first race of the period, she easily won the St. Patrick's Day 10K in 38:40. She capped the division with a May Day victory at the Cassidy & Pinkard Run for Hope 5K in 18:39.
Debbie Flynn earns the deuce with her 40:24 age group delight at Darcars Pike's Peek 10K and an overall win at the Friends of Ian 5K in 20:08. Last period's champ, Debi Bernardes, won the Organ Donor 8K in 33:05. Her other race was the ill-fated Connect the Dots 5K. Her 21:39 really equates to a 40:16 10K as the actual race distance was measured at 3.446.
Valerie Plyler looks good with three wins, including the 5K Race for Mental Health in 19:41, a qualifying time for the Open division. Alison Suckling is next in line. Just months away from turning fifty, her 41:56 at Pike's Peek has to have women in that division anxiously looking over their shoulders.
Pl Name Age Hometown
1 Shull Patti** 46 Ashburn, VA
2 Flynn, Debbie** 48 Gaithersburg, MD
3 Bernardes, Debi** 46 King George, VA
4 Plyler, Valerie*** 45 Yorktown, VA
5 Rosasco, Carole* 45 Arnold, MD
6 Suckling, Alison* 49 Arnold, MD
7 Persina, Win* 45 Washington, DC
8 Goodwin, Robin**** 46 Timonium, MD
9 Winn, Dorothy*** 49 Norfolk, VA
10 Malin, Mary* 45 McLean, VA
11 Hoitsma, Ellen* 49 Baltimore, MD
12 McCann, Beth* 45 Germantown, MD
13 Walls, Cindy 47 Arlington, VA
14 Haghighian, Hosni** 46 Charlottesville, VA
15 Kerr, Eleanor** 45 University Park, MD
16 Fredheim, Rannveig * 46 Gainesville, VA
17 Betz, Jean* 45 Cabin John, MD
18 Carl, Joan* 45 Richmond, VA
19 Galliani, Paula 45 Gaithersburg, MD
20 Altenburger, Kim 48 Parkville, MD
21 Roed, Becky*** 46 Springfield, VA
22 Lopina, Maureen 45 Herndon, VA
23 Michael, Cheryl 45 Richmond, VA
24 Teranto, Jane * 45 Columbia, MD
Women 50 - 54
Photo by Brightroom.com: Marjorie Marque of Alexandria, VA, is ranked 16th. Her mother, Hedy Marque, still runs at age 87 and is ranked also.
Sallie Mae Fund 10K, 43:08
Jenny Rexrode has been everywhere. She ran twelve races, winning two outright and earning seven more age group wins. She even upended last period's champion, Betty Blank, at the GW Parkway 5K. She was just returning the favor as Blank prevailed at Cherry Blossom earlier in the month, 72:43 to 76:50. Rexrode gets fourth place. Margaret Starnes had three swift 5Ks, including the RASAC Mother's Day 5K in 20:46, the fastest of the year.
Blank gets moved back a notch but Starnes is only the runner- up. Blank's Cherry Blossom was trumped by Naomi Stanford's division win in 72:27. Stanford cemented the championship by winning Sallie Mae 10K in 43:08 to Blank's 43:16. Linda Gulick grabs the five spot with five age group wins, including the Ukrop's 10K in 44:12.
Pl Name Age Hometown
1 Stanford, Naomi**** 54 Washington, DC
2 Starnes, Margaret*** 50 Street, MD
3 Blank, Betty 51 Falls Church, VA
4 Rexrode, Jenny*9 50 Fredericksburg, VD
5 Gulick, Linda***** 50 Richmond, VA
6 Smith, Linell*** 52 Baltimore, MD
7 Shipp, Stephanie** 51 Great Falls, VA
8 Talley, Carol** 50 Williamsburg, VA
9 Donohue, Patricia* 50 Alexandria, VA
10 Davis, Peggy** 53 Falls Church, VA
11 West, Renee* 50 Bethesda, MD
12 Gilley, Patrica** 52 King William, VA
13 Lauzon, Jean 51 Fredericksburg, VA
14 Nidds-Lund, Donna* 53 Ashburn, VA
15 Shields, Maria* 54 Davidsonville, MD
16 Marque, Marjorie* 53 Alexandria, VA
17 English, Carol 50 Germantown, MD
18 Seidman, Merrilee* 50 Alexandria, VA
19 Hughes, Ginny* 54 Warrenton, VA
20 Jones, Diane 50 Richmond, VA
21 Popovich, Rose* 52 The Plains, VA
22 Best, Diane 51 Richmond, VA
Women 55 - 59
Photo by Brightroom.com: Ruth Hens of Parkville, MD, in an Annapolis Ten Miler shirt is ranked tenth.
Darcars Pike's Peek 10K, 42:24
There was a battle royale for supremacy in the swiftest grandmaster division. In the first week, Barbara Mathewson dismissed last period's runner-up, Rose Malloy, with a four minute shellacking at the Shamrock 8K. That was Mathewson's worst race. In April, she had the fastest half marathon, winning the Pomoco in 1:35:05, and a swift Ukrop's 10K in 42:38.
The other three of the best six times belonged to Sandy Adams. She won Cherry Blossom in 71:10 and Apple Blossom in 43:03. The week before at Pike's Peek she became the champion with her 42:24 10K win.
After that it was all Alice Franks. She had the next seven fastest times and was second to Adams at Cherry Blossom in 74:24 and Pike's Peek in 44:24. The other five races were part of her six total age group wins.
Pl Name Age Hometown
1 Adams, Sandra*** 55 Winchester, VA
2 Mathewson, Barbara*** 55 Virginia Beach, VA
3 Franks, Alice****** 57 Rockville, MD
4 Crippen, Nancy* 55 Stafford, VA
5 Kearney, Linda 58 Oak Hill, VA
6 Greenberg, Freyda 56 Falls Church, VA
7 Peters, Linda** 57 New Kent, VA
8 Van Brocklin, Cathy** 58 Gaithersburg, MD
9 Bonta, Meredith* 59 Crofton, MD
10 Hens, Ruth 58 Parkville, MD
11 O'Brien-Dorner, Patty** 55 Yorktown, VA
12 Craun, Chris 59 Bethesda, MD
13 Price, Helene* 59 Williamsburg, VA
14 Hays, Lynne* 59 Arlington, VA
15 Poole, Jane** 57 Falls Church, VA
16 St. Clair, Christy** 56 Glen Arm, MD
17 Stansfield, Leslie** 55 Reston, VA
18 Tapocik, Joan* 57 Germantown, MD
19 Himelright, Colleen* 57 Fredericksburg, VA
20 Velila, Loida 57 Falls Church, VA
21 Biasi, Barbara** 57 Yorktown, VA
22 Crawford, Claudia 58 Germantown, MD
Women 60 - 64
Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K, 48:28
National class runner Sharon Dolan has moved to Michigan. Let her decimate them for a while. Now somebody else can win the division. Last period Janice Stoodley was the champion. Her only race at Capitol Hill in 48:58 would have made the top spot even tighter.
In the vacuum, Priscila Prunella and Joan Coven made the move. Both ran good times at major races. In her hometown, Prunella earns the crown with her Pike's Peek win in 48:28. She tacked on age group wins at Piece of Cake in 50:42 and Cherry Blossom in 84:32. Coven made her mark with the second and third fastest races of the period, Shamrock 8K in 38:50 and Queen's Lake 5K in 23:57.
Dee Nelson has been running a lot of club races, which tend to be slow and sometimes a little long. She got surprised out of third place by some major moves from Betty King. King ran the lesser known Cherry Pit 10 Mile in 85:14 and was second in her age group at Capitol Hill in 51:35.
Pl Name Age Hometown
1 Prunella, Priscila**** 61 Rockville, MD
2 Coven, Joan** 63 Williamsburg, VA
3 King, Betty 60 Crofton, M D
4 Nelson, Dee*** 61 Gaithersburg, MD
5 Welch, Pat* 60 Vienna, VA
6 Linck, Nancy** 63 Alexandria, VA
7 Berglund, Mary Kate 63 Richmond, VD
8 Hess, Andrea****** 60 Midlothian, VA
9 Smith, Betty* 63 Rockville, MD
10 Walsh, Elizabeth 60 Richmond, VD
11 Stark, Barbara 60 Suffolk, VA
12 Privitera, Barbara 60 Alexandria, VA
13 Berger, Nancy 60 Cockeysville, MD
Women 65 - 69
Darcars Pike's Peek 10K, 55:38
Shirley Wampler has the official Virginia state record for the 10K at 58:07. Tami Graf does most of her running in Maryland where this year she won the division with 55:38 at Darcars Pike's Peek. Last year she had three races faster than Wampler's record - GW Birthday, Run vs. Row, and Leesburg. Sometimes it takes a while for the paperwork to get through.
Meanwhile, her chief competition has been Arlowene Garland. Garland ran one of the swiftest 5Ks in 27:43 at the Rosner Shamrock 5K. Graf had too much staying power, running one-sixth of all the ranked times in her division. She is always at the big races, running Cherry Blossom in 1:35:15. Wampler is third winning an age group at the Whistlestop 5K in 28:05
Pl Name Age Hometown
1 Graf, Tami*7 68 Lusby, MD
2 Garland, Arlowene** 66 Warsaw, VA
3 Wampler, Shirley** 68 Midlothian, VA
4 Parakkal, Marianne* 69 Gaithersburg, MD
5 Mottus, Jill** 67 Baltimore, MD
6 Ely, Pauline*** 66 Hampton, VA
7 Murray, Brenda* 65 Chevy Chase, MD
8 Guerrieri, Kathleen 66 Kensington, MD
9 Martin, Jane 65 Richmond, VA
10 Adachi, Yoshiko** 67 Reisterstown, MD
11 Hoyt, Barbara** 68 Sparks, MD
12 Wollard, Jamie** 66 Bethesda, MD
13 Manciagli, Ann 69 Williamsburg, VA
Women 70 - 74
Capitol Hill Classic 10K, 54:16
Pat Ewell is used to leading the division. Certainly in Williamsburg she is the queen. She has the fastest 5K, 5M and half marathon this year, including seven age group wins. Then along comes Margery Elliott. She starts the spring with a 59:34 at St. Patrick's crushing all her competition. Then five weeks later she drops the hammer and runs 54:50 at Sallie Mae. Then to prove that was no fluke, she pours on an unconscionable 54:16 at Capitol Hill. That is well under the Maryland state record, leaving only Hedy Marque's 50:29 Virginia state record.
Pl Name Age Hometown
1 Elliott, Margery*** 72 Bethesda, MD
2 Ewell, Pat*7 71 Williamsburg, VA
3 O'Neil, Jacqueline 73 Washington, DC
Women 75 - 79
Stupid Little 5K, 37:29 - 10K = 1:18:02
Last period, no women were ranked in the division. This surprised Helen Schley a little because she was racing. She often ducks into Pennsylvania or West Virginia or goes out west to a national track meet. This spring she was spotted in Berryville running the Stupid Little 5K. Martha Trimmer earns kudos for running eight 5Ks during the period.
Pl Name Age Hometown
1 Schley, Helen** 77 Myersville, MD
2 Trimmer, Martha****** 76 Grasonville, MD
Women 80 & Up
Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile, 1:57:38 - 10K = 1:10:42
Every spring Hedy Marque (photo by Brightroom.com) comes out and runs two or three races, usually Cherry Blossom, Sallie Mae, and oft times GW Parkway. Last year she skipped the 10K, a race that she owns eight single age national records, nine if you count this year's St. Patrick's Day 10K in 75:56. Counting this year's record Cherry Blossom, she has American records in fifteen of the last sixteen years.
Pl Name Age Hometown
1 Marque, Hedy 87 Alexandria, VA
See the Men's Spring 2005 WRR Runner Rankings