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Veterans Day 10K 2007

Ethiopians Dominate Washington, D.C. Masonic Veterans Day 10K
Alemu Brings Home the Gold
By Jim Hage
November 11, 2007
Washington, DC
For the Washington Running Report

Dagne Alemu (in photo) brought an Olympic aura to the 8th Masonic Veterans Day 10K in West Potomac Park on Sunday, breaking away from Ethiopian countryman Gurmessa Mergessa in the long, final straightaway and winning in an event-record 29 minutes 54 seconds.

Mergessa (28), who raced extensively in Washington as Gurmessa Kumsa before moving to the Bronx one year ago, finished second in 29:57. Girma Tolla (32), also from Ethiopia, took third in 30:05.

Alemu (27) finished sixth at 5,000 meters at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000; Tolla ran 10,000 meters and finished 11th. One day before their Veterans Day race, Alemu and Tolla ran the White Rose 5M in York, PA, where Alemu won and Tolla finished second.

"We are a little tired," Alemu said of himself and Tolla. "But we are okay."

Mergessa said he was pleased with his effort. "My wish is always to win," he said through an interpreter. "But today, to finish second, it is good."

Ethiopians also dominated the women's ranks, with Hirut Mengistu (22), from Silver Spring, MD holding off Teyba Naser (20) to win in 35:42. Naser, a native Ethiopian who is now a citizen of Bahrain, finished second, four seconds back. Alemgena Desta (26), also from Ethiopia and now living in Silver Spring, was third in 35:53.

"We are all friends, we train together," Mengistu said. That after she surged in the final 200 meters and took the lead for good.

Naser, a veteran of Bahrain's world cross country team, said she thought she could win, and indeed, held the lead briefly before Mengistu (in photo) took control. "But she ran fast one more time," Naser said.

Clear skies and cold temperatures generally aided runners' efforts, although many wished for warmer conditions. "It would have been perfect for a 5K," said Ryan Mammen (31), who finished 11th in 32:02. "But I cramped a bit the second half."

Allen Carr (24), from Herndon, VA, a former miler at James Madison University, was the first local runner and fourth overall in 30:34. "I'm pleased," said Carr, who works at the Georgetown Running Company. "I've been peaking for this race."

Steven Crane (26), from Silver Spring, was fifth in 30:57. Crane won the Steamtown (Scranton, PA) Marathon on October 7 in 2:23:07, missing the Olympic trials qualifying standard by 67 seconds.

Alisa Harvey (42) won the masters division in 36:33; she was fourth overall. Jean-Cristophe Arcaz (46), from Rockville, took the men's masters title in 35:38.

Nearly 1,200 finished the race.

Men's Awards

MALE Open
1 1587 Dagne Alemu 27 Silver Spring MD 00:29:54
2 1 Gurmessa Mergessa 28 Bronx NY 00:29:57
3 1588 Girma Tolla 31 Silver Spring MD 00:30:05
4 37 Allen Carr 24 Herndon VA 00:30:34
5 7 Steven Crane 26 Silver Spring MD 00:30:57
6 1238 Art Gunther 36 Nyack NY 00:31:01
7 15 Bert Rodriguez 28 Arlington VA 00:31:41
8 19 Brian Baillie 25 Washington DC 00:31:47
9 1584 Abraha Asefa 26 Washington DC 00:31:55
10 17 Jake Klim 27 N Bethesda MD 00:31:56

MALE Masters
1 160 Jean-Christophe Arca 46 Rockville MD 00:35:38

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 19
1 Greg Jubb 17 M COLLEGE PARK MD 33:32 33:31 5:24
2 Scott Tusing 16 M MCLEAN VA 39:37 39:31 6:22
3 Christopher Kloster 16 M ANNANDALE VA 39:49 39:46 6:24

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 Charles Riley 21 M WASHINGTON DC 32:59 32:58 5:19
2 Dylan Keith 23 M WASHINGTON DC 33:43 33:42 5:26
3 Andrew Sutherland 24 M NEW YORK NY 34:45 34:43 5:36

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 Jason Dwyer 28 M ARLINGTON VA 32:13 32:12 5:11
2 Zeru Kelele 26 M WASHINGTON DC 33:10 33:09 5:20
3 Adam Bray 25 M ROCKVILLE MD 33:12 33:11 5:21

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 Ryan Mammen 31 M WOODBRIDGE VA 32:02 32:01 5:10
2 Gideh Kahsay 32 M WASHINGTON DC 32:48 32:47 5:17
3 Ben Cooke 30 M SILVER SPRING MD 33:50 33:48 5:27

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 Max Lockwood 37 M WASHINGTON DC 35:15 35:14 5:41
2 Jon Torrance 36 M WASHINGTON DC 35:18 35:15 5:41
3 David Kent 35 M ARLINGTON VA 35:45 35:43 5:45

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 Kyle Caudle 42 M ANNAPOLIS MD 35:46 35:45 5:46
2 Daniel Simonds 40 M FAIRFAX VA 36:25 36:23 5:52
3 Will Ellison 41 M ARLINGTON VA 38:45 38:42 6:14

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 Terry McLaughlin 47 M SPOTSYLVANIA VA 36:21 36:19 5:51
2 Stephen Curran 48 M WASHINGTON DC 39:19 39:15 6:19
3 Antonio Claro 45 M ROCKVILLE MD 39:21 39:18 6:20

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 Espen Katerasas 51 M WASHINGTON DC 35:46 35:44 5:45
2 Paul Serra 51 M LUSBY MD 39:49 39:46 6:24
3 Ken Krehbiel 54 M WASHINGTON DC 41:41 41:39 6:43

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 Allen Vaughan 57 M STAFFORD VA 43:19 43:15 6:58
2 Jay Jacob Wind 57 M ARLINGTON VA 44:22 44:18 7:08
3 Josef Udwari 56 M SILVER SPRING MD 45:13 45:06 7:16

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 William Scott 60 M GLENARDEN MD 43:24 43:09 6:57
2 Norm Coleman 62 M CHEVY CHASE MD 43:40 43:37 7:02
3 Richard Jefferson 61 M GERMANTOWN MD 44:48 44:39 7:12

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 Lou Shapiro 66 M SILVER SPRING MD 43:10 43:01 6:56
2 Chet Coates 67 M SILVER SPRING MD 53:35 53:11 8:34
3 Richard Boys 68 M COLUMBIA MD 54:23 53:42 8:39

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 74
1 Chan Robbins 70 M ARLINGTON VA 47:13 47:08 7:36
2 Skip Grant 72 M SILVER SPRING MD 47:59 47:54 7:43
3 Richard Williams 71 M ALEXANDRIA VA 49:39 49:34 7:59

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 75 - 79
1 Jack McMahon 77 M ROCKVILLE MD 53:22 53:16 8:35
2 Edward Green 76 M WASHINGTON DC 62:44 61:32 9:55
3 Charles Day 76 M Sterling VA 66:08 64:46 10:26

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 80 - 99
1 Philip Zenchoff 80 M SILVER SPRING MD 86:48 85:31 13:46

Dylan Keith (23) of Washington, DC was second in his division with an excellent 33:43.

Women's Awards

FEMALE Open
1 4 Hirut Mengistu 22 Silver Spring MD 00:35:42
2 1583 Teyba Naser 20 Washington DC 00:35:46
3 5 Alemgena Desta 26 Colesville MD 00:35:53
4 9 Alisa Harvey 42 Manassas VA 00:36:33
5 41 Sarah Spalding 26 Washington DC 00:36:47
6 44 Melissa Tanner 26 Bethesda MD 00:37:00
7 14 Laura Turner 27 Washington DC 00:37:28
8 42 Robyn Ellerbrock 22 Washington DC 00:38:16
9 21 Britton Stackhouse 28 Arlington VA 00:38:29
10 43 Hilary Cairns 37 Washington DC 00:38:35

FEMALE Masters
1 3 Linda Foley 45 Oak Hill VA 00:38:46

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 01 - 19
1 Sarah Bosworth 19 F VIENNA VA 51:35 51:05 8:14
2 Megan Oneill 17 F CHEVY CHASE MD 52:39 52:11 8:24
3 Annie Dobberteen 19 F WASHINGTON DC 55:17 54:52 8:50

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 Etafranu Crekos 24 F WASHINGTON DC 39:49 39:48 6:25
2 Kathryn Garner 21 F HYATTSVILLE MD 40:52 40:42 6:33
3 Alys Cheatie 21 F HICKORY NC 40:56 40:47 6:34

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 Lucia Olivera 29 F WASHINGTON DC 38:40 38:36 6:13
2 Jenny Mlinarcik 28 F ALEXANDRIA VA 38:47 38:42 6:14
3 Laura Ramos 28 F WASHINGTON DC 39:35 39:30 6:22

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 Elizabeth Jones 30 F FALLS CHURCH VA 41:54 41:51 6:45
2 Sierra Schenk 30 F LUSBY MD 43:14 43:10 6:57
3 Danielle Rolfes 31 F WASHINGTON DC 46:10 44:38 7:11

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 Laura Zeilinger 35 F WASHINGTON DC 42:07 42:03 6:46
2 Catherine Dale 39 F WASHINGTON DC 44:46 44:36 7:11
3 Cheryl Young 38 F RESTON VA 44:51 44:44 7:12

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 Rebecca Nathan 42 F ARLINGTON VA 39:55 39:52 6:25
2 Sheryl Kline 44 F ARNOLD MD 41:02 41:00 6:36
3 Cynthia Morgan 41 F ALEXANDRIA VA 44:29 44:24 7:09

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 Cindy Conant 46 F KENSINGTON MD 40:22 40:19 6:30
2 Blake Rushin 46 F VIENNA VA 46:58 46:37 7:31
3 Debbra Head 47 F ALEXANDRIA VA 50:41 49:15 7:56

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 Ofelia Perotti 51 F ALEXANDRIA VA 41:12 41:08 6:38
2 Alison Suckling 52 F ARNOLD MD 42:43 42:39 6:52
3 Betty Blank 54 F FALLS CHURCH VA 42:46 42:44 6:53

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 Alice Franks 59 F ROCKVILLE MD 47:01 46:55 7:33
2 Sandy Salazar 56 F COLUMBIA MD 50:56 50:33 8:09
3 Laurel Clement 59 F HAYMARKET VA 56:56 56:11 9:03

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 Chris Craun 61 F BETHESDA MD 45:02 44:50 7:13
2 Jane Poole 60 F WASHINGTON DC 50:21 50:17 8:06
3 Janice Jacobs 60 F ARLINGTON VA 52:20 51:58 8:22

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 Nancy Linck 66 F ALEXANDRIA VA 57:09 56:51 9:09
2 Jamie Wollard 69 F N BETHESDA MD 72:02 71:39 11:32
3 Elizabeth Lloyd 65 F ALEXANDRIA VA 81:20 80:00 12:53

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 74
1 Tami Graf 71 F LUSBY MD 59:42 59:39 9:36

Seventh place Laura Turner (27) of Washington, DC finishes in 37:28.

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