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Veterans Day 10K 2008

Abebe's Winning Combination
He Preregisters and Runs Fast at Veterans Day 10K
By Jim Hage
Novermber 9, 2008
Washington, DC
For the Washington Running Report

In the race's ninth year, great weather, more than $3,000 in cash awards, and a random prize of a week's vacation bring out the largest crowd since 2000.

Disqualification of the top two finishers lent a touch of controversy to the 9th Veterans Day 10K in West Potomac Park. But for more than 1,500 other finishers out for a 6.2-mile jaunt on a perfect fall morning, the valedictory event of the 2008 racing season was a mix of business with pleasure as usual.

Abraham Ngetich, from Kenya via New Rochelle City, NY, and Tesfaye Girma, from Ethiopia via the Bronx, finished first and second overall but had failed to preregister. Race director Rick Freedman said National Capital Park Service rules prohibit registration on public grounds and that no race-day entries are permitted. Moreover, Freedman said, he spoke with the runners on the telephone the night before the race and warned them they would not be able to compete.

"Our permit prohibits us from accepting registrations on park property," Freedman said. "We're not going to jeopardize our relationship with the Park Service."

The top runners had received complimentary bib numbers before the race from volunteers who were not properly versed in Park and company policy, Capital Running Company spokesman James Moreland said.

So Ngetich's time of approximately 29 minutes 36 seconds, which would have been an event record, went out the window, and third- place finisher Abiyot Abebe , an Ethiopian from Silver Spring, was awarded first place and the winner's check of $500.

"This is by chance," Abebe said. "We didn't make any mistake," he added, noting that he and his fellow Ethiopian runners had registered ahead of time. Abebe, who ran 30:04, said his next race would be November 15 at the Richmond 8K.

Salome Kosgei, (in photo above) from Kenya, the first woman, was originally disqualified but race officials later determined she had properly preregistered. Kosgei, like Ngetich, a former Iona College standout, won in a course-record 33:19. Last year's winner, Hirut Mandefro, finished second in 34:32 and her fellow Ethiopian training partner, Alemgena Desta (27), from Silver Spring, took third in 34:47.

Steven Crane (27), from Arlington, officially finished second in 30:31. Crane (in photo) improved his 2007 time by 26 seconds, even though he ran alone the entire second half of the race.

"We went through 5K in 14:52," he said, "and then they took off. Once I was gapped, I slowed down the whole way in." Crane led the Pacers-Brooks racing squad to the team title; Pacers- Brooks' four men and Barb Fallon Wallace (fifth among the women in 36:58) averaged 32:22. Georgetown Running Company, led by third-place finisher Wilson Komen, was the second team, averaging 33:51.

Alisa Harvey (43) was the first masters woman sixth overall in 37:18. Mark Stickley (46) was 13th and the top master's man in 33:21.

Awards - Men

MALE Open
1 50 Abiyot Abebe 22 Silver Spring MD 30:04
2 3 Steven Crane 27 Arlington VA 30:31
3 38 Wilson Komen 30 Washington DC 31:14
4 7 Bert Rodriguez 29 Arlington VA 31:18
5 19 Willy Viviani 26 Arlington VA 31:28
6 15 Steve Mance 24 Alexandria VA 31:31
7 9 Nate Brigham 25 Washington DC 31:33
8 1020 David Angell 32 Blue Ridge VA 32:32
9 1302 Greg Jubb 18 College Park MD 32:47
10 21 Scott Anderson 34 Washington DC 32:53

MALE Masters
1 30 Mark Stickley 46 Winchester VA 33:21

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 19
1 Matt Karlin 19 M LIVINGSTON NJ 33:15 33:13 5:21
2 Victor Ho 18 M WASHINGTON DC 33:54 33:53 5:28
3 Geoff Treat 19 M COLLEGE PARK MD 35:38 35:36 5:44

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 20 - 24
1 Peter Silverman 24 M WASHINGTON DC 33:53 33:52 5:27
2 Daniel Ball 24 M ARLINGTON VA 34:06 34:04 5:29
3 Erik Westlund 24 M BALTIMORE MD 34:27 34:26 5:33

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 25 - 29
1 Dave Miller 25 M LEESBURG VA 33:28 33:27 5:23
2 Diego Miralles 25 M COLLEGE PARK MD 33:33 33:32 5:24
3 Daniel Meikamu 29 M SILVER SPRING MD 33:43 33:41 5:26

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 30 - 34
1 Marco Rosasgalicia 33 M SILVER SPRING MD 36:32 36:30 5:53
2 Joseph Pope 34 M WASHINGTON DC 37:11 37:10 5:59
3 David Bernand 33 M MCLEAN VA 37:22 37:21 6:01

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 35 - 39
1 Eric Makovsky 35 M WASHINGTON DC 36:12 36:10 5:50
2 David Kent 36 M ARLINGTON VA 36:14 36:13 5:50
3 Jeffrey Hiott 35 M WASHINGTON DC 36:52 36:51 5:56

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 40 - 44
1 Ian Clements 44 M ALEXANDRIA VA 35:59 35:57 5:48
2 Victor Papagno 40 M HUGHESVILLE MD 36:45 36:45 5:55
3 Malcolm Lester 41 M WASHINGTON DC 37:10 37:08 5:59

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 45 - 49
1 Jean-Christophe Arca 47 M ROCKVILLE MD 35:22 35:20 5:42
2 Dave Berardi 48 M BALTIMORE MD 35:34 35:32 5:44
3 Terry McLaughlin 48 M SPOTSYLVANIA VA 37:35 37:33 6:03

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 50 - 54
1 Eduardo Rodriguez 52 M MADRID SPAIN 36:30 36:29 5:53
2 Weems McFadden 51 M COLUMBIA MD 37:06 37:04 5:58
3 Gustavo Olmedo 50 M MCLEAN VA 39:11 39:09 6:18

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 55 - 59
1 Chuck Moeser 57 M STERLING VA 35:29 35:26 5:43
2 Alan Pemberton 56 M SILVER SPRING MD 37:58 37:58 6:07
3 Richard Adams Jr 57 M HERNDON VA 38:11 38:11 6:09

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 60 - 64
1 Carlos Rosales 61 M ALEXANDRIA VA 41:39 41:39 6:43
2 Michael Wesbecher 60 M OAKTON VA 42:31 42:26 6:50
3 Michael Kush 63 M BURKE VA 47:15 46:37 7:31

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 65 - 69
1 Lou Shapiro 67 M SILVER SPRING MD 42:58 42:54 6:55
2 Richard Pane 65 M HERNDON VA 44:43 44:35 7:11
3 Malcolm O'Hagan 68 M CHEVY CHASE MD 45:47 45:39 7:21

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 70 - 74
1 Chan Robbins 71 M ARLINGTON VA 47:05 47:05 7:35
2 Carl Cox 71 M FALLS CHURCH VA 49:49 49:45 8:01
3 Martin Harms 71 M ALEXANDRIA VA 49:54 49:48 8:01

MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 75 - 79
1 Jack McMahon 78 M ROCKVILLE MD 54:49 54:42 8:49
2 Edward Green 77 M WASHINGTON DC 61:02 60:52 9:48

MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 213 Alemayehu Tamirat 26 M Washington DC 37:58 37:52 6:06

Soldiers from the Virginia National Guard supported the race at the finish and throughout the course.

Awards - Women

FEMALE Open
1 36 Salome Kosgei 28 Bronx NY 33:19
2 51 Hirut Mandefro 23 Silver Spring MD 34:32
3 14 Alemgena Desta 27 Silver Spring MD 34:47
4 53 Yunilesh Delelecha 27 Washington DC 36:30
5 10 Caroline White 23 College Park MD 36:52
6 18 Barb Fallon Wallace 34 Alexandria VA 36:58
7 4 Alisa Harvey 43 Manassas VA 37:18
8 37 Erin Swain 26 Arlington VA 37:48
9 8 Erica Nemmers 36 Herndon VA 38:22
10 1853 Carrie Conley 34 Gainesville VA 38:28

FEMALE Masters
1 991 Anita Freres 43 Reston VA 39:37

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 01 - 19
1 Elaine Twigg 19 F FALLS CHURCH VA 43:54 43:48 7:03
2 Nicole Dawson 14 F JESSUP MD 44:42 44:18 7:08
3 Susan Falt 19 F ANNAPOLIS MD 48:58 48:51 7:52

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 20 - 24
1 Lydia Malley 24 F WASHINGTON DC 41:54 41:38 6:42
2 Elyse Braner 24 F WASHINGTON DC 41:50 41:49 6:44
3 Jamie Lewin 20 F WASHINGTON DC 42:20 42:14 6:48

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 25 - 29
1 Michelle Harburg 26 F WASHINGTON DC 39:35 39:34 6:22
2 Katharine Labanca 25 F WASHINGTON DC 42:43 42:37 6:52
3 Cecily Brewer 29 F WASHINGTON DC 43:28 43:10 6:57

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 30 - 34
1 Ingrid Peterson 30 F WASHINGTON DC 43:45 43:28 7:00
2 Christina Vanucci 30 F WESTLAKE OH 44:04 43:46 7:03
3 Maya Brown 32 F WASHINGTON DC 45:02 44:09 7:07

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 35 - 39
1 Mary Davison 36 F BRISTOW VA 38:43 38:43 6:14
2 Christie Yang 37 F FALLS CHURCH VA 43:41 43:09 6:57
3 Laura Zeilinger 36 F WASHINGTON DC 44:28 44:27 7:10

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 40 - 44
1 Tatiana Maslova 42 F WASHINGTON DC 40:02 40:01 6:27
2 Rebecca Nathan 43 F ARLINGTON VA 40:04 40:03 6:27
3 Ragan Petrie 42 F ATLANTA GA 42:32 42:32 6:51

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 45 - 49
1 Sheryl Kline 45 F ARNOLD MD 41:21 41:21 6:40
2 Leslie Knibb 45 F WASHINGTON DC 43:50 43:34 7:01
3 Christine Hackman 45 F ALEXANDRIA VA 45:45 45:41 7:21

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 50 - 54
1 Ofelia Perotti 52 F ALEXANDRIA VA 42:16 42:16 6:48
2 Leslie Mertz 54 F ARLINGTON VA 48:48 48:47 7:51
3 Elizabeth Weaver 54 F CHEVY CHASE MD 50:32 50:03 8:04

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 55 - 59
1 Ginny Hughes 58 F WARRENTON VA 48:35 48:20 7:47
2 Suanne Shocket 55 F MANASSAS VA 49:04 48:57 7:53
3 Joan Darrah 57 F ALEXANDRIA VA 53:41 52:29 8:27

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 60 - 64
1 Chris Craun 62 F BETHESDA MD 46:27 46:19 7:28
2 Linda Kearney 62 F HERNDON VA 47:39 47:34 7:40
3 Alice Franks 60 F ROCKVILLE MD 48:18 48:13 7:46

FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 70 - 74
1 Tami Graf 72 F LUSBY MD 60:14 60:11 9:42
2 Jamie Wollard 70 F N BETHESDA MD 71:33 71:04 11:27

FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 300 Ingrid Peterson 30 F Washington DC 43:45 43:28 7:00

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