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All on a Summer’s Day: Potomac River Running's Leesburg 10K/20K
By Jim Hage
Leesburg, VA
August 8, 2010
For the Washington Running Report
Leesburg, the county seat of Loudoun County and notable for its back-and-forth status between North and South during the Civil War, witnessed another chapter in its storied history with the 22nd running of the 10K (and seventh iteration of the 20K). This year's events also marked race management by Potomac River Running, which jumped into a leadership breach on just two month's notice.
And mostly, all went smoothly on a relatively cool summer morning that aided everyone's effort. Andrew Dumm (in photo) ran away with top honors in the 10K, crossing the finish line in 29 minutes 38 seconds, although he was led astray near the turnaround and inadvertently cut short the official course. Dumm, 25, like many in the Leesburg field, used the race in preparation for upcoming events. The 2008 Marine Corps Marathon champion plans to run the Philadelphia Half Marathon and then either the Chicago or Twin Cities Marathon in October.
Rich Saunders, who traced the correct course, finished second in 33:14. Saunders "passed" Stanislav Anishchenko, who missed the turnaround and ended up running about 12K, finishing 31st officially. Third, and first masters runner, was Edmund Burke, 41, pleased to return to racing after nursing an injury the past seven months.
Claire Hallissey (below right) made short work of the rolling course and won the women's race in 33:54--this after a 110 mile training week as she preps for her marathon debut in New York on November 7. Hallissey recently joined her husband in Arlington after completing a PhD. in immunology in her native England, where she recently ran 33:24.15 for 10K and took second in the national championships. Despite multiple hops back and forth across the Atlantic, Hallissey, 27, said she has adjusted quickly to life and training on this side. "I love it here!" she proclaimed.
Masters runner and triathlete extraordinaire Peggy Yetman, 42, recovered after breaking a bone in her foot while racing in March, took second in 37:33. Kristen Henehan, 31, was third in 37:44. Henehan, who let her nine-month-old son Drew sleep in, ran faster than her Leesburg effort in 2007, the year she went on to win the Marine Corps Marathon.
"It's always good to get out here and race, even if I'm not in the greatest shape," said Henehan, who is training some 40 miles per week. "It definitely keeps the competitive juices flowing."
Michael Wardian (below) won the 20K for a third straight year, notching his fastest winning time in 1:06:17. The long edition of the Leesburg event has served well as Wardian's summer tune-up, and this year he again intends to test his fitness further at the 50K ultramarathon world championships in Galway, Ireland, at the end of August. After that, several half marathons are scheduled: the Twin Cities Marathon, the 100K ultramarathon world championship in Gibraltar in November, etc.
Evan Jurkovich, 24, finished second in 1:07:37. "Chasing Wardian was not in the race plan today," said Jurkovich, a recent Drake University graduate who works as a congressional aide on Capitol Hill. "I was so far behind I didn't even have a bird's eye view of the guy. But I'm happy with my race."
Elena Orlova, another super master, took the women's 20K outright in 1:13:43. Orlova deemed it "a good effort after taking the summer off." She is aiming to make some noise--open and masters--at the Baltimore Marathon on October 16.
Lisa Thomas, 34, was second in 1:14:37 and another master, Kristi Markowicz, 40, took third in 1:15:13. Barb Fallon, nearly five months pregnant with twins, finished 12th in 1:24:25.
A fine post-race party extended the morning. "It's been stressful," Potomac River Running's Ray Pugsley said of his company's management obligations on short notice. But the nearly 1,200 runners who finished the two races--none as exhausted as Pugsley and his team--were grateful.
Photo above: Elena Orlova has had three other overall wins and a third place finish at the Rockville Rotary Twilight 8K since May 22.
Awards Listing for the 10K (No Duplicate Prizes)
MALE OVERALL
1 18 Andrew Dumm 25 Washington DC 29:38 V
2 958 Rich Saunders 22 Alexandria VA 33:14 V
3 17 Edmund Burke 41 Burtonsville MD 33:34 V
FEMALE OVERALL
1 11 Claire Hallissey 27 Arlington VA 33:54 V
2 1095 Peggy Yetman 42 Leesburg VA 37:33 V
3 1188 Kristen Henehan 31 Silver Spring MD 37:44 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 14
1 868 Thomas Corley 14 Ashburn VA 45:50 V
2 869 Zachary Corley 12 Ashburn VA 48:32 V
3 838 Nathan Vigil 12 Ashburn VA 48:41 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 14
1 608 Jordan Dunlap 13 Leesburg VA 45:00 V
2 1024 Kristin Lee 14 Haymarket VA 55:09 V
3 227 Kayleen Miller 14 Ashburn VA 57:02 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 15 - 19
1 842 Patrick Spahn 17 Fairfax Station VA 36:33 V
2 951 Jarret Cutsail 17 Warrenton VA 36:44 V
3 659 Ian Rappaport 18 Vienna VA 36:56 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 15 - 19
1 979 Shannon O'Toole 17 Chantilly VA 49:47 V
2 226 Rachel Miller 16 Ashburn VA 59:05 V
3 1255 Alexis Gonzales 16 Ashburn VA 59:25 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 1318 Chuck Love 24 Washington DC 35:32 V
2 1187 Timothy Snyder 24 Frederick MD 37:47 V
3 1142 Zachary Armentrout 21 Leesburg VA 38:48 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 843 Cindy Spahn 20 Fairfax Station VA 41:09 V
2 967 Masha Berge 21 Potomac MD 43:43 V
3 864 Katie Hodges 23 Marshall VA 44:28 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 363 Jake Green 25 Reston VA 33:56 V
2 863 Elijah Green 25 Bethesda MD 35:53 V
3 1199 Jeffrey Lee 27 Washington DC 39:03 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 661 Michelle Van Horn 29 Harpers Ferry WV 41:43 V
2 550 Keira Carlstrom 25 Reston VA 44:41 V
3 6 Erika Nelsen 28 Arlington VA 44:48 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 986 David Wertz 34 Arlington VA 35:33 V
2 1190 Matthew Lofton 31 Winchester VA 36:03 V
3 7 Rory Duffield 33 Fairfax VA 36:54 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 888 Jen Oblas 31 Leesburg VA 42:01 V
2 288 Elizabeth Thomas 34 Ashburn VA 45:20 V
3 917 Erika Jimeno 34 Leesburg VA 47:16 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 775 Paul Kerrigan 38 Vienna VA 39:29 V
2 1246 Philip Baetcke 39 Falls Church VA 39:40 V
3 1220 Sergeg Yudkowsky 35 Washington DC 41:22 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 948 Tenley Ludewig 35 Washington DC 42:42 V
2 324 Alison Gittelman 37 Chantilly VA 43:49 V
3 1233 Jen Nash 36 Leesburg VA 44:42 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 1072 Theo Haast 43 Leesburg VA 38:21 V
2 105 Bryant Russell 41 Sterling VA 38:45 V
3 1336 Charlie Mercer 40 Arlington VA 39:12 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 170 Theresa White 41 Annandale VA 44:25 V
2 1006 Virginia Pons 40 Reston VA 49:51 V
3 856 Angie Rexrode 42 Leesburg VA 50:07 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 781 Stephen Wills 49 College Park MD 40:59 V
2 1248 Duane Williamson 46 Warrenton VA 41:36 V
3 988 Bill Lasky 46 Sterling VA 42:44 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 35 Jean Mendenhall 47 Purcellville VA 50:20 V
2 1162 Judy Swain 45 Purcellville VA 51:44 V
3 1057 Nancy Casares 49 Potomac Falls VA 52:53 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 1254 George Buckheit 53 Reston VA 37:14 V
2 934 Mark Nicholson 51 Ellicott City MD 43:57 V
3 822 Tim Day 50 Bethesda MD 44:03 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 575 Carole Jones 53 Ashburn VA 44:51 V
2 206 Elizabeth Baumgarten 53 Aldie VA 49:11 V
3 759 Leslie Rigby Kash 54 Round Hill VA 49:27 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 389 Timothy Morgan 59 Damascus MD 40:42 V
2 1337 Ken Dumm 59 Fairfax VA 42:13 V
3 930 Kenyon Erickson 56 Vienna VA 43:40 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 509 Peggy Davis 58 Vienna VA 50:28 V
2 872 Laurie Fahl 58 Leesburg VA 56:59 V
3 610 Carla Bourgeois 57 Delaplane VA 58:55 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 115 Robert Ring 62 Harrisonburg VA 49:38 V
2 730 Richard Cleland 61 Leesburg VA 50:25 V
3 197 Vince Opperman 60 Germantown MD 52:22 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 286 Linda Kearney 63 Herndon VA 49:09 V
2 435 Freyda Greenberg 61 Falls Church VA 52:25 V
3 831 Laurel Clement 61 Haymarket VA 54:36 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 225 Mike Hendershot 68 Newark OH 64:44 V
2 113 Peter Geltner 67 Warrenton VA 79:01 V
3 295 Raymond De Frees 68 Fairfax VA 110:51 V
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 647 Pat Welch 65 Vienna VA 57:39 V
2 112 Sharon Geltner 66 Warrenton VA 78:59 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 74
1 947 Chan Robbins 73 Arlington VA 49:15 V
2 1258 Henry Hamburger 70 Bethesda MD 52:18 V
3 496 Richard Williams 74 Imperial Beach CA 52:27 V
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 75 - 99
1 811 George Yannakakis 78 Sparks Glencoe MD 51:24 V
2 304 Terence McCarthy 75 Leesburg VA 59:46 V
3 519 Ken Schaedel 76 Columbia MD 69:45 V
MALE LEESBURG RESIDENT
1 1072 Theo Haast 43 Leesburg VA 38:21
FEMALE LEESBURG RESIDENT
1 888 Jen Oblas 31 Leesburg VA 42:01
Awards Listing for the 20K (No Duplicate Prizes)
MALE OVERALL
1 1 Michael Wardian 35 Arlington VA 1:06:17 X
2 1212 Evan Jurkovich 24 Washington DC 1:07:37 X
3 10 Dickson Mercer 29 Washington DC 1:07:38 X
FEMALE OVERALL
1 13 Elena Orlova 40 Gaithersburg MD 1:13:43 X
2 2 Lisa Thomas 34 Alexandria VA 1:14:37 X
3 1178 Kristi Markowicz 40 Arlington VA 1:15:13 X
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 01 - 19
1 1141 Thorpe Lichtenberg 16 South Riding VA X 1:12:32
2 562 Le Mar Baliwag 18 Sterling VA X 1:25:30
3 429 Brendan Jenkins 17 Sterling VA X 1:30:15
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 01 - 19
1 279 Coty Campos 18 Potomac Falls VA X 1:35:28
2 362 Katie Necochea 15 Springfield VA X 1:50:13
3 1211 Patricia Cave 19 Chevy Chase MD X 1:56:45
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 1251 Matt Logan 24 Washington DC X 1:10:00
2 976 Greg Lane 24 Arlington VA X 1:12:04
3 993 John Lanzetta 24 Woodbridge VA X 1:12:21
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 1320 Jessica Trapeni 21 Fairfax VA X 1:24:59
2 512 Meredith Bowen 24 Washington DC X 1:29:24
3 722 Karen Dickerson 24 Springfield VA X 1:32:27
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 351 Brennan Feldhausen 25 Baltimore MD X 1:11:43
2 939 Steve Hammel 29 Arlington VA X 1:13:15
3 1323 Charles Bowles 28 Boyce VA X 1:14:09
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 523 Jennifer Cress 28 Simpsonville SC X 1:22:25
2 1183 Kelly Devine 26 Washington DC X 1:22:28
3 1202 Melinda Keesee 25 Ashburn VA X 1:23:20
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 249 Ben Ingram 33 Winchester VA X 1:09:12
2 19 Chris Farley 34 Arlington VA X 1:12:28
3 1309 Andrew Jacobson 33 Arlington VA X 1:12:35
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 827 Laura O'Hara 30 Alexandria VA X 1:17:00
2 1227 Elizabeth Helland 32 Arlington VA X 1:21:58
3 1310 Emma Mellamphy 30 Arlington VA X 1:25:17
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 565 Edi Turco 37 Arlington VA X 1:12:11
2 402 Brian Szabos 36 Chantilly VA X 1:17:12
3 1071 Harland Peelle 36 Leesburg VA X 1:18:54
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 518 Laura Zeilinger 37 Washington DC X 1:18:57
2 14 Barb Fallon Wallace 36 Alexandria VA X 1:24:24
3 297 Nancy Eiring 37 Washington DC X 1:24:53
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 761 Derik Thomas 44 Alexandria VA X 1:13:29
2 1070 Brian Schmidt 42 Leesburg VA X 1:13:32
3 1259 Kevin Bedell 44 McLean VA X 1:18:40
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 847 Samantha Cole 41 Arlington VA X 1:21:46
2 548 Christine Westcott 40 Chantilly VA X 1:31:43
3 950 Cheryl Young 40 Reston VA X 1:33:12
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 571 Thomas Steinbach 45 Sterling VA X 1:18:58
2 247 Mark Drosky 49 Alexandria VA X 1:22:08
3 1203 James Dunn 49 Leesburg VA X 1:24:07
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 1311 Cyndy Norford 47 Reston VA X 1:31:46
2 223 Mary Bowman 45 Silver Spring MD X 1:32:07
3 359 Susan Hunter Benante 46 Arlington VA X 1:36:34
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 16 Maurice Pointer 54 Baltimore MD X 1:13:56
2 600 Larry Goldfarb 51 Great Falls VA X 1:20:34
3 719 Kevin Dix 51 Manassas VA X 1:26:24
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 780 Deedee Loughran 52 Herndon VA X 1:22:53
2 259 Stephanie Danahy 53 Fairfax Station VA X 1:43:01
3 646 Joan Woodis 51 Leesburg VA X 1:45:58
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 591 Roger Claussen 58 Manassas VA X 1:30:06
2 283 James Moreland 57 Gaithersburg MD X 1:32:34
3 465 Steven Grufferman 57 Ellicott City MD X 1:39:40
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 20 Betty Blank 57 Falls Church VA X 1:31:56
2 743 Cynthia Evans 55 Randallstown MD X 1:40:17
3 171 Maria Nusbaum 58 Reston VA X 1:49:06
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 278 Ronnie Wong 63 Baltimore MD X 1:31:24
2 23 Jay Jacob Wind 60 Arlington VA X 1:32:10
3 232 Ted Baca 64 Arlington VA X 1:36:08
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 22 Alice Franks 62 Rockville MD X 1:41:04
2 1007 Linda Mills 60 Salisbury MD X 1:42:25
3 583 Leslie Stanfield 60 Reston VA X 2:00:19
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 1200 Lou Shapiro 68 Silver Spring MD X 1:30:19
2 320 Jim Aden 66 Quincy PA X 2:02:55
3 71 James Gibson 65 Woodbridge VA X 2:24:33
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 99
1 613 Chet Coates 70 Silver Spring MD X 1:58:13
2 1168 Warren Pitts 72 Baltimore MD X 2:00:25
3 597 Kenton Pattie 70 Annandale VA X 2:05:53
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 99
MALE LEESBURG RESIDENT
1 1070 Brian Schmidt 42 Leesburg VA 1:13:32
FEMALE LEESBURG RESIDENT
1 741 Anna-Elina Heikkinen 20 Leesburg VA 1:36:17
The start of the kids' fun run.