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Stone Ridge 5K Run for Education
By James Moreland
Stone Ridge, VA
October 16, 2010
For the Washington Running Report
The fun run started at 8:30 a.m., a half hour before the 5K.
The Stone Ridge 5K Run for Education started again, for the fifth time under the tri-colored balloon arch (gold, black, and white). The gusting white whipped the balloons back and forth as more than five hundred youngsters started the day with a 1 Mile Fun Run. This year the race started further up the road, near the middle of the shopping center. The Village Center Plaza was jam packed and though most of the kids did the fun run, there were scores of young ones lined up front behind the ChronoTrack timing mats. Liberty Elementary School was the defending champion with the most participation, earning the Stone Ridge 5K Cup, a traveling trophy, a small cash award, and bragging rights.
Before the race some of the runners were a little leery about the little ones, many of whom would flame out after a quick 400M burst at the gun. Age group winner Veena Reddy, 30, noted at the start. "I am not going to turn over anyone for a 5K." She smoothly eased around them to finish fourth overall in 19:21. Melissa Saunders, at 17, is definitely young but as a returning age group winner she improved to 19:18 for third overall. As a student athlete she could not accept monetary valued award. There was no cash this year. Her big concern was making the move towards a sub 19:00 5K.
Many of the local restaurants, especially Glory Days and Moe's Southwest Grill chipped in gift certificates to feed hungry age group winners. There were also lots of snacks for everyone after the race. Potomac River Running is everywhere and provided coupons for runners as well.
Keneni Chlal, 27, of Washington, DC was not too far ahead of Saunders with 19:10. Tezeta Dengersa, 30, of Washington, DC was all alone in the rarefied air, racing 17:39 for the second fastest event time with 17:39. Muluye Gurmu ran 17:28 last year. Only four men bested her race. The top master Anita Freres, 45, of Reston, VA had been her before. This year she dipped below twenty minutes, just missing the Runner Rankings qualification for the Open Division with 19:49. Monique Rico, 42, (left) of nearby South Riding has run the race every year winning her division three times. This year's 21:06 was her slowest masters time but she was coming off an excellent second overall at the Heritage Half Marathon in 1:32:28 just two weeks ago.
(Right) Allen Vaughan, 60, of Stafford, VA has won his division twice in 2006 and 2009. He noted after the race that he was glad to see Capital Running Company at the race because it meant that the race was serious about doing it right. James Moreland, 58, of Gaithersburg, MD won the division in 2007-08 and at the start of the race the two were giving each other the evil eye. Vaughan had the special knowledge that he had moved onto the next age group. Moreland ran scared knowing Vaughan was right behind him and in the final meters, closing fast. Moreland prevailed in 21:00 with Vaughan easily handling the 60-64 in 21:08.
Only one runner had broken 15:00 in the event, Gurmessa Megressa in 14:56 the first year. He is often paired up with Demesse Tefera. Tefera had won last year in 15:16 a step ahead of Guy Alton for the second fastest time. He brought three other members from the African contingency planning on a payday. All four were faster than 16:00. The race is very generous with age group awards but is headed more in the direction of a family oriented race. Thus they have moved away from the prize money and have multiple youth divisions. The top prize did include a six month membership to the local gym.
Top rated in the 70-74 division, Bernie Gallagher is taking a brief respite to recover from an injury but he was there with his granddaughter who is already showing signs of speed.
The race is really not too far down the road for the Washington Region but with little regional advertising the runners came almost exclusively from local neighborhoods. Maryland runners were less than 1% of the field. The new course takes on much of the same area and it was well marked and measured. There are no real hills and times should be fast. Six runners set new records this year.
FEMALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Ag City Gun T Net T Pace
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1 804 Tezeta Desalgn Dengers 30 Washington DC 17:39 17:39 5:41
2 807 Keneni Chlal 27 Washington DC 19:10 19:10 6:10
3 653 Melissa Saunders 17 Sterling VA 19:18 19:17 6:13
MALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Ag City Gun T Net T Pace
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1 906 Demesse Tefera 28 Washington DC 15:18 15:18 4:56
2 904 Gemechu Eshete 30 Washington DC 15:33 15:32 5:00
3 805 Beruk Debrework 27 Washington DC 15:37 15:37 5:02
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 9 (NET TIME)
1 556 Katelyn Kennedy 9 South Riding VA 26:32 26:28 8:31
2 367 Grace Howell 9 South Riding VA 28:44 27:58 9:00
3 552 Allie Spong 8 South Riding VA 28:39 28:26 9:09
MALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 9 (NET TIME)
1 452 Niklas Becker 8 South Riding VA 21:50 21:50 7:02
2 89 Dillon McKay 8 South Riding VA 23:20 22:56 7:23
3 445 William Gay 8 Aldie VA 23:50 23:50 7:41
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 10 - 11 (NET TIME)
1 775 Alexis Thomas 10 South Riding VA 24:57 24:56 8:02
2 434 Emily Lichtenberg 11 South Riding VA 25:08 25:07 8:05
3 716 Emily Kavanaugh 10 South Riding VA 26:12 26:03 8:23
MALE AGE GROUP: 10 - 11 (NET TIME)
1 366 Noah Howell 11 South Riding VA 23:55 23:39 7:37
2 298 Ryan Scanlon 11 South Riding VA 23:55 23:41 7:38
3 753 Greyson Woodard 11 Aldie VA 24:02 23:58 7:43
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 12 - 14 (NET TIME)
1 409 Katie Wroniewicz 12 South Riding VA 25:19 25:11 8:07
2 220 Meaghan Byrne 12 South Riding VA 26:36 26:09 8:25
3 623 Kaitlyn Small 12 South Riding VA 27:06 26:35 8:34
MALE AGE GROUP: 12 - 14 (NET TIME)
1 433 Tyler Lichtenberg 13 South Riding VA 19:21 19:21 6:14
2 621 Raeford Penny 14 South Riding VA 20:45 20:42 6:40
3 675 Cj Meike 14 South Riding VA 21:29 21:26 6:54
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 15 - 19 (NET TIME)
1 254 Rachel McCroddan 16 South Riding VA 28:05 27:38 8:54
2 351 Carole-Marie McNeive 15 Aldie VA 28:36 28:06 9:03
3 322 Brittaney Ritchie 16 Aldie VA 31:12 30:47 9:55
MALE AGE GROUP: 15 - 19 (NET TIME)
1 78 Taylor Barton 17 South Riding VA 20:43 20:32 6:37
2 104 Mark Muhlenberg 17 South Riding VA 22:54 22:43 7:19
3 85 Cameron Nizialek 15 Chantilly VA 22:55 22:44 7:19
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 24 (NET TIME)
1 822 Julie Epperson 24 Aldie VA 28:44 28:10 9:04
2 15 Anne Williams 23 Leesburg VA 34:16 33:19 10:44
3 289 Marjorie Guillen 23 Potomac Falls VA 34:54 34:25 11:05
MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 24 (NET TIME)
1 905 Seife Geletu 24 Washington DC 15:46 15:46 5:05
2 611 Joel Johnson 24 Ashburn VA 24:23 24:12 7:48
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 25 - 29 (NET TIME)
1 24 Amy Franklin 25 Ashburn VA 20:28 20:22 6:34
2 508 Kara Mueller 25 Alexandria VA 22:43 22:34 7:16
3 550 Kristen Freudiger 26 Ashburn VA 24:45 24:38 7:56
MALE AGE GROUP: 25 - 29 (NET TIME)
1 921 Jonathan Kaufman 29 Washington DC 22:17 21:05 6:48
2 119 Ron Powell 29 Fairfax VA 23:47 22:15 7:10
3 354 Eric Bonner 28 Stone Ridge VA 23:14 22:50 7:21
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 34 (NET TIME)
1 902 Veena Reddy 31 Leesburg VA 19:21 19:21 6:14
2 211 Cassandra Brown 34 Ashburn VA 20:07 20:05 6:28
3 274 Amanda Rohr 30 Aldie VA 22:11 22:06 7:07
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 34 (NET TIME)
1 668 David Bargen 30 Aldie VA 23:19 23:14 7:29
2 187 John Willingham 31 Stone Ridge VA 24:33 23:26 7:33
3 346 Gordon Dodson 31 Burke VA 25:03 24:39 7:56
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39 (NET TIME)
1 908 Amanda Pagon 35 South Riding VA 19:47 19:46 6:22
2 163 Laura Leibowitz 39 Aldie VA 21:53 21:51 7:02
3 17 Dottie Swanson 37 Aldie VA 24:29 24:23 7:51
MALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39 (NET TIME)
1 257 Jim Wilson 39 Stone Ridge VA 18:10 18:08 5:51
2 749 Brian Szabos 37 South Riding VA 18:10 18:08 5:51
3 343 Robert Simms 37 Haymarket VA 19:57 19:55 6:25
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44 (NET TIME)
1 748 Monique Rico 42 South Riding VA 21:06 21:03 6:47
2 667 Kate Kuo 40 South Riding VA 23:20 23:14 7:29
3 538 Tamara Yoder 43 Aldie VA 23:44 23:31 7:35
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44 (NET TIME)
1 120 Doug Dahlby 41 Stone Ridge VA 19:41 19:30 6:17
2 195 Kevin Engle 43 Sterling VA 19:34 19:32 6:17
3 60 Paul Hackley 40 Leesburg VA 20:00 19:56 6:25
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49 (NET TIME)
1 912 Anita Freres 45 Reston VA 19:49 19:46 6:22
2 520 Linda Mignone 49 South Riding VA 26:10 25:54 8:21
3 37 Sonova Williams 49 Stone Ridge VA 27:26 27:25 8:50
MALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49 (NET TIME)
1 9 Jeff Gilliland 46 Clifton VA 19:12 19:11 6:11
2 920 Don Schmidt 45 Ashburn VA 20:02 19:56 6:25
3 778 Clint McCauley 47 Herndon VA 20:51 20:42 6:40
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54 (NET TIME)
1 25 Elizabeth Baumgarten 54 Stone Ridge VA 23:32 23:27 7:33
2 519 Cheryl Collins 52 Stone Ridge VA 26:30 26:24 8:30
3 758 Vicki Pertosky 50 Stephen's City VA 32:10 31:24 10:07
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54 (NET TIME)
1 204 Terry McLaughlin 50 Spotsylvania VA 18:14 18:13 5:52
2 635 Michael Sundel 50 Falls Church VA 22:01 21:51 7:02
3 562 Jon Lapointe 50 Arlington VA 23:12 23:04 7:26
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59 (NET TIME)
1 609 Susie Barry 55 Hamilton VA 35:51 34:39 11:09
2 374 Sue Simpson 55 Centreville VA 37:37 36:19 11:42
3 79 Victoria Kaas 58 Germantown MD 43:47 42:44 13:46
MALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59 (NET TIME)
1 10 James Moreland 58 Gaithersburg MD 21:00 21:00 6:46
2 368 Thomas West 56 Aldie VA 25:43 25:33 8:14
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64 (NET TIME)
1 661 Linda Kimmel 61 Reston VA 35:48 35:08 11:19
2 212 Niki Sabbath 64 Fairfax VA 48:54 47:43 15:22
MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64 (NET TIME)
1 138 Allen Vaughan 60 Stafford VA 21:08 21:05 6:47
2 50 Steven Schoenly 61 South Riding VA 29:16 28:38 9:13
3 213 Larry Sabbath 62 Fairfax VA 40:17 39:12 12:37
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 99 (NET TIME)
1 72 Barbara O'Reilly 70 Oxford MD 35:45 34:54 11:14
MALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 99 (NET TIME)
1 803 Maynard Weyers 74 Alexandria VA 27:17 27:14 8:46
2 353 Paul Niemeyer Jr 65 Palm Beach Gardens FL 33:50 33:07 10:40
3 814 Jim Hufford 77 Reston VA 34:01 33:20 10:44
MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 638 Andrew Young 35 M Chantilly VA 22:36 21:31 6:56
FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 409 Katie Wroniewicz 12 F South Riding VA 25:19 25:11 8:07
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