A record field turned out at the St. Mary's County Government Center for the 11th annual Run for Hospice. Prize money drew competitive runners to both races, with Haile Gelalcha (20) of Oxon Hill, MD winning the 5K in 15:12, and 16-year-old Olivia Webster of Mechanicsburg, MD placing first for women in 19:42. Soon-to-be masters Joe Daniels hustled home in a swift 17:15, which is often enough to win in a smaller race. Today, the four runners in front of him, all youngsters, busted 16:00. Oxon Hill seems to be the new hometown training area for Ethiopian runners.

Just as with the men, Webster was all alone winning, while second and third was highly contested. Hometown champ Suzanne Edgar (39) edged Julie Smith of Tappanannock, VA by five seconds in 20:56. For the men, Dema Woyessa (19, #533) photo-finished with Biyukgelion Regassa (20 #532, photo left) in a sub-5:00 pace 15:30.

5K Award Winners

MALE OVERALL
    1   529 Haile Gelalcha          20 Oxon Hill MD         15:12 V 
FEMALE OVERALL
    1   157 Olivia Webster          16 Mechanicsville MD    19:42 V 
MALE AGE GROUP:  01 - 12
    1    19 Kyle Belanger           12 Hollywood MD         22:20 V 
    2   285 Joseph Joseph           11 Hollywood MD         24:45 V 
    3   279 Michael Spurling        11 Mechanicsville MD    27:11 V 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  01 - 12
    1   281 Rebecca Forney          12 Leonardtown MD       25:10 V 
    2   293 Kelsey Hageman          09 Hollywood MD         27:39 V 
    3    69 Annie Imhof             07 Great Mills MD       39:31 V 
MALE AGE GROUP:  13 - 19
    1   532 Dema Woyessa            19 Oxon Hill MD         15:30 V 
    2   226 Eastman Lewis           19 St. Marys City MD    19:05 V 
    3   290 Michael Hageman         14 Hollywood MD         19:08 V 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  13 - 19
    1   230 Anna Vaudin             19 St. Mary's City MD   21:54 V 
    2   225 Chrissy Holt            19 St Marys City MD     22:32 V 
    3   542 Ali Crane               16 Leonardtown MD       22:56 V 
MALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 29
    1   533 Biyukgelion Regassa     20 Oxon Hill MD         15:30 V 
    2   552 Scott Weitecha          24                      15:50 V 
    3   549 Paul Chasen             25 Lutherville MD       18:23 V 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 29
    1   228 Jamie Morganstern       20 St. Mary's City MD   22:02 V 
    2   170 Rhiana Allston          27 Hughesville MD       22:59 V 
    3   568 Sarah Burruss           27 Lexington Park MD    23:16 V 
MALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 39
    1    33 Joseph Daniels          39 Camp Springs MD      17:15 V 
    2   190 Brett Wise              35 Valley Lee MD        20:00 V 
    3    63 Mike Granger            32 California MD        20:19 V 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 39
    1   201 Suzanne Edgar           39 Leonardtown MD       20:53 V 
    2   133 Julia Smith             37 Tappahannock VA      20:57 V 
    3   156 Clare Webster           39 Mechanicsville MD    22:12 V 
MALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 49
    1   286 Andrew Mattingly        40 California MD        19:35 V 
    2    11 Brad Allen              48 Hollywood MI         21:06 V 
    3   207 Bradly Scherer          42 Lexington Park, MD   22:07 V 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 49
    1   208 Kathryn Scherer         41 Lexington Park MD    22:07 V 
    2    44 Jody Fagnano            44 Leonardtown MD       24:22 V 
    3   214 Judi Tsai               44 Mechanicsville MD    24:45 V 
MALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 59
    1   258 Peter Blank             51 Annandale VA         23:09 V 
    2   202 Steven Grohsmeyer       54 Callaway MD          23:42 V 
    3   527 Robert Felkamp          54 Charlotte Hall MD    23:55 V 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 59
    1    47 Marian Fegeley          52 Hollywood MD         25:04 V 
    2   116 Helen Rebman            52 Lexington Park MD    35:14 V 
    3   191 Lynn Abram              50 Hollywood MD         35:46 V 
MALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 69
    1   204 Roger Kilgore           62 Tall Timbers MD      21:34 V 
    2   557 Jack Hormell            63 Piney Point MD       26:48 V 
    3   111 Richard Prucha          62 Hollywood MD         33:50 V 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 69
    1   164 Joan Wilson             66 Hollywood MD         38:15 V 
MALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 99
    1    36 J Wilson Davis          77 Lexington Park MD    32:28 V 
    2    55 William Gallagher       73 Hollywood MD         40:09 V 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 99

After winning the St. Patrick's Day 8K in 23:36 on March 12 and taking second overall at the inaugural Shamrock Half Marathon on March 19 in 1:04:27, Gurmessa Kumsa (27, photo), now living in Oxon Hill, was obviously just coasting as he took first in 35:44 by more than two minutes over Travis Priest of California, MD. Patrick Griffith (61) of Alexandria, VA is nearly twice the combined ages of the two teens in front of him. His time was 38:50 and he has now won his age group in nine different distances this year from the mile to the marathon.

Sierra Schenk of Lusby, MD finished first in the women's division in 42:03 with masters runner Cathy Friedel keeping her honest about fifty meters back. Fourth place Karen Young of Boyds, MD ran her fourth 10K of the year. Last year she ran forty 10Ks. Lest you think she is off to a slow start, she already has run 28 races, including 10 ten milers. Grandmaster Dave McSherry has that topped. Last year he ran 62 5Ks and 52 10Ks. Already this year he has run 10 5Ks and today's 16th 10K.

10K Award Winners

MALE OVERALL
    1   431 Gurmessa Kumsa          27 Oxon Hill MD         35:44 X 
FEMALE OVERALL
    1   394 Sierra Schenk           28 Lusby MD             42:03 X 
MALE AGE GROUP:  01 - 12
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  01 - 12
MALE AGE GROUP:  13 - 19
    1   321 Brandon Demers          16 Leonardtown MD       38:07 X 
    2   401 Alexander Smith         17 California MD        38:44 X 
    3   313 Timothy Bunales         17 California MD        42:49 X 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  13 - 19
MALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 29
    1   310 David Brown             27 Lexington Park MD    47:40 X 
    2   319 William Cosgrove        29 Callaway MD          48:21 X 
    3   387 Sean Roark              25 Lexington Park MD    49:09 X 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 29
    1   350 Elizabeth Jones         28 Fairfax VA           43:32 X 
    2   437 Amy Graham              27 Callaway MD          47:30 X 
    3   395 Jamie Schloff           25 Hoboken NJ           51:40 X 
MALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 39
    1   382 Travis Priest           38 California MD        37:52 X 
    2   375 Victor Papagno          37 Hughesville MD       39:35 X 
    3   326 Miles Ervin             37 Lexington Park MD    40:02 X 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 39
    1   454 Karen Young             37 Boyds MD             46:26 X 
    2   448 Christine Jaffurs       36 Leonardtown MD       48:26 X 
    3   306 Susan Bergmann          33 Leonardtown MD       48:36 X 
MALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 49
    1   402 David Smith             49 Tappahannock VA      41:49 X 
    2   304 Robert Bartholomew      42 Aberdeen MD          42:57 X 
    3   435 Craig Royal             40 Washington DC        43:06 X 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 49
    1   426 Cathy Friedel           42 Solomons MD          42:18 X 
    2   317 Kay Carver              42 Solomons MD          47:22 X 
    3   303 Cathleen Bartholomew    47 Aberdeen MD          49:51 X 
MALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 59
    1   415 Bernard Wright          59 Pomfret MD           42:10 X 
    2   440 Dave McSherry           51 Camp Hill PA         43:36 X 
    3   436 Dennis Barr             52 Ridge MD             47:37 X 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 59
    1   380 Jane Poole              58 Washington DC        49:40 X 
    2   403 Cheryl Speer            50 Lexington Park MD    51:33 X 
    3   358 Jeanne Larrison         51 Chesapeake Beac MD   59:11 X 
MALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 69
    1   342 Patrick Griffith        61 Alexandria VA        38:49 X 
    2   385 Bill Rebman             60 Lexington Park MD    55:43 X 
    3   406 Bronson Sweeney         62 Baltimore MD       1:14:56 X 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 69
MALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 99
    1   413 Richard Williams        70 Alexandria VA        48:34 X 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 99

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