The first two races of the inaugural Rockville Triple Race Series have been completed and the competition is tight for a part of the $1,000 prize purse. In the open male division, Darrell General of Bowie, MD has a small lead over Mark Malander of Herndon, VA, David Bernstein of Chevy Chase, MD, and Jason Tripp of Ellicott City, MD. If General and Malander end up at the top of the open division standings, then Terry Permar of Perkasie, PA and Dan Lawson of Gaithersburg, MD stand ready to take the awards in the male masters division.

The open female division has Elena Orlova of Gaithersburg, MD with a strong lead over Erin Swain of Clifton, VA and Cheryl Carr of Arlington, VA). The masters female division is much closer with Laura Nelson of Woodstock, VA and Cindy Conant of Kensington, MD ahead of Nicola Elliott of Vienna, VA.

To compete in the Rockville Triple Race Series, you have to complete the DARCARS Pike's Peek 10K, the Rockville Rotary Twilight Runfest 8K and the Rockville 10K on Sunday 10/01 at 8:30 a.m. The racers will be scored according to their finishing place in the three races with the lowest cumulative score winning. Overall race series cash awards provide $250/$100 for the first and second place male and female open winners and $100/$50 to the first and second place male and female masters winners.

To see a complete list of the standings and get more information, please see the Rockville 10K/5K web site.