Almost 250 racers came out for the first Spring Forward 5K held at the Kingstowne Center Mall. The event benefited Goodwill of Greater Washington and was sponsored by United Studios of Self Defense, and Kingstowne Family & Cosmetic Dentistry. Their goal was to promote personal and community wellness through the condition of being healthy and sound in mind, body, occupation, and community.

The fastest male runner today was Chris Farley, owner of the specialty shoe store Pacers of Alexandria, who bested the field with a 15:55. In second place, Gregory Holden of Washington, DC ran 23 seconds back in 16:17. Another 25 seconds later Scott Cummings from Lorton finished at 16:42 (photo left).

For the women, Liz Aquino of Springfield broke the tape in 19:02. Jenny Milnarcik of Kingstowne (photo left) finished in 19:24 for second place, and Sushila Nanda ran 20:27 for third.

For just their first time conducting a race, the sponsors did a lot of things well, giving the participants many things to be happy about. The t-shirts were very colorful with the race logo on the front. Food and snacks, including fruit, bagels, and ice cream, were abundant. Demonstrations of various forms and aspects of martial arts were demonstrated on the stage and continued throughout the day. A moon bounce occupied the kids while their parents enjoyed more than 20 exhibitors at the post-race festival with give-aways and more demos. This race clearly "gives back" to the participants.

The course was never flat, though not too punishing. All enjoyed a jaunt around the lake. There were numerous compliments to Holly and Chris of United Studios of Self Defense about the organization of the event, the taiko drummers near the finish line, and the good time had by all.

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Award Winners

FEMALE OVERALL
Place Num   Name                   Ag City                      Net Tim Gun Tim 
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    1   250 Elizabeth Aquino       29 Springfield VA              19:00   19:02 
    2   135 Jenny Milnarcik        24 Kingstowne VA               19:23   19:24 
    3    29 Sushila Nanda          43 Arlington VA                20:25   20:27 


MALE OVERALL
Place Num   Name                   Ag City                      Net Tim Gun Tim 
===== ===== ====================== == ========================= ======= ======= 
    1   358 Chris Farley           28 Arlington VA                15:54   15:55 
    2   357 Gregory Holden         24 Washington DC               16:16   16:17 
    3   264 Scott Cummings         26 Lorton VA                   16:41   16:42 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  1 - 19
    1   347 Mary Naylor            17 Warrenton VA                21:16   21:20 
    2   306 Jessica Young          19 Kingstowne VA               21:24   21:30 
    3   183 Nora Lynch             19 Falls Church VA             23:26   23:29 


MALE AGE GROUP:  1 - 19
    1   157 Andy Connell           18 Kingstowne VA               17:33   17:34 
    2   136 Phillip Mlinarcik      15 Kingstowne VA               20:15   20:18 
    3   272 Daniel Mills           14 Kingstowne VA               21:58   22:07 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 29
    1   302 Jacqueline Wolfert     20 Washington DC               20:27   20:30 
    2   326 Tiffany Heuner         24 Columbia MD                 20:59   21:02 
    3   168 Suzanne Czarnetzky     28 Fairfax VA                  20:48   21:02 


MALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 29
    1   279 Matt Batzel            21 Susquehanna PA              17:16   17:18 
    2   270 Nicholas Jones         26 Vienna VA                   18:21   18:25 
    3   151 Jose Ramirez           24 Alexandria VA               18:42   18:45 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 39
    1   170 Amy Hoseth             31 Alexandria VA               22:15   22:19 
    2   193 Rachel Baker           30 Springfield VA              23:04   23:08 
    3   288 Kate Byrnes            32 Washington DC               23:21   23:27 


MALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 39
    1   179 Don Haughton           39 Kingstowne VA               17:29   17:30 
    2   320 Kyle Caudle            39 Kingstowne VA               18:08   18:10 
    3   331 Marcus Dabney          30 Alexandria VA               18:11   18:12 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 49
    1   127 Merrilee Seidman       49 Alexandria VA               22:50   22:51 
    2   274 Beth Mills             45 Kingstowne VA               23:19   23:25 
    3    86 Denise Heery           45 Alexandria VA               25:53   25:57 


MALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 49
    1    26 Jean-Christopher Arcaz 43 Rockville MD                16:58   16:59 
    2   349 Alan Thatcher          41 Manassas VA                 17:38   17:38 
    3    32 Douglas Landau         44 Herndon VA                  18:49   18:50 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 59
    1    27 Kathy Hennes           52 Laurel MD                   24:22   24:28 
    2   300 Janet Garber           51 Alexandria VA               27:35   27:46 
    3   297 Rita Cronley           50 Arlington VA                27:43   27:54 


MALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 59
    1   291 Lionel Scatliffe       50 Alexandria VA               18:20   18:21 
    2   128 Paul Bousel            51 Alexandria VA               19:21   19:22 
    3   305 William Scott          56 Glenarden MD                20:14   20:19 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 99
    1   253 Susan Beicken          60 Kingstowne VA               27:08   27:15 
    2   141 Jacqueline Chauviaux   64 Woodbridge VA               30:51   31:00 
    3   140 Rosemary Jellish       60 Alexandria VA               30:56   31:09 


MALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 99
    1   293 Jim Noone              60 Fairfax VA                  19:50   19:54 
    2   327 Harry Cross            60 Arlington VA                21:00   21:03 
    3   281 Maynard Weyers         68 Alexandria VA               22:39   22:42 

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