Results are preliminary.

In photo, runners charge to the finish line.

After the blazing heat we have experienced this June, could there be any doubt about global warming. Do you like it humid? We can provide that too. The first year (2006) we were so inundated (the wettest day of the year) that the race was canceled. Last year was a normal pleasant, even cool, June and times for the fast two loop course were pretty fast. This helped enlarge the field to more than 1,000 finishers and hundreds of walkers. This June has been a tester for the heat and humidity challenged runners. Even with an enhanced elite field, times were across the board slower than normal. Virtually no one ran faster than they did at last year's race.

The skies darkened shortly after the finish of the race. The classic rock band (The Sock Monkeys) was playing tunes and runners were refreshing themselves with plentiful food and drink. Red, Hot, and Blue gave the heat exhausted runners some great chow and Samuel Adams was waiting in the roped off "adult" section to help cool down the runners. There was ample cold water and juice for all the runners. At the finish line most of us grabbed a cool drink from a helpful volunteer before collapsing into a chair to remove our ChampionChip.

On the way home, runners were treated to a fierce light show. Fortunately, there was little rain. Note that the average June has six thunderstorms. We have already had sixteen this year.

There were a few glitches in the scoring of the race. Some runners mysteriously had a halfway (2-mile) split but no finishing time. Some of the runners may have decided to hit the refreshments early but clearly some of the times were not recorded correctly, as yet. The results are being updated and remain unofficial as we collect more data.

Race Director Cathy Pugsley of Potomac River Running announced that "there will be a post-race celebration/party hosted by ING on Friday, July 11 - - sponsored by Original Steakhouse, some good food and a thanks to everyone who volunteered and participated. As the wind storm canceled most of the awards ceremony, we will be holding it there. HS Scholarship winners will also receive their checks, and ING will be doing the drawing for the 42" Plasma TV (Folks who did not get to enter the raffle will have one more chance to do so that night before they pull the winning ticket."

Steven Crane (26) of Silver Spring, MD is quietly confidant. With five overall wins in the last thirty days, he does expect to win. His last win was two weeks ago at the Lawyers Have Heart 10K in 31:22 over runner-up Abiyot Abebe (21) of Silver Spring, MD. Crane had a bunch of overall wins earlier in the year as well but he did stumble once against Abebe, racing a sub par 32:19 at the Stop the Silence.

Bart Borghuis (32) of Arlington, VA was runner-up at the Battle of the Boulevards (32:16) to Crane in May. Robert Wade (26) of Arlington, VA had finishing a mere second behind Crane at the Remembrance 5K in late May after beating Borghuis at the Capitol Hill Classic 10K 32:15 to 32:22. Wade (in photo) had been lurking at nearly all of Crane's big races.

By the halfway point, Crane had separated from the field with a nasty 9:40 split. That was well ahead of the pace set by last year's winner Eric Post, who finished in 20:28. Still, nobody expected to be traveling the second loop, while cooking in the slick-skinned humidity, at a faster pace.

Crane covered the final two miles in 10:06 to set the new standard in 19:46. Abebe battled the whole way for second in 20:06, holding off Bart Borghuis (20:15). Last year's runner-up Dustin Whitlow (22) of Ashburn, VA settled for seventh in 21:30.

Nobody had any chance of catching Darrell General's masters record of 21:28, fourth overall from last year. The first master was 16th place this year. We old folks do not care all that much for the heat. That said, the first master was 50-year- old Mark Malander of Oak Hill, VA in 23:27. This is by far the slowest pace for Malander since he took over the grandmaster Runner Rankings crown this spring in the shortest race he has run.

Top ranked Bill Joyce (60-64) offered only a sardonic smile around the 1.5 mile mark as he dropped. Jason Page (63) of Hamilton, VA was at that time in second place. Page had filleted Joyce last year 24:25 to 26:19 but Joyce had a sensational 2008, improving his Lawyers Have Heart 10K from two weeks ago more than three minutes from last year to 39:23. After he dropped, Page eased up on the reins and by his own admission, "just finished" the second half. He easily bested the field with 27:04, a far cry from last year's race.

For the women, last year Linda Foley (45) of Herndon, VA led everyone, including four other masters women 27:00 of faster. Her time was 25:23. This year the top master woman was Tonya Stotler (41) of Leesburg, VA (in photo) in 29:13. Remember, older folks do not like the heat and humidity so much.

Lining up at the ChampionChips mats was some Olympic quality talent this year. Keira Carlstrom (23) of Oakton, VA had personal bests of sub 4:40 mile and 9:18 for 3000M. Samia Akbar (26) of Herndon, VA had a PR 3000M of 9:11 and a 32:42 10K as well as a sub six minute pace marathon 2:34:14 at New York in 2006.

As Bob Moore started the race, Akbar was off building an insurmountable lead. She just missed catching the tenth place male by a second in a phenomenal 22:28. Carlstrom stormed home in 23:16. Third place Emily Gousen (22) of Arlington, VA was still close at the half but wilted a bit in the second round to finish in 24:01.

Laura Turner (28) of Washington, DC thought she was fifth woman and elite runners usually know their pace, place, and pecking order exactly. This time she nestled into fourth with 25:04 as the top seven women all broke 26:00.

Men's Awards

MALE Open
    1    19 Steve Crane          26 Silver Spring MD        19:47 
    2  1586 Abiyot Abebe         21 Silver Spring MD        20:06 
    3    17 Bart Borghuis        32 Arlington VA            20:15 
MALE Masters
    1  1084 Mark Malander        50 Oak Hill VA             23:27 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 01 - 19
    1  1198 Chris Hague          19 Kensington MD           23:31   23:32  5:53 
    2  1191 Ryan Hagen           16 Sterling VA             23:28   23:32  5:53 
    3  1173 Jonathan Wyers       16 Leesburg VA             24:46   25:02  6:16 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
    1     8 Lewis Butler         23 Arlington VA            20:47   20:48  5:12 
    2     3 Dustin Whitlow       22 Ashburn VA              21:29   21:30  5:23 
    3   809 George Ingham        23 Herndon VA              22:16   22:20  5:35 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
    1    13 Robert Wade          26 Arlington VA            21:17   21:18  5:20 
    2    16 Brian Baillie        25 Washington DC           21:19   21:21  5:21 
    3     4 Matt Barresi         25 Falls Church VA         21:51   21:52  5:28 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
    1   812 David O'Hara         32 Washington DC           22:34   22:36  5:39 
    2   559 Sergio Rodriguez     33 Manassas VA             23:59   24:01  6:01 
    3  1580 Marcos Guligas       33 Manassas VA             24:01   24:03  6:01 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
    1   333 Randy McDermott      36 Alexandria VA           23:27   23:29  5:53 
    2   829 James Rice           35 Aldie VA                22:49   23:40  5:55 
    3   740 Kevin Knight         39 Leesburg VA             24:29   24:30  6:08 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
    1   795 George Lane          42 Ashburn VA              24:06   24:10  6:03 
    2   669 Will Beam            42 Reston VA               24:16   24:17  6:05 
    3  1118 Duncan Edwards       40 Leesburg VA             24:26   24:28  6:07 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
    1  1849 Jean-Christophe Arca 47 Rockville MD            23:44   23:46  5:57 
    2    23 Doug Kuderna         47 Odenton MD              23:47   23:49  5:58 
    3   631 Robert Ferry         47 Vienna VA               24:56   25:00  6:15 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
    1  1460 Bruce Halpin         51 Ashburn VA              25:13   25:14  6:19 
    2  1588 Bruce Delaplaine     53 Bethesda MD             26:38   26:41  6:41 
    3  1468 Steve Robinson       53 Herndon VA              27:22   27:25  6:52 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
    1  1593 James Moreland       55 Gaithersburg MD         27:54   27:55  6:59 
    2  1853 Jay Wind             58 Arlington VA            28:42   28:45  7:12 
    3   619 Kevin Frye           56 Ashburn VA              31:38   31:48  7:57 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
    1    86 Jason Page           63 Hamilton VA             27:03   27:04  6:46 
    2  1022 Dick Conway          60 Springfield VA          30:40   30:58  7:45 
    3  1088 Francis Schauer Jr   63 Alexandria VA           31:07   31:14  7:49 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
    1  1486 Lou Shapiro          66 Silver Spring MD        27:42   27:49  6:58 
    2   595 Richard Pane         65 Herndon VA              30:35   30:41  7:41 
    3   360 Bob Eldridge         68 Reston VA               35:55   36:17  9:05 
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 99
    1   655 Chan Robbins         70 Arlington VA            32:09   32:15  8:04 
    2  1046 Maynard Weyers       72 Alexandria VA           33:03   33:09  8:18 
    3   642 Leo Wyne             71 Falls Church VA         38:17   38:27  9:37 
MALE ASHBURN RESIDENT
    1     3 Dustin Whitlow       22 Ashburn VA              21:29 
MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
    1   804 Jonathan Mbwiri      21 M Quantico VA             24:35   24:39  6:10

Elite runner Samia Akbar (26) of Herndon, VA powers to an event record 22:28 victory.

Women's Awards

FEMALE Open
    1    25 Samia Akbar          26 Herndon VA              22:28 
    2   782 Keira Carlstrom      23 Oakton VA               23:16 
    3     7 Emily Gousen         22 Arlington VA            24:04 
FEMALE Masters
    1   358 Tonya Stotler        41 Leesburg VA             29:13 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 01 - 19
    1  1057 Victoria Cook        18 McLean VA               27:49   28:00  7:00 
    2  1151 Ariel Karabinus      16 Manassas VA             27:53   28:02  7:01 
    3  1162 Bekki Misanin        17 Potomac Falls VA        28:30   28:38  7:10 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
    1   755 Jennifer Dolson      22 Oakton VA               25:26   25:33  6:24 
    2    12 Mary Christopher     23 Washington DC           26:42   26:46  6:42 
    3    20 Sarah Ziherl         21 Silver Spring MD        27:57   28:15  7:04 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
    1  1523 Laura Turner         28 Washington DC           25:00   25:04  6:16 
    2   749 Laura Ramos          29 N Bethesda MD           26:50   26:53  6:44 
    3   799 Shannon Hawrylo      25 Bethesda MD             27:27   27:33  6:54 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
    1   727 Michelle Cunningham  33 Centreville VA          25:16   25:18  6:20 
    2  1111 Marybeth Muehing     30 Arlington VA            26:46   26:59  6:45 
    3   343 Kristy Persons       32 Potomac Falls VA        28:39   30:01  7:31 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
    1    14 Mary Davison         35 Bristow VA              25:18   25:23  6:21 
    2   822 Afsaneh Azar         38 Vienna VA               27:10   27:11  6:48 
    3  1007 Colleen Taylor       39 Ashburn VA              28:59   29:11  7:18 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
    1  1018 Patsy Long           41 Sterling VA             29:57   30:03  7:31 
    2  1485 Karen Young          40 Boyds MD                30:26   30:38  7:40 
    3  1559 Karen Ames           42 Purcellville VA         31:43   31:50  7:58 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
    1  1492 Kathy McKnight       45 Fairfax VA              30:00   30:03  7:31 
    2  1013 Valerie Custer       48 Waterford VA            29:51   30:56  7:44 
    3   737 Phung Kim Dang       46 Gaithersburg MD         32:37   32:53  8:14 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
    1  1045 Elizabeth Starr      51 Aldie VA                32:40   33:07  8:17 
    2  1452 Leslie Rigby Kash    52 Round Hill VA           37:16   37:26  9:22 
    3  1527 Susie Barry          53 Herndon VA              35:53   37:40  9:25 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
    1  1552 Rachel Muir          56 Reston VA               31:32   31:36  7:54 
    2   122 Christy Gavitt       56 Fairfax VA              39:50   40:04 10:01 
    3    97 Mary Proctor         59 Reston VA               39:40   40:40 10:10 
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
    1  1456 Peggy Richko         60 Hewitt NJ               34:54   36:13  9:04 
    2   699 Charlene Chin        60 Chantilly VA            52:33   54:10 13:33 
FEMALE ASHBURN RESIDENT
    1  1007 Colleen Taylor       39 Ashburn VA              28:59 
FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
    1  1196 Kristen Littell      15 F Leesburg VA           35:17   35:50  8:58

Brian Baillie (25) of Washington, DC has an excellent race in 21:21 to finish sixth overall.

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