Fourth Annual Scope It Out 5K
Cherry Blossoms Signal the Coming Springtime
By James Moreland
March 30, 2008
Washington, DC
For the Washington Running Report
Racers cruise across the ChampionChip timing mats.
The Fourth Annual Scope It Out 5K Run/Walk for Colon Cancer
Awareness hit the jackpot as the cherry blossoms in West
Potomac Park were in full bloom. The worthy cause of protecting
against this very treatable disease held during National
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month raised more than $100,000
this year. That is more than half again the $185,000 that was
raised in the first three years. This is the tourist side of town and though the weather bolted
back down to near freezing chased away by a bold March wind and
the seventies of last week were history, the course was lined
with tourists acting a very realistic part of race spectators. Saturday's National Marathon had the city prepared for runners
in shorts racing about the city. Parking is tough in West
Potomac Park when the Cherry Blossoms are in bloom; note that
for next week's
Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile, which will
feature Colleen de Reuck. She was last spotted here winning the
race in 1998 in 51:16, a time listed as the world record. (Some
insist that a women's only race [start] is necessary for that
title. De Reuck turns forty-four on April 14 and will be taking
a shot at the masters world record.
Today's race featured contestants from last month GW Birthday
10K. Then third place Steven Crane of Silver Spring, MD was the
winner here today in 15:01, which befits the 31:15 time he
raced in February. The top three runners all were listed with
that time. (The Scope It Out 5K course record was set in 2005
by John Henwood of New York in 14:43 in a tight battle with the
top three runners all faster than fifteen minutes.) However, on the trip back today, racers could see the highly
ranked Crane was dogged the whole way by a determined Bert
Rodriguez of Arlington, VA (in photo). He made the race
a contest until the final yards of the run, coming home in
15:08. Rodriguez was pleased with his time versus his seventh
place time of 32:10 in February. He noted humbly the Crane had
spent the week moving to new digs and might be a little tired.
That might explain closer but the fast time was all earned by
Rodriguez. It is his third year in the runner-up spot.
Meanwhile, Robert Wade of Arlington, VA, who had been declared
the winner in February's three way time tie, struggled a bit
and crossed in third with 15:34. Fourth place was a rare
appearance from Wilson Komen. Komen a former Ranked
Runner champion and a 2:17:00 marathoner ran in no man's
land for an easy 15:52 jaunt.
Springtime means the reappearance of Tatianna Chulakh of
Gaithersburg, MD. The diminutive waif looked as if she had
muscled up a little during the off season as she jetted away
from the competition, easily winning in 16:34. Last year she
set the event record in 16:24 taking the lead in the final mile
and winning by four seconds. Runner-up Keira Carlstorm of
Oakton, VA (in photo) churned out some steady and fast
miles, racing home in 17:13. Ten seconds a mile slower, Hirut
Mandfro of Takoma Park, MD had a fine 17:45 for third. Barb
Fallon Wallace of Alexandria, VA was fourth in a time that
often wins smaller races - 18:22.Leaving the house this morning, Win Persina, who turned 48 on
Saturday, was asked if she would win the masters. That seemed
reasonable as she had won her age group in 2005 and was second
master. The next year she trounced her tormentor in 19:49 and
won it all. Her response was, "only if Martha Merz isn't
there." A lot of masters runners have sung that refrain. Merz
won last year in 18:13, the event masters record. This year at
forty-five, she settled in at 18:57 for another comfortable
win. Persina was second age group in 20:06. After getting off
to a slow start, she moved past a bunch of runners. The second master and 40-44 age group winner was Rebecca Nathan
of Arlington, VA. At 19:13, she let Merz know it would not be
wise to relax too much. Before the race, Tami Graf of Lusby, MD
was asking what the age group would be. When she was told it
was five year she smiled and said, "Ten year is fine as long as
the have a 70 and older group." In fact, she dominated that
division. She lowered her 28:57 Best of 2008 time on a
fast AS Valentine's Day course to 28:24 today to easily win.
Many of the faster runners seemed to think the course was a
little slow today. The race is pancake-flat and the wind was
mild, allowing the cooler temperature to not be a factor.
Masters Champion Andres Wright won in 16:20 last year. So he
could not break his event record today, settling for 16:28.
Greg Cauller (48) of York, PA was next in 16:52 with the third
highest age graded performance, a hair ahead of Crane for top
male. Truly the race did slow a little returning across the Kutz
Bridge about 800 meters from the finish. The narrow road was
filled to capacity by runners mobbing the scene in both
directions. Spectators manned the sidewalks. Last year's 50-54
winner James Moreland of Gaithersburg, MD had an easy time of
it with all the titan grandmasters racing at 55-59. They were
led by Chuck Moeser in 17:08. Moreland inspired more by the lack of Moeser this year was
dueling with Herb Tolbert of Gaithersburg, MD. (In photo,
Moreland starts off too fast alongside masters runner-up
Rebecca Nathan). Tolbert (61) was making his fourth come
back, this time after serious surgery in the fall. Dodging his
way across the bridge Moreland lost his focus and the seesaw
battle was over. Tolbert pulled away and caught third
grandmaster Michael Cannon (50) at the wire in 20:34. Paul
Bousel won it all in 19:20 and moves to 55-59 next year.
Meanwhile, Moreland coming off a 20:27 5K on Saturday was
determined not to die too much. In this case, every second
counted as John McMackin (56), who was third last year in
20:05, was making a charge. He fell just short in 20:52 to
Moreland's 20:45. By ChampionChip time the difference was a
mere three seconds.
The Lou Shapiro racing machine mowed down another record with a
swift 21:09 finish. Last year Robbins had won the division in
22:09. Older and wiser Robbins moved over to the 70-74 division
to set the record in 22:59. Extra gravy for this top ranked
runner, he took down Skip Grant's Best of 2008 time of
23:05 set the first day of the year. We added a new category. With so many runners in their first
race, we set an award listing for the fastest novice runner.
Kevin Garzon (16) of Rockville, MD was tops in 17:38. Jay Ann
Ges (40) of Burke, VA was best in 24:24. With a chip time of
22:05 she will need to seed herself closer to the starting
line. After crossing the finish line, there was bagels, banana, and
beverages - the three Bs of race recovery. There were lots of
random awards and bragging rights for the top three in five
year age groups came with a nice little gift certificate. In Photo below, Dante Morales (17) liberates with gusto Neal
Darmody's teen event record set in 2006 (17:01) with a
scintillating 16:13. The next two runners were a mere two
seconds behind.
Awards
MALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Age City Gun T Net T Pace
===== ===== ====================== === ===================== ===== ===== =====
1 7 Steve Crane 26 Silver Spring MD 15:01 15:00 4:50
2 4 Bert Rodriguez 28 Arlington VA 15:08 15:08 4:52
3 6 Robbie Wade 25 Arlington VA 15:34 15:33 5:01 FEMALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Age City Gun T Net T Pace
===== ===== ====================== === ===================== ===== ===== =====
1 2 Tatiana Chulakh 25 Gaithersburg MD 16:34 16:34 5:20
2 3 Keira Carlstrom 23 Oakton VA 17:13 17:12 5:33
3 10 Hirut Mandfro 22 Takoma Park MD 17:45 17:44 5:43 MALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 19 (NET TIME)
1 2541 Dante Morales 17 Fairfax VA 16:13 16:13 5:14
2 2582 Kevin Garzon 16 Rockville MD 17:38 17:37 5:40
3 2853 Patrick Baranowski 18 Durham CT 19:58 19:46 6:22 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 19 (NET TIME)
1 2842 Amber Herkey 19 Washington DC 22:17 21:57 7:04
2 1095 Abby May 11 Forest VA 24:06 24:02 7:44
3 2730 Kristen Lisicki 16 Wixom MI 26:17 25:35 8:14 MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 24 (NET TIME)
1 2525 Joseph Altenau 21 Eastchester NY 16:31 16:30 5:19
2 2371 Matt Herzog 24 Washington DC 18:14 18:12 5:52
3 1676 Blake Monson 24 Arlington VA 19:15 19:08 6:10 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 24 (NET TIME)
1 2326 Shannon Doran 22 North Attleboro MA 20:08 20:04 6:28
2 622 Jo Cappeto 21 Washington Crossin PA 24:13 24:13 7:48
3 724 Sarah Moreau 22 Washington DC 25:21 24:40 7:57 MALE AGE GROUP: 25 - 29 (NET TIME)
1 2392 Brian Beil 29 Arlington VA 16:04 16:04 5:11
2 2575 Billy Askey 25 Washington DC 16:16 16:15 5:14
3 2860 Christopher Mathieu 28 Los Angeles CA 16:15 16:15 5:14 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 25 - 29 (NET TIME)
1 2604 Laura Ramos 29 N Bethesda MD 19:28 19:27 6:16
2 152 Allyson Pyeritz 25 Washington DC 22:10 21:58 7:04
3 413 Mary Zettl 25 Alexandria VA 22:09 22:01 7:06 MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 34 (NET TIME)
1 8 Wilson Komen 30 Washington DC 15:52 15:50 5:06
2 2310 David O'Hara 31 Washington DC 16:25 16:24 5:17
3 2646 Jonathan Amato 33 Arlington VA 20:01 19:58 6:26 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 34 (NET TIME)
1 2675 Barb Fallon Wallace 34 Alexandria VA 18:22 18:21 5:55
2 1289 Kari Richmond 32 Owings Mills MD 21:14 21:03 6:47
3 2753 Adrienne Wichard-Edds 34 Arlington VA 22:06 21:53 7:03 MALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39 (NET TIME)
1 2748 Yuriy Fuksenko 36 Derwood MD 18:49 18:48 6:03
2 2540 Bryant Russell 39 Sterling VA 18:53 18:52 6:05
3 549 Carlton McFaden 38 Richmond VA 19:18 19:17 6:13 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39 (NET TIME)
1 2766 Christy Sporidis 39 Potomac MD 19:57 19:56 6:25
2 56 Cheryl Young 38 Reston VA 21:27 21:25 6:54
3 2870 Maria Coccodrilli 38 Salisbury MD 22:16 22:06 7:07 MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44 (NET TIME)
1 2864 Andres Wright 41 Frederick MD 16:28 16:27 5:18
2 2058 Marc Tarutani 42 Falls Church VA 18:20 18:18 5:54
3 81 Matt Anderson 42 Fairfax VA 18:32 18:31 5:58 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44 (NET TIME)
1 44 Rebecca Nathan 42 Arlington VA 19:13 19:12 6:11
2 1783 Jay Ann Ges 40 Burke VA 24:24 22:05 7:07
3 2868 Debra O'Connell 40 Bethesda MD 22:30 22:25 7:13 MALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49 (NET TIME)
1 2846 Greg Cauller 48 York PA 16:52 16:52 5:26
2 850 Mark Drosky 47 Alexandria VA 20:31 20:29 6:36
3 1029 Frank Hopke 49 Alexandria VA 23:29 20:33 6:37 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49 (NET TIME)
1 2204 Martha Merz 45 Annandale VA 18:57 18:57 6:06
2 2861 Win Persina 48 Washington DC 20:06 20:04 6:28
3 1952 Sandy Blasey 46 Kensington MD 21:43 21:40 6:59 MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54 (NET TIME)
1 1778 Paul Bousel 54 Alexandria VA 19:20 19:18 6:13
2 1297 Michael Cannon 50 Springfield VA 20:36 20:33 6:37
3 2771 Roger McCleskey 54 Arlington VA 21:14 21:11 6:49 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54 (NET TIME)
1 2150 Myra Washington 51 Montgomery Village MD 23:40 23:37 7:36
2 1597 Julia Clark 51 Bethesda MD 24:09 23:58 7:43
3 1872 Lisa Babcock 54 Highland MD 24:58 24:48 7:59 MALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59 (NET TIME)
1 2902 James Moreland 55 Gaithersburg MD 20:45 20:44 6:41
2 39 John McMackin Jr 56 Washington DC 20:52 20:47 6:42
3 1270 Michael Loney 57 Silver Spring MD 23:14 23:07 7:27 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59 (NET TIME)
1 201 Mary Moriarty 58 Falls Church VA 27:53 27:14 8:46
2 1176 Maggie Phillips 59 Montgomery Village MD 30:56 29:57 9:39
3 555 Lisa Reinshuttle 58 Fairfax Station VA 32:30 31:23 10:06 MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64 (NET TIME)
1 58 Herb Tolbert 61 Montgomery Village MD 20:34 20:29 6:36
2 371 William Wren 60 Arlington VA 22:12 22:09 7:08
3 70 Krupakar Revanna 64 Falls Church VA 22:45 22:40 7:18 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64 (NET TIME)
1 1432 Mary Collins 63 Alexandria VA 34:43 33:00 10:38
2 1202 Monica Fleischmann 60 Arlington VA 39:35 38:18 12:20
3 71 Teresa Revanna 61 Falls Church VA 39:59 39:17 12:39 MALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69 (NET TIME)
1 51 Lou Shapiro 66 Silver Spring MD 21:09 21:04 6:47
2 2529 Jim Hayter 68 Reston VA 34:23 33:26 10:46
3 1978 Mike Sivigny 65 Burke VA 45:51 44:04 14:11 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69 (NET TIME)
1 2090 Jean Stewart 65 Washington DC 39:42 38:23 12:21
2 2725 Annette Ficker 68 Potomac MD 50:23 48:17 15:33
3 1327 Diane O'Hara 68 Alexandria VA 51:00 49:37 15:59 MALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74 (NET TIME)
1 5 Chan Robbins 70 Arlington VA 22:59 22:56 7:23
2 2040 Tony Measham 73 Chevy Chase MD 27:38 27:28 8:51
3 75 Robert Gurtler 73 The Plains VA 31:21 30:59 9:59 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74 (NET TIME)
1 2757 Tami Graf 71 Lusby MD 28:24 28:22 9:08
2 2656 Ellen Regan 71 Springfield VA 60:28 56:49 18:17
3 66 Lillian Wolf 74 Silver Spring MD 67:25 64:08 20:39 MALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79 (NET TIME) FEMALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79 (NET TIME)
1 2650 Jacqueline O'Neil 76 Washington DC 36:56 36:07 11:38
2 1169 Irene McKenney 77 Rochester MN 55:39 55:01 17:43 MALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 99 (NET TIME)
1 2224 Phillip Zenchoff 80 Silver Spring MD 45:08 44:00 14:10
2 2637 Clarence Norment 81 Mechanicsville VA 63:44 61:48 19:54 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 99 (NET TIME)
1 120 Catherine Wynne 88 Springfield VA 71:18 68:22 22:01 MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 2582 Kevin Garzon 16 M Rockville MD 17:38 17:37 5:40 FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 1783 Jay Ann Ges 40 F Burke VA 24:24 22:05 7:07
Often an age group winner, Sarah Buckheit (47) of Reston, VA
finished fifth in a stellar field in a very credible 23:32.
Full Race Day Results
Race Day Report for 2008
Event records
Photo Gallery 2008
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