Granted, it's right there in the name, but the Plaza America Family 5K casts a wide net. The fourth edition of this event puts a premium on moms, dads, kids and American flags, all in that quintessence of suburbia, Reston. And if post-race smiles from the 5K, the kids run and the ample victuals spread are a fair gauge, a good time was had by all.

And not in the least by the race winners, Reuben Chebii, from Kenya, and Tatiana Belovol, from Ukraine (photo left), who each earned $500 for their efforts. Chebii (22) who lives and trains in West Chester, PA, bested his countryman and training partner, David Korir (23) by just three seconds to win in 14 minutes 39 seconds. Both were under the previous course record set by Andre Williams in 2002. Belovol (35), who also trains in West Chester, ran 17:51 to outdistance Vanessa Hunter, from Arlington, by 33 seconds.

Runner-up Korir won the Pike's Peek 10K just three weeks earlier in 29:24, but the rolling hills of Reston took their toll on him.

"I had not enough energy to push on the last hill because I already pushed all the other hills," Korir said. "Reuben was too strong at the end."

Chebii (#3, photo left) who was outkicked and finished second at the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run on April 3, helped Korir (#11) force the pace through the opening two miles of 4:43 and 4:42. That was fast enough to gap Alexey Khokhlov from Russia and Mohammed Ar-Ar from Morocco, another of the West Chester gang.

"The Kenyans, they have it here, here, and here," Ar-Ar said, indicating his head, legs and heart. "They are always competitive." Ar-Ar, hardly a slacker himself, finished second a day earlier at the Kennett Square (PA) 5K in 14:59 before running 15:13 and finishing fourth in Reston.

Khokhlov, who ran 15:00 to take third, is perhaps the area's most prolific racer (photo left). During April he was 18th at Cherry Blossom, fourth at the Sallie Mae 10K, second at Pike's Peek and then ran 2:20:02 at the Derby Festival Marathon in Louisville. Khokhlov is already gearing up for another, the Green Bay Marathon on May 22.

Barb Fallon-Wallace (31) from Alexandria, VA (photo left) was a last-minute entry and finished third in 19:05. But despite her fine finish, Fallon-Wallace admitted that her "heart wasn't in it today." Earlier in the morning, her husband Dan, a top area runner, left on the initial leg of his deployment for an 18- month tour of duty in Iraq. Wallace is in the Army Reserves.

"Dan said I should come here and run," Fallon-Wallace said. "I'm not in great shape but it was a good distraction."

Awards Listing

FEMALE OVERALL
Place Num   Name              Age City                      Time    
===== ======================= == ========================= ===== 
1     7 Tatiana Belovol       35 West Chester PA           17:51 
2     6 Vanessa Hunter        29 Arlington VA              18:24 
3   708 Barb Fallon-Wallace   31 Alexandria VA             19:08 


MALE OVERALL
Place Num   Name             Age City                      Time    
===== ======================= == ========================= ===== 
1     3 Reuben Chebii         22 West Chester PA           14:39 
2    11 David Korir           23 West Chester PA           14:42 
3     4 Alexey Khokhlov       34 Germantown MD             15:01 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  1 - 14
1   823 Maddy Brown           12 Bethesda MD               27:09 
2   455 Alyssa Worsham        10 Oakton VA                 30:17 
3   635 Clare Kelley          12 Reston VA                 30:58 


MALE AGE GROUP:  1 - 14
1   534 Jack Jasper           12 Herndon VA                20:37 
2   827 Sam Zeidman           14 Chevy Chase MD            23:10 
3   486 Ethan Doyle           14 Oakton VA                 23:24 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  15 - 19
1   522 Ellyn Moulton         15 Leesburg VA               22:36 
2   746 Beth Dahlburg         15 Alexandria VA             24:56 
3   321 Kathleen Brown        15 Vienna VA                 26:28 


MALE AGE GROUP:  15 - 19
1   687 Duane Doty            15 Herndon VA                20:41 
2   733 Mike Raffone          17 Sterling VA               22:36 
3   224 Danny Chao            17 Fairfax VA                23:30 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 24
1   751 Sarah Alaei           22 Bethesda MD               19:30 
2   715 Christine Rowland     21 Herndon VA                24:19 
3   520 Natalie Privette      24 Annandale VA              25:23 


MALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 24
1   752 William Berriel       23 Reston VA                 16:18 
2   151 Sam Bresnahan         23 Arlington VA              21:33 
3   271 Tyler Bronder         23 Fairfax VA                22:19 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  25 - 29
1   157 Jessica Storm         28 Reston VA                 19:46 
2   668 Meghan McLaughlin     26 Reston VA                 19:46 
3    58 Marisa Guarinello     25 Alexandria VA             22:26 


MALE AGE GROUP:  25 - 29
1    13 Ryan Mammen           28 Woodbridge VA             15:43 
2     5 Aaron Church          29 South Riding VA           16:03 
3   739 Robert Schneider      28 Washington DC             16:27 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 34
1   295 Heather Koczur        33 Oakton VA                 23:05 
2   453 Sally Stevenson       32 Leesburg VA               23:13 
3   840 Tracey Shea           31 Reston VA                 23:43 


MALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 34
1     8 David Kemboi          32 Germantown MD             15:29 
2   618 Stuart Schept         32 Arlington VA              18:58 
3   641 Matthew Pettengill    31 Herndon VA                19:24 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  35 - 39
1   691 Kristin DiDomenico    38 Sterling VA               19:33 
2   593 Carole Kammel         36 Rockville MD              21:53 
3   755 Monika Bracken        39 Castleton VA              22:00 


MALE AGE GROUP:  35 - 39
1     9 Mohammed Ar-Ar        35 West Chester PA           15:13 
2   791 Stephen Smith         35 Reston VA                 16:57 
3   750 Joseph Cresko         39 Arlington VA              17:12 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 44
1   135 Kimberly McLaughlin   40 Reston VA                 19:59 
2   472 Linda Foley           43 Oak Hill VA               20:40 
3   519 Patricia Cuff         40 Alexandria VA             22:32 


MALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 44
1   785 Tom Crandall          40 Reston VA                 17:54 
2   134 Neil McLaughlin       41 Reston VA                 17:55 
3   513 Gary Grilliot         41 Reston VA                 18:18 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  45 - 49
1   617 Wendy Everett         48 Sterling VA               24:52 
2   556 Karen Klemm           47 Leesburg VA               25:40 
3   217 Liz Falcone           47 Reston VA                 25:54 


MALE AGE GROUP:  45 - 49
1   774 Jim Hage              47 Kensington MD             16:48 
2   645 George Buckheit       47 Reston VA                 16:50 
3   761 Ronald Shaiko         45 Arlington VA              17:01 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 54
1   695 Jenny Rexrode         50 Fredericksburg VA         22:02 
2   170 Donna Nidds-Lund      53 Ashburn VA                23:03 
3   470 Nancy Haberkern       51 Springfield VA            27:41 


MALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 54
1   460 Richard Adams Jr      54 Herndon VA                18:24 
2   323 Gary Grimsley         50 Springfield VA            19:31 
3   503 David Brewer          50 Herndon VA                20:19 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  55 - 59
1    54 Alice Franks          57 Rockville MD              22:43 
2    59 Linda Kearney         58 Oak Hill VA               24:01 
3    22 Jane Poole            57 Falls Church VA           25:42 


MALE AGE GROUP:  55 - 59
1    19 Paul Zink             57 Reston VA                 20:48 
2   704 Joe Ogorman           56 Reston VA                 21:07 
3    63 Jay Wind              55 Arlington VA              21:19 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 64
1   766 Dee Nelson            61 Gaithersburg MD           25:31 
2    25 Pat Welch             60 Vienna VA                 27:17 
3   515 Patricia Patrick      61 Falls Church VA           28:46 


MALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 64
1    34 Patrick Griffith      60 Alexandria VA             19:01 
2   765 Roger Kilgore         61 Tall Timbers MD           22:11 
3   527 David Gearin          60 Arlington VA              22:18 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  65 - 69
1   688 Erika Marion          66 Reston VA                 27:10 
2   560 Abbie Edwards         65 Reston VA                 35:07 
3   748 Betty Lou Wolfe       68 The Plains VA             44:25 


MALE AGE GROUP:  65 - 69
1   694 Maynard Weyers        68 Alexandria VA             23:18 
2    26 Richard Williams      69 Alexandria VA             24:20 
3   697 Chet Coates           65 Silver Spring MD          25:29 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 74
1    40 Lillian Wolf          71 Silver Spring MD          53:31 
2   813 Mary Zenchoff         73 Silver Spring MD        1:05:03 


MALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 74
1    65 Terence Mccarthy      70 Leesburg VA               25:27 
2   776 William Pepelko       70 Great Falls VA            26:41 
3   698 Jim Hufford           71 Reston VA                 27:21 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  75 - 99


MALE AGE GROUP:  75 - 99
1   396 Philip Zenchoff       77 Silver Spring MD          37:43 


FEMALE Reston RESIDENT
    1   668 Meghan McLaughlin 26 Reston VA                 19:48 


MALE Reston RESIDENT
    1   752 William Berriel   23 Reston VA                 16:19 

New course records set
Photo left: Connie Pullella (#124) of Leesburg, VA and Brian Gillooly (#757) of Clifton, VA charge to the finish.

Editor's note: We heard the course was muggy and windy, and windy and rolling. Still, many course records were set aside. Race winner Reuben Chebii's 14:39 erased Andre Williams's fine time of 14:45 set in the inaugural year. Women's winner Tatiana Belovol (35) is nearly as old as the combined ages of the last two women winners, Tatyana Petrova (20) in 2004, Atalelech Ketema (19) in 2003. She ran 17:51 to dismiss another inaugural course record set by Pasty Long in 2002.

Jenny Rexrode (50) bumped Alice Franks (22:38 - '03) off the 50- 54 age group platform with 22:05. No matter; Alice (55) has moved on. Barely slowing down, she moved down Heidi Pirie (24:01 - '03) with a swift 22:47.

In the sixties, top ranked Patrick Griffith (60) raced 19:01 to change the record set by John Elliott (19:50 - '02). Dee Nelson (61) helped herself to Mary Ann O'Connor's record of 26:22 set last year with 25:34. Erika Marin blew away the Best of 2005 time (27:43) and last year's record holder E.C.Williams (27:55) with a super fast 27:12.

Nobody can fault Stephen Smith's attempt to defend his Reston Resident title of 16:57 set in 2003. Last year he won the award with a sixth place overall 17:22. This year, at age thirty-five, he ran a swift 16:59. This year it was not enough. Young William Berriel (23) set the new Resident record with 16:19, while finishing eighth overall.

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