Top Finishers at Capitol Hill Prepare for Grandma's Marathon

Four miles into the 28th Capitol Hill Classic 10K, race leaders and training partners Nick Gramsky and Edmund Burke had a little heart to heart.

"You take it," Gramsky told Burke. "I'm done."

"No," Burke said. "You got it."

Burke (in photo) proved correct, and Gramsky (29), from Vienna, VA opened a slight lead over the final two miles and won in 31 minutes 4 seconds. Burke (37) from Burtonsville, MD finished second in 31:14, 10 seconds back. Both men, along with third-place finisher Matt Barresi (24), train with the American University-based group and will head to Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, MN next month and attempt to qualify for the Olympic trials marathon.

Women's winner Katie Nowak (26, photo)--who is also running Grandma's--broke away from early leader Victoria Lynch (33) near five miles and just before the course's gut-check climb up Capitol Hill.

"I went out faster than I should have," said Nowak, who was caught and passed by Lynch two miles into the race. But Nowak did not panic, and she stalked Lynch for three miles before making her winning move. She finished in 37:46, four seconds ahead of Lynch. Martha Merz (44) was the top master and third overall in 38:02.

"I was tired and didn't think I was going to hold on," said Lynch, from Washington, DC, long one of the area's top road racers but largely absent the past couple of years. "It's okay though, I'm having fun with it. I had forgotten racing could be fun."

Nowak, an exercise physiologist who competed intercollegiately at Ball State and now lives in Rockville, MD, finished second in 38:18 at the Battle of the Boulevard 10K in Arlington, VA one week earlier and ran 2:54:26 at the Boston Marathon in April. She will attempt to meet the women's Olympic trials marathon standard of 2:47:00 at Grandma's.

Setsu Rosen (66) from Washington, DC was the most senior women's competitor and Dick Coogan (75) from McLean, VA held that honor among the men.

The 10K is the featured event, but many compete in the 3K and kids run. More than 2,150 ran the 10K, which traverses the historic Capitol Hill neighborhood, rendered poignant this year in the wake of the devastating fire at Eastern Market on April 30 near the three-mile mark.

Poignant, too, may be the last rites for one of the area's great neighborhood courses. For 28 years, the charge down and then up Capitol Hill in the final mile has presented the 10K's signature challenge. But the course may be changed next year according to the race director due to security issues; one cannot be too careful when thousands of men and women in short pants troop around the nation's legislative brain center early on a Sunday morning.

And so it goes.

Photo below: One of the area's top racing couples, Malcolm Lester (39) and Hilary Cairns (36) got a babysitter and raced in together today in 38:50. Cairns was the sixth woman finisher.

Awards Listing

                    Age Group Awards Based on Net Times
MALE 
Place Name                    Ag City               Time    
===== ======================= == ================== ======= 
    1 Nick Gramsky            29 Vienna VA            31:04 
    2 Edmund Burke            37 Burtonsville MD      31:14 
    3 Matt Barresi            24 Ashton MD            31:35 


FEMALE 
Place Name                    Ag City               Time    
===== ======================= == ================== ======= 
    1 Katie Nowak             26 Rockville MD         37:46 
    2 Victoria Lynch          33 Washington DC        37:50 
    3 Martha Merz             44 Annandale VA         38:02 


MALE AGE GROUP:  01 - 19
    1 Ondrej Novotny          16 Fairfax VA           43:39 
    2 Jacob Ellenwood         18 Lorton VA            47:26 
    3 Michael McYniec         16 Washington DC        47:36 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  01 - 19
    1 Katy Gathright          17 Bethesda MD          45:42 
    2 Kaitlyn Mulvey          19 Fairfax Station VA   47:02 
    3 Colleen Ackermann       19 Fairfax VA           50:22 


MALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 24
    1 Ryan Deak               21 Burke VA             32:07 
    2 Carlos Rojas            24 Vienna VA            38:49 
    3 Dan Raposa              24 Washington DC        40:10 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 24
    1 Anna Garriott           23 Washington DC        40:58 
    2 Trina Bolton            24 Washington DC        42:41 
    3 Joy Deaton              23 Vienna VA            42:54 


MALE AGE GROUP:  25 - 29
    1 Joe Lamonte             26 Arlington VA         34:22 
    2 Clete Willems           27 Washington DC        34:46 
    3 Christopher Johnson     25 Washington DC        35:13 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  25 - 29
    1 Sarah Spalding          26 Washington DC        38:31 
    2 Holly Devers            25 Damascus MD          39:16 
    3 Jenny Mlinarcik         27 Alexandria VA        39:28 


MALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 34
    1 Michael Wardian         33 Arlington VA         32:07 
    2 Phillippe Rolly         34 Fairfax VA           32:12 
    3 Jeffrey Hiott           33 Washington DC        36:57 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 34
    1 Emily Richard           30 Washington DC        38:42 
    2 Anastasia Broderick     32 Alexandria VA        40:36 
    3 Danielle Lloyd          31 Alexandria VA        42:41 


MALE AGE GROUP:  35 - 39
    1 Pavel Frelich           36 Chevy Chase MD       35:29 
    2 Gene Inserto            35 Gaithersburg MD      35:41 
    3 Ian Blair               35 Alexandria VA        35:49 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  35 - 39
    1 Hilary Cairns           36 Washington DC        38:47 
    2 Rachel Stanton          37 Edinburgh            39:50 
    3 Kerry Rodgers           38 Washington DC        40:23 


MALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 44
    1 Theo Haast              40 Lansdowne VA         36:47 
    2 M Tarvtani              41 Falls Church VA      37:23 
    3 Matt Anderson           41 Fairfax VA           38:16 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 44
    1 Caroline Merena         41 Arlington VA         45:21 
    2 Kari Stoever            41 Bethesda MD          45:47 
    3 Margaret Black          43 Ashburn VA           48:38 


MALE AGE GROUP:  45 - 49
    1 Doug Kuderna            46 Odenton MD           36:28 
    2 Dennis Coleman          49 Gaithersburg MD      37:25 
    3 David Kelly             47 Potomac MD           37:42 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  45 - 49
    1 Joan Fowler             47 Silver Spring MD     42:14 
    2 Ann Kurzweil            48 Great Falls VA       47:45 
    3 Barbara Haney           48 Ft Washington MD     48:16 


MALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 54
    1 Paul Serra              51 Lusby MD             38:42 
    2 Lennie Carter           54 Washington DC        40:37 
    3 Miles Harter            51 Washington DC        41:14 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 54
    1 Ofelia Perotti          50 Alexandria VA        42:46 
    2 Aileen Moffatt          50 Washington DC        43:45 
    3 Molly Smith             50 Washington DC        54:08 


MALE AGE GROUP:  55 - 59
    1 William Scott           59 Glenarden MD         42:17 
    2 Bruce Reynolds          56 Arlington VA         43:58 
    3 William Schildknecht    56 Washington DC        45:45 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  55 - 59
    1 Deborah Gebhardt        59 Adelphi MD           46:11 
    2 Jane Poole              59 Washington DC        50:44 
    3 Anne Purcell            55 Arlington VA         57:51 


MALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 64
    1 Bob Chase               61 Falls Church VA      43:32 
    2 Michael Golash          64 Washington DC        43:53 
    3 Donald Hensel           62 Gaithersburg MD      46:49 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 64
    1 Chris Craun             61 Bethesda MD          46:36 
    2 Jill Joseph             62 Takoma Park MD       58:01 
    3 Laurie Coady            60 Washington DC        58:55 


MALE AGE GROUP:  65 - 69
    1 Lou Shapiro             65 Silver Spring MD     42:36 
    2 Sonny Barber            66 Falls Church VA      46:13 
    3 Patrick Coady           69 Washington DC        54:39 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  65 - 69
    1 Setsu Rosen             66 Washington DC        59:34 


MALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 99
    1 Richard Williams        71 Alexandria VA        50:10 
    2 Warren Kaplan           71 Potomac MD         1:00:28 
    3 Dick Coogan             75 McLean VA          1:06:15 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 99
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