See Jim Hage's race day report, "An Army of One," on the Army Ten Miler

The last stop of the Ten-Miler Triple series was held on Sunday, October 24, 2004 with the 20th Annual Army Ten-Miler, which started and finished at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA.

The Ten-Miler Triple recognizes the performances of top local finishers (open and masters categories) by awarding complimentary entries into the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run, Annapolis 10 Mile Run and the Army Ten Miler. The races are cornerstones of the Washington-area running community.

The first full year of this competition witnessed a variety of weather conditions, wind, heat and rain. The 20th Army Ten- Miler was held under rainy skies with record holders Captain Dan Browne of the Oregon National Guard (1997-47:44), Susan Molloy (56:20), and (masters category) Sargent Sammy Ngatia (2000-48:50), and Martha Merz (59:49) welcomed back. Several other prior year winners participated in weekend festivities, including three-time winner Alisa Harvey.

Browne controlled the men's race wire-to-wire and set a new event record with his winning time of 47:32. Casey Smith of Arlington, VA, took control of the women's race at mile four and won with a time of 57:32 (6th fastest time); Smith also won in 2002 (58:21, the 11th fastest winning time). Laura Freix of Team Pacers of Old Town Alexandria was the first local master finisher this year, finishing 15th with a time of 1:03:21.

Team Pacers collected both local male athlete titles as Edmund Burke of Burtonsville, MD placed tenth with a time of 50:39 (10th place) and Chuck Moeser won the local men's masters race with a time of 56:35 (63rd place). Moeser was the overall master's winner in 1995 (53:29) and 1998 (53:14).

2004 Ten Mile Triple Winners

32nd Cherry Blossom 10 Miler, April 4, 2004
Open Champions
Erik Kean			26	52:56       	Arlington, VA		20th
Naoko Ishibe			35	57:47       	Silver Spring, MD	12th


Masters Champions
Mark Malander       		46	55:43      	Oak Hill, VA		43rd
Lee DiPietro			46	61:15           Ruxton, MD		22nd



29th Annapolis 10 Mile Run, August 29, 2004
Open Champions
Maj. Alexander Hetherington	37	56:15     	Stafford, VA	        1st
Capt. Mary Kate Bailey		29	60:42           Arlington, VA           1st


Masters Champions
Jim Hage			46	56:32		Kensington, MD	        1st 
Monica Grillo			40	1:08:27 	Arlington, VA		9th 



20th Army Ten Miler,	October 24, 2004
Open Champions
Edmund Burke      		35	50:39		Burtonsville, MD        10th 
Casey Smith			25	57:32		Arlington, VA	        1st


Masters Champions
Chuck Moeser			53	56:35		Sterling, VA	        63rd 
Laura Freix			43	63:21    	Centreville, VA         15th 

The 2005 Ten Mile Triple Schedule
33rd Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run
April 3, 2005
Web site: www.cherryblossom.org

30th Annapolis 10 Mile Run
August 28, 2005
Web site: www.annapolisstriders.org

21st Army Ten Miler
October 2, 2005
www.armytenmiler.com