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|  Inaugural Half Marathon Field Tops 600; Cross Country Participation Nears 1,000 Growth for Second Ukrop's X-Country Festival at Maymont From Sportsbackers October 6, 2004 Richmond, VA Washington Running Report
Photo above: The Carmel, NY High School girls took command
from the beginning to place second to Forest Park in the Girls
High School team competition and claim the top two individual
finishes.
Half marathoners raved about the 13.1-mile course that combined
roads and trails past the James River
with a finish at Maymont. "The
race was terrific. The course switched between road and trail
running--one focused on what is coming next so the time
flew. It's one of my favorite races," enthused Richard Blair.
Fredericksburg's Tim Avery won
the 13.1-mile event, the longest he has raced, in a time
of 1:10:12. Jeanie Trent took the women's title, finishing
12th overall at 1:27:19. The Ukrop's X-Country Festival provided an opportunity for
runners that do not normally see each other participate in the
same event. Separate heats were held by gender for High School
teams, College Teams, elementary and middle school students,
and 5K and 8K distances were offered for open participants.
The
format allowed parents and their children to take turns
cheering for each other. "My daughter Savannah ran in the
elementary school girls division and absolutely loved it," said
Beth Ann Norvelle. "She also screamed for me when I ran my
race." The men's overall race was dominated by John Ciccarelli of the
University of Richmond, who ran a time of 24:50. After
finishing second in the event last year, he easily beat Paul
Hugus of McDaniel by 48 seconds. Ciccarelli and teammates
Patrick Barkuff, Hunter Willis, Peter Norquist, and Jonathan
Molz took five of the top seven spots to lead Richmond to the
top spot in the team competition. The University women's race was also dominated by the
University of Richmond. Sophomore Amanda Russell won in a time
of 17:23 to lead a Spider sweep of the top seven spots.
Teammates Nicole Kurtain, Kylee Schuler, Shelby Faircloth,
Diana Morse, Nicole Erby, and Diane Kenaston followed to lead
Richmond easily past second place Southern Virginia.
Richmond's Men's Head Coach Steve Taylor said, "Our men ran
well on a tough course. Our men's and women's teams were
determined to defend their team titles and they accomplished
that goal." Saturday's high school races attracted more than forty schools
from as far away as New York and Rhode Island. In the Boy's A
Division High School race, Forest Park senior Bryce Iverson,
the third place finisher in 2003, won with a time of 14:54,
five seconds ahead of Andrew Jesien of Walter Johnson
(Bethesda, MD). Patterson Wilhelm of E.C. Glass took
third, followed by Colin McConnell of Bishop Hendricken and
Herndon's Danny Gordon. In the team standings, Bishop Hendricken of Warwick, RI won the
boys A Varsity championship with a team score of 43 by placing
five harriers in the top 14. Bishop Hendricken also took the
boys B Varsity race with a team score of 79 to barely edge
Benedictine (81). Boys C Varsity winner was West Islip, NY
with 44 points to beat out King George (55). The top two spots in the girls A Varsity race went to Carmel,
NY teammates Kristin Reese (17:25) and Lindsay Southard
(17:51). They were followed by the Forest Park duo of Stefanie
Slekis and Erin Caskey in third and fourth. The performances of Slekis and Caskey helped lead the Forest
Park girls to the team title over Carmel 111-128. In other
events, North Carolina's Roanoke Rapids (64) edged the
Massaponax girls (72) to take the B Varsity championship, and
Tabb placed all five of their runners in the top 16 to easily
beat the King George girls for the C Varsity championship.
8K Top Finishers
Male Top Ten
Place Bib# Name Gen Age City St Time Pace Div/Tot Div Gen/Tot G
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1 978 Jim Hughes M 20 WILLIAMSBURG VA 26:40 5:26 1/16 M18-24 1/101 M
2 687 Charlie Ban M 20 27:01 5:30 2/16 M18-24 2/101 M
3 3039 John Green M 28 28:04 5:43 1/14 M25-29 3/101 M
4 963 Brandon Swecker M 21 STAFFORD VA 28:08 5:43 3/16 M18-24 4/101 M
5 3064 Adam Pegues M 23 28:15 5:45 4/16 M18-24 5/101 M
6 690 David Delaplaine M 17 28:30 5:48 5/16 M18-24 6/101 M
7 823 Christopher Calfee M 37 CHESTERFIELD VA 28:59 5:54 1/11 M35-39 7/101 M
8 857 Scott Golay M 23 RICHMOND VA 29:20 5:58 6/16 M18-24 8/101 M
9 689 Chris Fortan M 20 29:34 6:01 7/16 M18-24 9/101 M
10 976 Ryan Friedberg M 19 RICHMOND VA 29:55 6:05 8/16 M18-24 10/101 M
Half Marathon Top Finishers
Male Top Ten
Place Bib# Name Gen Age City St Time Pace Div/Tot Div
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1 525 Timothy Avery M 23 Frederick VA 1:10:06 5:22 1/15 M18-24
2 496 Jonathan Gonzales M 28 Glen Alle VA 1:10:58 5:26 1/34 M25-29
3 388 Peter Sherry M 36 Great Fal VA 1:11:27 5:28 1/59 M35-39
4 25 Billy (wild Bil Barnett M 20 Virginia VA 1:16:48 5:52 2/15 M18-24
5 185 David Hart M 36 Studley VA 1:20:24 6:09 2/59 M35-39
6 65 Christopher Calfee M 37 Chesterfi VA 1:22:25 6:18 3/59 M35-39
7 574 Thomas Haught M 31 Richmond VA 1:25:59 6:34 1/57 M30-34
8 3040 John Green M 28 Rich VA 1:26:01 6:34 2/34 M25-29
9 280 Andrew Meiller M 35 Goochland VA 1:26:07 6:35 4/59 M35-39
10 580 Jonathan Pettibon M 25 1:26:07 6:35 3/34 M25-29
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