Photos by Kathy Freedman

Glorious fall replaced yesterday's fearsome winds with picture perfect running conditions. The course is a speedy out and back starting in West Potomac Park and returning from halfway down the river side of East Potomac Park. Last year the course was in Bethesda so this third race already has two different courses. Third place Ted Poulos (44) of McLean, VA was also third place in the 2004 but was a no show last year. Poulos really likes this course as it was the scene of his 5K PR overall win in 15:48 at the Freddie Mac 5K back in 1999.

Poulos [photo left] was thirty-seven that year. The sub master gunslinger this year is Max Lockwood (35) of Washington, DC. He darted away from the field. Note in the start photo that he is on his third foot strike as all the other frontrunners were still settling on number two. A pack of five gave chase but even as they crossed the Inlet River Bridge one fifth of the race done, the race was really over. By mile two Lockwood had pulled away to a more than sixty meter lead. He looked relaxed and maybe a little surprised that it was going to be that easy for him to win today with 16:37. The trail pack was still tight and Poulos looked real serious. With more than 1000 career wins and fifty-one of them so far this year, he drives until he crosses the mat. As with many of the races these days, a lot of the runners are older. Poulos rarely gets caught there.

Stuart Pineo (45) of Columbia, MD fell back five seconds in 17:23 for fourth place, which earned him first in that age group. Poulos joins him in the new age group on the sixth of December. Scott Forest (40) of Springfield, VA joins the masters division in fifth with 17:29. Alex Grant (38) of Washington, DC trailed in sixth with 17:45. None of those four had the legs to hold off young Devin Lyons-Quirk (23) of Arlington, VA as he took runner-up honors in 17:10.

For the women, 23-year-old Loretta Kilmer [photo left] is so new to the scene we did not even have a hometown for her. Favorite Sarah Spalding (25) of Washington, DC had a fine 6:00 pace 18:39 for second. Kilmer made a racing statement with win in 18:23.

A rare out of towner for this size race, Megan Fogerty (22) of Newport News, VA showed some southern Virginia style, racing home in 19:10. From the state's capital teenager Carrie Wortham (17) was a close fourth in 19:22. After that it was the masters. Win Persina (46) of Washington, DC is healthy and ready to take a crack at a sub 19:00 5K. She rushed out a little fast today, just under 6:00 at the mile, and reigned in for the top masters spot and the second best age graded performance of all the runners.

That top spot went to the next runner, Debbie Flynn (50) Gaithersburg, MD. Last year she was Persina's nemesis in the 45-49 division. Today, she missed the grandmaster best of 2006 time with her 20:06 by one second. Her chip time was 20:04. Look out Betty Blank and Alison Suckling! Seventh place went Laeticia Warring (43) of Reston, VA in 20:36.

All of these age group winners were minutes ahead of the rivals in the division. With the grandmaster men, it was a little different. Tom Clark [photo left] with his graying beard was scaring everyone including the runners as far back as the 65-69 division. They were not sure which of the grandmaster divisions he would win. Clark of Burke, VA is fifty-two and ran a very strong 19:40. Right on his heels Kevin Finneran (57) of Washington, DC took the next division in 19:46.

Last year only one grandmaster runner broke 22:03. This year one woman, six 50-54 men, two 55-59 men, and two 65-69 men broke that time. The 65-69 men was so competitive that Chan Robbins (69) of Arlington, VA with an amazing 22:13 was third in his division, albeit 5th overall age graded in the race. Gary Berg- Cross (63) of Potomac, MD ran 22:32 to win his division, while Maynard Weyers (70) of Alexandria, VA churned home in 23:06 to ward of the soon to be seventy Robbins.

Photo below: Race winner Max Lockwood(r) celebrates with runner-up Devin Lyons-Quirk.

After the race, runners rallied around food tent drinking hot coffee and guzzling cool Propel sports drink. The bagels were extra fresh with Philadelphia Cream Cheese. There were also many other snacks to make a hungry stomach smile. The goodie bag included two race shirts as well as a neat drawstring close bag and lots of little knick knacks inside. The weather stayed glorious as runners listened for the awards, three deep in five year age groups with $25 gifts for the winners. The many randoms included a $200 Savings Bond and dinner for two at Joe Theisman's Restaurant.

Before the race started, they played the National Anthem without the words. It was really swell to hear most of the runners join in and provide the words to our stirring anthem. The next race will plan to have a professional singer to lead the chorus. Our cheerful announcer at the finish line and the awards, Judy Floy, made a special effort to keep runners informed about the serious nature of the race's purpose. That is making people aware that prostate cancer if detected early is nearly always curable.

Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer found in American men, after skin cancer. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men, second only to lung cancer. The death rate for prostate cancer is going down. And the disease is being detected earlier, according to the American Cancer Society. Early prostate cancer usually does not have any symptoms, so testing is very important to detect the disease. Come out and help support prostate cancer education and research by running or walking in this race.

Max Lockwood (35) of Washington, DC notched another win on his belt.

Awards

FEMALE OVERALL
Place Num   Name                   Ag City                      Net Tim Gun Tim 
===== ===== ====================== == ========================= ======= ======= 
    1  5308 Loretta Kilmer         23                             18:22   18:23 
    2  5281 Sarah Spalding         25 Washington DC               18:38   18:39 
    3  5193 Megan Fogarty          22 Newport News VA             19:10   19:11 


MALE OVERALL
Place Num   Name                   Ag City                      Net Tim Gun Tim 
===== ===== ====================== == ========================= ======= ======= 
    1  5006 Max Lockwood           35 Washington DC               16:37   16:37 
    2  5307 Devin Lyons-Quirk      23 Arlington VA                17:09   17:10 
    3  5016 Ted Poulos             44 McLean VA                   17:17   17:18 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  1 - 14
    1  5302 Kelly Kleifges         13 Vienna VA                   26:11   26:19 
    2  5161 Mary Creel             12 Potomac MD                  32:38   32:58 
    3  5289 Nick Fields            14 Leesburg VA                 44:13   45:17 


MALE AGE GROUP:  1 - 14
    1  5176 Ian Roberts            11 Philadelphia PA             25:26   25:31 
    2  5177 Malachy Roberts        09 Philadelphia PA             27:03   27:08 
    3  5316 Bobby Bradshaw         13 West Springfield VA         28:29   28:35 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  15 - 19
    1  5227 Carrie Wortham         17 Richmond VA                 19:22   19:23 
    2  5298 Erin Garner            17 Alexandria VA               24:13   24:16 
    3  5228 Elizabeth Reynolds     19 Washington DC               30:09   30:17 


MALE AGE GROUP:  15 - 19
    1  5294 Kevin Gottlieb         15 Community VA                19:27   19:29 
    2  5244 Emmanuel Ndenguebi     19 Burke VA                    20:37   20:49 
    3  5186 Alex Lockyear          18 College Park MD             21:11   21:13 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 24
    1  5100 Tricia Hines           24 Washington DC               20:44   20:55 
    2  5118 Angela Tong            23 Arlington VA                24:37   24:41 
    3  5132 K Signe Hawley         20 Westport CT                 25:29   25:38 


MALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 24
    1  5104 Eric Cox               24 Washington DC               20:23   20:30 
    2  5144 David Carlisle         24 Springfield VA              22:21   22:25 
    3  5101 Ian Peahota            23 Washington DC               22:50   23:01 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  25 - 29
    1  5247 Robyn Hunt             25 Alexandria VA               21:55   22:09 
    2  5191 Annie Lurth            26 Washington DC               22:27   22:39 
    3  5200 Colleen Tallant        25 Harrisonburg VA             24:58   25:03 


MALE AGE GROUP:  25 - 29
    1  5268 David Solomon          26 Washington DC               19:06   19:09 
    2  5013 Dave Fontaine          26 Washington DC               19:06   19:10 
    3  5314 William Scully         25 Arlington VA                19:56   19:58 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 34
    1  5263 Milica Simpson         31 Washington DC               28:42   28:52 
    2  5301 Pamela Colaluca        30 Derwood MD                  29:19   29:34 
    3  5090 Terri Dixon            33 Baltimore MD                29:40   29:59 


MALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 34
    1  5245 Thane Underdahl        30 Alexandria VA               21:19   21:31 
    2  5278 Ed McCarthy            30 Arlington VA                22:41   22:46 
    3  5192 Charles Thomas         31 Washington DC               24:00   24:12 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  35 - 39
    1  5190 Catherine Dale         38 Washington DC               21:49   21:56 
    2  5246 Susan Spurrell         37 Alexandria VA               28:23   28:27 
    3  5229 Jennifer Hickey        35 Washington DC               26:14   30:25 


MALE AGE GROUP:  35 - 39
    1  5318 Alex Grant             38 Washington DC               17:45   17:45 
    2  5293 Chris Millikan         38 Reston VA                   19:35   19:37 
    3  5217 Tim Clark              39 Arlington VA                20:54   21:00 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 44
    1  5292 Laeticia Warring       43 Reston VA                   20:34   20:36 
    2  5241 Sandy Blasey           44 Kensington MD               21:43   21:47 
    3  5166 Patricia Ziminski      42 Arlington VA                48:24   48:37 


MALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 44
    1  5312 Scott Forest           40 Springfield VA              17:27   17:29 
    2  5303 Jim Kleifges           42 Vienna VA                   22:27   22:31 
    3  5280 Sean Johnston          41 Kensington MD               24:12   24:32 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  45 - 49
    1  5003 Win Persina            46 Washington DC               19:35   19:36 
    2  5238 Catherine Gallagher    46 Chevy Chase MD              22:01   22:04 
    3  5230 Barbara Backus         47 Alexandria VA               28:58   29:07 


MALE AGE GROUP:  45 - 49
    1  5183 Stuart Pineo           45 Columbia MD                 17:22   17:23 
    2  5171 John Wilcox            46 Tampa FL                    20:58   21:01 
    3  5296 Patrick Garner         48 Washington DC               21:25   21:28 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 54
    1  5209 Debbie Flynn           50 Gaithersburg MD             20:04   20:06 
    2  5309 Lainey Bernstein       53 Potomac MD                  24:59   25:00 
    3  5108 Marilynn Forsyth       54 Fairfax VA                  28:17   28:23 


MALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 54
    1  5242 Tom Clark              52 Burke VA                    19:39   19:40 
    2  5305 Mike Mason             50 Spencerville MD             19:48   19:50 
    3  5160 Frank Faykes           52 Bolling Afb DC              20:02   20:04 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  55 - 59
    1  5148 Sandy Salazar          55 Columbia MD                 24:06   24:09 
    2  5304 Trudie Toussaint       59 Rockville MD                28:49   28:56 
    3  5195 Ann Rodriguez          55 Springfield VA              34:29   34:44 


MALE AGE GROUP:  55 - 59
    1  5226 Kevin Finneran         57 Washington DC               19:44   19:46 
    2  5018 Richard Carlisle       55 Springfield VA              20:29   20:31 
    3  5020 Joe Harris             56 Fairfax VA                  26:02   26:17 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 64
No Finishers


MALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 64
    1  5313 Gary Berg              63 Potomac MD                  22:32   22:37 
    2  5116 Craig Thompson         60 Centreville VA              27:15   27:20 
    3  5167 Gary Palmer            61 Derwood MD                  27:47   27:53 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  65 - 69
No Finishers


MALE AGE GROUP:  65 - 69
    1  5251 Bernie Gallagher       66 Fairfax VA                  21:41   21:43 
    2  5236 Bob Leaberry           66 Gambrills MD                21:48   21:51 
    3  5005 Chan Robbins           69 Arlington VA                22:11   22:13 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 99
    1  5165 Barbara Young          74 Potomac MD                  53:15   53:37 


MALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 99
    1  5240 Maynard Weyers         70 Alexandria VA               23:06   23:08 
    2  5300 Fred Gersh             70 Community VA              1:02:59 1:03:22 

Photo: Win Persina (46) of Washington, DC cruises to fifth place female overall, top masters in 19:36..

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