In photo above, Michael Wardian (#4) gets busy as the race begins.

On a perfect fall morning, a record 510 runners, many of them decidedly less grizzled than the usual road racing crowd, celebrated the life of Kimberly "Page" Whetsell at the third Page's Run 5K in Potomac, MD. The event, which raises money for cystic fibrosis research, is a grass-roots community event hosted at Winston Churchill High School and staffed by enthusiastic parents, teachers, coaches, and members of the school's athletic teams.

Uber-racer Michael Wardian, one week off a solid 2-hours 30- minutes 5-second effort at the Twin Cities Marathon and three weeks prior to running his second Olympic trials marathon in New York, took top honors over the hilly neighborhood streets. Wardian (33) from Arlington, VA won in a course-record 15:37; he maintained a small gap throughout the race over runner-up Chad Young (photo), who ran 15:42.

"He kept me honest the whole way," Wardian said of Young. "Only when I looked back on the track [in the last 100 meters] did I feel for sure I had him beat."

Young (26) from Bethesda, MD was gunning for his fourth straight win after the Back to School Classic 8K, an alumni race in Pennsylvania, and Ellen's Run 5K last weekend. "I tried to come out and compete," Young said. "I was either going to win or get broken."

The two ran together until Wardian pushed the pace uphill in the final mile. "He dropped back," Wardian said, "and I kept hammering it the rest of the way. I was thinking about that woman in Chicago [at the October 7 marathon, who waved her arms in the final 50 meters only to be caught and passed at the tape], and knew that I couldn't celebrate until I crossed the finish line."

Defending champion Anya Oleynik (19) from Gaithersburg, MD and a graduate of nearby Quince Orchard High School, allowed no such drama in the women's race. Oleynik left Lena Finucane (16) from Chambersburg, PA on the first downhill and won going away in 19:07. "She pulled ahead," Finucane said, "but I kept her in view." Finucane took second in 20:09.

Oleynik, a second-year pre-med student at George Washington University, was pleased with her effort but not with her time. "That's slower than last year," she said. "But I've haven't been training all that well."

Lucy Fitch (44) from Potomac, MD (in photo) won the women's masters race in 21:48.

A raft of teenagers peppered the results. Zach Sullivan (17) from Pasadena, MD led them all-even the dozen or so kids who sprinted the first 100 meters-and finished fifth overall in 17:08. Mike and Rob Bock (both 17) from Wheaton, MD finished 10th and 11th overall.

Carly Yoo (17), a tennis player at Churchill and regular road racer, knocked nearly 21/2 minutes off her time from last year and finished 13th overall in 23:35.

A kid's quarter-mile fun run on the track commenced the morning's festivities. Cheerleaders, music, pizza, and WJLA news anchor Leon Harris highlighted the post-race party and awards ceremony, at which six $5,000 scholarships were awarded, along with many random awards.

Awards

MALE  (CLOCK TIME)
Place Num   Name                Age City               Time    Cat 
===== ===== =================== === ================== ======= === 
    1     4 Michael Wardian      33 Arlington VA         15:37     
    2   580 Chad Young           26 Bethesda MD          15:42 T   
    3   300 Jason Dwyer          28 Arlington VA         16:03     


MALE AGE GROUP:  01 - 10  (NET TIME)
    1   624 Joshua Paretzky     09 Bethesda MD          30:02   
    2   418 Dylan Parr          10 Rockville MD         35:07   


MALE AGE GROUP:  11 - 14  (NET TIME)
    1   107 Justin Rheingold    14 Potomac MD           19:40 S 
    2   246 William Kovacs      14 Potomac MD           21:44 S 
    3   517 Alex Kim            14 Potomac MD           21:45 S 


MALE AGE GROUP:  15 - 19  (NET TIME)
    1   286 Zach Sullivan       17 Pasadena MD          17:08 S 
    2   545 Mike Bock           17 Wheaton MD           18:06   
    3   544 Rob Bock            17 Wheaton MD           18:12   


MALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 29  (NET TIME)
    1   401 Stephen Majkrzak    28 Olney MD             17:07   
    2   400 Michael Hamberger   27 Washington DC        17:14 T 
    3    71 David Warren        27 Silver Spring MD     17:54   


MALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 39  (NET TIME)
    1   609 Patrick Altekruse   39 Silver Spring MD     19:55   
    2   622 Ed Henry            39 Bethesda MD          20:07   
    3    18 Scott Nudelman      32 Potomac MD           22:00   


MALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 49  (NET TIME)
    1     5 Jim Hage            49 Kensington MD        17:20   
    2   127 Paul Jacobson       44 Gaithersburg MD      19:02 T 
    3   615 Dan Kuehn           44 West Bethesda MD     19:12   


MALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 59  (NET TIME)
    1   595 Peter Darmody       52 Gaithersburg MD      17:58   
    2   381 Tommy Rueckert      50 Falls Church VA      18:40   
    3   238 Roland Rust         55 Bethesda MD          19:19   


MALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 69  (NET TIME)
    1   583 Lou Shapiro         66 Silver Spring MD     21:37 T 
    2   334 Richard Jefferson   61 Germantown MD        22:46   
    3   222 Keith Ord           64 Potomac MD           25:03   


MALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 99  (NET TIME)
    1   631 Val Lewton          70 Washington DC        33:01 



FEMALE  (CLOCK TIME)
Place Num   Name                Age City               Time    Cat 
===== ===== =================== === ================== ======= === 
    1   258 Anya Oleynik         19 Gaithersburg MD      19:07     
    2   382 Lena Finucane        16 Chambersburg PA      20:09 S   
    3   588 Paige Marcus         19 Potomac MD           20:42     


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  01 - 10  (NET TIME)
    1   633 Leora Troy          10 Chevy Chase MD       42:30   
    2   109 Katie Kidney        10 Potomac MD           50:59   


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  11 - 14  (NET TIME)
    1   416 Courtney Parr       11 Rockville MD         24:41   
    2   357 Lauren Petka        13 Reston VA            24:56   
    3   387 J Perthel           14 Potomac MD           26:37 S 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  15 - 19  (NET TIME)
    1   685 Carly Yoo           17 Potomac MD           23:29 S 
    2   688 Shelly Montgomery   15 Fairfax VA           24:08   
    3    91 Michelle Fish       15 Potomac MD           25:56 S 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 29  (NET TIME)
    1   553 Sarah Stanley       28 Gaithersburg MD      21:16   
    2   427 Megan Donnelly      20 McLean VA            22:52   
    3   309 Carolina Ize        20 McLean VA            23:35   


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 39  (NET TIME)
    1   619 Carrie Blozy        32 Gaithersburg MD      22:23   
    2   666 Lucia Acin-Andion   33 Silver Spring MD     22:59   
    3   386 Claire Lazarus      33 Falls Church VA      25:11   


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 49  (NET TIME)
    1    99 Lucy Fitch          44 Potomac MD           21:44   
    2   542 Michelle Pinkd      42 Potomac MD           22:10 T 
    3   613 Kelly Schorer       41 Potomac MD           22:32   
    4   592 Sarah Buckheit      47 Reston VA            22:34   


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 59  (NET TIME)
    1   658 Nina O'Connor       52 Potomac MD           26:32   
    2   315 Susan Burket        50 Potomac MD           26:36 F 
    3   117 Barbara Faigen      56 Potomac MD           27:39   


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 69  (NET TIME)
    1   248 Lucy Keough         62 Washington DC        35:37   
    2   166 Linda Silverstein   64 Silver Spring MD     52:46   
    3   455 Allyn Luhmann       61 West Bethesda MD     58:36   

Full Race Day Results
Race Day Report for 2007
Photo Gallery 2007
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