Photos by Kathy Freedman

The 20th annual Fair Lakes 8K had 920 finishers this year, the most since 2001. Runners cruising along the rolling hills were soon reminded that it was still summer. The race features both a down hill start and a down hill finish. Two-time defending champion Ryan Mammen (#1) and three time runner-up and course record holder Eric Post (#4) had their hands full as Michael Wardian (#3) debuted with victory in 25:20. 2004 winner Alisa Harvey (40) of Manassas, VA [in photo] had a three-minute victory, setting the masters standard with 29:28. The precious record was set by Laura Freix in 31:07 in 2003. The course was a little different then and many of the course records were set that year. Still, many of today's happy road warriors exclaimed that they thought this year's course was easier.

Since turning seventy in July, Lusby's Tami Graf has been rampaging through the record books. Today's 47:01 obliterated the old record by more than fifteen minutes. This is the tenth distance from 400 meters to the half marathon where Graf's name is listed as the Best of 2006. For the men, the moving of the guard occurred in the three oldest divisions. Since 1997, Henryk Bukowski (86) has held the record for the 75-79 and 80-99 divisions, winning honors four times. Melvin Mattson (80) had held the 70-44 record and won the 75-79 division. Today, he set aside Bukowski's time with an inspired 47:06. Jack McMahon of Rockville, MD had possession of the 70-74 division with his 39:15 in 2001 and proceeded to win twice more before moving to the 75-79 division this year. He set aside Walt Washburn's former record with a swift 42:44. Moving right in behind him, Richard Williams of Alexandria, VA copped the new 70-74 record with 38:30.

The elite race started with Michael Wardian (32) of Arlington, VA [in photo] pushing the pace. The past two years, Ryan Mammen of Woodbridge, VA had held off Eric Post of Centreville, VA by 10 meters. Racing back past the start at 1.5 miles Wardian's lead was even smaller. Post stuck close. He had also finished a mere stride back in second in 2002 before uncorking a monster 24:50 in 2003 to set the record. He could not catch Wardian and settled for his four runner-up spot in the last six years. Mammen struggled after having won with the fifth and sixth fastest finishes since 1997 the past two years and dropped back to third in 26:03.

Low numbers for the seeded runners proved accurate as Hillary Kipchumba (#6), a recent import from Kenya, finished next in 26:26. Johannes Luger (22), a European runner, was next a second later. Fourth seeded Bert Rodgriguez (#5) of Arlington, VA was the sixth and final runner to bust 27:00 with a nice 26:53.

Congressman Tom Davis wore the number two bib.

The loquacious Max Lockwood (#11) of Washington, DC finished tenth dominating the sub masters in a swift 27:37. Regular rivals Ted Poulos (44) of McLean, VA and Jean Christophe Arcaz (45) of Rockville, MD battled for the top master spot. Both won their division with Arcaz maintaining a second edge in 28:39. In the last ten years, Poulos has won his division seven times, including three masters wins. Norton Compton (51) of Fairfax, VA continues to rampage through the division, surprising a tough Mike Hart 29:14 to 29:36. Jay Wind won the 55-59 division handily in 33:55.

For the 60-64 division, course record holder Patrick Griffith (30:42) was on hand waving the flag at the start. He did not race as he is recovering from pneumonia. This left the barn door wide open for Richard Pane of Herndon, VA to win by three quarters of a mile in 36:24. The next division was much closer. Bernie Gallagher (65) of Fairfax, VA is back. He blitzed past a very tough Lloyd Blackwell of Warrenton, VA [in photo before the race] midway through the race to win 36:16 to 36:47. Gallagher had run the Marine Corps Marathon at age 48 in 2:42:00.

The surprise of the women's field was not Harvey's master record win. She is expected to run well, owning the second fastest time of 28:28 winning in 2003 and finishing second overall the next two years in 29:05 and then 29:37. Today's 29:28 was remarkable in that she won by a half mile and challenged at the finish only by top notch runners such as Terry McLaughlin (46) of Spotsylvania, VA (29:26), holding off Iam Clements (42) of Alexandria, VA by a second. The real surprise was Naomi Stanford (56) of Washington, DC [in photo] making an assault on Sandra Adams course record. Adams, a three division winner, was absent but her record of 34:03 seemed safe. Stanford made it close finishing as the eighth women overall in 34:30. Laeticia Warring (43) of Reston, VA, sixth overall, was the 40-44 winner in 34:03.

Jenny Mlinarcik of Alexandria, VA and Victoria Lynch of Washington, DC are regular Ranked Runners. They battled the rolling hills for the runner-up spot with Harvey a distant memory. Mlinarcik triumphed in 32:27. Jennilee Russell (23) of Woodbridge, VA closed on Lynch's 32:54, finishing shortly afterward in 33:10

After cruising across the ChampionChip mats, runners headed for the ice cream carts for cooling popsicles. These well-supplied delights lasted well after the last runner had crossed the finish line. The many prizes, randomly drawn were posted with their winning bib numbers next to them. The Grand Prize for the random drawings was a $1,000.00 gift certificate to The Inn at Little Washington.

After the 8K start, kids and adults alike lined up for a 2K fun run, earning blue ribbons for their efforts.

Awards

OVERALL MALE  (GUN TIME)
Place Num   Name                Age City                  Time    
===== ===== =================== === ===================== ======= 
    1     3 Michael Wardian      32 Arlington VA            25:20 
    2     4 Eric Post            27 Centreville VA          25:28 
    3     1 Ryan Mammen          30 Woodbridge VA           26:03 
OVERALL FEMALE  (GUN TIME)
Place Num   Name                Age City                  Time    
===== ===== =================== === ===================== ======= 
    1   956 Alisa Harvey         40 Manassas VA             29:28 
    2   844 Jenny Mlinarcik      27 Alexandria VA           32:27 
    3  1001 Victoria Lynch       32 Washington DC           32:54 
MALE AGE GROUP:  1 - 12   (NET TIME)
    1   901 Eric Tutterow       12 Vienna VA               39:52 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  1 - 12   (NET TIME)
MALE AGE GROUP:  13 - 19   (NET TIME)
    1   630 Emmanuel Ndenguebi  19 Burke VA                39:21 
    2   759 Joseph Strada       14 Fairfax VA              39:44 
    3   321 Andrew Ferraro      17 Springfield VA          41:48 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  13 - 19   (NET TIME)
    1  1151 Nicole Sharer       16 Vienna VA               48:09 
    2   568 Suzanne Miller      16 Centreville VA          50:44 
    3   299 Lisa Bellacicco     19 Springfield VA        1:02:53 
MALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 24   (NET TIME)
    1     6 Hillary Kipchumba   23 Arlington VA            26:26 
    2   100 Johannes Luger      22 Ansbach                 26:27 
    3    98 Dave Miller         23 Falls Church VA         27:18 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 24   (NET TIME)
    1   672 Jennilee Russell    23 Woodbridge VA           33:08 
    2  1133 Drew Saylor         21 Great Falls VA          36:20 
    3   949 Alyssa Lengle       24 Herndon VA              36:44 
MALE AGE GROUP:  25 - 29   (NET TIME)
    1     5 Bert Rodriguez      27 Arlington VA            26:53 
    2  1012 Zereukelele Keiele  25 Washington DC           27:36 
    3   658 Stephen Ketcham     27 Lorton VA               28:28 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  25 - 29   (NET TIME)
    1   326 Nicole Atwell       28 Centreville VA          33:49 
    2    73 Leila Melhem        25 Chantilly VA            34:13 
    3   650 Rebecca Larson      27 Burke VA                35:54 
MALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 34   (NET TIME)
    1   964 David Ohara         30 Washington DC           27:20 
    2  1124 William Woodward    30 Seattle WA              28:58 
    3   742 Scott Worthington   32 Oak Hill VA             32:15 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 34   (NET TIME)
    1   168 Lynette Bailey      32 Sterling VA             37:35 
    2   301 Yasmin Beers        30 Ashburn VA              38:38 
    3   637 Michelle Reday      34 Vienna VA               39:31 
MALE AGE GROUP:  35 - 39   (NET TIME)
    1    11 Max Lockwood        36 Washington DC           27:36 
    2   471 Michael Anton       37 Clifton VA              29:56 
    3   779 Anthony Kreindler   36 Bethesda MD             30:21 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  35 - 39   (NET TIME)
    1   419 Barbara Wigle       39 Centreville VA          34:49 
    2   380 Megan Troy          35 Washington DC           35:58 
    3   173 Kimberly Chenen     37 Lansdowne VA            36:13 
MALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 44   (NET TIME)
    1    72 Ted Poulos          44 McLean VA               28:40 
    2  1111 Ian Clements        42 Alexandria VA           29:26 
    3   261 Kevin Midkiff       43 Clifton VA              30:17 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 44   (NET TIME)
    1   653 Laeticia Warring    43 Reston VA               33:58 
    2   388 Alison Hess         42 Ashburn VA              36:37 
    3   920 Angelika Kirkland   40 Vienna VA               37:56 
MALE AGE GROUP:  45 - 49   (NET TIME)
    1  1702 Jeanchristophe Arca 45 Rockville MD            28:38 
    2    87 Terence McLaughlin  46 Spotsylvania VA         29:23 
    3   944 James Dunn          45 Leesburg VA             30:00 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  45 - 49   (NET TIME)
    1   509 Cindy Walls         49 Arlington VA            36:29 
    2    68 Nina Van Winkle     46 Vienna VA               38:39 
    3   369 Becky Roed          47 Springfield VA          39:11 
MALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 54   (NET TIME)
    1   322 Norton Compton      51 Fairfax VA              29:13 
    2   297 Mike Hart           51 Washington DC           29:33 
    3   629 Roland Rust         54 Bethesda MD             32:38 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 54   (NET TIME)
    1    74 Suanne Shocket      53 Manassas VA             40:06 
    2  1160 Christine Randolph  51 Fairfax VA              44:36 
    3   424 Ann Menninger       52 Leesburg VA             45:20 
MALE AGE GROUP:  55 - 59   (NET TIME)
    1    64 Jay Wind            56 Arlington VA            33:55 
    2   387 Gregory Bouting     55 Burke VA                34:38 
    3   367 David Post          59 Fairfax VA              37:02 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  55 - 59   (NET TIME)
    1   708 Naomi Stanford      56 Washington DC           34:26 
    2    70 Alice Franks        58 Rockville MD            37:13 
    3    36 Jane Poole          59 Washington DC           39:48 
MALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 64   (NET TIME)
    1   390 Richard Pane        63 Herndon VA              36:21 
    2   873 Gil Langley         64 Fairfax VA              41:35 
    3   906 Sal Ficalora        64 Vienna VA               41:39 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 64   (NET TIME)
    1   926 Hilary West         62 Chantilly VA            45:56 
    2   414 Rosemary Jellish    62 Alexandria VA           53:42 
    3    42 Martha McJunkin     64 Bethesda MD             57:24 
MALE AGE GROUP:  65 - 69   (NET TIME)
    1   780 Bernie Gallagher    65 Fairfax VA              36:12 
    2  1118 Lloyd Blackwell     66 Warrenton VA            36:44 
    3   252 Henry Hamburger     66 Bethesda MD             39:00 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  65 - 69   (NET TIME)
    1   851 Ann Streb           67 Vienna VA               54:10 
MALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 99   (NET TIME)
    1    37 Richard Williams    70 Alexandria VA           38:27 
    2   236 Jack McMahon        75 Rockville MD            42:39 
    3  1142 Terence McCarthy    71 Leesburg VA             44:00 
FEMALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 99   (NET TIME)
    1   463 Tami Graf           70 Lusby MD                46:55 
    2   391 Betty Dameron       71 Fredericksburg VA       54:41 
    3   838 Betty Wolfe         70 Dulles VA             1:04:13 

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