Five premier events in Loudoun County, Virginia, joined together in 2007 to form the Loudoun Race Series. The series included the following Loudoun County Races: the Van Metre 5- Mile Run for Children's Hospital (March 10), the LAWS Run for the Shelter Half-Marathon & 5K (April 15), the Potomac River Running Twilight Festival 4-Miler (June 23), the Harris Teeter YMCA Loudoun County Leesburg 10K & 20K (August 12), and the Stone Ridge 5K Race for Education (October 13)

Awards were earned through participation and by accumulating points. The following is a listing of the winners in the race participation categories:

Series Participants (Participated in all 5 Races, earning a Commemorative long sleeve T-shirt, medal, and $10 gift certificate from Potomac River Running Store.

Women - Jennifer Whittenberg, Julie Yearwood, Stacy Baron, Teri Finn, Sherry Puhan, Anna Van Dyke, Marcie Fuller, Shannon Scalan, Cheryl Young, Jodi Border, Luisa Grant, Connie Jordan, Stephanie Kelly.

Men - Thomas Yearwood, Steve Putnam, Jeff Ewing, Frederic Puhan, Brian Kelly, Donald Metheson, Ronny Van Dyke, John Winkert, Christopher Murray, Steve Moulton

4 Race Participants (Participated in 4 of the 5 races, earning a Commemorative medal and $10 gift certificate from Potomac River Running Store.

Alison Smith, Bill Sutherlin, Bill Stahr, Robert Gurtler, Ryan Kula, Bret Dahlquist, Robert Jones, Charles Banks, Ted Poulos, James Moreland, Klaus Mullinex, Thomas Filippi

3 Race Participants (Participated in 3 of the 5 races, earning a Commemorative medal):

Ellyn Moulton, Kathryn Stephens, Erica Cline, Gina Bacchus, Beth Israel, Anna Hall, Betty Bryant, Mae Condon, Connie Jordan, Jennifer Van Den Berg, Judy Curry, Kimberly Johns, Susie Barry, Elizabeth Starr, Leslie Kash, Anita Freres, Aaron Dahnke, Kunal Kamra, Eric Murphy, Matthew Holbrook, Jan Hoppe, Michael McCauley, Andrew Walters, James Copperthite, Chris Stotler, Micheal Turner, Martyn Wichard, Robert Creighton, Gary Daum, Robert Decker Jr., Michael Kress, Don Thompson, John Beard, Greg Kimball, Christopher Cole, Peter Kimes, Tim Long, Charles Day, James Kretzing, James Meidenbauer, Rick Palmeri, Bruce Smith, David Todd, Leo Wyne, John Hendry

The top 3 men and women points earners (minimum participation of 3 events) are listed below...with the winning male and female receiving a certificate for a free pair of shoes from Potomac River Running Store.

Scores were determined by awarding points for a top 25 finish: 1st place received 10 points, 2nd place 9 points, and so on through 9th place, which received 2 points. Finishing places 10 through 25 received 1 point each. Winners are listed below:

Men: 1st (Rob Jones, 22 points--Free Pair of Shoes), 2nd (Ted Poulos, 10 points), 3rd (Thomas Filippi, 9 points)

Women: 1st (Anita Freres, 31 points--Free Pair of Shoes), 2nd (Jennifer Van Den Berg, 16 points), 3rd (Cheryl Young, 12 points)

Awards will be available at Potomac River Running Store's Ashburn location through December 31, 2007. Any awards not picked up at that time will be sent via USPS. Please try to stop by if you can to help us save on postage.

Click on Logos for race reports from the 2007 races.

Keep your eyes open for information on the 2008 series.....news will be posted on Capital Running Company's Web site and in Washington Running Report next spring.

For complete Results of the Five events raced in 2007 go to Full Race Day Results