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 2007 Year End WRR Runner Rankings By James Moreland with photos courtesy of Brightroom Men's Division March/April 2008 For the Washington Running Report
Gurmessa Megerssa (28) of Ethiopia is the favorite at every
race he runs. Gurmessa Megerssa was last year's champion and we listed him as
Gurmessa Kumssa. He was not around for the summer rankings but
he won the other three ranking periods. We list his home as
Washington, DC but it has also been Waldorf and Oxon Hill,
though he hails from Ethiopia. He won seven races and was
always near the top in even the most competitive races. He
started the season with an excellent 23:39 to win the
Alexandria Turkey Trot. Come spring, he handled DARCARS Pike's
Pike for a 29:27 victory, which made his runner-up at Sallie
Mae in 30:08 appear to be dogging it. In November, he followed
race winner Dagene Alemu (29:55) under the event record for the
Masonic Veterans Day 10K in 29:57. While many top runners did not run enough to qualify, that was
not runner-up Stephen Crane's problem. He also had seven
overall victories and was on the heels of Megerssa all year
long. At Pike's Peek, he (30:14) was sandwiched between fourth
place John Bitok (30:11) and fifth place Birhanu Wukaw (30:15).
At the Credit Union Cherry Blossom he was edged by another
tough competitor, Patrick MacAdie of Washington, DC. MacAdie
ran 49:51 to Crane's 50:02. Good thing Crane had already run
the GW Parkway 10 Mile in 49:45. MacAdie (25:09) did also
finish second between Megressa (25:06) and Crane (25:11) at the
slightly long Van Metre 5M. Still, MacAdie had only the minimum
four races and the other two, GW Birthday 10K and National HM
found him well behind Crane. Sixth place Michael Wardian was everywhere you wanna be,
winning a dozen races and running scores more. He ran 13
marathons, winning four. He also qualified for the Olympic
Trials with his 2:21:37 at the Shamrock. He ran the Olympic
Trials in New York in November, finishing in 2:30:54. Dave
Berdan ran an excellent 50:30 at Credit Union Cherry Blossom to
exactly match Wardian's Shamrock Marathon and earn seventh
place. Ezkyas Sisay was runner-up at the Parks HM in 1:07:18 for
eighth place. Abraha Asefa, who won the Summer Rankings, is
ninth with a swift runner-up spot at the Rockville Rotary
Twilight 8K in 24:04. Allen Carr rounds out the top ten with a
strong Veterans Day 10K in 30:34.
In photo below, Charlie Hurt (22) of Charlottesville, VA
heads down the
boardwalk to finish a strong 1:13:22 at the Rock 'n' Roll
HM.
PL Name Age Hometown 1 Megerssa, Gurmessa*7 28 Washington, DC 2 Crane, Stephen*7 26 Silver Spring, MD 3 MacAdie, Patrick 23 Washington, DC 4 Bitok, John**** 27 Baltimore, MD 5 Wukaw, Birhanu** 24 Washington, DC 6 Wardian, Michael*12 32 Arlington, VA 7 Berdan, Dave*** 26 Baltimore, MD 8 Sisay, Ezkyas*6 19 Washington, DC 9 Asefa, Abraha** 26 Washington, DC 10 Carr, Allen** 24 Herndon, VA 11 Christian, William** 23 Norfolk , VA 12 Spong, Jason** 30 Richmond, VA 13 Hawkins, Jaron***** 24 Frostburg, MD 14 Medina, Jorge** 22 Falls Church, VA 15 Carroll, Ryan*10 25 Portsmouth, VA 16 Barresi, Matt* 24 Ashton, MD 17 Baillie, Brian 25 Washington, DC 18 Klim, Jake* 27 North Bethesda, MD 19 Mance, Steve** 23 Alexandria, VA 20 Rodriguez, Bert*6 28 Arlington, VA 21 Haidat, Mudasar* 21 Bristol, VA 22 Kelele, Zereu 26 Washington, DC 23 Otstot, Adam*6 25 Williamsburg, VA 24 Dwyer, Jason 28 Bethesda, MD 25 Reaves, Patrick**** 22 College Park, MD 26 Alton, Guy**** 23 Richmond, VA 27 Deak, Ryan** 21 Burke, VA 28 Rolly, Philippe 35 Fairfax, VA 29 Reutlinger, Philip 28 Arlington, VA 30 Mammen, Ryan 31 Woodbridge, VA 31 Mock, Doug 40 Columbia, MD 32 Piggott, John*** 42 Williamsburg, VA 33 Jacoby, Bert** 24 Fredericksburg, VA 34 Jones, Marcus*** 25 Richmond, VA 35 Hurt, Charlie 24 Scottsville, VA 36 Sprtel, Frank* 35 Silver Spring, MD 37 Tompkins, Mark 32 Williamsburg, VA 38 Kent, Ryan* 21 Yorktown, VA 39 Garland, William** 20 Annapolis, MD 40 Tullock, Brian* 25 Centreville, VA 41 Wright, Andres* 40 Frederick, MD 42 Shirk, Kevin*** 27 Winchester, VA 43 Colaiacovo, Mike 38 Baltimore, MD 44 Renjifo, Carlos*** 24 Columbia, MD 45 Fahey, Tim 33 Alexandria, VA 46 Tepovich, Danny 28 Virginia Beach, VA 47 Taylor, Eric 28 Blacksburg, VA 48 Lamonte, Joe 27 Arlington, VA 49 General, Darrell 41 Hyattsville, MD
Division winner Ezkyas Sisay breaks the tape at the Goblin
Gallop 5K The teen division is getting huge with nearly 1,300 qualifying
times. Now more are running multiple races and 32 qualified for
the year-end rankings. Nobody came close to sizzling Ezkyas
Sisay. He bolted to the lead in every race he ran, winning his
age group in every race. He had the 11 fastest times, including
eight overall wins. Three times he broke 15 minutes in the 5K.
He ran 30:50 for fifth overall in the world-class field at
Apple Blossom. His best race was the Parks HM, as runner-up, in
1:07:18. Neal Darmody of Gaithersburg, MD continues to improve. He
rushed to a swift Pike's Peek 10K in 32:22, more than two
minutes faster than last year. At Credit Union Cherry Blossom
he tangled with the world's fastest runners, finishing in
55:30. Greg Jubb of Westminster, MD came alive in November,
dropping nearly a minute and a half to be the overall winner at
the Rockville 5K in 16:02. He proved it was no fluke, running
the Veterans Day 10K in 33:32. William Garland of Virginia
Beach, VA moves out of the teen division this year. He ran the
Turkey Trot 10K in 33:26 in 2006 to start the winter. He added
eight 5K wins, all with Open Division qualifying times.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Sisay, Ezkyas*13 19 Washington, DC 2 Darmody, Neal*** 17 Gaithersburg, MD 3 Jubb, Greg** 17 Westminster, MD 4 Garland, William*8 19 Virginia Beach, VA 5 Sierakowski, Adam*6 19 Perry Hall, MD 6 Dewitt, Daniel*6 19 Frostburg, MD 7 Whitlock, Jordan*8 19 Lynchburg, VA 8 Mills, Christopher*7 17 Baltimore, MD 9 Lilley, Michael**** 16 Hagerstown, MD 10 Aaron, Robert*** 19 Virginia Beach, VA 11 Robinson, Ian***** 18 Roanoke, VA 12 Billaud, Keran*7 18 Dublin, VA 13 Gounley, Thomas*6 16 Newport News, VA 14 Orndorff, William***** 17 Rockville, MD 15 Sufczynski, Christopher*15 16 Dundalk, MD 16 Haje, Naseem*** 16 Hagerstown, MD 17 Cushman, Simon***** 16 Charlottesville, VA 18 Schiavone, Clint*** 18 Stephens City, VA 19 Jablonski, Matthew** 15 Cockeysville, MD 20 Beasley, Spencer*** 16 Alexandria, VA 21 Wilson, Graham*8 14 Newport News, VA 22 Everett, Patrick* 18 Carney, MD 23 Kingery, Caleb* 16 Roanoke, VA 24 Silver, Blake* 19 Poquoson, VA 25 Navia, Alexander** 19 Annapolis, MD 26 Rooks, Delvaughan**** 16 Baltimore, MD 27 Bugos, Zachary**** 18 Poquoson, VA 28 Peterson, Ryan***** 13 Richmond, VA 29 Hoyt, Thomas*** 17 Rockville, MD 30 Demaree, Grant** 15 Marriottsville, MD 31 O'Reilly, Seumas*** 14 Front Royal, VA 32 Vernon, Timothy** 16 Forest, VA
Andy Mason (35) of Hagerstown, MD has a solid SunTrust Bank
National Marathon in 2:49:51. For some reason this division is always smaller. Seven of the
top ten from last year did not qualify this year. Ranking the
runners was as easy as one, two, three. Rob Magin of Olney, MD
led the charge at Pike's Peek with 32:41 with Michael
Colaiacovo of Baltimore, MD finishing in 32:59. Kevin Yates ran
next in 34:08. It should be noted that Edmund Burke finished
second overall in 30:04 breaking the sub masters record of
30:06 set by runner-up Brian Ferrari in the race's very first
year (1996). Magin does not race much outside of Montgomery County Road
Runner races. He won the Bethesda Trolley 5M in 26:34.
Colaiacovo had a lot of races, including a 16-flat Matzoh Ball
5K. He also wrangled with Yates at Credit Union Cherry Blossom,
coming out on top 55:55 to 56:43. Jon Torrance is fourth with a
couple of fast 5Ks in the low 16s. Robert Wolfe gets fifth at
the biggest 10 Miler, Army, in 57:01.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Magin, Rob***** 36 Olney, MD 2 Colaiacovo, Michael*13 37 Baltimore, MD 3 Yates, Kevin** 35 Olney, MD 4 Torrance, Jon**** 35 Washington, DC 5 Wolfe, Robert***** 35 Washington, DC 6 Inserto, Gene* 35 Gaithersburg, MD 7 Boyd, Matt*8 36 Fredericksburg, VA 8 Lockwood, Max*7 37 Washington, DC 9 Frelich, Pavel*** 35 Chevy Chase, MD 10 Mason, Andy*** 35 Hagerstown, MD 11 Harrington, Jeff*6 36 Lynchburg, VA
Andres Wright starts off the year right in 2007 as second
overall at the Rotary Resolution 10K. John Piggott of Williamsburg, VA won the first and the fourth
ranking periods. Doug Mock of Columbia, MD won the middle two.
Piggott started the year with an overall win at the Lower
Potomac Marathon in 2:33:05. A week later, Mark Stickley of
Winchester, VA upped the ante and blasted an excellent 1:11:20
at the Shamrock HM. The next week Piggott started the spring
with an even faster National Marathon in 2:31:38 to close on
Stickley. At the George Washington Parkway Classic 10 Mile,
Mock made his bones defeating Stickley 53:39 to 54:16. The following week, Mock raced down Rockville Pike for a 32:43
win. Recently turned master Andres Wright of Frederick, MD
wanted a piece of the action and was finishing shortly
afterwards in 32:57. Piggott ran two more fine marathons and
four very solid halves, which helped secure third place but
could not move him back to the title he held in 2006. Wright
had two excellent 10Ks at Sallie Mae and Home Run. Stickley was
even faster at the GW Birthday and vanquished Piggott at the
Apple Blossom 33:29 to 33:50, in his home stomping grounds. The next three spots were very close. Darrell General of
Cheverly, MD had beaten Mark Hoon of Bethesda at Credit Union
Cherry Blossom 56:33 to 56:58 to start April. At Pike's Peek
the two were inseparable, charging down the final hill to White
Flint. General leaned for a one second victory in 33:49. In
November, Matt Richards whose fastest 10-mile was 58:04 in
September, uncorked a monster 2:37:10 to win the masters at the
SunTrust Richmond Marathon. His 10K equivalent of 33:44 is just
short of passing the other two. Last year's number two and three also ran at Pike's Peek. This
year Rodney Timpson ran 34:10 just ahead of Chris Chattin's
34:13. Thirty-seven runners qualified.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Mock, Doug*6 40 Columbia, MD 2 Stickley, Mark*7 44 Winchester, VA 3 Piggott, John*17 42 Williamsburg, VA 4 Wright, Andres*10 40 Frederick, MD 5 General, Darrell*** 41 Hyattsville, MD 6 Hoon, Mark*8 42 Kensington, MD 7 Richards, Matt*6 40 Lynchburg, VA 8 Timpson, Rodney**** 42 Baltimore, MD 9 Chattin, Chris***** 43 Columbia, MD 10 Hamley, Christopher*** 43 Hyattsville, MD 11 Purcell, Tom*7 41 Chesapeake, VA 12 Menzies, Steve*14 43 Langley AFB, VA 13 Henderson, Jerry*12 42 Bel Air, MD 14 Killeen, Sean**** 42 Richmond, VA 15 Powell, Charles*12 41 Joppa, MD 16 Adams, John*9 44 Norfolk, VA 17 Caudle, Kyle***** 42 Annapolis, MD 18 Speirs, Steve*12 41 Virginia Beach, VA 19 Lang, Phil*** 40 Columbia, MD 20 Smith, Gene*6 43 Burke, VA 21 Degenhardt, Sheldon***** 42 Marriottsville, MD 22 Braam, Richard**** 42 Bel Air, MD 23 Poulos, Ted** 44 McLean, VA 24 Rippey, Brad*13 41 Bunker Hill, WV 25 Schaffer, William** 40 Arlington, VA 26 Johnstone, Steve*** 43 Virginia Beach, VA 27 Simonds, Daniel** 40 Fairfax, VA 28 Difonzo, Dan 44 Rockville, MD 29 Maguire, Steve*** 40 Arlington, VA 30 Neff, Mark 44 Derwood, MD 31 Samley, Chris*** 44 Earlysville, VA 32 D'Amanda, Kevin*** 44 Bethesda, MD 33 Goode, Martin*** 44 Baltimore, MD 34 Thatcher, Alan*** 44 Manassas, VA 35 Lane, George*** 41 Ashburn, VA 36 Anderson, Matt*7 41 Fairfax, VA 37 Jacobson, Paul** 43 Gaithersburg, MD
Ted Poulos of McLean, VA has run more than 3,000 races. Dai Roberts of Virginia Beach, VA rarely runs races. This year
he ran the bare minimum of four races to qualify. He ran 45Ks
in two "tune-up" races in January. Then mid March he was the
overall winner at the Shamrock 5K in 16:07, the fastest in the
division. Then three days later he popped the best race of the
year at the opposite end of the spectrum with a fancy Shamrock
Marathon in 2:35:09. Runner-up Greg Cauller of York, PA ran a slew of races and won
16 of them. At the GW Parkway 10 Mile, he bested fifth place
Dave Berardi 55:41 to 56:20. Then he triumphed at the champion
maker Pike's Peek 10K in 33:30 as third master to come so close
to Roberts for the title. David Haaga of Rockville, MD had
broken Roberts's best time in the 25K in February. Then at
Credit Union Cherry Blossom, he moved into contention with a
56:27. At Pike's Peek, he edged record holder Jim Hage (31:34
in 2003) with 33:34 to 33:40. Hage is now 50. His second race
was a Twilight 8K triumph ahead of Haaga 27:44 to 27:53. Berardi had the best half marathon at the Shamrock in 1:15:04.
Roberts ran 1:15:17 at Fleet Feet in October. George Buckheit
of Reston, VA ran his last race in this division, finishing
third at Pike's Peek in 34:43. Brian Daugherty of Chesapeake,
VA ran the Shamrock 8K in 27:29 for seventh. Jean Christophe
Arcaz had a dozen age group wins to go with a solid Pike's Peek
in 35:06 and Credit Union Cherry Blossom in 58:23 to just nudge
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Roberts, Dai***** 46 Virginia Beach, VA 2 Cauller, Greg*16 49 York, PA 3 Haaga, David*11 46 Rockville, MD 4 Hage, Jim*6 49 Kensington, MD 5 Berardi, Dave*14 47 Baltimore, MD 6 Buckheit, George** 49 Reston, VA 7 Daugherty, Brian*9 47 Chesapeake, VA 8 Arcaz, Jean Christophe*12 46 Rockville, MD 9 Falmagne, Christian***** 46 Bethesda, MD 10 Pineo, Stuart*7 46 Columbia, MD 11 Poulos, Ted*47 46 McLean, VA 12 Kuderna, Doug*11 47 Odenton, MD 13 Dietz, Steve*** 48 Springfield, VA 14 D'Amanda, Kevin*** 45 Bethesda, MD 15 Labuschagne, Gerrit*19 46 Richmond, VA 16 Spiekerman, Burkhard*9 49 Charlottesville, VA 17 Garbini, Hernan*9 45 Charlottesville, VA 18 McLaughlin, Terry*15 47 Spotsylvania, VA 19 Mace, Matthew***** 47 Arnold, MD 20 Coleman, Dennis*6 49 Gaithersburg, MD 21 Calhoun, Martin* 45 Herndon, VA 22 Samley, Chris***** 45 Charlottesville, VA 23 Sweet, Jay**** 46 Laurel, MD 24 Claro, Anthony*8 45 Rockville, MD 25 Morrison, Jack*7 48 Hartwood, MD 26 Hattar, Thomas***** 46 Davidsonville, MD 27 Chall, John***** 49 Jessup, MD 28 Horan, Marty* 47 Gaithersburg, MD 29 Esser, Dan*** 47 Reisterstown, MD 30 Page, H.T.*7 47 Wirtz, VA 31 Schuler, Greg* 47 Laurel, MD 32 Sandy, Paul* 48 Lorton, VA 33 Perrotto, Jonathan*** 48 Lynchburg, VA 34 Wills, Stephen*6 46 Washington, DC 35 Ferry, Bob 47 Vienna, VA 36 McFadden, Weems* 49 Laurel, MD 37 Meadows, Mike** 49 Martinsburg, WV 38 King, Jack 48 Richmond, VA 39 Cook, Tom**** 48 Chantilly, VA 40 Burris, Eric*** 47 Owings Mill, MD
Mike Hart (51) of Washington, DC polished off a lot of
grandmaster victories before retiring from racing. Steve Chantry of Williamsburg, VA won the title last year but
only two of the ranking periods. He was very clear that he
wanted an undefeated title, not that he had lost a head-to-head
in 2006. He started 2007 relatively tamely with a 17:07 5K win
that was just two seconds faster than Maurice Pointer's
Shamrock 5K. Indeed, Dan Lawson had already run 16:55. Chantry
added a Fort Eustis 10K in 35:01 to put the others back in
their place. In the spring, everyone was headed for the showdown at Pike's
Peek. Pointer was confident as he would win as many races (34)
as Chantry (18) and Lawson (16) combined. Race morning Chantry
was gunning for another taste of victory over Moeser. Moeser
prevailed over his 34:25 but Chantry won the division crown
that day. Training buddy James Bates surprised everyone by
scurrying past 55-59 champion Rick Platt and challenging
Chantry in a speedy 34:59. Before the year's end, Chantry would
have his only division loss to Bates at the Hampton Days 10K.
Lawson was out kicked by just one second by the speeding
Pointer in 35:32. Pointer was coming off a win at the downhill
Main Street Mile in Westminster in 4:58. Chantry had the fastest 8K at the Shamrock in 27:28 and the
fastest 5K in 16:46 at Red White and Blue. In the fall, he ran
the Rock 'n' Roll HM in 1:18:03 while Pointer regained the
third spot racing the NCR Trails HM in 1:18:04. Bates ran the
Governor's Land 5K in 17:18 but was trumped by Pete Gibson of
Murfreesboro, NC in 17:08. In November, Gibson polished off
another fast 5K in 17:18 to clinch the fifth spot. Mike Hart of Washington, DC has finished his running career. He
was just starting to make waves, winning the GW Birthday 10K in
36:01. He had won the Acumen Solutions Jingle All the Way in
2006 in 36:31. Now arthritis has sidelined him from racing and
he tells us that it may be permanent. Always a cheerful
volunteer and a former running club president, Hart will still
be a big part of area running. Forty-three runners qualified.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Chantry, Stephen*18 52 Williamsburg, VA 2 Bates, James*16 51 Hampton, VA 3 Pointer, Maurice*34 52 Baltimore, MD 4 Lawson, Dan*16 51 Gaithersburg, MD 5 Gibson, Pete***** 51 Murfreesboro, NC 6 Hart, Mike*8 51 Washington, DC 7 Darmody, Peter*12 52 Gaithersburg, MD 8 Compton, Norton*16 52 Fairfax, VA 9 Meadows, Mike*9 50 Martinsburg, WV 10 Skiles, Barry***** 52 Pilot, VA 11 Thornton, Jim*9 53 Seaford, VA 12 McFadden, Weems**** 50 Columbia, MD 13 Peterson, Paul*6 53 Bethesda, MD 14 Chall, John*6 50 Jessup, MD 15 Halpin, Bruce*6 51 Ashburn, VA 16 Mears, Finley** 51 Towson, MD 17 McDonald, Denis* 53 Woodbine, MD 18 Ruckert, Tom*8 54 Grantsville, MD 19 Bousel, Paul*6 54 Alexandria, VA 20 Serra, Paul*7 51 Lusby, MD 21 Morgan, Richard* 54 Silver Spring, MD 22 Gessler, Bobby***** 50 Ellicott City, MD 23 Lerner, Steve*9 51 Glen Allen, VA 24 Dudley, Robert*7 51 Hopewell, VA 25 Lemcke, Michael*** 52 Mechanicsville, VA 26 Stone, Jeffrey***** 52 Salem, VA 27 Rust, Roland 54 Bethesda, MD 28 Carroll, Brian* 52 Silver Spring, MD 29 Mason, Michael* 51 Spencerville, MD 30 Burns, Bob* 54 Columbia, MD 31 Cutchins, Wyatt*9 51 Newport News, VA 32 Delaplaine, Bruce* 52 Bethesda, MD 33 Sengebusch, Marc*6 54 Catonsville, MD 34 Grimsley, Gary*** 53 Springfield, VA 35 Clardy, Peter* 50 Rockville, MD 36 Adams, Jim* 51 Baltimore, MD 37 Rodriguez, Roberto*** 51 Arlington, VA 38 Dekornfeld, Tom* 54 Annapolis, MD 39 Brooks, Mike** 50 Fredericksburg, VA 40 Pifer, Charles**** 52 Chesapeake, VA 41 Donahue, Joseph** 52 Vienna, VA 42 Robinson, Steve** 52 Herndon, VA 43 Smith, David* 50 Tappahannock, VA
Roland Rust of Bethesda, MD races home in the Kensington
8K. The sometimes enigmatic, often theatrical Chuck Moeser is
running life on his own bold terms. He predicts and we eagerly
wait to see if he can deliver. He came out last spring looking
for his own shadow, testing himself on six races. He ran two
top 10 milers, and three of the four top 5Ks of the year. Then
he ended speculation about which grandmaster carried the
biggest stick at DARCARS Pike's Peek where 20 plus Ranked
Runners were engaged. But he only raced one time after the
spring and that left Rick Platt of Williamsburg, VA to pick up
this year's crown. Platt had a great year. He was just nudged out of the title by
a swift 5K in the winter and the spring belonged to Moeser. In
the summer he was gearing up for the fall, which he won
handily. His best period was the spring when he set the
Virginia State record at Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K in 35:31.
Two weeks later he fell about a minute off the half marathon
record, running the Dismal Swamp Stomp in 1:18:39. Then at
DARCARS Pike's Peek, he was fourth grandmaster in 35:21. In
all, he had 25 age group wins. Jim Wright of Gaithersburg, MD was next in line. He had earned
the summer crown with a swift 17:53 5K and a Rockville Twilight
8K victory in 30:00 over winter champion and sixth place
Richard Adams, Jr. (30:17). Still, he got the silver by
following Platt home at Pike's Peek in 36:58 and leading fourth
place Mick Slonaker of Columbia, MD and third place Bill Taylor
of Woodbridge, VA after Moeser's 58:12 at Credit Union Cherry
Blossom. Wright ran 62:27, closely followed by Taylor in 62:32
and Slonaker agonizingly close in 62:40. Slonaker also has a
faster 10K at Pike's Peek in 37:26 but Taylor won again at Army
in 61:48 to seal his spot. Platt had the fastest 10 Mile at
Yorktown in 61:14. Dan Eddy of Alexandria, VA had a 3-2 record against Richard
Adams and with their top five races takes fifth place with a
Moreland Racing Factor of 115 to Adams' 110.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Platt, Rick*25 57 Williamsburg , VA 2 Wright, Jim*7 58 Gaithersburg, MD 3 Taylor, Bill**** 58 Woodbridge, VA 4 Sloanker, Mick*9 58 Columbia, MD 5 Eddy, Dan*14 56 Alexandria, VA 6 Adams Jr., Richard***** 56 Herndon, VA 7 Ruckert, Tom***** 55 Grantsville, MD 8 Rust, Roland***** 55 Bethesda, MD 9 Morgan, Timothy*7 56 Damascus, MD 10 Bognar, Steve*8 55 Lynchburg, VA 11 Washington, Larry** 56 Rockville, MD 12 Ryan, Paul**** 56 Arlington, VA 13 Weiss, Doc***** 58 Pembroke, VA 14 Senior, Malcolm*10 56 New Market, MD 15 Adkins, Gary*** 57 Salem, VA 16 Abrahamson, Dale*10 58 Yorktown, VA 17 Alto, Bill*8 56 Newport News, VA 18 Day, Joseph* 57 Yorktown, VA 19 Wind, Jay*6 57 Arlington, VA 20 Scott, William*** 59 Glen Arden, MD 21 Hart, Bill*** 58 Virginia Beach, VA 22 Brunk, David**** 56 Richmond, VA 23 Carbary, James*12 56 Clarksville, MD 24 Carlisle, Richard**** 56 Springfield, VA 25 Vaughan, Allen*9 57 Stafford, VA 26 Celesia, Angelo**** 59 Virginia Beach, VA 27 Stevens, Bobby** 58 Stafford, VA 28 Senseney, Bill**** 58 Charles Town, WV 29 Gary, Patrick** 56 Manchester, MD 30 Pardee, William**** 58 Virginia Beach, VA 31 Trueheart, Wilson*6 58 Baltimore, MD 32 Christol, Jim* 59 Yorktown, VA
Ronnie Wong of Catonsville, MD hurries toward one of his
more than fifty age group wins since turning sixty Patrick Griffith started the year, as he has for the last ten
years, in first place, gliding to another win at the Acumen
Solutions Jingle All the Way 10K in 38:33. 2006 was his year to
be nationally ranked at the top. His retirement plans included
a move down to Ocala, FL. He traveled north to treat himself to
a Pike's Peek race where he was the record holder in both the
55-59 and the 60-64 divisions. He runs a very solid 38:59,
though well off his record of 37:39. Lo and behold, Michael
Hazilla of Germantown, MD comes out and blasts a 37:00 and then
Chuck Moeser wrenches his other record away with an incredible
33:47. The magician Hazilla also raced Credit Union Cherry
Blossom 10 Mile in 62:16 before disappearing in a puff of smoke. With Griffith away, Jason Page, the 5K gunslinger, shuffled
forward. He Apple Blossomed his way to a 38:36 10K as well. He
nibbled at the lead, winning the Germantown 5-Miler in 30:49.
Finally in June, he toppled the king at the Tim Harmon 5K in
18:20 to win the crown. Ronnie Wong races too much for his own
good. That must be why he won 47 times this year. He matched
rival John Kirkpatrick of Annapolis to the second with their
best races. Kirkpatrick's race was the AS Anniversary 15K in
61:46 in December 2006. Wong was second at the Credit Union
Cherry Blossom in 66:32. After that, it all went right for
Wong. He won head to head at the Dawson's 10K and never looked
back. Always a marathon specialist, he ran 15 throughout the
year winning nearly all of them. Bernard Wright of Pomfret, MD took fifth finishing third at
Cherry Blossom in 67:06. Jim Noone of Fairfax, VA was sixth,
winning his age group two dozen times. His Credit Union Cherry
Blossom was in 68:14. Forty-seven runners qualified.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Page, Jason*13 62 Hamilton, VA 2 Griffith, Patrick*6 63 Alexandria, VA 3 Wong, Ronnie*47 61 Catonsville, MD 4 Kirkpatrick, John*6 64 Annapolis, MD 5 Wright, Bernard*7 60 Pomfret, MD 6 Noone, Jim*24 63 Fairfax, VA 7 Joyce, Bill*9 63 Herndon, VA 8 Clorety, Joe 64 Crownsville, MD 9 Tufts, Craig** 60 Middleburg, VA 10 Dyer, Ben**** 64 Colonial Heights, VA 11 Bell, Les**** 60 York, PA 12 Warfield, Jerry* 63 Columbia, MD 13 Bell, Jim*** 62 Charlottesville, VA 14 Chase, Bob**** 62 Falls Church, VA 15 Villano, Leo*6 62 Silver Spring, MD 16 Shapiro, Lou** 64 Silver Spring, MD 17 Coleman, Norm* 62 Chevy Chase, MD 18 Gammon, Tommy*16 60 Moseley, VA 19 Golash, Michael*7 64 Washington, DC 20 Daley, James*** 63 Alexandria, VA 21 Haubert, John**** 64 Alexandria, VA 22 Gaddy, Clifford** 61 Kensington, MD 23 Baca, Ted*9 62 Arlington, VA 24 Going, Sam*** 64 Moneta, VA 25 Spencer, Bob**** 64 Daleville, VA 26 Christol, Jim*** 60 Yorktown, VA 27 Loughran, John***** 63 Sandston, VA 28 Hensel, Donald*** 63 Gaithersburg, MD 29 McEvilly, Eamonn 64 Springfield, VA 30 Revanna, Krupakar* 64 Falls Church, VA 31 Trost, Robert 61 Falls Church, VA 32 Wingfield, Randy**** 62 Winchester, VA 33 Baile, Ken* 62 Fredericksburg, VA 34 Pane, Richard* 64 Herndon, VA 35 Brown, Walter 63 Montgomery Village, MD 36 Bullock, Jim**** 64 Eldersburg, MD 37 Banks, Stephen** 61 Springfield, VA 38 Woodward, Lance*6 60 Monkton, MD 39 Chaconas, Greg** 61 Washington, DC 40 Patterson, Mark*8 61 Virginia Beach, VA 41 Mayhew, Ed*9 62 Winchester, VA 42 Malloy, Patrick** 61 Ellicott City, MD 43 Rheinheimer, Kurt***** 61 Roanoke, VA 44 Coleman, Jim*6 62 Norfolk, VA 45 Fleming, Mike**** 61 Columbia, MD 46 Casinghino, John 61 Kensington, MD 47 Nilsson, Knut 64 Richmond, VA
Mel Williams (69) of Norfolk, VA has run all thirty-two
Marine Corps Marathons and owns two Virginia State age groups
in the marathon. This year's top three were ultra close. Lou Shapiro never met a
race he did not like and won 39 of them from 5K to the
marathon. He was ranked first in two periods and finished
second in two periods. His best race was the DARCARS Pike's
Peek 10K in 41:49. John Elliott of Columbia, MD took the winter
period with a swift AS Anniversary 15K in 63:34 back in
December 2006 and it almost held up for him. Elliott is into
triathlons, both winter and summer, so he did not put full
concentration to road racing. His three best races were that
season. Jim Becker of Greencastle, PA came prancing in with some showy
5Ks that put away Elliott's 20:24. Starting in June he lofted a
20:18. Showing some range, he preempted Shapiro's Marine Corps
Marathon win at 3:31:21 with his Under Armour Baltimore
Marathon two weeks earlier in 3:31:17. In addition, a day
before Shapiro's run, he pops off a 20:17 5K with marathon
legs. Then in November, he cracks the final hurdle with the
fastest 5K in 19:43 to win the division. Shapiro also ran the
Harris Teeter Leesburg 20K in 1:28:21. Skip Mullaney of Charlottesville, VA keeps last year's runner-
up Jack Pitarra of Baltimore, MD at bay with his hometown HM in
1:35:42. Pitarra ran the Ashland 10K in 43:22. Warren Prunella
of Rockville, MD was second at Credit Union Cherry Blossom in
1:12:32 for sixth place.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Becker, Jim*14 65 Greencastle, PA 2 Elliott, John*7 69 Columbia, MD 3 Shapiro, Lou*39 66 Silver Spring, MD 4 Mullaney, Skip*12 68 Charlottesville, VA 5 Pitarra, Jack*9 66 Baltimore, MD 6 Prunella, Warren*8 65 Rockville, MD 7 Blackwell, Lloyd***** 67 Warrenton, VA 8 Wright, Robert*** 66 Hampton, VA 9 Forman, Stephen*9 67 McLean, VA 10 Williams, Mel***** 69 Norfolk, VA 11 Merrill, Sammy***** 66 Fredericksburg, VA 12 Barber, Sonny*** 66 Falls Church, VA 13 Robbins, Chan*8 69 Arlington, VA 14 Lougee, Duane*** 69 Norfolk, VA 15 Delambo, Nick** 65 Baltimore, MD 16 Patton, Tom*6 67 Virginia Beach, VA 17 Hicks, Joel*7 66 Radford, VA 18 Neuman, Stan*7 69 Baltimore, MD 19 Quincy, Ken 69 Vienna, VA 20 Pierce, Dick*8 68 Rescue, VA 21 Mack, Talbot** 67 Middleburg, VA 22 Cavanaugh, Jim*** 65 Arlington, VA 23 Sollers, Bill***** 68 Silver Spring, MD 24 Skelton, Lowell** 67 Moneta, VA 25 Nilsson, Knut***** 65 Richmond, VA 26 Peacock, Dick**** 67 Richmond, VA
Richard Williams of Alexandria, VA moved out to California
to take on the best of the west Nobody overmatches Richard Williams of Alexandria, VA in
quantity. He won his division an amazing 40 times, racing
almost every week. He was the man for most of the year, winning
Credit Union Cherry Blossom in 1:17:53. He took down what he
thought was his chief threat, beating Chan Robbins at the
Annapolis "heat trials" 10 Mile in August. He had run a swift
22:38 Shamrock 5K in March and was looking good. As the year wore on, Robbins started racking up fast 5Ks. By
the middle of fall, he had bested Williams's best time five
times, including a 22:15 on Labor Day. Duane Lougee of Norfolk,
VA opened with a 37:15 8K in June. He had 11 age group wins but
none were threatening the leaders. Then in October, he produced
a monster half marathon in 1:41:27 to take the title. Williams
did regain the 8K best in November with a 37:11 at the Semper
Fit Turkey Trot 8K. Soon after, he and his new bride, the
former Jane Poole, moved to the west coast. Tom Ray of Kitty
Hawk, NC earns fourth place when he came north to follow
Williams home at the Credit Union Cherry Blossom in 1:18:32.
Later in June at the Lawyers Have Heart 10K, they battled
again, Williams finishing 48:14 to 48:32. Philip Hager of Falls Church, VA joined the division with a win
at the Parkway 10 Mile in 1:20:12 for fifth place. Winter
champion Maynard Weyers, with his Acumen Solutions Jingle All
the Way 10K in 48:40, is sixth.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Lougee, Duane*11 70 Norfolk, VA 2 Robbins, Chan*11 70 Arlington, VA 3 Williams, Richard*40 72 Alexandria, VA 4 Ray, Tom*9 74 Kitty Hawk, NC 5 Hager, Philip*** 70 Falls Church, VA 6 Weyers, Maynard*6 71 Alexandria, VA 7 Catoe, Chris*8 73 Virginia Beach, VA 8 Measham, Tony**** 73 Chevy Chase, MD 9 Kohler, Donald*6 71 New Market, MD 10 Rider, Alan**** 71 Reston, VA 11 Jeter, D.T.***** 72 Bristol. TN 12 McCarthy, Terry*7 72 Leesburg, VA
75-79 Men
Jack McMahon of Rockville, MD got a head start on the
competition, notching out a handful of overall wins in the
winter. He knew George Yannakakis was coming. McMahon had 20
wins but in this division every year makes a huge difference.
Yannakakis was young and fresh and he rolled through the
division with the top nine times. He did not come south often
but in March he put paid to the division winning the St.
Patrick's Day 8K in 40:22. McMahon's effort was not so lucky at
43:53, his 13th best race. Still, his Pike's Peek 10K win in
53:05 just beat Yannakakis's worst race by a whisker. Larry Dickerson had one fast 5K at the Daisy in 24:30, which
was a bit short. His other efforts landed him squarely in third
place. These guys have been battling back and forth for more
than a dozen years. Edward Green had a special effort at the
Arlington 9-11 5K in 25:28, which put him in front of Nianxiang
Xie's Pike's Peek 10K in 54:35.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Yannakakis, George*11 75 Sparks, MD 2 McMahon, Jack*20 76 Rockville, MD 3 Dickerson, Larry*8 76 Burke, VA 4 Green Edward*11 76 Washington, DC 5 Xie, Nianxiang*** 79 Rockville, MD 6 Olson, Keith*** 76 Silver Spring, MD 7 Day, Charles**** 76 Potomac Falls, VA 8 Coogan, Dick**** 75 McLean, VA 9 Freestone, Harry** 79 Charlottesville, VA 10 Zenchoff, Philip**** 79 Silver Spring, MD 11 Silversmith, Ernie*11 77 Baltimore, MD
Walt Washburn of Vienna, VA relaxes in West Potomac Park
after running the Tidal Basin 3K John Hosner of Blacksburg, VA came out and ran three of the top
four times, all 5Ks. July 4th he ran the Shawsville 5K in 26:41
to win the crown. Nianxiang Xie got faster as the year wore on.
He traditionally runs the Twilight 8K (48:14). Then he took on
the Home Run 10K down Montrose Road at the end of September for
one of the last times anyone will be traveling that road due to
construction. In November, he paced himself through King Farm
for the Rockville 10K in a speedy 56:23. Last year's champion
Paul Lackey fell off the pace a little, finishing third with a
Race for Hope 5K in 32:02
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Hosner, John*** 82 Blacksburg, VA 2 Xie, Nianxiang*** 80 Rockville, MD 3 Lackey, Paul*** 82 Arlington, VA 4 Brown, George***** 81 Glen Arm. MD 5 Golden, Wendell*8 81 Charlottesville, VA 6 Freestone, Harry*** 80 Keswick, VA 7 Morrison, Bill**** 80 Rockville, MD 8 Washburn, Walt*6 85 Vienna, VA 9 Atkins, Bob*13 81 Winchester, VA 10 Barger, John** 81 Roanoke, VA 11 Cone, Robie 83 Berryville, VA 12 Johnson, Jim* 81 Hampton, VA See the Women's Best of 2007 WRR Runner Rankings
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