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 2007 Year End WRR Runner Rankings By James Moreland with photos courtesy of Brightroom Women's Division March/April 2008 For the Washington Running Report
Laura Turner (27) of Washington, DC runs an excellent fourth
overall at the Shamrock HM with 1:17:17. Even with the defection of many of the top runners from last
year, the Open division grew to an enormous 66 runners. The
year started out divisive with 11 different runners having one
of the top 11 times. Then in the spring, Tatiana Chulakh came
out and dominated. Her best of four races, all run in the
spring, was a DARCARS Pike's Peek 10K victory in 33:18. When she left, Belainesh Gebre quietly moved up from 11th place
to totally dominate the second half of the year. After
September 1, she broke the tape nine of the ten races she ran.
At the Labrecque 5K, her only "defeat," she was second overall
in 16:28, well ahead of Chulakh in fifth with 17:26. She then
put away the title with a knockout punch winning the Baltimore
HM in 1:14:45. Maria Elena Calle of Richmond, VA takes the runner-up spot with
her 34:23 at the largest 10K in the region, the Ukrop's
Monument Avenue. She also won the Colonial 3 Mile in 16:29 in
the winter. The next three runners had many great races and
often their order was mixed up but, generally speaking, they
finished: Mengistu Hirut first, Teyba Naser next, followed by
Alemgena Desta. Sometimes it seemed they were just playing but
when they were serious, look out. Naser had eight overall wins.
Hirut bested the other two at Pike's Peek, finishing in 34:28.
Naser had her best race at the most competitive event. At
Susie's Cause 5K in October she won in 16:39, followed by Hirut
in 16:41 with Desta in third with 16:44. Desta's second best
race was her win over Teyba at Pike's Peek 35:01 to 35:40.
Hirut was second at GW Parkway in 57:56 while Teyba's second
effort was an overall win at the National Press Club in 16:46. Laura Turner of Washington, DC had a fine Shamrock HM in
1:17:17 for sixth place. Sub master Susannah Kvasnicka of Great
Falls, VA ran her last "open" race at Credit Union Cherry
Blossom in 59:05. She backed that up with her Army 10 Mile in
59:11 to secure the place from Melissa Tanner of Bethesda, MD,
who ran Pike's Peek in 35:31. Briana Whaley of Culpeper, VA ran
the Ukrop's Monument Avenue10K in 35:40 to match exactly tenth
place Alisa Harvey's overall win at the 5K in 17:08. Whaley
gets the nod because her second race was a 1:19:04 Shamrock HM
for seventh overall. Middle distance ace Harvey took on the
half at Parks and produced a 1:26:49, albeit one of her slowest
races. Sixty-six runners qualified.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Gebre, Belainesh*10 19 Washington, DC 2 Calle, Maria Elena**** 32 Richmond, VA 3 Mengistu, Hirut** 22 Takoma Park, MD 4 Naser, Teyba*8 21 Washington, DC 5 Desta, Alemgena* 26 Silver Spring, MD 6 Turner, Laura** 27 Washington, DC 7 Kvasnicka, Susannah* 35 Great Falls, VA 8 Tanner, Melissa** 26 Bethesda, MD 9 Whaley, Briana***** 29 Culpeper, VA 10 Harvey, Alisa*7 42 Manassas, VA 11 Ramsey, Christine 24 Baltimore, MD 12 Allen, Johanna** 26 Woodbridge, VA 13 Ko, Phebe***** 24 Baltimore, MD 14 Graham-Gray, Susan*** 39 Greencastle, PA 15 Brand, Shelley*** 28 Norfolk, VA 16 Wettlaufer, Cara*6 24 Bel Air, MD 17 High, Renee***** 26 Virginia Beach, VA 18 Spalding, Sarah*** 26 Washington, DC 19 Merz, Martha** 45 Annandale, VA 20 Craig, Elizabeth***** 25 Blacksburg, VA 21 Oleynik, Anna***** 19 Gaithersburg, MD 22 Nowak, Katie** 26 Rockville, MD 23 Stick, Sherry*11 29 Sykesville, MD 24 Lynch, Victoria* 33 Washington, DC 25 Gruendel, Jacqueline**** 32 Burke, VA 26 Sun, Feng* 38 Columbia, MD 27 Thomas, Mindy*** 23 Stafford, VA 28 Dworak, Kelly*7 45 Burke, VA 29 Schrank, Brenda*** 35 Winchester, VA 30 Ward, Emily* 25 Richmond, VA 31 Pease, Alicia** 24 Silver Spring, MD 32 Foley, Linda*** 45 Oak Hill, VA 33 Richard, Emily* 30 Washington, DC 34 Pool, Diana* 26 Westminster, MD 35 Till, Kristin** 38 Baltimore, MD 36 Fenske, Tara* 31 Washington, DC 37 Smith, Julia*12 39 Tappahannock, VA 38 Breitenbach, Katie***** 27 Elkridge, MD 39 Kirby, Samantha*** 39 Arlington, VA 40 Cairns, Hilary 36 Washington, DC 41 Nathan, Rebecca**** 42 Arlington, VA 42 Wright, Andrea*** 46 Charlottesville, VA 43 Davison, Mary** 34 Chesapeake, VA 44 Pugsley, Cathy 38 Sterling, VA 45 Phillips, Catherine*6 32 Lynchburg, VA 46 Marrari, Erica* 25 College Park, MD 47 Catanese, Anna*** 40 Mechanicsville, VA 48 Diegoli, Toni Marie*6 28 Arlington, VA 49 Uhl, Alice** 32 Fincastle, VA 50 Mudge-Riley, Michelle*** 30 Glen Allen, VA 51 Mlinarcik, Jenny* 28 Alexandria, VA 52 Pak, Colleen*** 37 Virginia Beach, VA 53 Sawvell, Linda**** 41 Newport News, VA 54 Feldman, Elizabeth* 40 Chevy Chase, MD 55 Gay, Jane**** 17 Roanoke, VA 56 Humphrey, Robyn** 43 Ellicott City, MD 57 Petersen, Heidi*7 13 Williamsburg, VA 58 Ensle, Leisa* 49 Virginia Beach, VA 59 Eames, Betsy** 23 Herndon, VA 60 Cox, Vanessa 46 Laurel, MD 61 Grillo, Monica 43 Arlington, VA 62 Feliciano, Tacy* 35 Columbia, MD 63 Christopher, Mary*** 23 Washington, DC 64 Conant, Cindy 46 Kensington, MD 65 Kline, Sheryl*** 44 Arnold, MD 66 Dumbrell, Jeanette* 38 Falls Church, VA
Anna Oleynik of Gaithersburg, MD has her best race again at
DARCARs Pike's Peek 10K. Here she wins her division at Sallie
Mae Last year's champion, Aurora Scott of Chesapeake, VA, only ran
two races. They were fast ones: the Dismal Swamp HM in 1:17:25
in April as runner-up followed two weeks later by the Blair
Clipper and an overall win in 17:15. Had she qualified she
would have been well back of this year's champion, Belainesh
Gebre of Washington, DC. Gebre won her division in all 14 of
her races, including 11 overall wins. She stumbled slightly in
the spring finishing sixth overall at the GW Parkway 10 Mile in
60:49 and then seventh overall at Pike's Peek in 35:43. By fall, she was going full speed, winning five of six races in
September outright and finishing second at the Labrecque 5K in
16:28. Then in October, she capped the year winning the
Baltimore HM in 1:14:45 (10K = 33:47). Those last two races
would have qualified her for the men's Open division. Anna Oleynik of Gaithersburg, MD had the next five best races
with three overall wins. She ran with the big dogs at Pike's
Peek, finishing in ninth overall in 37:04. The next three spots
are very close with 12 of the next 15 times going to these
runners. All of them were overall wins. Jane Gay of Roanoke, VA
is next with four wins in 5Ks in times ranging from 18:42 to
18:55. Halsey Sinclair of Silver Spring, MD is fourth with
three wins with the slowest time being 18:59. She upset Oleynik
at the Azalea 5K 18:46 to 18:53 for her fastest time. The sixth
spot goes to Heidi Peterson of Williamsburg, VA. Just 13, she
has five overall victories ranging from 18:49 to 19:01. Just off the radar, Brittany Rooks of Baltimore, MD, also 13,
ran a swift 18:48 win at Goucher College in October to join the
lucky seven.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Gebre, Belainesh*14 19 Washington, DC 2 Oleynik, Anna*17 19 Gaithersburg, MD 3 Gay, Jane*7 17 Roanoke, VA 4 Sinclair, Halsey***** 18 Silver Spring, MD 5 Peterson, Heidi*14 13 Williamsburg, VA 6 Rooks, Brittany*10 13 Baltimore, MD 7 Sinclair, Ashlyn*** 18 Silver Spring, MD 8 Ryba, Anna*8 12 Bethesda, MD 9 Waldhauser, Courtney***** 17 Fallston, MD 10 Warfield, Lindsay**** 19 Woodbine, MD 11 McManus, Dakota*17 11 Williamsburg, VA 12 Berge, Masha*7 18 Potomac, MD 13 Pollard, Brittany**** 12 Falling Waters, WV 14 Swim, Ashley**** 16 Clifton, VA 15 Nault, Edie**** 18 Poquoson, VA 16 Bodmer, Allyson***** 12 Manassas, VA 17 Matthews, Samantha** 17 Baltimore, MD 18 Meadows, Alyssa* 15 Martinsburg, WV 19 Kuehm, Ally** 14 Berryville, VA 20 Pape-Calabrese, Carravita** 13 Chevy Chase, MD 21 Gessler, Julie** 14 Ellicott City, MD
Susan Graham-Gray (39) of Greencastle, PA wins the Suntrust
Bank National Marathon in 2:56:00. Susan Graham-Gray started the summer with a couple of overall
wins. After finishing second in 2006 at the Run through
History, she won it this year in 38:32. Maybe it was the
residual effects form her second overall at the National
Marathon in March with 2:56:00. She followed that by the
standard setting GW Parkway 10M in 59:49. Mid year, Susannah Kvasnicka joined the division. She had a
nice Credit Union Cherry Blossom (59:05) under her belt but
that was as an Open runner. Throughout the summer she produced
three straight races with a 36:32, taking a gold, silver, and
bronze. In the fall, she went to Arlington for the Army 10 Mile
and let her training show with a swift 59:11 runner-up race to
earn the division crown. She added some icing to the cake with
a fine nTelos 8K in 28:14 in November. Sun Feng of Columbia, MD is known for her long races but she
had the fourth fastest half marathon in the division. Her
Frederick HM in 1:23:56 put her just behind fifth place Kristin
Till who ran the Baltimore HM in 1:23:47. Feng won the three
spot with a win at the Twilight 8K in 29:36 and a second
overall at the Damien's Run for Recovery 5K in 17:58. Brenda Schrank of Winchester, VA pilfered the fourth spot with
a swift Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile in 62:52. Suzanne
Himes was right there in sixth place with a seventh overall at
the Marine Corps Marathon in 2:57:56.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Kvasnicka, Susannah***** 35 Great Falls, VA 2 Graham-Gray, Susan*6 39 Greencastle, PA 3 Sun, Feng***** 38 Columbia, MD 4 Schrank, Brenda*** 35 Winchester, VA 5 Till, Kristin***** 38 Baltimore, MD 6 Himes, Suzanne**** 38 Alexandria, VA 7 Smith, Julia*15 39 Tappahannock, VA 8 Kirby, Samantha*9 39 Arlington, VA 9 Cairns, Hilary*7 37 Washington, DC 10 Pugsley, Cathy**** 38 Sterling, VA 11 Pak, Colleen*11 37 Virginia Beach, VA 12 Feldman, Elizabeth*9 39 Chevy Chase, MD 13 Lang, Vicki**** 38 Columbia, MD 14 Feliciano, Tacy**** 39 Columbia, MD 15 Dumbrell, Jeanette***** 38 Falls Church, VA 16 Hoffman, Michele*20 35 Baltimore, MD 17 Wood, Louise***** 39 Williamsburg, VA
Helen Beven of Kensington, MD is back on the roads and ready
to climb towards the top
Alisa Harvey of Manassas, VA easily won the masters division
with 19 age group wins. She also added seven overall wins and
was ranked as high as second in the open division during the
year. In fact, her best race, the Inspire Victory in 17:08, was
a race where she upset the entire field and was the first
runner of either sex to finish. She owned 12 of the top 13
times. Her worst finish was an eight overall at Pike's Peek in
36:30. After winning Army in 2006, she slipped back to fifth
overall in 2007 with 60:34. Her most serious contenders all aged up. Martha Merz of
Annandale, VA won the Credit Union Cherry Blossom in 61:03 over
third place Kelly Dworak of Burke, VA in 62:36. They had 20 age
group wins between them. Merz followed up her year with a GW
Parkway 10M in 62:03 and a week later was tenth overall at
Pike's Peek in 37:23. Dworak had already run the fastest half
marathon of the year at the Shamrock in 1:24:17. Also ageing up, Linda Foley's last effort was a win at George
Washington Birthday 10K in 38:48 to get seventh place. Rebecca
Nathan of Arlington, VA had 14 age group wins and a twelfth
place at DARCARS Pike's Peek in 38:17 for fourth. New to the
division, Anna Catanese of Mechanicsville, VA had two fast 10Ks
for fifth, including the Ashland race in 38:34. Linda Sawvell
of Newport News, VA just parses ahead of Foley with a fine
Dismal Swamp Stomp HM in 1:25:59. Thirty-six runners qualified.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Harvey, Alisa*19 42 Manassas, VA 2 Merz, Martha*9 44 Annandale, VA 3 Dworak, Kelly*11 44 Burke, VA 4 Nathan, Rebecca*14 42 Arlington, VA 5 Catanese, Anna*11 40 Mechanicsville, VA 6 Sawvell, Linda*8 41 Newport News, VA 7 Foley, Linda*** 44 Oak Hill, VA 8 Humphrey, Robyn*10 43 Ellicott City, MD 9 Grillo, Monica***** 43 Arlington, VA 10 Cottone, Elizabeth**** 40 Charlottesville, VA 11 Olson, Ruth*9 44 Fredericksburg, VA 12 Freres, Anita*12 42 Reston, VA 13 Kline, Sheryl*22 44 Arnold, MD 14 Lovett, Pamela*7 44 Newport News, VA 15 Hall, Maureen*17 42 Lavale, MD 16 Elliott, Nicola*** 41 Vienna, VA 17 Nelson, Laura*11 41 Woodstock, VA 18 Zerfas, Patricia*6 44 Kensington, MD 19 Danilkovitch, Alla*** 44 Columbia, MD 20 Ratcliffe, Nicola**** 40 Crozet, VA 21 Shannon, Laura*6 44 Williamsburg, VA 22 Menge, Karen**** 44 Baltimore, MD 23 Glueck, Connie*20 43 Williamsburg, VA 24 Wood, Louise*6 40 Williamsburg, VA 25 Kinnecome, Susie*** 43 Bethesda, MD 26 Phillips, Kitty**** 41 Arlington, VA 27 Lussi, Jeanette*** 44 Kensington, MD 28 Delaney, Nancy**** 41 Virginia Beach, VA 29 Warring, Laeticia* 44 Herndon, VA 30 McLaughlin, Debbie**** 41 Williamsburg, VA 31 Willingham, Lise**** 43 Earlysville, VA 32 O'Hara, Ruth*** 44 Alexandria, VA 33 Sperry, Amy** 42 Glen Allen, VA 34 Lewellyn, Krista*** 44 Virginia Beach, VA 35 Benante, Susan*** 44 Norfolk, VA 36 Beven, Helen** 41 Kensington, MD
Debbie Daughtry (49) of Clifton, VA had her best effort at
the GW Parkway 10 Mile in 1:13:55 for 28th in the division. This division got huge adding a dozen more runners for a total
of 39. Last year's champion Cindy Conant of Kensington, MD did
not slow down much. Her age group win at the Veteran's Day 10K
this year in 40:22 would have been the fourth fastest time last
year. This year was much more competitive and she was shoved
back to sixth place as a footnote with the 25th fastest time. Linda Foley of Oak Hill, VA aged up in March and took down the
division crown with a swift Shamrock Half Marathon win in
1:23:47. Andrea Wright of Charlottesville, VA had a swift
hometown 10 miler in 64:36. Foley matched it with a GW Parkway
10 Mile in April at 64:33. Wright took her best shot at the
crown running the nTelos 8K in 30:11 in November. The very next
day Foley won the masters division at the Veterans Day 10K in
38:46. Leisa Ensle of Virginia Beach, VA was ninth overall at the
Shamrock Marathon in a speedy 3:07:00. A month later, she had
her best race of the year at the Dismal Swamp Stomp HM in
1:26:39. Vanessa Cox earned the fourth spot besting Conant at
Pike's Peek with 39:22 and at Credit Union Cherry Blossom with
1:05:45. Laura Shannon of Williamsburg, VA waited till the last
week of the year to earn the fifth spot with her Governor's
Land 5K in 19:03. Ramilia Buranuglova of Gainesville, VA had that world class win
at the Shamrock HM. Martha Merz joined the division too late to
qualify for the year. However, her three best races topped all
of the reticent Lee DiPietro's fine races. DiPietro has always
won when she qualified. Soon, she will join the ranks of the
grandmasters.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Foley, Linda*12 45 Oak Hill, VA 2 Wright, Andrea*6 46 Charlottesville, VA 3 Ensle, Leisa*6 49 Virginia Beach, VA 4 Cox, Vanessa*7 46 Laurel, MD 5 Shannon, Laura*6 45 Williamsburg, VA 6 Conant, Cindy*12 46 Kensington, MD 7 Stewart-Garbrecht, Patti**** 45 Bethesda, MD 8 Lovett, Pamela***** 45 Newport News, VA 9 Fichman, Lisa*** 45 Columbia, MD 10 Persina, Win*7 47 Washington, DC 11 Nanda, Sushila*13 46 Arlington, VA 12 Boyd, Marjorie*9 45 Annapolis, MD 13 Loughran, Dee Dee***** 49 Oak Hill, VA 14 Haghighian, Hosni*6 49 Charlottesville, VA 15 Parter, D'Ellen***** 48 Virginia Beach, VA 16 Santarpia, Gloria*6 46 Odenton, MD 17 Layson, Lynda*9 47 Severn, MD 18 Beckett, Dorothy**** 49 Columbia, MD 19 Bernetti, Kathleen** 45 Fulton, MD 20 Hargis, Jill**** 46 Annapolis, MD 21 Ford, Sandy**** 46 Columbia, MD 22 Moon, Robin*7 48 Yorktown, VA 23 Betz, Jean**** 48 Cabin John, MD 24 Cowan, Maribeth**** 45 Richmond, VA 25 Scott, Janeth** 45 Columbia, MD 26 Black, Beverly** 46 Boonsboro, MD 27 Triantos, Gretchen* 49 Rockville, MD 28 Daughtry, Debbie*** 49 Clifton, VA 29 DeFries, Christiann* 47 Gordonsville, VA 30 Rushin, Blake** 46 Vienna, VA 31 Walsh, Nancy**** 46 Richmond, VA 32 Hughes, Susan 46 Bethesda, MD 33 Buckheit, Sarah*14 46 Reston, VA 34 Henderson, Debi***** 47 Newport News, VA 35 Minken, Heidi 47 Baltimore, MD 36 Palmer, Sarah***** 47 Roanoke, VA 37 Roeder, Carole 49 Ashburn, VA 38 Griffing, Sharon* 47 Springfield, VA 39 Newman, Linda*** 45 Richmond, VA
Deborah Flynn (51) of Gaithersburg, MD had a great summer
capped off with a swift 20:35 at the Kentland/Lakelands 5K on
Labor Day. Betty Blank of Falls Church, VA was content to battle with
Alison Suckling for the division title. Along came Ofelia
Perotti of Alexandria, VA. Blank said, "You know she is running
a whole lot faster than she used to." Well, she needed to if
she wanted the crown. Suckling started the year off besting third place Blank and
fourth place Deborah Flynn of Gaithersburg, MD at the Al Lewis
10 Mile. In the spring, things unraveled as Perotti handily
beat Blank in the 5K. Suckling won the division, racing Pike's
Peek in 41:32. In the summer, Suckling was off her game. Blank
stepped up with the fastest 20K of the year at Leesburg in
1:29:15. Perotti was feeling her oats and had an even faster
half marathon in 1:33:21 at Rock 'n' Roll with a couple of
kicker 5Ks that were too fast for Blank. Flynn made her move
with a 20:35 on Labor Day. The big races bring out the top runners and the fall race to
run was the Veterans Day 10K in West Potomac Park. Blank, with
23 age group wins, was looking forward to a 10K triumph as she
had over Suckling at the Lawyers Have Heart. The weather was
great for the swift course. Perotti took off and the rest of
the field was fighting for runner-up. She won in an Open
qualifying 41:12 to win the crown for the year. Suckling beat
Blank by 30 meters to get the runner-up spot. Dorothy Winn of Norfolk, VA won the Larchmont Rat Race 5K in
20:37 to take fifth place. Nancy Ferris of Goode, VA was right
behind her, running the Percival's Island Five Miler in 34:14.
Look for Betty Blank to dominate the 55-59 division come spring.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Perotti, Ofelia*13 51 Alexandria, VA 2 Suckling, Alison*11 52 Arnold, MD 3 Blank, Betty*23 54 Falls Church, VA 4 Flynn, Deborah*6 51 Gaithersburg, MD 5 Winn, Dorothy***** 52 Norfolk, VA 6 Ferris, Nancy*7 51 Goode, VA 7 Windsand-Dausman, Doris*10 51 Frederick, MD 8 Washington, Myra*6 50 Montgomery Village, MD 9 Smith, Linell***** 54 Baltimore, MD 10 Roeder, Carole*** 50 Ashburn, VA 11 Starnes, Margaret*8 52 Street, MD 12 Roman, Laura**** 52 Baltimore, MD 13 Gammon, Karen*11 51 Moseley, VA 14 Carvalho, Manuela 53 Washington, DC 15 Sheimo, Linda**** 50 Fairfax, VA 16 Lang, Mary**** 53 Pasadena, MD 17 Starr, Elizabeth*** 51 Aldie, VA 18 Recto, Liza***** 51 Lexington Park, VA 19 Golden, Wendy* 54 Earlysville, VA 20 Weeks, Sharon*17 53 Virginia Beach, VA 21 Ross, Saleema*7 54 Fort Washington, MD 22 Grinde, Ingrid*** 51 Casanova, VA 23 Gilley, Patricia* 54 King William, VA 24 English, Carol 52 Germantown, MD
Deborah Gebhardt (59) of Adelphi, MD has her three best
races
in the spring after winning her division at the Suntrust Bank
National Marathon. After two years as the champion, Sandra Adams of Winchester, VA
ran an impressive 44:01 at the Apple Blossom 10K and then
vanished. In fact, four of the top five from last year did not
qualify this year. Four of the top six runners were 59 and two
aged up during the year. There were four different champions
during the year. Barbara Mathewson, who was third last year, had a swift 44:46
to command the winter but did not qualify for the year. Franks
stepped it up to win the spring. She won a close battle with
runner-up Deborah Gebhardt at the GW Parkway 10 Mile 1:15:10 to
1:15:53. Gebhardt returned the favor in a spirited Sallie Mae
10K battle 45:53 to 46:03, but Franks had already won the
title. Her win at Credit Union Cherry Blossom in 1:14:50 and
her swift DARCARS Pike's Peek 10K in 44:55 did the job. Franks had 20 wins but in the summer Nancy Crippen prepared for
the new division by winning the Run for Shelter 5K in 22:17 for
the fastest 5K among qualifiers. It earned her fourth place.
Linda Gulick of Richmond, VA waited until November to fall into
the division title at the nTelos 8K in a swift 36:24 to win the
third spot. Maria Shields of Davidsonville, MD was oh so close
with an excellent Dawson's 10K in the summer in 46:30.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Franks, Alice*20 59 Rockville, MD 2 Gebhardt, Deborah*6 59 Adelphi, MD 3 Gulick, Linda*16 56 Richmond, VA 4 Crippen, Nancy*** 59 Stafford, VA 5 Shields, Maria*9 56 Davidsonville, MD 6 Poole, Jane*14 59 Washington, DC 7 Greenberg, Freyda**** 58 Falls Church, VA 8 Gilley, Patricia** 55 King William, VA 9 Hughes, Ginny*** 56 Warrenton, VA 10 Davis, Margaret* 55 Vienna, VA 11 Tosato, Giovanna*** 58 Bethesda, MD 12 St. Clair, Christy*7 58 Glen Arm, MD 13 Miffleton, Terry** 57 Richmond, VA 14 Whittaker, Linda*8 58 Williamsburg, VA 15 Cooper, Ellen** 56 Rockville, MD 16 Trainer, Debbie** 56 Richmond, VA 17 Sadoff, Elizabeth** 58 Washington, DC 18 Carnohan, Susan*** 56 Fredericksburg, VA 19 Owens, Linda* 59 Earlysville, VA
Already in 2008, Dee Nelson of Gaithersburg, MD was the
overall winner at the Walnut Hill 5K Nancy Crippen came out blazing hot in the summer to snatch the
period from regular Chris Craun. Like last year, Craun won
three of the four periods. She had the top ten races of the
year. Her best three 10Ks in the first half were better than
Crippen's best race, a 37:26 5 miler. Just in case, she laid
down the hammer with two more swift 10Ks in November to makes
things clear. She followed her 46:05 win on the hills and turns
of Rockville with a swift 45:02 at the Veterans Day 10K the
following weekend. Jane Poole Williams, who has moved to the west coast, ran a ton
of races with a dozen wins, including the Army 10 Mile and her
fastest race, the Baltimore HM, in 1:48:06. Perhaps her most
competitive race was at the Annapolis 10 Miler where she keyed
in on Craun and came up just short 1:22:09 to 1:21:49. She
split the year in two divisions. Betty Brothers of Virginia Beach, VA jumped into the division
just before Williams. She blasted a fine Hampton Bay Days 10K
in 48:15 to capture the runner-up spot. Pat Welch of Vienna, VA
ran an excellent Harris Teeter Leesburg 10K in 50:51 pushing
her well ahead of all her other races. Andrea Hess of
Midlothian, VA answered back the following week with a 1:52:24
at the Lynchburg HM to narrowly win the fourth spot. Mega racer
Dee Nelson of Gaithersburg, MD (in Photo) used her 29 age group
wins to muscle into sixth place.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Craun, Chris*14 61 Bethesda, MD 2 Brothers, Betty*9 60 Virginia Beach, VA 3 Williams, Jane*12 60 Washington, DC 4 Hess, Andrea*12 63 Midlothian, VA 5 Welch, Pat*6 62 Vienna, VA 6 Nelson, Dee*29 64 Gaithersburg, MD 7 Tice, Linda*10 61 Glen Arm, MD 8 Price, Helene*7 62 Washington, DC 9 Van Brocklin, Catherine*** 61 Gaithersburg, MD 10 Coleman, Karolynn**** 63 Chevy Chase, MD 11 May, Sandra**** 61 Alexandria, VA 12 Buck, Sandra**** 61 Monkton, MD 13 Glover, Elizabeth 62 Bethesda, MD 14 Hirn, Ann*9 62 Portsmouth, VA 15 Hicks, Janice** 64 Bristol, VA 16 Berger, Nancy*11 62 Hunt Valley, MD 17 Hocheder, Ellen**** 64 Mount Airy, MD 18 Bailey, Sheila** 61 Norfolk, VA 19 De Echeandia, Diane**** 64 Hampton, VA 20 Mayhew, Mary*7 62 Winchester, VA 21 Stark, Barbara***** 63 Suffolk, VA 22 Dodson, Christina**** 61 Richmond, VA 23 Nuse, Leslie** 61 Myersville, MD 24 Patrick, Patricia*** 64 Falls Church, VA
65-69 Women
Joan Coven of Williamsburg, VA fully controlled the division
with easily the top seven times in the division. She ran two
5Ks in 23:44 in the fall, which were three and one-half minutes
faster than the next best 5K. Her half marathon in the spring
was even faster. Molly Sherwood had that 5K in Annapolis nudging just in front
of Betty Smith's Run for the Roses 5K in the summer. Still, the
next three spots in this division were decided by the 10-mile
distance. At Credit Union Cherry Blossom, Nancy Linck was the
fourth fastest in 1:33:59 ahead of Rosemary Schwartzbard
(1:35:49) and Betty Smith (1:36:49). Then in the summer, Linck
improved on the hilly Annapolis 10 Mile in 1:33:46. Smith was
next in 1:42:38 with Sherwood following in 1:47:07. Sherwood
was awarded second in the race with her chip time. Smith, with
her nine age group wins, narrowly stays ahead of her. Schwartzbard added the Baltimore Half Marathon in 1:27:10 to
move into fifth place. Arlowene Garland of Warsaw, VA ran her
best race at J'Brians Taproom Challenge 5K in 27:42 to finish
the six-pack.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Coven, Joan*7 66 Williamsburg, VA 2 Linck, Nancy*** 66 Alexandria, VA 3 Smith, Betty*9 66 Rockville, MD 4 Sherwood, Molly** 68 Annapolis, MD 5 Schwartzbard, Rosemary** 65 Arlington, VA 6 Garland, Arlowene*9 69 Warsaw, VA 7 Berglund, Mary Kate*6 66 Richmond, VA 8 Carter, Linda** 65 Potomac, MD 9 Ely, Pauline*10 69 Hampton, VA 10 Wollard, Jamie***** 69 North Bethesda, MD
In the spring, Margery Elliott busted the top two 10Ks to the
win the period, which over matched Graf that period, but then
Elliott again disappeared. Her 52:35 at Pike's Peek was the
second fastest race of the year. Perhaps the top runner in the
country, Susie Kluttz ran the top time with 25:01, which
cremated Graf's official Virginia state record of 28:09.
Nancy Patron of Williamsburg, VA had a solid fall and could
challenge for the title in the coming year.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Graf, Tami*38 71 Lusby, MD 2 Fraser, Nancy*9 70 Charlottesville, MD 3 Chambers, Jeanette**** 72 Arnold, MD 4 Shepherd, Ernestine*12 71 Baltimore, MD 5 Ibarra, Avelina*7 72 Virginia Beach, VA
75-79 Women
Jacqueline O'Neil had the fastest 5K of the division. It seemed
to be her best distance though she ran the Credit Union Cherry
Blossom 10 Mile as well. She won two periods. Yvonne Aasen won
the other two periods. Her 10-miler was the Cherry Pit, run the
same day. Her time was nine minutes faster. Her best race was a
swift 10K six minutes faster than the race that won her the
division crown in 2006.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Aasen, Yvonne*9 75 Severna Park, MD 2 O'Neil, Jacqueline***** 75 Washington, DC 3 Ketron, Ruth**** 77 Abingdon, VA 4 Trimmer, Martha*6 78 Grasonville, MD
80 & Over Women
Eight of 25 women 80 and older who ran a race this year ran at
the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K. Our two qualifiers met there
and at the nTelos 8K in November. Creamer also ran the Rock 'n'
Roll HM on Labor Day weekend.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Creamer, Lois** 82 Richmond, VA 2 Metcalf, Tush 86 Richmond, VA See the Men's Best of 2007 WRR Runner Rankings
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