Photo above by brightroom.com: Michael Mann, 35 of Hampton, VA leads the submasters category

Open Men
After only five runners qualified in the Open division in the Winter, 26 qualified in the Spring.

By far the most competitive race of the Spring was Washington's Sallie Mae 10K, where top-ranked Wilson Komen (30:24) of Washington, DC and Kenya defeated second-ranked Eric Kweder (31:02) of Woodbridge, Virginia, fourth-ranked John Supsic (31:06) of Baltimore, fifth-ranked Chris Raabe (31:17) of N. Bethesda, Maryland, sixth-ranked Eric Kean (32:02) of Arlington, Virginia, and seventh-ranked Gennady Temnikov (31:20) of Rockville, Maryland and Russia. Komen's times included a 49:42 at the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile.

Third-ranked is Michael Wardian of Arlington, Virginia, whose best performance was a 2:24:32 at the Shamrock Marathon in Virginia Beach. Winter winner Glen Mays of Washington, DC, was tenth in the Spring rankings. The youngest male qualifier is 22- year-old Matt Sinclair of Glen Allen, Virginia, and the oldest is the 42-year-old Temnikov.

 Pl	Name      	Age	Hometown
  1	Wilson Komen	27	Washington, DC
  2	Eric Kweder	26	Woodbridge, VA
  3	Michael Wardian	29	Arlington, VA
  4	John Supsic	25	Baltimore, MD
  5	Chris Raabe	25	N. Bethesda, MD
  6	Eric Kean	26	Arlington, VA
  7	Gennady Temnikov 42	Rockville, MD
  8	David Spiller	26	Richmond, VA
  9	Kyle Smits	25	Washington, DC
 10	Glen Mays	33	Washington, DC
 11	Rick Rountree	26	Herndon, VA
 12	Paul Rades	31	Silver Spring, MD
 13	Eric Lavigne	28	Reston, VA
 14	Craig Morrell	32	Baltimore, MD
 15	Frank Sprtel	31	Takoma Park, MD
 16	Eric Estrada	32	Parkville, MD
 17	Michael Mann	35	Hampton, VA
 18	John Lomogda	34	Norfolk, VA
 19	Jesse Williams	26	Reston, VA
 20	Chris Chattin	40	Columbia, MD
 21	Chris Nowakowski 25	Baltimore, MD
 22	Matt Sinclair	22	Glen Allen, VA
 23	John Piggott	38	Williamsburg, VA
 24	Joel Frushone	37	Washington, DC
 25	Thomas McCarney	28	Arlington, VA
 26	Mark Gilmore	36	Columbia, MD

Men 35 - 39
Four of the 14 qualifiers in this division were also good enough to qualify in the Open division.

The best battle was the Running Crab Half-Marathon in Hampton, Virginia, where rankings winner Michael Mann (1:10:25) of Hampton, Virginia, defeated the Winter rankings leader, second- ranked John Piggott (1:12:31) of Williamsburg, Virginia, and fifth-ranked Tom Purcell (1:14:33) of Norfolk, Virginia.

Third ranking goes to Joel Frushone of Washington, DC, whose best performance was a 32:48 at Washington's St. Patrick's Day 10K. Fourth is 2003 year-end champion Mark Gilmore of Columbia, Maryland, who ran a 15:51 at Alexandria's George Washington Parkway 5K.

 Pl	Name      	Age	Hometown
  1	Michael Mann	35	Hampton, VA
  2	John Piggott	38	Williamsburg, VA
  3	Joel Frushone	37	Washington, DC
  4	Mark Gilmore	36	Columbia, MD
  5	Tom Purcell	37	Norfolk, VA
  6	Mark Hoon	39	Kensington, MD
  7	Tommy Neeson	35	Virginia Beach, VA
  8	Pascal Brazey	35	Washington, DC
  9	Nathaniel McVey-Finney 35 Silver Spring, MD
 10	Sean Killeen	38	Richmond, VA
 11	Robert Hinkle	39	Newport News, VA
 12	Ken Fowler	38	Baltimore, MD
 13	James Estes	38	Yorktown, VA
 14	Derik Thomas	38	Alexandria, VA

Men 40 - 44
Fifteen runners qualified, led by Gennady Temnikov of Rockville, Maryland and Russia. Temnikov and second-ranked Chris Chattin of Columbia, Maryland, both also qualified in the Open division. The best showdown in the age group was the Sallie Mae 10K, where Temnikov (31:20) beat Chattin (33:29) and fourth-ranked Dave Berardi (34:52) of Baltimore.

Third is 2003 year-end champion Joe Abernethy (photo above) of College Park, Maryland, who ran 33:29 at Rockville's Pike's Peek 10K, to beat fifth-ranked Chris Samley (35:02) of Charlottesville, Virginia.

 Pl	Name     	Age	Hometown
  1	Gennady Temnikov 42	Rockville, MD
  2	Chris Chattin	40	Columbia, MD
  3	Joe Abernethy	44	College Park, MD
  4	Dave Berardi	43	Baltimore, MD
  5	Chris Samley	41	Charlottesville, VA
  6	Ted Poulos	41	McLean, VA
  7	Layne Party	44	Baltimore, MD
  8	Mark Stickley	41	Winchester, VA
  9	Steve Menzies	40	Langley AFB, VA
 10	Will Jacobi	41	Kensington, MD
 11	Jean-Christophe Arcaz 42 Rockville, MD
 12	Dave Haaga	42	Rockville, MD
 13	Richard Brokaw	43	Bel Air, MD
 14	Mark Jones	43	Odenton, MD
 15	Wes Kessenich	41	Ruckersville, VA

Men 45 - 49
Twelve runners qualified, with the top spot going to Mark Malander of Oak Hill, Virginia. All of the top six runners faced off at the Sallie Mae 10K, with second-ranked Jim Hage (34:12) of Kensington, Maryland defeating Malander (34:22), third-ranked and Winter leader Dan Lawson (34:53) of Gaithersburg, Maryland, fourth-ranked George Buckheit (35:41) of Reston, Virginia, fifth- ranked Jim Bates (35:49) of Hampton, Virginia, sixth-ranked Steve Chantry (36:17) of Williamsburg, Virginia, and seventh- ranked Kevin Lounsbury (36:34) of Crozet, Virginia.

Malander earns the slight edge over Hage, by virtue of defeating Hage (33:39 to 33:57) at the Pike's Peek 10K, and having a slightly better record against other top competitors.

 Pl	Name     	Age	Hometown
  1	Mark Malander	46	Oak Hill, VA
  2	Jim Hage	46	Kensington, MD
  3	Dan Lawson	48	Gaithersburg, MD
  4	George Buckheit	46	Reston, VA
  5	Jim Bates	47	Hampton, VA
  6	Steve Chantry	49	Williamsburg, VA
  7	Kevin Lounsbury	46	Crozet, VA
  8	Jim Wadsworth	46	Washington, DC
  9	Keith McIntyre	45	Ellicott City, MD
 10	Paul Serra	47	Lusby, MD
 11	Tom Cook	45	Chantilly, VA
 12	Norton Compton	49	Fairfax, VA

Men 50 - 54
Photo above: Herndon's Richard Adams is 8th among men 50- 54

Chuck Moeser of Sterling, Virginia captures his age group for the 10th consecutive time. The best race was the Sallie Mae 10K, where Moeser (33:37) defeated second-ranked Rick Platt (35:52) of Williamsburg, Virginia, and fourth-ranked Tim Doescher (37:43) of Herndon, Virginia.

John Nelson of Centreville, Virginia gets third, by virtue of beating Doescher two races out of three, including a fine 1:00:24 at the George Washington Parkway 10 Mile to beat Doescher (1:00:58). Fifth is Richard Morgan of Silver Spring, Maryland, whose best performance was a 1:01:36 at the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile.

 Pl	Name     	Age	Hometown
  1	Chuck Moeser	52	Sterling, VA
  2	Rick Platt	53	Williamsburg, VA
  3	John Nelson	51	Centreville, VA
  4	Tim Doescher	53	Herndon, VA
  5	Richard Morgan	51	Silver Spring, MD
  6	David Webster	50	Stevensville, MD
  7	Dan Eddy	52	Alexandria, VA
  8	Richard Adams	52	Herndon, VA
  9	Mick Slonaker	54	Columbia, MD
 10	Lionel Scatliffe 50	Alexandria, VA
 11	Ken Umbarger	52	Gaithersburg, MD
 12	Timothy Morgan	53	Damascus, MD
 13	Ben Beach	54	Bethesda, MD
 14	Jim Goggin	50	Williamsburg, VA
 15	Jim Wright	54	Gaithersburg, MD
 16	Kenyon Erickson	50	Vienna, VA
 17	Bill Alto	52	Newport News, VA
 18	Dale Abrahamson	54	Yorktown, VA
 19	Marc Wolfson	54	Olney, MD

Men 55 - 59
Seventeen runners qualified, again led by 2003 rankings leader Patrick Griffith of Alexandria, Virginia. The best race was the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile, where Griffith (1:03:59) demolished fourth-ranked Piriya Pinit (1:06:09) of Catonsville, Maryland, and second-ranked Ronnie Wong (1:09:01), also of Catonsville.

Third in the age group is Larry Coley of Chesapeake, Virginia, who ran 31:01 at the Virginia Beach Shamrock 8K to beat fifth- ranked Ken Mire (31:18) of Norfolk, Virginia. Wong takes third, based on taking two of three races against Pinit, including a 19:17 at Baltimore's Preakness 5K, topping Pinit's 19:26.

Breaking into the rankings for the first time is former Modern Pentathlon star Dennis Manske of Hampton, Virginia.

Photo below: Bob Trost of Falls Church, VA is ranked 15th in the 55-59 division

 Pl	Name             	Age	Hometown
  1	Patrick Griffith	59	Alexandria, VA
  2	Ronnie Wong      	57	Catonsville, MD
  3	Larry Coley      	55	Chesapeake, VA
  4	Piriya Pinit      	58	Catonsville, MD
  5	Ken Mire         	55	Norfolk, VA
  6	Jim Noone        	59	Fairfax, VA
  7	John Lange       	56	Hunt Valley, MD
  8	Steve Tyndall    	56	Yorktown, VA
  9	Robert Wilson     	56	Toano, VA
 10	Dave Schurz      	56	Waynesboro, VA
 11	Michael Wesbecher	56	Oakton, VA
 12	Jim Christol     	56	Yorktown, Va
 13	Joseph O'Gorman 	55	Reston, VA
 14	Patrick Clark     	56	Woodstock, MD
 15	Robert Trost      	57	Falls Church, VA
 16	James Mort        	57	Burke, VA
 17	Dennis Manske     	58	Hampton, VA

Men 60 - 64
The 60-64 division had some of the best competition going, with 21 runners qualifying in the Spring. Jerry Warfield of Columbia, Maryland, enters the age group with a bang, claiming the top spot.

The moment of truth was the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile, where Warfield (1:08:56) beat Winter champion and second-ranked John Haubert (1:09:13) of Alexandria, Virginia, and third-ranked Lou Shapiro (1:11:13) of Silver Spring, Maryland.

Fourth is Ben Dyer of Petersburg, Virginia, whose best was a blazing 39:46 at the St. Patrick's Day 10K. Dyer did not compete against any of the other top runners. Fifth is John Kirkpatrick of Annapolis, Maryland, whose best time was a 40:57 at the Governor's Bay Bridge 10K.

Photo below: Walter Brown (right) of Montgomery Village, MD is 10th in the 60-64 division

 Pl	Name      	Age	Hometown
  1	Jerry Warfield	60	Columbia, MD
  2	John Haubert	61	Alexandria, VA
  3	Lou Shapiro	62	Silver Spring, MD
  4	Ben Dyer	60	Petersburg, VA
  5	John Kirkpatrick 60	Annapolis, MD
  6	Bob Hartless	60	Forest, VA
  7	Lloyd Blackwell	63	Warrenton, VA
  8	Malcolm O'Hagan	64	Chevy Chase, MD
  9	Roger Kilgore	60	Great Mills, MD
 10	Walter Brown	60	Montgomery Village, MD
 11	Stephen Forman	63	McLean, VA
 12	Michael Golash	60	Washington, DC
 13	Warren Prunella	62	Rockville, MD
 14	Mike Thorson	61	Alexandria, VA
 15	Robert Wright	62	Hampton, VA
 16	Nick Delambo	62	Baltimore, MD
 17	Joe Clorety	61	Crownsville, MD
 18	Harry Cross	60	Arlington, VA
 19	Lee Lynch	60	Waynesboro, VA
 20	Greg Smith	60	Vienna, VA
 21	Talbot Mack	64	Middleburg, VA

Men 65 - 69
Winter champion John Elliott of Columbia, Maryland, is upended this time by Winter runner-up Cal Fowler of Keswick, Virginia. Fowler earns the top spot by virtue of a small advantage in terms of competition defeated. His best performance was a 41:11 at Richmond's Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K.

John Elliott also ran very well, including a 40:49 at the (downhill) Pike's Peek 10K, plus a 41:19 on flat ground at the St. Patrick's Day 10K. Third is Stan Neumann of Timonium, Maryland, who ran 33:52 to beat 2003 champion and fourth-ranked Art Morey (34:49) of Columbia, Maryland at Baltimore's Orioles Advocates 8K. Fifth is Dick Pierce of Rescue, Virginia, whose best was a 35:16 at the Shamrock 8K.

 Pl	Name     	Age	Hometown
  1	Cal Fowler	65	Keswick, VA
  2	John Elliott	65	Columbia, MD
  3	Stan Neumann	65	Timonium, MD
  4	Art Morey	66	Columbia, MD
  5	Dick Pierce	65	Rescue, VA
  6	Benito Vazquez	65	Laurel, MD
  7	Maynard Weyers	67	Alexandria, VA
  8	Richard Williams 68	Alexandria, VA
  9	Ken Quincy	66	Vienna, VA
 10	Carl Cox	66	Falls Church, VA
 11	John Gluck	66	Alexandria, VA
 12	Chris Catoe	69	Virginia Beach, VA
 13	Joe Polinski	65	Smithfield, VA
 14	Charles Terrell	65	Newport News, VA
 15	Phil Hager	66	Falls Church, VA
 16	Leo Wyne	67	Falls Church, VA
 17	Walter Rockey	65	Jefferson, MD
 18	Terence McCarthy 68	Leesburg, VA
 19	Patrick Coady	66	Washington, DC
 20	Dick Talbott	69	Sparks, MD

Men 70 - 74
New age group entrant Jerry Lewis (photo above) of Reston, Virginia, defeats Winter and 2003 champion Jack McMahon of Rockville, Maryland. The showdown was Reston's Plaza America 5K, where Lewis (23:05) beat McMahon (24:49) and fifth-ranked Larry Dickerson (25:53) of Burke, Virginia. Lewis also ran a very fast 46:43 at the Sallie Mae 10K.

Jack McMahon won the second spot over George Yannakakis of Sparks, Maryland, by running 47:23 at the St. Patrick's Day 10K, to beat Yannakakis's 50:01, as well as fourth-ranked Robert Smith (52:44) of Comus, Maryland. This age group is getting better fast, with 11 runners qualifying in the Spring period.

 Pl	Name      	Age	Hometown
  1	Jerry Lewis	70	Reston, VA
  2	Jack McMahon	72	Rockville, MD
  3	George Yannakakis 72	Sparks, MD
  4	Robert Smith	70	Comus, MD
  5	Larry Dickerson	72	Burke, VA
  6	Richard May	70	Williamsburg, VA
  7	Stanley Witomski 70	Hanover, MD
  8	Donald Butler	74	Baltimore, MD
  9	Tony Measham	70	Chevy Chase, MD
 10	Tom Kenney	71	Glen Echo, MD
 11	Gilbert Rosenthal 70	Arnold, MD

Men 75 - 79
The 75-79 division is again competitive, with 9 runners qualifying. Nianxiang Xie of Rockville, Maryland, the 2003 champion, again leads the division. Xie (1:27:38) destroyed second-ranked Paul Lackey (1:36:04) at the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile to win the division.

Third is Harry Bratt of Bethesda, Maryland, who ran 57:15 to beat fifth-ranked Burton Squires (64:33) of Rockville, Maryland, at the Pike's Peek 10K. Fourth is George Brown of Glen Arm, Maryland, whose best performance was a 29:50 at the Preakness 5K.

 Pl	Name     	Age	Hometown
  1	Nianxiang Xie	76	Rockville, MD
  2	Paul Lackey	79	Arlington, VA
  3	Harry Bratt	76	Bethesda, MD
  4	George Brown	78	Glen Arm, MD
  5	Burton Squires	75	Rockville, MD
  6	Bill Morrison	76	Potomac, MD
  7	Wheeler Stanfield 75	Richmond, VA
  8	Joseph Bierman	77	Baltimore, MD
  9	Donald Trilling	76	Alexandria, VA

Men 80 - 84
The 2003 and Winter champion, Walt Washburn of Vienna, Virginia, again leads the category. The showdown race was the Pike's Peek 10K, where Washburn (57:31) decisively defeated second-ranked Frank Pierce (64:49) of Bethesda, Maryland. Washburn also ran a 28:11 at the Westfield 5K in Chantilly, Virginia.

 Pl	Name     	Age	Hometown
  1	Walt Washburn	81	Vienna, VA
  2	Frank Pierce	82	Bethesda, MD

Men 85 & Up
Cokey Daman of Virginia Beach, Virginia, merits the opening of the 85+ age category. Daman ran a fine 51:47 at the Shamrock 8K and a 31:48 at Hampton's Running Crab 5K.

 Pl	Name     	Age	Hometown
  1	Cokey Daman	85	Virginia Beach, VA

See the Women's Spring 2004 WRR Runner Rankings