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 2005 Spring WRR Runner Rankings Men's Division by James Moreland July/August 2005 Washington Running Report Photo above: Paolo Natali of Washington, DC, is one of the new "top guns" in town and is ranked fifth.
Darcars Pike's Peek 10K, 29:25 Fifty-five men qualified for the elite division. Sixteen joined
in from other divisions. One hundred men ran at least one
qualifying time. The big guns came out to play in three of the big-time 10Ks.
Places two through five were head-to-head battles at the
Darcars Pike's Peek 10K. Runner-up Alexey Khokhlov was also
runner-up in that race with a period best 29:25. Wilson Komen
was next in 29:35. The third of the three Ks, Charles Kibiwot,
did not strike out. He is the Open Champion. At Sallie Mae, Charles Kibiwot took home all the marbles in
29:36. He defeated Khokhlov, who had run 30:01, Philippe Rolly,
30:39, and Chris Raabe, 31:15. Rolly earns fourth place with
his fourth place 29:55 finish at Pike's Peek. Komen's second
race was a swift 23:40 at the Shamrock 8K, good for fourth
overall. Kibiwot had two 5K victories as well as a swift
Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K in 29:42. The competition was so
stiff there that his time only earned eighth place. Paolo Natali ran the Pike in 30:30, just ahead of Raabe's
30:37. Then in May he finished second to Komen's win in the
pseudo 5K, Connect the Dots. Michael Wardian has become a mega-
racer with nine races/four wins in this area with a couple of
out-of-town marathons thrown in for good measure.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Kibiwot, Charles*** 32 Germantown, MD 2 Khokhlov, Alexey* 32 Germantown, MD 3 Komen, Wilson** 27 Washington, DC 4 Rolly, Philippe 32 Fairfax, VA 5 Natali, Paolo* 24 Washington, DC 6 Raabe, Chris 26 Washington, DC 7 Wardian, Michael**** 31 Arlington, VA 8 Rotich, Patrick**** 25 Virginia Beach, VA 9 Rountree, Frederick 27 Reston, VA 10 Burke, Edmund 35 Burtonsville, MD 11 Cooke, Ben 27 Silver Spring, MD 12 Banks, Chris* 27 Alexandria, VA 13 Mammen, Ryan 28 Woodbridge, VA 14 Lavigne, Eric 28 Ashburn, VA 15 Rades, Paul* 32 Wheaton, MD 16 Tompkins, Mark***** 29 Newport News, VA 17 Kemboi, David 32 Germantown, MD 18 Smith, Joe*** 26 Parkville, MD 19 Dean, Christopher 30 Alexandria, VA 20 Olenick, Jeff** 25 Columbia, MD 21 Sargard, Scott 22 Hyattsville, MD 22 Tullock, Brian* 22 Falls Church, VA 23 Nowakowski, Christopher 26 Baltimore, MD 24 Morrell, Craig 33 Baltimore, MD 25 Church, Aaron* 29 South Riding, VA 26 Estrada, Eric* 33 Parkville, MD 27 Hage, Jim 47 Kensington, MD 28 Caballero, Paris 23 Gaithersburg, MD 29 Schuler, Timothy 41 Chambersburg, PA 30 Sweeney, Dustin 22 Berryville, VA 31 Stickley, Mark 42 Winchester, VA 32 Schmidt, Brian 36 Leesburg, VA 33 Farley, Chris 28 Arlington, VA 34 Ketcham, Stephen 26 Lorton, VA 35 Lowry, Jeremy 24 Falls Church, VA 36 Cauller, Greg 45 York, PA 37 Kulik, Ronald 41 Herndon, VA 38 Bray, Derryn** 20 Poquoson, VA 39 Colaiacovo, Michael* 35 Ellicott City, MD 40 Hinkle, Robert 40 Williamsburg, VA 41 Berriel, William 23 Reston, VA 42 Egenolf, Eric 26 Silver Spring, MD 43 Money, Steve* 24 Washington, DC 44 Bales, James* 25 Alexandria, VA 45 Racine, Joe 26 Arlington, VA 46 Fox-Boyd, Michael 25 Arlington, VA 47 Malander, Mark 47 Herndon, VA 48 Berardi, Dave 44 Baltimore, MD 49 Timpson, Rodney** 40 Rosedale, MD 50 Mann, Michael* 36 Hampton, VA 51 O'Hara, David 29 Washington, DC 52 General, Darrell 39 Hyattsville, MD 53 Lawson, Dan 49 Gaithersburg, MD 54 Woodman, Michael 39 Timonium, MD 55 Cresko, Joseph 39 Arlington, VA
Men 19 & Younger
More than 160 young runners ran one qualifying time. This
period only one runner was a repeat as twelve new runners came
out to play. Rory Jenkins ran a slew of 5Ks, winning the
overall in his only other distance, the Whitehall 15K. His
16:39 at the 180's Shamrock 5K earns another third place. Another tall and slender lad is Alvin Yew of Clarksville, MD.
He won his age group thrice, including a best 10K equivalent at
the Credit Union Cherry Blossom in 56:43. Mudasar Haidat won
his division the first weekend of the ranking period. He missed
winning the DCRRC Burke Lake 12K outright in 40:53 by barely a
second in a thrilling photo finish careening down that final
hill coming out of the park.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Haidat, Mudasar* 19 Alexandria, VA 2 Yew, Alvin*** 19 Clarksville, MD 3 Jenkins, Rory** 19 Phoenix, MD 4 Horvath, Steve* 19 Roanoke, VA 5 Rissell, Ethan 15 Alexandria, VA 6 Holt, John** 14 Williamsburg, VA 7 Richardson, Douglas 18 King George, VA 8 Fitzgerald, Nick* 16 Clearbrook, MD 9 Lynch, Gregory 16 Richmond, VA 10 Lebro, Craig 19 Columbia, MD 11 Rosenberg, Alex* 15 Gaithersburg, MD 12 Santos, William* 18 Falls Church, VA 13 Moy, Andy 16 Falls Church, VA
Seven of the top nine runners qualified for the Open division.
It is possible to be ranked higher in an age group and not make
the Open division or be ranked in a different order. As the summer period begins, Edmund Burke was seen at the PVTC
track winning the mile and 800M, honing his skills for the 10K.
He began April with a disappointing Cherry Blossom but
rebounded to win the division with a more Burke-like effort at
the GW Parkway 10 Mile in 51:45. Runner-up Brian Schimdt ran into the same problem. His St.
Patrick's Day 10K in 34:13 to start the period mirrored Burke's
56:55 Cherry Blossom. Schmidt then improved by racing the
second fastest time of the period, beating Burke at Cherry
Blossom with a 54:26. In fact, third place Mike Colaiacovo,
56:16, and fourth place Alex Hetherington, 55:44, also bested
Burke at Cherry Blossom. Hetherington's second race was an
overall win at the Semper Fit 5K in 16:45. Mike Colaiacovo had two overall wins in the tough hills of
Columbia and two age groups wins, including a swift Darcars
Pike's Peek in 33:06. John Piggott looked great in the long run
with two marathons and one half marathon, winning outright the
Potomac River Run in 2:40:47. Michael Mann deserves kudos for
winning his age group in five of his six races.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Burke, Edmund* 35 Burtonsville, MD 2 Schmidt, Brian 36 Leesburg, VA 3 Colaiacovo, Michael**** 35 Ellicott City, MD 4 Hetherington, Alexander*37 Stafford, VA 5 Piggott, John*** 39 Williamsburg, VA 6 Mann, Michael***** 36 Hampton, VA 7 Woodman, Michael** 39 Timonium, MD 8 General, Darrell 39 Hyattsville, MD 9 Cresko, Joseph* 39 Arlington, VA 10 Rologas, Stavros** 36 Baltimore, MD 11 Lockwood, Max* 35 Washington, DC 12 Daniels, Joseph** 38 Camp Springs, MD 13 Mead, David 36 Washington, DC 14 Banchy, Tom 37 Catonsville, MD 15 Purcell, Tom*** 39 Chesapeake, VA 16 Neeson, Tony**** 36 Virginia Beach, VA 17 Brazey, Pascal** 36 Washington, DC 18 McVey-Finney, Nathaniel 36 Silver Spring, MD 19 List, Daniel* 39 Midlothian, VA 20 Rippey, Brad** 39 Bunker Hill, WV 21 Powell, Charles*** 39 Baltimore, MD 22 Dolby, Andrew** 37 Fredericksburg, VA 23 Mullane, Michael** 36 Arlington, VA 24 Killeen, Sean* 39 Richmond, VA 25 Caudle, Kyle 39 Alexandria, VA
Thirty-seven runners qualified in the division. Only three of
the top 25 did not win an age group award. At first glance, Mark Stickley looks to have the guns for a
repeat coronation with his St. Patrick's Day 10K masters
triumph in 32:42. Third place Ron Kulik is hovering nearby
wearing the green in 33:33. Later in the spring, Kulik also
blazed a third place age group finish at the Darcars Pike's
Peek 10K in 33:01. Mark Stickley's second race was a fine 33:28 at Sallie Mae.
Enter Tim Schuler, a former winner at Pike's Peek. At Sallie
Mae, he earns the division crown with his masters win in 32:47.
He won the masters crown at the Ukrop's 10K, perhaps the most
competitive 10K of the spring, in 33:48. Rob Hinkle places fourth with four age group wins, including
the only sub-16:00 5K in the division. His 15:55 at the Run for
Mental Health 5K equals a 33:12. At the Shamrock 8K, he ran
26:33 to match Dave Berardi's Sallie Mae 33:41 exactly. Rodney Timpson's 180's Shamrock 5K title in 16:08 is ever so
slightly ahead of those times. Timpson nearly outleans Berardi
with four age wins to two but the pendulum swings back when
Berardi's GW Parkway 10 Miler in 56:18 trumps Timpson's Cherry
Blossom in 56:24. All six of the top runners qualified for the
Open division. Ted Poulos had seven age group wins.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Schuler, Timothy*** 41 Chambersburg, PA 2 Stickley, Mark** 42 Winchester, VA 3 Kulik, Ronald 41 Herndon, VA 4 Hinkle, Robert**** 40 Newport News, VA 5 Berardi, Dave** 44 Baltimore, MD 6 Timpson, Rodney**** 40 Rosedale, MD 7 Haaga, Dave* 43 Rockville, MD 8 Chattin, Chris* 41 Columbia, MD 9 Samley, Chris* 40 Charlottesville, VA 10 Menzies, Steve**** 41 Langley AFB, VA 11 Sabatini, Christopher* 40 Washington, DC 12 Poulos, Ted*7 43 McLean, VA 13 McLaughlin, Terry*** 43 Spotsylvania, VA 14 Brokaw, Richard** 44 Bel Air, MD 15 Sweet, Jay 43 Laurel, MD 16 Pineo, Stuart** 43 Columbia, MD 17 Coulter, David** 40 Virginia Beach, VA 18 Labuschagne, Gerrit*** 43 Richmond, VA 19 Degenhardt, Sheldon** 40 Marriottsville, MD 20 Arcaz, Jean-Christophe* 44 Rockville, MD 21 Cascio, David 42 Reston, VA 22 Adams, John* 42 Norfolk, VA 23 Rogers, Reed* 41 Richmond, VA 24 Davis, Wallace 44 Alexandria, VA 25 Kessenich, Wes** 42 Ruckersville, VA 26 Thatcher, Alan* 41 Manassas, VA 27 Miller, David 40 Ellicott City, VA 28 Smith, Gene 40 Burke, VA 29 Jacobson, Paul 41 Gaithersburg, MD 30 Neff, Mark 43 Derwood, MD 31 Grillot, Gary* 41 Reston, VA 32 Paul, James** 44 Richmond, VA 33 Olean, George* 44 Ellicott City, MD 34 Wasiak, Michael** 40 Towson, MD 35 Hugar, Wayne* 41 Woodbridge, VA 36 Scott, RJ* 40 Bassett, VA 37 Symmes, Jeff** 43 Centreville, VA
Jim Hage ran the first two Pike's Peek 10K races, finishing as
high as second place. Then he played hard to get until 2003
when he returned to set the 45-49 course record in 31:34. Then
in 2004, he finished behind a powerful performance by Mark
Malander, 33:41 to 33:59, his first time out of the top ten. Malander tried valiantly to keep up this year, improving to
33:35 but Hage gave no quarter, winning the masters crown in
32:39. Good thing, too, as Greg Cauller's 33:01 to 33:16
victory over Hage the week before had taken the edge off of
Hage's Cherry Blossom Ten Mile age group win in 55:27. The
extra seconds at the Pike and four other age group wins make
Hage the champion. Cauller, from York, PA, also had a Virginia
win at the Shamrock 8K in 26:33 and a Maryland win at the 180's
Shamrock 5K in 16:13. George Buckheit finished just behind Malander at Pike's Peek
with 33:40. Malander went after Cauller at the Shamrock, just
missing in 26:42. Dan Lawson is one of eight 49-year-olds
racing the period. It is de rigueur to enter Sallie Mae and
Pike's Peek now that they are not on the same day. Lawson was
fourth at Sallie Mae in 34:18 ahead of Buckheit. The following
week Buckheit improved even more to best Lawson's 33:50 at the
pike. The first 25 times were all these five champs. Jim Bates adds four more age group wins, including Ukrop's in
35:28. Tom Cook had seven age group wins.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Hage, Jim****** 47 Kensington, MD 2 Cauller, Greg** 45 York, PA 3 Malander, Mark** 46 Oak Hill, VA 4 Buckheit, George*** 47 Reston, VA 5 Lawson, Dan** 49 Gaithersburg, MD 6 Bates, James**** 49 Hampton, VA 7 McIntyre, Kevin* 46 Ellicott City, MD 8 Johnson, Robert**** 47 Woodbridge, VA 9 Robins, Matt 45 New Kent, VA 10 Pointer, Maurice*** 49 Baltimore, MD 11 Hart, Mike**** 49 Washington, DC 12 Baker, James*** 45 McLean, VA 13 Horan, Marty* 45 Gaithersburg, MD 14 Castro, Albino 45 Brookville, MD 15 Lounsbury, Kevin 45 Crozet, VA 16 Fitzgerald, Michael*** 49 Hagerstown, MD 17 Sellers, Greg** 49 Boonsboro, MD 18 Cook, Tom*7 46 Chantilly, VA 19 Price, Jimmy* 45 Stafford, VA 20 Ramirez, Oscar 47 Gaithersburg, MD 21 Chall, John* 47 Jessup, MD 22 Davis, Curtis** 47 Gaithersburg, MD 23 Serra, Paul** 49 Lusby, MD 24 Schmidt, Bret** 46 Fredericksburg, VA 25 Goldfarb, Larrry 45 Great Falls, VA 26 Hanle, Joseph 47 Columbia, MD 27 Boyette, Paul* 46 Chesapeake, VA 28 Halpin, Bruce 48 Ashburn, VA 29 Fournier, Jay* 45 Richmond, VA 30 Arnade, Tim 48 Arlington, VA 31 Robinson, Michael*** 45 Norfolk, VA 32 Kelly, David* 45 Potomac, MD 33 Vanderveer, Gary** 47 Virginia Beach, VA 34 Cutchins, Wyatt 49 Newport News, VA 35 Boccanera, Fernando 48 Reston, VA 36 McCarthy, Criag 46 Alexandria, VA 37 Dye, Steve** 45 Roundhill, MD
Who is this Stephen Chantry of Williamsburg, VA? Rick Platt was
always our man from Colonial times. Chuck Moeser was a DNF at
St. Patrick's and suddenly there was a vacuum to fill. Back in
2002, Chantry was just getting started with a 20:09 5K. The
next year he ran 17:33. So what gives? Suddenly he is golden,
winning everywhere he goes. That same Run for Mental Health is
now being run in 16:41, making Moeser's 2005 record for 5Ks at
16:37 look like an endangered species. With Chuck Moeser sidelined with je ne c'est qoui malaise de
running, Chantry has captured 2005 bests in four distances
heretofore belonging to Moeser. So far he has mostly stayed in
the south, winning the Ukrop's in 35:09. In May, he probed
north to McLean to race the mile in 4:52 and the 800M in 2:13. Bill Raabe, from Bethesda, is another new face. Just last year,
he was barely breaking a six-minute pace at either the 5K or
the 10K. Now he has added a Sallie Mae crown as well as a swift
35:30 win at Pike's Peek. Steve Giorgis helped push back some regulars with his 61:05 at
Cherry Blossom for runner-up there. Paul Peterson opted for the
GW Parkway for his 10-mile and closed fast in 61:15. Michael Fitzgerald just turned fifty and popped off a couple of
wins, including a Doo Dah Day 5K in 17:35. His Germantown 5-
Miler in 29:50 kept age group champ Peterson looking over his
shoulder. Richard Adams had a 36:41 at Pike's Peek to lead the
regulars after the top five chase group. David Webster was
third at Cherry Blossom in 61:22. Rick Platt was the last of
the sub 6:00 pace 10Ks, finishing Ukrop's in 37:05.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Chantry, Stephen****** 50 Williamsburg, VA 2 Raabe, Bill*** 50 North Bethesda, MD 3 Giorgis, Steve* 50 Herndon, VA 4 Peterson, Paul*** 50 Bethesda, MD 5 Fitzgerald, Michael** 50 Hagerstown, MD 6 Adams Jr, Richard** 54 Herndon, VA 7 Webster, David* 51 Stevensville, MD 8 Platt, Rick* 54 Williamsburg, VA 9 Nelson, John** 52 Centreville, VA 10 Alto, Bill 53 Newport News, VA 11 Whitnah, Jim** 50 Chevy Chase, MD 12 McDonald, Denis* 50 Woodbine, MD 13 Grier, Jeffrey** 51 Ellicott City, MD 14 Burns, Bob* 52 Columbia, MD 15 Cordle, David* 50 Farmville, VA 16 Black, Ronald** 50 Frederick, MD 17 Dunlop, Douglas 51 Potomac. MD 18 Delaplaine, Bruce** 50 Bethesda, MD 19 Erickson, Kenyon* 51 Vienna, VA 20 Morgan, Timothy 54 Damascus, MD 21 Grimsley, Gary* 50 Springfield, VA 22 Goggin, Jim* 51 Williamsburg, VA 23 Mehrabi, Shah* 53 Fredericksburg, VA 24 Denz, Paul*** 50 Parkton, MD 25 Scatliffe, Lionel**** 51 Alexandria, VA 26 Bousel, Paul 51 Alexandria, VA 27 Senior, Malcolm* 54 Cockeysville, MD 28 Weston, Ed* 51 Franklin, VA 29 Rust, Roland 52 Bethesda, MD 30 Crawford, Dave* 54 Arlington, VA 31 Hara, Chris 50 Alexandria, VA 32 Brunk, David 50 Richmond, VA 33 Brewer, David* 51 Herndon, VA 34 Sindermann, Robert 51 Arlington, VA 35 Krehbiel, Ken 51 Washington, DC 36 Piersol, Morrie* 50 Richmond, VA
Men 55 - 59
This was one of the hardest divisions to rank. Jim Wright
clearly had the best time at Pike's Peek with 38:36. Still,
Mick Slonaker had soundly defeated him at Cherry Blossom with
64:36 to 66:11. Slonaker's time equates to a 38:53 10K. Then
Bill Hart awakened from his 14th place winter slumber and
jetted to an age group win 30:39, pushing last period's runner-
up, Larry Coley (Shamrock 30:43), to fourth place. Two more
wins by Hart, Chesapeake 10K in 39:02 and the Run for
Independence 5K in 18:53, sandwiched Slonaker's 39:16 St.
Patrick's Day 10K win. Dale Abrahamson earns fifth with a one second whisper of a win
over Coley at the Run for Mental Health 5K in 18:53. Ken Shipp
was fifty meters back of Wright at Cherry Blossom in 66:20.
Prolific long distance man Ronnie Wong had seven division wins
out of his ten races, which included marathon victories in
Frederick and Ocean City just two weeks apart.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Wright, Jim** 55 Gaithersburg, MD 2 Hart, Bill**** 55 Virginia Beach, VA 3 Slonaker, Mick** 55 Columbia, MD 4 Coley, Larry* 56 Chesapeake, VA 5 Abrahamson, Dale*** 55 Yorktown, VA 6 Shipp, Ken** 56 Great Falls, VA 7 Wong, Ronnie*7 57 Catonsville, MD 8 Lecates, Ed 59 York, PA 9 Bussiere, David* 55 Virginia Beach, VA 10 Pyle, Richard 55 Richmond, VA 11 Mire, Kenneth*** 55 Norfolk, VA 12 Heath, Tim* 56 Richmond, VA 13 Tyndall, Steve*** 57 Yorktown, VA 14 Wilson, Robert* 57 Toano, VA 15 Wind, Jay*** 55 Arlington, VA 16 Chase, Bob** 59 Falls Church, VA 17 Scott, Dan* 55 Richmond, VA 18 Lunt, Peter* 55 Alexandria, VA 19 Wolfson, Marc* 55 Olney, MD 20 Preston, Doug* 55 Baltimore, MD 21 Wesbecher, Michael 57 Oakton, VA 22 Pardee, William 56 Virginia Beach, VA 23 Chidester, Gary** 57 Woodbridge, VA 24 Trost, Robert 58 Falls Church, VA 25 Dicarlo, John* 55 Virginia Beach, VA 26 Holman, Dennis* 55 Richmond, VA
Men 60 - 64
Patrick Griffith loves to race. He loves the competition. His
division, and it is his, was larger than any division except
the Open division. With only nine division wins, one might
wonder whether Griffith is slowing down. Well, last period his
best effort equaled a 38:03 10K. When he crossed the Darcars
Pike's Peek 10K finish line in 37:06, Ed Lecates was still
wondering whether he would break forty minutes. He did, and it
earned him third place. Meanwhile, Patrick Griffith had eight of the top ten times. He
has eight of the Best of 2005 distance times, including the
Cherry Blossom Ten Mile in 64:23. His marathon best was set out
of the area or he would have another. He tells us that next
January he is getting "Goofy" and solving the problem of which
race to win by entering both the Disney Half Marathon and the
Marathon the next day. Lecates, from York, PA, had five age
group wins, including the Port to Fort 6K in 23:33. Jason Page from Hamilton, VA does his damage farther south,
winning the Purcellville 5K in 18:49. He did venture up to
Baltimore for the Preakness, 19:12, but has yet to compete
directly with Lecates. Page held onto some of the Best of 2005
records early in the year until Griffith erased them. Fourth place Jim Noone still has two of them. He owns both the
12K and 25K records. He was neck and neck with fifth place Lou
Shapiro. Shapiro had run Pike's Peek in 40:52, while Noone's
Cherry Blossom time of 67:58 equaled a 40:54 10K. A victory at
Fairfax Corner 5K in 19:35 turns the tide over Shapiro's 42:29
Capitol Hill 10K win.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Griffith, Patrick*9 60 Alexandria, VA 2 Page, Jason*** 60 Hamilton, VA 3 Lecates, Ed***** 60 York, PA 4 Noone, Jim**** 60 Fairfax, VA 5 Shapiro, Lou***** 63 Silver Spring, MD 6 Prunella, Warren** 63 Rockville, MD 7 Bullock, Jim* 62 Westminster, MD 8 Dyer, Ben*** 62 Petersburg, VA 9 Blackwell, Lloyd*** 64 Warrenton, VA 10 Warfield, Jerry* 61 Columbia, MD 11 Spencer, Bob**** 62 Williamsburg, VA 12 Haubert, John****** 62 Alexandria, VA 13 Golash, Michael** 62 Washington, DC 14 Turner, Larry*** 61 Seaford, VA 15 Pitarra, Jack** 64 Parkville, MD 16 Van Dyck, Lou* 62 Baltimore, MD 17 Churchman, John* 62 Arlington, VA 18 Hensel, Donald* 60 Gaithersburg, MD 19 Barry, David 61 Severna Park, MD 20 Davis, Bob* 63 Richmond, VA 21 Carlson, Fred* 61 Fallston, MD 22 Brown, Walter 61 Gaithersburg, MD 23 Nixon, George 62 Richmond, VA 24 Forman, Steve 64 Mclean, VA 25 Thorson, Mike 62 Alexandria, VA 26 Kutzner, Richard* 61 Waldorf, MD 27 Johnson, David 62 Silver Spring, MD 28 Miller, Dan 60 Richmond, VA 29 Kilgore, Roger* 61 Tall Timbers, MD 30 Lasken, Robert 61 Clifton, VA 31 Behnke, Richard 60 Vienna, VA 32 Wingfield, Randy** 60 Winchester, VA 33 Delambo, Nick 63 Baltimore, MD 34 Celtnieks, Imants*** 60 Wheaton, MD 35 Loughran, John** 60 Sandston, VA 36 Dobbins, Dennis 61 Hampton, VA 37 Joyce, Bill 61 Herndon, VA 38 Schauer, Francis 60 Alexandria, VA 39 Hicks, Joel* 63 Radford, VA 40 Nilsson, Knut 60 Richmond, VA 41 Revanna, Krupakar 61 Falls Church, VA 42 Ross, George 60 Alexandria, VA 43 Derk, Terry** 63 Dauphin, PA 44 Farrar, Girvis* 60 Richmond, VA 45 Adasse, Art 60 Baltimore, MD 46 Bradford, Tom* 62 Millersville, MD 47 Harrell, David* 60 Chevy Chase, MD 48 Kelleher, Edward* 61 Richmond, VA
Men 65 - 69
John Elliott is golden. Six weeks of racing and he produced the
three fastest 10Ks in the division. He started with a
Washington, DC, win at the St. Patrick's Day 10K in 41:54; his
closest rival, Richard Williams, ran 50:28. Two weeks later he
ventured into Virginia. At Run vs. Row he ran 42:44; his
closest rival, Maynard Weyers, was in fourth place with 47:17.
One month later he is back in Maryland and running Pike's Peek
in 41:46; his closest rival was third place Tom Cowley in
47:08. Talbot Mack is new to the division. He raced a fine 47:11 to
win at the Apple Blossom 10K. Then he kept us in suspense until
the last weekend of the period to earn his runner-up status.
His Purcellville 5K win in 22:49 held off Cowley, whose second
race was Cherry Blossom in 80:02. One of Weyers' three wins was
the Reston 10 Mile in 80:26. Benito Vazquez was third at Pike's Peek in 47:35. He held off
hard charging Art Morey at Cherry Blossom by one second in
78:18 to secure his spot. The month before, Vazquez had run the
Shamrock Marathon and the following month he was in Frederick
for their marathon.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Elliott, John*** 66 Columbia, MD 2 Mack, Talbot** 65 Middleburg, VA 3 Cowley, Tom* 67 Gaithersburg, MD 4 Weyers, Maynard*** 68 Alexandria, VA 5 Vazquez, Benito* 65 Laurel, MD 6 Morey, Art* 67 Columbia, MD 7 Morris, Doug**** 66 Delaplane, MD 8 Sanders, Gordon* 66 Sharpsburg, MD 9 Box, Bobby** 65 Glen Allen, VA 10 Pack, Mike 65 Gaithersburg, MD 11 Neumann, Stan*** 66 Timonium, MD 12 Sollers, Bill****** 65 Silver Spring, MD 13 Williams, Richard***** 69 Alexandria, VA 14 Geisendaffer, Ed** 65 Fallston, MD 15 Coates, Chet 65 Silver Spring, MD 16 Rockey, Walt* 66 Jefferson, MD 17 Gibrall, Patrick* 65 Quinton, VA 18 Essery, John* 68 Williamsburg, VA 19 Fritz, Rush* 65 Washington, DC 20 McCarthy, Terrence 69 Leesburg, VA
Men 70 - 74
For a while, Tom Ray of Kitty Hawk, NC was left out of the
rankings because he was from out of the area. Then we
grandfathered him back in because he was one of a dozen or so
runners who run all their races in this region. He took back
the crown from Jerry Lewis. This period his division-fastest
time at the 5K by the Bay in 22:40 was even faster than his
winter best. Ray added to his collections of best times the best half
marathon and 8-mile of the year so far. While he was adding the
best 8K of the year at the Shamrock, Lewis was still out on the
course recording the best marathon time of the year. The week
before that, Lewis won the St. Patrick's Day 10K in 47:49.
Flush with two wins each, they meet up at the Cherry Blossom
finish line. When the smoke cleared, Lewis was again the
division champion with a 79:00 to 79:36 celebration. Lost in the mist was third place George Yannakakis, running
Pike's Peek in 47:37. That bested Jack McMahon. Yannakakis and
McMahon finished two-three to Lewis at St. Patrick's. Chris
Catoe's best win at the Chesapeake 10K in 48:46 earned him
fourth in the division.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Lewis, Jerry*** 71 Reston, VA 2 Ray, Tom***** 72 Kitty Hawk, NC 3 Yannakakis, George* 73 Sparks, MD 4 Catoe, Chris**** 70 Virginia Beach, VA 5 McMahon, Jack** 74 Rockville, MD 6 Smith, Robert** 71 Comus, MD 7 McCarthy, Terence**** 70 Leesburg, VA 8 Olson, Keith** 73 Silver Spring, MD 9 Dickerson, Larry**** 73 Burke, VA 10 Measham, Tony* 70 Chevy Chase, MD
Men 75 - 79
Nianxianng Xie was all alone, racing Pike's Peek in 53:26 and
more than a mile ahead of fourth place Burton Squires. None of
the other qualified runners even tried the 10 miler. His time
of 90:10 at Cherry Blossom figured to the second best race by
another mile. Sal Santory ran the White Bank Classic 5 Mile for the runner-up
spot. Don Butler won at Sallie Mae for third place. Twenty-six
runners had a qualifying time.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Xie, Nianxiang** 77 Rockville, MD 2 Santory, Sal** 76 Hopewell, VA 3 Butler, Donald*** 75 Baltimore, MD 4 Squires, Burton*** 76 Rockville, MD 5 Bragg, Oliver 77 Sterling, VA 6 Zenchoff, Philip**** 77 Silver Spring, MD 7 Atkins, Bob** 79 Winchester, VA
Men 80 & Up
An amazing 31 ranked times were spread among the 18 runners
with a ranked time. Walt Washburn had the top ten times in the
division. That includes about 73.5 miles of victories with ten-
milers and 10Ks, including Pike's Peek in 61:49.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Washburn, Walt*10 82 Vienna, VA 2 Boyle, Charles** 81 Annapolis, MD 3 Saxon, Bill** 80 Baltimore, MD 4 Osburn, Bill** 81 Bethesda, MD See the Women's Spring 2005 WRR Runner Rankings
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