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 2007 Spring WRR Runner Rankings Men's Division July/August 2007 Photos by Brightroom.com For the Washington Running Report
Stephen Crane (25) of Alexandria, VA may be the heir
apparent to the Open crown. What would have happened at DARCARS Pike's Peek if some very
swift Africans had not gotten lost? Perhaps this period's
regular recidivist champion would have had to run faster
instead of winning Pike's Peek in 29:27. Indeed, Kumsa met five
top out-of-towners at Sallie Mae for his second best race,
finishing second overall in 30:08. This normally prolific racer
had only two other races, one a comparative waltz, winning the
GW Parkway 5K in 14:56, one-tenth of a mile ahead of 17th place
Brian Baillie. The other was a third place finish at the
National HM in 69:01. The next six runners are all in a tight pack not far back of
Kumsa. Stephen Crane leads with a strong confident psyche.
Along with Patrick MacAdie of Washington, DC, these two tall
runners can be seen in many photos right behind the diminutive
Kumsa. Indeed, at the National HM Crane ran 68:57 to outlast
Kumsa. At the Parkway Classic, the two front-runners are world
class and were long gone early in the race. Crane was a
dominant third place in 49:45 (10K = 29:56). Trading victories
this year, MacAdie had won at Cherry Blossom 49:51 to 50:02.
Still, his second race was the National HM in 1:11:24. Edmund Burke lost to Crane at Credit Union Cherry Blossom
running 50:16. At DARCARS Pike's Peek, he returned the favor
with a 30:04 to 30:14 triumph. John Bitok (30:11) and Biranu
Wakuw (30:15) earned their spots at Pike's Peek as well. Beruk
Deberework ran 30:49 there, but earned his seventh spot with a
GW Parkway Classic 50:28. Still closely cluttered, Michael Wardian's Olympic class
marathon of 2:21:37 won him eighth place. Or maybe his over
racing loss to these racers (31:30) at Pike's Peek cost him a
few spots. Wardian has nine marathons already this year to go
with a slew of other races. Eric Lavigne of Leesburg, VA gets
the lean over tenth place Dave Berdan of Parkville at Cherry
Blossom 50:28 to 50:30. These top guys are all mega racers. Eleventh place Nick Gramsky
ran 31:05 at Sallie Mae and then surprised Edmund Burke,
winning the Capitol Hill Classic 10K 31:04 to 31:14. After the
race, a relaxed Burke was seen talking with Stephen Crane.
Crane had held off a rally by Beruk Deberework at the Mid-
Atlantic Federal Credit Union Germantown 5-Miler 24:29 to 24:31
the morning before. Both beat John Bitok's 24:53. Wardian was
at both of these races as well. Crane did not seem at all
worried that he would win but he took the following day off to
just watch the race.
PL Name Age Hometown 1 Kumsa, Gurmesa** 28 Washington, DC 2 Crane, Stephen**** 25 Alexandria, VA 3 MacAdie, Patrick 27 Washington, DC 4 Burke, Edmund 37 Burtonsville, MD 5 Bitok, John* 27 Baltimore, MD 6 Wakuw, Birhanu 25 Washington, DC 7 Deberework, Beruk 24 Washington, DC 8 Wardian, Michael* 33 Arlington, VA 9 Lavigne, Eric 30 Leesburg, VA 10 Berdan, Dave* 25 Parkville, MD 11 Gramsky, Nick* 29 Vienna, VA 12 Christian, William* 23 Norfolk, VA 13 Chavez, Jesus 20 Bristol, VA 14 Carroll, Ryan** 24 Portsmouth, VA 15 Barresi, Matt* 24 Ashton, VA 16 Awol, Mohamed 28 Washington, DC 17 Baillie, Brian 24 Washington, DC 18 Weber, Jason 30 Arlington, VA 19 Klim, Jake 26 N Bethesda, MD 20 Haidat, Mudasar 21 Bristol, VA 21 Otstot, Adam** 25 Williamsburg, VA 22 Dwyer, Jason 27 Bethesda, MD 23 Rodriguez, Bert* 27 Arlington, VA 24 Reutlinger, Philip 28 Arlington, VA 25 Deak, Ryan* 21 Burke, VA 26 Rolly, Philippe 34 Fairfax, VA 27 Mock, Doug 40 Columbia, MD 28 Kelele, Zereu 26 Washington, DC 29 Stickley, Mark 44 McLean, VA 30 Darmody, Neal 17 Gaithersburg, MD 31 Smits, Kyle* 28 Baltimore, MD 32 Piggott, John* 41 Williamsburg, VA 33 Tompkins, Mark 31 Williamsburg, VA 34 Sprtel, Frank* 34 Silver Spring, MD 35 Palavecino, Matias 25 Washington, DC 36 Magin, Rob* 36 Olney, MD 37 Hurt, Charlie 23 Scottsville, VA 38 Padilla, Michael* 25 Washington, DC 39 Lanz, Martin 33 Washington, DC 40 Tullock, Brian 24 Arlington, VA 41 Williams, Mark 25 Arlington, VA 42 Miller, David* 23 Herndon, VA 43 Wright, Andres 40 Frederick, MD 44 Colaiacovo, Mike 37 Baltimore, MD 45 Shirk, Kevin 27 Winchester, VA 46 Roberts, Dai* 45 Virginia Beach, VA 47 Bernstein, David 20 Chevy Chase, MD 48 Glackin, Nat 24 Washington, DC 49 Cauller, Greg 47 York, PA 50 Jones, Marcus** 25 Richmond, VA 51 Rades, Paul 35 Silver Spring, MD 52 Haaga, David 45 Rockville, MD 53 Lamonte, Joe 26 Arlington, VA 54 General, Darrell 41 Cheverly, MD 55 Canning, Adam* 21 Williamsburg, VA 56 Garland, William* 19 Virginia Beach. VA 57 Hoon, Mark 42 Kensington, MD 58 Tripp, Jason 34 Ellicott City, MD 59 Yates, Kevin 35 Olney, MD
19 & Under Men
Ezkyas Sisay of Washington, DC had a monster Apple Blossom in
30:50 to cruise to the division title. He did not make the open
division because his second race, the Potomac River HM, was a
tad slower 1:16:17 (10K = 34:37). Rising star Neal Darmody did
not have that issue. Using the two most competitive races in
the period and usually for the year, he sealed up the runner-up
spot. At Cherry Blossom he met fourth place Linde Cooper of
York, PA and ousted him 55:30 to 57:57. Again at Pike's Peek he
PR'ed in 32:22 while Cooper settled in at 35:05. Hammer Rexford
won the division for his only race with 31:51. Last year Linde
had run 34:32 ahead of young Darmody's 34:40. William Garland of Virginia Breach, VA capped both ends of the
period with fine 5Ks. In March, he was second overall at the
Shamrock in 16:13. In May, he won outright the Run for
Independence in 16:22. Neal Darmody and William Garland also made the Open Division.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Sisay, Ezkyas** 18 Washington, DC 2 Darmody, Neal* 17 Gaithersburg, MD 3 Garland, William** 19 Virginia Beach, VA 4 Linde, Cooper* 19 York, PA 5 Lilley, Michael** 16 Hagerstown, MD 6 Mills, Christopher*** 17 Pikesville, MD 7 Robinson, Ian** 18 Roanoke, VA 8 Sufczynski, Christopher** 16 Dundalk, MD 9 Tupper, Ian** 17 Norfolk, VA 10 Billaud, Keran** 17 Dublin, VA 11 Lasko, Kris 17 Gaithersburg, MD 12 Gragg, Alec* 18 Annapolis, MD 13 Jeffers, David** 18 Virginia Beach, VA 14 Schiavone, Clint* 18 Winchester, VA 15 Burress, Grant 16 Manassas, VA 16 Jablonski, Matthew** 15 Cockeysville, MD 17 Everett, Patrick* 18 Baltimore, MD 18 Beasley, Spencer** 16 Alexandria, VA 19 Ersinghaus, Joseph**** 18 Andrews AFB, MD 20 Clarkson, Eric** 15 Ellicott City, MD 21 Navia, Alexander** 19 Annapolis, MD 22 Catanese, Andrew* 14 Mechanicsville, VA 23 Ernst, Emory** 16 Abingdon, VA 24 Hicks, Michael** 16 Frederick, MD 25 Longerbeam, Darin 16 Winchester, VA 26 Peters, David** 17 Abingdon, VA 27 Haje, Naseem** 15 Hagerstown, MD 28 Hoyt, Thomas* 16 Rockville, MD 29 Clarke, Nathan** 14 Midlothian, VA 30 Sushinsky, Matthew 16 Rockville, MD 31 Orndorff, William* 16 Rockville, MD 32 Cushman, Simon** 16 Charlottesville, VA 33 Harrison, Benjamin 17 Richmond, VA 34 Wilson, Graham*** 13 Newport News, VA 35 Fitzgerald, Robert 18 Clearbrook, VA 36 Peterson, Ryan** 13 Richmond, VA 37 Rooks, Delvaughan* 15 Baltimore, MD 38 Brockway, TJ** 14 Gaithersburg, MD 39 O'Reilly, Semmas** 13 Front Royal, VA 40 Schultz, Robert* 17 Frederick, MD 41 Demaree, Grant* 14 Marriottsville, MD
The Shamrock Festival means the division's fastest marathon
for Matt Boyd, the loquacious red head from Fredericksburg,
VA. The first four made the Open Division as well as Paul Rades,
who turned 35 during the period but competed only in the Open
Division. Back when he was a young man, Edmund Burke of Burtonsville, MD
was known for this three peat at St. Patrick's Day back when it
was a 10K. Between 1996 and 1998, he won with 30:52, 31:06, and
30:50. In 1999, he settled for third place with 30:37. So, ten
years later, where did this mild mannered professor come up
with the idea of breaking 30:00? He said it would be a new PR
if he did. After running an excellent age group win at Credit
Union Cherry Blossom in 50:16, he decided to ride the fast
competition and fast course at DARCARS Pike's Peek. He lit
after the always-competitive Gurmesa Kumsa and ignored all the
others pushing him from behind. His 30:04 was second overall at
the race, easily winning him the division crown. Rob Magin of Olney, MD does not race as much as he used to.
Sure, he is the resident stud for the Montgomery County Road
Runners, winning their Trolley 5M in 26:34. At the Pike, he was
an age group winner with 32:41, just ahead of third place Mike
Colaiacovo of Baltimore, MD (32:59). Colaiacovo had a fine
Cherry Blossom in 55:55 ahead of fourth place Kevin Yates of
Olney, MD (56:43) and Ian Blair (57:32). Yates also ran Pike's
Peek in 34:16. Blair just edged sixth place Matt Boyd of
Fredericksburg, VA who ran the Shamrock Marathon in 2:41:36.
Blair's second race, a 10K, was a little faster than Boyd's as
well.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Burke, Edmund*** 37 Burtonsville, MD 2 Magin, Rob** 36 Olney, MD 3 Colaiacovo, Mike*** 37 Baltimore, MD 4 Yates, Kevin 35 Olney, MD 5 Blair, Ian 35 Alexandria, VA 6 Boyd, Matt* 36 Fredericksburg, VA 7 White, Kevin** 39 Virginia Beach, VA 8 Doherty, David* 38 Baltimore, MD 9 Wolfe, Robert* 35 Washington, DC 10 Frelich, Pavel** 35 Chevy Chase, MD 11 Lockwood, Max 37 Washington, DC 12 Harrington, Jeffrey** 36 Lynchburg, VA 13 Inserto, Gene* 35 Gaithersburg, MD 14 Mason, Andy* 35 Hagerstown, MD 15 Lovett, Jack** 37 Newport News, VA
40-44 Men
Last period's top two runners started right up again. Mark
Stickley ran the Shamrock HM in 1:11:20 (10K = 32:22). John
Piggott, who prefers the marathon, racing three times during
the period, ran 2:38:45 (10K = 34:04). Perhaps his warm-up
Shamrock 8K the morning before in 28:07 was too aggressive. Six
days later, he ran the National Marathon with a full day's rest
and produced an excellent 2:31:38 (10K = 32:32). That might
have been enough to close on Stickley except that he added an
excellent 54:16 (10K = 32:39) to the mix at the GW Parkway 10
Mile. Enter Doug Mock. Mock trains more than he races. His victory
over Stickley at the Parkway with a brilliant 53:39 (10K =
32:17) secured him the masters crown. The following week at
Pike's Peek was supposed to be highlighted by a massive visit
from the southern region. Many did come but for some reason the
impatient Piggott chose to win the Chesapeake 10K in 34:25 the
day before or maybe he was resting from his Dismal Swamp HM in
1:12:28. Tenth place Steve Menzies came north and matched that
in 34:26. Still, Mock's trip down the pike was no cakewalk. Andres Wright
of Frederick, MD has been making a huge splash since turning
40. He had the fastest 5K at the Parkway in 16:09 while the
others went long. Then, at the Pike, he dogged Mock the whole
way before acquiescing, 32:43 to 32:57. The following week
Wright won at Sallie Mae in 33:36 while Stickley stayed home in
Winchester to win the Apple Blossom 10K in 33:29. The next three runners stayed in sub 34-minute land. Kevin
Stover of York, PA ran the toughest of the spring 10Ks
(Clyde's) to an overall victory in 33:53. Darrell General is on
the way back to the days of his epic battles with Jim Hage. He
bested Mark Hoon at Cherry Blossom 56:33 to 56:58. Then at
Pike's Peek with both runners just behind, Hage's 33:42 became
the closest finish of the race. Both runners had a chip time of
33:48 with the computer giving Hoon the split second win. The
photo in our Web photo gallery shows that General overtook Hoon
by a nose to win in 33:49 to 33:50. Every split second, even at
the start of the race, counts. To show the level of competition, last spring's champion, Chris
Chattin of Columbia, MD, was ninth this year, just trailing
Rodney Timpson at Pike's Peek 34:10 to 34:13. The top six runners made the Open Division.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Mock, Doug*** 40 Columbia, MD 2 Stickley, Mark*** 44 Winchester, VA 3 Piggott, John*6 41 Williamsburg,VA 4 Wright, Andres**** 40 Frederick, MD 5 General, Darrell 41 Hyattsville, MD 6 Hoon, Mark*** 42 Kensington, MD 7 Stover, Kevin** 40 York, PA 8 Timpson, Rodney* 42 Baltimore, MD 9 Chattin, Chris* 43 Columbia, MD 10 Menzies, Steve***** 43 Langley AFB, VA 11 Richards, Matt* 40 Lynchburg, VA 12 Powell, Charles** 41 Baltimore, MD 13 Henderson, Jerry*** 41 Bel Air, MD 14 Riester, Bill* 41 Richmond, VA 15 Adams, John*** 44 Norfolk, VA 16 Degenhardt, Sheldon** 42 Marriotsville, MD 17 Sowers, Dewey* 40 Bassett, VA 18 Grilliot, Gary 43 Reston, VA 19 Braam, Richard** 41 Bel Air, MD 20 Johnstone, Steve* 42 Virginia Beach, VA 21 Smith, Gene* 42 Burke, VA 22 Rippey, Brad** 40 Bunker Hill, WV 23 Purcell, Tom 41 Norfolk, VA 24 Difonzo, Dan 44 Rockville, MD 25 Maguire, Steve* 40 Arlington, VA 26 Crandall, Thomas** 41 Reston, VA 27 Neff, Mark 44 Rockville, MD 28 Speirs, Steve** 40 Virginia Beach, VA 29 Samley, Chris* 44 Earlysville, VA 30 Barrett, Steven* 40 Vienna, VA 31 Goode, Martin* 44 Baltimore, MD 32 Edwards, Daniel ** 42 Midlothian, VA 33 Thatcher, Alan* 43 Manassas, VA 34 Jacobson, Paul 43 Gaithersburg, MD 35 Smith, Robert 42 Cumberland, MD 36 Anderson, Matt* 41 Fairfax, VA
Andres Wright (40) of Frederick, MD charges down the pike in
an excellent 32:57. Everybody knows that Dai Roberts is fast but he does not race
that often. He started the period with an excellent champion-
maker Shamrock Marathon in 2:35:09, fit for an open runner.
Marathons rarely win the division. Three days before the race,
he had won the overall at the Shamrock 5K in 16:07 as his final
tune-up and then after the first week we never heard from him
again. Greg Cauller of York, PA is basically known for his 5K. At
Pike's Peek he told us that he never ran faster than 29 minutes
for the 10K. He seems awed by those who have run 28 minutes. At
47, he still got third Masters title in 33:22 only a week after
his
third Masters victory at the GW Parkway Classic in 55:41.
Second master Mark Stickley is one of the guys with a 28-minute
10K in his resume. Cauller's best two races combined for five
seconds less than Roberts' best two races. Back at Pike's Peek, David Haaga was next in line with his
33:34. That, with his age group win at Credit Union Cherry
Blossom in 56:27, gave him the third spot in the division. In
fourth is the course record holder Jim Hage of Kensington, MD.
In 2003, he had run the Pike in 31:34. This year he just made
sure he topped grandmaster Chuck Moeser's 33:47 with his 33:40.
Though he is not ready to be aged up yet, in February he will
be 50. Still long and lean, albeit a little more grey in his beard,
Dave Berardi of Catonsville, MD had the second fastest 10-mile
time, finishing the GW Parkway in 56:20. He also ran the
Shamrock HM, which seems to be his best distance in 1:15:04.
George Buckheit of Reston, VA is another with less than a year
left of this age group. He ran Pike's Peek in 34:43 for sixth
place.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Roberts, Dai** 45 Virginia Beach, VA 2 Cauller, Greg*** 47 York, PA 3 Haaga, David*** 45 Rockville, MD 4 Hage, Jim** 49 Kensington, MD 5 Berardi, Dave** 46 Baltimore, MD 6 Buckheit, George* 49 Reston, VA 7 Daugherty, Brian**** 47 Chesapeake, VA 8 Arcaz, Jean Christophe**46 Rockville, MD 9 Falmagne, Christian* 46 Bethesda, MD 10 Pineo, Stuart** 45 Columbia, MD 11 Dietz, Steve 47 Springfield, VA 12 D'Amanda, Kevin* 45 Bethesda, MD 13 Labuschagne, Gerrit*6 45 Richmond, VA 14 Poulos, Ted*8 45 McLean, VA 15 Kuderna, Doug** 46 Odenton, MD 16 Neff, Mark* 45 Derwood, MD 17 Spiekerman, Burkhard** 49 Charlottesville, VA 18 Calhoun, Martin* 45 Herndon, VA 19 Johnson, Robert 49 Woodbridge, VA 20 Garbini, Hernan** 45 Waynesboro, VA 21 Coleman, Dennis 49 Gaithersburg, MD 22 Sweet, Jay* 45 Laurel, MD 23 Cooke, David* 46 Baltimore, MD 24 Chall, John**** 46 Jessup, MD 25 Esser, Dan** 47 Reisterstown, MD 26 Page, H.T.** 46 Wirtz, VA 27 Sandy, Paul* 47 Lorton, VA 28 Horan, Marty 47 Gaithersburg, MD 29 Ferry, Bob 46 Vienna, VA 30 Castro, Alvino 47 Brookeville, MD 31 Claro, Anthony* 45 Rockville, MD 32 King, Jack 48 Richmond, VA 33 Davis, Curtis 49 Gaithersburg, MD 34 Cook, Tom*** 48 Chantilly, VA 35 Coyle, Scott 47 Baltimore, MD 36 Lecuyer, Jacques* 47 Washington, DC 37 Campbell, Tim** 45 Williamsburg, VA 38 Imberry, Terry** 49 Yorktown, VA
50-54 Men
Stephen Chantry of Williamsburg, VA just had to come north to
find out about the Pike's Peek course. As with any champion, he
was pleased to win but sure that his 34:25 could be improved
upon. He really wanted the grandmaster crown he had taken away
from Chuck Moeser but it was not to be. He also ran a swift
27:28 at the Shamrock 8K. He has the fastest 5K of the year at
16:46 and he really wants Moeser's 50-54 Virginia state record
of 16:29. He has run that fast but not in Virginia . . . yet. James Bates of Hampton, VA is almost forgotten after Chantry
and Rick Platt. At Pike's Peek, he ignored the fact that he was
a minute behind Platt at Ukrop's in 36:26. He ran Pike's Peek
and blasted an exceptional 34:59 to snatch the runner-up spot. After that things get dicey. The third spot goes to Tim Dunlap
of Lancaster, PA. In March, he defeated fifth place Dan Lawson
of Gaithersburg, MD at the St. Patrick's Day 8K 29:09 to 29:12,
slow for both of them. Then Dunlap won at Cherry Blossom in
58:57 (10K = 35:28). Maurice Pointer won the battle with Lawson
at Pike's Peek by a chip, though Lawson heard the beep one
second before Pointer's shoe hit the mat at 35:33. Pointer also
enjoyed seven age group wins, not including his Main Street
Mile in 4:58, when he first was warned about the competition to
be had at Pike's Peek. Pointer's second best effort was the
Port to Fort 6K in 20:47 (10K = 35:39). Dan Lawson's solo age
group win was the Capital Challenge 3M in 16:52.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Chantry, Stephen***** 52 Williamsburg, VA 2 Bates, James**** 51 Hampton, VA 3 Dunlap, Tim** 50 Lancaster, PA 4 Pointer, Maurice*7 51 Baltimore, MD 5 Lawson, Dan* 51 Gaithersburg, MD 6 Hart, Mike*** 51 Washington, DC 7 Sellers, Greg** 51 Boonsboro, MD 8 Darmody, Peter* 51 Gaithersburg, MD 9 Thornton, Jim* 53 Seaford, VA 10 Fitzgerald, Michael*** 52 Hagerstown, MD 11 Compton, Norton** 53 Fairfax, VA 12 Ruckert, Tom* 54 Grantsville, MD 13 Serra, Paul* 51 Lusby, MD 14 Gessler, Bobby*** 50 Ellicott City,MD 15 Peterson, Paul** 53 Bethesda, MD 16 Lerner, Steve***** 51 Glen Allen,MD 17 Meadows, Mike* 50 Martinsburg, WV 18 Carroll, Brian 51 Silver Spring, MD 19 Mason, Michael 50 Spencerville, MD 20 Cutchins, Wyatt*** 50 Newport News, VA 21 Dunlop, Douglas 53 Potomac, MD 22 Poppleton, Rick 54 Alexandria, VA 23 Stone, Jeffrey* 51 Salem, VA 24 Grimsley, Gary*** 52 Springfield, VA 25 Murray, William 51 Williamsburg, VA 26 Robinson, Steve* 52 Herndon, VA 27 Bousel, Paul** 53 Alexandria, VA 28 Clardy, Peter 50 Rockville, MD 29 Gordon, Kirk 51 Mitchellville, MD 30 Gaasch, Wade 52 Ellicott City, MD 31 Carter, Lennie* 54 Washington, DC 32 Lemcke, Michael 52 Mechanicsville, VA 33 Krehbiel, Ken 53 Washington, DC 34 Sengebusch, Mark* 53 Catonsville, MD 35 Smith, David* 50 Tappanhannock, VA
55-59 Men
Rick Platt of Williamsburg, VA was getting into great shape and
making miraculous improvements. He had held the best 5K with
18:22 in the winter. Than he started the spring by setting the
8K mark with 29:46. In April, he set the half marathon mark at
the Dismal Swamp with 1:18:35. This was after blasting a
breakthrough 35:34 at the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K. He was
given the chip time of 35:31 as the Virginia state record. Then why was he concerned about his placing when he came north
to Rockville for the DARCARS Pike's Peek 10K? He could be
expected to break 35:00 and might have as he raced home in
35:21 with leg cramps in the last two miles. Chuck Moeser of Sterling, VA has come out of retirement. Moeser
tested the waters in March, racing the Scope It Out 5K in 17:08
for the Best of 2007. Then he mastered Cherry Blossom in
58:12.
That was fun, so he improved at the GW Parkway in 57:35. Ever
confident, he promised a grandmaster victory at Pike's Peek,
which featured virtually every top runner in the region. After
his huge victory in 33:47, the coronation was complete with
Platt very much in command as next in line. Third place Jim Wright of Gaithersburg, MD had a very solid
Pike's Peek in 36:58 to separate himself from the pack. Fourth
place Mick Slonaker of Columbia, MD was fourth at the Pike in
37:26. At Cherry Blossom, it was quite a bit closer as Slonaker
was close behind Wright's 62:27 with 62:40. Blocking his view
was Bill Taylor, who honed in on third place with 62:32.
Taylor's 10K was Sallie Mae in 38:04, giving him fifth place.
Wright blew the doors off the competition winning the
Germantown 5-Miler in 29:49. Note: The Best of 2007 joins the 8K and the 5-mile distances
as one category. The 5 mile is 50 meters longer and Wright's
time in only 3 seconds slower than Platt's 8K. You do the
math.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Moeser, Chuck*6 55 Sterling, VA 2 Platt, Rick*7 56 Williamsburg, VA 3 Wright, Jim 57 Gaithersburg, MD 4 Slonaker, Mick* 57 ColumbiaM MD 5 Taylor, Bill* 58 Woodbridge, VA 6 Eddy, Dan*** 55 Alexandria, VA 7 Rust, Roland* 55 Bethesda, MD 8 Morgan, Timothy* 56 Damascus, MD 9 Morgan, Richard 55 Silver Spring, MD 10 Washington, Larry* 55 Rockville, MD 11 Adams, Richard 56 Herndon, VA 12 Senior, Malcolm** 56 New Market, MD 13 Hart, Bill* 58 Virginia Beach, VA 14 Rodenbaugh, Peter 59 Woodbridge, VA 15 Alto, Bill** 56 Newport News, VA 16 Weiss, Doc** 58 Pembroke, VA 17 Abrahamson, Dale*** 57 Yorktown, VA 18 Day, Joseph* 56 Yorktown, VA 19 Bognar, Steve** 55 Lynchburg, VA 20 Carbary, Jim***** 55 Clarksburg, MD 21 Vaughan, Allen** 56 Stafford, VA 22 Carlisle, Richard** 56 Springfield, VA 23 Staple, Jeffrey 57 Sterling, VA 24 McMackin, John 55 Washington, DC 25 Scott, William*** 59 Seabrook, MD 26 Lunt, Peter 57 Alexandria, VA 27 Brunk, David** 56 Richmond, VA 28 Senseney, Bill* 58 Charles Town, WV 29 Gary, Patrick* 56 Manchester, MD 30 Christol, Jim* 59 Yorktown, VA
Michael Hazilla (60) of Germantown, MD takes over the mantle
left behind by Patrick Griffith who retired to Florida. Michael Hazilla of Germantown, MD trains hard. At Wednesday
night track workouts he is the first there and the last to
leave. He geared up for two races. First, he dominated the
Credit Union Cherry Blossom, winning in an excellent 62:16.
Then at DARCARS Pike's Peek he flew over the course in a new
record 37:00. Patrick Griffith, who has moved to Florida, held
the old record. Jason Page of Hamilton, VA had a very productive May. He won
three races, including the Purcellville 5K in 18:29 and the
Apple Blossom 10K in 38:36. After that the next four places
were decided at Cherry Blossom and all were less than seventy
minutes. Ronnie Wong of Catonsville, MD, with nine marathons
already this year, earns third with his 66:32. Bernard Wright
was next. He also was third overall at the Hospice 10K in
41:24. Jim Noone of Fairfax, VA cruised home in 68:14. Then he
followed that with a fine 20:16 at the rolling Atoms 5K in May. Herb Tolbert of Montgomery Village, MD is making his second
comeback. He went mostly retired back in his late forties. He
returned, then after a couple of fine grandmaster years, he
coached and kept off the roads. Now he is back and gaining
confidence with each race. Look for him to improve his 68:34 at
Cherry Blossom soon.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Hazilla, Michael** 60 Germantown, MD 2 Page, Jason***** 62 Hamilton, VA 3 Wong, Ronnie**** 60 Baltimore, MD 4 Wright, Bernard*** 60 Pomfret, MD 5 Noone, Jim*7 62 Fairfax, VA 6 Tolbert, Herb 60 Montgomery Village, MD 7 Joyce, Bill** 63 Herndon, VA 8 Bell, Les** 60 York, PA 9 Churchman, John*** 64 Arlington, VA 10 Kent-Payne, Ben* 61 Hampton, VA 11 Warfield, Jerry 63 Columbia, MD 12 Chase, Bob** 61 Falls Church, VA 13 Adams, David 60 Gaithersburg, MD 14 Golash, Michael*** 63 Washington, DC 15 Tufts, Craig 60 Middleburg, VA 16 Mort, James 60 Burke, VA 17 Helm, John** 61 Washington, DC 18 Gammon, Tommy*6 60 Moseley, VA 19 Hensel, Donald 62 Gaithersburg, MD 20 Trost, Robert 60 Falls Church, VA 21 Baca, Ted** 61 Arlington, VA 22 Revanna, Krupakar 63 Falls Church, VA 23 Brown, Walter 63 Montgomery Village, MD 24 Ingram, Harold** 64 Henry, VA 25 Woodward, Lance*** 60 Monkton, MD 26 Bullock, Jim* 64 Westminster, MD 27 Patterson, Mark*** 61 Virginia Beach, VA 28 Cook, Timothy 62 Richmond, VA 29 Mayhew, Ed* 61 Winchester, VA 30 Banks, Stephen* 61 Springfield, VA 31 Coleman, Jim** 61 Norfolk, VA 32 Marty, Jerry 60 Chantilly, VA 33 McEvilly, Eamonn 64 Springfield, VA 34 Casinghino, John 61 Kensington, MD 35 Pane, Richard 64 Herndon, VA 36 Moye, Michael 62 Leesburg, VA 37 Schuaer, Francis 62 Alexandria, VA
65-69 Men
Last year John Elliott won the division at Pike's Peek in
41:53. This year he was injured and raced but once. Lou Shapiro
of Silver Spring sprang to the title with his even faster 10K
in 41:49. A month later his Capital Hill Classic 10K win in
42:41 matched exactly his Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile
win of 1:10:57. That was just the best three of his nine age
group wins. The battle for runner-up was a lot closer. Jack Pitarra of
Baltimore, MD ran a swift Ashland 10K in 43:22. Skip Mullaney
of Charlottesville had a half marathon in 1:35:42 to match
that. Mullaney had a year's best 5K in 20:52. Pitarra matched
that with a year's best 15K in 1:07:14. Their third races were
also matched evenly. Mullaney had four age group wins; Pitarra
had two. Fourth place Warren Prunella of Rockville, MD cannot be
forgotten. He was second at the two big races, Pike's Peek in
43:38 and Cherry Blossom in 1:12:32. Fifth place Lloyd
Blackwell of Warrenton, VA stays in the mix with his 10 miler
in 1:13:10.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Shapiro, Louis*9 65 Silver Spring, MD 2 Mullaney, Skip**** 67 Charlottesville, VA 3 Pitarra, Jack** 66 Baltimore, MD 4 Prunella, Warren** 65 Rockville, MD 5 Blackwell, Lloyd** 66 Chevy Chase, MD 6 O'Hagan, Malcolm* 67 Gaithersburg, MD 7 Becker, Jim** 65 Greencastle, PA 8 Forman, Stephen** 66 McLean, VA 9 Williams, Mel** 69 Norfolk, VA 10 Barber, Sonny 66 Falls Church, VA 11 Campbell, Douglas*** 65 Virginia Beach, VA 12 Robbins, Chan*** 67 Arlington,VA 13 Delambo, Nick* 65 Baltimore, MD 14 Lewis, Leon** 67 Abingon,VA 15 Hicks, Joel** 65 Fairlawn, VA 16 Neumann, Stan* 68 Timonium, MD 17 Pierce, Dick**** 68 Rescue, VA 18 Mack, Talbot* 67 Middleburg, VA 19 Sollers, Bill* 67 Silver Spring, MD
70-74 Men
Richard Williams of Alexandria, VA continues to be the most
prolific racer of the group with eight age group wins. Duane
Lougee of Norfolk, VA is the new man on the block and he topped
runner-up Tom Ray at the Shamrock Marathon 3:43:23 to 3:49:13.
Meanwhile, Williams was beating fifth place Chris Catoe at the
half marathon 1:48:06 to 1:48:21. Williams won the 8K the day
before. He also ran two HMs, two 10 milers, and three 10Ks. Ray made a comeback at Cherry Blossom finishing in 1:18:32,
virtually the same as Williams' Best of 2007 22:38 at the
Shamrock 5K. Williams made it even clearer, winning his
division at Cherry Blossom in 1:17:53. Lougee is closing with a
fast YMCA 5K in 23:05 and the fastest half of the year already. Nobody is unbeatable; a race weary Williams could not hold off
fourth place Philip Hager of Falls Church, VA at the GW Parkway
10 Mile 1:20:18 to 1:22:50.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Williams, Richard*8 71 Alexandria, VA 2 Ray, Tom** 74 Kitty Hawk, NC 3 Lougee, Duane* 70 Norfolk, VA 4 Hager, Philip** 70 Falls Church, VA 5 Catoe, Chris* 72 Virginia Beach, VA 6 Essery, John 70 Williamsburg, VA 7 Rider, Alan* 71 Reston, VA 8 Smith, Robert* 73 Comus, MD 9 Kohler, Donald** 70 New Market, MD 10 Jeter, D.T.*** 72 Bristol , TN 11 McCarthy, Terry** 72 Leesburg, VA 12 Measham, Tony* 72 Chevy Chase, MD
Charles Day (75) of Sterling, VA enjoys a race in the park
at the Sallie Mae 10K. Jack McMahon of Rockville, MD was having his way with the
division. Then his two regular rivals throughout the last dozen
years reappeared. Larry Dickerson of Burke, VA went right to
work, winning five times. George Yannakakis of Sparks, MD was
even tougher, taking McMahon at the St. Patrick's Day 8K 40:22
to 43:53. McMahon came back, running Pike's Peek 10K in 53:05
to best fourth place Nianxiang Xie of Rockville, MD, who ran
54:35. Yannakakis answered the following week with a resounding
50:01 win at the Ashland 10K. Dickerson is definitely getting back in shape racing his 5Ks in
the low 27s and high 26s. Then he ran the Daisy Dash in 24:30,
judged kindly as a 3-mile race. It was not quite enough to take
the runner-up spot from McMahon. At Cherry Blossom, fourth place Xie (1:32:04) led Henry Metzger
of Chevy Chase, MD (1:32:49) and sixth place Keith Olson of
Silver Spring, MD (1:33:20).
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Yannakakis, George*** 75 Sparks, MD 2 McMahon, Jack*** 76 Rockville, MD 3 Dickerson, Larry***** 75 Burke, VA 4 Xie, Nianxiang* 79 Rockville, MD 5 Metzger, Henry* 75 Chevy Chase, MD 6 Olson, Keith 75 Silver Spring, MD 7 Day, Charles* 75 Sterling, VA 8 Green Edward***** 75 Washington, DC 9 Taylor, Donald* 76 Hedgesville, WV 10 Coogan, Dick** 75 McLean, VA 11 Waxter, George*** 75 Frederick, MD 12 Silversmith, Ernie*6 76 Baltimore, MD 13 Zenchoff, Philip* 79 Silver Spring, MD
80 & Over Men
Paul Lackey of Arlington, VA has put his running shoes back on
and taken command of the division. Though he ran four minutes
slower than 2006, he won the Race for Hope 5K in 32:07 to win
the division. George Brown of Glen Arm, MD was close, running
the ROAR 5K in 32:32 the last week in April. Last period's
champion, Wendell Golden of Charlottesville, VA, ran the
longest race, finishing his hometown 10 miler in 1:57:21 for
third. Harry Freestone lost to Golden at the Bright Stars,
though he ran much better to win the Autism 5K earlier. Look out for legend John Hosner, perhaps the last runner in his
eighties still under 28:00 for the 5K.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Lackey, Paul** 82 Arlington, VA 2 Brown, George** 81 Glen Arm, MD 3 Golden, Wendell** 81 Charlottesville, VA 4 Freestone, Harry* 80 Keswick, VA 5 Atkins, Bob** 81 Winchester, VA 6 Barger, John* 81 Roanoke, VA See the Women's Spring 2007 WRR Runner Rankings.
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