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 2006 Winter WRR Runner Rankings Men's Division By James Moreland May/June 2006 For the Washington Running Report Photo above by Kathy Freedman: Bert Rodriguez (26) of Arlington, VA runs with the big dogs.
Potter Homes YMCA Turkey Trot 5K, 14:28, 10K = 30:11 In November at the Turkey Trot 5M, Matt Barresi [MRF 31] bested
second place Chris Banks 25:23 (10K = 32:01) to 26:04 (10K =
32:52) as well as tenth place Jon Lauder 26:13 (10K = 33:04).
To end December, Banks won the Red Ribbon 5K in 15:34 (10K =
32:28). Then in February, they met again at the GW Birthday
10K.
Barresi prevailed in a near photo finish 31:31 to 31:33. The
following week Banks took out his frustration, beating prolific
long distance runner Michael Wardian at the Colonial HM
1:10:01
(10K = 31:46) to 1:12:05 (10K = 32:05). Normally Wardian runs a
slew of races but in this ranking period ran only two in this
area. His second race was the Ashburn 5K in 16:22 for the
fourth
spot. Paul Spangler of Lexington, VA makes an unheralded dash to the
top three with a swift Charlottesville 5K win to start the year
in 15:36 (10K = 32:32). He also won the Charlottesville 4M in
December in 20:56 (10K = 33:28). Fifth place Roberto Rodriguez
was just off the third spot, racing the Red Ribbon 5K in 15:40
(10K = 32:42). He also played with the big boys at the Acumen
Solutions Jingle All the Way 10K in 33:00. Garth Terry easily
won the Gar Williams HM in 1:14:54 (10K = 33:59). Then in late
December, he rushed the extra distance on that same course for
the Belle Haven 25K to win in 1:26:56 (10K = 32:48). Carlos Renjifo takes the seven spot over ninth place Eric Furst
by leading him to the finish line at the RRCA Challenge 10 Mile
54:44 (10K= 32:56) to 55:02 (10K = 33:07). George Probst split
the two with his third place Red Ribbon 5K in 15:46 (10K =
32:53). Renjifo also won the Penguin Pace in 16:10 (10K =
33:43)
and was second at the Celtic Solstice 5 Mile in 26:45 (10K =
33:44). Probst backed his play with the Lewis-Gale 5K win in
16:20 (10K 34:04). Furst was first at the BRRC Valentine 10K in
33:31. Three runners dueled for the tenth spot. Jon Lauder won out
with
his 26:13 (10K = 33:04) at the Alexandria Turkey Trot. Douglas
Marshall and Ryan Carroll both won 15:55 5K races. Marshall ran
the Sentara Days in January and also won three other races.
Carroll won another race as well.
PL Name Age Hometown 1 Barresi, Matt* 23 Ashton, VA 2 Banks, Chris* 27 Springfield, VA 3 Spangler, Paul** 30 Lexington, VA 4 Wardian, Michael* 31 Arlington, VA 5 Rodriguez, Bert** 26 Arlington, VA 6 Terry, Garth** 26 Washington, DC 7 Renjifo, Carlos* 23 Columbia, MD 8 Probst, George* 32 Blacksburg, VA 9 Furst, Eric** 24 Catonsville, MD 10 Lauder, Jon** 23 Oakton, VA 11 Marshall, Douglas**** 31 Newport News, VA 12 Carroll, Ryan** 23 Portsmouth, VA 13 Miller, Wallace* 21 Annapolis, MD 14 Flemming, Victor** 26 Smithfield, VA 15 Munro, Scott 24 Vienna, VA 16 Jacoby, Bert 22 Fredericksburg, VA 17 Piggott, John*** 40 Williamsburg, VA 18 Lowe, Matt* 25 Arlington, VA 19 Lockwood, Max* 35 Washington, DC 20 Berardi, Dave 45 Baltimore, MD 21 Lomogda, John* 36 Norfolk, VA 22 Caballero, Paris** 23 Gaithersburg, MD
19 & Younger Men
Sixteen-year-old Erik Anderson won the Super Bowl 5K in 16:07
(10K = 33:07). Who says you cannot go straight out of high
school into the pros? Two weeks later, he was third overall at
the BRRC Valentine 10K in 34:44. Jesse Jaeger and Matt Klaschus
battled at the RRCA Challenge for the runner-up spot. Jaeger
topped him 57:02 (10K = 34:19) to 57:59 (10K = 34:53).
Christopher Kust is fourth, racing 17:01 (10K = 35:30) for
second overall in the Santa Claus 5K. At the Peaks of Otter 10K,
the youngest runner, Andrew Rigler (14), ran 35:58.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Anderson, Erik* 16 Baltimore, MD 2 Jaeger, Jesse** 18 Kingsville, MD 3 Klaschus, Matt* 19 Columbia, MD 4 Kust, Christopher* 16 Virginia Beach, VA 5 Chang, Jordan** 18 Blacksburg, VA 6 Hesch, Adam* 19 Annapolis, MD 7 Rigler, Andrew** 14 Altavista, MD 8 Mills, Geophery** 17 Chesapeake, VA 9 Werner, Christopher* 15 Chesapeake, VA 10 Ondra, Brendan** 15 Hampton, VA 11 Bernstein, David* 19 Columbia, MD 12 Lawrence, Marshal* 18 Frederick, MD 13 Martis, Alex 16 Springfield, VA 14 Skiles, Chris** 16 Pilot, VA 15 Dinan, Matthew 19 Arlington, VA 16 Flowerday, Nick** 15 Millwood, VA 17 Simpson, Darren* 15 Richmond, VA 18 Darmody, Neal**** 15 Gaithersburg, MD 19 Doan, Caleb* 16 Virginia Beach, VA 20 Murdoch, Ian* 17 Virginia Beach, VA 21 Billaud, Keran* 16 Dublin, VA 22 Jeffers, David** 16 Virginia Beach, VA 23 Doan, Conor 14 Virginia Beach, VA 24 McPherson, James* 18 Chesapeake, VA 25 Evans, James* 18 Evington, VA 26 Topp, Jeremy 19 Tabb, VA 27 Kilgore, Andrew* 15 Virginia Beach, VA
35 - 39 Men
Max Lockwood of Washington, DC loves to race. With seven age
group wins, it would seem he would be a lock to win the
division. Racing mostly DCRRC and MCRRC club races, he was
always a threat to win outright (twice) as well as being twice
second and twice third overall. In December, his Jingle All the
Way 10K in 33:57 put him mostly out of reach. His overall win at
the Al Lewis 10 mile in 56:31 (10K = 34:00) sealed the bargain.
John Lomogda of Norfolk, VA also won two races, one 5K cross-
country, one on the roads. It is hard to judge how hard those
races were. In March, his victory at the Run for Community was
in 16:19 (10K = 34:02). Michael Mann is on the way back. He ran
one 16:31 5K, while third place Ben Thomas ran two 16:31s for
third place. Remus Medley won the NCT Marathon in 2:43:08 (10K =
35:00) for fifth place.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Lockwood, Max*7 35 Washington, DC 2 Lomogda, John***** 36 Norfolk, VA 3 Thomas, Ben** 36 Newport, VA 4 Mann, Michael*** 37 Hampton, VA 5 Boyd, Matt** 35 Fredericksburg, VA 6 Medley, Remus** 35 Baltimore, MD 7 Purcell, Tom** 39 Virginia Beach, VA 8 Banchy, Tom 38 Catonsville, MD 9 Harrington, Jeff** 35 Lynchburg, VA 10 Bloor, Doug*** 39 Charlottesville, VA 11 Powell, Charles* 39 Parkville, MD
Potter Homes YMCA Turkey Trot 5K, 15:48, 10K = 32:58 John Piggott of Williamsburg, VA is known for his rapacious
hunger to race the marathon and especially the half marathon.
Yet he also manages to race the swiftest 5Ks as well. His
Potter
Homes 5K was the second fastest 5K in 16:25 (10K = 34:15). In
February, he quickly reverted to the half marathon, winning the
East Beach in 1:14:29 (10K = 33:48) and then the Colonial in
1:15:11 (10K = 34:07). Runner-up Christopher Hamley won his age
group eight times, just missing the ninth time against fourth
place Mark Hoon at the RRCA Challenge 56:55 (10K = 34:15) to
57:34 (10K = 34:38). Hoon's other qualifier was a laid back
28:27 (10K = 36:05) at the MCRRC Jingle Bell Jog 8K. Hamley
tried his hand at the B&A Half Marathon the week after the
Challenge (from Hoon and the race) and mastered the distance in
1:15:08 (10K = 34:05). Mark Junkerman of Williamsburg, VA pulled out all the stops and
broke the tape at the Frostbite 15K in 52:32 (10K = 34:03) to
earn third place. Chris Chattin matched Hoon's best race by
running half the distance at the Alexandria Turkey Trot 5 Mile
in 27:11 (10K = 34:17). His second race, a 35:40 win at the
Jingle all the Way 10K places him in fourth. Jean Christophe-Arcaz moved on to the next division, but not
before taking sixth, with his best races coming after aging up.
Daniel List worked his magic at the Frostbite 15K in 53:06 (10K
= 34:25). Ron Kulik ran 16:56 at the Red Ribbon 5K. Rodney
Timpson nudged him back to ninth with his Super Bowl 5K in
16:55. Photo: Paul Jacobson (42) of Potomac, MD started the year
with an 18:06 5K for 27th place in the division.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Piggott, John*** 40 Williamsburg, VA 2 Hamley, Christopher*8 41 Silver Spring, MD 3 Junkerman, Mark** 40 Williamsburg, VA 4 Chattin, Chris** 41 Columbia, MD 5 Hoon, Mark** 40 Kensington, MD 6 Arcaz, Jean-Christophe 44 Rockville, MD 7 List, Daniel* 40 Richmond, VA 8 Timpson, Rodney* 42 Rosedale, MD 9 Kulik, Ron** 42 Reston, VA 10 Labuschagne, Gerrit** 44 Richmond, VA 11 Killeen, Sean** 42 Richmond, VA 12 Poulos, Ted*7 44 McLean, VA 13 Hattar, Thomas** 44 Davidsonville, MD 14 Menzies, Steven** 42 Langley AFB, VA 15 Samley, Chris*** 43 Charlottesville, VA 16 Johnstone, Steve*** 41 Virginia Beach, VA 17 Grilliot, Gary** 42 Reston, VA 18 D'Amanda, Kevin* 43 Bethesda, MD 19 Henderson, Jerry** 40 Bel Air, MD 20 Haaga, Dave 44 Rockville, MD 21 Thatcher, Alan** 42 Manassas, VA 22 Clements, Ian* 41 Alexandria, VA 23 Degenhardt, Sheldon* 40 Marriottsville, MD 24 Hanley, David* 42 Virginia Beach, VA 25 Morrell, Steve 42 Arlington, VA 26 Hess, Ronald 44 Baltimore, MD 27 Jacobson, Paul 42 Potomac, MD 28 Smith, Gene 41 Burke, VA 29 Hugar, Wayne* 42 Woodbridge, VA
45 - 49 Men
Greg Cauller, 2005 Champion, is taking a break, running just one
race. Mark Malander is starting up again. Both will be near the
top. Jean-Christope Arcaz has the rush of being new to the
division. Jim Hage has been a national running icon for more
than two decades. Robert Marino is back in town and Dave Berardi
has a battle on his hands. Berardi started off his rampage at the Turkey Trot 5M, setting
the tone with 26:56 (10K = 33:58). Only 19th place Bill Stahr
dared to follow and he was a half mile behind. In December, Jim
Hage came to West Potomac Park to write the story for the Acumen
Solutions Jingle All the Way 10K. The story was Berardi would be
tough to best. Hage ran 34:51; Berardi crossed the line in
34:08. In February, many of the top runners from the running
clubs venture up to Columbia, MD for the RRCA Challenge. After
the race Robert Marino expressed disappointment with his race.
His time of 56:44 (10K = 34:08) was more than adequate, having
Berardi forty meters in front of him at 56:35 (10K = 34:03) was
not. Marino also started the year with an overall victory at the
Father Time 5 Mile in 27:47 (10K = 35:01). Arcaz, who had matched Hage's 10K of 34:51 at GW Birthday, was
also at the Challenge. His 58:29 trumped Hage's Al Lewis 10 Mile
in 61:23. Look for fifth place George Buckheit to gear up from
his 35:35 GW Birthday 10K. Peter Searson of Baltimore, MD throws
his hat into the ring with a swift 59:49 (10K = 35:59) at the
RRCA Challenge.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Berardi, Dave*** 45 Baltimore, MD 2 Marino, Robert** 48 Hanover, MD 3 Arcaz, Jean-Christophe** 45 Rockville, MD 4 Hage, Jim 47 Kensington, MD 5 Buckheit, George* 48 Reston, VA 6 Searson, Peter** 48 Baltimore, MD 7 Samaha, Rick** 47 Williamsburg, VA 8 Leitzel, Ben**** 45 Virginia Beach, VA 9 Dietz, Steve 46 Springfield, VA 10 Johnson, Robert*** 48 Woodbridge, VA 11 McLaughlin, Terry** 45 Spotsylvania, VA 12 Olean, George 45 Ellicott City, MD 13 Gibson, Pete** 49 Murfreesboro, NC 14 Chall, John*9 48 Jessup, MD 15 Horan, Marty*** 46 Gaithersburg, MD 16 Stiegmann, Marty 45 Richmond, VA 17 King, Jack* 47 Richmond, VA 18 Morrison, Jack*** 46 Hartwood, VA 19 Stahr, Bill 45 The Plains, VA 20 Serra, Paul* 49 Lusby, MD 21 Van Derveer, Gary 48 Virginia Beach, VA 22 Meadows, Mike*** 48 Martinsburg, WV 23 Hagan, John 47 Lusby, MD
Sentara 5K, 16:31, 10K = 34:27 Three runners own the top 12 times. This period's champion,
Stephen Chantry of Williamsburg, VA, had three of the top
times.
Still, even with his chief rival moving to his second
retirement, Chantry will not have an easy time maintaining
control. Chantry gunned out the period at the VAB Turkey Trot
10K in 35:17, which might not have been enough for the crown.
Then he clinched the title with a blazing Sentara Days 5K on
New
Year's Day in 16:31 (10K= 34:27). In March, he raced the Run
for
the Community 5K in 17:03 (10K = 35:34). Spring is going to be
fun! Mike Hart has blitzed through the last six months, winning
everywhere. This period he had seven age group wins and is
often
a threat to beak the tape first. He lost to his former training
partner, Steve Ward, at the Gar Williams HM, running 1:19:44
and
to third place Dan Lawson at the MCRRC Shooting Starr 5M, 28:48
to 29:20. These were his worst races. In January, he finished
fifth overall at the DCRRC Al Lewis 10 Mile in 59:38 (10K =
35:47). Then he finished the period in late February with a
fourth overall 1:33:32 (10K = 35:18) at the Belle Haven 25K. Lawson is also adjusting to the next age group. His times will
drop this spring below the 17:18 (10K = 36:05) third place
overall finish he started the year with. Maurice Pointer of
Baltimore, MD is still the sleek 130-pound racing machine. He
always seems pleasantly surprised when he wins. We are not
surprised. He is undefeated since turning fifty. He impressed
everyone with a 17:38 (10K = 36:47) at the Super Bowl 5K. In
December, he flashed through the toughest 5 mile in the area,
the Celtic Solstice, in 29:24 (10K = 37:04). Norton Compton is
fifth with a sub 6:00 pace 10K, GW Birthday in 37:08.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Chantry, Stephen*** 51 Williamsburg, VA 2 Hart, Mike*7 50 Washington, DC 3 Lawson, Dan*** 50 Gaithersburg, MD 4 Pointer, Maurice**** 50 Baltimore, MD 5 Compton, Norton* 51 Fairfax, VA 6 Douglass, Jeff** 50 Chesapeake, VA 7 Grimsley, Gary* 50 Springfield, VA 8 Darmody, Peter** 50 Gaithersburg, MD 9 Goggin, James** 52 Williamsburg, VA 10 Umbarger, Ken** 53 Gaithersburg, MD 11 Black, Ronald*** 50 Frederick, MD 12 Ryan, Paul* 54 Arlington, VA 13 Skiles, Barry** 50 Pilot, VA 14 Clark, Tom 51 Burke, VA 15 McDonald, Denis* 47 Woodbine, MD 16 Burns, Bob 53 Columbia, MD 17 Lerner, Steven** 50 Richmond, VA 18 Scatliffe, Lionel 52 Alexandria, VA 19 Carbary, Jim** 54 Columbia, MD 20 Alto, Bill* 54 Newport News, VA 21 Erickson, Kenyon* 51 Vienna, VA 22 Piersol, Morrie** 53 Richmond, VA 23 Riemenschneider, Neil** 51 Winchester, VA 24 Abel, Mark** 51 Earlysville, VA 25 Sengebusch, Mark* 52 Catonsville, MD 26 Bousel, Paul 52 Alexandria, VA 27 Carroll, Brian 50 Silver Spring, MD 28 Lord, Michael* 52 Millersville, MD 29 Robinson, Steve* 50 Herndon, VA 30 Muller, Rudy 52 Richmond, VA
55 - 59 Men
Tim Morgan wants that pesky crown. He has a pleasant smile and a
friendly chuckle; that is, until they say, "GO!" He spent the
winter winning race after race. His Super Bowl 5K in 18:36 (10K
38:48) was a sub 6:00 pace. Four of his five victories were at 5
miles, none of them flat. At the Celtic Solstice, he busted up
his chief rival, Mick Slonaker, 30:11 (10K = 38:04) to 30:48
(10K = 38:48). If only he had taken off the rest of the period.
No, Tim showed up at the RRCA Challenge to help his Montgomery
County Road Runners. Mick is another of the polite smilers. He
smiled a crocodile grin. Now we were on this former Howard
County Strider president's home turf. He knows all the hills,
all the turns. He has been running them all winter long. Morgan
had a fine race in 64:59 (10K = 39:06), not forgetting to hold
off that pesky Jim Wright, 65:30 (10K = 39:25). It was not
enough. The title was decided exactly 63:11 (10K = 38:01) after
the start of the race. Slonaker was the champion. Ken Shipp of Great Falls, VA is from a running family. Many of
his races are with his wife or his kids and his times seem "also
ran." Then all of a sudden he feels it. At the By George 10K
this year, Hains Point was calm. Shipp started slowly, like an
ocean liner, but once he rumbled into full gear there was no
stopping him. His 39:50 effort makes him a threat to move up
from fourth place. Sixth place Dave Crawford runs tons of races,
including seven age group wins. No doubt he was surprised as
Shipp floated past him at the By George but there was little he
could do, finishing in 40:15. Hans Tall had a best 10K at the
massive VAB Turkey Trot 10K, besting eighth place Larry Coley
40:33 to 41:03. He won his five spot with a race three times as
long. The time at the TS Tune-up 30K was 2:09:04 (10K = 40:00).
Seventh place Dan Cantley tucked in behind Tall at the TS Tune-
up 25K 1:46:46 (10K = 40:17) to 1:47:15 (10K 40:28).
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Slonaker, Mick** 56 Columbia, MD 2 Morgan, Timothy***** 55 Damascus, MD 3 Wright, Jim 56 Gaithersburg, MD 4 Shipp, Kenneth* 57 Great Falls, VA 5 Tall, Hans*6 58 Norfolk, VA 6 Crawford, Dave*7 55 Arlington, VA 7 Cantley, Dan 57 Virginia Beach, VA 8 Coley, Larry**** 57 Chesapeake, VA 9 Abrahamson, Dale** 56 Yorktown, VA 10 Senior, Malcolm** 55 New Market, MD 11 Wong, Ronnie 59 Catonsville, MD 12 Senseney, Bill*** 56 Charleston, WV 13 Vaughan, Allen*** 55 Stafford, VA 14 Pyle, Richard* 56 Richmond, VA 15 Gallogy, Michael** 57 Richmond, VA 16 Tyndall, Steve* 58 Yorktown, VA 17 Day, Joseph 56 Yorktown, VA 18 Wilson, Robert* 58 Toano, VA 19 Reynolds, Bruce 55 Arlington, VA 20 Turner, Daniel 58 Colonial Heights, VA 21 Wind, Jay* 55 Arlington, VA 22 Christol, Jim 58 Yorktown, VA
60 - 64 Men
This is usually the biggest division, which is fine by Patrick
Griffith. That just means more subjects in his kingdom. Patrick
always seems to have a lesser winter ranking period. He did have
the two best times and four age group wins in only four races.
The reason is that after winning the Gar Williams HM in 87:03
(10K = 39:30) and the year ending Red Ribbon 5K 18:32 (10K =
38:40), he headed south to his future home of Florida. Walt
Disney thought they were ready for this perennial champion to
win one of their races. Instead, on back-to-back days he won the
Disney Half Marathon and Marathon too. By the end of February,
he was ready to run the fastest race of the period, the Belle
Haven 25K, in 1:42:08 (10K = 38:32). Jason Page spent 2005 running sizzling fast 5Ks. This period he
won lots of races but the distances of many of the Shenandoah
Valley Runners races are suspect. Sometimes they are listed as
3.5M; sometimes 5Ks run like 3.25 or 3.3M. Knowing winks from
the regulars let you know that the race was "at least" a 5K. At
Ashburn in the November, he moved up to the 10K and found he
could do just fine. His 38:46 was the third fastest race, and
six age group wins has him fully in place to take over the
throne if and when Patrick goes south. John Kirkpatrick rules the east, winning the Cold Turkey 10K in
40:53 and celebrating Valentine's Day with a heart warming 20:13
5K win. Fourth place John Brittain has some sprinter's
credentials, racing the fastest 400M of the year. On the roads,
he impressed us with 34:14 (10K = 43:10) at the monster Turkey
Trot 5M in Alexandria. Down in the deeper south, Dennis Manske
held court at the Colonial HM in 1:35:14 (10K = 43:13). Brittain
took the spot in a duel of 5Ks. His best was 20:43 to Manske's
21:45, albeit the week after Colonial. Spots six and seven come from two of the three runners from the
50 Plus Club (Griffith is the other). Seems racing a lot works
well. Roger Kilgore triumphs over Jim Noone this time as they
met at Red Ribbon. Kilgore finished in 20:54; Noone in 20:56.
Even with 37 ranked runners, there are plenty of age group wins
(66).
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Griffith, Patrick**** 61 Alexandria, VA 2 Page, Jason****** 61 Hamilton, VA 3 Kirkpatrick, John** 62 Annapolis, MD 4 Brittain, John** 62 Alexandria, VA 5 Manske, Dennis** 60 Williamsburg, VA 6 Kilgore, Roger****** 62 Tall Timbers, MD 7 Noone, Jim** 61 Fairfax, VA 8 Loughran, John*** 61 Sandston, VA 9 Daley, James 61 Alexandria, VA 10 Bell, Jim** 60 Charlottesville, VA 11 Shapiro, Louis***** 64 Silver Spring, MD 12 Churchman, John 63 Arlington, VA 13 Haubert, John** 63 Alexandria, VA 14 Coleman, Norman* 60 Chevy Chase, MD 15 Kutzner, Richard 62 Alexandria, VA 16 Bullock, Jim*** 63 Westminster, MD 17 Welch, Emmons 60 Charlottesville, VA 18 Hensel, Donald 60 Gaithersburg, MD 19 Patterson, Mark*** 60 Virginia Beach, VA 20 Golash, Michael 62 Washington, DC 21 Brown, Walter 62 Gaithersburg, MD 22 Wingfield, Randy** 60 Winchester, VA 23 Barber, Sonny 64 Falls Church, VA 24 Behnke, Richard 61 Vienna, VA 25 Banks, Stephen 60 Springfield, VA 26 Delambo, Nick* 63 Baltimore, MD 27 Clorety, Joseph 62 Crownsville, MD 28 Mayhew, Ed* 60 Winchester, VA 29 Turner, Larry** 62 Seaford, VA 30 Weiss, Richard 64 Potomac, MD 31 Chaconas, Gregory 60 Arlington, VA 32 Derring, Bob 64 Virginia Beach, VA 33 Villano, Leo 60 Silver Spring, MD 34 Berg-Cross, Gary 62 Potomac, MD 35 Marvel, Don 63 Easton, MD 36 Mullendore, Ted* 60 Sharpsburg, MD 37 Lascano, Chuck 62 Charlottesville, VA
RRCA Challenge 10 Mile, 70:28, 10K = 42:24 The top three runners usually come from three different spots.
Mel Williams is famous for long distance running, including the
state marathon record for grandmasters (2:37:22) and running
every Marine Corps Marathon since that race began. It is no
surprise that he easily set the 2006 best for the 20K, 25K, and
30K at the TS Tune-up runs. His best race, 30K, was in 2:20:57
(10K = 43:42). When he dipped down to a shorter race, it was
his
own tune-up 10K at the VAB Turkey Trot in 43:34. At age 56,
Williams set the Virginia 10K record in 36:41. Meanwhile, John
Elliott has been lighting up the short races in the north. He
pulled away from the crowd, racing the Super Bowl 5K in 20:29
(10K = 42:42) and then took on the hilly MCRRC Country Road 5M
in 34:39 (10K = 43:42). This nudged him past Williams. Then along came what runners fear most, a hungry athlete moving
into a new age group. Those not knowing Jack Pitarra had turned
65 had Elliott as a sure thing. They met at the RRCA Challenge
where Elliot had a solid effort in 1:14:55 (10K = 45:05).
Pitarra snowed us with a 1:15:51 (10K = 45:38) at the Loch
Raven
10 Mile in January. Pay attention; Pitarra ran 1:10:31 last
year
at the Challenge. This year he blew the doors off the Maryland
record by more than two minutes, racing 1:10:28 (10K = 42:24)
and put himself on top of the list. This will not be an easy reign. Places four through six are
also
runners fully capable of earning the crown. Malcolm O'Hagan was
dominating at the Jingle All The Way 10K in 43:50. Cal Fowler
won the Colonial HM in 1:37:38 (10K = 44:18). That is not an
easy half but it was six minutes faster than anyone ran in
2005.
Stephen Forman is nibbling away at many of the Best of 2006
races, including the best 12K at the Custis Lee in 57:23.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Pitarra, Jack*** 65 Parkville, MD 2 Elliott, John** 67 Columbia, MD 3 Williams, Mel**** 68 Norfolk, VA 4 O'Hagan, Malcolm* 65 Chevy Chase, MD 5 Fowler, Cal*** 66 Keswick, VA 6 Forman, Stephen* 65 McLean, VA 7 Lougee, Duane 69 Norfolk, VA 8 Patton, Tom 65 Virginia Beach, VA 9 Willging, Tom* 65 Washington, DC 10 Pierce, Dick* 66 Rescue, VA 11 Quincy, Ken* 68 Vienna, VA 12 Moore, Robert** 65 Annapolis, MD 13 Harris, Tommy** 66 Lynchburg, VA 14 Morris, Doug*** 67 Delaplane, VA
70 - 74 Men
Richard Williams was so ready to move into the new division and
he was running times that were sure to put him in first. Then
along comes Skip Grant of Silver Spring, MD. No one thought he
was 70 as he sprinted by many a runner. Williams had five of the
top nine times. Grant had the fourth of the top five. When they
met at the Jingle All the Way 10K, it was all Grant, 47:18 to
48:41. Grant also won at the Alexandria Turkey Trot 5M in 37:17
(10K = 47:01). Chris Catoe owns southern Virginia with a VAB
Turkey Trot 10K in 50:39. The next "beat" was fourth place Jack
McMahon, losing the 5 miler to Grant but earning his spot racing
40:44 (10K = 51:22). Williams bested fifth place Larry Dickerson
at the Virginia Run 5K 24:13 to 24:57 (10K = 52:03).
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Grant, Skip**** 70 Silver Spring, MD 2 Williams, Richard****** 70 Alexandria, VA 3 Catoe, Chris*** 71 Virginia Beach, VA 4 McMahon, Jack 74 Rockville, MD 5 Dickerson, Larry* 74 Burke, VA 6 Zambardi, Armand** 71 Charlottesville, VA 7 McCarthy, Terrence**** 70 Leesburg, VA 8 Measham, Tony** 71 Chevy Chase, MD 9 Olson, Keith 74 Silver Spring, MD 10 Smith, Robert***** 71 Comus, MD 11 Winslow, John 72 Washington, DC 12 Marhoefer, Joseph* 70 Reston, VA 13 Yannakakis, George* 74 Baltimore, MD
75 - 79 Men
Jack McMahon was starting to take a beating in the 70-74
division, fading to fourth, so he aged up to the next division.
He immediately took control with his best race, a 5K, more than
five minutes ahead of second place Paul Madden. His time at the
Red Ribbon 5K was 25:22. He raced the GW Birthday 10K in 53:52.
While most of the races in this division were 5Ks, fourth place
Bill Law ran the B&A Half Marathon in 2:27:50.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 McMahon, Jack***** 75 Rockville, MD 2 Madden, Paul* 77 Virginia Beach, VA 3 Hui, Peter* 75 Wheaton, MD 4 Law, Bill* 78 Arnold, MD 5 Rutkowski, Joseph* 76 Dundalk, MD 6 Silversmith, Ernie** 75 Baltimore, MD
80 & Up Men
Walt Washburn of Vienna, VA is a prolific racer, often running
50 or more races a year. This period he raced New Year's Eve and
New Year's Day and it caught up to him. Those were his only two
races of the period. He has been on injured reserve since then.
George Brown of Glen Arm, MD steps up to the plate. He raced a
couple of 5Ks in Baltimore to win the crown. Traveling to
southern Virginia he ran the short-race 10K in the Tidewater
Striders Tune-up series, winning in 1:14:05. Larry McGovern ran
in the other two Tune-up races, garnering a 1:15:18 10K for
second in the division.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Brown, George* 80 Glen Arm, MD 2 McGovern, Larry** 81 Virginia Beach, VA 3 Washburn, Walt** 83 Vienna, VA 4 Pierce, Frank*** 83 Silver Spring, MD 5 Atkins, Bob****** 80 Winchester, VA 6 Cone, Robbie** 82 Berryville, VA See the Women's Winter 2006 WRR Runner Rankings
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