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 2007 Spring WRR Runner Rankings Women's Division By James Moreland; Photos by Brightroom.com July/August 2007 For the Washington Running Report
Slender waif Tatiana Chulakh (24) of Gaithersburg, MD
cruised to the Open crown with a powerful spring. Even with many of the top runners, including three top
Russians, taking a powder, the Open Division was again huge
with 71 qualifiers. Last period's champion, Maria Elena Calle
of Richmond, VA, started things off with a fine Shamrock 8K in
28:08 and she placed eighth in that race. Kerry Meagher of
Washington, DC was two places higher, racing 27:30. A week later the photogenic Tatiana Chulakh of Gaithersburg, MD
started her rampage with four overall wins. At the Scope It Out
5K, she held off an out of town challenge with a four-second
victory in 16:24. Then in late April, she perfected her tape
breaking ceremony with three straight weeks of wins. At the GW
Parkway 10 Mile she crushed a strong field with an excellent
55:39. Hirut Mengistu of Washington, DC followed her home in
57:56 to get third place in the rankings. At DARCARS Pike's
Peek, she beat all but 25 of the men in a swift 33:18. Mengistu was two places back, finishing in 34:28. It was not
enough to catch Calle who had finished fifth overall at her
monster hometown Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K in 34:23.
Chulakh's last effort was Sallie Mae in 34:08. The race was not
as competitive as in past years. Three out-of-towners finished
in less than 39:00 with only one runner within 200 meters of
her. Even though the Credit Union Cherry Blossom always has the most
ranked runners, this year only two of the top ten women raced
there. Meagher was tops, running 58:14. Fifth place Laura
Turner of Washington, DC put all her eggs in one basket for
fourth overall at the Shamrock HM in 1:17:17. Sixth place
Aurora Scott of Chesapeake, VA was next, finishing in the
runner-up position at the Dismal Swamp HM in 1:17:25. After that, it was back to DARCARS Pike's Peek where most of
the rankings were decided. The next three finished there.
Alemgena Desta was 35:01, followed by Melissa Tanner in 35:31,
and Teyba Nasir in 35:40. Desta gets the nod even though she
lost to Nasir at the GW Parkway 58:58 to 59:41. Nasir's 10K
equivalent of 35:26 edges Tanner for the eighth spot. Tanner
ran Cherry Blossom in 59:40. Tenth place Briana Whalley of
Richmond, VA is a stride off these three, finishing the Ukrop's
Monument Avenue 10K in 35:40 and the Shamrock HM in 1:19:04
(10K = 35:44).
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Chulakh, Tatiana**** 24 Gaithersburg, MD 2 Calle, Maria Elena 31 Richmond, VA 3 Mengistu, Hirut 21 Washington, DC 4 Meagher, Kerry 23 Washington, DC 5 Turner, Laura* 26 Washington, DC 6 Scott, Aurora* 17 Chesapeake, VA 7 Desta, Alemgena* 25 Silver Spring, MD 8 Nasir, Teyba* 20 Washington, DC 9 Tanner, Melissa 26 Bethesda, MD 10 Whaley, Briana* 28 Richmond, VA 11 Zemedukin, Belaynesh 19 Washington, DC 12 Graham-Gray, Susan 38 Greencastle, PA 13 Ackerly, Maureen* 38 Richmond, VA 14 Brand, Shelley 28 Norfolk, VA 15 Harvey, Alisa 41 Manassas, VA 16 High, Renee 25 Virginia Beach, VA 17 Merz, Martha* 44 Annandale, VA 18 Moritz, Rachel* 36 Sterling, VA 19 Oleynik, Anya* 18 Gaithersburg, MD 20 Liever, Kathleen 28 Alexandria, VA 21 Shelton, Jenn* 23 Virginia Beach, VA 22 Ko, Phebe* 24 Baltimore, MD 23 Gruendel, Jacqueline** 32 Burke, VA 24 Foley, Linda* 45 Oakton, VA 25 Dworak, Kelly***** 44 Burke, VA 26 Nowak, Katie* 26 Rockville, MD 27 Spalding, Sarah 26 Washington, DC 28 Schrank, Brenda 35 Winchester, VA 29 Pease, Alicia* 24 Silver Spring, MD 30 Devine, Kelly 23 York, PA 31 Ward, Emily 25 Richmond, VA 32 Kassens, Alice* 32 Fincastle, VA 33 Pool, Diana 26 Westminster, MD 34 Sun, Feng 37 Columbia, MD 35 Fenske, Tara* 31 Washington, DC 36 Breitenbach, Katie*** 26 Elkridge, MD 37 Kirby, Samantha* 38 Arlington, VA 38 Nathan, Rebecca* 41 Arlington, VA 39 Cairns, Hilary 36 Washington, DC 40 Davison, Mary 34 Chesapeake, VA 41 Marrari, Erica 25 College Park, MD 42 Catanese, Anna** 40 Mechanicsville, VA 43 Richard, Emily 30 Washington, DC 44 Diegoli, Toni Marie 28 Arlington, VA 45 Stick, Sherry*** 28 Eldersburg, MD 46 Lang, Vicki 38 Columbia, MD 47 Sawvell, Linda* 41 Newport News, VA 48 Mudge-Riley, Michelle* 30 Glen Allen, VA 49 Humphrey, Robyn 43 Ellicott City, MD 50 Sinclair, Halsey* 17 Silver Spring, MD 51 Smith, Julia** 38 Tappahannock, VA 52 Ensle, Leisa 48 Virginia Beach, VA 53 Eames, Betsy* 23 Herndon, VA 54 Feldman, Elizabeth 39 Chevy Chase, MD 55 Feliciano, Tacy 38 Columbia, MD 56 Cox, Vanessa 45 Laurel, MD 57 Peterson, Heidi*** 13 Williamsburg, VA 58 Behan, Kelly 24 Washington, DC 59 Grillo, Monica 42 Arlington, VA 60 Benton, Laurie 35 Richmond, VA 61 Kline, Sheryl 44 Arnold, MD 62 Dumbrell, Jeanette* 38 Falls Church, VA 63 Pargana, Mariana 28 Washington, DC 64 Storm, Jessica** 30 Reston, VA 65 Christopher, Mary** 22 Arlington, VA 66 Conant, Cindy 46 Kensington, MD 67 Goransson, Jenny* 23 Arlington, VA 68 Boyd, Elizabeth* 30 Richmond, VA 69 Harburg, Michelle 24 Washington, DC 70 Didomenico, Kristin 40 Potomac Falls, VA 71 Baker, Kelly 24 Beltsville, MD
19 & Under Women
Last year's champion, Aurora Scott of Chesapeake, VA, is back
and improved her half marathon from last fall at the Dismal
Swamp, racing 1:17:25 (10K = 34:59). She added an overall win
at the Blair Classic 5K in 17:15 (10K = 35:55). This was slower
than normal for her as she chased after the third overall man,
beating all the women by three minutes or more. For once, she
had some competition. Belaynesh Zemedukin of Washington, DC had
two excellent 10Ks. Her DARCARS Pike's Peek 10K was 35:43 and
she ran the Apple Blossom 10K in 35:58. Third place Anya Oleynik of Gaithersburg, MD raced a lot,
gathering in nine age group wins, including an overall win at
the MCRRC Trolley 5M in 30:22. Her best effort was a ninth
overall 10K in 37:04 at Pike's Peek. The Sinclair twins took
the fourth and seventh spots, surrounding two of the youngest
racers. Halsey won the Azalea Classic overall in 18:46 ahead of
Oleynik's 18:53 and sister Ashlyn's 19:53. Brittney Rooks (13) of Baltimore, MD was injured running the
Pike's Peek 10K race (44:18) this year. With her dad Remus
Medley, who coaches her and her brother, she was kept centered.
After all, she had been the overall winner at the Cherry Pit 10
Mile in 66:40 (10K = 40:04) to earn the sixth spot. Heidi
Peterson of Williamsburg, VA, also 13, had three fine 5Ks with
her best coming on the last weekend of the period at the Red,
White, and Blue 5K in 19:00 (10K = 39:33). Five of these teens made the Open Division.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Scott, Aurora** 17 Chesapeake , VA 2 Zemedkun, Belaynesh*** 19 Washington, DC 3 Oleynik, Anya*9 18 Gaithersburg, MD 4 Sinclair, Halsey** 17 Silver Spring, MD 5 Petersen, Heidi**** 13 Williamsburg, VA 6 Rooks, Brittney***** 12 Baltimore, MD 7 Sinclair, Ashlyn 17 Silver Spring, MD 8 McManus, Dakota** 11 Williamsburg, VA 9 Gay, Jane** 16 Roanoke, VA 10 Twigg, Elaine** 17 Falls Church, VA 11 Bodmer, Allyson*** 12 Manassas, VA 12 Lewin, Jamie 18 Washington, DC 13 Pollard, Brittany* 12 Fall Waters, WV 14 Rubino, Juliana*** 15 Timonium, MD 15 Matthews, Samantha* 17 Baltimore, MD 16 Gessler, Julie 14 Columbia, MD 17 Pape-Calabrese, Carravita** 13 Chevy Chase, MD
35-39 Women
Feng Sun of Columbia, MD is known for her long distance racing.
After winning the Annapolis 10 Mile last year and her age group
at the Frederick Marathon, she ran two half marathons. First,
she ran the National HM in March in a solid fourth overall with
1:25:16, just ahead of Rachel Moritz of Sterling, VA with
1:25:30. Meanwhile, Susan Graham-Gray of Greencastle, PA was
second overall at twice the distance with 2:56:00 (10K =
37:37). Then in May, Sun matched up again with Moritz at the Frederick
HM. Both had big improvements, Sun to 1:23:56 for second
overall. This time Moritz got the upper hand with an overall
win in 1:21:56 (10K = 37:01) getting her the third spot in the
division. Sun earned the fifth spot. A week later Maureen
Ackerly of Richmond, VA stepped up to the plate with a big time
age group win at the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K with 36:02,
along with a 5K in 18:04 on the 21st of April to match Graham-
Gray's marathon. One day later, Graham-Gray raced up the
Parkway a mere eleven seconds slower than last year. Her time
was 59:49 (10K = 35:57) to nudge past Ackerly for the division
crown. The next spots were very close. First Brenda Schrank of
Winchester, VA joined the division with an excellent Cherry
Blossom in 62:52, solidly ahead of Samantha Kirby's 64:52.
Kirby closed the gap with 63:33 later in the month at the GW
Parkway 10 Mile (10K = 38:11). Schrank bolstered her claim for
fourth place by racing the Apple Blossom 10K in 38:14. Hilary
Cairns of Washington, DC gets the seventh spot with her fine
Pike's Peek in 38:17 combined with a solid win at the Capitol
Hill Classic 10K in 38:45. Thirteen runners made the Open Division.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Graham-Gray, Susan** 38 Greencastle, PA 2 Ackerly, Maureen** 38 Richmond, VA 3 Moritz, Rachel* 36 Sterling, VA 4 Schrank, Brenda* 35 Winchester, VA 5 Sun, Feng** 37 Columbia, MD 6 Kirby, Samantha** 38 Arlington, VA 7 Cairns, Hilary** 36 Washington, DC 8 Lang, Vicki* 38 Columbia, MD 9 Smith, Julia** 37 Tappahannock, VA 10 Feldman, Elizabeth*** 39 Chevy Chase, MD 11 Feliciano, Tacy* 38 Columbia, MD 12 Benton, Laurie* 35 Richmond, VA 13 Dumbrell, Jeanette** 38 Falls Church, VA 14 Rodgers, Kerry 38 Washington, DC 15 Dempsey, Laurie** 36 Alexandria, VA 16 Pels, Paula* 39 Bethesda, MD 17 Hoffman, Michelle*6 35 Baltimore, MD 18 Wilkey, Sonja*** 36 Midlothian, VA 19 Myers, Karen* 36 Harrisonburg, VA 20 O'Connell, Debra 39 Bethesda, MD 21 Martz, Robin** 36 Arlington, VA 22 Digruttolo, Michelle 36 Alexandria, VA
Linda Sawvell (41) of Newport News, VA earned her sixth spot
in the 40-44 division at the Dismal Swamp Stomp HM in
1:25:59. The division remains one of the largest and, after Alisa
Harvey, the most competitive. Harvey is a multiple middle
distance record holder. (She holds both the indoor and outdoor
American records in the mile and the 800M.) She ran two races.
At the season opener, she was a tantalizingly close six seconds
from overall victory in 29:17. At DARCARS Pike's Peek she was
eighth overall in 36:30. Martha Merz of Arlington, VA is quietly cementing her position
at the runner-up spot. She blazed home at Credit Union Cherry
Blossom, winning in 61:03 (10K = 36:41) and finished the GW
Parkway Classic with a win in 62:03. When she met with Harvey,
she finished second at St. Patrick's in 30:13. At Pike's Peek
she was tenth overall in 37:22. Third place Kelly Dworak of
Burke, VA was at the right races, winning five of them
outright. Her best effort was 62:36 at the Cherry Blossom
behind Merz. Both women easily made the open division and will
soon be making noise in the 45-49 division. Rebecca Nathan of Arlington, VA had a fine finish at Pike's
Peek in 38:17 for fourth. Anna Catanese of Mechanicsville, VA
ran in the largest race by far with more than 20,000 finishers,
the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K; she ran 38:49. She also won
overall at the Ashland 10K in 38:34. That was enough to keep
her ahead of an inspired Dismal Swamp HM by sixth place Linda
Sawvell of Newport News, VA. Her time of 1:25:59 equals a 38:51
10K. Seventh place Robyn Humphrey was achingly close with a
fine Credit Union Cherry Blossom in 64:53 (10K = 39:00) and an
age group win at Pike's Peek with 39:06. Nine runners made the Open Division.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Harvey, Alisa** 41 Manassas, VA 2 Merz, Martha*7 44 Arlington, VA 3 Dworak, Kelly***** 44 Burke, VA 4 Nathan, Rebecca**** 41 Arlington, VA 5 Catanese, Anna*** 40 Mechanicsville, VA 6 Sawvell, Linda*** 41 Newport News, VA 7 Humphrey, Robyn* 43 Ellicott City, MD 8 Cottone, Elizabeth** 40 Charlottesville, VA 9 Grillo, Monica 42 Arlington, VA 10 Kline, Sheryl*** 44 Arnold, MD 11 Didomenico, Kristin* 40 Potomac Falls, VA 12 Nelson, Laura***** 41 Woodstock, VA 13 Goetz, Kathleen* 41 Reston, VA 14 Shannon, Laura**** 44 Williamsburg, VA 15 Gleuck, Connie*6 42 Williamsburg, VA 16 Menge, Karen 44 Baltimore, MD 17 Elliott, Nicola 41 Vienna, VA 18 Freres, Anita*** 42 Reston, VA 19 Kohler, Shannon 40 Adamstown, MD 20 Lovett, Pamela 44 Newport News, VA 21 Salomonsky, Jessica* 43 Richmond, VA 22 Hall, Maureen*** 42 Lavale, MD 23 Kinnecome, Susie* 43 Bethesda, MD 24 Phillips, Kitty** 41 Arlington, VA 25 Dormon, Sarah* 42 Richmond, VA 26 Warring, Laeticia* 44 Reston, VA 27 McLaughlin, Debbie* 41 Williamsburg, VA 28 Willingham, Lise* 43 Earlysville, VA 29 Delaney, Nancy* 41 Virginia Beach, VA 30 Cox, Traci* 41 Midlothian, VA 31 Friedel, Cathy* 43 Solomons, MD 32 Pham, Ly 42 Alexandria, VA 33 Wagner, Andrea** 44 Richmond, VA 34 Lussi, Jeannette 44 Kensington, MD 35 Beven, Helen 41 Kensington, MD 36 Armstrong, Lisa*** 41 Abingdon, VA 37 O'Hara, Ruth* 41 Alexandria, VA 38 Nanda, Sushila* 44 Arlington, VA 39 Carreras, Maria* 42 Richmond, VA 40 Sperry, Amy 42 Glen Allen, VA 41 Merena, Caroline* 41 Arlington, VA
Linda Foley (45) of Oak Hill, VA did it all with the fastest
5K, 10K, 10M, and HM in the period. Lisa Ensle had the best marathon at the Shamrock, racing home
in 3:07:00. A month later, she won the Dismal Swamp Stomp HM in
1:26:39. All this was good enough for the third spot in the
division. Last period's champion, Andrea Wright, only ran one
race. Win Persina is on injured reserve. The Shamrock HM was
the champion maker. First, Ramilia Burangulova of Gainesville,
VA finished third overall in 1:16:11. That solo flight would
have given her serious consideration for runner-up in the open
division. Linda Foley of Herndon, VA aged up from the 40-44 division's
runner-up spot to take the division crown. Among qualifiers,
she had the top three best times, including the Shamrock HM in
1:23:27. She set the standard for the 10 Mile with 64:33 at the
GW Parkway 10M and finished second overall at the Run vs. Row
10K in 39:05. Vanessa Cox of Laurel, MD is new to the division
as well. She was the first local runner at Credit Union Cherry
Blossom in 65:45 and the first in her division at DARCARS
Pike's Pike 10K in 39:22. Fourth place Cindy Conant of
Kensington, MD followed her home in both races. She ran 66:33
at the ten mile and 40:32 at the 10K. Eleanor Kerr of University Park, MD started the period with a
win at the St. Patrick's Day 8K in 33:38. Then she ramped up
her gears and improved last year's Cherry Blossom time with a
68:52. Sushila Nanda of Arlington, VA finished the season's
last two weeks strangely. She struggled at the Battle of the
Boulevard 10K in 44:38. Then the last weekend of the period she
had the fastest true 5K at the Fort McNair race in 19:53 to
fall just short of Kerr's fifth place. Foley ran the distance-
friendly Daisy Dash to a victorious 18:18. Foley, Cox, Ensle, and Conant made it to the open division as
well.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Foley, Linda**** 45 Oak Hill, VA 2 Cox, Vanessa** 45 Laurel, MD 3 Ensle, Leisa** 48 Virginia Beach, VA 4 Conant, Cindy** 45 Kensington, MD 5 Kerr, Eleanor* 47 University Park, MD 6 Nanda, Sushila* 46 Arlington, VA 7 Plyler, Valerie* 47 Yorktown, VA 8 Lewis, Soozie* 49 Glen Allen, VA 9 Fowler, Joan**** 47 Silver Spring, MD 10 Keating, Patricia** 45 Dayton, MD 11 Haghighian, Hosni** 48 Charlottesville, VA 12 Lent, Teresa 45 Arlington, VA 13 Loughran, Deedee* 48 Oak Hill, VA 14 Cowan, Maribeth** 45 Richmond, VA 15 Bernetti, Kathleen* 45 Fulton, MD 16 Black, Beverly 46 Boonsboro, MD 17 Graf, Robin* 48 Yorktown, VA 18 Ford, Sandy** 45 Columbia, MD 19 Daughtry, Debbie 49 Clifton, VA 20 Layson, Linda*** 47 Severn, MD 21 Rushin, Blake* 45 Vienna, VA 22 Scott, Janeth 45 Columbia, MD 23 Walsh, Nancy** 46 Richmond, VA 24 Galliani, Paula 47 Gaithersburg, MD 25 Mofatt, Aileen 49 Washington, DC 26 Wood, Lisa 48 Washington, DC 27 Hughes, Susan 45 Bethesda, MD 28 Griffing, Sharon* 47 Springfield, VA 29 Buckheit, Sarah***** 46 Reston, VA 30 Gauthier, Darlene* 48 Fairfax Station, VA 31 Henderson, Debi** 46 Newport News, VA 32 Roed, Becky* 48 Springfield, VA 33 Rostant, Donna 47 Oak Hill, VA 34 Gardner, Karen* 47 Keedysville. MD 35 Kurzweil, Ann 48 Great Falls, VA
50-54 Women
Alison Suckling had a strange trip to the top this period. Even
with all the top competition she was favored to win. First, at
St Patrick's, she ran away with the title in 34:10. Later, a
chip time mistake erroneously gave Cherry Kent of Belton, SC
the win. Kent had run 37:28 but "worked" a chip time of 34:02.
Last year Kent had run an 8K in 38:20 and a 5K in 25:20. The following month, Suckling ran a sparkling 69:44 at Credit
Union Cherry Blossom but was relegated to second by a
Connecticut runner. Then, at the end of the month, she scooted
down the Pike for an apparent victory in 41:32--chip time
41:26. However, she had started in the first corral. Meanwhile,
local legend Gretchen Triantos of Rockville, MD ran her only
race there. Starting in the second corral (a minute later) she
hurried down the pike, finishing in 42:12 but with a chip time
of 41:08 for the age group win. Afterwards, Suckling noted that
she had learned her lesson.
Usually it is Betty Blank of Falls Church, VA that keeps
Suckling on her toes. Blank ran two fast ten milers, Cherry
Blossom in 1:11:03, and then improving at the GW Parkway to win
in 70:42. Neither was enough. Then in the last weekend she met
newly-minted grandmaster Ofelia Perotti of Alexandria, VA at
the Daisy Dash 5K. Perotti had lost to Blank at Sallie Mae,
43:16 to 43:46. The Daisy Dash was definitely short with
estimates at barely three miles. However, Perotti pulled away
from Blank to win 19:28 to 19:44. When Perotti returned the
next day to win the Capitol Hill Classic in 42:51, she earned
the runner-up spot. Linda Kidder of Williamsburg, VA was next, running Credit Union
Cherry Blossom in 1:11:50 for fifth in her division. An amazing
28 women in this division ran a qualifying time at the ten-mile
race. Deborah Flynn of Gaithersburg, MD was seventh there in
1:13:21 just behind Doris Windsand-Dausman of Frederick, MD,
who ran 1:13:09. Flynn waited until the last weekend to up the
ante and take the fifth spot by winning the Germantown 5-Miler
in 34:21.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Suckling, Alison** 51 Arnold, MD 2 Perotti, Ofelia*** 50 Alexandria, VA 3 Blank, Betty** 54 Falls Church, VA 4 Kidder, Linda* 50 Williamsburg, VA 5 Flynn, Deborah** 50 Gaithersburg, MD 6 Windsand-Dausman, Doris** 50 Frederick, MD 7 Moffatt, Aileen 50 Washington, DC 8 Winn, Dorothy** 51 Norfolk, VA 9 Roeder, Carole 50 Ashburn, VA 10 Starnes, Margaret** 51 Street, MD 11 Johnson, Julie** 50 Mechanicsville, VA 12 Pearce, Karen 52 Alexandria, VA 13 Sheimo, Linda** 50 Fairfax, VA 14 Parker-Perez, Carol 52 Mount Airy, MD 15 Altenburger, Kim** 50 Baltimore, MD 16 Carvalho, Manuela 52 Washington, DC 17 Weeks, Sharon** 53 Virginia Beach, VA 18 Lang, Mary 53 Pasadena, MD 19 Falcone, Nancy 50 Midlothian, VA 20 Wamsley, Christie* 54 Colonial Heights , VA 21 Gilley, Patricia* 54 King William, VA 22 Gammon, Karen** 51 Moseley, VA 23 English, Carol 52 Germantown, MD 24 Golden, Wendy 54 Earlysville, VA 25 Grinde, Ingrid* 51 Casanova, VA
55-59 Women
Three of the top competitors, including last year's winner
Sandra Adams, ran only one race. Still, this period's champion,
Alice Franks of Rockville, MD, topped all the times but one.
Franks had seven age group wins with a small stumble, losing
Sallie Mae to runner-up Deborah Gebhardt of Adelphi, MD, 45:53
to 46:03. In April, Franks had beaten this competitor at the GW
Parkway 10 Mile 1:15:10 to 1:15:53. Her two best races were
even faster, Cherry Blossom in 1:14:50 and the Pike's Peek in
44:55. Maria Shields of Davidsonville, MD won the "third" ten-miler,
the Cherry Pit, in 1:17:24 (10K = 46:31). This was just enough
to hold off Linda Gulick of Richmond, VA who had three very
solid wins, including the Ukrop's 10K in 46:45. After that,
Cherry Blossom decided the three spots. Valerie Campbell of
Silver Spring, MD (1:18:25) just edged Jane Poole (1:18:32).
The seventh spot goes to Ginny Hughes running 1:19:43.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Franks, Alice*7 59 Rockville, MD 2 Gebhardt, Deborah*** 59 Adelphi, MD 3 Shields, Maria* 56 Davidsonville, MD 4 Gulick, Linda**** 56 Richmond, VA 5 Campbell, Valerie 56 Silver Spring, MD 6 Poole, Jane*** 59 Washington, DC 7 Hughes, Ginny** 56 Warrenton, VA 8 Mills, Linda* 57 Salisbury, MD 9 Davis, Margaret 55 Vienna, VA 10 St. Clair, Chisty** 58 Glen Arm, MD 11 Whitaker, Linda**** 57 Williamsburg, VA 12 Miffleton, Terry 56 Richmond, VA 13 Tosato, Giovanna* 58 Bethesda,MD 14 Cooper, Ellen 56 Rockville, MD 15 Trainer, Debbie 55 Richmond, VA 16 Scheurer, Dana 56 Reston, VA 17 Owens, Linda* 59 Earlysville, VA 18 Rosenthal, Ann 57 Bethesda, MD 19 Sadoff, Elizabeth 57 Washington, DC
60-64 Women
Chris Craun of Bethesda, MD whipped and pureed the division
with the five fastest times. As with last year, she sweeps the
big three in 10Ks, Pike's Peek, Sallie Mae, and Capitol Hill.
Then she dropped a minute off last year's Credit Union Cherry
Blossom, winning this time in 1:19:23. For good measure, she
added a Battle of the Boulevards 10K win. The next 14 races (in 10K equivalent order) were shared with
four runners battling for the runner-up spot. Andrea Hess of
Midlothian won four races, including the Ashland Railroad 10K
in 51:15. Linda Tice of Glen Arm, MD also had four wins and had
the fastest 5K of the year, winning the Women's 5K by the Bay
(24:55). She earns the third spot, winning a head-to-head
battle the last day of the period at the BRRC Women's Distance
Festival 5K in 25:13. Fourth place Dee Nelson of Gaithersburg,
MD was next at that race in 25:29. Pat Welch of Vienna, VA took
on Cherry Blossom for third in her age group and fifth in the
rankings. Her time was 1:28:42. She also ran the Pike's Peek
10K. Fifteen other runners ran either of those last two races
as their only event.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Craun, Chris***** 60 Bethesda, MD 2 Hess, Andrea**** 62 Midlothian, VA 3 Tice, Linda**** 61 Glen Arm, MD 4 Nelson, Dee*** 63 Gaithersburg, MD 5 Welch, Pat 62 Vienna, VA 6 Hicks, Janice* 64 Bristol, VA 7 May, Sandra** 61 Alexandria, VA 8 Glover, Elizabeth 61 Bethesda, MD 9 Fiorito, Concetta 61 Reston, VA 10 Berger, Nancy***** 62 Hunt Valley, MD 11 Hocheder, Ellen** 64 Mount Airy, MD 12 Coady, Laurie** 60 Washington, DC 13 Buck, Sandra 60 Monkton, MD 14 Thayer, Ellie 63 Arlington, VA 15 Dodson, Christina** 60 Richmond, VA 16 Nuse, Leslie* 61 Frederick, MD 17 De Echeandia, Linda** 63 Hampton, VA 18 Stark, Barbara* 62 Suffolk, VA 19 Evans, Sally** 62 Roanoke, VA 20 Patrick, Patricia** 63 Falls Church, VA 21 Attardi, Barbara* 61 Rockville, MD
65-69 Women
Just like last year, Janice Stoodley (65) ran one race, Credit
Union Cherry Blossom. It was tied to the hundredth of a second
with our new champion's best race. Along with her Shamrock Half
Marathon race in 1:48:26, Joan Coven of Williamsburg, VA easily
had the fastest 10K at Ukrop's, 55:24. Less than a week later
she ran the snow-covered Queens Lake 5K in 24:31 for the
fastest 5K of the year. The next four racers also ran at Cherry Blossom, finishing 4,
5, 6, and 7 in their division after two out-of-towners and
Stoodley. Nancy Linck was tops with 1:33:59, followed by
Rosemary Schwartzbard, 1:35:49, Betty Smith in 1:36:39, and
Setsu Rosen in 1:39:22. Linck was also tops at Sallie Mae. Smith ran fastest at Pike's
Peek. Fifth in the division, Setsu Rosen of Washington, DC, is
back on the roads, where she won the Capitol Hill Classic in
60:14.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Coven, Joan*** 65 Williamsburg, VA 2 Linck, Nancy 65 Alexandria, VA 3 Schwartzbard, Rosemary* 65 Arlington, VA 4 Smith, Betty*** 66 Rockville,MD 5 Rosen, Setsu* 66 Washington, DC 6 Berglund, Mary Kate**** 66 Richmond, VA 7 Broaddus, Margaret* 65 Richmond, VA 8 Roback, Janice 65 Richmond, VA 9 Carter, Linda 65 Potomac, MD 10 Cullen, Sandra 66 Ashland, VA 11 Ely, Pauline* 68 Hampton, VA 12 Franklin, Beverly* 65 Springfield, VA 13 Wollard, Jamie* 68 North Bethesda, MD 14 McMillen, Bertha 67 Arlington, VA
Maybe the reason Margery Elliott (74) of Bethesda, MD is her
division's champion is because she was dissatisfied with her
excellent Sallie Mae 10K in 55:04. Last year Margery Elliott of Bethesda, MD ran only the one
race, DARCARS Pike's Peek 10K in 52:35. This year, at 74, she
ran it again and ran it in 57:04. That was more than a minute
faster than last period's champion, Tami Graf of Lusby, MD, had
run at the Run vs. Row 10K. Elliott was not happy at all with
her time. Graf came back with an excellent GW Parkway Classic
10 Mile win in 1:34:39 (10K = 56:53). Then at Sallie Mae,
Elliott returned with a swift 55:04 to snatch any chance of a
crown from Graf, even with ten Best of 2007 race distances to
her credit. Third place Nancy Fraser of Charlottesville, VA had two races
under an hour for 10K equivalence. Her best effort, the
Virginia Institute of Autism 5K in 28:22, was one second short
of Graf's yearly best. Harriet Locke of Bristol, VA ran the
Justin Foundation 5K in 30:27.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Elliott, Margery** 74 Bethesda, MD 2 Graf, Tami*8 70 Lusby, MD 3 Fraser, Nancy*** 70 Charlottesville, VA 4 Locke, Harriet** 74 Bristol, VA 5 Wampler, Shirley* 70 Mechanicsville, VA 6 Shepherd, Ernestine**** 70 Baltimore, MD 7 Ibarra, Avelina** 72 Norfolk, VA
75-79 Women
Jacqueline O'Neil of Washington, DC moved into the new division
and had the top four times among qualifiers. Though older
runners often stay with the 5K, O'Neil also ran the DARCARS
Pike's Peek 10K and the Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 O'Neil, Jacqueline*** 75 Washington, DC 2 Ketron, Ruth** 77 Abingdon, VA 3 Trimmer, Martha* 78 Grasonville, MD
80 & Over Women
Nine women 80 and older ran at Ukrop's. None of 12 racers in
this division had a second race. Two of the women were 85 &
older.
See the Men's Spring 2007 WRR Runner Rankings
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