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 2006 Fall WRR Runner Rankings By James Moreland January/February 2007 For the Washington Running Report Photo by Kathy Freedman: 22nd ranked Jake Klim (26) of Bethesda, MD charges home at the Parks HM in 1:14:25 for 2nd overall.
Open Men
This was by far the toughest division to rank. Gurmesa Kumsa of
Oxon Hill, MD is the two-time defending champion. He did
everything you could ask. He was the overall winner in seven of
his eight races. In the only race he did not win outright, his
66:02 (10K = 29:58) bested third place Will Christian's 66:29
(10K = 30:10). On a wet, windy, and cold November 12th, he
topped fourth place Steve Meinelt of Washington, DC 30:14 to
30:35, finishing eight seconds off the course record. Indeed,
third place at the race belonged to Wilson Komen of Washington,
DC in 30:59 as well as topping Mohammed Awol-4th in 31:14, Will
Christian-5th in 31:25, Alexey Khokhlov-6th in 31:32, Maru Dava-
7th in 31:44 as well as nine other elite runners at that race.
This is all leading up to handing the crown to Wilson Komen for
his third place overall at the Baltimore Marathon. His time of
2:17:05 (10K = 29:25) separated him from the field. Christian
backs his claim to third with his Hampton Bay Days 10K in 30:30
for second overall as well as his 24:12 (10K = 30:42) at the
nTelos 8K. Meinelt backs his claim to fourth with his 14:40
(10K = 30:36), which was a surprising 4th overall at the PVI
Runfest 5K. Kumsa still had the fastest 5K at the Cardinal Run
in 14:37 (10K = 30:29).
More controversy as Matt Barresi of Ashton, MD is placed at
fifth. This, although he finished a distant fourth (25:11; 10K
= 31:57) at the Abebe Bikila Day 8K behind Dava's 24:50 (10K =
31:30) for 11th place, Awol's 24:51 (10K = 31:31) for ninth
place, and sixth place Nick Gramsky's 24:54 (10K = 31:35).
Barresi won the GAR 15K in 45:44 (10K = 29:38) over Gramsky's
third place spot 46:26 (10K = 30:06).
Note: Jaron Hawkins of Frostburg, MD was the runner-up at
Great Allegany 15K (not Gramsky as seen in print) in 45:55
(10K = 29:45). Hawkins only had one race this period.
Stephen Crane of Alexandria, VA wins seventh place simply by
breaking the tape at the Home Run 10K in 30:43. Dave Berdan of
Baltimore, MD is eighth with his age group win at the Baltimore
HM in 68:02 (10K = 30:52).
The next six places (12-17) are not any easier. Andrii Toptum
of Germantown, MD ran the SunTrust Richmond Marathon in 2:27:37
(10K = 31:41) for runner-up, matching William Tarantino of
Gloucester Point, VA and his nTelos 8K in 24:58 (10K = 31:40).
Jason Dwyer of Bethesda, MD coasted in second at the Home Run
10K in 31:42 just ahead of Vladim Bukalo's 31:47. Ryan Deak
matches exactly Toptum's second race with one of his three
wins, the Run with Eagles 5K in 15:16 (10K = 31:51). John
Sillery of Baltimore, MD bids best with a 2:28:38 (10K = 31:54)
Baltimore Marathon.
PL Name Age Hometown 1 Komen, Wilson 28 Washington, DC 2 Kumsa, Gurmesa*7 27 Oxon Hill, MD 3 Christian, William** 23 Norfolk, VA 4 Meinelt, Steve 23 Washington, DC 5 Barresi, Matt* 23 Ashton, MD 6 Gramsky, Nick 28 Vienna, VA 7 Crane, Stephen* 25 Alexandria, VA 8 Berdan, David 25 Baltimore, MD 9 Awol, Mohammed 24 Aspen Hill, MD 10 Khokhlov, Alexey 35 Germantown, MD 11 Dava, Maru* 26 Washington, DC 12 Toptum, Andrii 24 Germantown, MD 13 Tarantino, William* 23 Gloucester Point, VA 14 Dwyer, Jason 27 Bethesda, MD 15 Deak, Ryan*** 21 Glen Allen, VA 16 Sillery, John* 34 Baltimore, MD 17 Bukalo, Vladim 30 Kensington, MD 18 Carroll, Ryan* 24 Portsmouth, VA 19 Wardian, Michael**** 32 Arlington, VA 20 Mammen, Ryan 30 Woodbridge, VA 21 Rodina, Luke** 25 Quantico, VA 22 Klim, Jake 26 Bethesda, MD 23 Fahey, Timothy 32 Andrews AFB, MD 24 Collins, Liam 37 Alexandria, VA 25 Jacoby, Bert* 23 Fredericksburg, VA 26 Deberework, Beruk 23 Washington, DC 27 Edwards, Zac*** 19 Roanoke, VA 28 Rodriguez, Bert* 27 Arlington, VA 29 Kipchumba, Hillary 22 Arlington, VA 30 Piggott, John 41 Williamsburg, VA 31 Lanz, Martin 33 Washington, DC 32 Wright, Andres* 39 Frederick, MD 33 Smits, Kyle 27 Baltimore, MD 34 Wedajo, Kumsa 22 Oxon Hill, MD 35 Tompkins, Mark 30 Williamsburg, VA 36 Coleman, Nathan 25 Baltimore, MD 37 Rolly, Philippe 34 Fairfax, VA 38 O'Hara, David 30 Washington, DC
19 & Under Men
The young men's division shrunk even more than the teen women,
from 77 to 33. Zac Edwards (19) of Roanoke, VA has all the
stuff for the elite division. As with the women's division, the
top dog won all three of the races with the fastest times,
getting better with time. Edwards started with Vinton 5K in
15:54 (10K = 33:10). The following week he pushed his 5-mile
time at the Johnny Casa race to 26:07 (10K = 32:56). He ended
the period with a Star City 5K in 15:36 (10K = 32:32).
14-year-old Brandt Silver-Korn of Bethesda, MD sparkled at the
Home Run 5K in 16:23 (10K = 34:11) for the runner-up spot. The
next six spots are a jumble of young men springing forward to
faster and faster times. Geophery Mills of Chesapeake, VA gets
the nod with his 1:17:37 Fleet Feet HM (10K = 35:13) preceded
by a week with his Hilton 5K in 16:56 (10K 35:19). David
Bernstein of Chevy Chase, MD slips into fourth with his 35:13
win at the Rockville 10K coupled with a Veterans Day 10K in
35:16. Fifth place Neal Darmody of Gaithersburg, MD was the
overall winner in the less than flat Page's Run 5K in 16:53
(10K = 35:13). He was eighth at the Battle of the Potomac 5K in
16:57 (10K = 35:21).
Philip Mlinarcik had a top 16:50 (10K = 35:07) race at the
Knights of Columbus 5K, backed by a lesser 18th place at the
Battle of Potomac 5K in 17:22 (10K = 36:22). Alex Loper of
Fallston, MD ran the Harford 5K in 16:55 (10K = 35:17).
PL Name Age Hometown 1 Edwards, Zac*** 19 Roanoke, VA 2 Silver-Korn, Brandt* 14 Bethesda, MD 3 Mills, Geophery**** 18 Chesapeake , VA 4 Bernstein, David*** 19 Chevy Chase, MD 5 Darmody, Neal* 16 Gaithersburg, MD 6 Mlinarcik, Phillip* 17 Alexandria, VA 7 Loper, Alex** 19 Fallston, MD 8 Gelety, Matthew** 18 Pasadena, MD 9 Stepek, Michael** 18 Gaithersburg, MD 10 Glass, Graham** 16 Richmond, VA 11 Miller, Colby* 16 Oak Hill, VA 12 Tupper, Ian** 16 Norfolk, VA 13 Linde, Cooper* 19 York , PA 14 Keech, Austin* 17 Rockville, MD 15 Litman, Brandon** 17 Portsmouth, VA 16 Jarvis, Andrew** 17 Annandale, VA 17 Stresing, Andrew* 16 Davidsonville, MD 18 Olgren, Gunnar** 16 Washington, DC 19 Wilson, Graham***** 13 Newport News, VA 20 Orndorff, William 15 Rockville, MD 21 Wu, Terry* 18 College Park, MD 22 Thornton, John 17 Columbia, MD 23 Bailey, Christopher** 17 Port Tobacco, MD 24 Lerch, Charles* 19 Virginia Beach, VA 25 Bell, Robert** 17 Warrenton, VA 26 Bugos, Maxwell 15 Poquoson, VA 27 Stepek, Brendan 16 Gaithersburg, MD 28 Dey, Ishan 14 Kensington, MD 29 Jenkins, Phillip* 15 Smithfield, VA 30 Ulmer, Grant* 13 Chesapeake, VA 31 Kingery, Caleb 15 Roanoke, VA 31 Wilson, David 15 Gaithersburg, MD 32 Peters, David** 16 Abingdon, VA 33 Rooks, Delavaughn** 15 Baltimore, MD
Army 10 Miler, 50:20, 10K = 30:17
A lot of fast yet, unknown runners have listed local addresses;
even Rueben Garcia of the Mexican Army had a hometown listed as
Washington, DC. Many only had one race. The top division time
was matched by two solo efforts. Edmund Burke of Burtonsville,
MD went west to enjoy the GAR 15K in 46:44 (10K = 30:17), then
rested. Sandu Rebenciuc of Alexandria, VA debuted at Army with
a 50:20.
This tiny division shrunk up even with "Mad" Max Lockwood of
Washington, DC seemingly running every race. He plastered the
scene in September with five age group wins in three weeks. The
pace slowed from his opening salvo at the Arlington 9-11 5K in
16:28 (10K = 34:21) with back-to-back races to 16:34 (10K =
34:33) at the Labrecque Classic and then the speedster found
fatigue at the Parks HM in 78:01 (10K = 35:24). After resting a
week, he dove back in at the hilly Back to School 8K where he
met up with one-race-a-week Michael Colaiacovo of Baltimore,
MD. Colaiacovo ran 16:23 at the Police Pace 5K in 16:23 (10K =
34:11). By the time he met Lockwood at Back to School he was
rebounding to a fine 27:22 (10K = 34:43). Lockwood was fading
to 28:05 (10K = 35:37), albeit third overall. Then Lockwood
gave his exuberance to the Marine Corps Marathon, running
2:42:00 (10K = 34:46). Colaiacovo takes third to Lockwood's
fourth.
Liam Collins of Alexandria, VA raced an excellent 53:52 (10K =
32:25) Army Ten Miler behind Burke's age group win. While Burke
did not race again, Collins mounted the charge at the largest
race in the period, the Marine Corps Marathon. His 2:37:55 (10K
= 33:53) made him the favorite heading into November.
Andres Wright (39) of Frederick, MD is making his pre-masters
kick. He busted a fine Rockville 5K overall win in 16:19 (10K =
34:02) to start October. Thinking he was Rockville's King of
the Road, he met some tough competition, settling for fourth
overall in 15: 56 (10K = 33:14). Division champion Alexey
Khokhlov of Germantown, MD objected and raced second overall in
15:12 (10K = 31:42) to go with his Veterans Day 10K in 31:32
the week before. Last year at Pike's Peek 10K he had run 29:26
just two seconds from victory.
Rob Magin of Olney, MD had a fast Baltimore Marathon in 2:41:21
(10K = 34:37) for fifth place. Sixth place Mark Gilmore of
Columbia, MD had a swift CAASA 5K in 16:29 (10K = 34:23) but
struggled at the Baltimore Marathon, finishing well back of
Magin with 2:48:47 (10K = 36:13).
PL Name Age Hometown 1 Khokhlov, Alexey** 35 Germantown. MD 2 Collins, Liam 37 Alexandria, VA 3 Wright, Andres** 39 Frederick, MD 4 Colaiacovo, Mike**** 37 Baltimore, MD 5 Lockwood, Max*7 36 Washington, DC 6 Magin, Rob* 36 Olney, MD 7 Gilmore, Mark** 38 Columbia, MD 8 Bennett, Danny*** 36 Dunkirk, MD 9 Lomogda, John** 36 Virginia Beach, VA 10 Hillar, Andres* 39 Centreville, VA 11 Medley, Remus** 36 Baltimore, MD 12 White, Kevin** 39 Virginia Beach, VA
Great Allegany Run 15K, 49:28, 10K = 32:04
Second place Dennis Mickey of Ridgeley, WV had the fastest time
at the thundering downhill Great Allegany 15K with his 49:28
finish (10K = 32:04). John Piggott of Williamsburg, VA retains
his crown because of his marathon prowess. He won the Baltimore
Marathon in 2:34:17 (10K = 33:06) over third place Chris
Chattin of Columbia, MD 2:38:46 (10K = 34:04) and fourth place
Steve Kartalia of Westminster, MD 2:40:10 (10K = 34:22). Dennis
Mickey's marathon was Richmond in 2:48:08 (10K = 36:05).
Piggott answered the opening bell of the period at the Hampton
10K in 33:59. In case you think he is all long distance, he
battled Carl Clark of New Market, MD at the Market Street Mile
while Mickey raced GAR, succumbing 4:42 to 4:43.
Piggott narrowly dispatched another long distance man, Mark
Hoon of Kensington, MD at the Parks HM, 75:43 (10K = 34:21) to
75:48 (10K = 34:24). Hoon takes fifth by matching his second
race, a 16:31 5K (10K = 34:27) at Candy Cane to Rodney
Timpson's United Way 5K. Timpson, from Baltimore, MD, also ran
Susie's Cause 5K in 16:59 (10K = 35:26). David Haaga's last
shot was a split division race at the Rockville 10K in 34:25,
just after turning 45. One leaves, one comes aboard. Seventh
place rookie of the division Steve Peterson of Fairfax Station,
VA ran a training run National Capital 20 Mile to second
overall in 2:09:15 (10K = 37:15). Then six days later, he
drives south for the Quantico HM in 76:10 (10K = 34:34).
Ted Poulos of McLean, VA notched eleven more age group wins,
including an overall win at the Vienna Turkey Trot 5K in 17:10
(10K = 35:49). Next time you see him, he will be haunting the
45-49 division looking for another win.
PL Name Age Hometown 1 Piggott, John**** 41 Williamsburg, VA 2 Mickey, Dennis** 41 Ridgeley, WV 3 Chattin, Chris* 42 Columbia, MD 4 Kartalia, Steve* 41 Westminster, MD 5 Hoon, Mark**** 41 Kensington, MD 6 Timpson, Rodney*** 41 Baltimore, MD 7 Haaga, Dave* 44 Rockville, MD 8 Peterson, Steve** 40 Fairfax Station, VA 9 Labuschagne, Gerritt 44 Richmond, VA 10 Clark, Carl*** 42 New Market, MD 11 Rippey, Brad** 40 Bunker Hill, WV 12 Mersiowsky, Scott*** 40 Fredericksburg, VA 13 Menzies, Steven**** 42 Langley AFB, VA 14 Caudle, Kyle* 41 Annapolis, MD 15 Hinkle, Rob** 42 Yorktown, VA 16 Poulos, Ted*11 44 McLean, VA 17 Speirs, Steve***** 40 Virginia Beach, VA 18 Degenhardt, Sheldon*** 41 Marriottsville, MD 19 Powell, Charles** 40 Baltimore, MD 20 Killeen, Sean*** 41 Richmond, VA 21 Sowers, Dewey** 41 Bassett, VA 22 Meadors, Larry** 44 Dublin, VA 23 Claro, Antonio* 44 Rockville, MD 24 Thatcher, Alan*** 43 Manassas, VA 25 Clements, Ian 42 Alexandria, VA 26 Wasiak, Michael 41 Towson, MD 27 Jacobson, Paul*** 43 Gaithersburg, MD 28 Smith, Gene 42 Burke, VA 29 Anderson, Matt 40 Fairfax, VA
45-49 Men
Dave Berardi of Catonsville, MD threw out an opening bid at the
Hampton 10K in 34:03. Last period's champion, Greg Cauller of
York, PA, was nowhere to be found. Jim Hage is out on the roads
everyday like clockwork but not racing. David Haaga of
Rockville, MD got bold and snapped up a victory at the Parks HM
in 76:48 (10K = 34:51) to match up with Berardi's PVI 5K in
16:43 (10K = 34:52). Robert Johnson (49) of Woodbridge, VA
snapped some heads to attention with an eye-popping 74:10 (10K
= 33:39) at the Quantico HM to end September. This next day
Mark Malander of Oak Hill, VA held off Haaga in a photo finish
Rockville 10K, both in 34:25.
Then next week was Army. Malander made good on his crown
aspirations, pulling away to win in 55:46 (10K = 33:33) just
ahead of Johnson's HM. Johnson's legs were drained enough that
he settled for a 57:49 (10K = 34:47) and the runner-up spot in
the rankings. Berardi took on the Baltimore HM the next week
winning in 75:54 (10K = 34:26) to shore up his third placement.
Haaga had enough to stick fourth place and went after the
Marine Corps Marathon, running 2:48:09 (10K = 36:05). Jean
Christophe-Arcaz of Rockville, MD ran Army in 58:15 (10K =
35:03) and won the Home Run 10K in 34:48. That, and a surprise
win at the Veterans Day drencher in 35:46 over Berardi and his
35:55, pushes Arcaz past sixth place Brian Daugherty. Daugherty
ended the period with a splashy Kiwanis 5K in 16:31 (10K =
34:31) to make it close. His next best race was a late October
17:33 5K (10K = 36:30).
Cauller came back with two fast 5Ks to settle just behind Keith
Winn (49) of Midlothian, VA who was the masters champion at the
Richmond Marathon in 2:43:15 (10K = 35:02) just a month after
winning the Stonewall Jackson 20 Mile overall in 2:04:24 (10K =
35:45).
PL Name Age Hometown 1 Malander, Mark*** 48 Oak Hill, VA 2 Johnson, Robert**** 49 Woodbridge. VA 3 Berardi, Dave**** 46 Baltimore. ,MD 4 Haaga, David** 45 Rockville, MD 5 Arcaz, Jean-Christophe*5 45 Rockville, MD 6 Daugherty, Brian*** 46 Severna Park, MD 7 Winn, Keith*** 49 Midlothian, VA 8 Cauller, Greg** 47 York, PA 9 Abernethy, Joe*** 47 College Park, MD 10 Kuderna, Doug** 45 Odenton, MD 11 Kuznetsov, Andrey** 48 Rockville, MD 12 Pineo, Stuart*** 45 Columbia, MD 13 Coleman, Dennis*** 48 Mont. Village, MD 14 Sweet, Jay* 45 Laurel, MD 15 McLaughlin, Terry** 46 Spotsylvania, VA 16 Stewart, Thomas* 45 Baltimore. MD 17 Page, H.T.** 46 Wirtz, VA 18 Ochs, Raymond* 46 Virginia Beach, VA 19 Morrison, Jack** 47 Hartwood, VA 20 Briggs, Robert**** 49 Springfield, VA 21 Horan, Marty*** 46 Gaithersburg, MD 22 McFadden, Weems 49 Laurel, MD 23 Snyder, Rick** 46 Norfolk, VA 24 Boyette, Paul** 47 Chesapeake, VA 25 Hattar, Thomas** 45 Davidsonville, MD 26 Mace, Matthew* 46 Arnold, MD 27 Quinn, Daniel** 47 Potomac, MD 28 Schuler, Greg* 46 Laurel, MD 29 Meadows, Mike*** 49 Martinsburg, WV 30 Imberry, Terry** 49 Yorktown, VA 31 Stahr, Bill** 46 The Plains, VA 32 Chall, John 49 Jessup, MD 33 Esser, Daniel 46 Reisterstown, MD
Governor's Landing 5K, 16:55, 10K = 35:17
So far this year, this division has had three champions.
Stephen Chantry of Williamsburg, VA expects to win every race
he runs and welcomes a challenge. Last year he dethroned Chuck
Moeser. This year he has spent a lot of time racing shorter
distances including making the Best of 2006 at the 800M and 3K
on the slippery, slow TJ indoor gym floor.
The period opened with long distance man Steve Ward of Reston,
VA racing the Arlington 9-11 5K in 17:37 (10K = 36:45). Last
period's champion, Maurice Pointer of Baltimore, MD, responded
meekly with a second overall at the Executive Stampede in 17:40
(10K = 36:51). Dan Lawson moved quickly with a PVI 5K in 17:13
(10K = 35:55). Chantry's first effort was the Riverside 8 Mile
in 49:05 (10K = 37:33).
Ward ended September with a Parks HM in 1:21:28 (10K = 36:55)
for the fastest such race for the period, knocking off three
top runners, including sixth place David Andrews of Bethesda,
MD and seventh place Norton Compton of Fairfax, VA. That
dropped him into the fifth spot.
Then, as September ended, Chantry served up a 17:08 (10K =
35:44) and someone was going to have to take the crown from
him. Lawson had a fine 17:14 (10K = 35:57) to add to his
collection at the Candy Cane 5K. He added a couple of very
respectable 5Ks and his 36:03 at the Veterans Day was a
wonderful effort in difficult weather, leaving him in second
place.
The day before, Chantry met with Pointer at the nTelos 8K and
hand rode to victory in 27:58 (10K = 35:29) to 28:36 (10K =
36:17). Leaving nothing to chance, he blew off the line at the
season-ending Governor's Land 5K, leaving all the men in the
dust, including Rob Hinkle who had run the race in 15:55 two
years ago. His time of 16:55 (10K = 35:17) replaced Tommy
Stevens' Hagerstown 5K in 16:57 as the top race of the period.
Now Chantry has his second crown and 2006 belongs to him.
Peter Darmody of Gaithersburg, MD leapfrogged from a possible
tenth spot to fourth with a fancy King of the Road 5K in 17:22
(10K = 36:14) the last weekend, nearly upending Pointer on his
way toward the top.
PL Name Age Hometown 1 Chantry, Stephen*6 51 Williamsburg, VA 2 Lawson, Dan***** 50 Gaithersburg, MD 3 Pointer, Maurice***** 51 Baltimore, MD 4 Darmody, Peter*6 51 Gaithersburg, MD 5 Ward, Steven** 51 Reston, VA 6 Andrews, David* 50 Bethesda, MD 7 Compton, Norton*7 51 Fairfax, VA 8 Hart, Mike*** 51 Washington, DC 9 Bates, Jim*** 50 Hampton, VA 10 Fitzgerald, Michael** 50 Hagerstown, MD 11 Ruckert, Tom** 54 Grantsville, MD 12 Webster, David* 53 Stevensville, MD 13 Pekarek, Rudolph* 54 Kinsale, VA 14 Riemenschneider, Neal***52 Winchester, VA 15 Serra, Paul** 50 Lusby, MD 16 Mears, Finley** 50 Towson, MD 17 Grimsley, Gary 52 Springfield, VA 18 Gordon, Kirk** 50 Mitchellville, MD 19 Cutchins, Wyatt**** 50 Newport News, VA 20 Sengebusch, Marc 53 Catonsville, MD 21 Erickson, Kenyon* 52 Vienna, VA 22 Rust, Roland 54 Bethesda, MD 23 Carroll, Brian 51 Silver Spring, MD 24 Beatty, Dean* 53 Virginia Beach, VA 25 Lerner, Steven** 51 Glen Allen, VA 26 Clark, Tom* 52 Burke , VA 27 Robinson, Steve*** 51 Herndon, VA 28 Bousel, Paul*** 53 Alexandria, VA 29 Bacon, John* 50 Arlington, VA 30 Rodriguez, Roberto 50 Arlington, VA 31 Norton, James** 50 Linthicum, MD 32 Faykes, Frank* 52 Bolling AFB, VA
55-59 Men
Rick Platt of Williamsburg, VA was always in the mix but fifth
seemed not so good. He started the period with a feeler 39:20
masters win at the Hampton 10K. He scattered some 5K wins among
his eight wins, ending September with a Best of 2006 Mulberry
Island HM in 1:24:18 (10K = 38:15). While he rested the next
week, Bill Taylor of Woodbridge, VA took on the Army 10 Miler.
He was listed as second by ChampionChip time but his actual
time of 61:44 (10K = 37:09) was the Best of 2006 time. The next
week Platt was rested and clocked a superb 18:02 (10K = 37:37)
at the Humane Society 5K. Veterans Day weekend he mastered the
nTelos 8K in 31:03 (10K = 39:23). Taylor secured the division
the next day at the Veterans Day 10K in 39:03. Platt had
another shot the last day, running Governor's Land 5K in 18:14
(10K = 38:02). This is perhaps the best series of races to fall
just short of the title.
Larry Washington of Rockville, MD really worked hard for third
place. In a razor thin separation, Jim Wright of Gaithersburg,
MD ran the fast downtown course for the Labrecque 5K in 18:22
(10K = 38:19). Washington was second overall on the less
friendly Terrapin Trot 5K course in 18:23 (10K = 38:21).
Wright's other race was the Parks HM in 1:26:27 (10K = 39:13).
Washington added the rolling Page's Run 5K in 18:57 (10K =
39:32) to his combined five age group wins.
Last period's champion Mick Slonaker does well at 10 miles. His
63:55 (10K = 38:27) at Army is no exception. Richard Adams is
next as the first runner in his five-year age group at the
Kingstowne Faith 5K in 18:48 (10K = 39:13). This course is a
real challenge to rockets that flame out. The first 2K is all
screaming downhill but what goes down must come up. By
comparison, the Candy Cane 5K is heavenly flat. Tim Morgan of
Damascus, MD happily raced it in 18:50 (10K = 39:17).
PL Name Age Hometown 1 Taylor, Bill* 57 Woodbridge, VA 2 Platt, Rick*8 56 Williamsburg, VA 3 Washington, Larry***** 55 Rockville, MD 4 Wright, Jim** 57 Gaithersburg, MD 5 Slonaker, Mick* 57 Columbia, MD 6 Adams, Richard 55 Herndon, VA 7 Morgan, Timothy** 55 Damascus, MD 8 Coley, Larry** 58 Chesapeake, VA 9 Scott, William**** 59 Glenarden, MD 10 Eddy, Dan** 55 Alexandria, VA 11 Senior, Malcolm*** 55 New Market, MD 12 Abrahamson, Dale*** 57 Yorktown, VA 13 Vaughan, Allen***** 55 Stafford, VA 14 Wind, Jay** 56 Arlington, VA 15 Alto, Bill* 55 Newport News, VA 16 Whisler, Mark 55 Salem, VA 17 Crawford, Dave**** 56 Arlington, VA 18 Wong, Ronnie* 59 Catonsville, MD 19 Gary, Patrick*** 55 Manchester, MD 20 Bussiere, David* 57 Virginia Beach, VA 21 Tyndall, Steve* 59 Yorktown, VA 22 Carlisle, Richard* 55 Springfield, VA 23 Rossiter, Caleb* 55 Washington, DC 24 Day, Joseph* 56 Yorktown, VA 25 Stevens, Booby* 57 Stafford, VA 26 Trueheart, Wilson*** 56 Baltimore, MD 27 Pardee, William* 57 Virginia Beach, VA 28 Brunk, David* 55 Richmond, VA 29 Christol, Jim 59 Yorktown, VA 30 Dicarlo, John* 57 Virginia Beach, VA 31 Guler, Frank* 55 Glade Hill, VA 32 Wright, Bernard* 59 Pomfret, MD 33 Ring, Bob* 58 Harrisonburg, VA 34 Lange, John* 59 Hunt Valley, MD 35 Staple, Jeff* 56 Sterling, VA 36 Cannon, Edward* 57 Boyce, VA
60-64 Men
Patrick Griffith of Alexandria, VA was sick with pneumonia for
much of the period. So he rested. Get real! He just held back
from the 14 age group wins last period to eight this period.
Still, of the top ten times he had a mere six. Jason Page of
Hamilton, VA leaped out in the lead with an 18:58 (10K = 39:34)
at the Great Frederick Fair 5K. All the way to Halloween,
Page's lead held as he copped two more fast 5Ks. He had run
19:11 at Stone Ridge on the 28th while Griffith was seemingly
mortal, and won the Goblin Gallop in 19:34.
Griffith moved strongly into November with a Jug Bay 10K in
39:20. Two weeks later, Page answered with the Berryville
Turkey Trot 4 Mile in 24:37 (10K = 39:22) and gleefully claimed
a Best of 2006 distance for himself. The period was one day
from ending and he was still in the driver's seat. The next day
the Kryptonite disposal crew finished and Griffith was back. He
wrested his division back with a punishing 18:18 (10K = 38:10)
Remington Turkey Trot 5K.
Back in third place, Bill Joyce of Herndon, VA had nudged John
Kirkpatrick of Annapolis, MD a second, winning Army in 68:05
(10K = 40:58). Kirkpatrick had run the Metric Marathon in
1:53:54 (10K = 40:59). The course of 16.3 miles is surprisingly
fast for the first ten miles but, oh, those scenic hills for
the last 45 minutes. Joyce's second effort was a third place
age group at the Marine Corps Marathon in 3:24:53 (10K = 43:58)
just ahead of a resurging Leo Villano of Silver Spring, MD,
3:24:59. Kirkpatrick could not stop until he went Cold Turkey
and at that 10K he ran 40:56 to snatch third place.
Both the winners of Marine Corps and Baltimore could have
earned a high spot with a second race. Fifth place Ritchie
Geisel improved 1:01 at the period ending Governor's Land 5K in
19:46 (10K = 41:14), eking out a nod over Ben Dyer of
Petersburg, VA. Dyer was second at the nTelos 8K in 32:32 (10K
= 41:16). Oft times nemesis of Griffith, Dan Murray was first
in 31:53 (10K = 40:27).
PL Name Age Hometown 1 Griffith, Patrick*8 61 Alexandria, VA 2 Page, Jason*** 61 Hamilton, VA 3 Kirkpatrick, John*** 63 Annapolis, MD 4 Joyce, Bill** 62 Herndon, VA 5 Geisel, Ritchie** 61 Williamsburg, VA 6 Dyer, Ben** 63 Petersburg, VA 7 Becker, Jim*** 60 Greencastle, PA 8 Jones, Lewis** 63 Yorktown, VA 9 Hull, Charles* 61 Darnestown, MD 10 Manske, Dennis**** 60 Williamsburg, VA 11 Kutzner, Richard** 63 Alexandria, VA 12 Warfield, Jerry* 62 Columbia, MD 13 Bell, Jim** 64 Charlottesville, VA 14 Janowitz, Henry* 60 Midlothian, VA 15 Wong, Ronnie*** 60 Catonsville, MD 16 Chase, Bob** 61 Falls Church, VA 17 Noone, Jim** 62 Fairfax, VA 18 Ingram, Harold*** 63 Henry, VA 19 Villano, Leo* 61 Silver Spring, MD 20 Haubert, John***** 64 Alexandria, VA 21 Gaddy, Clifford** 60 Kensington, MD 22 Mayhew, Edwin***** 61 Winchester, VA 23 Shapiro, Lou*** 64 Silver Spring, MD 24 Maffei, Merle 62 Annapolis, MD 25 Nixon, George* 64 Richmond, VA 26 Chaconas, Greg* 61 Washington, DC 27 McEvilly, Eamon* 64 Springfield, VA 28 Franklin, Greg** 60 South Hill, VA 29 Baca, Ted** 60 Arlington, VA 30 Bennett, John* 60 Huntingtown, MD 31 Bullock, Jim 63 Westminster, MD 32 Pane, Richard* 63 Herndon, VA 33 Berg-Cross, Gary** 63 Potomac, MD 34 Wingfield, Randy 61 Winchester, VA 35 Masterson, Daniel 61 Annapolis, MD 36 Clorety, Joe* 63 Crownsville, MD 37 Revanna, Krupakar* 63 Falls Church, VA 38 Coleman, Norm* 61 Chevy Chase, MD 39 Turner, Larry 63 Seaford, VA 40 Trost, Robert* 60 Falls Church, VA 41 DeHart, Jim* 60 Danville, VA 42 Marino, Gary 60 Gaithersburg, MD 43 Coleman, Jim** 61 Norfolk, VA 44 Casinghino, John 60 Kensington, MD 45 Nesbit, Lee 63 Arlington, VA
Maryland Senior Olympics 5K, 20:05, 10K = 41:54
John Elliott of Columbia, MD uses the Best of 2006 records as a
race motivator. Though he owns six of the distances, he only
set two this period: the Maryland Senior Olympics 5K in 20:05
(41:54) and a second overall at the tiny Mayberry 4 Mile
rollercoaster in 27:41 (10K = 44:16). Then he frosted the
October cake with a 42:03 10K.
Collin Winston of Newport News, VA had set the earlier standard
for the 10K at the Hampton 10K in 42:53. With plenty of fizz,
Cal Fowler of Keswick, VA ran the Pepsi 10K that same early
September morning in 42:03. Warren Prunella of Rockville, MD
prepped for his prestigious win at the Marine Corps Marathon
with a win at the Candy Cane 5K in 20:54 (10K = 43:36).
Omnipresent Lou Shapiro earned a division tops in wins with
seven, which would have been eight, save for those pesky 10-
year age groups at some races.
Winston held off Prunella with a Mulberry Island HM in 1:35:51
(10K = 43:29). Fowler made his move at the nTelos 8K in 33:27
(10K = 42:26) for the runner-up spot. The next day Shapiro
moved up to third with another 5K, the Vienna Turkey Trot, in
20:25 (10K = 42:35).
PL Name Age Hometown 1 Elliott, John**** 68 Columbia, MD 2 Fowler, Cal** 67 Keswick, VA 3 Shapiro, Lou*7 65 Silver Spring, MD 4 Collins, Winston** 65 Newport News, VA 5 Prunella, Warren**** 65 Rockville, MD 6 Blackwell, Lloyd*** 66 Warrenton, VA 7 Campbell, Douglas** 65 Virginia Beach, VA 8 Wright, Robert* 65 Hampton, VA 9 Gallagher, Bernie**** 65 Fairfax, VA 10 Leaberry, Bob** 66 Gambrills, MD 11 Forman, Stephen** 66 McLean, VA 12 Merrill, Sammy*** 65 Fredericksburg, VA 13 Robbins, Chan**** 69 Arlington, VA 14 Lougee, Duane** 69 Norfolk, VA 15 Bridges, Marvin** 66 Lavale, MD 17 Davis, Bob** 65 Richmond, VA 18 Quincy, Ken 69 Vienna, VA 19 Patton, Tom 66 Virginia Beach, VA 20 Hamburger, Henry**** 66 Bethesda, MD 21 Pierce, Dick*** 67 Rescue, VA 22 Morey, Art** 68 Columbia, MD 23 Mack, Talbot* 66 Middleburg, VA 24 Sollers, Bill** 66 Silver Spring, MD 25 Hager, Philip 69 Falls Church, VA 26 Skelton, Lowell** 66 Moneta, VA 27 Fitzgerald, Preston* 67 Virginia Beach, VA 28 Peacock, Dick* 65 Richmond, VA 29 Polinksi, Joseph* 68 Smithfield, VA
70-74 Men
Tom Ray of Kitty Hawk, NC came north mid-period to settle
things for the division. He was having some troubles putting
away fourth place Chris Catoe of Virginia Beach, VA. The period
started with Catoe upsetting him by ninety seconds at the
Hampton Bay Days 10K in 50:37. Two weeks later Ray returned the
favor, winning the Riverside Harvest Festival 8 Mile by more
than two minutes in 65:31 (10K = 50:08). At Army, Ray held off
a tenacious Richard Williams of Alexandria, VA 78:34 (10K =
47:16) to 80:02 (10K = 48:09).
Williams added five age group wins and was thinking ahead and
not about what was coming up from behind. At the Goblin Gallop
5K at the end of October, Maynard Weyers slipped by him for one
of his five age group wins, 23:11 (10K = 48:22) to 24:02 (10K=
50:08) to earn the runner-up spot. Weyers also ran the PACE
Race 5K in 23:08 (10K = 48:15) to cement the spot.
Ray had another couple of sub 24:00 5Ks but the prolific racer
tired at the end of the period and got caught by Catoe (82:13,
10K = 49:28) and fifth place John Essery (83:11, 10K = 50:03)
at the Yorktown 10 Mile. Waiting in the wings, Jerry Lewis ran
the Army 10 Miler in that identical time. The tie was broken
when Lewis went for the Marine Corps Marathon in 4:19:40 (10K =
55:43). Essery ran a ranking friendly Governor's Land 5K in
24:45 (10K = 51:38).
PL Name Age Hometown 1 Ray, Tom***** 73 Kitty Hawk, NC 2 Weyers, Maynard**** 70 Alexandria, VA 3 Williams, Richard***** 70 Alexandria, VA 4 Catoe, Chris**** 71 Virginia Beach, VA 5 Essery, John 70 Williamsburg, VA 6 Lewis, Jerry 73 Reston, VA 7 Kohler, Donald** 70 New Market, MD 8 Smith, Robert**** 72 Comus, MD 9 McCarthy, Terence** 71 Leesburg, VA
75-79 Men
George Yannakakis of Baltimore, MD made a trip south to win the
Veteran's Day 10K but that was all he had this period. Jack
McMahon retains his crown. He was solidly in the lead at three
distances. First, the Fair Lakes 8K in 42:44 (10K = 54:12).
Then to polish the crown he dropped one more second, winning
the Rockville 10K in 54:11. At the Co-op 5K, he ran 26:25 (10K
= 55:06).
With three age group wins, George Waxter of Frederick edges
Keith Olson of Silver Spring, MD. Olson's best effort was the
National Press Club 5K in 27:09 (10K = 56:38). Waxter won the
Run for Life 5K in 27:12.
PL Name Age Hometown 1 McMahon, Jack** 75 Rockville, MD 2 Waxter, George*** 75 Frederick, MD 3 Olson, Keith* 75 Silver Spring, MD 4 Polansky, Andrew 78 Williamsburg, VA 5 Xie, Nianxiang* 79 Rockville, MD 6 Madden, Paul 78 Virginia Beach , VA 7 Green, Edward** 75 Washington, DC 8 Moore, Robert* 75 Alexandria, VA 9 Bragg, Oliver 78 Sterling, VA 10 Silversmith, Ernie** 75 Baltimore, MD 11 Zenchoff, Philip** 78 Silver Spring, MD 12 Smit, Jac* 77 Washington, DC 13 Harlow, Thomas** 77 Richmond, VA
80 & Over Men
John Hosner's Galax 5K shows he still has the stuff but he
needs to race a second time. Wendell Golden of Annandale, VA
caps the division the first week at the Pepsi 10K in 67:57.
George Coombs of Virginia Beach, VA edges Robbie Cone of
Berryville, VA for second with his 46:30 (10K = 1:37:00) at the
All American Beach Ford 5K. Cone continues his legend, racing
the Greasy Gooney 10K. This race goes straight up steeper and
steeper to the summit at 5K and then runners go into free fall
to the finish.
PL Name Age Hometown 1 Golden, Wendell* 81 Annandale, VA 2 Coombes, George* 80 Virginia Beach, VA 3 Cone, Robbie** 83 Berryville, VA 4 Osburn, Bill* 83 Bethesda, MD See the Women's Fall 2006 WRR Runner Rankings
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