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 2007 Fall WRR Runner Rankings Women's Division By James Moreland with Photos by Brightroom January/February 2008 For the Washington Running Report Melissa Tanner (26) of Bethesda, MD earned her ten spot racing home from Rockville at the Parks HM in 1:20:24.
Open Women
The division grew to an incredible 66 women. As usual, many of
the top runners do not return, just two of five from last
period and only one of the top five from last year. Belainesh
Gebre of Washington, DC had a much greater challenge than in
her last period of dominating the teen division. Her big win at
Baltimore was just a little slower than last year's Quantico HM
winner but her accompanying 5K in 16:28 crushed all the others. Julie Cullie of Arlington, VA ran a wonderful 16:59 to win the
United Way 5K in October. That would have netted her fifth
place. Susie's Cause 5K had established the pecking order with
Teyba Naser winning in 16:39, ahead of runner-up Hirut Mensistu
in 16:41, and third place Alemgena Desta in 16:44.
Then on November 10, Culley uncorked a humongous 26:53 at the
nTelos 8K. It was the second best race of the period and moved
the others back down a notch, securing her runner-up status. Gebre put away Naser and Mensistu at the Star Kid 8K, though
Mensistu beat Naser there and at Veterans in their third and
fourth fastest races. Naser returned the favor at the National
Press Club 5K in their second best race. Susannah Kvasnicka of Great Falls, VA earns the sixth place,
besting seventh ranked Alisa Harvey of Manassas, VA at the Army
10 Mile 59:11 to 60:34. Kvasnicka ran nTelos in 28:14. The
following month Harvey nearly passed her with an overall win at
the Inspire Victory 5K in 17:08. That did get her past eighth
place Johanna Allen (last month's cover girl) and 11th place
Lauren Manero-Army 59:39 and 60:15. Christine Ramsey slid in
between at ninth with tenth place going to Melissa Tanner.
These two raced Parks HM in 1:19:21 and 1:20:24 respectively,
with Manero following them home in 1:22:12.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Gebre, Belainesh*9 19 Washington, DC 2 Culley, Julie* 26 Arlington, VA 3 Naser, Teyba***** 21 Washington, DC 4 Mengistu, Hirut** 22 Takoma Park, MD 5 Desta, Alemgena 26 Silver Spring, MD 6 Kvasnicka, Susannah 35 Great Falls, VA 7 Harvey, Alisa*** 42 Manassas, VA 8 Allen, Johanna 26 Woodbridge, VA 9 Ramsey, Christine 24 Baltimore , MD 10 Tanner, Melissa 26 Bethesda, MD 11 Manero, Lauren* 26 Fort Belvoir, VA 12 High, Renee* 26 Virginia Beach, VA 13 Henehan, Kristen 28 Silver Spring, MD 14 Spalding, Sarah* 26 Washington, DC 15 Ficker, Desiree* 30 Potomac, MD 16 Perlingeiro, Fabiana** 30 Norfolk, VA 17 Carlson, Melinda 28 Washington, DC 18 Nowak, Katie* 26 Bethesda, MD 19 Lynch, Victoria* 33 Washington, DC 20 Wettlaufer, Cara* 24 Bel Air, MD 21 Thomas, Mindy** 23 Stafford, VA 22 Swarts, Heidi** 33 Baltimore, MD 23 Merz, Martha* 45 Annandale, VA 24 Pease, Alicia* 24 Silver Spring, MD 25 Till, Kristen* 38 Baltimore, MD 26 Kosakowski, Jackie* 24 Richmond, VA 27 Ward, Emily* 25 Richmond, VA 28 Himes, Suzanne 38 Alexandria, VA 29 Gentry, Maggie* 16 Nokesville, VA 30 Smith, Julia** 39 Tappanhannock, VA 31 Stick, Sherry*** 29 Sykesville, MD 32 Ellerbrock, Robyn 22 Washington, DC 33 Stackhouse, Britton 28 Arlington, VA 34 Cairns, Hilary 37 Washington, DC 35 Schrank, Brenda* 35 Winchester, VA 36 Oleynik, Anna** 19 Gaithersburg, MD 37 Hohnka Oswald, Lou 30 Reston, VA 38 Davison, Mary 34 Chesapeake, VA 39 Van Cleef, Aidan* 22 Chesapeake, VA 40 Foley, Linda* 45 Oak Hill, VA 41 Mlinarcik, Jenny 28 Alexandria, VA 42 Uhl, Alice* 32 Fincastle, VA 43 Gay, Jane** 17 Roanoke, VA 44 Pak, Colleen 37 Virginia Beach, VA 45 Peterson, Heidi**** 13 Williamsburg, VA 46 Knickman, Denise 39 Baltimore, MD 47 Kirby, Samantha* 38 Arlington, VA 48 Ting, Audrey 30 Arlington, VA 49 Shannon, Laura 45 Williamsburg, VA 50 Romain, Sarah 23 Washington, DC 51 Conroy, Erin 23 Washington, DC 52 Nathan, Rebecca 42 Arlington, VA 53 Kline, Sheryl* 44 Arnold, MD 54 Feldman, Elizabeth* 40 Chevy Chase, MD 55 Hunter, Joan 44 Purcellville, VA 56 Christopher, Mary* 23 Washington, DC 57 Stewart-Garbrecht, Patti 45 Bethesda, MD 58 Eames, Betsy 23 Herndon, VA 59 Conant, Cindy 46 Kensington, VA 60 Sowa, Megan* 24 Arlington, VA 61 Hall, Maureen* 42 Lavale, MD 62 Ensle, Leisa* 49 Virginia Beach, VA 63 Tepovich, Carin* 26 Virginia Beach, VA 64 Jasparro, Victoria* 34 Fredericksburg, VA 65 Jones, Elizabeth 30 Midland, VA 66 Humphrey, Robyn 43 Ellicott City, MD
19 & Under Women
This division was the largest women's division, with more than
300 qualifiers and its winner the most dominant. Belainesh
Gebre of Washington, DC was in a league of her own. Her nine
races included eight overall wins and one runner-up placing.
That race, the Labrecque Classic 5K, had her running 16:28. A
week after she popped a 1:14:45 at the Baltimore HM she dropped
a fine Star Kid 8K in 27:34. She ended her fall with a 34:27
College Park Cares 10K. The next dozen races were all 5Ks. Maggie Gentry of Nokesville,
VA had the two top ones, including her overall win at the
Marymount 5K in 18:21. Anya Oleynik of Gaithersburg, MD is back
and displaces last period's runner-up, Jane Gay of Roanoke, VA,
with an overall win at the Candy Cane City 5K in 18:30. Gay was
right on her heels with two overall 5K wins, including the Star
City in 18:40. The next big star coming out of the Tidewater region is Heidi
Peterson (13) of Williamsburg, VA. She clamped down on the
number five spot with four overall wins and a second place
overall. Her best race was the Heritage Humane Society 5K in
18:49.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Gebre, Belainesh*9 19 Washington, DC 2 Gentry, Maggie** 16 Nokesville, VA 3 Oleynik, Anna**** 18 Gaithersburg, MD 4 Gay, Jane** 17 Roanoke, VA 5 Peterson, Heidi***** 13 Williamsburg, VA 6 Sinclair, Halsey** 18 Silver Spring, MD 7 Rooks, Brittany** 13 Baltimore, MD 8 Warfield, Lindsay*** 18 Woodbine, MD 9 Waldhauser, Courtney* 17 Fallston, MD 10 Sinclair, Ashlyn** 18 Silver Spring, MD 11 Pollard, Brittany** 12 Falling Waters, WV 12 Augins, Nicole** 15 Virginia Beach, VA 13 Hexter, Melissa** 11 Bel Air, MD 14 Dickson, Candice* 18 Bowie, MD 15 Hubbard, Christine**** 18 Virginia Beach, VA 16 Ferro, Amy* 15 Rockville, MD 17 Bachelder, Jessica* 11 Fairfax, VA 18 Slaughter, Laura* 13 Lutherville, MD 19 Donnelly, Paige* 16 Chevy Chase, MD 20 Gwiazdowski, Kate* 18 Bel Air, MD 21 Pape-Calabrese, Carravita 13 Chevy Chase, MD 22 Mawdsley, Karen** 14 Columbia, MD 23 Praydis, Christina* 17 Perry Hall, MD 24 Dennis, Alyssa* 13 Annapolis, MD 25 Vichery, Hosannah** 12 Lynchburg, VA 26 Coco, Katlynn* 19 Perry Hall, MD 27 Glueck, Gaylin** 12 Williamsburg, VA 28 Dickerson, Kara 12 Midlothian, VA 29 Leffew, Hannah* 16 Virginia Beach, VA 30 Kelly, Grace* 15 Bowie, MD 31 Gwiazdowski, Jill 17 Bel Air, MD
Brenda Schrank (35) of Winchester, VA ran the two largest
races of the period -Army in 66:06 and Marine Corps in
3:00:21. Though now 35, Susannah Kvasnicka of Great Falls, VA is really
an elite runner in the Open Division. She brought her 'A' game
to the fall races and easily topped the sub masters field. Each
month she dabbled with a top race. The PVI Runfest has the
highest percentage of ranked runners for any 5K with more than
200 finishers. She was third overall in 17:33. At Army, she was
runner-up in a swift 59:11. Then in November, she ventured
south for the largest, most competitive 8K of the year. She won
her division at nTelos in 28:14. After that, the drop off went to the next six-pack of runners.
Each owned one of the next six best races. Colleen Pak is
seventh with two fine halves, including the Fleet HM over third
place Suzanne Himes, 1:26:39 to 1:28:34. Himes redeemed herself
two weeks later with a Marine Corps Marathon victory over sixth
place Brenda Schrank of Winchester, VA 2:57:56 to 3:00:21 to
earn third place. Hilary Cairns of Washington, DC snatched
fifth place with her Veterans Day 10K in 38:35, while Julie
Smith took the fourth spot in an overall win at J'Brians
Taproom Challenge 5K in 18:18. Kristen Till of Baltimore, MD
warmed up with an overall 5K win in 18:50. Then she planted
herself firmly in the runner-up spot with a Baltimore HM in
1:23:47.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Kvasnicka, Susannah*** 35 Great Falls, VA 2 Till, Kristen** 38 Baltimore, MD 3 Himes, Suzanne* 38 Virginia Beach, VA 4 Smith, Julia** 38 Tappahannock, VA 5 Cairns, Hilary** 37 Washington, DC 6 Schrank, Brenda* 35 Winchester, VA 7 Pak, Colleen*** 37 Virginia Beach, VA 8 Knickman, Denise* 39 Baltimore, MD 9 Kirby, Samantha* 38 Arlington, VA 10 Daunt, Kathy**** 38 Haymarket, VA 11 Hoffman, Michele**** 35 Baltimore, MD 12 Durocher, Debra** 39 Fredericksburg, VA 13 McFarlane, Kathleen* 38 Ashburn, VA 14 Sporidis, Christy** 38 Potomac, MD 15 Folstad, Angela* 37 Accokeek, VA 16 Sapper, Julie** 35 Rockville, MD 17 Cochran, Mary Beth* 39 Bel Air, MD
40-44 Women
Track star Alisa Harvey spread her wings and took on the Parks
HM this fall. The race succumbed to her (1:26:49) as did all
seven of her other races. She won the masters title easily at
Army in 60:34 though well off her record 59:00 set there last
year. Then, in eight days, she was the overall winner in three
races. She ended October winning the Marine Corps 10K in 37:12.
The following Saturday she ran the Inspire Victory 5K in 17:08
for her fastest race and she was the first runner of either sex
to cross the finish line. She promptly entered the Rockville
10K the next day and victory (36:51) was deja vu all over again. Martha Merz of Annandale, VA turned the corner into the new
division but qualified here, too, winning the Arlington 9-11 5K
in 19:00. In the new division, she did not require any
assistance, with the top three times in the new division all
much faster. Her slowest of six races, the Potomac 5K in 19:10,
made her the oldest woman to beat every other runner in the
race. Ruth Olson of Fredericksburg, VA is just slightly younger
than Merz. She ended September with an overall 5K victory in
19:01. The week before she ran the ill-fated Quantico HM, which
was short. It was enough to qualify her. She also ran a fine
SunTrust Richmond Marathon in the new division though she did
not have the second race there to double dip. The next three spots were razor close. Sheryl Kline of Arnold,
MD had her regular slew of victories, including one at the
Westfield Mall in Annapolis in 19:09. Rebecca Nathan of
Arlington, VA ran in the cult Thomas G. Labrecque Classic 5K,
which features mostly out-of-town runners, in an identical
time. Elizabeth Feldman of Chevy Chase, MD ran through the
Parks HM in 1:28:18 for virtually the same time. Nathan earns
the fourth place by besting Kline at the Veterans Day 10K 39:55
to 41:02. Kline stayed ahead of Feldman with a couple more
swift 5Ks and by slightly overmatching her at the "5 Mile."
Feldman won the Back to School 8K in 32:01. Kline ran the
Down's Park 5 Mile, which is perversely long (5.04), as they
decided to end the race not on the park road but around the
corner in the parking lot. Thus, her 32:24 second overall race
was about 100 meters longer than Feldman's.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Harvey, Alisa*8 42 Manassas, VA 2 Merz, Martha* 44 Annandale, VA 3 Olson, Ruth** 44 Fredericksburg, VA 4 Nathan, Rebecca*** 42 Arlington, VA 5 Kline, Sheryl***** 44 Baltimore, MD 6 Feldman, Elizabeth* 40 Chevy Chase, MD 7 Hunter, Joan** 44 Purcellville, VA 8 Pels, Paula*** 40 Bethesda, MD 9 Hall, Maureen*7 42 Lavale, MD 10 Humphrey, Robyn** 43 Ellicott City, MD 11 Russell, Danielle** 43 Ashburn, VA 12 Elliott, Nicola* 41 Vienna, VA 13 Danilkovitch, Alla* 44 Columbia, MD 14 Freres, Anita** 42 Reston, VA 15 Gleuck, Connie**** 43 Williamsburg, VA 16 Wood, Louise**** 40 Williamsburg, VA 17 Lussi, Jeanette*** 44 Kensington, MD 18 Mancini, Jinx*** 41 Richmond, VA 19 McNichols, Lisa* 40 Alexandria, VA 20 Kinnecome, Susie 43 Bethesda, MD 21 Beven, Helen 42 Kensington, MD 22 Lewellyn, Krista** 44 Virginia Beach, VA 23 Sperry, Amy* 42 Glen Allen, VA 24 Tingle, Lane* 41 Lake Ridge, VA 25 Hogge, Michelle* 43 Williamsburg, VA 26 Benante, Susan** 44 Norfolk, VA 27 Gill, Susan* 42 Virginia Beach, VA 28 Thumel, Kim* 44 Virginia Beach, VA 29 Warring, Laeticia 44 Herndon, VA 30 Rath, Terry 43 Ashburn, VA 31 Scoggin, Suzanne 44 Reston, VA 32 Wells, Amy 42 Elkridge, MD 33 Little, Tracy 41 Richmond, VA
45-49 Women
This division is emblematic to what is happening with women's
racing. The division continues to grow and the runners are
getting faster and faster. At 45, Martha Merz of Annandale, VA
became the fastest woman to win over ALL the runners in the
race when she broke the tape at the Potomac 5K. She also finished as the third, fourth, and fifth woman in the
area's biggest races. She won the division the hard way with a
marathon. Fifth overall at Marine Corps in 2:56:46 is not too
shabby. It was the only sub 38:00 10K equivalent for the
division. At Army, she finished second master with a 63:21. She
matched 10Ks exactly (38:46) with runner-up Linda Foley of Oak
Hill, VA. Merz did it on the scenic, rolling hills of the Home
Run 10K in Rockville. Foley sped down Ohio Drive at the
Veterans Day 10K. Merz again matched that pace with her PVI
Runfest 5K win in 18:37. Foley was next in 19:28. Laura Shannon of Williamsburg, VA was not too far off the
runner-up spot. She knows it well, finishing second overall in
four of her five races. Her top time was at Governor's Land in
19:03. Fourth place Pamela Lovett made her move in the final
weeks. She was running a solid 20:00 pace for some 5Ks but her
Army 10 Miler in 70:22 was far behind Cindy Conant's 67:26 (10K
= 40:31). Then she laid rubber and squealed out to an excellent
nTelos 8K in 31:40 (10K = 40:12) to snatch the spot. Conant
came back the next day to run the Veterans Day 10K in 40:22 to
make it "oh so close." To keep it even more interesting, Patti Stewart-Garbrecht was
runner-up at Back to School in 32:16 the day after Conant was
runner-up in Kensington with 32:21.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Merz, Martha**** 45 Annandale, VA 2 Foley, Linda**** 45 Oak Hill, VA 3 Shannon, Laura***** 45 Williamsburg, VA 4 Lovett, Pamela**** 45 Newport News, VA 5 Stewart-Garbrecht, Patti** 45 Bethesda, MD 6 Conant, Cindy*** 46 Kensington, MD 7 Ensle, Leisa* 49 Virginia Beach, VA 8 Cox, Vanessa*** 46 Laurel, MD 9 Baron, Liliana 49 Potomac, MD 10 Freix, Laura** 46 Centreville, VA 11 Hayden, Julie** 47 Ashburn, VA 12 Persina, Win**** 47 Washington, DC 13 Nanda, Sushila***** 46 Arlington, VA 14 Haghighian, Hosni*** 49 Charlottesville, VA 15 Haddad, Moana** 45 Chevy Chase, MD 16 Parter, D'Ellen* 48 Virginia Beach, VA 17 Russell, Mariko* 47 Washington, DC 18 Bernetti, Kathy 46 Fulton, MD 19 Layson, Lynda* 47 Severn, MD 20 Betz, Jean*** 48 Cabin John, MD 21 Graf, Robin* 48 Yorktown, VA 22 Rall, Tammy 45 Stafford, VA 23 Lundeen, Jennifer* 47 Port Republic, MD 24 Tschiderer, Patty* 46 Chevy Chase, MD 25 Ford, Sandy 46 Columbia, MD 26 Blasey, Sandy*** 45 Kensington, MD 27 Rickard, Pam** 45 Rocky Mount, VA 28 Gallagher, Catherine* 47 Chevy Chase, MD 29 Hughes, Susan 46 Bethesda, MD 30 Buckheit, Sarah*8 47 Reston, VA 31 Walsh, Nancy* 46 Richmond, VA 32 Santarpia, Gloria* 46 Odenton, MD 33 Rushin, Blake* 46 Vienna, VA 34 Henderson, Debi** 47 Newport News, VA 35 Scott, Janeth 45 Columbia, MD 36 Goodwin, Robin*** 49 Timonium, MD 37 Palmer, Sarah** 47 Roanoke, VA 38 Carey, Anne 48 Washington, DC
Ofelia Perotti (51) of Alexandria, VA is the oldest woman
with an open division time. Look for her to be ranked in the
Open Division next period. The division nearly doubled in size, but for Ofelia Perotti of
Alexandria, VA everything remained the same. Let the force be
with you. Going into November, Perotti had four of the top five
times, including overall wins in the 5M and 5K. The only race
she did not own was the ski slope Great Allegany 15K, which
Frederick's Doris Windsand-Dausam rode to a masters win in
63:49. She is known for longer races and her 5Ks were slower
than her 10K equivalent of 41:30. The November showdown for all the marbles would be the
lightning fast Veterans Day 10K in West Potomac Park. The
weather was ideal this year. Betty Blank of Falls Church, VA
and Alison Suckling of Arnold, MD prepared to stop the tide of
the Perotti racing machine. They both knew each other well and
had traded victories through the years. Perotti was ready and moved forcefully away. Suckling was a
stride behind rankings wise, running the PVI Runfest 5K in
20:45, while Blank was a mere second ahead finishing Army in
71:51. Both had top finishes in other races. As the race wore
on, Perotti was gone, winning in 41:12, a time that would
qualify in the open division. Suckling held on to the runner-up
spot by a mere three seconds in 42:43. She could not lose Blank
and Blank could not catch her. Nancy Ferris of Charlottesville, VA, without the fierce
competition, was just off the pace for fourth with her Pepsi
10K 43:25 and the BB&T Virginia 10 Mile in 72:30.
Windsand-Dausam held fifth with her 21:32 Jingle Bell 5K.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Perotti, Ofelia***** 51 Alexandria, VA 2 Suckling, Alison** 52 Arnold, MD 3 Blank, Betty**** 54 Falls Church, VA 4 Ferris, Nancy** 51 Goode, VA 5 Windsand-Dausam, Doris*** 51 Frederick, MD 6 Walls, Cindy 50 Arlington, VA 7 Roeder, Carole* 50 Ashburn, VA 8 Mutizger, Linda** 50 Laytonsville, MD 9 Seidman, Merrilee 53 Alexandria, VA 10 Schumann, Linda 51 Lynchburg, VA 11 Roman, Laura* 51 Baltimore, MD 12 Lau, Claire* 50 Chesterfield, VA 13 Washington, Myra*6 50 Montgomery Village, MD 14 Weeks, Sharon***** 53 Virginia Beach, VA 15 Starr, Elizabeth** 51 Aldie, VA 16 Breen, Caorlyn* 50 Bethesda, MD 17 Gammon, Karen** 51 Moseley, VA 18 Mange, Joyce 51 Silver Spring, MD 19 Recto, Liza** 51 Lexington Park, MD 20 Ross, Saleema** 53 Fort Washington, MD 21 Bartley, Gloria* 54 Virginia Beach, VA 22 Bone, Jean 54 Richmond, VA 23 Lang, Mary 53 Pasadena, MD 24 Sykes, Catherine** 52 Virginia Beach, VA 25 Willis, Therese 54 Richmond, VA 26 Grinde, Ingrid* 51 Casanova, VA
Alice Franks (59) of Rockville, MD just misses another crown
with a swift 47:01 at the Veterans Day 10K. Gulick had the best 5Ks, including the Heritage Humane Society
5K in 22:42. Then the first week in November, Martha Selonick
of Crownsville, MD exploded with a super 22:37 at the Westfield
Annapolis Mall 5K. The big races usually decide the champions
because that is where they choose to run. Linda Gulick of
Richmond, VA takes command the following week with a fine
hometown performance at the nTelos 8K in 36:24. Alice Franks pulled out all the stops the next day at the
biggest 10K, the Veterans Day, in 47:01 but it was not enough.
It did move her up a couple spots to the runner-up. Note that
Franks was at all the big events-Kensington 8K, Army 10M,
Marine Corps Marathon, and Parks HM. Fourth place Patricia Gilley of King William, VA bested all of
Franks' times save one with her Richmond Marathon in 3:44:28,
though she was defeated by Franks at Army. Shirley Macefe of
Butler, PA ran the Executive Stampede 5K in 23:07 to stay close
in fifth. Deborah Gebhardt of Adelphi, MD upset Franks at
Kensington 38:05 to 38:43 for sixth.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Gulick, Linda*** 56 Richmond, VA 2 Franks, Alice*** 59 Rockville. MD 3 Selonick, Martha* 57 Crownsville, MD 4 Gilley, Patricia 55 King William, VA 5 Macefe, Shirley* 57 Butler, PA 6 Gebhardt, Deborah* 59 Adelphi, MD 7 St. Clair, Christy* 58 Glen Arm, MD 8 Gustafson, Joan*** 56 Portsmouth, VA 9 Hughes, Ginny 56 Warrenton, VA 10 Salazar, Sandy* 56 Columbia, MD 11 Meierowitz, Barbara** 55 Chesapeake, VA 12 Owens, Linda 59 Earlysville, VA
Richard Williams and his new wife Jane (Poole) moved to San
Diego, CA to start another gold rush. Richard won the spring
and had forty division wins in 48 tries this year. Jane had
twenty-seven "golds" in 42 races. Jane Poole has been running scores of races all year with
Richard Williams. They tied the knot November 18 and their
competition breathed a sigh of relief as they headed for the
west coast. Poole has been getting faster and faster and won
her division in nine of ten races. Her best effort was 1:48:06
at the Baltimore HM. Her only defeat was her sixth fastest race
at the Veterans Day 10K in 50:21. It earned her the third spot
in the division. Chris Craun of Bethesda, MD spanked the division by improving
her best 10K from last year by nearly two minutes. She won the
Veterans Day 10K in 45:02. She also improved over last year's
effort at the Parks HM by five minutes to win in 1:46:19. She
finished second in her division once at the period's largest
race, the Marine Corps Marathon (3:51:52). Division runner-up Betty Brothers of Virginia Beach, VA geared
up for her marathon by winning the Hampton Days 10K in 48:15.
At age 60, she was the second masters finisher. Later in the
year, she capped her SunTrust Richmond Marathon with a win in
4:00:51. Dee Nelson of Gaithersburg, MD has run 60 to 70 races a year
for more than a decade. Not surprisingly, she has lots of age
group wins. She has five of the top eight 5Ks, including her
best race at the Run for Life 5K in 24:46.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Craun, Chris*** 61 Bethesda, MD 2 Brothers, Betty*** 60 Virginia Beach, VA 3 Williams (Poole), Jane*8 60 Washington, DC 4 Nelson, Dee*7 64 Gaithersburg, MD 5 Price, Helene** 62 Burke, VA 6 Jacobs, Janice 60 Arlington, VA 7 Glover, Elizabeth 62 Bethesda, MD 8 Coleman, Karolynn* 63 Chevy Chase, MD 9 Biasi, Barbara** 60 Yorktown, VA 10 Buck, Sandra*** 61 Monkton, MD 11 Hirn, Ann*** 62 Portsmouth, VA 12 Peters, Linda 60 Lynchburg, VA 13 Stripling, Mary** 63 Reston, VA 14 Kautz, Karen 63 Silver Spring, MD 15 De Echeandia, Diane 64 Hampton, VA 16 Mayhew, Mary*** 61 Winchester, VA 17 Stark, Barbara** 63 Suffolk, VA 18 Berger, Nancy*** 62 Hunt Valley, MD 19 Friend, Connie** 61 Charlottesville, VA 20 Patrick, Patricia* 64 Falls Church, VA 21 Gonyea, Mary Ellen 60 Alexandria, VA 22 Dodson, Christina* 61 Richmond, VA
Jamie Wollard (69) of North Bethesda, MD had five races
gearing up to take on the new division soon. Joan Coven of Williamsburg, VA trampled on the division leaving
no prisoners. She matched herself as no one else could for the
fastest 5K in the division. Her worst race was a 24:01 at the
Governor's Land 5K. She is the only one In Virginia history to
have broken 25 minutes and she has done that many times.
Yolanda Perez of Silver Spring, MD entered the division with an
excellent Parks HM in 2:02:44 against former division champions
Betty Smith and Nancy Linck. An amazing eight runners in this division were squaring off at
the Marine Corps Marathon. Linck earned the fourth spot running
4:55:00 for the fastest time among the qualifiers. Fifth place
Rosemary Swartzbard of Arlington, VA outran Linck's half
marathon with one in Baltimore but Linck countered with a
Veterans Day 10K win in 57:09 to earn the fourth spot. Just one
week after running the Marine Corps Marathon, Molly Sherwood of
Annapolis, MD uncorked a swift 27:04 hometown 5K to ease into
third place in the division.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Coven, Joan**** 66 Williamsburg, VA 2 Perez, Yolanda** 65 Silver Spring, MD 3 Sherwood, Molly* 65 Annapolis, MD 4 Linck, Nancy* 65 Alexandria, VA 5 Schwartzbard, Rosemary* 65 Arlington, VA 6 Garland, Arlowene*** 69 Warsaw, VA 7 Berglund, Mary Kate** 66 Richmond, VA 8 Smith, Betty 66 Rockville, MD 9 Carter, Linda** 65 Potomac, MD 10 Adachi, Yoshiko** 69 Baltimore, MD 11 Ely, Pauline** 68 Hampton, VA 12 Wollard, Jamie** 69 North Bethesda, MD
70-74 Women
Regular division champion Tami Graf of Lusby, MD earned the
title with nine age group wins. She won the division on the
fast West Potomac course in 27:43 to begin the period. She
punctuated that with wins in all three states and at four
different distances. Nancy Fraser of Charlottesville, VA was
the only runner with races to challenge Graf at all. Nancy
Patron matched Fraser's best race with a 30:12 of her own on
the 20th of October but only had one race. Graf had her slowest
of her races that day in 31:12 to give a small hope to her
competition.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Graf, Tami*9 71 Lusby, MD 2 Fraser, Nancy** 70 Charlottesville, VA 3 Welker, Nancy*** 73 Roseland, VA 4 Chambers, Jeanette* 72 Arnold, MD 5 Presby, Berta** 71 Virginia Beach, VA
75-79 Women
Jacqueline O'Neil had the fastest 5K with 32:50 at the Run for
Research to win the division. Yvonne Aasen of Severna Park, MD
had the second fastest race running the Down's Park 5M in
58:16. She also had a 35:54 5K race, which bested all six of
Martha Trimmer's races.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Jacqueline O'Neil* 76 Washington, DC 2 Aasen, Yvonne*** 77 Severna Park, MD 3 Trimmer, Martha*** 78 Grasonville, MD
80 & Over Women
Gertrude Shaver wins the division as the only runner with two
races. Betty Hauck had the fastest time. Shaver won at the Get
Ready! Get Set! Get Fit! 5K over her husband Eugene and 90-year-
old Gloria Wianke. Lois Creamer triumphantly took on Tush
Metcalf (86) at the nTelos 8K.
Pl Name Age Hometown 1 Shaver, Gertrude 80 Catonsville, MD 2 Hauck, Betty 81 Poolesville, MD 3 Creamer, Lois 82 Richmond, VA 4 Brauw, Elizabeth 81 Ocean City 5 Wianke, Gloria 90 Baltimore, MD 6 Metcalf, Tush 86 Richmond, VA
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