With Arlington Memorial Bridge construction looming, the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile course will instead travel farther north on Rock Creek Parkway and farther south on Ohio Drive before runners turn around on both roads.
The Montgomery County Road Runners Club announced the recipients of its annual awards:
Lifetime Achievement Award – Bob & Kimberly Price
Coach of the Year – Larry Feidelseit
Journalism Award – George Tarrico
Humanitarian Award – Andy Steinfeld
Race Director of the Year – Don Shulman
Volunteer of the Year – Mayra Fairbairn
Most Improved Runners – Mark Adams & Kristen Serafin
Outstanding High School Runners – Yasmine Kass, Abigail Green, Nathan Phillips & Adam Nakasaka
Runner of the Year – Robert Judson, Angela Cason, Jeff Duyn, Emily Pierce, Ning Rui, Kristen Serafin, and Sara Wassner Flynn
Runner of the Year Recognition – Kirk Gordon, Stuart Gordon, Eric Melby, Yuji Funakoshi, John Whitridge, Jennifer Sample, Julie Sapper, Shlomo Fishman, and Ashlyn Sinclair
Volunteer Service – Lisa Chilcote, Alex Reichmann, Eva Rodezno and Krista Zanetti
Participation Series – Mark Adams, Kevin Anderson, Walter Brown, Christina Caravoulias, Mayra Fairbairn, Yukun Fung, Eric Johnston, Bernard Kelly, Leonard Lee, Don Libes, Brian Murphy, Jennifer Murphy, Rob Palmer, Francis Parks, Catherine Poole, Dan Reichmann, Jayna Resman, Patti Rich, Donald Schuirmann, Robert Smith, Julie Trapp, John Way, Angelo Witten, Kam Yee, Tom Young, Wendy Young