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Gonzaga, St. John’s win DC state meet

Published November 4, 2017 at 5:22PM | Updated November 27, 2017 at 12:41PM

Luke Tewalt (left) clings to Gavin McElhennon halfway through the D.C. state cross country championships. Photo: Charlie Ban

It looked like Gavin McElhennon was making a mistake. As he powered his way around the perimeter of the Kenilworth Park fields, he let Luke Tewalt hang behind him. He blocked the wind, set the pace and put himself out there, vulnerable for Tewalt to attack and take over the lead in the D.C. state cross country championships.

But his confidence in his strength gave him a boost and let him know it was alright, and the move he made with a mile to go gave him the margin he needed to win. He wound up running away from Tewalt and finishing in 16:34, 21 seconds faster than Tewalt on a course measured by several team representatives to have been between 75 and 200 feet longer than 5k. A permit conflict with the Kenilworth Park track prevented the use of the same course used in last year’s state meet and four years of the DCXC Invitational.

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Monumental Runner – Roxane Sismanidis

By Charlie Ban

Published November 3, 2017 at 1:14PM | Updated December 13, 2017 at 4:31PM

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DNF – Did Not Falter

By Beth Roessner

Published October 30, 2017 at 12:40PM | Updated December 13, 2017 at 4:30PM

George Shonat stands where he dropped out of the 2014 Army Ten-Miler. Photo: Rich Woods

As soon as runners cross a starting line, they have big ideas as to what their finishes will look like. It could be a fast time, a new personal best, an epic photo finish or the idea of hugging a loved one at the end. Whatever the motivators may be, they’re powerful.

But there are some runners who are unable to cross the finish line. Because of weather, injury, time cut-offs, poor training, mental blocks or other issues, some runners drop out and take a DNF, Did Not Finish.

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High school and college cross country championships begin

By Charlie Ban

Published October 30, 2017 at 10:58AM | Updated April 2, 2018 at 7:35PM

Matthew Lange lead George Washington to third place in the Atlantic 10 Championships - the Colonials' best showing. Photo: Charlie Ban

High school teams raced their district and conference meets and colleges held their conference meets over the last week. Here are the local individual team and individual high school winners and the overall college team conference finishes and the top runner from local teams. College teams race their regional meets in two weeks. Virginia and Maryland teams run regional meets this week and D.C. teams race their state meet this Saturday at Kenilworth Park.

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Monumental Runner – Brian Murphy

By Charlie Ban

Published October 26, 2017 at 2:54PM | Updated December 13, 2017 at 4:31PM

Name: Brian Murphy

Self-described age group: 30-34M

Residence: Silver Spring

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More than 20,000 finish Marine Corps Marathon

By Andrew Gates

Published October 23, 2017 at 11:56AM | Updated March 30, 2018 at 2:30PM

Runners approach the 10 mile mark in the 2017 Marine Corps Marathon. Photo: Charlie Ban

For some runners, it’s a first marathon. Others treat it as a homecoming of sorts. There were 20,303 different stories that involved crossing the finish line of the 2017 Marine Corps Marathon.

Antonio Osadalosada, 57, from Sacramento, Calif. was one of those runners.