By James Moreland
Crystal City, VA
July 23, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
A look at the start before the runners lined up.
This race is an event. Wandering around the center you could easily see this event was fully prepared with food and drink, from Budweiser to Muscle Milk with a side of ice cold water in between. Some of the other events closed up shop with the record heat wave this week but Pacers knew that runners are a tenacious bunch.
They knew they would be coming in record numbers. Some would be reveling in the fact that it was so hot. Last weekend Rockville Rotary Twilight 8k proved that a well planned can handle just about anything. Those who did not know they could not handle it… handled it. Michael Wardian coming off a treadmill marathon the night before was all smiles before launching into a solid 16:24 that made him the top submaster.
Wardian, (left) among a long list of Chuck Moeser fans, echoed his credo that anything is possible just go after it was zest. Mega mile Mike has already qualified for the Olympic Trails qualifying PR at Grandmas (2:17:49). Still, he was justly even more proud of his third place finish at the where few dare to tread Bad Water Ultra Marathon where he ran 135 miles in 26:22.
Steve Hallinan, winner of last fall’s Capital Running Company Veterans Day 10k in 29:54, was the clear favorite as the massive field pressed across the starting line. Make no mistake even with tough conditions; this field like past years is packed with elite runners. Last year was nearly as hot as Julius Kogo hosed the field with an incredible 14:03. This year while much of the field was winding past the finish line at the halfway of the double out and back course, Hallinan was easily winning in the 11th time in the first four years that was faster than 15:00.
Seventy meters back Birhanu Feysa glanced nervously over his shoulder like he was making a jail break. Then he turned back realizing that he had number two in the bag with a swift 15:02. The next three came in with a rush, led by Fasil Bizuneh of Flagstaff, AZ. Frank Devar had his fastest time of three races in 15:10 though the first two years was a slightly different course that was perhaps slightly hillier.
This course is pancake flat though runners seem pleased by the downhill (maybe a foot) in the first mile versus the dreaded last mile (maybe two feet up hill). Maybe there were just a little more heated then ya think?
Fifth place Andrew Dumm may have felt the heat even more as the last two years he had been well under 15:00. His time of 15:13 was just ahead of Bert Rodriguez who had been faster than 15:00 when he won it all at the Clarendon 5K last fall.
The top master was no surprise though it was well off Edmund Burke’s overall win at the Crystal City Friday race in the spring. Anytime you have 25 men faster than 17:00 who know you have a competitive race.
For the women, before the race Alisa Harvey, 45, was alluding to how hard hot weather can be on racers. Modest but realistic, when she is not expecting to be the overall winner, you know you have a tough field. Last year another masters runner Elena Orlova won it all in 17:20, and she was 20th overall. Did we mention that it was hot this year? After the race Harvey was asked if she saw Orlova. Her answer was “Briefly at the start and then whoosh!”
Tezata Dengarsa has been dominating all year winning the spring rankings. She raced Pike’s Peek in 33:59 while Orlova has been regrouping for the first six months of the year and had a tepid race there in 38:12. Last week she ran the Twilight 8K to a masters victory in 29:36 but Dengarsa had a 5K victory in June at 16:42. At the gun Dengarsa pulled away to win in 17:11. That was the same time that Orlova ran in 2009 to finish third overall.
This year Erin Koch moved ahead at the finish in 17:36 to edge Orlova (17:38) and hard charging Lisa Thomas (17:41). Thomas had been third overall last week in Rockville with 28:47 so it is clear that Orlova is making her way back to the full speed that earned her the highest ranking for a master runner in 2010.
Alisa Harvey (left) is at her best in the first mile of a race with world class middle distance speed. Still her masters win in 18:34 would have made all but seven of the women jealous. She had been third overall in the inaugural year with 17:42.
For the grandmasters, Jean Christophe Arcaz continues to make it look easy with a blazing 18:25. Heather Sanders, 56, whipped all the runners 50-59 by at least a minute, and there were appropriately fifty of them.
Before the race runners were continuously warned about the heat. There were two water stations on the course as well as and sponge station and a mist making machine. We all sweated copiously anyway. At the finish there were many barrels of iced water bottles. Eager runners clustered around the first couple of barrels which were refilled a number of times. Smarter, stronger runners moved past them to the still full and ultra chilled barrels further back.
Just past the liquid was the food tent. After runners walked through grabbing chips and fruit there was a Muscle Mile stand. Following that was the McCafe truck and then the King of Beers as runners circled back around to their bag check area. Hundreds hung around listening to the invigorating music. Now the breeze seemed almost cooling in the shaded park in the middle of the square. That is where the awards started promptly at 9:30.
With plentiful free parking and all these amenities, it is no wonder why this twilight race continues to grow.
AWARDS LIST
FEMALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2653 Tezata Dengarsa 29 Arlington VA 17:10.40 17:10.40
2 16 Erin Koch 23 Chevy Chase MD 17:35.79 17:35.79
3 2109 Elena Orlova 41 Gaithersburg MD 17:38.00 17:38.00
4 2075 Lisa Thomas 35 Alexandria VA 17:40.69 17:40.69
5 2375 Stefanie Slekis 23 Dumfries VA 17:58.69 17:58.69
MALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 11 Steve Hallinan 25 Washington DC 14:50.08 14:50.08
2 2650 Birhanu Alemu Feysa 29 Silver Spring MD 15:01.32 15:01.32
3 1153 Fasil Bizuneh 31 Flagstaff AZ 15:06.21 15:06.21
4 1152 Frank Devar 23 Washington DC 15:09.45 15:09.45
5 67 Andrew Dumm 26 Arlington VA 15:12.84 15:12.84
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 5
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1607 Ella Harrison 5 Falls Church VA 44:43.6 42:20.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 5
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1638 Alex Horowitz 5 Washington DC 37:43.4 34:55.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 6 - 10
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2122 Anissa Cheikh 10 Annandale VA 30:45.5 30:30.4
2 1759 Michelle Emery 10 Arlington VA 34:11.9 32:53.5
3 2364 Olivia Nammo 8 Arlington VA 36:37.1 35:16.7
MALE AGE GROUP: 6 - 10
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1610 Rheinhardt Harrison 7 Falls Church VA 24:27.3 24:13.2
2 1578 Blake Deterding 7 Alexandria VA 29:48.4 29:00.4
3 2946 Michael Halpern 7 Anchorage AK 32:50.4 32:19.1
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 11 - 14
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2005 Brenda Rosas 12 Silver Spring MD 23:34.2 23:34.2
2 2035 Katie Rogers 13 Alexandria VA 24:17.7 23:55.8
3 2451 Adriana Rosas 11 Silver Spring MD 24:38.8 24:38.8
MALE AGE GROUP: 11 - 14
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2381 John Rangel 14 19:43.0 19:42.4
2 1540 Alex Min 14 Burke VA 25:05.7 23:21.2
3 1921 Lozie Goolsby 14 Alexandria VA 24:03.5 23:40.9
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 15 - 18
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1281 Amanda Parker 18 Burke VA 22:31.6 22:06.3
2 2053 Kendall Cowne 16 Chantilly VA 24:00.3 22:22.8
3 2413 Nina Srikongyos 17 Springfield VA 23:19.3 22:30.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 15 - 18
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2909 Lou Colson 15 Alexandria VA 16:42.1 16:40.7
2 2048 Dagmawi Abebe 17 Gaithersburg MD 17:09.1 17:09.1
3 2113 Luke Levan 18 Burke VA 17:14.2 17:13.7
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 19 - 29
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2649 Keneni Chala 28 Washington DC 18:24.4 18:24.4
2 2038 Erin Swain 29 Arlington VA 18:38.4 18:38.4
3 68 Laurel MacMillan 21 Arlington VA 19:07.5 19:07.5
MALE AGE GROUP: 19 - 29
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 60 Will Viviani 29 Arlington VA 15:24.0 15:24.0
2 57 Jeff Brannigan 22 Washington DC 15:27.2 15:27.2
3 2356 Ryan Foster 26 Arlington VA 15:33.4 15:33.4
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2040 Lindsay Wilkins 33 Arlington VA 18:17.7 18:17.7
2 2929 Jackie Gruendel 36 Clifton VA 18:52.6 18:52.5
3 100 Annie Grondin 38 Arlington VA 20:22.6 20:17.4
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1807 Bert Rodriguez 31 Arlington VA 15:18.4 15:18.4
2 2652 Tareku Bokan 30 Herndon VA 15:30.4 15:30.4
3 2248 Michael Wardian 37 Arlington VA 16:23.2 16:23.2
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 18 Alisa Harvey 45 Manassas VA 18:34.2 18:34.2
2 58 Kristi Markowicz 41 Arlington VA 19:09.5 19:09.5
3 1682 Corky Sturtevant 41 Springfield VA 22:51.7 22:36.3
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 53 Edmund Burke 42 Burtonsville MD 16:54.0 16:54.0
2 1446 Bill Pemberton 40 Alexandria VA 17:17.5 17:16.0
3 2666 Derik Thomas 45 Alexandria VA 17:38.6 17:38.6
Female Age Group: 50 - 59
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2627 Heather Sanders 56 Mclean VA 23:40.4 23:33.4
2 2010 Linda Kennedy 50 Alexandria VA 24:52.0 24:08.7
3 2805 Dorothy Wright 53 Dumfries VA 27:18.0 26:56.1
Male Age Group: 50 - 59
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2613 Jean-Christophe Arcaz 50 Rockville MD 18:25.1 18:25.1
2 1107 Peter Cini 53 Fairfax VA 19:57.1 19:55.2
3 1141 Scott Livingston 51 Pittsburgh PA 20:27.5 20:24.5
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 69
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1755 Mary Kessler 62 Wallingford PA 26:41.9 26:30.4
2 1754 Melanie Brennan 61 Alexandria VA 32:20.2 32:07.9
3 1932 Wilma Uribe 61 Alexandria VA 35:48.4 34:49.8
Male Age Group: 60 - 69
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2209 Bob Hersh 60 Arlington VA 25:20.9 24:39.6
2 1716 James Carey 60 Alexandria VA 27:28.7 26:47.9
3 2698 Richard Turner 60 Washington DC 28:25.7 26:49.9
Female Age Group: 70 - 99
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1428 Frances Widmann 76 Chapel Hill NC 32:48.2 31:52.6
Male Age Group: 70 - 99
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1515 Ken Quincy 73 Vienna VA 29:18.1 29:14.7
2 2134 Robert Gurtler 76 The Plains VA 33:40.0 32:54.6
3 1251 John Finney Jr. 71 Arlington VA 34:15.0 33:09.4
By Dickson Mercer
Fairfax, VA
July 4, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
In the Lea Gallardo photo above, Laura O’Hara powers to the win with top 40-44 winner Matteo Mainetti on her shoulder and racing legend Alisa Harvey a few strides behind.
Runners in this region say the best way to prepare mentally for a summer race is to expect the absolute worst. In that event, more than 1,500 runners who participated in Capital Running Company’s inaugural Let Freedom Run 5K only had to deal with conditions that were roughly par for a rolling course: Independence Day morning offered overcast skies, temperatures below 80 degrees, and a humidity level which – around here, anyway – would only qualify for the not-so-bad category.
Wearing the No. 1 race bib, Aaron Church, 35, of South Riding, VA set the early pace from the start in Fairfax Corner Shopping Center in Fairfax, VA. The Potomac River Running racing team member proceeded to race head to head with Jordan McDougal, brother of former NCAA champ Josh McDougal, for most of the opening mile. (Although the race itself was new, the roller coaster ride-like course was familiar to those who had run the annual Goblin Gallop.)
By 2K, McDougal, 24, (left) had established a narrow gap he would more or less hold the rest of the way. He won the race in 15:46, with Church only 11 seconds back. Bennett Stackhouse, 27, of Arlington, VA took 3rd in 16:19.
McDougal graduated from Liberty in 2008 and now works for The Running Store in Gainesville, VA. For Let Freedom Run, the store put together a seven-person team that also included McDougal’s wife, Leah.
“You can never be disappointed with a win,” said McDougal, who only recently resumed full-time training following a break from an ultra-filled spring season. He won the 50-miler at the North Face Endurance Challenge in Bear Mountain, NY in May and was second to Matt Woods of Falls Church, VA at June’s 50-mile North Face Endurance Challenge Mid-Atlantic Regional in Washington, DC.
The women’s race was a close one, too. The winner, Laura O’Hara, 31, of Alexandria, VA was running with a pack of men in the final mile when she heard someone cheer for the well-known – not to mention speedy – Alisa Harvey, 45, of Manassas, VA.
“I tried to get on my horse and hold her off,” O’Hara said.
O’Hara won in 18:23. Harvey, the clear-cut taker of the female masters’ crown, clocked 18:29. Jacqueline Gruendel, 36, of Clifton, VA claimed third in 18:44. In photo left, she leads top 45-49 finisher Matt Anderson to the finish.
The Let Freedom Run 5K was O’Hara’s third 5K of the summer and she admitted afterward that she was hoping to run closer to 18 minutes. Still, all things considered, coming as it did at the end of a long holiday weekend, O’Hara said she was happy to pick up the win. Her husband, Dave O’Hara, 35, (below) was fourth overall in 16:44.
Chuck Moeser, 59, of Sterling, VA took the masters title in 17:42, a time that also put him seventh overall.
Numerous runners celebrated the July 4 race – a sendoff to barbecues, parties and fireworks – with red, white, and blue racing uniforms, American flag bandanas, and all sorts of patriotic headbands.
In fact, for some veteran runners, July 4 is the one day they break out what might very well be the finest in old school-meets-patriotic running shorts their collections have to offer.
Racing two weeks shy of his 80th birthday, Larry Dickerson of Burke, VA (325th, 29:13) broke out red, white, and blue shorts he only wears once a year. A runner of nearly 50 years, Dickerson recalled that he got the shorts “somewhere along the line” while a member of Lockheed Martin’s corporate team.
John Carmichael, 49, of South Riding, VA (76th, 22:21) recalled that he picked up his own pair of red, white, and blue racing shorts sometime in the late 1980s. At Let Freedom Run, Carmichael raced alongside numerous friends as well as family, including his 21-year-old nephew, Dave Carmichael of Grantham, NH.
Dave Carmichael was in town to celebrate his grandmother’s 80th birthday, he said. He ran his first race, a marathon, in January.
“I’m passing on the family torch,” said John Carmichael, who was passed by his nephew with two turns to go. “He’s now the best runner in the family.”
Regarding best-runner-in-the-family status, with Dennis and Kathleen Hogan, both 57, the race is still too close to call. The Annandale, VA couple finished their third 5K together today in about 36 minutes. Since mutually deciding to become more active, the Hogans have been entering 5Ks while training together four or five mornings per week.
Perhaps it was the race’s first-timers division that attracted so many new runners. Among them was Eric Korn, 33, who finished his first 5K in 36:41. “Three months ago I could barely run 60 seconds,” he said.
The Harrisonburg, VA resident ran the race with his father, Bill Korn, 66, of Fairfax. His dad, Korn said, ran marathons in 28 states, his 50-state goal eventually disrupted by hip issues. Korn, who got started with a “Couch to 5K” plan, now dreams of picking up the quest where his father left off.
This was the first race in the Capital Running Race Series, which will culminate with the Veterans Day 10K on November 13 and the Jingle All the Way 10K on December 11. Participants can accumulate points for top 10 overall finishes and for placing in the top ten for three masters age group categories, 40-99 – master, 50-99 – grandmaster, & 60-99 – senior. Runners gain additional premium points by finishing in the top ten of division younger than their own.
Combining all three races the awards will go five deep in the open and three deep in the three age groups.
Sponsors for the Let Freedom Run 5K included Mission Springs, a local water company that produces biodegradable bottles; Uncle Julio’s Mexican restaurant, which awarded all racers a $10 gift certificate for race day; Crunch Fitness; Giant; Fairfax Corner, and California Pizza Kitchen.
Awards Listing (No Duplicate Prizes)
ChronoTrack Timing and Scoring
by Capital Running Company
FEMALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Ag City Gun T Net T Pace
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1 1015 Laura O'Hara 31 Alexandria VA 18:23 18:22 5:55
2 2 Alisa Harvey 45 Manassas VA 18:29 18:28 5:57
3 885 Jacqueline Gruendel 36 Clifton VA 18:44 18:43 6:02
4 1033 Kaitlin Sheedy 28 Washington DC 19:08 19:04 6:09
5 1248 Ashley Kollme 28 Washington DC 19:16 19:14 6:12
6 485 Morgan Price 17 Gainesville VA 19:51 19:49 6:23
7 384 Jennifer Chapman 26 Centreville VA 19:54 19:53 6:24
8 1021 Jessie Hartman 20 Centreville VA 20:16 20:15 6:32
9 856 Kate Weaver 27 Alexandria VA 20:20 20:18 6:32
10 1229 Dorothy Beal 29 South Riding VA 20:28 20:27 6:35
MALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Ag City Gun T Net T Pace
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1 236 Jordan McDougal 24 Culpeper VA 15:46 15:46 5:05
2 1 Aaron Church 35 South Riding VA 15:57 15:57 5:08
3 325 Bennett Stackhouse 27 Arlington VA 16:19 16:18 5:15
4 1016 David O'Hara 35 Alexandria VA 16:44 16:44 5:24
5 371 Rob Bell 22 Gainesville VA 16:58 16:58 5:28
6 639 Jeff Poindexter 21 Dumfries VA 17:29 17:29 5:38
7 11 Chuck Moeser 59 Sterling VA 17:42 17:42 5:42
8 572 Frank Spicer III 19 Clifton VA 17:53 17:53 5:46
9 298 Keith Freeburn 37 Centreville VA 17:55 17:55 5:46
10 3 Eric Makovsky 38 Washington DC 17:59 17:58 5:47
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 19
1 575 Hayley Djuric 17 Montgomery AL 22:50 22:27 7:14
2 380 Margaret Schroeder 15 Palm Beach FL 24:01 23:15 7:29
3 239 Theresa Tweedie 19 Woodbridge VA 24:08 23:50 7:41
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 19
1 1235 Alex Kerr 17 Ashburn VA 18:11 18:10 5:51
2 1190 Malik Wheeler 17 Decatur GA 18:33 18:30 5:58
3 1328 Matthew Thatcher 16 Manassas VA 18:57 18:57 6:06
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 205 Hannah Roller 24 Vienna VA 21:49 21:44 7:00
2 1022 Stephanie Gresalfi 23 Arlington VA 22:07 21:52 7:03
3 969 Susanne Shannon 24 Arlington VA 22:37 21:59 7:05
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 43 Nathaniel Altom 22 Eau Claire WI 20:16 20:14 6:31
2 1111 Danny Phillips 21 Chantilly VA 22:06 21:50 7:02
3 867 David Carmichael 21 Grantham NH 22:52 22:21 7:12
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 935 Melissa Wisner 28 Washington DC 21:38 21:23 6:53
2 1023 Maria Solomon 27 Cordova TN 21:47 21:32 6:56
3 646 Lauren Shaub 27 Arlington VA 22:07 22:01 7:05
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 413 Adam Roggia 26 Stafford VA 19:04 19:03 6:08
2 385 Jarrell Warthen 28 Ashburn VA 19:15 19:14 6:12
3 1172 Nhan Bui 25 Springfield VA 20:08 20:03 6:28
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 113 Shauna Hanley 30 Falls Church VA 20:55 20:47 6:42
2 965 Carol Mattos 30 Raeford NC 22:39 22:29 7:15
3 702 Amy Mark 31 Waldorf MD 22:38 22:29 7:15
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 35 Ellins Thomas 30 Gainesville VA 18:21 18:20 5:54
2 892 Luke Ryan 33 Oakton VA 19:07 18:57 6:06
3 1058 Jesse Izdepski 32 Mandeville LA 19:38 19:38 6:19
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 312 Cathy Ross 39 Burke VA 20:37 20:30 6:36
2 696 Cristina Burbach 37 Washington DC 20:48 20:44 6:41
3 594 Michelle Andrew 39 Topeka KS 21:20 21:18 6:52
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 997 Christopher Carney 37 Falls Church VA 18:20 18:19 5:54
2 934 Eugene Huang 35 Chicago IL 19:49 19:46 6:22
3 662 Keith Nelson 36 Reston VA 20:13 20:07 6:29
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 1178 Carmen Chireix 41 Oakton VA 21:43 21:38 6:58
2 70 Cheryl Young 41 Reston VA 22:04 21:59 7:05
3 226 Charmaine Reed 41 Springfield VA 23:01 22:57 7:23
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 1218 Mateo Mainetti 41 Fairfax VA 18:26 18:25 5:56
2 110 Dennis Billings 42 Woodbridge VA 18:32 18:28 5:57
3 689 Brandon Hirsch 41 Rockville MD 18:57 18:54 6:05
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 1054 Brenda MacKintosh 45 Springfield VA 22:36 22:28 7:14
2 1337 Annie Downer 46 Herndon VA 23:29 22:57 7:24
3 498 Ellen Willison 45 Stafford VA 24:08 24:03 7:45
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 1250 Matt Anderson 45 Fairfax VA 18:49 18:49 6:04
2 1228 Eugene Holmes 46 Arlington VA 19:06 19:02 6:08
3 577 Warren Djuric 49 Montgomery AL 19:11 19:10 6:10
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 743 Tamara Smith 53 Falls Church VA 26:28 26:15 8:27
2 109 Becky Moor 51 Alexandria VA 28:11 27:17 8:47
3 223 Kate Alleman 50 Springfield VA 28:49 27:26 8:50
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 15 Jean-Christophe Arcaz 50 Rockville MD 18:04 18:04 5:49
2 1181 Bob Briggs 54 Springfield VA 18:19 18:17 5:53
3 417 Tom Moriarty 51 Vienna VA 18:53 18:52 6:05
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 1233 Kathy Manzo 56 Casanova VA 25:46 25:12 8:07
2 1065 Dianne Beville 55 Oak Hill VA 27:20 26:23 8:30
3 704 Barbara Schmidt 57 Clifton VA 28:34 27:49 8:58
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 571 Frank Spicer 59 Clifton VA 22:22 22:20 7:12
2 1273 Dan Garner 56 Falls Church VA 23:41 23:33 7:35
3 1092 Bill Bristow 58 Burke VA 24:41 24:37 7:56
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 1081 Judy Snellgrove 64 Manassas VA 32:15 31:14 10:03
2 287 Janice Cooper 64 Annandale VA 36:56 36:05 11:37
3 813 Kathryn Fanelli 61 Annandale VA 36:49 36:28 11:44
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 13 Richard Adams Jr. 60 Herndon VA 19:56 19:56 6:25
2 14 Malcolm Senior 60 New Market MD 20:27 20:22 6:34
3 705 Donald Hodgen 61 Arlington VA 23:13 23:10 7:28
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 251 Mary Wallace 65 Reston VA 45:57 44:25 14:18
2 544 Victoria Parra 65 Falls Church VA 59:48 58:37 18:52
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 335 Jim Noone 67 Fairfax VA 22:05 22:02 7:06
2 681 Mike Golash 68 Washington DC 23:48 23:42 7:38
3 154 Tommy McVean 66 Naples FL 28:22 28:15 9:06
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 74
1 804 Ann Feder 71 Oakton VA 61:09 59:09 19:03
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 74
1 759 John Gluck 73 Alexandria VA 25:59 25:54 8:21
2 1070 Bob Spiller 71 Fairfax VA 41:02 40:21 13:00
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 75 - 79
1 1341 Ruthie Fulton 77 Washington DC 50:52 49:36 15:58
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 75 - 79
1 1213 Maynard Weyers 75 Alexandria VA 27:33 27:31 8:52
2 16 Alan Rider 75 Reston VA 28:03 27:59 9:01
3 12 Larry Dickerson 79 Burke VA 29:24 29:13 9:25
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 80 - 99
1 591 Barbara Carmichael 80 South Riding VA 51:14 49:58 16:05
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 80 - 99
1 51 Dixon Hemphill 86 Fairfax Station VA 48:37 48:30 15:37
MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 1190 Malik Wheeler 17 M Decatur GA 18:33 18:30 5:58
FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 113 Shauna Hanley 30 F Falls Church VA 20:55 20:47 6:42
The center plaza with its water park is already known as a family spot. More than 200 fun runners in this first year race amde that even more so.
The top two teams also won awards.
Co-ed Team Results - Open Coed (score 4 by net time)
(at least one man and one woman)
1. 69:32 TRS Racing Team (17:23)
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1 15:46 Jordan McDougal M
2 16:58 Rob Bell M
3 18:20 Ellins Thomas M
4 18:28 Alisa Harvey F
5 (21:46) Aaron Kapaldo M
6 (22:27) Leah McDougal F
7 (22:34) Solamite Santos F
2. 72:33 Capital Area Runners (18:09)
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1 16:18 Bennett Stackhouse M
2 18:19 Christopher Carney M
3 18:52 George Buckheit M
4 19:04 Kaitlin Sheedy F
3. 76:11 Rogue Racers (19:03)
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1 17:29 Jeff Poindexter M
2 17:55 Keith Freeburn M
3 19:03 Adam Roggia M
4 21:44 Hannah Roller F
4. 77:25 Team Scubner (19:22)
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1 15:57 Aaron Church M
2 19:14 Jarrell Warthen M
3 19:53 Jennifer Chapman F
4 22:21 David Carmichael M
5 (22:44) John Carmichael M
6 (23:15) Margaret Schroeder F
7 (29:50) Mary Carmichael F
8 (30:25) Anna Schroeder F
9 (33:25) Donnie Carmichael M
10 (42:22) Mark Schroeder M
5. 92:17 team spicer (23:05)
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1 17:53 Frank Spicer III M
2 22:20 Frank Spicer M
3 25:37 Edward Horkan M
4 26:27 Mary Spicer F
6. 104:10 Team Hungover (26:03)
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1 23:45 Michael Campbell M
2 24:55 Kendall Scott M
3 27:23 Stephen Pierce M
4 28:07 Casey Custer F
5 (31:24) Melissa Kirby F
6 (34:55) Ryan Proppe M
7. 127:04 Neuronators (31:46)
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1 25:49 Franz Hamilton M
2 32:59 Stephanie Schoenberger F
3 34:08 Gretchen Knaack F
4 34:08 Sarah Choi F
8. 127:39 SBA OIG (31:55)
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1 27:18 Travis Farris M
2 28:22 Sydney Manning F
3 31:49 Jack Manning M
4 40:10 Dana Manning F
9. 134:30 Valdez (33:38)
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1 31:28 Marta Depaz F
2 34:19 Abraham Valdez M
3 34:19 Jose Depaz M
4 34:24 Jose Valdez M
10. 135:30 Runners for Forrest (33:53)
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1 29:25 Kasey Crowe F
2 30:02 Andy Monaco M
3 35:28 Vanessa Hatcher F
4 40:35 Gavin Forrest M
11. 157:45 Deadman (39:27)
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1 38:53 Ann Deadman F
2 38:54 Isabelle Deadman F
3 39:59 Madeleine Deadman F
4 39:59 Hal Deadman M
12. 169:32 Texas (42:23)
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1 41:04 Reagan Belvin M
2 41:05 Elena Jamison F
3 41:12 Ninfa Guerrero F
4 46:11 Lauren Belvin F
5 (46:15) Ryan Belvin M
6 (46:16) Stephanie Belvin F
By James Moreland
Ashburn, VA
June 11, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
Virginia Pons moves past the starting line at the first loop.
The Potomac River Twilight 4 mile race has built a solid reputation as a family event. While providing some of most competitive races at this less than common distance, the well attended mile fun run and all the entertainment after the event keep the race high in recidivism. While the classic rock band Dolley Sodds was warming up, event director Ray Pugsley was scurrying around filling a kid’s pool with ice to cool off the many different kinds of liquid refreshment awaiting the returning road warriors. Everyone knows that in this region June is really summer no matter what the calendar says. Pugsley was smiling as he said, “We dodged a bullet.” Indeed, after two record setting days in the last week, this year’s temperature in the low 80s seemed almost kind.
Owning the fourth fastest time of 20:07 from his runner-up spot in 2009 made Aaron Church, 35, the favorite. Church (left takes the final strides) was coming off a top ranking in the winter in his division and he was feeling good. Still, nobody told the other racers that he would win. On the way back past the starting line at about 2K in the race Church was riding easily in the back of a pack of seven racers. They had cruised through the opening mile in 4:49, which would put them on pace to take on Steve Crane’s event record of 19:47 from 2008. The race announcer keep the finish line informed by radio as they pushed through the next mile still sub 5:00.
Though perhaps the kindest day of the first five years, the race was really heating up, in more ways than one. After the race was done Church noted that he did not have a real speed, [not] and he made his break about 2.5 miles into the event. He did not want to leave the race to a sprint at the end. As the pack broke up a couple of the racers called it quits and dropped. Kent Pecora was from North Carolina and an unknown, clinging to the pace. Hugh Toland had won three races in the spring including a 15:45 5K. Ryan Deak had two wins and a 15:44 5K. As the runners came in view for the final two hundred meters, it was clear that Church would prevail. Church’s only race in the spring was a third overall four mile race in 20:43. This time he improved his pace to take it all in an event age group record 20:25. Pecora was next in 20:38. Deak looked really tired for a man moving so fast and settled for third place cash at 20:46. Toland was fourth in 21:02.
Coming up form the south was Williamsburg’s John Piggott. Piggott, 46, (left) as always, is training for the half marathon where he seems to excel the best. He had run 14 miles in the morning but “no one was pushing” him. As it turned out, he ended up in no man’s land in the race with no one within sight of him on either side. He did not even feel the pressure to press at the end. Still, he slipped in past the former course record held by the formidable Ted Poulos (22:42 – 2007) with a fine 22:30. That is the second fastest master time behind Darrell General’s 21:28 set in 2007.
Elite grandmaster George Buckheit (below) had the third fastest 50 and older time and one of the best lifetime racing résumés in the region – PR of 13:43 for 5K and 28:39 for 10K. Still, he just laughed when asked if he was going to break the tape this time. New minted grandmaster Jean Christophe Arcaz is a prolific racer and he always seems to do his best when the competition is tough. During his forties he and Ted Poulos had scores of close battles. This time he took the top grandmaster spot in 23:42 for 13th overall. The grandmaster best was set by Chuck Moeser in 2009 with 23:15.
Former age group winner Richard Adams, 60, was too tired to look around to see that nobody was close as he won by nearly three minutes In 26:54. His daughter was out on the course racing as well. Meanwhile Jason Page, 66, an age group record holder was on hand to watch his daughter race as well. She sure looked good racing. Page was at the Cascades Firechase 10K to watch another daughter win it all last month. Page will be back on the roads in time to take a shot at returning his rankings crown this summer.
In the morning the Lawyers have Heart race was turned into a 5K because of the heat. That was okay for Bob Gurtler, 76, of the Plains, VA. He had already run 35 of them this year. Still, by evening he was already itching to put in some more miles, winning his age group.
When John Piggott heard the top woman coming in he perked up his ears. Did they say Williamsburg? He knew he would know all the top racers from his hometown. Darcy McDonald led a well spaced line of young runners to the finish line. She ran the event’s third fastest time, 23:07. Laurel Jefferson followed in the sixth fastest time with 23:35. Third place went to Margie Shapiro with the seventh fastest time in 23:53. Only eight women have broken 24:00 on this course.
Shapiro is a =PR= owner. Her fine race was her first race in several years.
Master winner Linda Foley will soon be fifty. Finishing sixth in 25:49 she was not far off her overall winning time form the first year, 2007, when she ran 25:23. For the grandmasters, Liza Recto had just turned 55 and she thought she had a chance to medal. When the called her name as first in 32:02, she learned the she was top grandmaster as well, not far of the 55-59 record of 31:36.
On each runner’s bib was an F tag for food and a B tag for beer. Beer of course only went to adults but the burritos from Moe’s Southwest Grill went to all the runners. There were all kinds of juices, water, and soda as well as doughnuts, cookie, chips. Nobody was going to leave hungry. As the band started up, hundreds of runners mingled around the circus-like venue. There was a dunk tank and moon bounces, and the soft ice cream stand quickly formed a line.
When the awards were being announced, many of the runners were still eating and drinking. It sure is wonderful to get the awards so fast that everyone is still there to get them. While the race totals very with the temperatures over the years. This year’s 989 four mile finishers combined with the fun runners to more than 1100 participants which are very close to the most ever.
Overall Female
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Darcy McDonald Williamsburg VA 479 24 10 23:06.2 23:06.9 5:47/M
2 Laurel Jefferson Washington DC 539 25 14 23:33.3 23:34.1 5:53/M
3 Margaret Shapiro Herndon VA 642 34 17 23:51.9 23:52.1 5:58/M
Female Masters
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Linda Foley Oak Hill VA 204 49 33 25:47.0 25:48.2 6:27/M
Female 14 & Younger
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Adriana Rosas Silver Spring MD 857 11 113 30:06.6 30:08.2 7:32/M
2 Brenda Rosas Silver Spring MD 859 12 151 31:28.0 31:28.8 7:52/M
3 Emily Landeryou Reston VA 863 11 256 34:59.7 35:09.0 8:45/M
Female 15 to 19
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Corey Bolyard Sterling VA 544 16 98 29:41.5 29:46.5 7:25/M
2 Kelly O'Toole Woodbridge VA 506 18 101 29:47.0 29:55.0 7:27/M
3 Alayna Bigalbal Leesburg VA 607 15 132 30:44.1 30:45.0 7:41/M
Female 20 to 24
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Petra Cotes Annandale VA 386 22 24 24:56.7 24:57.0 6:14/M
2 Meagan Klein Arlington VA 803 24 149 31:25.4 31:37.5 7:51/M
3 Maddie Humphrey Reston VA 279 23 159 31:40.1 32:12.0 7:55/M
Female 25 to 29
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Sarah Bard Leesburg VA 382 26 31 25:40.8 25:41.5 6:25/M
2 Kathryn Neeper Washington DC 430 27 37 26:03.3 26:03.6 6:31/M
3 Michelle Christine Leesburg VA 641 29 108 29:53.1 29:56.6 7:28/M
Female 30 to 34
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Jennifer Pantall Sterling VA 414 32 76 28:26.1 28:30.8 7:07/M
2 Mary Otto Centreville VA 648 30 111 29:54.9 29:57.6 7:29/M
3 Amanda Statz Alexandria VA 69 32 118 30:17.4 30:20.6 7:34/M
Female 35 to 39
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Nancy Eiring Washington DC 827 38 56 26:59.3 27:00.8 6:45/M
2 Tatiana Sheptock South Riding VA 563 35 67 28:03.4 28:05.8 7:01/M
3 Alison Gittelman South Riding VA 34 38 71 28:13.7 28:17.8 7:03/M
Female 40 to 44
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Mijiko Phelps Reston VA 522 41 43 26:24.9 26:26.2 6:36/M
2 Kim Isler Oakton VA 404 43 59 27:16.9 27:17.8 6:49/M
3 Sue Piergallini Ashburn VA 493 44 106 29:51.2 30:03.0 7:28/M
Female 45 to 49
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Anita Freres Reston VA 871 46 65 27:43.5 27:51.2 6:56/M
2 Karen Ames Purcellville VA 496 45 154 31:32.0 31:40.0 7:53/M
3 Stephanie Cappello Ashburn VA 835 47 187 32:40.1 32:54.2 8:10/M
Female 50 to 54
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Cynthia Revesman Oak Hill VA 504 50 188 32:44.2 32:58.6 8:11/M
2 Paula Looney Ashburn VA 371 50 221 34:05.8 34:11.0 8:31/M
3 Shari Sturm McLean VA 282 50 295 35:55.5 36:39.8 8:59/M
Female 55 to 59
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Lisa Recto Lexington Park MD 707 55 167 31:57.5 32:02.1 7:59/M
2 Carla Bourgeois Montclair VA 840 58 345 36:56.8 37:16.4 9:14/M
3 Liz Roberts Leesburg VA 589 55 361 37:23.8 37:37.8 9:21/M
Female 60 to 64
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Lucille Walke Ashburn VA 674 62 45 26:28.8 26:28.8 6:37/M
2 Gayle Novig McLean VA 378 60 564 42:52.0 43:14.9 10:43/M
Overall Male
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Aaron Church South Riding VA 501 35 1 20:24.9 20:24.9 5:06/M
2 Kent Pecora Chapel Hill NO 524 22 2 20:37.7 20:37.7 5:09/M
3 Ryan Deak Burke VA 843 25 3 20:45.6 20:45.6 5:11/M
Male Masters
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 John Piggott Williamsburg VA 554 46 8 22:29.9 22:29.9 5:37/M
Male 14 & Younger
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Nathan Vigil Ashburn VA 786 13 102 29:48.0 29:50.7 7:27/M
2 Adam Bolton Leesburg VA 332 11 168 31:57.6 32:10.2 7:59/M
3 Eli Lifland Fairfax VA 869 12 210 33:46.1 33:52.6 8:27/M
Male 15 to 19
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Logan Feierbach Leesburg VA 396 16 22 24:22.3 24:22.6 6:06/M
2 Samuel Rodgers Leesburg VA 560 16 40 26:12.4 26:13.0 6:33/M
3 Mark Newberry Ashburn VA 537 16 51 26:48.8 26:49.3 6:42/M
Male 20 to 24
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Ethan Rissell Shippensburg PA 387 21 5 21:12.4 21:12.4 5:18/M
2 Matt Weber Sterling VA 626 20 23 24:30.2 24:30.2 6:08/M
3 Darin Miller Arlington VA 320 23 25 25:00.1 25:09.3 6:15/M
Male 25 to 29
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Josh Peterson Minneapolis MN 801 27 7 21:56.7 21:56.7 5:29/M
2 Justin Fritzius Purcellville VA 902 26 9 22:51.4 22:51.4 5:43/M
3 Pat DeRocco Arlington VA 571 27 12 23:26.6 23:27.1 5:52/M
Male 30 to 34
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Hugh Toland Fairfax VA 551 30 4 21:01.7 21:01.7 5:15/M
2 Aaron Schwartzbard Reston VA 600 33 6 21:18.8 21:18.8 5:20/M
3 Thomas Abbey Centreville VA 211 30 50 26:46.0 26:49.6 6:42/M
Male 35 to 39
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Marco Rosas Silver Spring MD 858 36 16 23:45.5 23:46.1 5:56/M
2 Rich Roberts Washington DC 818 39 18 24:06.2 24:08.0 6:02/M
3 Rob Meadows Landsdowne VA 759 39 19 24:10.6 24:10.6 6:03/M
Male 40 to 44
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Todd Jarman Potomac Falls VA 375 41 11 23:24.0 23:24.1 5:51/M
2 Kevin Bell Reston VA 666 42 13 23:30.0 23:30.1 5:53/M
3 Stephen Crago Vienna VA 254 42 20 24:11.9 24:13.5 6:03/M
Male 45 to 49
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 George Lane Ashburn VA 123 45 27 25:07.1 25:09.0 6:17/M
2 Dan DiFonzo Rockville MD 624 48 39 26:08.7 26:09.6 6:32/M
3 Rich Harfst Annandale VA 795 47 54 26:53.9 26:56.7 6:43/M
Male 50 to 54
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Jean Christophe Arcaz Rockville MD 829 50 15 23:41.3 23:41.7 5:55/M
2 George Buckheit Reston VA 842 53 28 25:14.5 25:15.5 6:19/M
3 David Pinnick Manassas VA 650 54 47 26:33.1 26:35.9 6:38/M
Male 55 to 59
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Chris Dettmar Reston VA 408 57 103 29:48.0 29:57.7 7:27/M
2 Stephen Nettl Reston VA 526 58 268 35:12.2 35:52.2 8:48/M
3 Ray Deegan Leesburg VA 274 55 269 35:13.2 35:35.6 8:48/M
Male 60 to 64
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Richard Adams Herndon VA 660 60 55 26:54.1 26:54.5 6:44/M
2 Jay Wind Arlington VA 706 61 96 29:35.3 29:37.3 7:24/M
3 Daniel Bentz Oak Hill VA 88 60 510 41:29.1 42:06.0 10:22/M
Male 70 to 74
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Tim Long Reston VA 306 70 503 41:15.0 41:32.0 10:19/M
Male 75 and older
Over Chip Gun
Place Name City Bib No Age all Time Time Pace
1 Robert Gurtler The Plains VA 272 76 600 44:38.5 44:45.2 11:10/M
By James Moreland
Manassas, VA
May 7, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
Year number ten for this runner friendly race featured the year’s nicest weather. Mother’s Day weekend is usually the busiest of the spring with more than fifty races scheduled in the region. This race was a dandy. Joining this lovely neighborhood was for this year’s continued renaissance was the indefatigable Chuck Moeser, 59, of Sterling, VA (left). Never timid and always bare-chested even on cold days, some have speculated that he does not like shirts at all. Not so, after the race he was sporting a tie dye cutoff from the sixties.
For this smallest race of around 200 finishers, even at 59, Moeser was the prohibitive favorite to win it all. After the race, he noted that he really enjoyed the downhill first mile. He had to do it all alone because by the first intersection, 200 meters in the race, he was gone. Though new to the course, there was no chance to get lost. The course meanders through the neighborhood streets, with a nary a moving vehicle to be found, but the signage was so clear even the novice runner could not get lost.
The final mile of the course was the only place where there was anything resembling a hill. Moeser cruised in with a very solid 17:54 that was clearly a win, not a charge for a fast time. Third place David Rauser, 39, was the youngest runner in the top five by five years. Runner-up Peter Coppolino, 44, pulled away from him to finish in 19:42, a third of a mile behind Moeser.
Sarah Draper, 37, (right) rushed out with the leaders in the opening quarter mile. After that she settled back into the second pack running around a 7:00 pace. Colleen Seres, 34, stuck with her for nearly two miles before giving way. Trudy Dalton, 25, finished soon after her. Draper had finished third in 2009. Last year she won in 20:14, the fourth fastest runner overall and ahead of this year’s men’s runner-up. Coppolino returned the favor this year.
Laurel Clement, 62 of Haymarket, VA edged out Robin Lott, 43, of Centreville, VA for the top masters spot in 26:06. She was sixth overall and the only woman with a Ranked Runner qualifying time. Most everyone else was having too good a time to hurry.
The race was family oriented with a number of youngsters joining with parents to race. The awards featured three divisions 19 and younger. Of the older runners, the omnipresent Bob Gurtler, 76, of the Plains, VA was finishing his 50th race of the year, 28th 5K in a very solid 30:00.
The event had two walks that followed a slightly different course but runners returning to the ChronoTrack mats at the finish line passed many of the walkers. The road was plenty wide enough with the volume of runners so that there was no hint of crowding between events.
The team event was won by the NVRA runners led by Draper who won the women’s race.
Coed Team Results - PUBLIC SAFETY COED (Score 3 by Net Time)
At least One Man and One Woman
1. 69:38 NVRA RUNNERS (23:13)
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1 22:14 Sarah Draper F
2 23:37 Colleen Seres F
3 23:47 Matt Schneck M
4 (38:10) Christine Windness F
2. 73:57 FOP BATTLEFIELD LODGE TEAM II (24:39)
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1 21:45 Jesse Hempen M
2 23:03 Matthew Todd M
3 29:09 Renee Colombo F
4 (29:09) William Belfour M
3. 76:44 MANASSAS CITY POLICE (25:35)
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1 21:53 Justin Lehman M
2 23:01 Caleb Herschler M
3 31:50 Tab Pavalok F
4. 84:53 FOP BATTLEFIELD LODGE TEAM I (28:18)
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1 24:04 John Craig Walsh M
2 25:17 John Zampino M
3 35:32 Nicole Kephart F
5. 97:08 FOP BATTLEFIELD LODGE TEAM III (32:23)
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1 31:49 Tony Midgett Jr M
2 32:39 Erin Golden F
3 32:40 Brandon Batkins M
After the race there was los of great runner’s food, including Bottled water, Gatorade, and hot coffee to rehydrate as well as Oranges, apples and bagels and cream cheese. Dozen’s of doughnut were on hand for the sweet tooth in many. Runner got a nice finisher medallion. Along with a race T-shirt runners got a jumbo bag clip with next year’s race date to help runners remember when the 11th annual race, May 5, 2012, would be.
Awards Listing (No Duplicate Prizes)
Age Groups by Net Time
FEMALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Age City Time
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1 398 Sarah Draper 37 Manassas VA 22:15
MALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Age City Time
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1 408 Chuck Moeser 59 Sterling VA 17:54
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 9
1 391 Yoktan Tesfaldet 9 Woodbridge VA 40:39
2 486 Jenna Sweeney 8 Manassas VA 43:50
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 10 - 14
1 333 Elizabeth Bailey 14 Manassas VA 27:52
2 344 Katie Morrow 14 Manassas VA 29:06
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 10 - 14
1 376 Xavier Stelly 13 Remington VA 22:47
2 324 Andrew Hill 12 Manassas VA 31:28
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 15 - 19
1 424 Kiley Gannaway 16 Hamilton VA 26:28
2 412 Catherine Findlay 17 Bristow VA 27:07
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 15 - 19
1 411 Cameron Findlay 19 Bristow VA 25:20
2 447 Robert C Garcia 16 Leesburg VA 26:33
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 29
1 503 Trudy Dalton 25 Manassas VA 23:53
2 379 Mary Childs 25 Superior WI 26:49
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 29
1 436 Jesse Hempen 27 Manassas VA 21:45
2 495 Justin Lehman 23 Manassas VA 21:53
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 39
1 464 Colleen Seres 34 Fairfax VA 23:37
2 364 Katherine Lewis 32 Bristow VA 25:15
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 39
1 369 David Rauser 39 Bristow VA 20:12
2 372 Kevin O'Grince 34 Woodbridge VA 21:22
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 49
1 457 Robin Lott 43 Centreville VA 26:05
2 354 Laura Lewis 43 Manassas VA 26:53
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 49
1 465 Peter Coppolino 44 Gainesville VA 19:42
2 481 Ken Horlick 47 Manassas VA 20:46
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 59
1 469 Cheryl Byrne 52 Manassas VA 27:27
2 427 Ruta Bailey 56 Centreville VA 32:56
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 59
1 340 John Wojcik 50 Manassas VA 20:57
2 386 Paul Seehafer 51 Garrisonville VA 22:21
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 69
1 468 Laurel Clement 62 Haymarket VA 25:58
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 69
1 346 Louis Koff 63 Manassas VA 22:28
2 452 Paul Steinebach 61 Manassas VA 25:08
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 99
1 492 Robert Gurtler 76 The Plains VA 29:49
MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME 1 - 99
1 346 Louis Koff 63 M Manassas VA 22:28
FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME 1 - 99
1 348 Tara Koff 29 F Manassas Park VA 27:30
By Brenda Barrera with contribution from Dickson Mercer
Washington, DC
March 13, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
(Photos by Lea Gallardo and Kathy Freedman)
It is an Irish blessing familiar to many, “May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind be always at your back, May the sun shine warm upon your face . . .”
When Laurence Simms from the Embassy of Ireland welcomed runners to the starting line with this traditional blessing, it had new meaning for race organizers, Capital Running Company. They were blessed with the highest turnout in the 23-year history of the St. Patrick’s Day 8K as more than 5,500 finishers kicked off the spring racing season with this favorite downtown Washington, DC event.
After winning this race two years ago and finishing fourth last year, local star Demesse Tefera (photo) captured his second St. Patrick’s Day 8K title today in 24:22, holding off Oklahoma’s Mark Thompson who took second in 24:28.
The Washington, DC resident by way of Ethiopia said he split from the lead pack after passing the opening mile in 4:50. He felt like the pace was too slow, he said, gapped the lead pack and ran solo the rest of the way. And though his time was well off his 8K personal best of 23:07, Tefera described today’s effort as “good training” for March 26’s National Half Marathon where he hopes to break 1:05:00 in the half marathon.
Jordan McDougal of Culpeper, VA took third in 24:44, five seconds ahead of course record holder Gurmessa Megerssa.
In the women’s competition, the top two finishers from Washington, DC took off from the rest of field battling for top honors. Tezata Dengarsa, 30, (left) bested the defending champion, Maggie Infeld, 24, by half a minute, 28:03 to 28:32. Behind them it was an even closer battle for the next two spots between Muliye Gurmu, 27, from Bronx, NY and Katie O’Regan, 26, from Lebanon, PA.
“She (Gurmu) was on my shoulder for most of the race and then just surged ahead,” said O’Regan, a Cornell standout, now racing for the PA-based Keystone Track Club.
Douglas Woods, 41, of Gaithersburg, MD took top place in the 40-44 age group with his 29:33 finish; a nice 5:55 pace. On the cusp of sixty, Chuck Moeser (below) returned to the racing scene after a long hiatus finishing in 30:18. Afterward, he shared that he thoroughly enjoyed his time exploring skydiving and rock climbing, but now he is looking forward to some road racing.
Jack McMahon earned the title of the oldest competitor. At 80 years old, the Silver Spring, MD runner crossed the line in 45:29, besting his time from last year by 28 seconds. Just goes to show, you truly can get faster as you get older.
Leesburg’s Peggy Yetman, 42, easily won the women’s 40-44 age division with her 31:20 finish. Alisa Harvey, 45, from Manassas finished eighth overall in 30:12. Next up for the Washington Running Report columnist is a track meet in Richmond in a few weeks. Washington, DC’s Jacqueline O’Neil, 79, the oldest women’s competitor, was asked if she felt the luck of the Irish today. She admitted that she’s IBM (Irish By Marriage), but attributed her good health and longevity to supplementing her low running mileage with walking.
New to this year’s event was the Team Competition and 42 Coed Teams competed with creative names like, “The Furious Leprechauns” and “Sham-Rockers.” The TRS Racing Team of Jordan McDougal, Joseph Delclos, Alisa Harvey, and Ellins Thomas, were the overall champions in 28:57. No one could miss the 60+ members of the FBI National Academy Team. Per their captain, Mark Jackson, it was a great way to conclude a 10-week training program.
For many participants, not only was it the first race of the season but their first foray into road racing. Beth Roselius, from Morgantown, WV (in photo below-right) decided to run with and support her sister, Katherine Kelley, 28, from Reston, VA, a newbie. Dressed in matching blue tops and sporting St. Patrick’s Day 8K tattoos on their cheeks, both said they were thrilled to share the experience. “I wasn’t sure if I could make the distance,” said Kelley, “but she [Beth] kept telling me, ‘You can do it!’”
Be sure to check the May/June issue ofWashington Running Report for additional race coverage.
Awards Listing
MALE
1 6436 Demesse Tefara 27 M WASHINGTON DC 24:22
2 3907 Mark Thompson 32 M EDMOND OK 24:28
3 4480 Jordan McDougal 23 M CULPEPER VA 24:44
4 11 Gurmessa Megerssa 31 M WASHINGTON DC 24:49
5 12 Demse Mulata 24 M WASHINGTON DC 24:51
6 8 Robert Wade 28 M ARLINGTON VA 25:14
7 1100 Charlie Hurt 27 M RICHMOND VA 25:26
8 3 Adam Condit 27 M ASHBURN VA 25:39
9 6461 Allen Carr 27 M WASHINGTON DC 25:58
10 7 Dave Miller 27 M ARLINGTON VA 26:17
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 01 - 19
1 5510 Michael Wegner 14 M Columbia MD 26:52 26:51 5:24
2 3852 Joseph Delclos 17 M Warrenton VA 29:44 29:41 5:59
3 3916 Ben Naughton 19 M Takoma Park MD 29:47 29:46 6:00
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 20 - 24
1 6189 Scott Allen 23 M Washington DC 26:24 26:24 5:19
2 10 Dustin Whitlow 24 M Arlington VA 26:35 26:34 5:21
3 3837 Chris Daniels 24 M Washington DC 30:03 30:02 6:03
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 25 - 29
1 4184 Jason Fitzgerald 27 M Silver Spring MD 26:26 26:26 5:19
2 6270 Dickson Mercer 29 M Washington DC 26:38 26:37 5:22
3 5355 Garrett Ash 27 M Manchester CT 27:01 27:01 5:27
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 30 - 34
1 5246 Nick Gramsky 33 M Vienna VA 27:03 27:02 5:27
2 3917 Matt Straughn 34 M Glenn Dale MD 27:09 27:09 5:28
3 121 Eddie Valentine 31 M Arlington VA 27:45 27:45 5:35
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 35 - 39
1 5223 David Wertz 35 M Arlington VA 26:47 26:46 5:23
2 395 Ramsey Wilson 38 M Falls Church VA 28:40 28:37 5:46
3 562 Michael Sheehy 38 M Washington DC 28:38 28:37 5:46
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 40 - 44
1 3271 Douglas Woods 41 M Gaithersburg MD 29:23 29:23 5:55
2 596 Kevin Bell 42 M Reston VA 29:30 29:27 5:56
3 6061 Jack Lovett 41 M Newport News VA 29:31 29:30 5:57
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 45 - 49
1 6532 Robert Denmark 45 M Arlington VA 29:23 29:19 5:54
2 1788 Paul Jacobson 47 M Gaithersburg MD 29:39 29:38 5:58
3 2574 Tom Beekhuysen 47 M Herndon VA 30:31 30:30 6:08
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 50 - 54
1 5393 Henry Wigglesworth 53 M Washington DC 28:23 28:22 5:43
2 32 Jean-Christophe Arcaz 50 M Rockville MD 28:36 28:36 5:46
3 6498 Albino Castro 51 M Brookeville MD 31:07 31:06 6:16
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 55 - 59
1 31 Chuck Moeser 59 M Potomac Falls VA 30:18 30:17 6:06
2 6294 Peter Darmody 55 M Gaithersburg MD 30:44 30:43 6:11
3 6236 Tom Ruckert 58 M Grantsville MD 31:48 31:43 6:23
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 60 - 64
1 3944 Richard Adams Jr 60 M Herndon VA 33:45 33:43 6:47
2 4042 Michael Wesbecher 63 M Oakton VA 34:32 34:22 6:55
3 4987 Marc Wolfson 61 M Olney MD 36:18 36:14 7:18
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 65 - 69
1 5432 Jim Noone 66 M Fairfax VA 34:09 34:05 6:52
2 2795 Mike Golash 67 M Washington DC 36:45 36:40 7:23
3 159 John Churchman 68 M Arlington VA 39:45 39:36 7:58
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 70 - 74
1 6591 Malcolm O'Hagan 70 M Chevy Chase MD 41:40 39:20 7:55
2 16 Chan Robbins 73 M Arlington VA 41:14 41:12 8:18
3 1546 Bill Sollers 71 M Silver Spring MD 46:13 44:01 8:52
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 75 - 79
1 4732 Skip Grant 75 M Chevy Chase MD 39:51 39:43 8:00
2 2237 Alan Rider 75 M Reston VA 44:00 43:58 8:51
3 5801 Henry Guyot 76 M Washington DC 44:36 44:26 8:57
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 80 - 99
1 3244 Jack McMahon 80 M Silver Spring MD 45:29 45:20 9:08
MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 4411 Greg Young 22 M Ballston Lake NY 33:50 33:35 6:46
Rehau Rotary Resolution 10K Adventure Race
Mild Weather for Tenth Anniversary
By James Moreland
Janaury 1, 2007
Leesburg, VA
For the Washington Running Report
In the photo below, the lead pack crosses the first ditch down the opening mile.
The Rotary Resolution 10K has been a challenging race from the start. The course is more cross-country than road. After charging down the grass covered field for the first quarter mile, runners get a taste of blacktop for a couple hundred meters. Then “the road is long with many a winding turn.” And by road we mean dirt as in “country roads take me home.” Mile two and three go through a farm where “life on a farm is kinda laid back.”
If you were a volunteer course marshal, the morning was brisk but just barely damp from the pleasantly unrequited promise of rain for the weekend. As a runner, missing the water at the first two ditches on the opening hill just meant that you were not muddy until the next mile. Most of the experienced runners were in shorts and by the last mile were hoping for rain to cool them off.
There was “no wind, no rain, or winter storm” to slow the runners this year. Times could have been very fast. With so many races in the area, the field of elite runners was diluted. Still, there were nearly five hundred finishers in the 10K and nearly two hundred more in the preceding 4K. The last two miles of the race are a little faster than most of the course with a long downhill and paved roads until that last quarter back up to the finish. Final quarters take care of themselves.
This year the favorite was Mark Stickley (44) of Winchester, VA. He had run in 2005 against a strong field, finishing fourth, second master in 34:50. This year he lingered back of the lead pack for the first half mile and then eased away from the field. While he had the third slowest winning time in the first ten years of the race, his 35:01 was near the 40-44 record set when Tim Schuler topped him in 34:33 to 34:50 in 2005. Next year he can gun for Chuck Moeser’s 45-49 record 34:44. In photo left, Andres Wright (40) of Frederick, MD used his newly minted masters status to cement a solid 35:25 second place award.
The battle for third was between two teens. Tim Maline (18) of Herndon, VA sprinted up the final hill for an excellent 36:08. Two years younger, Andrew Budiansky of Leesburg, VA was not far behind in 36:50. Awards were to the top three runners and the top two in five year age groups. Christian Falmagne (45) of Bethesda, MD was fifth as the last sub 6:00 pace finisher in 37:11.
Bruce Halpin (50) of Ashburn, VA ran a solid 40:49 for the grandmaster title just beating Michael Fitzgerald of Hagerstown, MD by five seconds. Bob Chase (60) of Pimmit, VA was tops in 46:43 surprising Lou Shapiro (65) of Silver Spring, MD in 47:02. Shapiro gave John Elliot some incentive with his second fastest course time for the 65-69 division. Elliott had set the record in 44:17 in 2005. Richard Williams (71) of Alexandria, VA (54:36) broke George Waxter’s best time to earn the second fastest time. Jerry Lewis, who often Duels with Williams set the record in 2005 with 53:59.
For the women, Jen Oblas of Leesburg, VA had finished second last year on the course that grew well past 10K in distance. This year she looked relaxed running ahead of the entire field. Her time was the slowest winning time so far but she did reset the Leesburg resident record with her 43:40. Anita Freres (41) of Reston, VA was the top master coming in second in 44:11 just out of reach of Oblas. Christine Goodrum of Leesburg (in photo above), VA was next in 45:10 holding off a late rally from Mariana Pargana of Washington, DC in 45:23. The rest of the top ten were very close as well with three places decided by just six seconds.
Tenth place Karen Young of Boyds, MD is getting an early start on the 10K. In 2005 she ran forty of them. Last year she only ran 38 10Ks in her 113 races for the year. Linda Sheimo (50) of Fairfax, VA ran a solid 51:10 for the grandmaster win. That is a ranked times and they do not come easy on this scenic course.
There were many, many young runners in the 4K. In the 10K the youngest runner for the males was Spencer Barrett (9) and for the females Amanda Eller (12) both of Leesburg VA. The record for the boys is still seven by Michael Castor. In 2000 phenom Aurora Scott of Portsmouth, VA, then just nine, was fifth overall in 46:02. Now sixteen she has run 16:37 for the fastest female 5K in the region in 2006.
After the race, runners enjoyed abundant quantities of refreshment inside the recreation Center.
Men’s Awards
Place Num Name Ag City Finis
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1 4 Mark Stickley 44 Winchester VA 35:01
2 465 Andres Wright 40 Frederick MD 35:25
3 534 Tim Maline 18 Herndon VA 36:08
MALE AGE GROUP: 01 – 19
1 282 Andrew Budiansky 16 Leesburg VA 36:49
2 377 Patrick Hayes 17 Ashburn VA 39:17
MALE AGE GROUP: 20 – 24
1 349 Tim Snyder 20 Frederick MD 38:12
2 535 Matt Maline 23 Herndon VA 42:20
MALE AGE GROUP: 25 – 29
1 457 Stephen Schmidt 28 Leesburg VA 43:25
2 27 Adam Borbidge 28 South Riding VA 44:46
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 – 34
1 406 Andy Mason 34 Hagerstown MD 38:06
2 374 Bradley Wedemeyer 30 Ashburn VA 42:17
MALE AGE GROUP: 35 – 39
1 340 William Sutherlin 37 Sterling VA 40:47
2 334 Kevin Knight 38 Leesburg VA 41:13
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 – 44
1 522 Bryan Mikesh 42 Fairfax VA 40:43
2 504 Alan Thatcher 43 Manassas VA 41:18
MALE AGE GROUP: 45 – 49
1 58 Christian Falmagne 45 Bethesda MD 37:10
2 232 William Clem 47 Bethesda MD 42:54
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 – 54
1 352 Bruce Halpin 50 Ashburn VA 40:47
2 407 Michael Fitzgerald 51 Hagerstown MD 40:51
MALE AGE GROUP: 55 – 59
1 296 Timothy Morgan 56 Damascus MD 42:10
2 46 Allen Vaughan 56 Stafford VA 45:41
MALE AGE GROUP: 60 – 64
1 506 Bob Chase 61 Pimmit VA 46:39
2 357 James Hozik 61 Great Falls VA 49:30
MALE AGE GROUP: 65 – 69
1 81 Lou Shapiro 65 Silver Spring MD 46:58
2 180 Douglas Morris 68 Delaplane VA 53:00
MALE AGE GROUP: 70 – 99
1 24 Richard Williams 71 Alexandria VA 54:34
2 1302 Alan Rider 70 Reston VA 58:48
MALE LEESBURG RESIDENT
1 282 Andrew Budiansky 16 Leesburg VA 36:49
MALE ROTARIAN RESIDENT
1 273 Matt Elliott 33 Leesburg VA 48:54
Women’s Awards
Place Num Name Ag City Finis
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1 269 Jen Oblas 28 Leesburg VA 43:40
2 483 Anita Freres 41 Reston VA 44:11
3 553 Christine Goodrum 34 Leesburg VA 45:10
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 01 – 19
1 301 Kate Spiering 17 Leesburg VA 51:43
2 214 Breann Whiat 16 Washington DC 54:58
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 – 24
1 585 Katy Dannenberg 22 Sterling VA 46:57
2 455 Ashley Carlson 24 Weslaco TX 51:19
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 25 – 29
1 233 Mariana Pargana 28 Washington DC 45:22
2 234 Andrea Vasquez 29 Washington DC 46:32
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 – 34
1 378 Carla Tharrington 31 Haymarket VA 51:38
2 218 Tatiana Boskovich 30 Burke VA 54:03
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 35 – 39
1 196 Tamara Utne 39 Bristow VA 46:59
2 184 Karen Young 38 Boyds MD 48:27
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 – 44
1 494 Claude Romeyer Dherbey 44 Round Hill VA 48:16
2 294 Annie McCoy 40 Hamilton VA 49:45
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 45 – 49
1 198 Carole Roeder 49 Ashburn VA 49:14
2 490 Kathleen Armstrong 45 Ashburn VA 52:21
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 – 54
1 443 Linda Sheimo 50 Fairfax VA 51:06
2 216 Margaret Davis 54 Vienna VA 52:39
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 55 – 59
1 23 Jane Poole 59 Washington DC 53:39
2 255 Julie Pastor 56 Leesburg VA 58:33
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 – 64
1 176 Catherine Van Brocklin 60 Gaithersburg MD 59:34
2 1309 Punkin Lee 60 Middleburg VA 64:48
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 65 – 69
1 207 Ecris Williams 68 Reston VA 65:53
2 42 Jamie Wollard 68 N Bethesda MD 76:31
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 70 – 99
FEMALE LEESBURG RESIDENT
1 269 Jen Oblas 28 Leesburg VA 43:40
