By Dickson Mercer
Alexandria, VA
April 22, 2012
For the Washington Running Report
Sean Graham almost backed out. In the week leading up to today’s George Washington Parkway Classic, the 32-year-old Pacers athlete missed three days of training due to illness. By Friday, Graham was feeling better. By Saturday, elite athlete coordinator Jordan Zwick was urging him to give it a shot.
[button-red url=”http://www.swimbikerunphoto.com” target=”_self” position=”left”] Photos [/button-red]Good thing Graham took Zwick’s advice. Near the 7-mile mark, Graham took the lead and proceeded to put 61 seconds on runner-up Eddie Jones, 35, of Boise, ID. He won Pacers Event’s annual 10-mile race in 51:03.
Running his first race in the DC area, Jones was impressed. “I started pulling away and he just came out of nowhere,” he said of Graham at the finish in Old Town Alexandria.
Graham moved to Arlington from Oregon three years ago. Both he and Jones have sub 14-minute 5K speed and are relatively new to the 10-mile race distance.
Runners were greeted at the start in Mount Vernon with overcast skies, a cool temperature, and an off-and-on drizzle. For the first hour or so, rain was not much of a factor. And even though the rolling point-to-point course on the George Washington Parkway featured a fairly steady headwind, runners mostly praised the conditions.
“It was not too hot, not too cold, pretty much perfect for 10 miles,” Graham said.
Matthew Barresi, 29, of Falls Church was third in 52:18. Jordan McDougal, 24, and Charlie Ban, 29, of McLean ran 52:52 and 53:24, respectively, rounding out the race’s contest for top Americans. Ethiopia’s Seife Geletu broke up the contingent with a time of 52:41, good for 4th overall.
Geletu lives in Washington, DC with fellow Ethiopian and course record-holder Demesse Tefera, who in 2007 posted 47:30. (The women’s course record-holder is Tatiana Chulakh of Russia, who the same year clocked 55:39.)
Derik Thomas, 46, of Alexandria was top master in 57:33.
“There was a headwind,” Thomas said. “It was steady. Once you got to mile 8, you were exposed to it. It hit hard.”
Thomas, however, had the benefit of a pack to work with – five guys working together, running in a line – that carried him through a negative-split effort, he said.
Thomas’s wife, Lisa Thomas, was second in 1:00:25, bested only by Ethiopia’s Tiringo Getachew Shiferaw.
“The weather was hard,” said Shiferaw, who was pleased to get the win in 58:50.
Thomas, 36, competed in the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in January but has nonetheless maintained a steady spring racing schedule. This was her best finish at the GW Parkway Classic yet.
“It usually takes something like this … to get me concentrated for the summer and fall,” said Thomas.
Laura O’Hara, 32, of Alexandria was third in 1:01:04. Michaela Courtney of Arlington (1:02:24), Kerry Allen of DC (1:02:39), and Jenny FitzGerald (1:02:55) of Woodbridge, VA rounded out the top 5 Americans. Samantha Kirby Cole, 43, of Arlington was top master and 9th overall in 1:04:48.
With more than 8,000 runners registered, the 10-miler had nearly 5,000 finishers and the 5K had more than 800.
For Andrea Ricketts, 28, of Alexandria, who wore a Boston Marathon shirt, today’s 10-mile race gave her confidence that recent injury troubles are behind her, she said. Ricketts finished in 1:12:33 and is plotting a return to Hopkinton.
From the finish chute, runners had just a short walk to the post-race celebration in Oronoco Bay Park.
Before heading there, Greg Gonzalez, 41, sporting the T-shirt from his first race –
October’s Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon – took a second or two to catch his breath.
Gonzalez’ friend and coach, Noah Simon, 36, of Arlington, a runner of 15 years, was congratulating him for running a huge “PR,” except Gonzalez had no idea what the term meant.
“I don’t know what that means … Oh, personal best,” he said.
As it happens, Gonzalez had entered the GW Parkway Classic, his second race, with the simple goal of averaging faster than the 8:28 pace he had averaged in October. But, pushed by Simon, Gonzalez gutted out 1:16:44, nearly a minute-per-mile faster than that.
Just a year ago, the lawyer discovered that running helped him solve problems he was having with his back.
10 Mile
FEMALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 52 Shiferaw Tiringo-Geta 27 Alexandria VA 58:49.2 58:49.2
2 32 Lisa Thomas 36 Alexandria VA 60:24.2 60:23.9
3 8 Laura O'Hara 32 Alexandria VA 61:03.6 61:03.6
4 5 Michaela Courtney 28 Arlington VA 62:23.9 62:23.9
5 4092 Kerry Allen 23 Washington DC 62:38.9 62:38.2
6 4449 Jenny Fitzgerald 32 Woodbridge VA 62:55.6 62:54.9
MALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 4 Sean Graham 32 Alexandria VA 51:02.6 51:02.6
2 2 Eddie Ernest-Jones 35 Boise ID 52:03.1 52:03.1
3 3144 Matthew Barresi 29 Falls Church VA 52:17.9 52:17.9
4 49 Seife Geletu 30 Washington DC 52:41.0 52:41.0
5 38 Jordan McDougal 24 Warrenton VA 52:51.8 52:51.8
6 18 Charlie Ban 29 McLean VA 53:23.1 53:22.9
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 10 - 19
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 3222 Katie Necochea 17 Springfield VA 1:12:25.5 1:11:57.8
2 4379 Mary Johnson 18 Alexandria VA 1:30:01.4 1:27:46.2
3 925 Lyssa Bantleon 19 Sewickley PA 1:29:08.8 1:27:59.8
4 4984 Tate-Louisa Mikkelsen 14 Alexandria VA 1:33:33.3 1:32:07.0
5 3518 Kayla Stamey 17 Herndon VA 1:34:36.0 1:34:02.2
MALE AGE GROUP: 10 - 19
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 1300 Lewis Millholland 16 Falls Church VA 1:04:38.4 1:04:35.7
2 3970 Murray Iv Johnston 14 Alexandria VA 1:17:51.2 1:17:12.6
3 5265 James Culcasi 16 Merchantville NJ 1:19:49.3 1:17:36.3
4 2412 John Green 16 Arlington VA 1:19:19.5 1:18:55.0
5 1793 Eric Esposito 14 Sterling VA 1:20:07.7 1:19:52.2
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 29
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 2063 Kyra Rathbun 25 Alexandria VA 1:03:02.6 1:03:01.2
2 5201 Lauren Woodall 26 Washington DC 1:03:10.6 1:03:10.2
3 1839 Phoebe Markle 28 Alexandria VA 1:04:52.7 1:04:50.3
4 6091 Sarah Brown 25 Washington DC 1:05:32.0 1:05:30.9
5 4469 Katie Schettig 29 Washington DC 1:05:39.0 1:05:34.1
MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 29
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 51 Chalie Bitew 24 Washington DC 54:00.1 54:00.1
2 19 Garret Martucci 23 Arlington VA 55:06.0 55:06.0
3 1066 Gregory Mariano 26 Arlington VA 55:41.3 55:41.3
4 4089 Brian McCabe 26 Washington DC 56:22.2 56:22.2
5 1119 Tripp Southerland 27 Washington DC 57:08.4 57:08.4
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 4209 Stephanie George 30 Chevy Chase MD 1:06:59.0 1:06:55.6
2 2726 Georgeanne Fayrweathe 33 Annandale VA 1:07:10.4 1:07:05.7
3 4353 Amanda Juratovic 33 Alexandria VA 1:08:47.1 1:08:34.8
4 5712 Abigail Stiles 32 Norfolk VA 1:09:09.8 1:09:03.8
5 57 Kimberly Gayton 37 Wellington VA 1:10:49.1 1:10:34.5
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 1495 Hugh Toland 31 Fairfax VA 55:31.4 55:31.4
2 1643 Jose I Gonzalez 33 Arlington VA 55:34.3 55:34.3
3 5747 Keith Levasseur 33 Columbia MD 57:31.9 57:31.9
4 4676 Jeremiah Doyle 31 Arlington VA 58:42.8 58:42.8
5 179 Richard Rapine 39 Alexandria VA 59:12.8 59:12.4
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 9 Samantha Cole 43 Arlington VA 1:04:47.5 1:04:47.2
2 5710 Suzanne Himes 42 Alexandria VA 1:05:48.3 1:05:42.6
3 7 Bridget Bowers 41 Alexandria VA 1:07:08.2 1:07:06.8
4 2086 Lori Wallace 41 Alexandria VA 1:12:15.9 1:07:27.5
5 3541 Amy Smith 41 Fairfax VA 1:09:58.1 1:09:48.7
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 4423 David Kent 40 Arlington VA 59:59.5 59:59.5
2 4323 Evan Weisel 40 Alexandria VA 1:00:13.9 1:00:13.9
3 4063 Andrew Pugh 42 Washington DC 1:00:47.6 1:00:43.1
4 116 Dave Cahill 40 Arlington VA 1:01:27.7 1:01:26.4
5 4036 Reynolds Wilson 40 Arlington VA 1:01:48.8 1:01:47.1
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 770 Mary Gellerup Bolich 49 Plymouth WI 1:10:24.1 1:10:19.7
2 2659 Elizabeth Dann 45 Arlington VA 1:14:58.5 1:14:41.1
3 5064 Barbara Noe 47 Alexandria VA 1:16:10.8 1:16:10.8
4 5838 Nancy Lopez 46 Alexandria VA 1:21:11.5 1:16:34.8
5 5755 Patricia Cuff 47 Alexandria VA 1:18:13.4 1:17:48.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 35 Derik Thomas 46 Alexandria VA 57:33.0 57:33.0
2 5987 Chris Rotunno 49 Washington DC 1:02:46.3 1:02:44.2
3 629 John Rhodes 46 Herndon VA 1:03:25.1 1:03:23.0
4 4132 Shawn Buettner 45 Washington DC 1:05:18.6 1:04:01.4
5 2518 Kenneth Springer 45 Alexandria VA 1:04:18.4 1:04:05.6
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 2657 Lorraine Ross 51 Arlington VA 1:12:20.3 1:12:11.1
2 952 Teresa Lent 50 Arlington VA 1:14:22.7 1:14:04.4
3 4891 Blake Rushin 50 Vienna VA 1:17:09.9 1:17:00.3
4 2941 Linda Kennedy 51 Alexandria VA 1:19:42.3 1:19:06.3
5 409 Darcy Gruttadaro 51 Arlington VA 1:20:30.3 1:19:13.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 48 Greg Cauller 52 York PA 59:33.2 59:33.2
2 5986 William Clem 52 Bethesda MD 1:06:26.5 1:06:23.8
3 5988 Philip Bender 50 Washington DC 1:10:16.8 1:10:10.2
4 1682 Gregg Brinegar 51 Alexandria VA 1:10:19.9 1:10:15.6
5 2336 Gerald Bruce 51 Alexandria VA 1:11:40.8 1:11:31.9
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 4972 Carole Jones 55 Ashburn VA 1:13:35.5 1:13:20.4
2 2817 Julie Lee 55 Arlington VA 1:23:53.5 1:23:38.7
3 3521 Joanne Hampton 55 Purcellville VA 1:24:15.9 1:23:42.2
4 1619 Tobin Gatto 56 Alexandria VA 1:26:48.2 1:25:28.0
5 3575 Martha Martin 55 Burke VA 1:26:36.0 1:25:58.7
MALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 1873 Bruce Halpin 55 Ashburn VA 1:04:55.1 1:04:53.1
2 4278 Dan Mendelson 55 Washington DC 1:08:36.6 1:08:35.7
3 2553 Peter Blair 56 Alexandria VA 1:10:49.8 1:10:31.8
4 5084 Ken Krehbiel 58 Washington DC 1:12:57.5 1:12:54.9
5 586 Steve Thienel 59 Columbia MD 1:13:08.8 1:12:58.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 793 Lynne Kidder 61 Frederick MD 1:31:21.4 1:30:57.7
2 2425 Leslie Stanfield 62 Reston VA 1:32:32.7 1:30:58.5
3 2465 Shirley Compton 63 New Middletown OH 1:36:57.1 1:33:30.2
4 1951 Tom Montgomery 62 Woodbridge VA 1:36:18.9 1:34:20.0
5 888 Mariam Morad 62 San Diego CA 1:40:19.9 1:39:03.7
MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 6356 Chris Arey 61 Stafford VA 1:11:13.0 1:11:00.6
2 2798 Donald Kearns Jr 60 Falling Waters WV 1:13:22.6 1:13:08.3
3 1833 Harry O'Hara 63 Fredonia NY 1:13:15.4 1:13:11.7
4 3120 Frank Spicer Jr 60 Clifton VA 1:16:32.9 1:16:27.0
5 4798 Norm Seip 60 Alexandria VA 1:17:29.2 1:17:08.4
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 1780 Mary Napoleon 66 Batesville VA 1:33:53.6 1:32:24.1
2 1192 Lucia Davidson 66 Arlington VA 1:34:46.2 1:33:07.6
3 3852 Shelley Prince 65 Mc Lean VA 1:39:57.7 1:39:57.7
4 2881 Donna Casey 65 Annandale VA 1:51:10.5 1:47:01.8
5 135 Maryellen Cameron 68 Falls Church VA 2:01:28.3 1:59:06.4
MALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 4678 Bob Chase 66 Falls Church VA 1:15:02.6 1:14:55.7
2 4351 Alan Ryder 65 Big Flats NY 1:22:13.9 1:21:43.0
3 4350 Stephen Banks 66 Springfield VA 1:22:23.7 1:21:45.5
4 2776 Gary Chase 67 Lorton VA 1:23:55.7 1:23:00.2
5 4390 Krupakar Revanna 68 Falls Church VA 1:25:25.3 1:24:37.7
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 4907 Nancy Linck 70 Alexandria VA 1:45:56.1 1:43:44.1
2 4661 John Finney Jr. 72 Arlington VA 1:54:12.1 1:52:06.2
MALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 3663 Leon Sample 72 Alexandria VA 1:27:44.4 1:27:23.2
2 609 Bill Earner 70 Crownsville MD 1:42:16.4 1:40:15.4
3 633 Gene Simaitis 74 Bowie MD 1:56:45.2 1:52:47.2
4 1360 Eric Thompson 70 Chevy Chase MD 2:08:47.8 2:03:43.4
5 2808 Robert Mulholland 73 Accokeek MD 2:16:23.8 2:13:38.5
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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MALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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FEMALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 84
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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MALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 84
Place No. Name Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 1 Don Trilling 84 Alexandria VA 3:18:12.4 3:18:12.4
5K
FEMALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8936 Jackie Gruendel 5K 37 Clifton VA 18:03.9 18:03.9
2 8682 Alexandra Smargiassi 5K 20 Washington DC 20:21.3 20:20.9
3 9008 Helen Knudsen 5K 31 Washington DC 22:11.6 22:08.9
MALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8613 Keith Freeburn 5K 38 Centreville VA 17:49.1 17:49.1
2 8436 Brad Byrnes 5K 32 Alexandria VA 18:07.9 18:07.9
3 8367 Connor Pearson 5K 17 Alexandria VA 18:37.1 18:37.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 09
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8931 Eva Haddock 5K 9 Alexandria VA 36:12.7 34:53.8
2 8483 Khalean Honesty 5K 9 44:21.3 42:53.8
3 8754 Samantha Uhrin 5K 8 Alexandria VA 43:59.3 43:24.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 09
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 9182 George Pacious 5K 8 Alexandria VA 27:22.5 26:31.3
2 8296 Charlie McCoy 5K 8 Arlington VA 27:30.5 27:30.5
3 8692 Ian Magnell 5K 9 Woodbridge VA 30:55.7 30:00.5
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 10 - 19
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8435 Elley Donnelly 5K 16 Fort Belvoir VA 25:55.9 25:25.2
2 8060 Kassie Smith 5K 16 Virginia Beach VA 26:55.6 26:23.9
3 8438 Catherine Logrande 5K 13 Alexandria VA 26:36.8 26:28.7
MALE AGE GROUP: 10 - 19
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8439 Michael Logrande 5K 15 Alexandria VA 18:51.9 18:51.8
2 9052 Tucker Burnett 5K 15 Alexandria VA 22:33.8 22:06.7
3 8596 Andrew Wright 5K 11 Indian Head MD 22:24.8 22:24.8
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 29
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8154 Aliza Caplan 5K 25 Philadelphia PA 22:18.0 22:08.9
2 9035 Lauren Groth 5K 28 Washington DC 24:01.7 23:59.8
3 1543 Emily Godenschwager 5K 27 Reston VA 24:04.1 24:03.2
MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 29
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8111 Miguel Matta 5K 27 Arlington VA 19:24.2 19:24.0
2 8187 Thomas Johnson 5K 28 Alexandria VA 20:40.5 20:39.5
3 8169 Wade Meyers 5K 23 Raleigh NC 22:14.3 21:30.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8179 Laura Scott 5K 35 Arlington VA 24:33.6 24:14.9
2 8878 Laura Bryan 5K 32 Springfield VA 25:30.3 25:26.4
3 8723 Sara Olsen 5k 33 Gaithersburg MD 25:50.8 25:36.1
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8775 Ellins Thomas 5K 31 Gainesville VA 18:46.2 18:46.2
2 8901 Jason Bryan 5K 32 Springfield VA 19:27.9 19:27.9
3 9009 Brian Knudsen 5K 33 Washington DC 20:36.2 20:35.6
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8186 Rebecca Cranna 5K 43 Annandale VA 26:57.9 26:49.5
2 8651 Stephanie Ruiz 5K 43 Arlington VA 27:34.4 27:29.6
3 8328 Liz Brinson 5K 41 Silver Spring MD 28:42.6 27:33.2
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8678 Matt Erskine 5K 42 Arlington VA 22:29.2 22:28.0
2 8581 Alex Garrett 5K 43 Fairfax VA 23:17.7 23:04.9
3 9188 Daniel Twomey 5K 43 Alexandria VA 23:24.5 23:20.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 9059 Lorraine Wilson 5K 46 Great Falls VA 25:08.2 25:04.8
2 8180 Cheryl Logan 5K 46 Arlington VA 26:29.1 26:05.9
3 9115 Sharon Hancock 5K 46 Ashburn VA 27:52.5 27:26.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8607 Robert Martin 5K 48 Fairfax Station VA 20:05.0 20:05.0
2 8635 Jack Tade 5K 47 Falls Church VA 20:45.6 20:45.5
3 8948 Mark Harris 5K 49 Alexandria VA 21:28.7 21:10.6
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8380 Sandy Thurston 5K 54 Arlington VA 27:06.8 27:00.2
2 8057 Victoria Nguyen 5K 52 Arlington VA 27:02.8 27:02.8
3 8056 Paige Jones 5K 50 Alexandria VA 28:12.3 27:54.7
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 9053 Wally Burnett 5K 53 Alexandria VA 27:48.9 27:21.2
2 6066 Chuck Tyrpak 5K 51 Reston VA 28:25.1 27:48.7
3 8015 Scott Smith 5K 50 Dumfries VA 28:23.6 27:51.4
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8560 Merrilee Seidman 5K 57 Alexandria VA 25:25.2 25:25.2
2 8817 Grace Rascati 5K 55 Alexandria VA 28:01.0 27:58.0
3 8206 Rita Cook 5K 57 Bethesda MD 28:58.4 28:54.9
MALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8542 Gary Presuhn 5K 57 Burke VA 20:22.6 20:22.6
2 8559 Paul Bousel 5K 58 Alexandria VA 20:50.6 20:50.6
3 8529 Kenyon Erickson 5K 58 Vienna VA 21:00.0 20:59.6
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8401 Shannon Burcroff 5K 61 Alexandria VA 32:18.3 32:00.0
2 8053 Margaret Stancampiano 5K 62 Vienna VA 34:30.7 33:41.2
3 8309 Lynn Amende 5K 61 Edgewater MD 34:27.4 34:10.4
MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 9012 Fred Protopappas 5K 63 Silver Spring MD 22:44.3 22:41.7
2 9016 Edwin Patout 5K 63 Washington DC 26:31.8 26:26.3
3 9011 Curt Demars-Johnson 5K 61 Okemos MI 28:29.9 28:03.5
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 79 Linda Kornett 5K 65 Annandale VA 37:50.9 36:57.6
2 8355 Teresa Revanna 5K 65 Falls Church VA 46:09.8 45:30.2
3 8386 Susan Scott 5K 66 Spotsylvania VA 51:17.7 50:27.9
MALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8881 Keith Padgett 5K 65 Alexandria VA 26:28.0 26:25.8
2 8297 Ernesto Reyes 5K 66 Arlington VA 30:49.8 30:40.4
3 9017 Warren Snaider 5K 65 Washington DC 33:00.4 32:30.4
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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MALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8908 John Gluck 5K 74 Alexandria VA 25:53.2 25:49.0
2 8141 Jim Verdier 5K 70 Alexandria VA 30:13.9 30:13.8
3 9176 Carl Magnell 5K 71 Woodbridge VA 42:21.2 41:25.9
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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MALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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FEMALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 84
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8359 Marilyn Karoly 5K 82 Alexandria VA 1:08:47.0 1:08:09.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 84
Place No. Name Race Age City St Guntime Nettime
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1 8612 Larry Dickerson 5K 80 Burke VA 28:29.8 28:28.3
“At this time last year,” Gonzalez admitted, “there was no way I could envision ever running a 10-mile race.”
By James Moreland
Broadlands, VA
March 10, 2012
For the Washington Running Report
In its 20th year this popular 5 mile race upgraded yet again. First, they certified the course (over the years the race has started from a quite a few different sides of the course). The race has already been famous for its prolific random awards. This year the race expanded to five year age groups to make the age challenge even more fair. The food has always been fun with dozens of doughnuts and coffee to go along with the healthier apples and bananas. This year there were scores of commemorative cupcakes with eatable logos. Comparing the different types for taste was an enviable task.
Last year David Nightingale battled Karl Dusen for the title winning in 23:56. Dusen’s 24:03 was solidly ahead of third place Gurmessa Megressa’s 24:25. Last year the event was a week after the mammoth St. Patrick’s Day 8K, which had been won by Demesse Tefera. Tefera started but dropped last year. This year Tefera battled New York’s Teklu Deneke, pulling away in the final sixty meter down hill charge to finish in 24:55. Dusen finished third this year in 25:53, all alone with fourth place Charlie Ban arriving nearly two minutes later. The certified course was about 250 feet longer than last year but that hardly explains the slower times. The sunny day was cool with a more than just pleasant breeze. The top reason may be that tomorrow will be national class competition at the massive (7500 person) St. Patrick’s Day 8K. Tefera will be there to defend his title.
On the women’s side which has now become the larger of the two sexes in most races, the course saw seven runners more than a minute faster than last year’s champion. Runner-up and former Runner Rankings champion Hirut Mandefro could not keep pace with Askale Merachi, a new face in town. Mandefro ran a very nice 29:02 but she was closely shadowed by two new faces, Anna Gosselin, 23, in 29:10 and Maura Carroll, 22, in 29:13. Merachi turned the final corner in seventh overall at 28:28. If the course had been a few meters longer she would have finished her rundown of sixth place man Bryan Young 28:26.
Peggy Yetman, 43 of Leesburg, VA was testing the waters again in her first race since surgery in December. Everyone in the field was amazed by her excellent 29:16, staying with the lead pack the whole way. She will tell you she was delighted with the race .She will thinking, “Another month of recovery and I could have one it all.” One of her first races after she arrived from Texas was right here just five seconds short of the title in 29:01. Mandana Mortazavi, 48, (in photo) was the second master in 35:47.
After the race, there were lots of folks to thank for the race’s continuous success and checks for Children’s National Medical Center. The race won a special award to get an additional $75,000 to add to the already massive $106,000 they had gathered from the proceeds of the event.
Awards
FEMALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Age City Time
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1 4 Askale Merachi 24 Washington DC 28:28
2 536 Hirut Mandefro 26 Washington DC 29:02
3 617 Anna Gosselin 23 Vienna VA 29:10
MALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Age City Time
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1 5 Teklu Deneke 32 New York NY 24:55
2 3 Demesse Tefera 29 Washington DC 25:00
3 615 Karl Dusen 29 Mt Airy MD 25:53
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 14
1 556 Logan Cunningham 14 Ashburn VA 39:32
2 123 Campbell Brown 13 Herndon VA 44:21
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 14
1 482 Jonathan Kerr 13 Ashburn VA 39:10
2 381 Andrew Bouras 13 Ashburn VA 39:29
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 15 - 19
1 289 Melissa Saunders 19 Potomac Falls VA 32:04
2 26 Amelia Jones 17 Baltimore MD 33:16
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 15 - 19
1 481 Alex Kerr 18 Ashburn VA 30:13
2 329 Steven Hurwitt 19 Ashburn VA 30:23
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 613 Maura Carroll 22 Washington DC 29:12
2 270 Elisabeth Flores 21 Sterling VA 35:34
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 107 John Baldwin 20 Reston VA 31:09
2 630 Jim Bradshaw Jr 20 Springfield VA 35:04
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 616 Susan Hendrick 26 Washington DC 30:01
2 299 Jessie Yester 27 Richmond VA 30:31
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 614 Charlie Ban 27 Falls Church VA 27:48
2 407 Nyandusi Omurwa 28 Kingston PA 28:02
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 233 Erica Cline 33 Leesburg VA 35:59
2 247 Kathryn Hessen 32 Ashburn VA 37:07
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 612 Brian Young 33 Washington DC 28:25
2 635 Ryan Parks 33 Fairfax VA 32:40
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 239 Kathleen West 36 Chantilly VA 37:54
2 181 Sally Stevenson 38 Ashburn VA 38:38
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 601 Gregory Stemberger 35 South Riding VA 28:43
2 602 Brian Szabos 38 South Riding VA 29:33
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 494 Peggy Yetman 43 Leesburg VA 29:15
2 323 Jill Benhart 43 Broadlands VA 40:06
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 467 Andrew O'Brien 41 Centreville VA 30:51
2 550 Atle Nesheim 43 Ashburn VA 32:42
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 604 Mandana Mortazavi 48 Leesburg VA 35:27
2 487 Stephanie Cappiello 48 Ashburn VA 39:27
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 619 Jim Nielsen 46 Ashburn VA 29:11
2 549 Jeff Gilliland 47 Clifton VA 32:34
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 25 Judy Graham 54 Baltimore MD 37:03
2 399 Sarah Buckheit 51 Reston VA 37:59
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 542 Martin Calhoun 50 Herndon VA 30:18
2 24 Nicholas Jones 52 Baltimore MD 32:37
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 40 Elizabeth Baumgarten 55 Stone Ridge VA 38:14
2 497 Carol Beaupre 55 Ashburn VA 45:50
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 129 Kevin Apsley 55 Herndon VA 35:22
2 448 Rob Colburn 56 Ashburn VA 37:01
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 310 Linda Leatherbury 60 Great Falls VA 69:20
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 334 Bill Koetter 63 Ashburn VA 42:36
2 434 Ting Yi Oei 63 Reston VA 43:56
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 254 John Baxter 65 Fairfax VA 41:37
2 219 Donald Burnham 65 Aldie VA 48:42
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 99
1 362 Chan Robbins 74 Arlington VA 40:20
2 125 James Chapman 71 Herndon VA 41:17
MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 390 Dimitri Shanin 35 M Springfield VA 34:16
FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 389 Regina Pace 41 F Springfield VA 41:05
By James Moreland
Broadlands, VA
March 19, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
Elite racers get ready to rumble in Jon Hickman photo.
On the cusp of spring more than five hundred runners turned out for a glorious day. Scores of children enjoyed the one mile fun run. This race is famous for its scores of prizes for the young ones as well as the large amounts of money designated for Children’s National Medical Center. This year the check was for $65,000. In today’s race one young lady who you might have thought was more suited for the mile earned the “youngest, fastest award.” Ivy Richerson, just five-year-old ran the full five miles in 52:49.
There were some lone, lean runners ready to go after the cash money for the top three. Regulars Demesse Tefera and former winner Gurmessa Megerssa were, as always, among the favorites. Just last week Tefera had won it all at the St. Patrick’s Day 8K in 24:22 and event record holder (23:36) Megerssa had been fourth in 24:49. Megerssa told us that they had been doing some really challenging track workouts and Tefera had overdone it a bit and had to pull out of the race.
There were three sections in the top eight runners. Megerssa was tucked in behind Karl Dusen and David Nightingale going for the cash. Dusen was one of five runners sporting Georgetown Running logos that all finished in the top eight. The course is a fast, fair course but the first mile is a steady uphill to separate the wheat from the chaff. In the second pack Sam Luff and Ryan Hanson of Rockville were taking on Allen Carr of Washington, DC. Carr has not been seen in the last year or so but it is clear he has been training. With a light breeze it is important not to left runners pull away. Drafting helps. A couple hundred meters back Charlie Ban and Jake green were keeping each other honest. Both broke 27:00, which has been fast enough to win this race in past years. Not today.
In 2009 Abraham Ng’etich set the event record in a blazing 23:43. In all, twenty runners have broken 25:00 on this fast, runner friendly course. In the final mile Nightingale (in photo) with the longer legs pulled away to win with 23:56; a tie for the second fastest time for the event. Julius Gwako won a photo finish in that identical time with Michel Khbotov in 2003 on the old course. Megressa loped in shortly afterward in 24:25.
The age groups are only two deep in ten year age groups so the competition is fierce and usually won by the runners who have just entered an age group. Allen Vaughan, 60, was looking around at the start and felt comfortable about his chances. He started out conservatively, taking the first mile in 7:15. Then he just kept powering away to win in a very nice 35:08.
The grandmaster champion was Kevin Washburn, 53, of Centreville, VA (in photo) in 33:40. Everyone recognizes the Washburn name. Walt Washburn, who turns 89 in October, has been a regular on the racing circuit for scores of years. He owns three American records for 80 and older. Until lately he was an active member of the 50 Plus Club, a club with a goal to race fifty races in a year. Walt had a few setbacks but do not be surprised if he comes back out on the roads again. Mike Cannon, who was second grandmaster in 35:02, is also a 50 Plus club member who ran 66 races in 2010. Not far behind is Myron Kremer, 54, of Winchester, VA who ran 68 races in 2010.
For the women, 49-year-old Linda Foley was one of the pre race favorites. More than once she has been the overall winner and is always ranked near the top of her division. She had a very nice race running mostly alone in 32:41. This year none of the elite open racers were racing here. Foley’s 32:12 only bought her eighth place last year. In 2009 Phebe Ko ran an excellent 27:54 to set the standard for the current course. Naoko Ishibe has the event record racing 27:52 in 2003.
Today Elizabeth Young (in photo) took charge early. She race unchallenged to a nifty 31:28 victory. Amy Franklin, 25, Ashburn, VA was third in 33:31. Just like the men there was a gap and then another pack of three. They flew home in the mid 35:00s. Then the final competitors in the eight pack were Leslie Fajfar and Van Metre veteran Erica Cline just faster than 37:00. Pane, 51, of Clifton, VA was the top grandmaster in 37:26. There no women older than 58 in the event.
Runners delighted to coffee and doughnuts on both sides of the race as well as fresh fruit. No race has more random prizes.
Awards Listing (No Duplicate Prizes)
Age Groups by Net Time
FEMALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Age City Time
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1 488 Elizabeth Young 31 Washington DC 31:28
2 579 Linda Foley 49 Oak Hill VA 32:41
3 45 Amy Franklin 25 Ashburn VA 33:31
MALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Age City Time
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1 572 David Nightingale 25 Washington DC 23:56
2 456 Karl Dusen 28 N Bethesda MD 24:03
3 600 Gurmessa Megerssa 31 Washington DC 24:25
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 19
1 100 Amelia Jones 16 Baltimore MD 37:32
2 597 Logan Cunningham 13 Ashburn VA 41:27
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 19
1 262 Sam Coffman 17 Sterling VA 30:35
2 263 Micah Coffman 14 Sterling VA 32:03
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 29
1 517 Autumn Parker 27 Ashburn VA 34:28
2 236 Jorie Devine 29 Leesburg VA 35:16
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 29
1 431 Samuel Luff 24 Rockville MD 25:04
2 382 Ryan Hanson 23 Rockville MD 25:15
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 39
1 445 Diane Lathom 39 Ashburn VA 35:24
2 612 Erica Cline 32 Ashburn VA 36:45
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 39
1 497 Brian Young 32 Washington DC 28:24
2 546 Greg Stemberger 34 South Riding VA 28:37
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 49
1 540 Tonya Stotler 44 Leesburg VA 37:00
2 408 Tamara Yoder 44 Aldie VA 38:04
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 49
1 415 Bryan Tenney 43 Ashburn VA 31:05
2 512 Philip Baetcke 40 Falls Church VA 32:23
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 59
1 477 Pam Sane 51 Clifton VA 37:11
2 443 Nancy Wallace 51 Ashburn VA 37:46
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 59
1 576 Kevin Washburn 51 Centreville VA 33:39
2 323 Michael Cannon 53 Springfield VA 35:00
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 69
1 392 Allen Vaughan 60 Stafford VA 35:07
2 207 John Baxter 64 Fairfax VA 37:22
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 99
1 14 Chan Robbins 73 Arlington VA 41:15
2 27 Gary Ehlert 70 Vienna VA 52:55
MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 353 Daniel Cardile 36 M Derwood MD 36:11
FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 520 Jill Galaida 33 F Broadlands VA 40:13
