By Dickson Mercer
Washington, DC
June 9, 2012
For the Washington Running Report
Four miles into this morning’s Lawyers Have Heart 10K, Barb Fallon Wallace started falling behind.
“Just a few steps,” she said. “I was getting tired.”
But with a little encouragement from her Pacers racing team teammate, Lisa Thomas, Fallon Wallace – a 38-year-old physical therapist who gave birth to twins just 18 months ago – summoned some reserve strength. Inside the final mile, the Alexandria, VA resident pulled away to claim the win and a new personal best of 36:10.
Thomas, 36, also of Alexandria, finished second in 36:18. Lisa Goldstein, 25, of Washington, DC was third in 37:54.
Thomas said she was pleased with how the race turned out and happy to make Fallon Wallace “earn it.”
She was also pleased with the conditions that featured a cooler-than-usual starting time temperature hovering in the mid-70s. (Last year’s race, which Thomas won, was shortened to 5K to spare runners from temperatures that soared well above 90 degrees.)
As for the men, this year’s Lawyers Have Heart 10K was Gurmessa Megerssa’s from the start.
“He took off right away,” said Pacers’ Jordan Zwick, 26, who placed 2nd in 31:36, ahead of 21-year-old Mark Allen, an American University runner who ran 31:44 in his first road 10K.
“Around 4 miles, [Megerssa] kind of slowed down a little and I tried to catch him,” Zwick added.
No such luck.
The Lawyers Have Heart 10K’s out-and-back courses starts and finishes in Washington, DC’s Georgetown neighborhood under the Whitehurst Freeway. And as Megerssa came into view on the downhill that returns runners to the finish, he unleashed a wild kick that carried him through the tape in 31:17.
In 2006, shortly after Megerssa moved to DC from his native Ethiopia, where he competed for the East African country’s national team, he ran 29:51 to set the event record.
Megerssa’s win today makes him the race’s third repeat victor in its now 22nd running. Philippe Rolly, 39, of McLean, VA, who ran 32:50 today, won three years in a row starting in 1999 and added a fourth title in 2004. Jim Hage won in 1993 and 1996.
But the Lawyers Have Heart 10K has its own story. Since 1991, the race has raised more than $8 million to benefit the American Heart Association.
And as Ted Boling, the Deputy Solicitor for Land Resources at the U.S. Department of the Interior, put it after the race, surrounding Lawyers Have Heart is a “whole subculture that trades around times.”
Teams are created as well. In the finishing area today, one saw an array of made-for-the-event shirts bearing the names of firms like Hogan Lovells and Sutherland and of course the U.S. Department of Justice. An Alexandria patent office team’s shirt read, “Landon IP Has Heart.”
Avid local runner Hanna Chouest, 29, of DC and Lisa Jones, 43, of Arlington, who both work at the law firm Sidley Austin, said that one of their co-worker’s office spaces is decorated with years worth of Lawyers Have Heart 10K memorabilia.
“That’s how I learned about it,” Jones said.
The support from the region’s legal community has helped draw thousands of runners annually to this race, making it the biggest 10K in Washington, D.C.
To lawyers like Ted Bennett, 47, who works for Williams & Connolly in DC, the race, he said, was about being with colleagues and friends while supporting a good cause.
Williams & Connolly’s team was 15 strong, Bennett said.
But for Bennett, who said he “used to be a runner,” this was his first time participating.
“I’ve been always been doing kid’s stuff,” he said. “I’ll do that later today.”
After the race, participants gathered in Washington Harbour for post-race snow cones, drinks, and music. Dogs, though not welcome on the course, were more than welcome here. Several restaurants were open for brunch.
Shannon Franks, 35, of College Park, MD was the top wheelchair athlete, covering the course in 31:07.
In the masters division, Stephanie Evans, 41, of Washington, DC posted a time of 40:16 to take the title by close to four minutes. Derik Thomas, 46, of Alexandria, was the top male master in 34:52.
At the post-race ceremony, awards were offered for age groups as well as special categories, including lawyers, legal assistants, law librarians, administrators, summer associates, law students, and survivors of cardiovascular disease.
FEMALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3075 Barbara Fallon Wallace 38 ALEXANDRIA VA 36:09.4 36:08.7
2 30 Lisa Thomas 36 Alexandria VA 36:17.8 36:17.0
3 3105 Lisa Goldstein 25 WASHINGTON DC 37:53.1 37:53.1
4 3005 Kerry Allen 23 WASHINGTON DC 39:14.5 39:14.1
5 3272 Sarah Spalding 31 WASHINGTON DC 39:28.1 39:27.0
MALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2388 Gurmessa Megerssa 32 WASHINGTON DC 31:16.4 31:16.4
2 3985 Jordan Zwick 26 ARLINGTON VA 31:35.4 31:35.4
3 3006 Mark Allen 21 WASHINGTON DC 31:43.4 31:43.4
4 3480 Andrew McCann 23 Washington DC 31:44.4 31:44.4
5 3511 Wilson Komen 34 WASHINGTON DC 32:10.1 32:09.8
FEMALE MASTERS RESULTS
Place No. Name Ag City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2468 Stephanie Evans 41 WASHINGTON DC 40:16.0 40:11.6
2 670 Julia Taylor 40 ARLINGTON VA 44:08.0 43:57.9
3 2528 Lynnette Simpson 40 WASHINGTON DC 45:17.0 44:36.0
4 1561 Carol Hobson 45 SPRINGFIELD VA 45:38.7 40:00.6
5 3599 Kristin McCann 40 ALEXANDRIA VA 45:49.1 45:45.5
MALE MASTERS RESULTS
Place No. Name Ag City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 29 Derik Thomas 46 Alexandria VA 34:51.3 34:50.7
2 1808 Henry Wigglesworth 54 WASHINGTON DC 35:38.2 35:37.9
3 3160 Max Lockwood 42 WASHINGTON DC 38:04.2 38:04.2
4 2365 Reynolds Wilson 40 ARLINGTON VA 38:16.7 38:06.8
5 43 Peter Sloan 49 Silver Spring MD 38:45.3 38:44.0
ADAPTIVE ATHLETE RESULTS
Place No. Name Ag City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2831 SHANNON FRANKS 35 COLLEGE PARK MD 31:06:3 31:06.3
AGE-GROUP RESULTS
Lawyers Have Heart 10K
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FEMALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 19
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3379 Anna Stone 17 Vienna VA 41:26.8 41:17.0
2 3380 Amanda Swaak 15 Vienna VA 44:39.1 44:29.2
3 3798 Katherine Salamido 15 MCLEAN VA 46:17.4 45:27.8
MALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 19
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 813 Connor Ryan 18 WASHINGTON DC 33:27.0 33:27.0
2 3162 Ian Lutz 19 WASHINGTON DC 33:51.2 33:51.2
3 722 Mitch Clements 17 ASHBURN VA 38:34.1 38:12.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 24
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3811 Danielle Schaub 24 WASHINGTON DC 40:43.0 40:11.0
2 123 Angell Garrigan 24 ALEXANDRIA VA 46:31.5 41:12.6
3 2682 Kathleen Cave 23 BETHESDA MD 43:15.5 42:37.2
MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 24
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3154 Mark Leininger 21 WASHINGTON DC 32:27.8 32:27.8
2 1483 Kyle Stanton 21 COLUMBIA MD 33:19.4 33:18.8
3 1049 Andrew Koehlinger 23 MIDLAND MI 34:40.3 34:39.7
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 25 - 29
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3281 Kelly Swain 27 ARLINGTON VA 39:49.8 39:48.7
2 3134 Melody Jones 28 ARLINGTON VA 40:24.5 40:20.8
3 2435 Julia Pudlin 27 WASHINGTON DC 40:33.0 40:30.8
MALE AGE GROUP: 25 - 29
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2382 Kumssa Ethicha Wodajo 27 WASHINGTON DC 34:58.4 34:58.4
2 3375 Tim Kogge 28 Arlington VA 35:43.4 35:42.0
3 1011 William Rawson 29 WASHINGTON DC 35:43.2 35:43.2
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 34
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 571 Jillian Holmes 34 STAFFORD VA 45:12.7 40:38.9
2 2612 Robyn Bernardy 30 WASHINGTON DC 41:56.9 41:50.9
3 1294 Elizabeth Oyer 33 WASHINGTON DC 42:31.7 42:20.4
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 34
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2821 Colin Fishwick 34 WASHINGTON DC DC 32:56.8 32:56.8
2 671 Daniel Yi 32 ALEXANDRIA VA 34:53.5 34:53.1
3 3953 Clete Willems 32 WASHINGTON DC 34:57.3 34:56.8
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3061 Mary Davison 39 BRISTOW VA 40:05.1 40:03.3
2 815 Laura Zeilinger 39 WASHINGTON DC 40:29.0 40:26.7
3 1807 Julie Sapper 39 ROCKVILLE MD 42:06.6 42:00.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3784 Philippe Rolly 39 MCLEAN VA 32:49.9 32:49.7
2 3285 Matthew Thomas 37 ALEXANDRIA VA 34:05.4 34:05.4
3 3441 Scott Anderson 38 Washington DC 34:32.8 34:32.6
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2628 Colette Boulin 42 WASHINGTON DC 48:58.4 46:25.1
2 2160 Lisa Jones Foose 43 ARLINGTON VA 47:04.4 46:32.8
3 1989 Esther Lander 43 VIENNA VA 49:25.9 48:19.6
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
===== ===== ===================== === ================== == ========= =========
1 3157 Malcolm Lester 44 WASHINGTON DC 39:25.1 39:24.1
2 2558 Andrew Goldfarb 43 CHEVY CHASE MD 39:29.4 39:27.6
3 710 Norman Wong 40 WASHINGTON DC 40:25.8 40:10.8
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3056 Patricia Cuff Donahue 47 ALEXANDRIA VA 46:14.7 45:56.3
2 2557 Janet Braunstein 46 WASHINGTON DC 46:18.1 46:04.6
3 3572 Brenda MacKintosh 46 SPRINGFIELD VA 47:24.9 47:06.4
MALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2124 Eugene Holmes 47 ARLINGTON VA 39:30.6 39:27.6
2 429 Jamey Burden 46 ALEXANDRIA VA 39:55.7 39:51.7
3 49 Alan Thatcher 48 Manassas VA 40:27.9 40:26.8
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1062 Maureen Mitchell 51 CURTIS BAY MD 51:23.7 47:51.6
2 366 Susan Hyre 53 ALEXANDRIA VA 49:57.4 49:51.8
3 3803 Isabela Sardas 50 MEQUON WI 50:43.2 50:05.3
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3679 Sean Oatmeyer 50 WILLIAMSBURG VA 41:17.8 41:06.5
2 2467 Robert Dunne 53 OAK HILL VA 41:31.2 41:26.6
3 3074 Stefan Falk 53 WASHINGTON DC 42:14.0 42:10.6
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2675 Manuela Carvalho 57 WASHINGTON DC 52:18.8 51:33.5
2 448 Mary Lopatto 57 WASHINGTON DC 54:51.5 54:32.3
3 2047 Nancy Kuhn 56 BETHESDA MD 56:05.2 54:51.2
MALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1528 Hugh Hilliard 55 WASHINGTON DC 41:43.9 41:18.2
2 1836 Gary Morgans 59 ARLINGTON VA 43:13.6 43:10.6
3 3973 William Xu 58 SPRINFIELD VA 43:34.7 43:20.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
===== ===== ===================== === ================== == ========= =========
1 3088 Alice Franks 64 ROCKVILLE MD 47:35.7 47:27.6
2 3188 Linda Mills 62 SALISBURY MD 49:07.4 48:53.2
3 3434 Jane Serues 64 Cherry Grove Beach SC 49:07.3 48:54.1
MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1722 Joe Hollingsworth 64 WASHINGTON DC 41:04.7 35:57.6
2 3968 Jim Wright 62 GAITHERSBURG MD 40:18.2 40:17.0
3 3942 Michael Wesbecher 64 OAKTON VA 43:50.6 43:29.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3870 Dianne Stoddard 66 VIENNA VA 1:05:31.7 1:02:38.2
2 497 Susan Crosson 66 HERNDON VA 1:09:13.7 1:04:10.2
3 2973 Wendy Jordan 65 WASHINGTON DC 1:07:10.6 1:05:48.5
MALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3350 James Daly 68 Alexandria VA 50:08.0 50:06.3
2 2696 John Churchman 69 ARLINGTON VA 51:09.2 50:39.6
3 2269 John Brittain 68 ALEXANDRIA VA 54:06.0 53:18.2
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3821 Rosemary Schwartzbard 70 ARLINGTON VA 1:03:36.2 1:01:16.1
2 1712 Martha Witebsky 70 SILVER SPRING MD 1:05:50.7 1:03:40.6
MALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 74
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2774 Mike Driskel 71 WASHINGTON DC 58:34.1 58:27.1
2 3647 Alan Morrison 74 WASHINGTON DC 1:03:31.8 1:01:48.4
3 1137 Skip Hartquist 70 WASHINGTON DC 1:05:16.7 1:04:55.6
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3055 Pat Cuff 75 MONTGOMERY VILLAGE AA 1:11:15.5 1:09:18.2
MALE AGE GROUP: 75 - 79
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3779 Alan Rider 76 RESTON VA 58:32.6 58:30.9
2 3586 Joe Marhoefer 76 RESTON VA 1:02:19.8 59:36.6
3 2891 Robert Gurtler 77 THE PLAINS VA 1:05:26.1 1:04:08.7
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 99
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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MALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 99
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
===== ===== ===================== === ================== == ========= =========
1 63 George Yannakakis 80 Sparks Glencoe MD 1:00:26.8 1:00:23.1
2012 Lawyers Have Heart 10K
CATEGORY AWARDS LIST
CVD-SURVIVOR FEMALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1702 Elizabeth Westbrook 28 WASHINGTON DC 1:01:48.5 59:08.6
2 2796 Simone Elliott 40 WASHINGTON DC 1:01:10.2 1:00:45.7
3 3655 Deborah Muller 27 WASHINGTON DC 1:03:06.3 1:01:10.7
CVD-SURVIVOR MALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1274 Rod Vieira 44 CHEVY CHASE MD 48:20.5 46:26.8
2 2729 Darrell Darnell 53 WASHINGTON DC 51:55.5 51:09.9
3 1632 John Gifft 40 WASHINGTON DC 55:28.3 54:23.2
LAWYER FEMALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2468 Stephanie Evans 41 WASHINGTON DC 40:16.0 40:11.6
2 815 Laura Zeilinger 39 WASHINGTON DC 40:29.0 40:26.7
3 2435 Julia Pudlin 27 WASHINGTON DC 40:33.0 40:30.8
LAWYER MALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 671 Daniel Yi 32 ALEXANDRIA VA 34:53.5 34:53.1
2 3953 Clete Willems 32 WASHINGTON DC 34:57.3 34:56.8
3 535 P.J. Martinez 31 WASHINGTON DC 35:32.9 35:32.9
LEGAL-ASSISTANT FEMALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 571 Jillian Holmes 34 STAFFORD VA 45:12.7 40:38.9
2 556 Tracy Buro 25 ARLINGTON VA 43:15.5 43:04.1
3 945 Natalie Stoll 23 WASHINGTON DC 46:44.9 45:37.4
LEGAL-ASSISTANT MALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1787 Sam Araia 32 ALEXANDRIA VA 42:51.9 42:41.6
2 1564 Mike O'Donnell 24 WASHINGTON DC 42:55.4 42:42.0
3 1169 Jeffrey Nelson 24 WASHINGTON DC 46:17.2 45:25.6
LEGAL-SECRETARY FEMALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2628 Colette Boulin 42 WASHINGTON DC 48:58.4 46:25.1
2 1062 Maureen Mitchell 51 CURTIS BAY MD 51:23.7 47:51.6
3 2444 Bettina Myers 42 WASHINGTON DC 50:42.3 49:13.9
LEGAL-SECRETARY MALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1131 Todd Robinson 33 WASHINGTON DC DC 46:12.6 46:04.1
LAW-LIBRARIAN FEMALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 670 Julia Taylor 40 ARLINGTON VA 44:08.0 43:57.9
2 583 Allison Rainey 32 ARLINGTON VA 49:45.2 48:44.0
3 1322 Carol Gruenburg 58 ALEXANDRIA VA 58:46.5 55:28.3
LAW-LIBRARIAN MALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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ADMINISTRATOR FEMALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 123 Angell Garrigan 24 ALEXANDRIA VA 46:31.5 41:12.6
2 1398 Alyona Richey 33 ARLINGTON VA 44:06.7 44:04.2
3 199 Monica Phillips 38 WASHINGTON DC 46:37.9 46:12.9
ADMINISTRATOR MALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1297 Steven Claremon 27 WASHINGTON DC 40:26.5 40:15.6
2 2467 Robert Dunne 53 OAK HILL VA 41:31.2 41:26.6
3 148 Jeremy Phelps 36 CENTREVILLE VA 43:05.0 42:39.2
SUMMER-ASSOCIATE FEMALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 3105 Lisa Goldstein 25 WASHINGTON DC 37:53.1 37:53.1
2 934 Tiffiney Carney 32 WASHINGTON DC 48:10.7 45:58.2
3 2174 Kelly Rosencrans 25 STANFORD CA 49:37.9 46:56.7
SUMMER-ASSOCIATE MALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2377 Daniel Riegel 28 WASHINGTON DC 39:14.7 39:10.4
2 2296 Gabriel Tabak 28 ANN ARBOR MI 40:12.5 40:10.1
3 2374 Stephen Bosco 30 ARLINGTON VA 41:54.8 40:34.1
LAW-STUDENT FEMALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 890 Allison Federoff 25 BETHESDA MD 42:15.9 42:04.9
2 2272 Erin Herrero 28 WASHINGTON DC 48:45.1 45:59.4
3 600 Jessica Parisi 23 STATE COLLEGE PA 48:54.3 48:12.8
LAW-STUDENT MALE AWARDS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 57 Terence Baptiste 28 Akron OH 36:33.3 36:32.7
2 892 Eric Johnson 24 HALF MOON BAY CA 37:27.6 37:14.8
3 2783 Peter Dysart 24 BURLINGTON VT 38:19.6 38:14.2
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
Washington, DC
October 16, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
The 6th annual Boo! Run for Life 10K run and 2 Mile walk moved east about a mile and a half to East Potomac Park to accommodate the large crowd of people attending opening ceremonies for the the new Martin Luther King Memorial just north of the traditional course in West Potomac Park. Most of the course was the same, starting on the channel side and racing around the point to where mile one would have been and then returning home.
With all the elite runners at the Army 10 Mile last week and the Baltimore Running Festival Saturday, it was great to see more than 500 runners and scores of walkers to celebrate the near perfect autumn morning. One runner tried to find fault with, “Did you notice the breeze on the river side.” Maybe it was three mph instead of the dead calm on the channel side. Pancake flat, this course was made for records and the event scored eight of them.
Three women’s records were soft and certain to go down though Hilary Cairns’ event record 37:20 would be untouchable. Lindsay Larose, 29, had an easy time winning in 39:09 to get a fourth. For nearly four miles Mary Davison, 38, held off Cindy Conant, 50, of Kensington, MD. But Conant has been busting up not just her division but winning races outright and she powered her way past to take the runner-up spot 40:09 to 40:25, while shaving more than 14 minutes off the record. Gay Petrey, 47, form South Carolina, one of seven states represented in the first 14 runners, knocked almost five minutes off her division’s record with 45:50.
Naomi Stanford, 61, does not race often but when she does she nearly always wins. More than one rankings winner from her division has expressed awe at her racing. Her only race in the spring winning the National Half Marathon in 1:41:25 was the top race of the season. Today she was a mile ahead of the former record in an excellent 46:37.
For the men Derik Thomas, 45, was stalking the top two runners racing along the river side by side at the four mile mark. Richard Andrews and Brian McMahon were racing side by side. Somewhere past the parking lot were the Awakening used to reside Andrews put on a move to win in 34:29. McMahon held on to the runner-up spot in 35:07 with Thomas nearly imposing his will in a record setting 35:19. Former record holder Kevin D’Amanda will soon be fifty but his very nice 38:31 would still be well off the masters record set by then 51-year-old Henry Wigglesworth in 34:48.
Even with a late start Steve San Miguel, 19, notched a new record 38:31 to take both 2009 and the 2010 top teens who had tied for the record. After Thomas the top master was 67-year-old Jim Noone. Noone made it look easy taking down Lou Shapiro’s event record by 21 seconds in a swift 43:19. Not far behind him Donald Hensel, 67, had set the 60-64 record three years ago in 44:01. Michael Wesbecher may have known that because he bolted across the finish line in 44:00 to reset the score.
OVERALL MALE (GUN TIME)
Place Num Name Lname Age City Gun T Net T Pace
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1 537 Richard Andrews 25 Washington DC 34:29 34:29 5:33
2 704 Brian McMahon 29 Washington DC 35:07 35:06 5:39
3 347 Derik Thomas 45 Alexandria VA 35:19 35:18 5:41
OVERALL FEMALE (GUN TIME)
Place Num Name Lname Age City Gun T Net T Pace
===== ===== =================== === ===================== ===== ===== =====
1 581 Lindsay Larose 29 Arlington VA 39:09 39:07 6:18
2 432 Cindy Conant 50 Kensington MD 40:09 40:08 6:28
3 691 Mary Davison 38 Bristow VA 40:25 40:24 6:31
MALE AGE GROUP: 01 - 19 (NET TIME)
1 406 Steve San Miguel 19 Falls Church VA 37:31
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 01 - 19 (NET TIME)
1 449 Jenna Rieling 19 Aberdeen NJ 42:41
MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 24 (NET TIME)
1 436 James Bolognani 21 Washington DC 36:27
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 24 (NET TIME)
1 660 Maureen McCarthy 20 Washington DC 41:06
MALE AGE GROUP: 25 - 29 (NET TIME)
1 375 Matt Deters 26 Washington DC 36:52
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 25 - 29 (NET TIME)
1 420 Vanessa Taylor 25 Spencerport NY 42:48
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 34 (NET TIME)
1 473 Brian Young 33 Washington DC 35:57
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 34 (NET TIME)
1 114 Sam Zinnerman 31 Forestville MD 44:03
MALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39 (NET TIME)
1 814 Richard Rapine 39 Alexandria VA 36:31
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39 (NET TIME)
1 330 Alissa Huntoon 38 Washington DC 51:16
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44 (NET TIME)
1 429 Charles Manahan 44 Vienna VA 42:07
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44 (NET TIME)
1 565 Tracey Walsh-Chocol 41 Alexandria VA 57:09
MALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49 (NET TIME)
1 706 Howard Frost 46 Falls Church VA 38:02
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49 (NET TIME)
1 276 Gay Petrey 47 West Columbia SC 45:42
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54 (NET TIME)
1 829 Matt Hardison 50 Vienna VA 44:17
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54 (NET TIME)
1 366 Margaret Staeben 50 Arlington VA 54:36
MALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59 (NET TIME)
1 460 Thomas Hauser 59 Alexandria VA 52:45
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59 (NET TIME)
1 10 James Moreland 59 Gaithersburg MD 47:39
MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64 (NET TIME)
1 542 Michael Wesbecher 63 Oakton VA 43:57
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64 (NET TIME)
1 541 Naomi Stanford 61 Washington DC 46:28
MALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69 (NET TIME)
1 326 Jim Noone 67 Fairfax VA 43:17
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69 (NET TIME)
MALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 99 (NET TIME)
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 99 (NET TIME)
MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 436 James Bolognani 21 M Washington DC 36:39 36:27
FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 441 Sarah Rosenstein 22 F Washington DC 45:28 45:22
