By James Moreland
Fairfax, VA
May 1, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
Fairfax is home to a number of races throughout the year. Saturday, the inaugural Fairfax CASA 10K got underway less than a mile from the sprawling George Mason University campus. Sunday morning it was time for the 33rd showing of the Patriot’s Cup Corporate Challenge 8K. The event is open to all but the main feature is the spirited competition among the corporations for bragging rights. With much construction on the campus only about half of Patriot’s Circle was open to runners. There are a handful of certified courses to choose from. The race is really very fast though runners are treated to three trips up the hill in front of the Center for the Arts. Gladly, the opening 150 meters is downhill to the Circle. Once on the circuit runners head generally uphill to the 1500 point of the race. They leave the campus and take a long, increasingly down hill road to bend back to the starting area. Hitting the Circle the second time is a little like whiplash as the hill rises up to meet the runners. The trick is to keep grinding away because from three to 4.5 miles is a return to the pleasure cruise section of the course. The third trip up the hill is the final two minutes of the race where adrenaline kicks in to help you hold place.
Last year top ranked sub master Aaron Church won it all in an easy 25:06. So, perhaps Hugh Toland was a little surprised that an opening 5:10 separated him from the field. He cruised home in 26:32 and after the race hardly seemed to have broken into a sweat. The cool morning was perfectly aligned to a runner’s needs, though the skies began to weep as the awards were being announced.
By the time runners headed back to their cars, the heavens were wailing away profusely.
Toland’s team – Joint Strike Fighter – won easily as well with all five of their scoring members in the top 25 overall. They averaged three minutes a runner faster than the second place team lead by second overall Douglas Haines (27:49). He had to work hard the whole trip to best third place Aklilu Wondifraw (28:12).
Last year’s women’s victor Megan Ridgley had won in an excellent 30:12. She was so inspired that the followed week she won the Stop the Silence 8K ahead of every runner – of both sexes. Faith Korbel had finished third overall in 31:52. She improved to a very nifty 31:26 to win the women’s division by three minutes exactly. The competition was fierce in the teams and none of the top finishers was able to pull their team to the top. The next three runners were very close in net time. Betsy Eames was runner-up in 34:26. Amanda Karawchuck got to the line 16 seconds ahead of fourth place Tasha Stryker who finished in 35:00, both had net times of 34:38.
The battle for the fifth spot looked as if it was going to be Pamela Ichord, 50, who had run 36:30 last year. She was on a pace to repeat last year’s time. About mile three, someone yelled out “Way to go Karen!” It might have been a double entendre as only a few strides back were Karen Young, 42, on her 46th race of the year and first of that day and Karen Dickerson who has been wowing racing fans for ten years and she is only 25 now. It was Dickerson who made the move and before mile four she was out of sight and ending for the fifth spot in 35:59. Ichord lost a little ground on the final hill but held off Elizabeth Clor, 32, 36:42 to 36:50 for the next spot, both winning their division. Young, who had complained some about tight muscles after finishing the hilly Fairfax CASA 10K on Saturday, finished one of her fastest 8Ks of the year in 37:00. After accepting her award the insatiable lass drove up to Columbia for a full 5M race and winning her division at the hilly Burleigh Manor course.
After the race the big decision was what kind of sandwich to eat. Too tired to choose, this runner had both the turkey and the ham. You have to love races with great food afterwards. Also as the event took place right by the Center for the Arts building, there was plenty of shelter from the coming storm.
Team Awards
Corporate All Men Team - Joint Strike FighterFinish Position - 1 Team Score (places): 66 Team Score (times): 2:34:53 Team Pos Bib No Name City/State O'all Place Cum. Place Time Cum. Time 1 170 Hugh Toland Manassas, VA 1 1 26:31 26:31 2 171 Sean Hicks Manassas, VA 8 9 30:41 57:12 3 175 Michael Gulden Manassas, VA 14 23 31:48 1:29:00 4 172 Miguel Matta Manassas, VA 19 42 32:20 2:01:21 5 173 Greg Wilds Manassas, VA 24 66 33:32 2:34:53 6 169 Cyrus Sabzevari Manassas, VA 33 99 33:53 3:08:47 7 174 Elton Pepa Manassas, VA 56 155 36:00 3:44:47 Team - Strategic Running EnterpriseFinish Position - 2 Team Score (places): 166 Team Score (times): 2:46:39 Team Pos Bib No Name City/State O'all Place Cum. Place Time Cum. Time 1 306 Douglas Haines Fairfax, VA 2 2 27:49 27:49 2 307 Josh Dietrich Fairfax, VA 20 22 33:03 1:00:53 3 310 Scott Kuehn Fairfax, VA 23 45 33:25 1:34:18 4 309 Alistair Hastings Fairfax, VA 48 93 35:08 2:09:27 5 308 James Kohlhaas Fairfax, VA 73 166 37:12 2:46:39 6 311 John Marsh Fairfax, VA 85 251 37:51 3:24:31 Team - Fast AttackFinish Position - 3 Team Score (places): 160 Team Score (times): 2:49:20 Team Pos Bib No Name City/State O'all Place Cum. Place Time Cum. Time 1 178 Keith Johnson Manassas, VA 15 15 32:00 32:00 2 177 Tom Sutton Manassas, VA 21 36 33:10 1:05:11 3 176 Bruce Orosz Manassas, VA 26 62 33:37 1:38:48 4 180 Greg Clor Manassas, VA 41 103 34:31 2:13:19 5 179 Taylor Rempe Manassas, VA 57 160 36:01 2:49:20 6 192 Alan Bilodeau Manassas, VA 120 280 39:37 3:28:58 7 191 Kevin Niemerg Manassas, VA 129 409 40:05 4:09:03 Team - Argon Men's TeamFinish Position - 4 Team Score (places): 204 Team Score (times): 2:50:46 Team Pos Bib No Name City/State O'all Place Cum. Place Time Cum. Time 1 220 Ryan Kunzer Fairfax, VA 9 9 30:51 30:51 2 216 Adam Borbidge Fairfax, VA 16 25 32:01 1:02:53 3 217 Mike Echalk Fairfax, VA 22 47 33:18 1:36:11 4 218 John Koss Fairfax, VA 62 109 36:16 2:12:28 5 219 Mark Wallace Fairfax, VA 95 204 38:18 2:50:46 6 215 Mike Kunzer Fairfax, VA 139 343 40:52 3:31:38 7 221 Michael Bertosh Fairfax, VA 234 577 47:24 4:19:03 Team - Dynalectric High VoltageFinish Position - 5 Team Score (places): 419 Team Score (times): 3:07:28 Team Pos Bib No Name City/State O'all Place Cum. Place Time Cum. Time 1 80 John Jordan Dulles, VA 44 44 34:40 34:40 2 76 John Coghill Dulles, VA 55 99 35:57 1:10:38 3 77 Fred Fenster Dulles, VA 66 165 36:40 1:47:19 4 74 Steve Bowling Dulles, VA 100 265 38:35 2:25:54 5 79 Bruce Clodfelter Dulles, VA 154 419 41:34 3:07:28 6 78 Daniel Jennings Dulles, VA 205 624 45:50 3:53:19 7 75 Steve Wilson Dulles, VA 250 874 49:02 4:42:22 Corporate All Women Team - Fighting FalconsFinish Position - 1 Team Score (places): 498 Team Score (times): 3:12:43 Team Pos Bib No Name City/State O'all Place Cum. Place Time Cum. Time 1 184 Pamela Ichord Manassas, VA 65 65 36:35 36:35 2 182 Elizabeth Clor Manassas, VA 69 134 36:46 1:13:21 3 183 Alison Falkenhagen Manassas, VA 98 232 38:28 1:51:50 4 185 Kathy Manzo Manassas, VA 123 355 39:49 2:31:40 5 189 Joy Smith Manassas, VA 143 498 41:03 3:12:43 6 186 Raiesha Warren Manassas, VA 218 716 46:18 3:59:02 7 187 Kim Simons Manassas, VA 253 969 49:22 4:48:24 Team - Datatel WomenFinish Position - 2 Team Score (places): 1295 Team Score (times): 4:08:48 Team Pos Bib No Name City/State O'all Place Cum. Place Time Cum. Time 1 321 Cailin Kehoe Fairfax, VA 169 169 42:29 42:29 2 319 Marissa Solis Fairfax, VA 266 435 50:17 1:32:46 3 318 Melissa Hancock Fairfax, VA 269 704 50:39 2:23:26 4 320 Amanda Grant Fairfax, VA 295 999 52:41 3:16:07 5 322 Andrea McAleese Fairfax, VA 296 1295 52:41 4:08:48 Corporate Coed Team - Spectrum SprintersFinish Position - 1 Team Score (places): 406 Team Score (times): 3:05:08 Team Pos Bib No Name City/State O'all Place Cum. Place Time Cum. Time 1 113 Susan Jones Vienna, VA 108 108 38:55 38:55 2 114 Tugba Erpek Vienna, VA 152 260 41:27 1:20:23 3 118 Steve Zaharoff Vienna, VA 18 278 32:19 1:52:42 4 117 Tom Stroup Vienna, VA 34 312 34:08 2:26:50 5 116 Sal D'Itri Vienna, VA 94 406 38:17 3:05:08 6 120 Umair Ahsah Vienna, VA 158 564 41:58 3:47:07 7 112 Theresa McHenry Vienna, VA 240 804 47:54 4:35:01 Team - MRW Corporate TeamFinish Position - 2 Team Score (places): 464 Team Score (times): 3:10:35 Team Pos Bib No Name City/State O'all Place Cum. Place Time Cum. Time 1 371 Amanda Krawchuk Springfield, VA 42 42 34:38 34:38 2 366 Helen Russell Springfield, VA 182 224 43:58 1:18:36 3 368 Richard Pine Springfield, VA 45 269 34:58 1:53:35 4 369 Reese Shaw , VA 59 328 36:14 2:29:49 5 367 Bruce Whitson Springfield, VA 136 464 40:45 3:10:35 6 370 Ben Scudera Springfield, VA 144 608 41:03 3:51:38 7 372 Addy Storvick Springfield, VA 231 839 47:11 4:38:50 Team - Paradigm 2Finish Position - 3 Team Score (places): 688 Team Score (times): 3:23:12 Team Pos Bib No Name City/State O'all Place Cum. Place Time Cum. Time 1 201 Faith Korbel Arlington, VA 13 13 31:22 31:22 2 202 Rebecca Halstead Arlington, VA 146 159 41:13 1:12:36 3 206 Jose Varela Arlington, VA 111 270 38:57 1:51:33 4 204 Kurt Orban Arlington, VA 194 464 44:46 2:36:20 5 203 Taryn Michel Arlington, VA 224 688 46:51 3:23:12 6 211 Ellie Haga Arlington, VA 225 913 46:52 4:10:04 7 208 Steve Sedor Arlington, VA 291 1204 52:14 5:02:19 Team - BITS and PiecesFinish Position - 4 Team Score (places): 736 Team Score (times): 3:28:12 Team Pos Bib No Name City/State O'all Place Cum. Place Time Cum. Time 1 364 Betsy Eames Sterling, VA 39 39 34:22 34:22 2 274 Corey Benderoth Sterling, VA 178 217 43:37 1:18:00 3 277 David Oguns Sterling, VA 32 249 33:49 1:51:50 4 275 Nini Morales Sterling, VA 241 490 47:55 2:39:45 5 272 Suzanne Price Sterling, VA 246 736 48:27 3:28:12 Team - DTP 3Finish Position - 5 Team Score (places): 756 Team Score (times): 3:30:12 Team Pos Bib No Name City/State O'all Place Cum. Place Time Cum. Time 1 140 Cerasela Cristei Vienna, VA 176 176 42:59 42:59 2 137 Erin Andrews Vienna, VA 270 446 50:54 1:33:54 3 141 Sam Park Vienna, VA 81 527 37:39 2:11:33 4 143 Dominic Cerulli Vienna, VA 107 634 38:54 2:50:28 5 139 Cory Gollnick Vienna, VA 122 756 39:44 3:30:12 6 142 Tamara Cloyed Vienna, VA 303 1059 53:45 4:23:58 7 138 Maxine Powell-Kent Vienna, VA 318 1377 56:55 5:20:53 Community Open Team - BHA Winged FootFinish Position - 1 Team Score (places): 307 Team Score (times): 2:54:25 Team Pos Bib No Name City/State O'all Place Cum. Place Time Cum. Time 1 357 Richard Pica , VA 4 4 29:06 29:06 2 352 Brian Burke Alexandria, VA 6 10 29:44 58:50 3 358 Tony Benson Alexandria, VA 83 93 37:45 1:36:35 4 354 Evelyn Burke Alexandria, VA 99 192 38:32 2:15:08 5 353 Sean Burke Alexandria, VA 115 307 39:17 2:54:25 6 355 Catherine Burke Alexandria, VA 119 426 39:33 3:33:59 7 356 John Burke Alexandria, VA 174 600 42:52 4:16:52 Team - ApplegroveFinish Position - 2 Team Score (places): 546 Team Score (times): 3:15:35 Team Pos Bib No Name City/State O'all Place Cum. Place Time Cum. Time 1 54 Tom Craig Herndon, VA 53 53 35:44 35:44 2 53 Mark Russell Herndon, VA 86 139 37:52 1:13:37 3 56 Michael Gilbert Herndon, VA 106 245 38:53 1:52:31 4 59 Tommy Craig Herndon, VA 142 387 41:03 2:33:34 5 57 Pete Scudera Herndon, VA 159 546 42:01 3:15:35 6 55 Roger Fielding Herndon, VA 175 721 42:58 3:58:34 7 58 Chris Hughes Herndon, VA 213 934 46:07 4:44:42 Team - Allyson & Kelly's HeroesFinish Position - 3 Team Score (places): 614 Team Score (times): 3:20:44 Team Pos Bib No Name City/State O'all Place Cum. Place Time Cum. Time 1 72 Andrew Viccora Herndon, VA 71 71 36:53 36:53 2 67 Allyson Robinson Herndon, VA 89 160 37:56 1:14:50 3 73 Chris Mussig Herndon, VA 91 251 38:07 1:52:57 4 68 Kelly Robinson Herndon, VA 156 407 41:53 2:34:51 5 70 Mike Robinson Herndon, VA 207 614 45:53 3:20:44 6 69 Adrienne Robinson Herndon, VA 210 824 46:03 4:06:47 7 71 Amy Viccora Herndon, VA 300 1124 53:10 4:59:57 Team - Bounding BiebersFinish Position - 4 Team Score (places): 811 Team Score (times): 3:36:09 Team Pos Bib No Name City/State O'all Place Cum. Place Time Cum. Time 1 350 Sean Cody Ingram Arlington, VA 60 60 36:14 36:14 2 349 Lauren Comen Arlington, VA 114 174 39:06 1:15:21 3 345 Laura Romaine Arlington, VA 153 327 41:34 1:56:55 4 348 Tim Guillot Arlington, VA 168 495 42:28 2:39:24 5 346 Kristen Cooper Arlington, VA 316 811 56:45 3:36:09 6 347 Lauren Reynolds Arlington, VA 322 1133 58:18 4:34:27
Individual Awards
Men Overall Place Name Age Overall Chip Time Gun Time Pace 1 Hugh Toland 30 1 26:31 26:31 5:18 2 Douglas Haines 26 2 27:49 27:49 5:34 3 Aklilu Wondifraw 35 3 28:12 28:12 5:38 4 Richard Pica 28 4 29:06 29:06 5:49 5 Erik Price 24 5 29:28 29:28 5:54 Male 14 and under 1 Danny Garcia 14 26 33:38 34:06 6:44 2 Donovan Foley 11 76 37:48 37:58 7:34 Male 15 to 19 1 Ryan Kunzer 15 9 30:51 30:53 6:10 2 Jacob Peck 17 11 30:54 30:55 6:11 Male 20 to 29 1 Miguel Matta 26 18 32:20 32:29 6:28 2 Mike Echalk 26 21 33:18 33:24 6:40 Male 30 to 39 1 Brian Burke 31 6 29:44 29:44 5:57 2 Sean Hicks 38 8 30:41 30:41 6:08 Male 40 to 49 1 Marshall Contino 40 7 30:29 30:30 6:06 2 Matt Anderson 45 12 30:57 30:57 6:11 Male 50 to 59 1 Michael Gulden 54 13 31:48 31:48 6:22 2 Tom Clark 56 16 32:14 32:14 6:27 Male 60 to 69 1 Jim Noone 66 30 33:47 33:48 6:45 2 Bruce Whitson 65 111 40:45 41:00 8:09 Male 70 and over 1 Robert Gurtler 76 176 49:34 49:43 9:55 2 Mike Craig 78 206 1:01:01 1:01:42 12:12 Women Overall Place Name Age Overall Chip Time Gun Time Pace 1 Faith Korbel 32 1 31:22 31:26 6:16 2 Betsy Eames 27 2 34:22 34:26 6:52 3 Amanda Krawchuk 33 3 34:38 34:44 6:56 4 Tasha Stryker 30 4 34:38 35:00 6:56 5 Karen Dickerson 25 5 35:57 35:59 7:11 Female 14 and under 1 Katrina Junta 13 9 37:56 38:06 7:35 2 Allyson Robinson 14 10 37:56 38:05 7:35 Female 15 to 19 1 Evelyn Burke 18 13 38:32 38:41 7:42 2 Bridget Werner 18 73 47:38 47:54 9:32 Female 20 to 29 1 Alison Falkenhagen 27 12 38:28 38:37 7:42 2 Lauren Comen 23 17 39:06 39:31 7:49 Female 30 to 39 1 Elizabeth Clor 32 7 36:46 36:50 7:21 2 Sunithi Kuruppu 31 11 38:08 38:14 7:38 Female 40 to 49 1 Karen Young 42 8 36:59 37:00 7:24 2 Rola Sabbagh 42 14 38:52 39:21 7:46 Female 50 to 59 1 Pamela Ichord 50 6 36:35 36:42 7:19 2 Susan Jones 56 15 38:55 38:58 7:47 Female 60 to 69 1 Eunice Robertson 63 24 40:19 40:19 8:04
