2018 Fall Runner Rankings Lots of Rain; Lots of Mystery Distance Races
(September 8, 2018 – November 11, 2018) Maryland RRCA State Championship Series 50 Plus Club Best of 2015 Best of 2016 Best of 2017 Best of 2018
By James Moreland
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A lot of races had trouble with distances. More than a few have the same problem every year but do not seem to care. Considering the hundreds and hundreds of races the numbers are small but it hurts a bit to have a great race and find that your time means nothing. Many races still have not figured out net timing versus official time so there is a lot of fake news with times. We have had one of the rainiest years ever and it definitely affected race times. Still, in general race times seem to get less competitive every year. Major races drooped to forty- seven races. Total race times settled back down from last year by 8 percent to 191,110. Total races almost reached 400 again with 389 and there were one hundred and fifty-four additional races with no qualifiers, totally more than 13,800 runners. Races come and go with close to a hundred races disappearing from 2017.
The Across the Bay 10K, even with its staged multi starts, (making it really many smaller races combined together), is starting to lose ground, dropping nearly 3,000 runners to 16,749 participants. It joins the Marine Corps Marathon and the Army 10 Miler as one of the big dogs among the seven races with more than 5,000 finishers. Army remained virtually unchanged with 24,649 to lead the way. But when you count Marine Corps Marathon growing to 20,699 and their 10K with a solid 6,434, the Corps comes out on top with 27,133. Also, the Baltimore Running Festival’s three events added 1,000 runners, up this year to 15,517 as three of the top fourteen races with more than 2,000 finishers. The three Richmond events on the final weekend combined for 14,526, all with more than 2,500 finishers. The Richmond races all had more than 3 percent ranked runners, while the three biggest races failed to get more than .9 percent ranked runners.
This season a mere five races had 100 ranked qualifiers, though sixteen races had fifty or more ranked runners. The American Family Fitness Half Marathon took the ranked runners title from the Army 10 Miler for the second year in a row, 257 to 223 and the times at Army were again unremarkable. The Anthem Richmond Marathon dropped slightly to 137 ranked qualifiers but stayed ahead of Marine Corps with its 122 qualifiers as well as holding a commanding lead over the Baltimore marathon with just 41 such runners. The third largest race, Across the Bay 10K, was fourth in qualifiers with 126. Baltimore did outkick the Parks for the second biggest half, 90 to 77 in ranked runners. The five armed forces races, that includes the third largest half marathon, the Navy-Air Force Half Marathon, and the second largest 5M, the Navy 5M, combined for 57,522 runners and 489 ranked times.
Of the thirty-six 10Ks, just six had more than 500 finishers. The two biggest 10Ks, Marine Corps and Across the Bay, were the least competitive even compared to hilly cross country 10Ks. Of the races with more than 5 percent ranked only five had more than 200 racers. Of these, the rolling Rockville 10K led with 35, while the flat Run for the Parks 10K had 33 and the largely downhill Clarendon Day 10K a mere 26. The Veterans Day 10K, run the same spot as Run for the Parks was the fourth largest race and nearly five times as large, had slightly more than twice as many ranked runners with 75. The Anthem Wicked 10K was the third largest, twice the size as Veterans but with just 54 ranked runners. Marine Corps with 50 percent more runners had five fewer ranked runners.
The Navy 5 Mile, with 1,911 racers, made a small gain from last year though it surged again to thirty-six ranked runners for second among the 5 milers and had 25 percent of all the racers of the seventeen such races run. The HCA 8K in Richmond easily led the way with 40 percent of the 7,400 5-mile racers and a third of the ranked runners. Downs Park 5M was short this year by who knows how much, halting its streak of competitive times raced.
Twenty-eight races had more than a thousand finishers. Eight of these were 5Ks with the Community Bridges 5K leading the way with eighty-one ranked runners, followed by the swift Clarendon 5K at sixty-one, and the Baltimore United Way 5K with fifty-three. The Baltimore race was easily the largest 5K race with 5,595 finishers. Clarendon was the smallest at 1,076.
The 8K was the most competitive distance with four percent ranked of seventeen races and 7,433 finishers. The 10M was 1.33% of their 26,619 finishers. Then came the 280 5K races; maintaining 2.25% while quantity dropped back down to 13 percent to 2016 levels with 61,536 finishers. Though the thirty-six 10Ks rose to 1.69%, they dropped severely by 20 percent to 34,450 finishers. The half marathon closely matched the average of all the races (2.0%) with 2.22% of their 49,262 runners (a 60% increase) in thirty-seven races (ten more added). The toughest distance, the marathon, with seven races remained the same with 1.14% of their 27,644.
Of the race finishers who ran at least one qualifying time, both sexes stayed very similar to last year. Women still topped the men by 45 percent with 1,710 to 1,176 different finishers. In total, there were 296 ranked men and 392 ranked women. Additionally, 88 runners qualified for the Elite Division this season, nearly 75 percent of 2017. The largest age groups are the seniors, women 65-69 with fifty-eight (the largest division), 60-64 with forty-eight, and grandmasters, 50-54 and 55-59 with thirty-nine. For the men, 60-64 with forty was easiest the largest division. In total ranked times, women led easily, steady still with, 2,347 to 1,722. Women had more ranked runners in every division from Open through 70-74 From and 75 and older, men led the way.
*** New for the Runner Rankings we are posting in red all the runners with National Class times (80%) of the top-rated time for each division based on their best time in 10K equivalence. The times are based on the youngest in each division except for the 19 and younger which is for the strongest time. There will be some runners who are up to the 80% level by being on the older side of the 5- year division that get missed. However, in this manner, everyone in red will be at least 80%. ***
For this period, all the women’s divisions save three had at least one National Class racer ranked, a total of 45. In the Open division, there were 21 though eight double dipped from other groups. The men were even more impressive with 58 National Class racers, though there were six age groups that had none. In the Open division, there were 33 though four double dipped from other groups.
In the “you got to play to win” category, i.e. you only ran one event an impressive additional 26 men and 17 women ran a National Class race.
Below is the 10K equivalent time you need to race to get a National Class ranking.
Age Men Age Women Group 10K= Group 10K= 19 00:33:24 19 00:38:01 20 00:33:24 20 00:37:55 35 00:33:42 35 00:38:11 40 00:34:39 40 00:39:03 45 00:36:02 45 00:40:34 50 00:37:33 50 00:42:50 55 00:39:12 55 00:45:33 60 00:41:00 60 00:48:36 65 00:42:58 65 00:52:08 70 00:45:11 70 00:56:10 75 00:48:27 75 01:00:55 80 00:53:37 80 01:06:45 85 01:01:52 85 01:16:40 90 01:15:50 90 01:35:26 95 01:42:57 95 02:17:03
Runners who win the race or win their division in a race earn an asterisk beside their name. Open runners only get an asterisk for an overall win. The Speed Alone is the fastest qualifying time run for each division. In red, it means the division champion ran it.
In the past, a runner beating another runner virtually ended a chance for the losing runner to prevail using the Moreland Racing Factor but we noted that time is of importance as well and runners do recover from a subpar event. Thus, we added to the accounting by giving runners a point for every second their best race beats their competitor’s best race. Runner still lose eight points as well as gain eight points depending on which end of the head-to-head, they fall on.
We now list the 10K equivalent of each runner’s fastest race next to their spot in the ranking list. Remember; the fastest time is not always the best race and each runner has at least two races to qualify.
Now let’s see who made the top.
Open Men
American Family Fitness Half Marathon 1:04:59, 10K = 29:29
Last year was all about the Clarendon Day races. This year for the fall it wasn’t over until it was over. Tenth place Paul Thistle won the Clarendon Day 5K in 14:59, finishing a lunge ahead of Kyle Wagener (15:02) and twelfth place Samuel Chauvin (15:09). Thistle had already won it all at the Navy 5M in 25:12. In October, the usual relevant Army 10 Miler even with its 223 ranked runners played only a tiny part in the open rankings. Christopher Sloane takes eighth place ahead of Thistle’s 52:30 with 51:55. Yet only eleventh place Harrison Sullivan’s 53:43 ahead of Chauvin’s 54:12 were even close. They like Matt Deters (54:58), Graham Tribble (54:59), and certainly Kyle Wagener (55:35) all got ranked on much faster events.
Wagener took the elevator past the fifth floor where Will Christian was forced to reside by beating a slew of runners at the Veterans Day 10K with an overall win in 30:55. Sixth place Jack Butler was third there in 31:04, followed by Sullivan (31:14) and Chauvin (31:30). Christian had beaten Chauvin at the Parks Half Marathon, 1:10:07 to 1:10:52 for that title. However, he could not get past third ranked Jeffrey Stein’s overall win at the Marine Corps Marathon in 1:22:50 with his 2:24:24 age group win.
On the biggest stage, Christian was great, running the Anthem Richmond Marathon in 2:25:14, with twentieth ranked Dustin Whitlow coming in next at 2:29:52. Unfortunately that day was big for others as Daniel Jaskowak was third overall at the American Family Fitness Half Marathon in 1:04:59, ahead of thirteenth ranked Deters (1:09:15) and fifteenth ranked Alex Archer (1:09:54) to win the crown. Runner-up Tim Young virtually matched him, winning the HCA 8K in 23:19, ahead of ninth ranked Brayden Burleigh (24:36) and seventeenth ranked Mark Hopely (25:13). Both Young and Jaskowak had identical second races with Jaskowak winning it all at the Lewis Gale Half Marathon in 1:10:16 and Young winning it all at the Baron "Deuce" Braswell II Run Against Teen Violence 5K in 15:17.
Seventh on the list, Abraham Kiplagat had four overall wins, including the Soul 2 Sole 5K in 14:55. Omari Daughtridge, fourteenth, had three overall wins. His best was the suspiciously fast JW Brick 5K 15:10. That race provided some uniquely special times for runners. Daughtridge was next best at the Brain Aneurysm Awareness 8K in 26:26, nearly two minutes in 10K equivalence slower. Brian Flynn is sixteenth place, racing the High Bridge Half Marathon to overall victory in 1:10:28.
Eighteenth place Tripp Southerland did well at the Clarendon Day 5K in to nip Max Pedrotti for placement, 15:24 to 15:25 as well as besting Whitlow (15:33).
Thirty-six made the Open division with four coming from other divisions, all sub masters. A total of one hundred and fifty-one men ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 33:24
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Jaskowak, Daniel* 24 Blacksburg, VA 29:29 2 Young, Tim* 31 Fredericksburg, VA 29:35 3 Stein, Jeffrey** 32 Washington, DC 30:39 4 Wagener, Kyle* 25 Washington, DC 30:55 5 Christian, Will* 35 Chesapeake, VA 30:59 6 Butler, Jack** 25 Washington, DC 31:04 7 Kiplagat, Abraham**** 34 Richlands, VA 31:07 8 Sloane, Christopher* 35 Gaithersburg, MD 31:12 9 Burleigh, Brayden* 26 Midlothian, VA 31:12 10 Thistle, Paul** 31 Capitol Heights, MD 31:14 11 Sullivan, Harrison 24 Washington, DC 31:15 12 Chauvin, Samuel* 22 Bethesda, MD 31:30 13 Deters, Matt 33 Arlington, VA 31:25 14 Daughtridge, Omari*** 32 Fort Washington, MD 31:38 15 Archer, Alex 23 Washington, DC 31:43 16 Flynn, Brian** 35 Bridgewater, VA 31:58 17 Hopely, Mark 30 Fredericksburg, VA 31:59 18 Southerland, Tripp 33 Washington, DC 32:07 19 Pedrotti, Max 22 Washington, DC 32:10 20 Whitlow, Dustin 32 Alexandria, VA 32:10 21 Klastava, Nick 36 Perry Hall, MD 32:15 22 Greenlaw, Jerry 30 Arlington, VA 32:20 23 Leder, John 24 Richmond, VA 32:27 24 Tribble, Graham 30 Arlington, VA 32:28 25 Harrison, Stephen* 29 Fredericksburg, VA 32:31 26 Middleton, Ryan* 31 Mechanicsville, VA 32:31 27 Fallor, Evan 27 Arlington, VA 32:35 28 Willis, Cabell 26 Washington, DC 32:35 29 Psaltakis, Jordan 24 Sterling, VA 32:58 30 Wachter, Patrick 21 Williamsburg, VA 32:58 31 Anderson, Gareth* 28 Washington, DC 33:03 32 Reed, Nick* 26 Fairfax, VA 33:11 33 Morgan, Craig 27 Vienna, VA 33:14 34 Hopper, Roger*** 29 Norfolk, VA 33:25 35 Reed, Trever 24 Gaithersburg, MD 33:27 36 Zalewski, Nick 29 Alexandria, VA 33:27
19 & Younger Men
Community Bridges 5K 15:19, 10K = 31:59
Caleb Wright waited until November to get underway. First, he ran a credible Louis Fields 5K in 17:28. The following week he caught runner-up Sam Bodmer who had won it all at the Poolesville Day 5K in 17:07 with his own overall win at the Autism Awareness 5K in 16:40. Bodmer added a fine Across the Bay 10K in 36:52 that was just ahead of fifth place Donovan Foley’s Run for the Parks 10K in 37:11 for the fastest 10K in the division.
Third place Barrett Ratzlaff almost had a 10K, racing the Run for the Hills 6M in 37:02 but he nearly made the runner-up spot on the final day with his excellent American Family Fitness Half Marathon in 1:18:34. Fourth place Mark Rosas is starting to catch fire as evidenced by his wonderful Navy 5M in 28:41. Sixth place Ashton Tolson beat Varun Mishra at the Baltimore United Way 5K, 17:53 to 18:04. Mishra fell further to ninth place when he lost to Charlie Edwards at the Marion House 5K 18:02 to 19:02.
Seventh place Zachary Stevens made his move at the HCA 8K in 29:27. Tenth place Craig Swain was the overall winner at the Cranio 5K in 18:14 and followed with Cow Run 5K in 18:12.
Twelve runners made the division. A total of one hundred and forty-nine men ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 33:24
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Wright, Caleb*** 16 Danville, VA 34:46 2 Bodmer, Sam* 19 Dickerson, MD 35:42 3 Ratzlaff, Barrett* 18 Virginia Beach, VA 35:39 4 Rosas, Mark**** 15 Columbia, MD 36:10 5 Foley, Donovan** 18 Chantilly, VA 37:11 6 Tolson, Ashton** 13 Bel Air, MD' 37:18 7 Stevens, Zachary** 14 Midlothian, VA 37:21 8 Edwards, Charlie** 16 Towson, MD 37:37 9 Mishra, Varun** 18 Baltimore, MD 37:41 10 Swain, Craig*** 15 Midland, VA 37:58 11 Abdul-Kaudeyr, Zaid** 18 Virginia Beach, VA 39:13 12 Miller, Jacob* 17 Fairfax, VA 39:15
35-39 Men
Marine Corps Marathon 2:24:24, 10K = 30:59
The division passed by the shrinking 40-44 division for ranked qualifiers but lost by two in qualifying times.
Division champion Will Christian got things going early, winning the Parks Half Marathon in 1:10:07 ahead of third place Brian Flynn (1:11:52) and fourth place Jeffrey Redfern (1:19:15), an outlander to be sure. The persistent Flynn would come back in October with overall wins at the High Bridge Half Marathon in 1:10:28, followed a week later by the Bridgewater Community 5K in 15:26.
Runner-up Christopher Sloane bested Redfern at the National Capital 20M, 1:54:16 to 1:59:25 for the overall win. Sloane then ran a superb Army 10 Miler in 51:55 to distance himself from fifth place Nick Klastava (56:48) and tenth ranked Erik Uribe (56:32). Klastava had beaten Uribe at the Navy-Air Force Half Marathon, 1:14:13 to 1:17:50 for his second-best race. Uribe would have his best race at the Marine Corps Marathon in 2:40:41 but Christian was already gift wrapping his crown with a stupendous 2:24:24.
That race took away top honors from Redfern’s overall triumph at the Baltimore Marathon in 2:30:27 but his race did give him then juice to hold off Klastava for the fourth spot. Klastava would race a fine American Family Fitness Half Marathon in 1:11:05 and he would need it all to hold off sixth place Charlie Ban who arrived seconds later in 1:11:27. Two weeks after his first one, Christian added the Anthem Richmond Marathon in 2:25:14 to ensure no one could catch him.
When Ryan Foster finished third overall at the Peroni Crawlin' Crab Half Marathon he put himself into the conversation with Travis Boltjes who had run the Navy 5M in 27:29. Boltjes was fastest topping the field at the Anacostia Park Run 5K in 16:26 but Foster earns the seventh spot with his Heart of Ghent 10K in 34:09. Victor Flemming finishes in ninth place, one place behind Boltjes, with two overall wins. He ran the Smithfield Hog Jog 5K in 16:47 and added an even better race at the rare-distance Virginia Running Festival 7M in 39:22.
Fourteen runners made the division. Just forty-nine men ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 33:42
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Christian, Will*** 35 Chesapeake, VA 30:59 2 Sloane, Christopher** 35 Gaithersburg, MD 31:12 3 Flynn, Brian*** 35 Bridgewater, VA 31:58 4 Redfern, Jeffrey*** 35 Washington, DC 32:17 5 Klastava, Nick* 36 Perry Hall, MD 32:15 6 Ban, Charlie* 36 Washington, DC 32:25 7 Foster, Ryan*** 36 Virginia Beach, VA 34:09 8 Boltjes, Travis**** 39 Washington, DC 34:17 9 Flemming, Victor** 39 Smithfield, VA 34:30 10 Uribe, Erik 35 Arlington, VA 34:29 11 DeRocco, Vinnie** 39 Leesburg, VA 34:47 12 Pirch, Chris*** 38 Spotsylvania, VA 35:17 13 Berenson, Mark* 36 Washington, DC 35:24 14 Thomas, Benn* 39 Arlington, VA 35:23
40-44 Men
HCA 8K 25:00, 10K = 31:43
Where have all the master runners gone, long time ago? The division has fallen on hard times. Though all twelve racers ran at least a sub 6:00 pace, only one was better than 36:00. Perhaps this can be explained because more than half of the qualifying races were a half marathon or longer, nearly a third were marathons.
Michael Wardian never saw a marathon he did not like. In September, he won the Clarendon Day 5K in 16:33 and then the Clarendon Day 10K in 35:08. After that, he looked around for the Clarendon Day Marathon starting line. When it could not be found he exited stage north to finish as top master at the Baltimore Marathon in 2:43:26. Runner-up Ariel Laquilles ran the National Capital 20M in 2:05:15, besting tenth place Nick Turner (2:09:38) before taking on Baltimore (2:51:43). He bested third ranked Gene Severtson (2:55:29) who had been second overall at the AS Metric Marathon in 1:41:30 the morning of the 20M.
The next week Wardian was still jonesing for a marathon so he came home for the Marine Corps Marathon and ran a much more satisfying 2:35:49 for the win. Ninth place Kevin Soeder gets past Turner beating him, 2:54:49 to 2:57:53.
As November got underway, fifth place Ryan Hadley ran the Rockville 5K in 17:49 to match sixth place Jason Miller exactly for the fastest 5K of the period. Miller won it all at the Crapolfest 5K. Hadley made the difference at the Veterans Day 10K in 36:38 on the final day. Fourth ranked Matthew Wisniosky ran the Anthem Richmond Marathon in 2:51:43, ahead of twelfth ranked Roman Gurule (2:56:27) to hold off Hadley. Seventh ranked Brendan Lilley ran a fine 2:53:18 to add to his Baltimore Half Marathon masters win in 1:22:48. Still, Miller had too much fire power that included two overall wins and a third place overall at the Governor's Land 5K in 18:07.
Eighth ranked Sean Stanford had a special American Family Fitness Half Marathon in 1:21:51 and lost in a photo finish to Lily by a one MRF point. Eleventh ranked David Dierstein ran the Neptune Festival 8K to a third overall 29:47.
Twelve runners made the division. Just fifty-one men ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 34:39
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Wardian, Michael**** 44 Arlington, VA 33:26 2 Laguilles, Ariel* 40 Washington, DC 36:00 3 Severtson, Gene* 42 Gambrills, MD 36:31 4 Wisnioski, Matthew 40 Blacksburg, VA 36:39 5 Hadley, Ryan* 40 Silver Spring, MD 36:38 6 Miller, Jason**** 41 Williamsburg, VA 37:10 7 Lilley, Brendan* 42 Baltimore, MD 37:11 8 Stanford, Sean* 43 Charlottesville, VA 37:08 9 Soeder, Kevin 41 Stafford, VA 37:31 10 Turner, Nick 40 Arlington, VA 37:16 11 Dierstein, David** 43 Virginia Beach, VA 37:47 12 Gurule, Roman* 44 Washington, DC 37:52
45-49 Men
Army 10 Mile 57:23, 10K = 34:32
Third place Glen Tortorella ran an excellent National Capital 20M in 2:03:51. In the last century, that race was de rigeur for anyone planning to race a marathon in the fall. Runner-up Todd Bibb was not planning to race the marathon in Richmond this year but earns his spot as top master at the Prince William Half Marathon in 1:17:50 that same morning. The following week Jason Tripp crushed at the Army 10 Miler in 57:23 and that was all she wrote. Two weeks later, his Baltimore Marathon win in 2:47:45 was just more gravy.
Fourth ranked Mike Colaiacovo is not long for the division. He ran a solid Governor's Land 5K in 17:30 for second overall to prepare him for the final weekend’s racing. Bibb could not wait and on the penultimate week ran the Run for the Parks 10K in 35:28. Eighth ranked David Storper was that day in Rockville winning the 10K in 36:59. On to Richmond, where sixth place Andy Bupp chose the middle distance, of the American Family Fitness Half Marathon in 1:20:06, to complement his second overall at the Ashland Harvest 10K in 36:27. Colaiacovo took the shorter road winning the HCA 8K in 28:23 which might have been enough to squeeze by Tortorella. However, Tortorella ran the big boy race Anthem Richmond Marathon in 2:46:16, even faster than Bibb’s win last year. Tenth ranked Matt Boyd ran 2:52:31 to best fourteenth ranked Nicolas Wentzensen (2:53:37).
Fifth place Lee Bronson had a big time 5K (fastest for the division) for second overall at the Race for the Badge 5K in 17:11. Robert Wolfe carved his spot at the Parks Half Marathon in 1:21:05, taking seventh place. Storper had two overall wins, both in 17:55 to hold off Michael Naff who ran the Veterans Day 10K in 36:58, taking ninth place while beating thirteenth ranked Martin Lanz (37:34). Eleventh ranked Martin Stacin was third overall at the Yorktown Battlefield 10 Miler in 1:01:38 with just enough gas to catch twelfth place Scott Milam who won at the Boo! Run for Life 6K in 21:35
The division has twenty-three qualifiers. A total of seventy men ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 36:02
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Tripp, Jason** 46 Ellicott City, MD 34:32 2 Bibb, Todd*** 47 Centreville, VA 35:19 3 Tortorella, Glen* 49 Front Royal, VA 35:36 4 Colaiacovo, Michael*** 49 Richmond, VA 35:35 5 Lee, Bronson* 45 Washington, DC 35:51 6 Bupp, Andy*** 46 Ashland, VA 36:21 7 Wolfe, Robert** 46 Washington, DC 36:47 8 Storper, David*** 45 Bethesda, MD 36:59 9 Naff, Michael* 48 Arlington, VA 36:58 10 Boyd, Matt*** 48 Fredericksburg, VA 37:01 11 Martin, Stacin** 49 Chesapeake, VA 37:05 12 Milam, Scott** 47 Arlington, VA 37:01 13 Lanz, Martin 45 Bethesda, MD 37:24 14 Wentzensen, Nicolas 45 Bethesda, MD 37:15 15 Hicks, Thomas** 47 Virginia Beach, VA 37:43 16 Hicks, Sean*** 45 Manassas Park, VA 37:47 17 Tisch, Robert* 47 Bel Air, MD 37:47 18 Liu, Jicheng* 47 Ellicott City, MD 37:52 19 Baier, Patrick* 46 Bethesda, MD 38:13 20 Harrington, Jeff** 48 Lynchburg, VA 38:25 21 Mullally, Matthew** 45 Kensington, MD 39:17 22 Cook, Mark** 45 Virginia Beach, VA 39:22 23 Pugh, Andrew* 49 Washington, DC 39:35
50-54 Men
Marine Corps Marathon 2:49:28, 10K = 36:22
The numbers are dwindling for this division. It is a rare thing when the marathon is the fastest race. It is also a rare thing for someone to run a 2:49:08 at the Marine Corps Marathon at age fifty-one as did our champion Alex Hetherington. Tajkayoshi Kuramoto finished three places further back in 2:57:48 and ultra-racer Steve Speirs was the sixth grandmaster at the race in 2:59:37. Kuramoto had won the Helltown Half Marathon outright in 1:39:34 just two weeks before. He would compete in the Run for the Parks 10K the week after the marathon losing to runner-up Pete Wergin, 37:06 to 38:29. Wergin made a quantum leap from his Poolesville 5K in 18:53.
Speirs has run just twelve races this year but he averages 36 miles per event, only three times racing shorter than ten miles. Speaking of ten miles, he was the masters champion at the Yorktown Battlefield 10 Miler in 1:02:38 just six days after his marathon. That race was fast enough to overcome his head-to-head lost to Kuramoto and give him third place with a MRF of 39. Kuramoto had a MRF of 33 and takes fifth place. Seventh place Paul Pelletier recorded one of his six age group wins there in 1:04:53.
Between the Speirs and Kuramoto, Colin Munsey was the overall winner at the West End Spooky Sprint 5K in 18:10 and the grandmaster champ at the Virginia 4 Mile in 23:56. Each of these two races overmatched Kuramoto’s best two events. Hetherington added a Parks Half Marathon in 1:22:20 to secure his title. Sixth place David Phipps did something the other marathoners did not do. He won his division at the Baltimore Marathon in 3:00:05. He had already claimed a second overall at the Susquehanna River Running Festival Half Marathon in 1:25:20.
The Moreland Racing Factor came into play for Pelletier (56) and the next four places. In their eighteen combined races, they only came up with five times when they beat another ranked runner. Eighth place Sheldon Degenhardt (45) owned two of them when he ran the Across the Bay 10K in 39:08. That was supported well by his Baltimore Half Marathon in 1:26:16. Eleventh ranked Mario Zuniga had a slightly better race, winning the Battlefield Half Marathon in 1:26:26 but he had no luck beating his division rivals though he did defeat all but two of the runners at the Greasy Gooney in 40:45. Stephen Crago was wrong by half when he guessed he would be about eighteenth in the fall. He was beating up on the PRR= competition all year, mostly 5Ks. Then he had a breakout race at the Run for the Parks 10K in 38:59 to take ninth place. He had the hard luck that two other top racers were present. Still, he possessed a better time than all but six of the runners this fall. Look for him to move up in the winter. Keith Gray matched Crago’s MRF with 35 and gets tenth place with his Neptune Festival 8K in 30:47.
Nineteen runners made the division. A total of seventy-one men ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 37:33
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Hetherington, Alex* 51 Vienna, VA 36:22 2 Wergin, Pete** 53 Gaithersburg, MD 37:06 3 Speirs, Steve* 52 Virginia Beach, VA 37:41 4 Munsey, Colin** 53 Pearisburg, VA 37:54 5 Kuramoto, Tajkayoshi** 51 Arlington, VA 38:09 6 Phipps, David*** 54 Severna Park, MD 38:39 7 Pelletier, Paul*6 53 Williamsburg, VA 39:02 8 Degenhardt, Sheldon**** 53 Marriottsville, MD 39:08 9 Crago, Stephen*** 50 Vienna, VA 38:59 10 Gray, Keith*** 53 Buxton, NC 39:03 11 Zuniga, Mario** 54 Front Royal, VA 39:07 12 Englund, Scott 52 Lynchburg, VA 39:24 13 Phillips, Colin*6 50 University Park, MD 39:30 14 Henderson, Jerry** 53 Bel Air, MD 39:41 15 Turner, Stephen 50 Glenlg, MD 40:03 16 Morakinyo, Akintunde 54 Columbia, MD 40:21 17 Rapp, Perry** 53 Lexington Park, MD 41:03 18 Rippey, Brad** 52 Fredericksburg, VA 41:18 19 Bohse, Stephen* 51 Columbia, MD 41:23
55-59 Men
Clarendon Day 5K 17:14, 10K = 35:57
Mark Neff again sported a Parks Half Marathon win but three minutes off last year with 1:22:23. Runner-up Frank Perna narrowed the usual gap with a fine 1:23:55. Seventh ranked David Haaga was a bit off his normal excellence with 1:27:35. Third ranked Ed Wilson obtained a victory at the Army 10 Miler in 1:03:51 ahead of eighth ranked Timothy McKeithen who ran 1:07:36. Wilson would add a very nice Marine Corps Marathon three weeks later in 2:55:14. By then, Neff had already started to pull away, racing the Clarendon Day 5K in 17:14. Fourth ranked Hernan Garbini posted the next fastest 5K, running the Community Bridges 5K in 18:05.
As the season wound down, Perna secured his spot with a victory over Wilson at the short-course TCS Annapolis 11.9M, 1:14:11 to 1:16:49. The next day, Neff chimed in with the fastest 10K, winning the Veterans Day 10K in 35:51. Garbini was next best at the Fall Foliage 10K for a third overall 38:07. Robert Whitaker will be tormenting the 60-64 division come winter but for now his Governor's Land 5K in 18:47 for fifth place.
Sixth place Ryan Christopher rebounded from a dismal Army 10 Miler with his season-closing Run for Research 5K in 18:55. McKeithen confirmed his spot, racing the Navy-Air Force Half Marathon in 1:28:49. Jean-Christophe Arcaz takes ninth after a fine Rockville 5K win in 19:16.
Twenty-two runners made the division. A total of eighty-five men ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 39:12
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Neff, Mark**** 56 Derwood, MD 35:57 2 Perna, Frank** 55 Bethesda, MD 36:59 3 Wilson, Ed** 56 Ellicott City, MD 37:36 4 Garbini, Hernan*7 56 Waynesboro, VA 37:43 5 Whitaker, Robert***** 59 Yorktown, VA 39:11 6 Ryan, Christopher* 59 Washington, DC 39:28 7 Haaga, David 57 Rockville, MD 39:43 8 McKeithen, Timothy* 57 Alexandria, VA 40:18 9 Arcaz, Jean-Christophe* 57 Rockville, MD 40:11 10 Smith, William 56 Roanoke, VA 40:42 11 Duyn, Jeff* 58 Garrett Park, MD 40:51 12 Hymes, Craig** 56 Yorktown, VA 40:55 13 Horan, Marty* 59 Gaithersburg, MD 41:27 14 Poulos, Ted*10 57 McLean, VA 41:36 15 Harrison III, James Jay 58 Fredericksburg, VA 41:51 16 Ford, Emery* 56 Kensington, MD 41:47 17 Mace, Matthew** 58 Arnold, MD 41:43 18 Wilson, James 56 Annapolis, MD 41:58 19 Han, Pei*** 56 Herndon, VA 42:29 20 Page, H. T.* 58 Wirtz, VA 42:29 21 Schuler, Greg** 58 Laurel, MD 42:37 22 Mason, Kenneth 55 Potomac, MD 42:34
60-64 Men
Neptune Festival 8K 30:22, 10K = 38:31
The two top seeds, Maurice Pointer and Stephen Chantry, were absent but former champion Pete Gibson stepped seamlessly into the role. He banged out a winner to end September at the Neptune Festival 8K in 30:22. The following week, he slowed a tad yet still won it all at the Peroni Crawlin' Crab 5K in 18:37. Then next week, he was golden again at the Smithfield Hog Jog 5K in 18:44. Racealholic Manuel Rivera did not want to get too stale doing the Park Runs, primarily at Fletcher’s Cove. So, he added a few extra conventional races such as the Clarendon Day 5K in 19:41 and the National Race to End Women's Cancer 5K in 19:49 to cement his number two placement. Third ranked John Chall also has a regular racing spot with the Howard County Striders and he does not lose in that county. He vanquished number five ranked Michael Regan at the Oktoberfest 5M in Columbia, 32:50 to 33:29.
Fourth goes to Paul Beers for his 1:32:20 at the Lewis Gale Half Marathon. Later in the season, he would lose to David Lovegrove at the American Family Fitness Half Marathon, 1:34:19 to 1:37:08. Twelfth ranked David Furgeson ran 1:40:11. The Governor's Land 5K always returns fast times. This year it was seventh place Will Murray racing 21:06. Eighth place Elias Tintas is having fun in the new division. He ran the Rockville 10K in 44:30 and won at the even hillier Perfect 10 10K in 44:42. Right there with him, Bill Loomis takes ninth place, racing the Rockville 5K in 21:58. That is not too shabby after running the Marine Corps Marathon in 3:47:43 the week before. Loomis ran best earlier at the Lower Potomac River 10 Mile in 1:13:50.
Perry Washington makes his début, running the Spook Hill Cider & Wine 4 Mile in 27:53 to take the tenth spot. John Bacon holds court at the Run for Remembrance 5K in 21:45 to take eleventh place.
Forty runners made the division. A total of one hundred and sixty-two men ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 41:00
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Gibson, Pete*** 62 Murfreesboro, NC 38:31 2 Rivera, Manuel*7 63 Washington, DC 41:04 3 Chall, John*7 61 Crownsville, MD 41:24 4 Beers, Paul* 61 Roanoke, VA 41:54 5 Regan, Michael** 61 Towson, MD 42:13 6 Lovegrove, David*** 62 Fredericksburg, VA 42:48 7 Murray, Will** 62 Williamsburg, VA 44:01 8 Tinta, Elias* 60 Rockville, MD 44:30 9 Loomis, Bill*** 64 Silver Spring, MD 44:25 10 Washington, Perry** 60 Monrovia, MD 44:35 11 Bacon, John** 62 Arlington, VA 45:22 12 Furgeson, David* 60 Chester, VA 45:27 13 Meadows, Mike* 62 Martinsburg, WV 45:33 14 Riemenschneider, Neal***** 64 Winchester, VA 45:31 15 Gordon, Stuart* 62 Rockville, MD 45:30 16 Bahus, Frank* 64 Severn, MD 45:37 17 Smith, Robert*** 60 Baltimore, MD 45:46 18 Peterson, Jeff 62 Fredericksburg, VA 45:40 19 Brunais, Richard***** 62 Fredericksburg, VA 45:35 20 Pinnick, David*6 62 Manassas, VA 45:53 21 Carter, R.B.* 60 Lynchburg, VA 45:56 22 Bergdahl, Brain 60 Stafford, VA 46:29 23 Ferrens, Larry** 64 Barton, MD 46:25 24 Kesselring, Bruce** 64 Springfield, VA 46:45 25 Gordon, Kirk*9 65 Glenn Dale, MD 46:39 26 Donahue, Joseph 63 Vienna, VA 46:47 27 Abelt, Chris*** 62 Williamsburg, VA 46:48 28 Wriston, Dave** 63 Lynchburg, VA 47:27 29 Krone, Roger 62 Annapolis, MD 47:38 30 Byram, Timothy 61 Falls Church, VA 47:44 31 Hartman, Charlie* 60 Centreville, VA 47:46 32 Kearney, Michael* 62 Mount Airy, MD 47:53 33 Smith, Tony* 62 Lynchburg, VA 47:57 34 Shea, Kevin 60 Hamilton, VA 48:07 35 Sledge, James* 61 Falls Church, VA 48:25 36 Nagle, Jim 61 Reston, VA 48:24 37 Merrill, Peter** 60 Kensington, MD 48:22 38 Krehbiel, Ken 64 Washington, DC 48:28 39 Goldberg, Joel 60 College Park, MD 48:42 40 Watt, Douglas 60 Gaithersburg, MD 49:05
65-69 Men
Anthem Wicked 10K 41:57
Staying on top is really hard to do. Twelfth place Alan Pemberton is coming back with an Army 10 Miler in 1:18:11. He is the second highest ranked of six other former champions. Steve Sakry had three of the top four times, including easily the fastest 10K, racing the 10K Run Through History in 44:28. However, Paul Ryan accrued half of the top eight times. The battle down to the first Saturday in November, Ryan got finished five seconds faster, winning the Anacostia Park Run 5K in 21:08 while Sakry ran the Cow Run 5K in 21:13. Ryan may have had an even better race the next week at the Veterans Day 5K as the Fairfax Corner race he finished in 21:26 is widely recognized as almost a tenth of a mile long.
Third ranked David Trump fared well at the Virginia 10 Mile in 1:17:38 but as with scores of other racers in all divisions he did best at the trifecta in Richmond on the final weekend. His American Family Fitness Half Marathon in 1:38:49 did the trick. Bernie Sanders went long, racing the Anthem Richmond Marathon in 3:35:08 take sixth place. The battle for fourth place matched Dale Abrahamson’s HCA 8K in 36:12 against Bill Hart’s Yorktown Battlefield 10 Miler in 1:16:18. Both recorded identical 10K equivalences. Hart wins handily with a Moreland Racing Factor lead, 64 to 40. Hart did lose to Sanders at the marathon (3:45:34) but Sanders comes up short with MRF of 30.
The next four are close but seventh place Glenn Clemmons pushes Eugene Myers back to ninth place by winning at Army, 1:20:43 to 1:22:48. Both were worse than Pemberton but had their own worst race there. Clemmons won the Monster Dash 5K in 22:15 and eighth place Tom Nolan ran the Rockville 10K in 46:27. Tenth place Ron Rogers was more consistent but his best race was the Galax Autumn Days 5K in 22:22 not far behind Myers best race the TCS Annapolis 6.6M in 49:10. Eleventh ranked Harry Landers ran the Community Bridges 5K in 22:31.
Thirty-one runners making the division. A total of ninety-five men ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 42:58
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Ryan, Paul**** 67 Arlington, VA 44:00 2 Sakry, Steve** 66 Stafford, VA 44:15 3 Trump, David** 66 Midlothian, VA 44:50 4 Hart, Bill*** 69 Virginia Beach, VA 45:55 5 Abrahamson, Dale** 69 Yorktown, VA 45:55 6 Sanders, Bernie* 68 Roanoke, VA 46:10 7 Clemmons, Glenn** 66 Ashburn, VA 46:25 8 Nolan, Tom** 66 Kensington, MD 46:27 9 Myers, Eugene** 66 Columbia, MD 46:33 10 Rogers, Ron**** 66 Riner, VA 46:39 11 Landers, Harry* 66 Free Union, VA 46:58 12 Pemberton, Alan* 65 Silver Spring, MD 47:03 13 Morgans, Gary* 65 Arlington, VA 47:21 14 Wills, John** 66 Virginia Beach, VA 47:21 15 Becker, Bob* 67 Midlothian, VA 47:46 16 Bousel, Paul 65 Alexandria, VA 47:50 17 Rosenberg, Duane** 65 New Carrolton, MD 47:48 18 Wyatt, Donnie** 65 Hampton, VA 48:01 19 Simpson, Darryl* 65 Galax, VA 48:01 20 Umbarger, Ken** 67 Gaithersburg, MD 49:14 21 O'Keefe, Tim* 65 Middletown, MD 49:21 22 Duffy, Jim* 66 Virginia Beach, VA 49:29 23 Lopez, Felix 65 Lynchburg, VA 49:50 24 Carter, Lennie* 65 Washington, DC 49:57 25 Platt, Rick 68 Williamsburg, VA 50:07 26 Klenk, Glenn* 65 Arlington, VA 50:16 27 Tracy, Bill* 65 Burke, VA 50:37 28 Parsons, Roland** 67 Petersburg, VA 51:09 29 Saunders, Larry 66 Charlottesville, VA 51:04 30 Dancy, Bill* 65 Smithfield, VA 51:44 31 Kohn, Howard** 65 Richmond, VA 52:49
70-74 Men
Baltimore United Way 5K 23:13, 10K = 48:26
The division doubled from last year but notably Jim Noone was on injured reserve. Forget about the winter because he is back now but this fall opened the doors for all the runners who had being setting their sights on a runner-up spot.
Jason Page turned seventy-four as the period was ending but he still has the jets and a desire for still another title. He owned the three fastest races, all 5Ks. His Turkey Trot 5K, (they must have had a limit for Turkey Trots run on Thanksgiving) on the 11th of November was a blazing 23:16. Runner-up Art Gregory ran the always fast Clarendon Day 5K in 23:50. He also ran one of the only for ten milers during the period. His Lower Potomac River 10 Mile in 1:24:32 was by far the fastest. Third ranked Ronnie Wong still runs every marathon he can as well as about sixty races a year. Still, as tired as he must be, he stills pulls a fast 5K at some point each season. In September at the Get Ready! Get Set! Get Fit! 5K, he beat sixth place George Raley, 24:00 to 25:05.
Dennis Lamountain was circling around fifteenth place until the final weekend when he charged up to fourth, racing the HCA 8K in 40:16. The big Community Bridges 5K was a powerful race for a lot of runners. Joseph Stirt used his 24:43 there to haul in fifth place. Seventh ranked Lee Crumbaugh was a victim of a mirage Downs Park 5M time, on a short course. The next day, he headed east out of town to the eastern shore, winning the Across the Bay 10K in 53:32. Eighth ranked Steve Woith had a decent City Point 5K River Run in 25:37. Next up, Charlie Hebert raced the Perfect 10 10K in 53:59. That same morning Marc Bosch captured tenth place, running the Boo! Run for Life 6K in 31:34.
Twenty-two runners made the division. A total of eighty men ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 45:11
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Page, Jason** 73 Hamilton, VA 48:32 2 Gregory, Art**** 74 Ijamsville, MD 49:43 3 Wong, Ronnie*7 72 Catonsville, MD 50:04 4 Lamountain, Dennis** 73 Richmond, VA 51:05 5 Stirt, Joseph***** 70 Charlottesville, VA 51:17 6 Raley, George* 71 Idlewylde, MD 52:19 7 Crumbaugh, Lee***** 70 Annapolis, MD 53:32 8 Woith, Steve 72 Prince George, VA 53:26 9 Hebert, Charlie* 70 Springfield, VA 53:59 10 Bosch, Marc**** 71 Alexandria, VA 54:08 11 Steiner, John** 70 Lusby, MD 54:41 12 Colletti, Tom** 70 Chesapeake, VA 55:16 13 Moore, William* 72 Williamsburg, VA 55:09 14 Trujillo, Reginald** 70 Fairfax Station, VA 55:52 15 Dominguez, Bert* 70 Gaithersburg, MD 56:16 16 Britz, Kenneth 71 Vienna, VA 56:30 17 Potter, Richard 72 Middletown, MD 56:43 18 Deger, David* 71 Arnold, MD 57:20 19 Arata, Larry*** 74 Williamsburg, VA 57:35 20 Behnke, Richard** 74 Vienna, VA 58:08 21 Lvovskyi, Igor 74 Derwood, MD 58:11 22 Daly, Mike 72 Williamsburg, VA 58:23
75-79 Men
HCA 8K 38:03, 10K = 48:16
Fourth ranked Jerry Frankenheim got things underway with a solid Race 4 Recovery 5K in 27:15. A week later, Ben Dyer ran the Crapolfest 5K in 24:10 to let the world know he had no challengers for the crown. The next week, runner- up Harold Ingram managed a fine Virginia 10 Mile in 1:32:49, while ninth place Jimmy Gates ran 1:44:19. Not so fast, Dyer ran the Yorktown Battlefield 10 Miler n 1:25:52. Sixth place Malcom O’Hagan ran a certainly respectable time of 47:25 at the Somerset Back to School 8K. Dyer ended his season with a spectacular HCA 8K in 38:03. That qualifies for the 60-64 division and is a mile ahead of any other runner’s 10K equivalence.
Harold Rosen produced the fastest half, running the Parks Half Marathon in 2:09:47 but edges into third place by beating Frankenheim at the Rockville 10K, 57:09 to 1:01:45. Indeed, seventh place Frank Snyder sneaked by him in 1:01:40. However, his best race at the College Park Park Run in 29:23, along with his six wins was not enough to overcome Frankenheim’s 5K. In fact, tenth place Lou Shapiro was not far behind at the 10K with 1:01:50.
Stan Neumann takes fifth place with his Get Ready! Get Set! Get Fit! 5K Run in 27:46. The seasons ends and he has had enough of the division and already has a commanding led in the 80-84 division for winter 2018-19. Gates would have his best race as the fourth fastest half, winning the High Bridge Half Marathon in 2:15:58. Eighth place John Churchman ran the Navy-Air Force Half Marathon just a tad faster in 1:35:34.
Thirty-three runners made the division. A total of one hundred and thirty men ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 48:27
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Dyer, Ben***** 75 Toano, VA 48:16 2 Ingram, Harold**** 75 Henry, VA 55:51 3 Rosen, Harold** 75 Potomac, MD 57:09 4 Frankenheim, Jerry 75 Germantown, MD 56:51 5 Neumann, Stan** 79 Timonium, MD 57:55 6 O'Hagan, Malcolm*** 78 Chevy Chase, MD 1:00:09 7 Snyder, Frank*6 75 Gaithersburg, MD 1:01:18 8 Churchman, John 76 Arlington, VA 1:01:31 9 Gates, Jimmy* 76 Rice, VA 1:01:41 10 Shapiro, Lou*6 77 Silver Spring, MD 1:01:50 11 Rugh, Jack** 76 Vienna, VA 1:04:38 12 Walsh, Tom* 75 Norfolk, VA 1:06:02 13 Revanna, Krupakar*** 75 Falls Church, VA 1:07:04 14 Wood, Henry 79 Fishersville, VA 1:08:01 15 Skelton, Lowell 78 Moneta, VA 1:08:23 16 Berry, Doug 75 Norfolk, VA 1:09:38 17 Ho, Bill** 75 Rockville, MD 1:10:12 18 Finney Jr., John* 79 Arlington, VA 1:11:31 19 Harris, Tommy* 79 Lynchburg, VA 1:11:39 20 Chiarello, Ronald**** 75 Rockville, MD 1:14:05 21 Sarubin, Murray 77 Easton, MD 1:14:19 22 Howison, David** 77 Lexington, VA 1:14:14 23 Dinh, Huy* 75 Chesapeake, VA 1:15:53 24 Terrell, Charles 79 Newport News, VA 1:15:58 25 Kramer, Thomas* 77 Bethesda, MD 1:16:52 26 Ord, J. Keith 75 Potomac, MD 1:21:25 27 Schnabel, Richard* 77 Portsmouth, VA 1:21:21 28 St. Clair, Bailey* 79 Glen Arm, MD 1:21:36 29 Verdier, Jim 76 Alexandria, VA 1:24:25 30 Jordan, King 75 Washington, DC 1:27:26 31 Bayrer, Ralph* 79 Washington, DC 1:28:56 32 Quecan, Mel 79 Columbia, MD 1:30:02 33 Holland, David 75 Alexandria, VA 1:33:13
80-84 Men
Spook Hill Cider & Wine 4 Mile 35:54, 10K = 57:24
Looking for older racers. Look no further than the Park Runs. Thomas Spaojevich runs in Richmond at the Deep Run Park Run. He wins the division with his best time there being 28:59. Patrick Coady does the honors at the Fletcher's Cove Park Run 5K, earning fifth place with his 33:49 in September. Ninth place Michael McClellan makes it a family thing running with his wife at the College Park Park Run with a best time in 38:46. Runner-up Tom Cowley has two of the only four events longer than 5K in the top thirty times. He started the season with a sterling Parks Half Marathon in 2:21:28 and finished it at the Rockville 10K in 1:01:46.
Former Champ Maynard Weyers takes third place with a couple of 5Ks, including the swift-course Clarendon Day 5K in 30:17. Regular PRR= racer Ken Quincy was tops at the Veterans Day 5K in 32:17, ahead of eighth place Philip Hager (38:19). Quincy added a Marine Corps 10K in 1:08:36 to take fourth place. Hager had already raced the Loudoun County Run 4 the Homeless 5K in 37:39. Joseph Polinski takes sixth place just ahead seventh place Bill Simms with a much better second-best race. With their best races Simms ran the Cranio 5K in 34:11 while Polinski ran the Chase Foundation 5K in 34:13.
Fourteen runners made the division. A total of fifty-eight men ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 53:37
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Spasojevich, Thomas**** 80 Richmond, VA 1:00:28 2 Cowley, Tom 81 Gaithersburg, MD 1:01:46 3 Weyers, Maynard* 81 Alexandria, VA 1:03:10 4 Quincy, Ken* 81 Vienna, VA 1:07:21 5 Coady, Patrick***** 80 Washington, DC 1:10:32 6 Polinski, Joseph* 80 Smithfield, VA 1:11:23 7 Simms, Bill** 84 Fredericksburg, VA 1:11:19 8 Hager, Philip** 81 Falls Church, VA 1:18:32 9 McClellan, Michael** 80 College Park, MD 1:20:52 10 Wyne, Leo* 80 Falls Church, VA 1:28:16 11 Conn Jr., Harry*** 81 Powhattan, VA 1:28:18 12 Edwards, Darrell** 84 Glen Arm, MD 1:29:04 13 Noble, John* 81 Bethesda, MD 1:31:47 14 Smith, Robert** 84 Comus, MD 1:44:22
85-89 Men
Charm City 20M 3:12:13, 10K = 55:15
This division is thriving with three of the runners with multiple races. George Yannakakis continues to ignore his age and crushed the division with a Loving Arms 5K in 30:52. Then he went long with a fine Charm City 20M in 4:33:13. Bernard Kenyon rose from the cellar last fall to take the runner-up spot at the Marian House 5K in 33:39. Third place Jerry Lewis is back in town and racing weekly. His crusade is to persuade races to abandon the 75 and older divisions to be fair to senior racers. He was best at the Clarendon Day 5K in 36:25. Fourth place Jack McMahon, 87, is still cranking out the races, racing the Rockville 5K in 37:35. Note he was third racing in the 75 and older division.
Ernest Schillinger ran the Governor's Land 5K in 38:02 for fifth place. Sixth place Jerry Barret ran the Run for the Schools 5K in 38:10 followed by seventh place Jim Fratino who ran the Ripley 5K in 41:46. Eighth place Thomas Momiyama was one of only four runners who ran longer than 5K. He was sixth at the Marine Corps 10K in 1:28:03, at least six years older than anyone ahead of him in that 75 and older event. Ninth place Don Taylor raced twice doing best at the Spook Hill Cider & Wine 4 Mile in 56:43. Tenth place William Radcliffe was tops at the Jug Bay 5K in 44:05. In the only head-to head matchup, eleventh ranked Lee Krementz out raced fourteenth ranked Joseph Rutkowski at the Get Ready! Get Set! Get Fit! 5K Run, 45:00 to 1:02:30.
Twelfth place went to Allen Pois for the third longest race, the HCA 8K, that he ran in 1:17:02. Thirteenth best PJ Mendola ran the Run for the Bulls 5K in 51:01. Michael Foley rounds out the top fifteen, racing the Peroni Crawlin' Crab 5K in 1:12:06.
In the olden days, races would often have 60 and older divisions. When the elder racers complained, they were told they weren’t really any older runners. Wake up race directors. Runners with three-digit ages are racing. Fair race competition demands fair age groups. Every year after forty age differences increase. By age eighty one can see times indicating the age group should by even tighter than five year. The fast majority of these racers are denied a real chance to gain age group wins. Even a monster like Yannakakis would have a tough time with 75 and older and very little chance at all against a 70 and older. Imagine his sixteen- year difference. Make than a thirty-four-year-old versus a fifty-year-old.
A record fifteen runners made the division.
National Class times (80%) = 1:01:52
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Yannakakis, George** 86 Towson, MD 1:04:23 2 Kenyon, Bernard* 86 Baltimore, MD 1:10:12 3 Lewis, Jerry 85 Reston, VA 1:15:58 4 McMahon, Jack 87 Silver Spring, MD 1:18:24 5 Schillinger, Ernest 87 Williamsburg, VA 1:19:20 6 Barrett, Jerry 85 Fall Church, VA 1:25:07 7 Fratino, Jim* 85 Queenstown, MD 1:27:08 8 Momiyama, Thomas 87 Silver Spring, MD 1:28:03 9 Taylor, Don 87 Hedgesville, WV 1:30:41 10 Radcliffe, William* 86 Mitchellville, MD 1:31:57 11 Krementz, Lee 85 Havre De Grace, MD 1:33:52 12 Pois, Allen 86 Midlothian, VA 1:37:43 13 Mendola, PJ 86 Newport News, VA 1:46:25 14 Rutkowski, Joseph 89 Baltimore, MD 2:10:22 15 Foley, Michael* 87 Portsmouth, VA 2:30:24
90 & Older Men
Baltimore Half Marathon 4:07:29, 10K = 1:52:17
Robert Gralley again took down the Baltimore Half Marathon, slowing slightly to 4:07:29 to win the division. Robert White, 95, is making a case for another five- year division. He ran the Governor's Land 5K in 1:00:32. George Brown finishes third, racing the Marian House 5K in 1:04:44.
National Class times (80%) = 1:15:50 for 90-94; 1:42:57 for 95 and older
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Gralley, Robert 92 Parkville 1:52:17 2 White, Robert 95 Hampton 2:06:16 3 Brown, George 93 Towson 2:15:02
Open Women
Anthem Richmond Marathon 2:39:00, 10K = 33:59
Only four races by four different runners beat the time Julia Roman-Duval ran at the Army 10 Mile (57:17). Much of the quality and damage done in the division did not get underway until November. By then, Roman-Duval had won it all at the Baltimore Marathon in 2:47:43. Maura Linde had a solid fifth overall at Army in 1:01:12. In November, she gave it her all, coming up just short of Roman-Duval, while winning the Veterans Day 10K in 34:47. Third ranked Emily De La Bruyere was second there in 35:07. She had bested Linde at the Navy 5M to start the season, 28:26 to 28:38.
Fourth ranked Teal Burrell was ninth at Army in 1:02:08, just three seconds ahead of eleventh place Caitlyn Tateishi. Then she laid down the hammer at the American Family Fitness Half Marathon in 1:17:27, filleting Tateishi’s (1:20:49). That race held value for a ton of racers such as sixth ranked Mary Reiser (1:19:22) out kicking seventh ranked Alexandra Bender (1:19:24) as well as thirteenth ranked Allison Kelley (1:20:56). Eighteenth ranked Beth Conlon (MRF 82) nipped nineteenth ranked Silvia Baage (MRF 53), 1:23:02 to 1:23:13. Burrell even bested fifth place Brittany Trettbar (1:19:54) who was one of the few racers across the spectrum who did not fare best at Richmond. Trettbar did best back in September finishing seventh overall at the extremely competitive Virginia 10 mile in 58:51.
Eighth place Lindsay Carrick motored in the second-best marathon, finishing Marine Corps in 2:48:46. Twenty-first ranked Elizabeth Starks ran 2:56:03. Abebech Bekele was fifth at the Anthem Richmond Marathon in 2:49:52, while Natalie Patterson ran 2:56:01. Places sixteen through twenty-one were virtually the same at first glance. There were multiple head-to-head and runners had as many as 55 runners beaten (Baage) and 52 (Conlon). Patterson gets the lean to lead the group with three overall wins and three major races for a Moreland Racing Factor of 130. Barb Fallon Wallace is next in seventeenth with 95. She had an overall win and a second overall, along with a masters triumph at the Army 10 Miler in 1:02:36. Julie Hartenbach was hindered by two head-to-head losses but with a 41 MRF and an Army 10 Miler in 1:02:40 she takes twentieth ahead of Starks.
Kerry Allen looks good for ninth place winning it all at the Parks Half Marathon in 1:20:28, just ahead of tenth ranked Bekele (1:21:32). Ann Mazur Robb’s win at the Community Bridges 5K in 17:38 was enough to catch Kelley’s (17:59) third overall but not Bender (17:54) second overall. Bender’s half marathon to end the season was just too good. Twelfth ranked Mazur Robb won overall at two halves but neither was within four minutes of Bender’s effort.
Sara Lasker quietly moves into fourteenth place, winning at all at the little cult race, Lower Potomac River 10 Mile in 1:01:46. Ashley Craig takes the next spot, fifteenth, by winning it all at the I am Woman 5K in 17:54.
The division has fifty-two qualifiers, 14 that came from other divisions with Stefani Watterson, eldest at forty-nine. A total of two hundred and thirty-six women ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 38:01
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Roman-Duval, Julia* 36 Columbia, MD 34:26 2 Linde, Maura* 25 Chevy Chase, MD 34:47 3 De La Bruyere, Emily* 25 Alexandria, VA 35:07 4 Burrell, Teal 33 Richmond, VA 35:00 5 Trettbar, Brittany 23 Charlottesville, VA 35:22 6 Reiser, Mary* 24 Baltimore, MD 35:52 7 Bender, Alexandra* 29 Charlottesville, VA 35:53 8 Carrick, Lindsay* 25 Fredericksburg, VA 36:05 9 Allen, Kerry* 30 Washington, DC 36:22 10 Bekele, Abebech 28 Potomac, MD 36:19 11 Tateishi, Caitlyn 32 Washington, DC 36:31 12 Mazur Robb, Ann*** 33 Charlottesville, VA 36:47 13 Kelley, Allison 26 Charlottesville, VA 36:34 14 Lasker, Sara** 28 Richmond, VA 37:07 15 Craig, Ashley* 31 Lynchburg, VA 37:16 16 Patterson, Natalie*** 26 Washington, DC 37:38 17 Fallon Wallace, Barb* 44 Alexandria, VA 37:37 18 Conlon, Beth 26 Montgomery Village, MD 37:31 19 Baage, Silvia* 37 Rockville, MD 37:38 20 Hartenbach, Julie 32 Alexandria, VA 37:40 21 Starks, Elizabeth 38 Huntingtown, MD 37:38 22 Wilkins, Lindsay 40 Arlington, VA 38:04 23 Nichols, Amy 29 Arlington, VA 38:10 24 Burbach, Cristina 44 Arlington, VA 38:10 25 Vane, Chelsea 23 Ellicott City, MD 38:10 26 Dietz, Jenn 33 Fairfax, VA 38:11 27 Thomasey, Ashley* 35 Lynchburg, VA 38:23 28 Turner, Mollie* 38 Chesapeake, VA 38:25 29 Berger, Stephanie** 25 Arlington, VA 38:33 30 Bakaltcheva, Boriana* 33 Vienna, VA 38:35 31 Fox, Hallie 31 Washington, DC 38:33 32 Digregorio, Megan** 30 White Marsh, MD 38:42 33 Perlangeiro, Fabiana** 43 Virginia Beach, VA 39:14 34 Stick, Sherry** 40 Eldersburg, MD 38:54 35 Springfels, Dani* 31 Newport News, VA 38:54 36 Wechsler, Gabi 27 Henrico, VA 39:13 37 Kasal, Jacqueline 25 Washington, DC 39:11 38 Spangler, Kate* 33 Richmond, VA 38:54 39 Hernandez, Rebekah 22 Silver Spring, MD 39:19 40 Rogers, Kelly 25 Norfolk, VA 39:20 41 Hoffstadt, Christin 27 Norfolk, VA 39:17 42 Doldorf, Judy 45 Manassas, VA 39:23 43 Statz, Erin* 26 Burke, VA 39:29 44 Schuerholz, Jaclyn* 33 Baltimore, MD 39:29 45 Suhring, Anna 29 Arlington, VA 39:29 46 Henry, Sika* 34 Newport News, VA 39:37 47 Musa, Skylar 26 Fairfax, VA 39:41 48 Ozeki, Liz 30 Rockville, MD 39:53 49 Warner, Sharon 28 Washington, DC 39:47 50 Watterson, Stefani 49 Alexandria, VA 40:44 51 Walsh, Patricia 43 Severna, MD 40:26 52 Caton, Eryn* 36 Falls Church, VA 40:56
19 & Younger Women
Mercy High School 5K 17:58, 10K = 37:34
My kingdom for an accurately measured 5K course. With more than thousand run in the region every year, there are bound to be some that are off but unless we are sure… Teenagers are the hardest age to tell by other races they have run as they always run wildly different paces. That being said Kaylee Copenspire wins the Mercy High School 5K in 17:58 ahead of nine-year-old Kailyn Brunson’s 18:09 to take the top spots. Copenspire later ran the Blazer Dash 5K to an age group win and Brunson added an overall win at the Sowebo Landmark 5K as well as a fast time at the JW Brick 5K where she finished second to overall winner, sixth place Danielle Polun (20:32).
Third place Maeve Stiles had a couple overall wins, including the From Here to Eternity 5K in 19:52. Fourth place Claire Wigglesworth is a regular at the Fletcher's Cove Park Run 5K though she ran only twice this fall. Both were overall wins in 20:06 with the second one being ahead of all the men as well. Fifth is presented to Isabella Hardaway who won it all at the Cranio 5K in 20:18. Seventh place Anna Bodmer beat twelfth place Ellie Thurneysen by exactly a minute at the Across the Bay 10K with 43:00 as well as fronting ninth place Nora Honrath (46:54). As Wigglesworth is the queen at Fletcher’s, form eighth position Katie Hirsche is the queen at the College Park Park Run. She ran there four times never finishing worse than third overall. At the 100th event, she won in 20:55. Honrath was best at the 9/11 Heroes 5K in 20:53. Tenth place Sarah Hymans was third overall at the Veterans Day 5K in 21:00.
Nineteen runners made the division. A total of two hundred women and twenty- one ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 37:55
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Copenspire, Kaylee** 15 Perry Hall, MD 37:34 2 Brunson, Kailyn***** 9 Baltimore, MD 37:47 3 Stiles, Maeve** 16 Norfolk, VA 41:22 4 Wigglesworth, Claire** 16 Washington, DC 41:51 5 Hardaway, Isabella** 13 Culpeper, VA 42:16 6 Polun, Danielle*** 10 Lutherville, MD 42:45 7 Bodmer, Anna* 14 Dickerson, MD 43:00 8 Hirsche, Katie**** 15 Washington, DC 43:33 9 Honrath, Nora* 19 Annapolis, MD 43:29 10 Hymans, Sarah** 11 Annandale, VA 43:43 11 Thornton-Fillyaw, Tamryn**** 17 Upper Marlboro, MD 44:02 12 Thurneysen, Ellie* 16 Herndon, VA 44:00 13 Jean, Sorenna** 16 Williamsburg, VA 44:16 14 Tse, Courtney* 18 Ellicott City, MD 44:44 15 Chamberlain, Lauren* 19 Cross Junction, VA 44:59 16 Smith, Chrissy 19 Westminster, MD 45:07 17 Vavasseur, Rebecca* 19 Annapolis, MD 45:25 18 Pennefather, Mary** 14 Manassas, VA 46:13 19 Keane, Mary* 15 College Park, MD 47:16
35-39 Women
Army 10 Mile 57:17, 10K = 34:26
It is not that the other women are not running great times but get used to Julia Roman-Duval’s name being planted on the top. Many of these women did their damage on the longer runs. Roman-Duval settled matters early as second overall at the Army 10 Miler in 57:17. Third ranked Silvia Baaga was quite a ways back in 1:05:54. Tenth place Eryn Caton ran 1:08:07. Two weeks later, Roman-Duval won it all at the Baltimore Marathon in 2:47:43 which seems about right based on her ten miler. Take in the shock that on the first Sunday in December, she knocked off nearly eight minutes from last year’s California International Marathon to an Olympic qualifying 2:36:34.
Fourth place Elizabeth Starks improved on her Parks Half Marathon win in 1:24:32 to run a credible Marine Corps Marathon in 2:56:03 but was outclassed when runner-up Kate Galie stepped up from the 5K and blasted a wondrous 2:51:45 at the Anthem Richmond Marathon. Twelfth place Ansley Erdel ran 3:10:26 (MRF 34).
Bagga had won it all at the National Capital 20M in 2:18:40 and added a Baltimore Half Marathon in 1:25:11, just ahead of seventh ranked Mollie Turner’s overall win at the Peroni Crawlin' Crab Half Marathon in 1:26:04. Still, it was the American Family Fitness Half Marathon in 1:23:13 that pushed her past Starks with a racing factor of 60 to 22. Ninth place Anne Khatcheressian ran 1:28:57 and thirteenth ranked Kate Walker ran 1:30:08 (MRF 23). Fifth place Ashley Thomasey ran the Virginia 10 Mile ahead of Turner, 1:05:57 to 1:07:28. Still, Turner ran best at the Heart of Ghent 10K in 38:25 for second overall, Thomasey confirms her spot with an overall win at the Fall Foliage 10K in 38:23.
Seventh place Courtney Bristow was second overall at the Prince William Half Marathon in 1:28:23, while eighth ranked Jacqueline Morgan was second overall as well at the 9.11 Mile in 1:00:03. Jody Berinato slides into eleventh place with a solid Across the Bay 10K in 40:49 and a Moreland Racing Factor of 37.
Twenty-six runners made the division. A total of one hundred women ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 38:11
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Roman-Duval, Julia** 36 Columbia, MD 34:26 2 Galie, Kate** 35 Keswick, VA 36:43 3 Baage, Silvia** 37 Rockville, MD 37:36 4 Starks, Elizabeth* 38 Huntingtown, MD 37:37 5 Thomasey, Ashley* 35 Lynchburg, VA 38:23 6 Turner, Mollie** 38 Chesapeake, VA 38:25 7 Bristow, Courtney* 39 Arlington, VA 39:56 8 Morgan, Jacqueline** 38 Richmond, VA 40:02 9 Khatcheressian, Anne* 39 Fredericksburg, VA 40:12 10 Caton, Eryn** 36 Falls Church, VA 40:56 11 Berinato, Jody** 36 Parkville, MD 40:49 12 Erdel, Ansley* 38 Chevy Chase, MD 40:42 13 Walker, Kate 39 Falls Church, VA 40:44 14 Norton, Sage** 38 Myersville, MD 41:16 15 Klimek, Margaret 35 Arlington, VA 41:09 16 Ackerman, Rachel 35 Washington, DC 41:27 17 Pickett, Lindsay** 35 Clarksville, MD 41:42 18 Halligan, Pam** 39 Bel Air, MD 41:59 19 Ewell, Sita* 39 Manassas Park, VA 42:15 20 Thompson, Crystal* 39 Washington, DC 42:16 21 Herman, Lania** 36 Norfolk, VA 42:19 22 Clor, Elizabeth** 39 Chantilly, VA 42:31 23 Huson, Monica 38 Staunton, VA 42:30 24 Buroker, Kelly** 37 Alexandria, VA 42:48 25 Collins, Rachel* 39 Ellicott City, MD 43:29 26 Greszler, Rachel* 36 Bethesda, MD 43:26
40-44 Women
Army 10 Mile 1:02:36, 10K = 37:37
Barb Fallon Wallace got things underway with a second overall at the swift Clarendon Day 10K course in 38:43. Tenth place Bridget Holt did the double racing the 10K in 41:13 and winning the 5K in 20:03. It really did not seem to hurt her much to race the 10K after the 5K as her other big 10K wins, Marine Corps (41:55) and Across the Bay (41:59) were slower. Before that runner-up Lindsay Wilkins had taken the lead winning the Navy-Air Force Half Marathon in 1:24:20. Then, the top three were decided at the Army 10 miler with Fallon Wallace prevailing in 1:02:36. Wilkins was next in 1:03:21 with Cristina Burbach next in 1:06:07. Third ranked Burbach came roaring back at the end, racing the American Family Fitness Half Marathon in 1:24:28 to almost close the gap. Her second event did get her past fourth ranked Kaari Linask who ran the Marine Corps Marathon in 3:00:14.
Next up Sherry Stick is matched up with Fabiana Perlangeiro. Both are used to overall wins. Stick had the fastest race, winning at the Donate Life Family 5K in 18:41, while Perlangeiro was second overall at the Peroni Crawlin' Crab Half Marathon in 1:26:49. Perlangeiro added three overall wins and raced well at four different distances. With so many events cavalier with distance accuracy quantity of races helps to assure quality of races. Using the Moreland Racing Factor Perlangeiro gets the nod, 76 to 63 and takes fifth place.
Eighth place Erin Chamberlin ran a marvelous Charm City 20M in 1:21:24 but Patricia Walsh had already run a splendid Susquehanna River Running Festival Half Marathon in 1:29:29 for second overall to top her by a place. She would add a masters win at the Baltimore Marathon in 3:13:32 to overall match Chamberlin’s overall triumph at the Huff and Puff 5K. Ninth placed Alison Finnegan won it all at the hilly Rockville 10K in 41:37. A week later, on a more level playing field she improved to 41:07 at the Veterans Day 10K. Amy Huerta ran the Virginia 10 Mile in 1:09:22 to take eleventh place.
Twenty-eight runners made the division. A total of one hundred and four women ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 39:03
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Fallon Wallace, Barb*** 44 Alexandria, VA 37:37 2 Wilkins, Lindsay* 40 Arlington, VA 38:04 3 Burbach, Cristina* 44 Arlington, VA 38:10 4 Linask, Kaari 44 Rockville, MD 38:32 5 Perlangeiro, Fabiana**** 43 Virginia Beach, VA 39:14 6 Stick, Sherry** 40 Sykesville, MD 38:54 7 Walsh, Patricia*** 43 Severn, MD 40:26 8 Chamberlin, Erin** 43 Clarksville, MD 40:39 9 Finnegan, Alison*** 42 Rockville, MD 41:07 10 Holt, Bridget**** 40 Crofton, MD 41:13 11 Huerta, Amy** 43 Fredericksburg, VA 41:20 12 Stylianaki, Anna** 40 Parkville, MD 41:41 13 Gruendel, Jackie* 44 Clifton, VA 41:45 14 Reichmann, Lisa*** 44 Gaithersburg, MD 42:18 15 Pierce, Emily 43 Silver Spring, MD 42:15 16 Mandes, Sarah* 41 Arlington, VA 42:30 17 Gorman, Gaby* 43 Charlottesville, VA 42:56 18 Lowry, Michelle* 41 Blacksburg, VA 43:26 19 Pugh, Kate* 43 Charlottesville, VA 43:27 20 Moran, Jennifer* 40 Virginia Beach, VA 43:36 21 Blanck, Kristin* 41 Annapolis, MD 43:26 22 Sample, Jennifer** 43 Chevy Chase, MD 43:41 23 Voiland, Amy** 42 Baltimore, MD 43:53 24 Pahl, Sandra 40 Alexandria, VA 44:01 25 Cabe, Amanda 40 Bethesda, MD 44:41 26 Gilliam, Sara* 41 Stafford, VA 44:50 27 Dzibela, Tracy** 41 Fredericksburg, VA 45:09 28 Schweisguth, Melissa 44 Silver Spring, MD 45:09
45-49 Women
Navy 5 Mile 30:21, 10K = 38:16
Even the champion, Perry Shoemaker, takes some time off. Silver and bronze faded away as well this year. Fourth last fall, Kelly Westlake got faster winning it, all at the hilly Bachmann Valley Half Marathon in 1:30:55. That was just a week after finishing as top master at the Charm City 20M in 2:07:25, ahead of eleventh ranked Marci Benda (2:33:40) to secure fourth place for this fall. Westlake passed on Army this year while sixth place Julie Sapper moved up a spot from last year, finishing fourth there in 1:13:00. Kimberly Fagan was second in the age group with 1:07:55 behind winner Judy Doldorf who wins the crown with her 1:07:12. Doldorf polished her crown with the fastest race, winning the American Family Fitness Half Marathon in 1:27:10. Fifth place Jennifer Hochrein ran 1:34:12.
Runner-up Stefani Watterson had hoped to add a second half to end the season after winning the Navy-Air Force Half Marathon in 1:30:39 ahead of Suzanne Himes (1:39:37) but the TCS Annapolis course was short (11.9 miles). She finished in 1:21:44 for her best event. Watterson had already finished second overall at the Run Geek Run 5K in 20:44 the day after Fagen had won it all at the Kensington 8K in 32:52. Ninth place Cheryl Young was next at Run Geek Run in 21:07. It came down the Moreland Racing Factor with Watterson winning, 53 to 37, giving Fagen third place. Doldorf had four races in the top ten and three in the top five. She ran the Marine Corps 10K in 40:50, ahead of tenth ranked Kristin McCann (44:23). McCann would add an Arlington Police, Fire & Sheriff 9- 11 Memorial 5K in 21:13 to match exactly Benda’s best race. McCann won the MRF, 25 to 14.
Seventh ranked Christie Blanchard nearly caught Hochrein in 10K equivalence with her fine Veterans Day 10K in 42:36 but earlier she had lost to Sapper at Army by quite a bit in 1:15:17. The three ladies get matched up in the racing factor with Hochrein dominating at 63 and Sapper besting Blanchard, 36 to 29 to confirm her sixth placement. Himes takes eighth place with a solid National Race to End Women's Cancer 5K that matched Young’s 5K. Young was also second in her age group at the Lower Potomac River 10 Mile in 1:13:10 but Himes prevails in a close one, MRF 22 to 13.
Thirty-four women qualified for the division. A total of one hundred and twenty- nine women ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 40:34
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Doldorf, Judy**** 45 Manassas, VA 39:23 2 Watterson, Stefani*** 49 Alexandria, VA 40:44 3 Fagen, Kimberly* 48 Kensington, MD 40:49 4 Westlake, Kelly** 47 Ellicott City, MD 41:05 5 Hochrein, Jennifer** 48 Charlottesville, VA 42:34 6 Sapper, Julie** 46 Rockville, MD 42:53 7 Blanchard, Christie 45 Chevy Chase, MD 42:36 8 Himes, Suzanne* 49 Alexandria, VA 43:58 9 Young, Cheryl* 49 Reston, VA 43:58 10 McCann, Kristin* 46 Alexandria, VA 44:10 11 Benda, Marci* 48 Parkton, MD 44:10 12 Ross, Cathy** 47 Burke, VA 44:36 13 Phelps, Mijiko 48 Herndon, VA 44:44 14 Robbs, Cynthia* 48 Chesterfield, VA 45:00 15 Ursu, Rodica 49 Chevy Chase, MD 45:13 16 Connell, Joy 48 Bethesda, MD 45:43 17 Chilcote, Lisa* 48 North Bethesda, MD 46:09 18 Wandaogo, Hassetou 48 Silver Spring, MD 46:16 19 Whitestone, Yuko* 46 Springfield, VA 46:24 20 Roberts, Amanda* 46 Petersburg, VA 46:39 21 Stuart, Brenda* 45 Springfield, VA 46:33 22 Tanaka, Yoko 45 Washington, DC 46:33 23 McShane, Linda* 49 Baltimore, MD 46:46 24 Taylor, Julia* 47 Arlington, VA 46:48 25 Bibb, Wendy* 47 Centreville, VA 46:54 26 Grady, Stacey* 46 Essex, MD 47:20 27 Inigo, McKenzie 47 Charlottesville, VA 47:24 28 Greer, Eliza* 48 Baltimore, MD 47:43 29 Service, Gretchen 46 Elkridge, MD 47:57 30 Gittelman, Alison* 46 South Riding, VA 48:06 31 Dove, Yukiko* 46 Dumfries, VA 48:18 32 Bell, Jennifer 47 Arlington, VA 48:20 33 Parsons, Lisa** 46 College Park, MD 48:24 34 Hengel, Patty* 49 Odenton, MD 49:53
50-54 Women
American Family Fitness Half Marathon 1:31:10, 10K = 41:12
In the summer, Luz Blakney boasted an upset victory ahead of Kim Isler as the two rookies entered the division. Isler did not get upset, she laid down the law. Recovering from a bit of malaise during the summer she ended September with a redo of the Reston 10K course dropping two minutes off her time at the Perfect 10 10K to 44:20, while Blakney slowed to 47:03. They went head-to-head three more times with Isler never looking back to see. Isler had four of the top six times in the division with her Monster Dash 5K in 20:43, nearly a minute faster than any other woman. On the final Saturday, she put it all to rest uncorking a fabulous 1:31:10 to win the competitive American Family Fitness Half Marathon. Fourth place Mardiny Ung cranked out another life time PR racing home in 1:39:24. Blakney did continue to improve racing a fine Run for the Parks 10K in 45:34 but that was only enough to earn sixth place.
Runner-up Lydia Pelliccia lumbered through 2:52:35 at the National Capital 20M, albeit a win, that would have left her in the division’s cellar. Than an hour and half after Isler finished her half, Pelliccia had won her division at the Anthem Richmond Marathon in 3:17:18. Fifth place Maryann Cooley (3:40:23) finished just ahead of ninth ranked Claire McCrary (3:40:37). Both would have better races earlier in the season. Claire ran the Peroni Crawlin' Crab 5K in 22:25 and Cooley had a swift Lower Potomac River 10 Mile 1:15:29.
Third place Shannon Smith lost to Isler at Army, 1:14:15 to 1:16:09 (six minutes off last year’s pace) but she had already won at the Navy 5M in 35:38. Later, she would redeem herself further. The day after Isler won the division with her half marathon, Smith would run the division’s fastest 10K, winning the Veterans Day 10K in 43:14. Last summer’s runner-up Ruth Taylor picked a tough course for her fastest event, running a very credible 1:42:28 at the Bachmann Valley Half Marathon to take eighth in division. She ran the net downhill Terry Burk Memorial 5K in 22:28. Its latest iteration is not nearly as fast or downhill. Meanwhile, seventh place Kathy Claypoole ran the fast Baltimore United Way 5K in 22:07 to finish one place ahead of her.
Tenth place Carol Ernst ran the short-course half marathon, TCS Annapolis 11.9M, in 1:34:24 to stay just ahead of Amy Sachs who ran the Across the Bay 10K in 47:05 the week before. At the TCS Annapolis 11.9M Sachs ran 1:35:36
Thirty-nine runners made the division. A total of one hundred and fifty-eight women ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 42:50
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Isler, Kim*** 50 Oakton, VA 41:12 2 Pelliccia, Lydia** 50 Washington, DC 42:11 3 Smith, Shannon* 53 Washington, DC 43:14 4 Ung, Mardiny* 52 Elizabethtown, PA 44:55 5 Cooley, Maryann* 50 Richmond, VA 45:22 6 Blakney, Luz** 50 Herndon, VA 45:34 7 Claypoole, Kathy* 50 New Windsor, MD 46:07 8 Taylor, Ruth**** 50 Frederick, MD 46:18 9 McCrary, Claire 50 Norfolk, VA 46:46 10 Ernst, Carol* 53 Fulton, MD 47:03 11 Sachs, Amy* 53 Ellicott City, MD 47:05 12 Ashton, Edie** 53 McLean, VA 47:22 13 Takakusaki, Yuko* 50 Arlington, VA 47:21 14 Smith, Paula 51 Hampstead, MD 47:35 15 Ludwig, Meryl** 52 Boyds, MD 47:49 16 Welsh, Teri** 51 Lutherville, MD 47:43 17 Hall, Maureen***** 54 Baltimore, MD 48:06 18 Logan, Cheryl 53 Washington, DC 48:04 19 Scott, Patricia 51 Silver Spring, MD 48:17 20 Strauch, Debi 51 Ashburn, VA 48:13 21 Bozarth, Helena**** 52 Fredericksburg, VA 48:26 22 Waterman, Paige* 51 Bethesda, MD 48:26 23 Kammel, Carole* 50 Rockville, MD 48:22 24 Moeser, Audrey** 52 Glen Arm, MD 48:44 25 Heichelbech, Tracy* 54 Potomac, MD 48:34 26 Ducker, Claudia** 50 Annapolis, MD 48:41 27 Firth, Linda* 50 Dumfries, VA 48:54 28 Ehrreich, Marianne* 50 Burke, VA 48:54 29 Morris, Patricia 52 Chester, MD 48:59 30 Cipressi, Karen 54 Huntingtown, MD 49:00 31 Mackintosh, Brenda** 53 Springfield, VA 49:09 32 Braun, Carol* 54 Rockville, MD 49:21 33 Fraker, Ann* 52 Stevenson, MD 49:33 34 Green, Joan 51 Arlington, VA 49:37 35 Barrick, Michelle* 54 Middle River, MD 49:44 36 Simon, Sandi 52 Perry Hall, MD 49:47 37 Katson, Mery-Angela 54 McLean, VA 49:52 38 Shaheen, Janice* 52 Richmond, VA 50:12 39 Cohen, Cindy** 50 Washington, DC 50:52
55-59 Women
Pepsi 10K 41:32
Cindy Conant has consistently had the highest age grading percentages for all runners. Lately she has been injured, though she promises that 2019 will be her year…also. That leaves the division in the capable hands of another emerging superstar. Kendall Tata had the top four races, including the Community Bridges 5K in 20:10. Her Pepsi 10K in 41:32 nearly made her the second oldest woman ever to be ranked in the open division.
Runner-up Martha Merz picked the toughest race for each month and was tops in two of the three. In September, she beat seventh place Diane Sward (1:50:39) and eighth place Geyan Wang (1:51:14) with her 1:42:06 at the Navy-Air Force Half Marathon. Next, she bolted to the division’s fastest ten miler at Army with 1:17:57. Finally, at the Veterans Day 10K, she earned her spot with a fine 44:17.
Third place Jill Snyder has been a division champion in the past. She still has the goods as she ran a swift 45:57 at the Key School 10K. Fourth place was a little tougher to parse. Normally, Julie Hayden is able to stay ahead of Sushila Nanda. Both are ardent fans of PRR= racing. Indeed, in Hayden’s two event she prevailed both times, at the Monster Mash 5K in McLean, 22:36 to 23:49 and at the Veterans 5K, 22:21 to 23:51. Neither of the ladies were delighted with their times. Nanda, who prefers emphatically the warmer weather, nailed down eight wins of her own. It was her triumph at the Clarendon Day 5K in 22:07 that finally decided giving her the higher placement. Nanda would add a Perfect 10 10K in 46:29 on a rolling course but later on a dead flat course in Potomac Park settled for 48:29 at the Run for the Parks 10K. Tenth place Kathy Cea finished in 49:59. Nanda had a commanding 89 to 31 lead as her Moreland Racing Factor. Head- to-head is far and away the most important factor but does not always guarantee a win.
Ninth place Terri Gerloff had another pancake-flat course, winning at the Lower Potomac River 10 Mile in 1:22:03. Wang ran the much hillier Perfect 10 ten mile in 1:22:07. Gerloff also ran the American Family Fitness Half Marathon in 1:51:45, just behind Wang’s half time in DC. Sixth on the list is Janeth Scott for her 23:10 at the ZERO Prostate Cancer Challenge Baltimore 5K. Eleventh place Rachel Clary was the last runner to stay faster than 50 minutes (in 10K equivalence), racing the Susquehanna River Running Festival 5K in 24:00.
Thirty-nine runners made the division. A total of one hundred and seventy-one women ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 45:33
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Tata, Kendall**** 56 Stanardsville, VA 41:32 2 Merz, Martha* 56 Alexandria, VA 44:17 3 Snyder, Jill** 58 Annapolis, MD 45:57 4 Nanda, Sushila*8 57 Arlington, VA 46:03 5 Hayden, Julie** 58 Ashburn, VA 46:32 6 Scott, Janeth** 56 Columbia, MD 48:14 7 Sward, Diane 56 Springfield, VA 48:42 8 Wang, Geyan* 56 Herndon, VA 49:21 9 Gerloff, Terri 59 North Chesterfield, VA 49:19 10 Cea, Kathy** 58 Gaithersburg, MD 49:59 11 Clary, Rachel* 56 Sparrows Point, MD 49:58 12 Willingham, Lise* 55 Earlysville, VA 50:05 13 Stanton, Linda 57 Vienna, VA 50:03 14 Patrick, Kerry 56 Rising Sun, MD 50:18 15 Meyer, Jane 58 Annapolis, MD 50:36 16 Galliani, Paula 58 Gaithersburg, MD 50:59 17 Brenner, Linda* 55 Rockville, MD 51:13 18 Mundt, Vicky 55 Annapolis, MD 51:24 19 Boyle, Cecile* 58 Manassas, VA 51:21 20 Layson, Lynda* 58 Severn, MD 51:30 21 Spatz, Debra* 59 Huntingtown, MD 52:13 22 Griffing, Sharon* 59 Springfield, VA 52:14 23 Foyjones, Valor** 55 Newport News, VA 52:11 24 Horkan, Miho 55 Rockville, MD 52:24 25 Lingenfelter, Gabriele* 55 Yorktown, VA 52:22 26 Phillips, Norma**** 58 Williamsburg, VA 52:33 27 Blackmore, Mary Jo* 56 Virginia Beach, VA 52:33 28 Polite, Rebecca 59 Winchester, VA 52:51 29 Rall, Tammy 56 Stafford, VA 52:55 30 Pakula, Laura* 55 Lutherville, MD 52:51 31 Miscan, Danielle 59 Reston, VA 53:08 32 Chang, Ai 55 Bethesda, MD 53:05 33 Eddy, Pamela* 58 Williamsburg, VA 53:07 34 Mason, Karen* 55 Columbia, MD 53:15 35 Hart, Ellen 57 Bluemont, VA 53:14 36 Weaver, Nancy* 55 Virginia Beach, VA 53:53 37 Bitz, Andrea 55 McLean, VA 53:50 38 Harrington, Kathy 55 Millersville, MD 54:12 39 Schulte, Victoria 59 Ashburn, VA 54:51
60-64 Women
Parks Half Marathon 1:43:03, 10K = 46:34
Former oft times champion Carolyn Harrison won seven times, at least once at every distance from 5K to HM. She started solidly with her Heart of Ghent 10K in 49:10, ahead of thirteenth place Becky Bean (52:17) but newly minted senior Hosni Haghighian was not having any. She said Pepsi (10K) please and finished that race in 48:33 the same morning. By season’s end, another former champion had eased past Harrison as Ida Draim is looking sharper as each race passes. She ran the Veterans Day 10K in 49:03. Sixth place Lucy McCausland was fell in behind her with 49:19 as did fourteenth place Lisa Recto (52:31).
Harrison won at the usually fast course Governor's Land 5K in 24:14 but that was only a little faster than tenth place Nancy Hill who ran the Heather Hurd 5K in 24:19. In mid-October, Haghighian made another statement powering to a win at the competitive Community Bridges 5K in 22:54. Seventh ranked Mary Lowe Mayhugh matched McClausland’s best 5K with her Race 4 Recovery 5K in 23:41 as one of her six wins. However, McCausland sole win was ahead of Mayhugh at the startlingly fast Clarendon 5K 23:41 to 24:22. Eighth ranked Val Indye matched these two ladies exactly with her Spook Hill Cider & Wine 4 Mile in 30:48 but her MRF was much lower than either even with her three age group wins.
Again, Harrison won her half at the Peroni Crawlin' Crab Half Marathon in 1:52:50 but that was only the fifth fastest half. Third place Catherine Baker won the Prince William Half Marathon in 1:47:16 as well as breaking four hours for the Marine Corps Marathon. Runner-up Angela Cason was not as fast at the Parks Half Marathon in 1:49:21. Then she nearly pulled a rabbit out of her hat on the final weekend with an incredible Anthem Richmond Marathon in 3:42:59 to match Haghighian’s 5K. A determined Haghighian had already finished the American Family Fitness Half Marathon in 1:45:23 to win her first division crown.
Ninth place Lynne Still ran a swift 23:46 at the Run for Donuts 5K. She had out netted Draim at the Army ten miler so look for her to be moving up. Eleventh place was the spot for Denise Snee who ran the Scott Dayton EOD Memorial 5K in 24:50. Twelfth place Layne Ferguson closed out her September with a fine Virginia 10 Mile in 1:26:52.
Forty-eight runners made the division. A huge total of two hundred and seventeen women ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 48:36
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Haghighian, Hosni**** 60 Charlottesville, VA 47:37 2 Cason, Angela* 62 Damascus, MD 47:40 3 Baker, Catherine* 61 Bethesda, MD 48:28 4 Draim, Ida* 62 Alexandria, VA 49:03 5 Harrison, Carolyn*7 62 Virginia Beach, VA 49:10 6 McCausland, Lucy* 64 Arlington, VA 49:19 7 Mayhugh, Mary Lowe*6 62 Washington, DC 49:19 8 Indye, Val*** 62 New Market, MD 49:19 9 Still, Lynne** 61 Radford, VA 49:29 10 Hill, Nancy** 60 Havre De Grace, MD 50:38 11 Snee, Denise 62 Virginia Beach, VA 51:42 12 Ferguson, Layne* 61 Moneta, VA 52:12 13 Bean, Becky* 60 Norfolk, VA 52:17 14 Recto, Lisa** 62 Lexington Park, MD 52:31 15 Headlee, Kathy* 61 Richmond, VA 52:48 16 Cohen, Deborah** 62 Ellicott City, MD 53:36 17 Perkins, Jane 62 Manquin, VA 53:38 18 Rigby Kash, Leslie*** 62 Fredericksburg, VA 54:02 19 Peck, Leigh* 61 Lutherville, MD 54:12 20 Worthington, Helen** 64 Bena, VA 54:27 21 Amini, Ellahe* 60 Glenelg, MD 54:23 22 Johnson, Lydia* 64 Street, MD 54:37 23 Malloy, Kathleen* 60 Lynchburg, VA 54:31 24 Goodwin, Robin* 60 Baltimore, MD 54:52 25 Foster, Marcy 64 Reston, VA 54:59 26 McCoy, Harriet** 63 Toano, VA 55:06 27 Smith, Barbara 60 Fairfax, VA 55:12 28 Rodier, Sharon 61 Norfolk, VA 55:22 29 Palluch, Linda 64 Virginia Beach, VA 56:35 30 Biermann, Gail 62 Virginia Beach, VA 56:36 31 Spangler, January 63 Hampton, VA 57:05 32 Washington, Myra** 61 Montgomery Village, MD 57:26 33 Ashlock, Joyce* 64 Baltimore, MD 58:12 34 Ball, Nancy** 62 Fredericksburg, VA 58:39 35 Mcrorie, Diane* 60 Blacksburg, VA 58:37 36 Peck, Julia** 61 Culpeper, VA 58:45 37 Hansen-Vessa, Carol*** 64 Reston, VA 58:53 38 Uthe, Janice*** 62 Bowie, MD 59:00 39 Krepp, Karen 60 Spotsylvania, VA 59:17 40 McCusker, Bridget** 60 Baltimore, MD 59:26 41 Scheide, Julie* 61 Arnold, MD 1:00:04 42 Robison, Debi* 64 Salem, VA 1:00:08 43 Ganoe, Thea 60 Hampton, VA 1:00:06 44 Bell, Peggy 60 Fredericksburg, VA 1:00:14 45 Ronning, Cathy* 63 Brookeville, MD 1:01:27 46 Cranfill, Amanda* 63 Columbia, MD 1:01:36 47 Rentz, Carol 64 Fairfax, VA 1:01:35 48 Robinson, Susan* 63 Farmville, VA 1:02:01
65-69 Women
Heart of Ghent 10K 48:07
Four of our ranked runners ran the ill-fated Downs Park 5 Mile that was short this year. Two of them, Peggy Vail and Maria Shields, ran a long race to still make it at or near the top. Vail takes the highest podium spot beating sixth ranked Shields at the AS Metric Marathon, 2:20:55 to 2:35:23. Last year’s winner, Linda Gulick takes third place ahead of last year’s bronze winner, Hannah Phillips who earns fifth place. They met the final weekend at the HCA 8K with Gulick prevailing, 41:26 to 41:44. Seventh ranked Jean Bone ran 43:21.
The summer’s champion nearly repeated, falling one place short. Betty Blank does a lot of speed work and picks the fast courses with the competitive fields to push her forward. The Clarendon Day 5K produces super-fast times by the scores just as the famous Ferndale course did in the last century. Blank ran 24:40 for track-like speed that she more than matched the following week at the PVTC Tim Good Track 5K in 24:36. She added her usual victory at the Army 10 Miler, this year in 1:26:42. Fourth ranked Penny Williams beat back Shields at the Across the Bay 10K, 53:37 to 54:31. Ninth place Paula Davidson ran 55:42. Williams also ran in the ill-fated TCS Annapolis races. The 10K was nearly a half mile long and the half marathon which she ran was more than a mile short, estimated to be 11.9 miles. At a real half marathon distance in Baltimore, Shields beat eighth place Claudia Wolfe, 1:57:40 to 2:03:00.
Tenth ranked Helen Jones ran the flat Lower Potomac River 10 Mile in 1:33:45 for the second fastest time in the division. Seventeenth ranked Patricia Travis ran the Yorktown Battlefield 10 Miler in 1:38:34 for the third fastest such race. Twelfth ranked Amy Rockhill was close to eleventh place Susan Terwillinger who ran the Lewis Gale Half Marathon in 2:06:47. Rockhill ran the Lewis Gale Half Marathon in 2:08:13. Then Terwillinger forged ahead winning the Anthem Richmond Marathon in 4:28:00. Thirteenth place Lizzie Sadoff ran the Somerset Back to School 8K in 46:56 to hold off fourteenth ranked Karen Whittington who ran the minutely longer Oktoberfest 5M in 46:22. After running the crowded Army race that produces some awful official (gun) times, Maria Nusbaum stormed back with a solid Rockville 10K in 58:43. Sixteenth ranked Christie Wamsley had a virtual tie with her Travis Manion 5K in 28:17 until Nussbaum second and third races crushed Wamsley’s second race.
Fifty-eight runners made the division. A total of one hundred and ninety-six women ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 52:08
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Vail, Peggy** 66 Annapolis, MD 50:36 2 Blank, Betty**** 65 Falls Church, VA 51:13 3 Gulick, Linda** 67 Richmond, VA 52:36 4 Williams, Penny** 67 Trappe, MD 53:01 5 Phillips, Hannah** 66 Annapolis, MD 52:59 6 Shields, Maria* 67 Davidsonville, MD 53:10 7 Bone, Jean** 65 Henrico, VA 55:02 8 Wolfe, Claudia** 67 Alexandria, VA 55:35 9 Davidson, Paula 65 South Hill, MD 55:42 10 Jones, Helen** 65 Baltimore, MD 56:20 11 Terwilliger, Susan** 68 Blacksburg, VA 57:17 12 Rockhill, Amy** 66 Roanoke, VA 57:56 13 Sadoff, Lizzie** 69 Washington, DC 58:16 14 Whittington, Karen*** 69 Baltimore, MD 58:28 15 Nusbaum, Maria 66 Reston, VA 58:43 16 Wamsley, Christie* 69 Colonial Heights, VA 58:53 17 Travis, Patricia***** 67 Williamsburg, VA 59:14 18 Moody, Amanda* 65 Chester, VA 1:00:15 19 Hallock, Bonnie** 66 Havre De Grace, MD 1:00:14 20 Golden, Wendy 66 Earlysville, VA 1:00:23 21 Scott, Judith 67 Germantown, MD 1:01:26 22 Eisen, Rona 65 Bethesda, MD 1:01:47 23 Magida, Lennie 68 Frederick, MD 1:01:42 24 Lloyd, Mary* 69 Alexandria, VA 1:02:27 25 Hennes, Kathy* 66 Annapolis, MD 1:02:38 26 Kaylor, Roxanne 68 Falls Church, VA 1:02:53 27 Brennan, Melanie 68 Alexandria, VA 1:02:40 28 Gullo, Martha* 65 Williamsburg, VA 1:03:28 29 Fishman, Elaine 67 Chesterfield, VA 1:03:20 30 Nixon, Donna 65 Lynchburg, VA 1:03:30 31 Kohinke, Anne** 65 Salem, VA 1:03:46 32 Reid, Marie*7 68 Great Falls, VA 1:03:55 33 Coulter, Michelle 69 Bel Air, MD 1:03:52 34 Forsha, Anne*** 67 Derwood, MD 1:04:36 35 Davis, Jane 66 Chesapeake, VA 1:05:19 36 Adamo, Karen 66 Severna Park, MD 1:05:15 37 Ridenour, Linda* 65 Potomac, MD 1:05:37 38 Hines, Lucy* 66 Smithfield, VA 1:05:43 39 Danielle, Kay, Patricia* 67 Reston, VA 1:05:56 40 Ahlsted, Jackie 65 Suffolk, VA 1:06:06 41 Sommer, Debra* 65 Norfolk, VA 1:06:04 42 Hurst, Amy 65 Bethesda, MD 1:06:23 43 Hobart, Kathryn* 67 Columbia, MD 1:06:21 44 White, Diane** 65 Annandale, VA 1:06:28 45 Reese, Chris** 67 Westminster, MD 1:07:06 46 Freeman, B J 65 Kensington, MD 1:07:11 47 Edelmann, Delia 66 Annapolis, MD 1:07:21 48 Frazho, Leslie*** 65 Richmond, VA 1:07:29 49 Kemper, Catherine* 67 Roanoke, VA 1:09:24 50 Brisker, Duyen* 65 Bel Air, MD 1:09:22 51 McFaden, Lynn 67 Evington, VA 1:10:07 52 Canestra-Heenan, Patricia 69 Arlington, VA 1:10:56 53 St. Clair, Christy* 69 Glen Arm, MD 1:12:15 54 Summers, Jaine* 68 Annandale, VA 1:12:21 55 Glynn, Ellen* 69 Annandale, VA 1:12:28 56 Bylund, Margaret 67 Great Falls, VA 1:13:38 57 Rose, Audie* 67 Annapolis, MD 1:24:24 58 Scott, Sally 68 Midlothian, VA 1:29:47
70-74 Women
Neptune Festival 8K 40:58, 10K = 52:00
As with all runners, division champion Betty Brothers has her good days and her not so good days. She finished September with a festive Neptune Festival 8K in 40:58. That was more than a mile ahead the next fastest 8K run in the division. That was not so good for ninth place Roswitha Goossens-Winter who ran the Greensprings Miles for Smiles 8K 53:43 that same morning. To be fair, that was the fifth fastest of Goossens-Winter’s seven age group wins. She was best at the Governor's Land 5K in 31:15. Back to Brothers, her not as good day was the fastest 10K of the period at the Anthem Wicked 10K in 57:07 to end October.
The following week Larue Lennon improved on her hilly Frosty Pumpkin 10K in 57:25 to edge fourth place Brigette Sutherlin at the Across the Bay 10K, 57:17 to 57:19. Eleventh place Rae Jean Goodman was there too, finishing in 1:08:03. Lennon traversed the mighty hills of Westminster for a wonderful Bachmann Valley Half Marathon in 2:06:36 but Virginia Sielen had already earned the runner-up spot, winning at the Navy-Air Force Half Marathon in 2:03:03 two weeks earlier. On Bachmann Valley Day, Sielen was in Reston, racing the Perfect 10 ten miler in 1:34:52. That course has some rolling, deceptively hilly, portions as well.
November brought more good news for Brothers as she hammered out another win at the Yorktown Battlefield 10 Miler in 1:26:34. Fifth place Barbara Biasi was next there in 1:41:44. Cross country races never provide great times as they are run mostly for place. Back on the roads, Gretchen Bolton settles into sixth place, running the Rockville 10K in 1:01:03. Eighth place Janet Marano did her training at the Army 10 Miler in 1:44:35 ahead of tenth place Dianne Stoddard who ran 1:50:27. Marano was gearing up for the Marine Corps Marathon that she ran three weeks later in 5:11:39. Seventh place Lila Firouzfar ran her warm-up at the Parks Half Marathon in 2:16:22. Two months later she sizzled, racing the Anthem Richmond Marathon in 4:47:27.
There were 160 races run by this group. Twenty-ninth place Jeanette Novak already had 175 races run for the year as the fall period ended. She is again on pace for more than 200 races in a year. She will then join just three other such runners who have combined for that goal just 20 times in the last two decades.
Thirty runners made the division. A total of one hundred and one women ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 56:10
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Brothers, Betty*** 71 Virginia Beach, VA 52:00 2 Sielen, Virginia** 71 Oakton, VA 55:36 3 Lennon, Larue**** 70 Westminster, MD 57:12 4 Sutherlin, Brigitte* 74 Baltimore, MD 57:19 5 Biasi, Barbara* 71 Yorktown, VA 1:00:55 6 Bolton, Gretchen** 73 Bethesda, MD 1:01:03 7 Firouzfar, Lila** 70 Bethesda, MD 1:01:27 8 Marano, Janet* 70 Reston, VA 1:02:51 9 Goossens-Winter, Roswitha*7 70 Williamsburg, VA 1:05:04 10 Stoddard, Dianne 72 Vienna, VA 1:06:23 11 Goodman, Rae Jean* 70 Annapolis, MD 1:08:03 12 Yarr, Linda* 74 Bethesda, MD 1:08:18 13 Canestra-Heehan, Patricia*** 70 Arlington, VA 1:08:38 14 Glover, Bet** 73 Bethesda, MD 1:10:10 15 Michalik, Candice 71 Williamsburg, VA 1:10:56 16 Porzel, Judith* 71 Silver Spring, MD 1:12:25 17 Kaczensky, Danielle 71 Annapolis, MD 1:12:27 18 Robertson, Judith Faye**** 71 Colonial Heights, VA 1:12:58 19 Boston, Julie* 70 Marriottsville, MD 1:13:02 20 Heenan, Patricia* 70 Washington, DC 1:14:32 21 Triplett, Caroline 72 McLean, VA 1:15:03 22 Imholtz, Clare** 72 Beltsville, MD 1:15:08 23 Snowman, Adele 70 Upperco, MD 1:15:30 24 Lesniak, Patricia** 70 Copper Hill, VA 1:16:22 25 Till, Alice** 74 Arlington, VA 1:17:56 26 Brown, Mary 71 Fairfax Station, VA 1:18:27 27 Clarke, Nan 71 Quinque, VA 1:20:20 28 Merritt, Marianna 73 Vienna, VA 1:21:44 29 Novak, Jeanette***** 74 Damascus, MD 1:23:00 30 Blount, Nancy 72 Williamsburg, VA 1:26:20
75-79 Women
Somerset Back to School 8K 49:28, 10K = 1:02:45
Once again Ecris Williams wins the crown. By the time this article is published, she will be on to the elder division for more victories. After taking most of the year off from racing, Dee Nelson aged up in September and she will be near impossible to beat. Her first try for Winter 2019 that started after Veterans Day was an impressive, National Class time of 29:08.
Williams ran her Veterans Day 5K race for the fall rankings in 33:46. She was even faster for her two 10Ks, being best at the Run for the Parks 10K in 1:07:48. Runner-up Mandy Whalen is usually the most prolific racer among these ladies. She ran her Veterans Day 10K in 1:20:29 on the same course as Williams’ race the week before. She also ran another 10K and a slew of 5Ks but she earns her spot with a scary Boo! Run for Life 6K in 44:58. Third ranked Rosemary Schwartzbard is a regular at the Roosevelt Island Park Run 5K. She had her best time at their 100th event in 37:13. By running the Army 10 Miler as well, she was the only runner to take on a distance longer than 10K. Fourth place Patricia Patrick was close by racing Break Away Fitness 5K in 38:07
Lois Dicker takes the fifth position, racing the Race for Every Mind 5K in 40:29. Margaret Jones was ever so close to her taking sixth place, racing the Yankee in Falmouth Cannon Run 4 Mile in 52:54.
A total of forty-nine women ran at least one qualifying event.
National Class times (80%) = 1:00:55
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Williams, Ecris**** 79 Reston, VA 1:07:48 2 Whalen, Mandy*** 78 Falls Church, VA 1:17:12 3 Schwartzbard, Rosemary*** 76 Arlington, VA 1:17:29 4 Patrick, Patricia** 75 Falls Church, VA 1:19:22 5 Dicker, Lois* 79 Silver Spring, MD 1:24:17 6 Jones, Margaret** 76 Woodbridge, VA 1:24:42 7 Sikes, Martha** 78 Charlottesville, VA 1:27:37 8 McClellan, Bonnie** 75 College Park, MD 1:34:27 9 Hall, Marcia 75 King George, VA 1:36:49
80-84 Women
TCS Annapolis 11.9M 1:56:50, 10K = 1:18:10
A total of twenty-six ladies ran an event this fall. Only five got the necessary two events to qualify. Janet Hughes led the way with two 10Ks. First, was the Freedoms Run Festival 10K in 1:20:24. After that, she completed the Greasy Gooney 10K, a race that climbs the first 5K before allowing runners to surrender to gravity for the second half of the race. Her time was 1:22:56. Runner-up Tami Graf is sitting on 48 races for the year. She ran the Anacostia Park Run 5K #41 the first week in October in 40:23. Just like her 5K on a flat course along the river that is subject to merciless winds, she ran the Lower Potomac River 10M in 2:27:01.
The next three racers wisely stayed with the 5K. Third place Sarah Kemble won one in each month, finishing strongly on the final weekend at the Run for Research 5K in 44:32. Fourth place Pauline Ely also raced the final week at the HCA 5K the Warrior Way in 47:47. Jamie Wollard is often at the Delaware beaches racing which is just out of our range. Still, she came home to Rockville to race the Rockville 5K in 52:14 to take the final placement.
National Class times (80%) = 1:06:45
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Hughes, Janet* 81 Winchester, VA 1:20:24 2 Graf, Tami 82 Lusby, MD 1:24:05 3 Kemble, Sarah*** 80 Columbia, MD 1:32:43 4 Ely, Pauline* 80 Hampton, VA 1:39:29 5 Wollard, Jamie* 80 Rockville, MD 1:48:45
85-89 Women
Donate Life Family 5K 49:40, 10K = 1:43:44
The battle for first place was one of the closest ever. Our champion Miranda Butler ran the Donate Life Family 5K in a wondrous 49:40. She was listed as 15th in her age group but her age group was 60-99 and there were 82 women in that group. Runner-up Jacqueline O’Neil has running the streets of hometown Washington, DC for decades, often with a cigarette in her hand. She took first in her age group at the Vida Thrive 5K in 50:08 for the division’s runner-up spot. At the massive Marine Corps 10K, Coral Yienger, 89, was ninth in the 75 and older division with a 2:17:45 to take third place.
National Class times (80%) = 1:16:40
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Butler, Miranda 85 Middle River, MD 1:43:44 2 O'Neil, Jacqueline 85 Washington, DC 1:44:23 3 Yienger, Coral 89 Locust Grove, VA 2:17:45
90 & Older Women
HCA 8K 1:26:31, 10K = 1:49:50
First place Kathleen Anderson already has the Virginia state record for the 10K set in 2016 at age 88. Now that she is 90 it is just a matter of time before she owns all the records for the new age group. Her HCA 8K in 1:26:31 set on the final weekend of the period should soon be anointed the new record. Jennifer Bilconish, 98, finished the Donate Life Family 5K in 1:01:23.
National Class times (80%) = 1:35:26 for 90-94; 2:17:03 for 95 and older
Pl Name Age Hometown 10K= 1 Anderson, Kathleen 90 Hanover, VA 1:49:50 2 Bilconish, Jennifer 98 Severn, MD 2:07:48
Rankings Explained - What It Is, Who Does It, How We Do It, and Where We are Going
The goal of the runner rankings is to rank the best runners of Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia, in five-year age groups, for the purpose of stimulating competition in the Washington region. Runners are ranked only according to performances in rated races. To be rated, a race must meet the following criteria:
* Take place in Washington, DC, Maryland, or Virginia * Full results listed on the Web Site * Must list age (and preferably also city and state of residence) of all runners * Standard distance--5K, 4M, 8K, 5M, 10K, 12K, 15K, 10M, 20K, 1/2 Marathon, 25K, 30K, 20M, or Marathon * Road race or cross-country * Gun Time
To be included, a race must meet all of the above criteria. There will be no exceptions. If you place well in a race and want it included in the rankings, be sure to ask the race director to e-mail the complete results to us at [email protected] so the race can be posted on the Web Site and counted in the runner rankings.
Sometimes runners are confused by the race tracking terms. Chip time simply means that it was electronically timed, not manually. Gun time is the official time. Net time, which is confused with chip time, is merely a feel-good time which is tracked by when the runner’s chip first crosses the starting line. Net time will always be faster than the official gun time. Runners are welcome to note that for their personal use but it has no place in the rankings. In large races where it is impossible for runners top get to the start for many minutes, we do allow a net time to count as one of the necessary two qualifiers to get a runner to be evaluated. However, that time and any net based age award placement in that race do NOT count towards their placement in the rankings.
Runners will be ranked by age divisions for both men and women, with the divisions being open, 19 & younger, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75- 79, 80-84, 85-89, and 90 & older.
The rankings are established using a nearly completely objective rating procedure. A preliminary sort, followed by an intensive analysis of competitive results, forms the rankings. The preliminary sort is based on number of qualifying marks and best times. The final ranking is based on head-to-head competitive results against the other top placers (50%), with time playing a major but secondary role (40%). Our general philosophy is that competition is about beating other runners and we intend to place an increased emphasis on competitive results.
To qualify for the end-of-year rankings, top priority will go to runners who qualify in two ranking periods. A preliminary sort, followed by a more involved analysis of competitive results, also forms these rankings. The preliminary sort is based on seasonal rankings and best times. The final ranking is again based on head-to-head competitive results, with time playing a secondary role, though at times a deciding role. One special race can at times put a runner over the top, though consistency is a valued asset. I have devised the Moreland Racing Factor to help in deciding close contests.
Qualifying times are set in each age division for the 10K, and then adjusted for other distances. I believe in a constant time so that, while a runner may not make the top ten, he or she may consider himself or herself a ranked runner. My primary concern is that of believability. There should be few surprises. Competitiveness will always find a few disputes. Most runners know whom they can best and who remains unbeatable. The rankings should fairly reflect that. If you have comments and questions or would like to get a more complete explanation of individual rankings contact me at [email protected].
Moreland Racing Factor
The middle column is the points awarded for each race. The right column is for any Major race (500 or more runners or 20% ranked runners).
Points Major race Overall Winner 10 15 2nd overall 8 12 3rd overall 6 10
1st AG 5 8 2nd AG 3 5 3rd AG 2 3 Fastest @ each single distance 3 Qualified Race 1 Major Race 1 Each Ranked Runner beaten 1 Special Awards 1 2 (such as places 4 through 10 that are not age group i.e. money winners, masters, grandmasters, seniors, and Clydesdale/Athena) Master 1 Head to Head 4 8 (points for victor, negative points against loser) 10K Equivalent 1 (point for each second faster than opponent’s best race versus their best race)
The current qualifying standards for the 10K are:
Age Group Men Women Open 34:20 41:15 19 & younger 38:20 46:05 35-39 36:40 44:10 40-44 38:20 46:05 45-49 39:45 48:45 50-54 42:00 51:45 55-59 43:55 54:30 60-64 49:45 62:05 65-69 52:50 75:00 70-74 56:20 89:40 75-79 1:32:30 1:39:00 80 & older 1:45:00 1:50:00
The ranking periods for the 2019 ranking year:
* Best of 2018 (November 13, 2017 through November 11, 2018) - reported March 2019
* Winter 2019 - November 12, 2018 – March 3, 2019
* Spring 2019 - March 4, 2019– May 27, 2019
* Summer 2019 – May 28, 2019 – September 2, 2019
* Fall 2019 – September 3, 2019 – November 10, 2019
Bold races are Major races (500 or more runners or 20% ranked runners)
Run for Achievement 5K Newport News, VA 8-Sep-18 Poor Nun Run 5K Baltimore, MD 8-Sep-18 Mercy High School 5K Baltimore, MD 8-Sep-18 Anacostia Park Run 5K #39 Washington, DC 8-Sep-18 Kensington Park Run 5K #25 Kensington, MD 8-Sep-18 Deep Run Park Run 5K #56 Richmond, VA 8-Sep-18 Fletcher’s Cove Park Run 5K #133 Washington, DC 8-Sep-18 College Park Park Run #99 College Park, MD 8-Sep-18 Food for Others 5K McLean, VA 8-Sep-18 A Service Dog for J 5K Marion, VA 8-Sep-18 9.11 Mile Chesapeake, VA 8-Sep-18 Arlington Police, Fire & Sheriff 9-11 Memorial 5K Arlington, VA 8-Sep-18 Ryan Dixon Memorial 5K Abingdon, VA 8-Sep-18 Stef Ripple 5K Arnold, MD 8-Sep-18 Abebe Bikila Day International Peace Marathon Washington, DC 8-Sep-18 Abebe Bikila Day International Peace Half Marathon Washington, DC 8-Sep-18 Pancake 5K Crozet, VA 8-Sep-18 Patriot Day 5K Great Mills, MD 8-Sep-18 Heroes Never Forget 5K Berlin, MD 8-Sep-18 Hare & Tortoise New Quarter Park 8K Williamsburg, VA 8-Sep-18 Hare & Tortoise New Quarter Park 5K Williamsburg, VA 8-Sep-18 Yankee in Falmouth Cannon Run 4 Mile Fredericksburg, VA 9-Sep-18 Police Pace 5K Columbia, MD 9-Sep-18 Summer Sizzler 5K Virginia Beach, VA 9-Sep-18 Parks Half Marathon Rockville, MD 9-Sep-18 Patriot Run 10K Alexandria, VA 9-Sep-18 Patriot Run 5K Alexandria, VA 9-Sep-18 Hometown Hero 5K Virginia Beach, VA 9-Sep-18 Mercy Run to Remember 5K Baltimore, MD 9-Sep-18 911 Memorial 5K Washington, DC 9-Sep-18 Travis Manion 5K Richmond, VA 9-Sep-18 Fletcher’s Cove Park Run 5K #134 Washington, DC 15-Sep-18 College Park Park Run #100 College Park, MD 15-Sep-18 Roosevelt Island Park Run 5K #96 Washington, DC 15-Sep-18 Leakin Park5K #62 Baltimore, MD 15-Sep-18 Loving Arms 5K Baltimore, MD 15-Sep-18 Deep Run Park Run 5K #56 Richmond, VA 15-Sep-18 Kensington Park Run 5K #26 Kensington, MD 15-Sep-18 Old Bay 5K Baltimore, MD 15-Sep-18 Susquehanna River Running Festival 5K Havre de Grace, MD 15-Sep-18 Susquehanna River Running Festival Half Marathon Havre de Grace, MD 15-Sep-18 Poolesville Day 5K Poolesville, MD 15-Sep-18 Home Run for the Homeless 5K Arlington, VA 15-Sep-18 Brain Aneurysm Awareness 8K Reston, VA 15-Sep-18 Cobbler Mountain Cellars 5K Delaplane, VA 15-Sep-18 Race to Beat Cancer 5K Washington, DC 15-Sep-18 Bra Ha Ha 5K Chesapeake, VA 15-Sep-18 Run for the Schools 5K Falls Church, VA 16-Sep-18 Get Ready! Get Set! Get Fit! 5K Run Baltimore, MD 16-Sep-18 Dominator 5K Forest Hill, MD 16-Sep-18 Race for our Kids 10K Baltimore, MD 16-Sep-18 Race for our Kids 5K Baltimore, MD 16-Sep-18 Race 4 Recovery 5K Gaithersburg, MD 16-Sep-18 Dashing to Summer's End 10K Arlington, VA 16-Sep-18 Navy 5 Mile Washington, DC 16-Sep-18 Navy-Air Force Half Marathon Washington, DC 16-Sep-18 Race for Every Mind 5K Chevy Chase, MD 16-Sep-18 Oakland Mills 5K Columbia, MD 16-Sep-18 Asha-Jyothi 5K Fairfax, VA 16-Sep-18 ACF Revenge of the Penguins 10M Carderock, MD 16-Sep-18 ACF Revenge of the Penguins 20M Carderock, MD 16-Sep-18 Whiffle 10K Fairfax Station, VA 16-Sep-18 Run for Dan 5K Waldorf, MD 21-Sep-18 Donate Life Family 5K Baltimore, MD 22-Sep-18 College Park Park Run #101 College Park, MD 22-Sep-18 Chatham Sartomer Arkema 5K Chatham, VA 22-Sep-18 Anacostia Park Run 5K #39 Washington, DC 22-Sep-18 Roosevelt Island Park Run 5K #97 Washington, DC 22-Sep-18 Fletcher’s Cove Park Run 5K #135 Washington, DC 22-Sep-18 Bulldog Blast 5K Richmond, VA 22-Sep-18 Run2Rebuild Richmond 5K Richmond, VA 22-Sep-18 Deep Run Park Run 5K #56 Richmond, VA 22-Sep-18 Leakin Park5K #63 Baltimore, MD 22-Sep-18 Baron "Deuce" Braswell II Run Against Teen Violence 5K Spotsylvania, VA 22-Sep-18 Pregnancy Wellness Clinic 5K Annapolis, MD 22-Sep-18 Heart of Ghent 10K Norfolk, VA 22-Sep-18 Heart of Ghent 5K Norfolk, VA 22-Sep-18 Landon 3M Potomac, MD 22-Sep-18 Boone Run 5K Boonsboro, MD 22-Sep-18 Freedom XC at Lincoln's Cottage 5K Washington, DC 22-Sep-18 Twilight 5K Lorton, VA 22-Sep-18 Fall Burke Lake 5K Burke, VA 22-Sep-18 Jessica Meredith Jacobsen Memorial Charge of the Knights 5K Towson, MD 22-Sep-18 Fall Burke Lake 10K Burke, VA 22-Sep-18 Hike for Hounds 5K Wytheville, VA 22-Sep-18 Pepsi 10K Charlottesville, VA 22-Sep-18 Crapolfest 5K Williamsburg, VA 22-Sep-18 Kensington 8K Kensington, MD 22-Sep-18 Clarendon Day 10K Arlington, VA 22-Sep-18 Clarendon Day 5K Arlington, VA 22-Sep-18 Semper Fi 5K Leesburg, VA 23-Sep-18 ZERO Prostate Cancer Challenge Baltimore 10K Baltimore, MD 23-Sep-18 ZERO Prostate Cancer Challenge Baltimore 5K Baltimore, MD 23-Sep-18 We got your Back 5K Reston, VA 23-Sep-18 Teddy Bear 5K Falls Church, VA 23-Sep-18 Governor's Race 5K Richmond, VA 23-Sep-18 Run Geek Run 5K Fairfax, VA 23-Sep-18 Holy Child Tiger Trot 5K Potomac, MD 23-Sep-18 Executive Stampede 5K Hunt Valley, MD 23-Sep-18 Soul 2 Sole 5K Gate City, VA 23-Sep-18 Global Strides 5K Arlington, VA 23-Sep-18 Charm City 20M Freeland, MD 23-Sep-18 Hokie 5K Blacksburg, VA 23-Sep-18 Hokie Half Marathon Blacksburg, VA 23-Sep-18 Larchmont Rat Race 5K Norfolk, VA 28-Sep-18 Sprint for Scholarship 5K Wytheville, VA 28-Sep-18 Take the Hill 5K Roanoke, VA 29-Sep-18 MCRRC Black Hill 10K Cross Country Germantown, MD 29-Sep-18 Fletcher’s Cove Park Run 5K #136 Washington, DC 29-Sep-18 College Park Park Run #102 College Park, MD 29-Sep-18 Roosevelt Island Park Run 5K #98 Washington, DC 29-Sep-18 Kensington Park Run 5K #29 Kensington, MD 29-Sep-18 Marian House 5K Baltimore, MD 29-Sep-18 Neptune Festival 8K Virginia Beach, VA 29-Sep-18 Race for the Music 5K Hampton, VA 29-Sep-18 Race for DC Kids 5K Arlington, VA 29-Sep-18 Fish 5K Annandale, VA 29-Sep-18 Two by Four 5K Against Childhood and Canine Cancer 5K Brambleton, VA 29-Sep-18 Rise & Grind 5K Fredericksburg, VA 29-Sep-18 Rise & Grind 10K Fredericksburg, VA 29-Sep-18 Superhero 5K Silver Spring, MD 29-Sep-18 Firebolt 5K Staunton, VA 29-Sep-18 Potomac River Run Marathon Carderock, MD 29-Sep-18 Greensprings Miles for Smiles 8K Williamsburg, VA 29-Sep-18 Navy Federal 5K Vienna, VA 29-Sep-18 Virginia 10 Mile Lynchburg, VA 29-Sep-18 Virginia 4 Mile Lynchburg, VA 29-Sep-18 We're All Human 5K Purcellville, VA 30-Sep-18 HCS Longfellow 15K Ellicott City, MD 30-Sep-18 Bachmann Valley Half Marathon Westminster, MD 30-Sep-18 AS Metric Marathon Harwood, MD 30-Sep-18 Autumn Georgetown Half Marathon Washington, DC 30-Sep-18 Run Wild for Autism 5K Baltimore, MD 30-Sep-18 Blazer Dash 5K Towson, MD 30-Sep-18 Margaret Brent 5K Stafford, VA 30-Sep-18 Race Against Food Allergies 5K Virginia Beach, VA 30-Sep-18 PVTC Tim Good 5K Arlington, VA 30-Sep-18 National Capital 20M Carderock, MD 30-Sep-18 National Capital 5M Carderock, MD 30-Sep-18 Perfect 10K Reston, VA 30-Sep-18 Perfect 10M Reston, VA 30-Sep-18 Eliza Hope 5K Virginia Beach, VA 30-Sep-18 Great Strides 5K Bethesda, MD 30-Sep-18 Prince William Half Marathon Bristow, VA 30-Sep-18 Boo! Run for Life 6K Washington, DC 30-Sep-18 Scarecrow Classic 5K Catonsville, MD 30-Sep-18 High Bridge 5K Farmville, VA 6-Oct-18 High Bridge Half Marathon Farmville, VA 6-Oct-18 McLean 5K McLean, VA 6-Oct-18 Glory Days Open Grill 5K Centreville, VA 6-Oct-18 Fletcher’s Cove Park Run 5K #137 Washington, DC 6-Oct-18 Kensington Park Run 5K #29 Kensington, MD 6-Oct-18 College Park Park Run #103 College Park, MD 6-Oct-18 Roosevelt Island Park Run 5K #99 Washington, DC 6-Oct-18 iWalk for Acts 5K Woodbridge, VA 6-Oct-18 Williamsburg Landing 5K Run for Arc Awareness Williamsburg, VA 6-Oct-18 Deep Run Park Run 5K #57 Richmond, VA 6-Oct-18 Rockbridge Area Hospice 5K Hustle Lexington, VA 6-Oct-18 Calvert Memorial 5K Solomons, MD 6-Oct-18 Oktoberfest 5K Potomac, MD 6-Oct-18 Pink Ribbon 5K Frederick, MD 6-Oct-18 Anacostia Park Run 5K #41 Washington, DC 6-Oct-18 Great Allegany 15K Cumberland, MD 6-Oct-18 Great Allegany 5K Cumberland, MD 6-Oct-18 Freedoms Run Festival 10K Shepherdstown, WV 6-Oct-18 Freedoms Run Festival 5K Shepherdstown, WV 6-Oct-18 Freedoms Run Festival Half Marathon Shepherdstown, WV 6-Oct-18 Freedoms Run Festival Marathon Shepherdstown, WV 6-Oct-18 Dead Man's Run 5K Washington, DC 6-Oct-18 Trail & Ales 8M Richmond, VA 6-Oct-18 Georgetown Half Marathon Washington, DC 6-Oct-18 Season of Giving 6K Washington, DC 6-Oct-18 Clark Elementary School 5K Charlottesville, VA 6-Oct-18 Dash for Dollars 5K Leesburg, VA 6-Oct-18 Links to the Bay 5K Ocean City, MD 6-Oct-18 Peroni Crawlin' Crab 5K Hampton, VA 6-Oct-18 Peroni Crawlin' Crab Half Marathon Hampton, VA 6-Oct-18 GPS Trail Half Marathon Sparks, MD 7-Oct-18 Middleburg Montessori 5K Middleburg, VA 7-Oct-18 Discover Downtown 5K Columbia, MD 7-Oct-18 Charlottesville Fall Classic Half Marathon Charlottesville, VA 7-Oct-18 Reston Pumpkin 5K Reston, VA 7-Oct-18 Fleet Week 5K Baltimore, MD 7-Oct-18 Sowebo Landmark 5K Baltimore, MD 7-Oct-18 Army 10 Mile Washington, DC 7-Oct-18 Run Fur their Lives 5K Abingdon, VA 7-Oct-18 Run Fur their Lives 10K Abingdon, VA 7-Oct-18 KTS 5K Chester, MD 7-Oct-18 Red Devils 5K Towson, MD 7-Oct-18 Purple Stride 5K Catonsville, MD 7-Oct-18 Highlands School 5K Bel Air, MD 8-Oct-18 GROC Fall 10K Greenbelt, MD 10-Oct-18 Smithfield Hog Jog 5K Smithfield, VA 13-Oct-18 Fletcher’s Cove Park Run 5K #138 Washington, DC 13-Oct-18 College Park Park Run #104 College Park, MD 13-Oct-18 Roosevelt Island Park Run 5K #100 Washington, DC 13-Oct-18 Caleb's Corner 5K Laurel, MD 13-Oct-18 ASA 10K Hunt Valley, MD 13-Oct-18 Jogging for Frogmen 5K Virginia Beach, VA 13-Oct-18 All American Beach Ford 5K Virginia Beach, VA 13-Oct-18 Race at the Cape 5K Virginia Beach, VA 13-Oct-18 Race for the Badge 5K Washington, DC 13-Oct-18 SML Oktoberfest 5K Trail Race Hardy, VA 13-Oct-18 Care2 5K Lynchburg, VA 13-Oct-18 Butterfly 5K Westminster, MD 13-Oct-18 Crib Crawl 5K Frederick, MD 13-Oct-18 Michael Pennefather 5K Manassas Park 13-Oct-18 Lewis Gale Half Marathon Salem, VA 13-Oct-18 Lewis Gale 8K Salem, VA 13-Oct-18 Bridgewater Community 5K Bridgewater, VA 13-Oct-18 Chase a Cure 5K Fairfax Station, VA 13-Oct-18 NCH Heart-One Cardiac Rehab 5K Wise, VA 13-Oct-18 Run for the Hills 6M Williamsburg, VA 13-Oct-18 Fall Foliage 10K Waynesboro, VA 13-Oct-18 Fall Foliage 5K Waynesboro, VA 13-Oct-18 Vida Thrive 5K Washington, DC 13-Oct-18 Bishop McNamara 5K for the Arts Watkins Park, MD 13-Oct-18 Harrity Race against Heart Disease 5K Fairfax, VA 14-Oct-18 Monster Dash 5K Virginia Beach, VA 14-Oct-18 Kosciuszko Freedom Run 5K Washington, DC 14-Oct-18 Sprout 5K Ashburn, VA 14-Oct-18 Great Beginnings Recess Run 5K Leesburg, VA 14-Oct-18 Have you Seen me 5K Fairfax, VA 14-Oct-18 Great Views 5K Great Falls, VA 14-Oct-18 Lake Needwood 10K Derwood, MD 14-Oct-18 10K Run Through History Spotsylvania, VA 14-Oct-18 Savage 7K Savage, MD 14-Oct-18 JW Brick 5K Towson, MD 14-Oct-18 Border Patrol 5K Washington, DC 14-Oct-18 Somerset Back to School 8K Chevy Chase, MD 14-Oct-18 HCS Hammond 5K Columbia, MD 14-Oct-18 Lower Potomac River 10 Mile Piney Point, MD 14-Oct-18 Kinhaven 5K Arlington, VA 14-Oct-18 Helltown Half Marathon Front Royal, VA 14-Oct-18 Frosty Pumpkin 10K Westminster, MD 14-Oct-18 Tidal Basin Runs 5K Washington, DC 17-Oct-18 Fletcher’s Cove Park Run 5K #139 Washington, DC 20-Oct-18 College Park Park Run #101 College Park, MD 20-Oct-18 Roosevelt Island Park Run 5K #101 Washington, DC 20-Oct-18 Anacostia Park Run 5K #39 Washington, DC 20-Oct-18 Open Arms 5K Glen Allen, VA 20-Oct-18 Kensington Park Run 5K #31 Kensington, MD 20-Oct-18 Ashland Harvest 5K Ashland, VA 20-Oct-18 Ashland Harvest 10K Ashland, VA 20-Oct-18 Deep Run Park Run 5K #58 Richmond, VA 20-Oct-18 Falcon & Bruin 5K Manassas, VA 20-Oct-18 Pennington Blue Jay 5K Manassas, VA 20-Oct-18 From here to Eternity 5K Norfolk, VA 20-Oct-18 St. Marys Ryken Blaine Whorl 5K Leonardtown, MD 20-Oct-18 Bank of Fincastle 10K Fincastle, VA 20-Oct-18 Bank of Fincastle 5K Fincastle, VA 20-Oct-18 Spook Hill Cider & Wine 4 Mile Frederick, MD 20-Oct-18 Monster Mash Half Marathon Hagerstown, MD 20-Oct-18 Monster Mash Marathon Hagerstown, MD 20-Oct-18 Deep Hollow 5K Lynchburg, VA 20-Oct-18 Friends of the Family Resource Center 5K Rocky Mount, VA 20-Oct-18 Howlo ween Hustle 5K Covington, VA 20-Oct-18 Wytheville Mayhem 5K Wytheville, VA 20-Oct-18 Waverly 5K Waverly, VA 20-Oct-18 Run for Remembrance 5K Washington, DC 20-Oct-18 Cranio 5K Culpeper, VA 20-Oct-18 Race for Every Child 5K Washington, DC 20-Oct-18 Baltimore United Way 5K Baltimore, MD 20-Oct-18 Baltimore Half Marathon Baltimore, MD 20-Oct-18 Baltimore Marathon Baltimore, MD 20-Oct-18 World Class Freedom Run 8K Williamsburg, VA 20-Oct-18 World Class Freedom Run 5K Williamsburg, VA 20-Oct-18 HSCC'S Pet Day 5K Run Solomons, MD 20-Oct-18 Community Bridges 5K Charlottesville, VA 20-Oct-18 Old Bust Head Benefit 5K Warrenton, VA 20-Oct-18 Run and Beer 10K Manassas, VA 20-Oct-18 Galax Autumn Days 5K Run Galax, VA 20-Oct-18 Key School 10K Annapolis, MD 21-Oct-18 Cross Country on the Farm 5K Derwood, MD 21-Oct-18 Buddy Walk 5K Baltimore, MD 21-Oct-18 Magnolia Green 10K Moseley, VA 21-Oct-18 Children's Hospital of Richmond 4 Miler Richmond, VA 21-Oct-18 Break Away Fitness 5K McLean, VA 21-Oct-18 Run to the River 8K Richmond, VA 21-Oct-18 Monster Dash 5K Fort Meade, MD 26-Oct-18 Leakin Park 5K #68 Baltimore, MD 27-Oct-18 Deep Run Park Run 5K #58 Richmond, VA 27-Oct-18 City Point 5K River Run Hopewell, VA 27-Oct-18 Run for the Bulls 5K Poquoson, VA 27-Oct-18 College Park Park Run #106 College Park, MD 27-Oct-18 Ghosts, Ghouls, and Goblins 5K Ashburn, VA 27-Oct-18 Fletcher’s Cove Park Run 5K #133 Washington, DC 27-Oct-18 Cats and Bats 5K Havre de Grace, MD 27-Oct-18 KidsPeace Trick or Treat 5K Baltimore, MD 27-Oct-18 Greasy Gooney 10K Browntown, VA 27-Oct-18 Heather Hurd 5K Churchville, MD 27-Oct-18 Halloween 5K Stafford, VA 27-Oct-18 West End Spooky Sprint 5K Roanoke, VA 27-Oct-18 Race for the Children 5K Moneta, VA 27-Oct-18 I am Woman 5K Lynchburg, VA 27-Oct-18 Chessie Trail 5K Lexington, VA 27-Oct-18 Chessie Trail Half Marathon Lexington, VA 27-Oct-18 St Joseph Run with the Saints 5K Herndon, VA 27-Oct-18 Governor's Land 5K Williamsburg, VA 27-Oct-18 Headless Horseman 5K Frederick, MD 27-Oct-18 Costume Caper 5K Arlington, VA 27-Oct-18 Boulder Dash 5M Williamsport, MD 27-Oct-18 Holy Redeemer Monster Dash 5K College Park, MD 27-Oct-18 Chase Foundation 5K Suffolk, VA 27-Oct-18 Oktoberfest 5M Columbia, MD 28-Oct-18 Catholic High School Cub 5K Baltimore, MD 28-Oct-18 Monster Mash 5K McLean, VA 28-Oct-18 Cunningham Falls 5K Thurmont, MD 28-Oct-18 Chester River Challenge 5K Chestertown, MD 28-Oct-18 Anthem Wicked 10K Virginia Beach, VA 28-Oct-18 Heritage Trail 10K Keswick, VA 28-Oct-18 9/11 Heroes 5K Annapolis, MD 28-Oct-18 Marine Corps 10K Washington, DC 28-Oct-18 Marine Corps Marathon Washington, DC 28-Oct-18 Mutt Masquerade 5K Virginia Beach, VA 28-Oct-18 Called to Serve 5K Bel Air, MD 3-Nov-18 Yorktown Battlefield 10 Miler Yorktown, VA 3-Nov-18 Yorktown Battlefield 5K Yorktown, VA 3-Nov-18 Fletcher’s Cove Park Run 5K #141 Washington, DC 3-Nov-18 College Park Park Run #107 College Park, MD 3-Nov-18 Anacostia Park Run 5K #44 Washington, DC 3-Nov-18 Deep Run Park Run 5K #58 Richmond, VA 3-Nov-18 Jug Bay 10K Upper Marlboro, MD 3-Nov-18 Jug Bay 5K Upper Marlboro, MD 3-Nov-18 North Beach 5K North Beach, MD 3-Nov-18 Shelter for Help in Emergency 5K Charlottesville, VA 3-Nov-18 Rock Your Socks to Health and Home 5K Baltimore, MD 3-Nov-18 RVA 5K Richmond, VA 3-Nov-18 Louis Fields 5K Danville, VA 3-Nov-18 Westminster School 5K Annandale, VA 3-Nov-18 Terry Burk Memorial 5K Westminster, MD 3-Nov-18 Cow Run 5K Spotsylvania, VA 3-Nov-18 CASA Superhero 5K Lynchburg, VA 3-Nov-18 Eagle Strut 5K Rocky Mount, VA 3-Nov-18 Hope for the Nations 5K Suffolk, VA 3-Nov-18 Run for Donuts 5K Salem, VA 3-Nov-18 Loudoun County Run 4 the Homeless 5K Ashburn, VA 3-Nov-18 Battlefield Half Marathon Winchester, VA 3-Nov-18 Downs Park 5 Mile Pasadena, MD 3-Nov-18 Jack T. Farrar 5K Alexandria, VA 3-Nov-18 Hot Cider Hustle 5K Oxon Hill, MD 3-Nov-18 Hot Cider Hustle 10K Oxon Hill, MD 3-Nov-18 HCS Swansfield 5K Columbia, MD 4-Nov-18 Semper Fi Half Marathon Washington, DC 4-Nov-18 Semper Fi 5K Washington, DC 4-Nov-18 National Race to End Women's Cancer 5K Washington, DC 4-Nov-18 FCA 5K Spotsylvania, VA 4-Nov-18 Rockville 10K Rockville, MD 4-Nov-18 Rockville 5K Rockville, MD 4-Nov-18 Run for the Parks 10K Washington, DC 4-Nov-18 Across the Bay 10K Annapolis, MD 4-Nov-18 Fletcher’s Cove Park Run 5K #142 Washington, DC 10-Nov-18 College Park Park Run #108 College Park, MD 10-Nov-18 Roosevelt Island Park Run 5K #104 Washington, DC 10-Nov-18 Anacostia Park Run 5K #45 Washington, DC 10-Nov-18 Deep Run Park Run 5K #59 Richmond, VA 10-Nov-18 Kensington Park Run 5K #34 Kensington, MD 10-Nov-18 Lorton Station Veterans 5K Lorton, VA 10-Nov-18 Lorton Station Veterans 10K Lorton, VA 10-Nov-18 Alex's 5K Haymarket, VA 10-Nov-18 Huff and Puff 5K Baltimore, MD 10-Nov-18 116th Infantry Regiment Annual 5K Staunton, VA 10-Nov-18 Scott Dayton EOD Memorial 5K Virginia Beach, VA 10-Nov-18 Superhero 5K Frederick, MD 10-Nov-18 Autism Awareness 5K Danville, VA 10-Nov-18 Warrior 8K Virginia Beach, VA 10-Nov-18 Virginia's Fallen Heroes 5K Virginia Beach, VA 10-Nov-18 HCA 5K the Warrior Way Hampton, VA 10-Nov-18 Anthem Richmond Marathon Richmond, VA 10-Nov-18 American Family Fitness Half Marathon Richmond, VA 10-Nov-18 HCA 8K Richmond, VA 10-Nov-18 TCS Annapolis 6.6M Annapolis, MD 10-Nov-18 TCS Annapolis 11.9M Annapolis, MD 10-Nov-18 Storm Warriors 5K Ocean City, MD 10-Nov-18 Bobcat 5K Frederick, MD 10-Nov-18 Virginia Running Festival 5K Newport News, VA 11-Nov-18 Virginia Running Festival 7M Newport News, VA 11-Nov-18 Run for Research 5K Chevy Chase, MD 11-Nov-18 Turkey Trot 5K Purcellville, VA 11-Nov-18 Veterans 5K Fredericksburg, VA 11-Nov-18 Travis Manion 5K Alexandria, VA 11-Nov-18 Freedom is Never Free Half Marathon Potomac, MD 11-Nov-18 Ripley 5K Annapolis, MD 11-Nov-18 Mayberry 7M Mayberry, MD 11-Nov-18 BRRC Cross Country 5K Baltimore, MD 11-Nov-18 Veterans Day 5K Fairfax, VA 11-Nov-18 Run through the Grapevine 8K Mount Airy, MD 11-Nov-18 Candy Cane City 5K Chevy Chase, MD 11-Nov-18 Veterans Day 10K Washington, DC 11-Nov-18