Washington Running Club Newsletter Volume 3, Number 6 © 1984 Washington Running Club June 1984 4TH ANNUAL HOMETOWN 15-K IS WRC bureaucratic snafu which left Mike Mansy out of the SHOWPIECE AND IRA P's SENDOFF race until minutes before the start. After Mansy and Naylor crossed the line, officials Mansy, Naylor, Hage Sweep; gave the race to Mansy. Although Coca Cola sponsored Briscoe Tops Women's Field the race, there was no prize worth giving away so it didn't really matter who won or finished twelfth. Over the previous weekend, Naylor had won the Ira, Bound for L.A., Bids D.C. Adieu Loudon Ten Miler in hilly Loudon County, Virginia, in by Peter Nye 52:30. It was an easy win: "After the first 400 yards I WRC Staff Reporter was in the iead. It was embarrassing." He ran the Hometown Run as his version of a workout with Mike Mansy and Al Naylor have been strolling down Mansy. injury lane until recently when they mended and were Mansy had gotten over his smarting experience the able to take to the roads once again. Both showed they week before from exposure to teammate Henry still have the right step at the fourth annual Home- O'Connell. Just before the start of the Pierce Street town 15-Kilometer Run May 20 in Washington, D.C. Annex 10-Kilometer race in Washington, D.C., O'Con- Holding hands in a deliberate effort to tie, they won nell told Mansy he was feeling down and wouldn't pose the event on a hot day from a field of 2,500 in a time any competition. But when the race began, O'Connell of 48:57. sprinted away, built up a lead that Mansy couldn't After them came a virtual deluge of WRC uniforms. overcome, and won a round-trip airline trip on World Jim Hage came in third to complete the team sweep. Airways to San Francisco. Finishing fifth was Jack Coffey, followed by Peter Mansy had fallen prey to the oldest ruse in competi- Nye in ninth and Roberto Rodriguez in tenth to make tion. He was mildly miffed. Then O'Connell met with WRC finishing six in the top ten. Mansy. As they shook hands, O'Connell said, "I just In the women's division, Pam Briscoe won in 57:31 want you to know I'm not in shape yet." Mansy's mood with a comfortable margin over Kathy Hibbert of the shifted to annoyance. Rock Creek Running Club in 57:59. New WRC mem- Shortly after, O'Connell cemented the relationship bers Ruth Joyner and Becky Nolan came in third and by waving the envelope containing the voucher for the fifth, followed by Coleen Troy in sixth. Chari McLean, airline trip in front of Mansy's face and said, "I can another new member, was eighth, and Suzy Rainville use this ticket to fly anywhere in the country, not just was fourteenth. Because of a mixup, Nolan wasn't San Francisco." included in the team scoring, but WRC still won the This was trying Mansy's patience and considerable women's team competition. good nature. Exasperated, he vowed to several club The team competition represented some break- members to "get even." throughs in area racing. Not only did the WRC women O'Connell, explaining he was perhaps misunder- win their team competition from teams such as the stood, said, "I don't want to sound conceited." Naylor RunHers, but the men's masters took second place. was at his elbow. He smiled with memories of having This represented a significant challenge to local terri- been a roommate of O'Connell and said, "You are." tory formerly dominated by the Potomac Valley At the Hometown Run a week later, Mansy was Seniors. awarded the win from Naylor. But O'Connell still had Those who scored on the WRC master's team were Gerry Ives, Joe Luigiano, Ken Moffett Sr., Dick Good and Ron Ponchak. The JUNE meeting will be held June 8 at 8:00 WRC won first and third in the overall team compe- p.m. in the Customs Building, 1307 Constitu- tition. Ira Pesserilo had announced that he is moving tion Ave., N.W. at 8:00 p.m. The meeting will to Los Angeles June 6 to continue his legal career and feature Bruce Coldsmith,Jim Hagen and Dan asked members to win the team prizes for him. Rincon on a panel addressing coaching The team wins were a tribute of sweat to Ira and techniques. further reflect a deeper team effort in the form of coordination. Ruth Joyner and Jeff Reed telephoned The JULY meeting will be held July 8 at 8:00 members. Jeff also wrote checks and registered run- p.m. in the Customs Building, 1307 Constitu- ners. On race day, Dan Rincon tallied results and tion Ave., N.W. at 8:00 p.m. The meeting will handed them in to the officials for tabulation. Reed feature a "Shoe Fair." also had to do some smooth talking to overcome a JUNE Washington Running Club 2 (Vol. 3) WASHINGTON RUNNING CLUB the last hurrah. He continues to hold the course record In the women's division, WRC's Coleen Troy chased from two years ago. Marge Rosasco of the Brooks Racing Team to the line Partial Results: 1. Mike Mansy and Al Naylor, 48:57; for second place. Coleen finished in 38:23 to Marge's 2. Jim Hage, 49:23; 5. Jack Coffey, 49:44; 9. Peter Nye, 36:01. WRC's Bernadette Flynn was fifth in the wom- 51:20; 10. Roberto Rodriguez, 51:24; 13. Lucious An- en's division, in 40:45. derson, 52:15; 24. William Larsen, 54:25; 25. Bruce The event got underway under a cloudy sky that Coldsmith, 54:27; C. Kunh, 54:58; Darryl Stewart, brought rain as the lead group reached the midpoint of 55:14; Pat Carr, 55:16; Jay Jacob Wind, 56:08; A. the rolling course. McAlpine, 56:20; Roger Urbancsik, 56:45; Lloyd Before the rain fell, the lead pack of Doub, Norman, Shrager, 57:16; Joe Luigiano, 59:05; Ron Ponchak, Charley Cvrk of WRC/ Adidas and Terry Baker of 59:19; Gerry Ives, 61:27; Jeff Reed, 62:07; Ken Moffett WRC/Kangaroos hit the first mile which was slightly Sr., 64:04; Dick Good, 69:02; Tony Teixeira, 92:05. uphill in 4:41. As the race developed and the rain Women: 1. Pam Briscoe, 57:31; 3. Ruth Joyner, brought to mind the marathon of the 1976 Olympics in 60:36; 5. Becky Nolan, 62:56; 6. Coleen Troy, 63:06; 8. Montreal, Doub pulled ahead of Norman and went on Chari McLean, 63:10; 14. Suzy Rainville, 67:23; Bobbie to win by four seconds. Bleistift, 72:20. At the same time, Baker was trailing Cvrk in fourth place. "We were coming up on the finish and I was going to CLYDE'S 10~K DRAWS CLASS FIELD; DOUB WINS pass Charley," Baker recalled. "But damn if Mike IN 29:48; ROSASCO WINS WOMEN IN 36:01 Spindler wasn't standing on the sideline and called my by DOD Pedro name out. Charley realized how close I was and WRC Staff Reporter sprinted ahead. I never did catch him." While there were about a dozen races over the first They finished third and fourth, with Cvrk in 30:33 weekend in May, the one that drew the best and the and Baker five seconds behind. Baker held off Mike fittest was the Clyde's 10·kilometer race in Columbia, Monaghan of Baltimore, but both runners were award- Md., May 6. There John Doub left no doubts. He won in ed the same time. 29:48, four seconds ahead of fellow Pennsylvanian Don Cvrk took home a new Peugeot bicycle for his work. Norman. Doub got a trip for two to Jamaica for three nights The first ten finishers were faster than the winners and four days. Norman had to have help to carry off of other weekend area 10-kilometer races. his 19-inch color Sony television. And photogenic Gordon Minty of WRC/Nike realized during the Marge Rosasco won a Nike camera. event that he still wasn't recovered from his effort at Winner of the men's master's division was Joe the Boston Marathon which qualified him for the Thomas of Nike/ Allegheny, in 33:33. Dick Hipp of the Olympic Marathon Trials. Finishing in 32:15, he won GNATs was second in 35:01. his age division in the 35-39 group, which got him a The race was put on with the help of the Howard silver bowl for his efforts, but he failed to make the County Striders. top 15. Results: 1. John Doub, 29:48; 2. Don Norman, 29:52; 3. Charles Cvrk, 30:33; 4. Terry Baker, 30:38; 5. Mike Monaghan, 30:38; 6. Dave Rinehart, 30:40; 7. David Shafer, 30:43; 8. Mike Sheely, 31:08; 9. James Cooper, 31:11; 10. Jim Hage, 31:22; WRC finishers: Stan Fletch- Washington Running er, 32:42; Peter Nye, 33:06, Rick Shank, 35:40 (pr); Club Jack Moffett, 39:19; Ken Moffett Jr., 37:06 (pr). P.O. Box 2605, Springfield, Va. 22152. Tel. 703-455-0575 MICHAEL MUSYOKI BLITZES APPLE BLOSSOM CLUB OFFICERS FOR 1984 10-K IN WINCHESTER, VA., WITH 29:20 President: Alan Roth (649-4909) From Assorted Sources Vice President: Pat Neary (455-0575) At the Apple Blossom 10-kilometer race in Winches- Secretary: Keith Higgs (836-7284) ter, Va., May 5, African Michael Musyoki ran the first Treasurer: Jeff Reed (836-7284) part of the race with Mark Stickley of Virginia Tech Newsletter Editor: Peter Nye (998-5467) and Matt Wilson of WRC/Tiger.