Washington Running Club Newsletter Volume 3, Number 9 © 1984 Washington Running Club September 1984 The SEPTEMBER meeting of WRC will be held of 51-year old Rev. Norman Green who finished 21st September 14 at 8:00 p.m. in the Customs Building, overall in 54:01. He not only won the 50-59 age group "1307 Constitution Ave., N.W. The meeting will feature but also bested the 40-49 age group winner, Ed Kan- a shoe fair, with Jim Roberts of the Fairfax Running drot in 55:1B, as well. Center and podiatrist Dr. Ayne Furman giving advice Green's performance prompted a fellow age-group and tips on how to choose the correct shoe. " competitor to shake his head and smile. 'It's all rela- tive," WRC's Ken Moffett said. "The secret is to check out the obscure races to run." MATT WILSON AND PATTY McGOVERN SHARE Results: 1. Matt Wilson, Tiger, 49:29; 2. John Eberle, WINNING HONORS AT ANNAPOLIS 10-MILER Nike, 49:33; 3. Frank Sharky, Brooks Racing Team, by Peter Nye 50:02; 4. Willy McCool, U.S. Navy, 50:32; 5. Tim Gavin, WRC Staff Reporter WRC, 50:37; 6. Jim O'Keefe, Tiger Race Pace of Baltimore, 50:54; 7. Jeff Peterson, WRC, 51:00; 8. Stan Winners of both the men's and women's divisions at Fletcher, WRC, 51:18; 9. Paul Malott, Nike Allegheny, the Ninth Annual Annapolis Ten-Mile Run Aug. 26 51:42; 10. Jack Coffey, WRC/ Adidas, 52:16; 11. Dave were not apparent until the leaders had the finish in Harrison, Tidewater Striders Locker Room Team, sight inside the U.S. Naval Academy stadium. 52:16; 12. James Clelland, TRP, 52:33; 13. Don Matt Wilson of the Tiger Asics International Racing Uphouse, TRP, 52:36; 14. Tim Tays, WRC/Brooks/U.S. Team and John Eberle of Nike ran stride for stride Army Old Guard, 52:42; 15. Dave Menosky, Nike Alle- into the stadium. They had shed Frank Sharky of the gheny, 52:47; 16. Lucious Anderson, WRC, 52:52; 17. Brooks Racing Team when they crossed 'the Severn Charles Cvrk, WRC/ Adidas, 53:07; 18. Jim Dare, WRC, River Bridge, with slightly less than two miles to go. 53:20; 19. Dan Rincon, WRC/ Adidas, 53:20; 20. Ro- When it got down to a two-man race, Wilson tested berto Rodriguez, WRC, 53:43;' 21. Norm Green, Nike, Eberle with a few surges to test how Eberle was 54:01; 22. Bob Oberti, Unat., 54:15; 23. Mark Hribar, doing, Wilson said after the race. Buffalo Valley Striders of Lewisburg, Pa., 54:16; 24. Once in the stadium, Wilson broke away for the lap Mark Reisinger, York Road Runners, 54:18; 25. Layne over grass - slick in parts, owing to the morning's Party, WRC/ Adidas, 54:20; Other WRC finishers: 26. dew - that went up one side of the Navy football Bob Cosby, 54:45; 29. Peter Nye, 55:07; 37. Jay Wind, field, across the back, then down the far side to the 56:29; 46. Mark Doles, 57:06; 50. Dave Asaki, 57:55; finish. Bob Trost, 58:56; Jim Hagen, 60:45; Jack Moffett, Wilson's 49:29 was four seconds ahead of Eberle. 65:44; Ken Moffett, 65:45; Ron Ponchak, 68:19. The same four-second margin separated WRC's Women: 1. Patty McGovern, WRC/Saucony Racing Patty McGovern of the Saucony Racing Team from Team, 58:11; 2. Sue Crowe, Warren Street Athletic and Sue Crowe of the Warren Street Athletic and Social Social Club, 58:15; 3. Pam Briscoe, WRC, 60:45; 4. Club at the finish, but their race was more dramatic. Karen Wagner, '1'eflJ'Tl Adidas, 62:03; 5. Patricia Mille- McGovern and Crowe entered the stadium in tan- son, Balto., 62:30; 6. Colleen Troy, WRC, 62:30; 7. dem and dueled up the football field's sideline and Susan Duquette, Tide Water Striders, 63:06; 8. Barbara across the back. But coming off the final turn, McGov- Frech, NOVA, 63:19; 9. Catherine Pugh, Balto., 64:22; ern prevailed to take over and win in 58:11. 10. Cheryl O'Keefe, Spfld., Va., 64:27; WRC finishers: Third-place woman was WRC's Pam Briscoe, in 11. Suzy Rainville, 64:50; 12. Becky Nolan, 64:59; Betty 60:45, a new pro Coleen Troy was the next WRC Blank 65:49; Bernadatte Flynn, 68:43; Bobbie Bleistift, woman, in sixth with 62:30. 70:5"4(pr). 0 Weather for the race was more characteristic of a northern environ. Giant clusters of clouds scudded across the azure sky as though they were scrubbed CLELAND'S SWANSONG IS A WIN AT AMERICAN clean and scattered out to dry on a day with moder- U. 10K; CLINCHES BUNION DERBY AGE GROUP ately low humidity. Turnout for the event was as strong as ever, with 3,500 official starters who had by Don Pedro submitted their entries months in advance. WRC Staff Reporter Wilson, who formerly ran for WRC, now runs full- - The final of the seven Bunion Derby races on the time for Tiger International. Leading WRC finishers course at American University July 31 intimidated were Tim Gavin in fifth, a resurrected Jeff Peterson some with its D.C. Road Runner Club rating of IV for (recovered from an achilles tendon injury) seventh, difficulty. Many observe that there is never a flat spot Stan Fletcher eighth and Jack Coffey tenth. on the 5K course that is run twice by the men and once One of the more remarkable performances was that by women in the race. A number of years ago, WRC's SEPTEMBER Washington Running Club 2 (Vol. 3) WASHINGTON RUNNING CLUB George Cushmac measured the course with a wheel 36:10; 19. Robert Trost, WRC, 36:40; 21. Vassili Trian- for certification and discovered that the hill on the tos, WRC, 36:47; 22. Mike O'Hara, NOVA, 37:05; 23. back stretch measures 5,000 feet from base to sum- Tom Webber, NOVA, 37:06; 41. Gerry Ives, WRC, mit, going up in three different gradients before top- 41:07; 79. Dick Good, WRC, 46:06; 93. Dick Sargent, ping out. WRC, 48:46. 0 Yet it is a draw to the hearty. Jack Cleland, running in one of his final area races FINAL BUNION DERBY RESULTS SHOW BLANK, before moving to Cambridge to attend Havard Law MARTHA SARGENT, NYE WIN AGE DIVISIONS School, took command of the event after two miles while going up the back stretch hill. Peter Nye of by Jay Wind WRC chased with WRC's Roberto Rodriguez and Da- Special to WRC Newsletter vid Lieb of NOVA in tow. The 1984 Bunion Derby summer series of seven . But the hill and pace did not foster cohesion. Run- races had some competitive surprises as usual. ners strung out and finished individually up the hill. The men's 20-29 age group produced the most sur- Nye continued chasing Cleland for much of the next prises. When the series kicked off with the Hugh lap until he faded on the second half of the hill next Jascourt 4-Miler at Hains Point in June, Scott Celley time around. Ben Beach of the D.C. Harriers, running of NOVA Running Club won the event and seemed in his first derby of the season, overtook Nye for likely to clinch the men's 20-29 age group. But a knee second. injury temporarily put him out. Defending champion Cleland went on to win by a 10-second margin in Roberto Rodriguez of WRC then looked like the heir 33:48 over Beach. apparent until Jack Cleland, unattached, improved By winning the race, Cleland clinched the 20-29 age- meteorically and beat Roberto in several outings. group competition over defending champion Roberto. Cleland won, 115 points to Roberto's 110. Nye finished third in 34:13 and took over the 30-39 Barbara Frech of NOVA finished fifth in her age age-group competition. group, 30-39 which WRC's Betty Blank won with 106 Betty Blank of WRC was fifth in the women's 5K points. Frech had the distinction of scoring the great- race, in 20:06. Martha Sargent ran 29:35. est number of points with the fewest number of races. Jennifer Westfall of the Rock Creek Running Club Competitors could score a maximum of six races. was the first woman in the 10K, in 44:13. Jack Coffey of WRC/ Adidas was another who Results: 1. Jack Cleland, Unat., 33:48; 2. Ben Beach, seemed headed for a sure win in his division, the men's Harriers, 33:58; 3. Peter Nye, WRC, 34:13; 4. David 30-39. He won the Fort DuPont race outright after Lieb, NOVA, 34:27; 5. Don Davis, RC2, 34:29; 6. Ro- telling friends he would use the race as a workout, and berto Rodriguez, WRC, 34:35; 7. John M. Walsh, Check- he broke his course record by 1 second. In each of two ers A.C. of Buffalo, 34:40; 8. Dave Ott, U. of Penn., races, he racked up the maximum of 20 points to lead 34:45; 9. Steve Daniels, Greenbelt, 35:10; 10. Bob with 40 points early on before work took him out of Oberti, Unat., 35:24; 15. Pat Carr, WRC, 36:04; 16. town and he was unable to compete again in the Fred Myerson, NOVA, 36:10; 17. Gerry Merkel, NOVA, series. WRC teammate Peter Nye won for the third time.