Unofficial DC Memorial Day 5K
Washington, DC
Saturday, May 24, 2003
Conducted by DC Marathon

After the success of The Unofficial Washington DC Marathon on March 23, which drew nearly 600 participants after the official marathon was canceled, Unofficial Marathon organizers decided officially to organize another race in preparation for a bid for the 2004 Marathon.

Thus, they conceived, created, and conducted The Unofficial Washington DC Memorial Day 5K, and a success it was. After a week-long rainstorm, the 142 runners came out to enjoy a bit of actual blue sky.

The race went out fast. Crossing the mile mark in just over 5 minutes was a tight pack including veteran runner Ted Poulos, 41, of McLean VA; Eric Markovsky, 34, of Pasadena MD; and Jim Wadsworth, 46, of Washington DC. On the back stretch, Poulos pulled away to win in 16:49, followed by Markovsky in 16:57 and Wadsworth in 17:06.

Just as close was the women's race, with Victoria Parkland, 26, of Washington DC narrowly edging Cecila Lutz, 42, of Reston VA 18:39 to 18:57. Third was Jacqueline Caouette, 25, of Vienna VA in 21:02.

Mark Dobson, 8, of Fairfax VA won the children's race with an 8-minute mile.

The ad-hoc team of Unofficial Marathon organizers came back together and added a few teammates. Bob Platt was designated race director and handled the registration data base. Jay Wind and Hugh Blodgett handled Friday packet pickup. Bob Schneider, Therese Cluck set up and Hugh Blodgett staffed pre-race registration. Andrew Johnston coordinated volunteers. Blodgett and Meghan Taira marshalled the crucial turn on the one-loop course. Kim Hedge and Todd Katschke staffed the finish line. Rob Meisnere of Firehook Bakery and Tim McMahon arranged the post-race picnic, with contributions from Firehook and Giant Food. Tracy Krughoff hauled around the water for two months between the marathon and the 5K. Platt computed and announced the results and gave out prizes, including Fleet Feet gift certificates, Firehook cakes, and Runner's World goodies, including plenty of random prizes.

The race raised almost $1,000 for United Service Organizations (USO) of Metropolitan Washington and Operation USO Care Package.
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Female Finishers
1.   Victoria McParland, 26     Washington DC               18:39 1/24 
2.   Cecilia Lutz, 42           Reston VA                   18:57 1/7 
3.   Jacqueline Caouette, 25    Vienna VA                   21:02 2/24 
4.   Anne-Marie Adams, 27       Arlington VA                21:22 3/24 
5.   Jenny Dakin, 23            Rockville MD                21:27 4/24 
6.   Adina Wadsworth, 35        Washington DC               21:42 1/14 
7.   Erica Morton, 26           Alexandria VA               22:26 5/24 
8.   Moira Hayward, 29          McLean VA                   23:12 6/24 
9.   Therese Beatiy, 43         Arlington VA                23:20 2/7 
10.  Emily Willimy, 26          Alexandria VA               23:53 7/24 
11.  Karen Moscrop, 43          Hyattsville MD              24:57 3/7 
12.  Lynn Addington, 35         Washington DC               25:16 2/14 
13.  Amanda Morgan, 25          Alexandria VA               25:22 8/24 
14.  Sandra Johnson, 41         Arlington VA                25:39 4/7 
15.  Kora Findler, 20           Arlington VA                25:45 9/24 
16.  Rebecca Lemmon, 30         Arlington VA                25:59 3/14 
17.  Tami Graf, 66              Lusby MD                    26:17 1/1 
18.  Michele Gehrig, 26         Arlington VA                27:04 10/24 
19.  Kara Berge, 28             Washington DC               27:13 11/24 
20.  Tarryn Winterbach, 25      Falls Church VA             27:21 12/24 
21.  Adrienne Werner, 27        Arlington VA                27:23 13/24 
22.  Annie Hunt, 18             McLean VA                   27:24 1/3 
23.  Laurie Crawford, 28        Fairfax VA                  27:28 14/24 
24.  Elizabeth Gibson, 38       Alexandria VA               27:38 4/14 
25.  abby Bourgon, 30           Tucson AZ                   28:10 5/14 
26.  Susan Corder, 34           Albany OR                   28:16 6/14 
27.  Casey Hunt, 16             McLean VA                   28:57 2/3 
28.  Erin Campbell, 26          Arlington VA                29:02 15/24 
29.  Colleen  Berger, 23        Falls Church VA             29:13 16/24 
30.  Laurie Hunt, 16            McLean VA                   29:19 3/3 
31.  Katie Humphries, 29        Arlington VA                29:32 17/24 
32.  Rena Dascal, 26            New York NY                 30:14 18/24 
33.  Gabrielle Bryant, 26       Alexandria VA               30:38 19/24 
34.  Christina Caravoulias, 48  Silver Spring MD            30:50 5/7 
35.  Merlin A. Krieger, 26      Rockville MD                31:26 20/24 
36.  Beth Ciha, 27              Silver Spring MD            31:44 21/24 
37.  Sandra Jaquot, 31          Coeur d' Alene ID           31:48 7/14 
38.  Susan Cottrell, 45         Washington DC               31:57 6/7 
39.  Kristie Swaney, 32         Springfield VA              31:58 8/14 
40.  BEA DAVIS, 39              VIRGINIA BEACH VA           32:05 9/14 
41.  Robyn Levich, 25           New York NY                 32:11 22/24 
42.  Marcia Cato, 36            Arlington VA                32:38 10/14 
43.  Kim Graber, 33             Washington DC               32:39 11/14 
44.  Lisa Walkup, 24            Alexandria VA               34:02 23/24 
45.  Mason Howard, 38           McLean VA                   34:05 12/14 
46.  Ailis Aaron, 25            Arlington VA                35:26 24/24 
47.  Alexis Starkey, 30         Washington DC               38:41 13/14 
48.  Shelley Sabo, 42           Burke VA                    38:46 7/7 
49.  Tonya Dobson, 31           Oakton VA                   38:57 14/14 
50.  Caroline Klam, 54          Arlington VA                41:05 1/1 
Male Finishers
1.   Ted Poulos, 41             McLean VA                   16:49 1/27 
2.   Eric Makovsky, 30          Pasadina MD                 16:57 1/25 
3.   Jim Wadsworth, 46          Washington DC               17:06 2/27 
4.   Peter Rushford, 46         Potomac MD                  17:14 3/27 
5.   Malcolm Lester, 35         Washington DC               17:19 2/25 
6.   Lionel Scatliffe, 49       Alexandria VA               17:33 4/27 
7.   Jason Grimm, 24            Laurel MD                   17:34 1/15 
8.   Alex Grant, 34             Washington DC               17:46 3/25 
9.   Quentin McMahon, 16        Wheaton MD                  17:47 1/2 
10.  Steve Donahue, 45          Arlington VA                18:04 5/27 
11.  Mike Bryant, 24            Fairfax VA                  18:07 2/15 
12.  Steve Moywe, 45            Reston VA                   18:08 6/27 
13.  Jim Cummings, 42           Manington WV                18:25 7/27 
14.  Kevin Finnegan, 46         Alexandria VA               18:29 8/27 
15.  Robert Tyler, 30           Washington DC               18:31 4/25 
16.  Matt Anderson, 37          Fairfax VA                  18:32 5/25 
17.  MARK  DAVIS, 42            VIRGINIA BEACH VA           18:38 9/27 
18.  David Wild, 48             Washington DC               18:48 10/27 
19.  Dave Crawford, 53          Arlington VA                18:55 1/11 
20.  Bryant Townley, 33         Dumfries VA                 19:17 6/25 
21.  R J Spalding, 40           Rockville MD                19:18 11/27 
22.  David Heinen, 28           Arlington VA                19:45 3/15 
23.  Kirk Gordon, 47            Greenbelt MD                19:49 12/27 
24.  Kevin Finneran, 53         Washington DC               19:56 2/11 
25.  Stephen Rossman, 28        Arlington VA                20:18 4/15 
26.  Glenn Klenk, 50            Arlington VA                20:19 3/11 
27.  Jay Wind, 53               Arlington VA                20:33 4/11 
28.  Ted Findler, 27            Arlington VA                20:41 5/15 
29.  Scott A. Kimmel, 46        Alexandria VA               21:00 13/27 
30.  James Davis, 33            Arlington VA                21:09 7/25 
31.  Charles Myers, 26          Chevy Chase MD              21:12 6/15 
32.  Hugh Blodget, 34           Washington DC               21:15 8/25 
33.  James Siegel, 24           Washington  DC              21:26 7/15 
34.  Peter Blank, 48            Annandale MD                21:28 14/27 
35.  Ozzie Enriquez, 40         Falls Church VA             21:32 15/27 
36.  Robert Droter, 31          Arlington VA                21:47 9/25 
37.  Robert Hayward, 31         McLean VA                   21:52 10/25 
38.  Steve Mack, 35             Reston VA                   21:59 11/25 
39.  James Scharborough, 45     McLean VA                   22:14 16/27 
40.  John Gluck, 65             Alexandria VA               22:22 1/6 
41.  Rod Stafford, 47           Fairfax VA                  22:25 17/27 
42.  Keith Ponikowski, 34       Arlington VA                22:47 12/25 
43.  Seth King, 24              Dumfries VA                 23:00 8/15 
44.  T J Caouette, 25           Vienna VA                   23:01 9/15 
45.  Joseph Schramka, 34        Rockville MD                23:21 13/25 
46.  Paul McDaniel, 36          Woodbridge VA               23:32 14/25 
47.  Steve Lapp, 23             Alexandria VA               23:34 10/15 
48.  Phil Graham, 51            Woodbridge VA               23:50 5/11 
49.  Marc Yoda, 25              Panama City FL              23:53 11/15 
50.  Gil Crumrine, 49           Hagerstown MD               23:53 18/27 
51.  Patrick Kinlaw, 24         Bethesda MD                 23:54 12/15 
52.  Kevin Meder, 46            doylestown PA               24:05 19/27 
53.  Greg Romano, 33            Arlington VA                24:10 15/25 
54.  Robert Malloy, 32          Alexandria VA               24:39 16/25 
55.  Rick Perkins, 55           Chantily VA                 24:44 6/11 
56.  Bill Sollers, 63           Silver Spring MD            24:56 2/6 
57.  Darryl Diamond, 26         Arlington VA                25:12 13/15 
58.  Bernard DDentz, 62         Reston VA                   25:13 3/6 
59.  Rod Romero, 35             Glendora CA                 25:16 17/25 
60.  Steve Kerr, 49             Indianapolis IN             25:17 20/27 
61.  Tom Measham, 69            Chevy Chase MD              26:02 4/6 
62.  Don Blue, 61               Manassas VA                 26:41 5/6 
63.  Steve Berglie, 32          Fairfax VA                  27:11 18/25 
64.  Kai Chen, 43               Potomac MD                  27:36 21/27 
65.  Douglas Bourgon, 31        Tucson AZ                   28:10 19/25 
66.  Bob Weiner, 56             Accokeek MD                 28:20 7/11 
67.  Albert Bellamy, 26         Woodbridge VA               28:24 14/15 
68.  Joe Broderick, 65          Greenbelt MD                28:32 6/6 
69.  Eric S Schlesinger, 51     Silver Spring MD            28:52 8/11 
70.  Jake Brody, 30             Alexandria VA               29:00 20/25 
71.  Steve Corder, 38           Albany OR                   29:15 21/25 
72.  Charles Willoughby, 59     Alexandria VA               29:30 9/11 
73.  David  Hunter, 35          Arlington VA                29:33 22/25 
74.  Tim Ramsey, 44             Alexandria VA               29:35 22/27 
75.  Oleg Hall, 10              Alexandria VA               29:55 2/2 
76.  John Marshall, 45          Waldorf MD                  30:12 23/27 
77.  Dajun Yang, 40             Rockville MD                30:18 24/27 
78.  Michael Levy, 58           Bethesda MD                 31:16 10/11 
79.  Jeff Hall, 47              Alexandria VA               31:20 25/27 
80.  William Johnson, 39        Bowie MD                    31:34 23/25 
81.  Benjamin Schein, 25        Washington DC               31:43 15/15 
82.  Victor Litwinski, 59       McLean VA                   31:54 11/11 
83.  Mack Dobson, 8             Fairfax VA                  31:59 1/1 
84.  Kelly Dobson, 36           Fairfax VA                  31:59 24/25 
85.  Bill Osburn, 79            Bethesda MD                 32:23 1/2 
86.  Matthew Dobson, 32         Oakton VA                   32:42 25/25 
87.  Ray Campbell, 71           Hyattsville MD              33:33 2/2 
88.  James Sullivan, 49         Chevy Chase MD              33:57 26/27 
89.  Joe Fox,                                               34:02  
90.  Simon Kerruish,            McLean VA                   34:03  
91.  Steve Ferguson, 49         Bethesda MD                 35:22 27/27 

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