Running on a sticky, cloudy morning under conditions which produced relatively slow times, WRRC club member Tina McCubbin captured the Women's Distance Festival 5K, held at Union Mills on Sunday, July 17. McCubbin has now finished fourth or better in this event in each of the last five years, including winning it in 2003 and 2005.
Grabbing the lead immediately, McCubbin paced the 54 runner field through the first mile in a time of 6:35, good for a five second lead over FSK runner and WRRC member Maggie Leathers, with Kristin Stromberg, Becky Leathers, and Baltimore Road Runner member Robin Goodwin trailing Maggie by eight to thirty seconds.
After making the turn at two and one-half kilometers, McCubbin surged through the early portion of the mostly downhill return trip, and with a mile to go, her time of 14:17 gave her a 24 second lead over Maggie Leathers, with Goodwin moving to third, Cindy Cohen moving to fourth, and Becky Leathers dropping to fifth.
Although a number of experienced runners moved up several spots during the last mile, no one posed any threat to McCubbin, as she produced the only sub-seven minute per mile finishing time, 21:03, fifty seconds ahead of Goodwin. Maggie Leathers finished a close third, almost a minute ahead of Cohen, and Kathy Schaffer moved up to fifth. Club members Sherry Clower, Chrissy Pennington, Dee Nelson, and Becky Leathers also finished in the top ten.
Led by McCubbin in first place, Maggie Leathers in third, and Clower in sixth, the host WRRC retained the fame team trophy for yet another year. The Baltimore Road Runners finished second, and the Howard County Striders finished third.
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54 Finishers Place Name Age Time Award 1 Cristine McCubbin 34 21:03 Also won in 2003 2 Robin Goodwin 46 21:53 First over 40 (masters) 3 Maggie Leathers 17 22:07 First under 20 (youth) 4 Cindy Cohen 37 23:03 first in 30-39 category 5 Kathy Schaffer 42 23:26 first in 40-49 category 6 Sherry Clower 33 23:33 second in 30-39 category 7 Chrissy Pennington 29 23:59 first in 20-29 category 8 Kristen Stromberg 15 24:04 first in 19 and under catego 9 Dee Nelson 61 24:16 first in 60-69 category 10 Becky Leathers 13 24:20 second in 19 and under categ 11 Ginger Rowley 44 24:49 second in 40-49 category 12 Judy Gilbert 61 24:56 second in 60-69 category 13 Deb Harbaugh 53 26:03 first in 50-59 category 14 Debra Leathers 42 26:04 third in 40-49 category 15 Bethany Scherbarth 21 26:06 second in 20-29 category 16 Christy St. Clair 56 26:08 second in 50-59 category 17 Carole Williamson 44 27:06 18 Melissa Currence 50 27:14 third in 50-59 category 19 Lisa Murphy 43 27:16 20 Lee Smith 46 28:31 21 Sandy Buck 59 28:42 22 Michele Stromberg 13 28:45 third in 19 and under catego 23 Amanda Hodgkinson 12 28:47 24 Lauren Colvin 30 28:58 third in 30-39 category 25 Jeanne Larrison 50 29:01 26 Kathy Hennes 53 29:05 27 Terri Ausfresser 46 30:05 28 Lynne Scherbarth 45 30:06 29 Patricia Engler 42 30:29 30 Susan Alhambra 46 30:30 31 Amy Morrow Funk 39 31:00 32 Melissa Murdock 38 31:34 33 Beverly Harvey 53 31:43 34 Clare Imholtz 58 31:46 35 Janet Newburgh 63 31:53 third in 60-69 category 36 Kathleen Nowlin 51 32:14 37 Mary Maloff 50 32:21 38 Christine Alhambra 20 32:46 third in 20-29 category 39 Pam Durbin 37 33:13 40 Lauren Reese 22 33:49 41 Chris Reese 54 33:49 42 Shirley Lord 51 34:15 43 Kathleen Hanson 51 35:39 44 Sabra Kurth 43 35:39 45 Rachel Kofsky 31 36:09 46 Joanne Mallet 71 36:26 first in 70 and over categor 47 Bev Byron 52 36:39 48 Melissa Tabot 33 39:17 49 Julie Trapp 61 40:12 50 Patricia Rich 65 41:29 51 Anne Brooker-Grogan 48 44:42 52 Mary Laulie 40 47:01 53 Linda Jendros 52 47:01 54 Lillian Wolf 71 53:13 second in 70 and over catego
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