Westminster WDF 5K
Westminster, MD
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Conducted by Westminster Road Runners Club

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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