Steve Pecinovsky, 44, of Fairfax VA started off the meet by qualifying for the Indoor Nationals in the 3-kilometer racewalk in 12:29. Johnny Watkins, 13, of Washington DC ran away with the children's mile in 5:38. Naoko Ishibe, 30, a newcomer to Washington DC, proved that her win at the New Year's Eve Red Ribbon Run 5K was no fluke, winning the women's mile in 5:15 and coming back two hours later to win the women's division of the 3-kilometer in 10:09. Carl Perry, 16, of Washington DC, led the high-school mile in 5:06.
George Buckheit, 41, of Fairfax VA was four seconds ahead of Washington Times columnist Steve Nearman, 39, of Alexandria VA, to win the elite mile in 4:44. Another masters runner, Ed Sheehan, 41, of Washington DC was just a step behind third-place finisher Nat Meucyski, 18, of Annandale VA; both were clocked in 4:47. Master Buckheit and Sheehan both ran times faster than Master's Mile winner Dennis Coleman, 41, of Gaithersburg MD, who ran 4:50, just ahead of Paul Ryan, 48, of Arlington VA. Xavier Naldo, 20, of Silver Spring MD, won the 3-kilometer men's division in 9:45.7, just ahead of Sheehan, who ran 9:49.7.
The next two meets in the three-meet series will be Sundays, January 24 and February 7. The meets start at 8:00 a.m. and feature racewalks of 800 meters for kids and 3000 meters for adults, followed by runs of 55 meters, one mile, 400 meters, 800 meters, 200 meters, and 3000 meters. The meets are directed by DCRRC and PVTC in co-operation with Arlington County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Resources and sponsored by Fleet Feet Sports and Runners World Magazine. The meets are free for children up thru 8th grade, and every young finisher gets a ribbon, courtesy of PVTC.
Official starter for the meet was Arlington County Board chairman Albert Eisenberg. Volunteers included Tim Baker, Sal Corrallo, Larry Dickerson, Ed McGaffigan, Rolland Elliott, Keg Good, Ed Grant, Ari Guttman, Terry Hamilton, Tammy Huck, Kesha Pendergrast, Gardenia Pittman, Robert Platt, Don Riggs, Susan Rizzieri, James Scarborough, Mil Wood, Pamela Wusthof, and meet director Jay Jacob Wind. Karen Bagley worked for eight solid innings typing results, followed by relief pitcher Don Riggs, who got the save. Complete results follow.
# Name City Age Time 3000 Meter Race Walk 1 Steve Pecinovsky Fairfax VA 44 12:29 2 Warrick Yeager Alexandria VA 44 13:04 3 Crista Harrell Williamstown NJ F10 17:34 Children's 800 Meter Race Walk 1 James Holoman Mitchellville MD 12 5:48 2 Eric Shoemaker Silver Spring MD 10 6:09 3 Jenae Smith Tacoma Park MD F10 6:56 Children's 1 Mile Run 1 Johnny Watkins Washington DC 13 5:38 2 Andrew Abernethy College Park MD 11 5:46 3 Michael Young Somerset MD 11 5:52 4 Jessica Neal Washington DC F13 5:59 5 David Magida Gaithersburg MD 12 6:02 6 Kevin Wingfield Washington DC 11 6:08 7 Travanni Jette Washington DC 12 6:09 8 Sheena Willis Washington DC F13 6:10 9 Kafi Pollard Hyattsville MD 13 6:11 10 Maggy McGaffigen Arlington VA F12 6:12 11 Brian Rooney Arlington VA 8 6:30 12 Nick Reusch Alexandria VA 12 6:35 13 Mat Abernethy College Park MD 10 6:41 14 Jerome Messam MD 10 6:46 15 Maggie Abernethy College Park MD F8 7:13 16 Matthew Buslego Herndon VA 9 8:23 17 Allie Malis Arlington VA 8:57 Andrew Bucknor Odenton MD 11 Nick Ojeda Washington DC 13 Aaron Taylor Washington DC 9 Brione Carthan Springdale MD F8 Women's 1 Mile Run 1 Naoko Ishibe Washington DC 30 5:15 2 Susan Rizzieri Arlington VA 32 5:53 3 Martha Buckley Washington DC 16 5:57 4 Sarah Buckheit Fairfax VA 38 6:02 5 Sherry David Arlington VA 27 6:03 6 Joyce Adams Sterling VA 45 6:04 7 Ally Weiss McLean VA 15 6:06 8 Verna Van Wert Gaithersburg MD 36 6:07 9 Jennifer Lazio Alexandria VA 30 6:11 10 Alexis Riccio Washington DC 15 6:15 11 Drew Saylor Potomac Falls VA 14 6:17 12 Rachel Kuniyoshi Dunn Loring VA 16 6:24 13 Diana Cabrera Dunn Loring VA 14 6:33 14 Cathy Merritt Alexandria VA 23 6:38 15 Annie Lutz McLean VA 14 6:44 16 Sara Jeurling Bethesda MD 16 6:58 17 Julie Trapp Silver Spring MD 54 7:23 18 Tami Graf Lushy MD 62 7:26 19 McKenzie Lock Bethesda MD 16 7:40 Dot Jackson Gaithersburg MD 15 High School (Boys) 1 Mile Run 1 Carl Perry Washington DC 16 5:06 2 Devon Porteous Washington DC 15 5:12 3 Jemahl Nixon Washington DC 16 5:25 4 Izudia Mehmedovic Washington DC 14 5:26 5 Andy Altman 48 5:34 6 Fernando Lulli Chevy Chase MD 15 5:37 7 Allan Rudwick Falls Church VA 14 5:39 8 Joe Gavin Sterling VA 13 5:40 9 Dexter Hill Washington DC 14 5:41 10 Anthony Acevedo Sterling VA 14 5:44 11 Kevin Caffrey Oakton VA 14 5:49 12 Adam O'Brian Arlington VA 16 5:49 13 Scott Solomon Sterling VA 17 5:50 14 Rico Viqueira Gaithersburg MD 14 5:51 15 Peter Blank Annandale VA 44 5:56 Elite 1 Mile Run 1 George Buckheit Fairfax VA 41 4:40 2 Steve Nearman Alexandria VA 38 4:44 3 Nat Meucyski Annandale VA 18 4:47 4 Warren Kohm Sterling VA 28 4:51 5 Ed Sheehan Washington DC 41 5:52 5 Wayne Cottrell Salt Lake City UT 36 5:52 6 Ted Poulos McLean VA 37 4:57 6 P.J. Hart Potomac MD 16 4:57 8 Chris Johnson Vienna VA 17 5:00 9 Mark Thompson Alexandria VA 30 5:01 9 Willy Viviani Arlington VA 16 5:01 11 Wesley Valcarcel La Plata MD 16 5:03 12 Bill Aldrich Vienna VA 39 5:08 13 Lorenzo Nelson District Hts MD 33 5:09 14 Dave Ehlert Sterling VA 17 5:20 15 Jason Leslie Falls Church VA 16 5:28 16 Bryan Curran Silver Spring MD 15 5:29 17 Ben Goodman Falls Church VA 16 5:42 Masters 1 Mile Run 1 Dennis Coleman Gaithersburg MD 41 4:50 2 Paul Ryan Arlington VA 48 4:54 3 Jay Jacob Wind Arlington VA 48 5:12 4 Jeff Kramer Fairfax VA 40 5:15 5 Milan Basta Potomac MD 47 5:28 6 Eric Gyaki Crofton MD 50 5:32 7 Mark Meehan Alexandria VA 40 5:35 7 Bill Boslego Herndon VA 42 5:35 9 Rick Loughery Oak Hill VA 46 5:37 10 Bill Freed Bowie MD 50 5:56 11 James Lundeen Huntingtown MD 40 5:58 12 Mike Coda Alexandria VA 43 5:59 13 Willes Lee Arlington VA 43 6:04 14 Kevin Bundy McLean VA 51 6:07 15 James Scarborough Arlington VA 70 6:22 16 Clay Guthridge Arlington VA 53 6:24 17 Peter Blank Annandale VA 44 6:30 18 Jack McMahon Rockville MD 68 6:31 19 Don McCarten Falls Church VA 69 6:55 20 Ray Blue Oxon Hill MD 74 7:10 21 Bill Osburn Bethesda MD 75 7:11 22 Rick Dean Arlington VA 51 7:41 Jack McMahon Rockville MD 68 Children's 800 Meter Run (Heat 1) 1 Lashawn Price Washington DC F14 2:35 2 Kafi Pollard Hyattsville MD F13 2:43 3 Jessica Williams F14 2:50 4 Raheem Johnson Hyattsville MD 10 2:47 4 Meggy McGaffigan Arlington VA F12 2:47 6 David Magida Potomac MD 12 2:48 7 Cory Pugh Hyattsville MD 10 2:54 8 Jerome Mellam Takoma Park MD 10 2:56 9 JeKanah Rice Riverdale MD 14 2:59 10 Katie Read Arlington VA F12 3:00 11 Jarryd Mushatt-Valrie Stafford VA 10 3:06 12 Samantha Benjamin Hyattsville MD F13 3:08 13 Matt Gavin Arlington VA 11 3:09 14 Kevin Wyatt Gaithersburg MD 7 3:34 Kamika Walker Silver Spring MD F13 Tiffany Nesfield Springdale MD F12 Brione Curthan Hyattsville MD F9 Michael Smyers Washington DC 12 Aaron Taylor Washington DC 9 Children's 800 Meter Run (Heat 2) 1 Keiona Frenche MD F14 2:45 2 James Holman Mitchelville MD 12 2:56 3 Andrew Bodenor Odenton MD 11 3:03 4 Nick Ruesch Alexandria VA 12 3:20 Shaniqua Williams Silver Spring MD F9 Nathan Hoyte Beltsville MD 9 Brandon Torres Silver Spring MD 11 Maurice Woods MD 12 Vanessa Sessa Silver Spring MD F13 Ashley Rhodes Hyattsville MD F12 Aleesha Barber Silver Spring MD F11 Stephen Colon Gaitheersburg MD 11 Women's 800 Meter Run 1 Melanie Gedrich Annandale VA 16 2:35 1 Senoria Clark Chevy Chase MD 34 2:35 3 Meggie Curran Silver Spring MD 14 2:40 4 Monika Bracken Comos MD 33 2:45 5 Bernadette Flynn Fairfax VA 41 2:45 6 Jennifer Lazio Alexandria VA 30 2:51 7 Verna Van Wert Gaithersburg MD 36 2:52 8 Cynthia Clark Washington DC 16 2:54 9 Joyce Adams Sterling VA 45 2:57 9 Drew Saylor Potomac Falls VA 14 2:57 11 Dana Robinson Wheaton MD 16 3:06 12 Ngozi Akwara Bethesda MD 15 3:11 13 Dot Jackson Rockville MD 15 3:18 14 Tami Graf Lushy MD 62 3:28 14 Kyla Wyatt Gaithersburg MD 11 3:28 16 Cathy Larlan Sterling VA 16 3:32 16 Mercedes Rogers Randallstown MD 14 3:32 18 Emily Valcarcel La Plata MD 13 3:39 Nakima Williams Brentwood MD 17 Open Men's 800 Meter Run 1 Ricardo Iracks Washington DC 16 2:04 2 Dennis Coleman Gaithersburg MD 41 2:09 3 Nathan Mengesha Annandale VA 18 2:10 4 George Iseu Washington DC 17 2:16 4 Carl Perry Washington DC 16 2:17 6 John Heeax Glen Burnie MD 29 2:18 7 Dennis Porterou Washington DC 15 2:19 8 Izudian Mehmedovic Washington DC 14 2:24 9 Lorenzo Nelson District Hts MD 34 2:25 10 P.J. Hart Potomac MD 16 2:25 11 Adam Yaeger Washington DC 16 2:26 12 Wesley Valcarcel La Plata MD 13 3:08 13 John Keenan Fort Meade MD 28 2:27 14 Wendall Brown Washington DC 32 2:30 15 Willes Lee Arlingotn VA 43 2:34 16 Ricky Wreghey Oak Hill VA 46 2:56 17 Jay Jacob Wind Arlington VA 47 2:36 Michael Smyers Washington DC 12 Aaron Taylor Washington DC 9 3 Kilometer 1 Xavier Naldo Silver Spring MD 20 9:45.7 2 Ed Sheehan Washington DC 41 9:49.7 3 Wayne Cotrell Salt Lake City UT 36 9:56 4 missing card 5 missing card 6 Ted Poulos McLean VA 37 10:03 7 Mark Thompson Alexandria VA 30 10:04 8 Naoko Ishibe Washington DC F30 10:09 9 John Keenan Ft. Meade MD 28 10.72 10 Deron Porteoby Washington DC 15 10:00 11 Craig T. Ryan Arlington VA 16 10:20.3 12 Paul Ryan Arlington VA 48 10:32 13 David Breg Arlington VA 35 10:48 14 Senoria Clarke Chevy Chase MD F34 10:55 15 Jay Wind Arlington VA 48 10:59 16 Ed Grant Oak HillVA 42 11:02 17 Fernando Lulle Chevy Chase MD 15 11:05 18 Eric J. Gyaki Crofton MD 50 11:16 19 missing card 20 Tom Winkert Beltsville MD 34 11:29 21 Monica Bracken Comus MD F33 11:37 22 Patricia Zerfas Gaithersburg MD F36 12:04 23 Martha Buekley Washington DC F18 NT 24 James Scarborough Arlington VA 40 12:15 25 Richard Weston Arlington VA 52 12:21 26 Jennifer Lazio Alexandria VA F30 12:28 27 missing card 28 Bernadette Flynn Fairfax VA F42 12:16 (ran 3200 meters) 29 Clay Guthridge Arlington VA 53 13:08 30 Keith Bergstresser Centreville VA 16 13:15 31 Jason Oliver Sterling VA 17 13:15 32 Jack McMahon Rockville MD 68 13:21 33 Allan Rudwick Falls Church VA 14 12:29 34 Cathy Merritt Alexandria VA F23 13:35 35 John Helox Glen Burnie MD 29 14:01 36 missing card 37 Bill Osburn Bethesda MD 75 14:40 38 Eve Sawyer Washington DC F18 14:52 39 Tami Graf Lushy MD F62 14:48 40 Rick Dean Arlington VA 51 15:28 41 Joe Broderick Greenbelt MD 61 15:45
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