Washington Running Report Spring 2011 Rankings

Via Runwashington.com:

For the men, Karl Dusen has quietly made a name for himself winning low key races so he was looked at as the favorite at the Van Metre 5M. He is confident but he knew he would have a real challenge from David Nightingale. Dusen hummed through the race in 24:03 ahead of former champion Gurmessa Megerssa’s 24:23 but Nightingale [ran] 23:56. All three took an early lead from another former champion Demesse Tefera who had won the St. Patrick’s Day 8K in 24:22.

The Ukrops Monument Avenue 10K was next on the hit parade and last year’s ranking’s champion Abiyot Endale just missed his 10K PR finishing third there in 29:18. Ricky Flynn of Lynchburg would take seventh in the rankings with his 29:53 there.

The following day we would see if Nightingale was all we heard. He did not disappoint moving ahead of the pack as second American at the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10M in 48:39. Dusen finished two places back in 16th overall with 50:06 to take eighth in the rankings. Bert Rodriguez, who had finally popped 15:00 for the 5K as runner-up at the Scope it Out 5K, just missed he goal of 50:00 with 50:25 to take tenth on the list.

PL Name, Age, Hometown, 10K=

1 Endale, Abiyot 24 Silver Spring, MD 28:19
2 Nightingale, David* 25 Washington, DC 29:16
3 Towett, George** 26 Virginia Beach, VA 29:44
4 Berdan, Dave 29 Owings Mills, MD 29:32
5 Feysa, Birhanu* 29 Silver Spring, MD 29:35
6 Tefera, Demesse* 29 Washington, DC 29:44
7 Flynn, Ricky** 23 Lynchburg, VA 29:53
8 Dusen, Karl 28 North Bethesda, MD 30:09
9 McDougal, Jordan 23 Culpeper, VA 30:21
10 Rodriguez, Bert** 31 Arlington, VA 30:20
11 Flynn, Brian 27 Weyers Cave, VA 30:17
12 Komen, Wilson* 33 Washington, DC 30:21
13 Wardian, Michael*** 37 Arlington, VA 30:23
14 Megerssa, Gurmessa** 31 Washington, DC 30:31
15 Luff, Samuel* 24 Rockville, MD 30:32
16 Hutchinson, Seth** 27 Charlottesville, VA 30:39
17 Wiegner, Joe 29 Rockville, MD 30:42
18 Baressi, Matt 28 Falls Church, VA 30:48
19 De Heer, Dirk 30 Silver Spring, MD 31:04
20 Hurt, Charlie 27 Richmond, VA 31:03
21 Burnham, David 26 Arlington, VA 31:11
22 Saunders, Rich 22 Alexandria, VA 31:30
23 Condit, Adam 28 Ashburn, VA 31:34
24 Sloane, Christopher 27 Rockville, MD 31:28
25 Meeker, Dustin 29 Baltimore, MD 31:35
26 Mercer, Dickson 29 Washington, DC 31:41
27 Carr, Allen 27 Washington, DC 31:42
28 Renjifo, Carlos* 28 Columbia, MD 31:59
29 Cherry, Brandon* 28 Washington, DC 32:04
30 Miller, David 27 Arlington, VA 32:03
31 Wertz, David 35 Arlington, VA 32:04
32 Grout, Alexander* 24 Williamsburg, VA 32:05
33 Burke, Edmund* 41 Burtonsville, MD 32:07
34 Foster, Ryan* 25 Arlington, VA 32:15
35 Belford, Luke 28 Nottingham, MD 32:15
36 Sovonick, Andy* 24 Gaithersburg, MD 32:18
37 Wingo, Joey 24 Mechanicsville, VA 32:21
38 Henry, James 28 Silver Spring, MD 32:26
39 Murphy, Patrick 26 Washington, DC 32:28
40 Viviani, Will*** 29 Arlington, VA 32:32
41 Whitlow, Dustin 24 Arlington, VA 32:31
42 Aramayo, Ed 24 Baltimore, MD 32:41
43 Buschman, Mark 26 Ellicott City, MD 32:41
44 Carroll, Ryan** 28 Portsmouth, VA 32:52
45 Hryvniak, David 26 Chesapeake, VA 32:53
46 Brown, Karsten** 37 Front Royal, VA 32:53
47 Toland, Hugh*** 30 Fairfax, VA 33:00
48 Fitzgerald, Jason 27 Silver Spring, MD 33:02
49 Deak, Ryan** 25 Burke, VA 33:06
50 Boyd, Wyatt* 26 Washington, DC 33:07
51 Wegner, Michael* 14 Columbia, MD 33:12
52 Ciarfalia, Andrew 28 Reston, VA 33:23
53 Nevarez, Elias 27 Arlington, VA 33:39
54 Colaiacovo, Mike 41 Ellicott City, MD 33:33
55 Ethica, Kumsa 27 Washington, DC 33:49
56 Green, Jake* 26 Reston, VA 33:48
57 Logan, Matthew 25 Washington, DC 33:51


On the women's side, Michelle Miller was coming off a third place winter ranking and stepped up to race with the elite field, finishing seventh overall wining big cash as the second American in 59:20, taking seventh in the rankings. Susan Hendrick ran five major races spanning the spring, including the Capitol Hill 10K to finish 18th in the open division.

Pl, Name, Age, Hometown, 10K=
1 Delecha, Yihunlish* 29 Washington, DC 33:20
2 Dengarsa, Tezata* 30 Washington, DC 33:39
3 Hallissey, Claire** 28 Arlington, VA 33:49
4 Infeld, Maggie* 25 Washington, DC 34:07
5 Akbar, Samia 29 Herndon, VA 34:29
6 Calle, Maria Elena* 35 Richmond, VA 34:49
7 Miller, Michelle 30 Damascus, MD 35:39
8 Jefferson, Laurel* 25 Silver Spring, MD 36:04
9 Thomas, Lisa** 35 Alexandria, VA 36:08
10 Waters, Kara* 36 Ellicott City, MD 36:06
11 Schrank, Brenda* 39 Winchester, VA 36:18
12 Swain, Erin 29 Arlington, VA 36:40
13 Schandevel, Vicky* 25 Charlottesville, VA 36:56
14 Knudson, Louise 25 Charlottesville, VA 37:01
15 Markowicz, Kristi* 41 Arlington, VA 36:56
16 Rittenhouse, Melissa* 35 Harrisonburg, VA 37:04
17 Knickman, Denise* 42 Baltimore, MD 37:02
18 Hendrick, Susan 25 Washington, DC 37:10
19 Nelson, Martha* 29 Washington, DC 37:13
20 Young, Elizabeth* 31 Washington, DC 37:28
21 Harvey, Alisa** 45 Manassas, VA 37:45
22 Heiser, Diane* 27 Baltimore, MD 37:43
23 Yetman, Peggy*** 42 Leesburg, VA 37:40
24 Davison, Mary* 38 Bristow, VA 37:39
25 Ackerly, Maureen* 42 Richmond, VA 38:06
26 Axisa, Meredith 30 Richmond, VA 38:12
27 Dart, Kate** 31 Arlington, VA 38:21
28 Rehwald, Christine 31 Arlington, VA 38:20
29 Chilcote, Lisa 40 Oakmont, VA 38:30

Also, Scott Koonce ranked 13th in the 35-39 AG, and Jordan Snyder 5th of Masters runners.

Lisa Chilcote is also ranked 5th in the master's division.