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| George Nelson and women's winner Megan Stegemiller |
The 11th Annual Virginia 24 Hour Run for Cancer will go down as the most memorable event since inception in 2004. It was truly epic in many ways! Records were set for participants (210), Teams (17), those doing 50 or more miles (90), those doing 100 or more miles (7), men’s course record (126 miles), women’s course record (108.75 miles), Virginia state 24 Hour age group records (11), and money raised for the Cancer Society Relay for Life ($17,000.00 so far)!
The race was held on the trails of Sandy Bottom Nature Park in Hampton, VA on 26-27 April, 2014. The weather was nearly perfect, with clear skies, highs in the low 80s and lows in the low 60s. The 3.75 miles of trails were exceptionally maintained by the Park Rangers, including the addition of two small bridges. The stage was set for a perfect day of running/walking for all who attended. This year the race filled up by 1 February, months sooner than ever before! The level of Team participation jumped considerably, with new Teams from the Outer Banks, Richmond, Virginia Beach, and all over the Hampton Roads area. We even had a team of all Cancer Survivors. The Team competition was clearly driving increased interest in the race. I knew “something was up!”
The men’s race shaped up as a dual between last year’s winner, Keith Straw, and runner-up, Steve Speirs. During the first half of the day, Steve held a small lead. By mid-day, Steve fell back and Keith surged to the front. It looked like Keith would repeat, but with a couple hours to go Steve regained his strength and retook the lead, holding on for the win by only one mile, 126 miles to Keith’s 125 miles. It was the second closest finish in race history!
Young (25 year old) Megan Stegemiller literally “ran away” with the women’s race! She took command early and never looked back, running a steady machine-like pace all day and into the evening hours. With 66 miles at 12 hours it looked like she might reach 120 miles. But eventually the miles from the heat of the mid-day began to take their toll, and she slowed considerably after midnight. With her large lead, she was still able to “hang on” for a new course record (108.75 miles) and the women’s win by almost 17 miles over second place Christie Sumner! Christie ran a strong, consistent pace all day but could not match Megan’s early speed.
The Team competition was won by the WINGNUTZ who, after getting 2nd place for the last two years, dominated this year with 798.75 miles, only 5 miles short of the all-time Team record.
But the big running story of the day was the eleven new Virginia state 24 hour age group records set. Once the course was officially USATF certified, I had been awaiting an “assault” on the record books! This was the breakthrough year with the following new records: F10-14, 50 miles, Emmy Demmin; F20-34, 108.75 miles, Megan Stegemiller; M20-34, 112.25 miles, Gregory Holden; F35-39, 84.75 miles, Rachel Swift; M35-39, 100 miles, Thaddeus Meyer; M50-54, 108.25 miles, Glenn Hrinda; M55-59, 125 miles, Keith Straw; M60-64, 107.25 miles, Tom DeKornfeld; F60-64, 67.5 miles, Virginia Davis; M75-79, 50 miles, Steve Durrant; and M80-84, 26.25 miles, Buddy Levitin. The bar has been set high, but I expect more records next year!
However, the major story of this year’s race was not even about running, it was about life-saving! At about 1:45 pm, Bob Sitler collapsed about .75 miles into his 7th lap with what we later found out was a heart attack. Thankfully, there were several runners nearby who immediately ran to him and started administering CPR. Some had EMS training or worked in a hospital and knew exactly what to do. While waiting for the ambulance to arrive, they performed CPR for over 10 minutes, finally reviving Bob just before the ambulance arrived. He was quickly transported to a nearby hospital where he continued to recover. He has since been moved to a hospital near his home in Lynchburg where he had triple bypass heart surgery and is doing well. It is now clear that the runners who worked on him for those precious minutes after he collapsed saved his life!
Once again, the Sandy Bottom Park staff did a fantastic job in taking care of everyone’s needs, as well as having a Team participating (and earning three 50-mile plaques). As always, the volunteer lap counters did an awesome job in directly contributing to our great success. Pete Navin, Thea Ganoe, Steve Peters, Jon Olyszk, Ed Rietscha, Mr and Mrs Levan, Barb and Pete Biasi, Christine Schaffner, Alison Tichenor, Michele Smith-Harden, Jerry Schenck (of course), and eight Army lieutenants from the Quartermaster School at Fort Lee, Virginia should all be congratulated! Three of the lieutenants also helped out as pacers during the night.
It seems impossible to top this year’s epic success, but we will give it a try next year. The race will be 25-26 April, 2015. See you there!
| Rank | Name | Gender | Age | Miles | City | State |
| 1 | Speirs Steve | M | 47 | 126 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 2 | Straw Keith | M | 59 | 125 | Malvern | PA |
| 3 | Holden Gregory | M | 34 | 112.25 | Poquoson | VA |
| 4 | Stegemiller Megan | F | 25 | 108.75 | Annandale | VA |
| 5 | Hrinda Glenn | M | 53 | 108.25 | Yorktown | VA |
| 6 | Dekornfeld Tom | M | 60 | 107.25 | Annapolis | MD |
| 7 | Meyer Thaddeus | M | 35 | 100 | Arlington | VA |
| 8 | Sumner Christina | F | 28 | 92 | Norfolk | VA |
| 9 | Francis Seko | M | 47 | 90 | Newport News | VA |
| 9 | Kurisky Jack | M | 46 | 90 | Burke | VA |
| 11 | Murray Wendy | F | 40 | 86.5 | Southern Shores | NC |
| 12 | Ratcliffe Kim | F | 46 | 84.75 | Yorktown | VA |
| 12 | Swift Rachel | F | 35 | 84.75 | Hampton | VA |
| 14 | Duke Kris | M | 40 | 80 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 14 | Scott Tim | M | 29 | 80 | Newport News | VA |
| 16 | Basford Chris | M | 51 | 78.75 | Newport News | VA |
| 16 | Lupton Henry | M | 50 | 78.75 | Kenly | NC |
| 16 | Macluskie David | M | 41 | 78.75 | Yorktown | VA |
| 16 | Rose Dan | M | 37 | 78.75 | Alexandria | VA |
| 20 | Starling Paul | M | 46 | 78 | Dunn | NC |
| 21 | Kalinosky Matthew | M | 36 | 76 | Newport News | VA |
| 22 | Burk Brian | M | 49 | 75 | Carrollton | VA |
| 22 | Dean Scott | M | 46 | 75 | Kill Devil Hills | NC |
| 22 | Fauth Jonathan | M | 34 | 75 | Hampton | VA |
| 22 | Finkle Jay | M | 50 | 75 | Roanoke | VA |
| 22 | Harrison Jim | M | 56 | 75 | Hampton | VA |
| 22 | Hendrickson Cara | F | 34 | 75 | Yorktown | VA |
| 22 | Mchugh Andrea | F | 34 | 75 | Suffolk | VT |
| 22 | Murphy Amie | F | 39 | 75 | Loudonville | OH |
| 22 | Reed Justin | M | 32 | 75 | North Chesterfield | VA |
| 22 | Robbins Spencer | M | 32 | 75 | Leesburg | VA |
| 22 | Waite John | M | 35 | 75 | Newport News | VA |
| 22 | Womeldorf Ellen | F | 42 | 75 | Williamsburg | VA |
| 34 | Finkle Anita | F | 47 | 71.25 | Roanoke | VA |
| 35 | Shapiro Steven | M | 60 | 70 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 36 | Davis Virginia | F | 64 | 67.5 | Norfolk | VA |
| 36 | Kronick Aaron | M | 30 | 67.5 | Hampton | VA |
| 38 | Jennings Susan | F | 52 | 65 | Bluemont | VA |
| 38 | Nicolaides Michael | M | 51 | 65 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 40 | Booth James | M | 30 | 63.75 | Newport News | VA |
| 40 | Kern Stuart | M | 52 | 63.75 | Silver Spring | MD |
| 40 | Peters Maria | F | 49 | 63.75 | Yorktown | VA |
| 40 | Phillips Ryan | M | 32 | 63.75 | Portsmouth | VA |
| 40 | Wilcox Brian | M | 40 | 63.75 | Durham | NC |
| 40 | Wingfield Scott | M | 42 | 63.75 | Nashville | NC |
| 46 | Orth Joe | M | 29 | 61.25 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 46 | Seymour Margaret | F | 27 | 61.25 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 48 | Sherwood Lori | F | 50 | 60.25 | Portsmouth | VA |
| 49 | Kern Kristen | M | 49 | 60 | Los Alamos | NM |
| 49 | Knowles Joseph | M | 31 | 60 | Chesapeake | VA |
| 49 | Morris Brian | M | 35 | 60 | Jackson Heights | NY |
| 49 | Nelsen Rebecca | F | 27 | 60 | Williamsburg | VA |
| 49 | Rahbe Sherrie | F | 53 | 60 | Asheville | NC |
| 49 | Rapp Perry | M | 49 | 60 | Lex Pk | MD |
| 49 | Richardson Kathleen | F | 30 | 60 | New York | NY |
| 56 | Parks Ed | M | 56 | 58.25 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 57 | Cavazos Ben | M | 54 | 56.25 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 57 | Entrikin Analiza | F | 32 | 56.25 | Chesapeake | VA |
| 57 | Entrikin Ryan | M | 28 | 56.25 | Chesapeake | VA |
| 57 | Gray Rick | M | 53 | 56.25 | Johnson City | TN |
| 57 | Holbrook Sarah | F | 47 | 56.25 | Moneta | VA |
| 57 | Lineberger Fabiola | F | 43 | 56.25 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 57 | Stilley Katherine | F | 36 | 56.25 | Lynchburg | VA |
| 64 | Cox Jaime | F | 36 | 53.75 | Newport News | VA |
| 65 | Blakeburn Roy | M | 58 | 52.5 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 65 | Bobeck Douglas | M | 41 | 52.5 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 65 | Boucher Stephanie | F | 29 | 52.5 | Newport News | VA |
| 65 | Boyd Patrick | M | 48 | 52.5 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 65 | Buchanan Dee | F | 49 | 52.5 | Kill Devil Hills | NC |
| 65 | Callahan Tony | M | 31 | 52.5 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 65 | Cardullo Anthony | M | 30 | 52.5 | Williamsburg | VA |
| 65 | Carver Laura | F | 48 | 52.5 | Southern Shores | NC |
| 65 | D'amico Bert | M | 36 | 52.5 | Chesapeake | VA |
| 65 | D'amico Christina | F | 37 | 52.5 | Chesapeake | VA |
| 65 | Evelyn Jr Tony | M | 33 | 52.5 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 65 | Falsone Laura | F | 51 | 52.5 | Edgewater | MD |
| 65 | Farmer Kathy | F | 44 | 52.5 | Kill Devil Hills | NC |
| 65 | Froneberger Josh | M | 36 | 52.5 | Hampton | VA |
| 65 | Gold David | M | 35 | 52.5 | New York | NY |
| 65 | Goshea Jonathan | M | 39 | 52.5 | Richmond | VA |
| 65 | Hagel Susan | F | 41 | 52.5 | Norfolk | VA |
| 65 | Henderson Melissa | F | 28 | 52.5 | Hampton | VA |
| 65 | Hicks Jr Claude | M | 54 | 52.5 | Newport News | VA |
| 65 | Lopez Crystal | F | 35 | 52.5 | Henrico | VA |
| 65 | Luton Mary | F | 39 | 52.5 | Kill Devil Hills | NC |
| 65 | Mccalister Agatija | F | 45 | 52.5 | Goldsboro | NC |
| 65 | Mertz Arthur | M | 42 | 52.5 | Hampton | VA |
| 65 | Pidgeon Richard | M | 65 | 52.5 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 65 | Ralston Shannon | F | 25 | 52.5 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 65 | Rietscha Edward | M | 35 | 52.5 | Hampton | VA |
| 65 | Scott Ricky | M | 56 | 52.5 | Ferrum | VA |
| 65 | Simonitsch Justin | M | 33 | 52.5 | Norfolk | VA |
| 65 | Speirs Ally | F | 49 | 52.5 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 65 | Stark William | M | 24 | 52.5 | Williamsburg | VA |
| 65 | Stohler Michael | M | 35 | 52.5 | Newport News | VA |
| 65 | Stoneman Laura | F | 32 | 52.5 | Richmond | VA |
| 65 | Verry Jennie | F | 41 | 52.5 | Chesapeake | VA |
| 65 | Washburn Alicia | F | 30 | 52.5 | Meredithville | VA |
| 99 | Stadie Tierney | F | 32 | 51.5 | Warrenton | VA |
| 100 | Adams William | M | 33 | 50 | Williamsburg | VA |
| 100 | Childress Grace | F | 29 | 50 | Richmond | VA |
| 100 | Clapp Tim | M | 57 | 50 | Chester | VA |
| 100 | Coleman Michael | M | 35 | 50 | Hampton | VA |
| 100 | Demmin David | M | 45 | 50 | Norfolk | VA |
| 100 | Demmin Emmy | F | 14 | 50 | Norfolk | VA |
| 100 | Durrant Steve | M | 75 | 50 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 100 | Foy Krista | F | 30 | 50 | Carrollton | VA |
| 100 | Goulet Brian | M | 48 | 50 | Hampton | VA |
| 100 | Hackett Jonathan | M | 36 | 50 | Hartsville | SC |
| 100 | Hiatt Chris | M | 30 | 50 | Woodbridge | VA |
| 100 | Jones Stephanie | F | 47 | 50 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 100 | Kinker Ruthie | F | 45 | 50 | South Hill | VA |
| 100 | Kuhn Steven | M | 44 | 50 | Centreville | VA |
| 100 | Lager Cheryl | F | 48 | 50 | Newport News | VA |
| 100 | Nelsen George | M | 59 | 50 | Newport News | VA |
| 100 | Sanchez Bethany | F | 44 | 50 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 100 | Scott Randy | M | 28 | 50 | Newport News | VA |
| 100 | Spence Thomas | M | 28 | 50 | Newport News | VA |
| 100 | Trent Bradley | M | 43 | 50 | Newport News | VA |
| 100 | Trent Wendy | F | 42 | 50 | Newport Ne\Ws | VA |
| 100 | Waidelich Jennifer | F | 29 | 50 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 100 | Walker Karen | F | 50 | 50 | Orlando | FL |
| 100 | Whaley Bonnie | F | 31 | 50 | Newport News | VA |
| 100 | White Bryon | M | 37 | 50 | Yorktown | VA |
| 125 | Butler Christina | F | 28 | 46.25 | Gloucester | VA |
| 126 | Massie Tammy | F | 42 | 45 | Gaithersburg | MD |
| 127 | Burke Sidney | F | 41 | 41.25 | South Hill | VA |
| 127 | Good Harry | M | 63 | 41.25 | Owings Mills | MD |
| 127 | Lilley Frank | M | 64 | 41.25 | Littleton | NC |
| 127 | Shochet Al | M | 66 | 41.25 | Va Beach | VA |
| 127 | Shochet Jennifer | F | 25 | 41.25 | Va Beach | VA |
| 127 | Whitehurst Michael | M | 45 | 41.25 | South Mills | NC |
| 133 | Breeden Mark | M | 49 | 37.5 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 133 | Buckland Mark | M | 53 | 37.5 | Highland Springs | VA |
| 133 | Coughlin David | M | 40 | 37.5 | Chester | VA |
| 133 | Montalvo Hannah | F | 24 | 37.5 | Poquoson | VA |
| 133 | Sorrell Bill | M | 50 | 37.5 | Yorktown | VA |
| 133 | Wiecking Carter | F | 44 | 37.5 | Fort Valley | VA |
| 139 | Defronzo Eugene | M | 78 | 33.75 | Cheshire | CT |
| 139 | Gies Kelly | F | 27 | 33.75 | Smithfield | VA |
| 139 | Iacobucci Christopher | M | 28 | 33.75 | Columbia | SC |
| 139 | Lindsay Livia | F | 47 | 33.75 | Richmond | VA |
| 139 | Pine Jessica | F | 27 | 33.75 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 139 | Quintas-Herron Maria | F | 49 | 33.75 | Mechanicsville | VA |
| 139 | Zoladkiewicz Kim | F | 40 | 33.75 | Smithfield | VA |
| 146 | Gerhardt Tom | M | 62 | 32 | Chesapeake | VA |
| 147 | Graham Paula | F | 31.25 | |||
| 147 | Iacobucci Eric | M | 48 | 31.25 | Alexandria | VA |
| 147 | Ide Christopher | M | 27 | 31.25 | Chesapeake | VA |
| 150 | Morgan Beth | F | 45 | 31 | Bristol | TN |
| 151 | Camp James | M | 31 | 30 | King George | VA |
| 151 | Castillo Ryan | M | 33 | 30 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 151 | Cwiklinski Chris | M | 40 | 30 | Suffolk | VA |
| 151 | Messick Robert | M | 35 | 30 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 151 | Montgomery Billy | M | 47 | 30 | Norfolk | VA |
| 151 | Nichols Marc | M | 36 | 30 | Hampton | VA |
| 151 | Rogers Krista | F | 39 | 30 | Yorktown | VA |
| 151 | Snead Susan | F | 58 | 30 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 151 | Taylor Angela | F | 35 | 30 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 151 | Watson Mariza | F | 43 | 30 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 151 | Waugh Robert | M | 46 | 30 | Hampton | VA |
| 162 | Currier Dawn | F | 40 | 27.25 | Hayes | VA |
| 163 | Alexander Cindy | F | 53 | 26.25 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 163 | Boyce Cortney | F | 33 | 26.25 | Springfield | VA |
| 163 | Call Heather | F | 32 | 26.25 | Yorktown | VA |
| 163 | Hickey Travis | M | 30 | 26.25 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 163 | Hopkins Jim | M | 58 | 26.25 | Williamsburg | VA |
| 163 | Levitin Jordan Buddy | M | 80 | 26.25 | Norfolk | VA |
| 163 | Martineau Natalie | F | 33 | 26.25 | Yorktown | VA |
| 163 | Palumbo Joseph | M | 31 | 26.25 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 163 | Tedrow Lara | F | 44 | 26.25 | Norfolk | VA |
| 163 | Valone Tessa | F | 14 | 26.25 | Bristol | TN |
| 163 | Vanzandt Alan | M | 52 | 26.25 | Newport News | VA |
| 163 | Ventrice Maureen | F | 48 | 26.25 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 175 | Applegate Christian | M | 37 | 25 | Newport News | VA |
| 176 | Howard Ryan | M | 31 | 23.75 | Carrollton | VA |
| 177 | Dewey Hartley | M | 66 | 22.5 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 177 | Hendrickson Jon | M | 35 | 22.5 | Yorktown | VA |
| 177 | Mcinerney Chris | M | 28 | 22.5 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 177 | Patterson James | M | 49 | 22.5 | Colonial Heights | VA |
| 177 | Pearson Trevor | M | 27 | 22.5 | Newport News | VA |
| 177 | Pettigrew Alyssa | F | 35 | 22.5 | Williamsburg | VA |
| 177 | Pettigrew Haley | F | 12 | 22.5 | Williamsburg | VA |
| 177 | Pettigrew Kevin | M | 35 | 22.5 | Williamsburg | VA |
| 177 | Rauchfuss Gary | M | 47 | 22.5 | Williamsburg | VA |
| 177 | Sitler Robert | M | 54 | 22.5 | Lynchburg | VA |
| 187 | Blake Chris | M | 27 | 18.75 | Hampton | VA |
| 187 | Hayes Dominique | F | 28 | 18.75 | Newport News | VA |
| 187 | Jackson Pam | F | 40 | 18.75 | South Hill | VA |
| 187 | Lawrence Mahlon | M | 46 | 18.75 | Hayes | VA |
| 187 | Mccarty Dawn | F | 40 | 18.75 | Newport News | VA |
| 187 | Seaborne Greg | M | 26 | 18.75 | Williamsburg | VA |
| 187 | Tabachnick Larry | M | 67 | 18.75 | Alexandria | VA |
| 194 | Bottoms Marsha | F | 46 | 15 | Dumas | AR |
| 194 | Flythe Tyneka | F | 36 | 15 | Newport News | VA |
| 194 | Iacobucci Kalie | F | 25 | 15 | Newport News | VA |
| 194 | Kottmer Michael | M | 45 | 15 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 194 | Mcnemar Ryan | M | 29 | 15 | Virginia Beach | VA |
| 194 | Perkins Jo Ann | F | 65 | 15 | Charlestown | WV |
| 194 | Petroff Nicole | F | 25 | 15 | Newport News | VA |
| 194 | Rivera Michelle | F | 31 | 15 | Newport News | VA |
| 194 | Taylor Jessie | M | 31 | 15 | Hampton | VA |
| 203 | Wollenberg Chad | M | 36 | 11.25 | Broadnax | VA |
| 204 | Donoghue Terry | F | 43 | 7.5 | Kill Devil Hills | NC |
| 204 | Landis Cyndee | F | 36 | 7.5 | Augusta | WV |
| 204 | Witter Jessica | F | 34 | 7.5 | Kill Devil Hills | NC |
| 204 | Witter Matt | M | 42 | 7.5 | Kill Devil Hills | NC |
| 208 | Landis Melissa | F | 32 | 3.75 | Augusta | WV |
| 208 | Neel Georgia | F | 71 | 3.75 | Newport News | VA |
| 208 | Petroff Richard | M | 25 | 3.75 | Newport News | VA |
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