By Rick Platt
At first glance, with cities of Virginia Beach and Cockeysville, MD, it didn’t look like the winners (Kevin White and Elizabeth Ann Patron) of the 5K race associated with Sunday’s 33rd annual Sentara Colonial Half Marathon had local ties. But they did.
Men’s 5K winner Kevin White, 44, of Virginia Beach ran a time of 16:46 to best Matthew Kasprzak, 34, of Falls Church (17:00), and Brian Beary, 36, of Washington, DC (17:04). White is a William and Mary grad, who ran track for W&M in the low 15’s for the 5,000 meters. He now competes for the Colonial Road Runners’ teams at USATF national championships, like the upcoming Achievable Dream 8K race in May, or the club cross country championships in December.
Women’s 5K winner Ann Patron, 22, is the granddaughter of Barry and Nancy Patron of Ford’s Colony in Williamsburg. Nancy now runs three times a week for fitness, but no longer races. During her peak years she held numerous CRR race age-group records for women 65-69 and 70-74, and until Joan Coven smashed it last October, held the all-time CRR record for women 70-74 with a time of 28:44 at the 2006 Heritage Humane Society 5K at Ford’s Colony.
The Patrons have two sons, David and Andy, and five grandchildren, of whom Ann is the oldest. After attending the University of Michigan (same as his father and brother), David moved to Baltimore. At Dulaney High there, Ann was a soccer player only. In college at Frostburg (MD) State University, with the inspiration of her grandmother’s running success, Ann decided to go out for the cross country and track teams her sophomore year. She has been wildly successful, with an indoor track 5,000-meter best of 18:14, a 6K cross country best of 22:45 (ranked 2nd in the CAC), and multiple conference Athlete-of-the-Week honors.
Using the Colonial race just as a workout, Patron ran a time of 20:28 to keep just ahead of Connie Glueck, 47, of Williamsburg (20:37), with New Kent cross country standout Becca Eudailey, 17, of Quinton third (21:03). Patron was 10th overall of 284 finishers in the 5K. She is in her fifth year at Frostburg, and final outdoor season of track eligibility, finishing up her Masters in education in May, after an undergraduate degree (Dec. 2010) in exercise science.
In the Masters (ages 40-and-over) categories, the 5K award winners were Lance Fargo, 45, of Ocean View, DE (20:13), Steve Keir, 43, of Durham, NC (20:33) and Roland Parsons, 60, of Petersburg (20:35) for the men, and Kimberly Votawa, 44, of Virginia Beach (Kevin White’s wife) in 22:55, Elizabeth O’Neil, 52, of Newport News (24:20) and Amanda Deverich, 45, of Williamsburg (24:32).
Besides the top local overall finishers—Adam Otstot (4th, 1:10:33), Andrew Budiansky (7th, 1:12:17), John Piggott (1st Masters, 1:18:28), Jami Brayton (4th woman, 1:32:38), Laura Shannon (5th woman, 1:32:51) and Heather Craddock (1st Masters, 1:40:23)—there were a number of local age group award winners in the featured half marathon—D.J. Moniak (1st, 19-and-under men, 1:19:22), Matthew Keally (2nd, 25-29, 1:21:33), Jack Lovett (2nd, 40-44, 1:23:39), Greg Dawson (3rd, 45-49, 1:25:07), Timothy Collins (2nd, 50-54, 1:28:25), Terry McManus (3rd, 50-54, 1:30:18), Rick Platt (1st, 60-64, 1:37:41), George Neil (2nd, 60-64, 1:40:34) and Joe Day (3rd, 60-64, 1:42:43) for the men. Jacquelyne Chantry (1st, women 20-24, 1:37:44), Amy Speckart (1st, 40-44, 1:43:22), Debbie McLaughlin (2nd, 45-49, 1:43:57), Mary Jo Bailey (3rd, 50-54, 1:50:07), Carol Talley (1st, 55-59, 1:51:07), Brenda Mitchell (2nd, 60-64, 2:16:12) and Patricia Travis (3rd, 60-64, 2:17:08) won awards for the women.
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